I Was Unreasonably Dumped By My Girlfriend And Had My Heart Broken. When I Rescued A Beautiful Girl Who Was My Former Classmate And Idol In My Class From A Group Of Yarisa, My Gray College Life Started To Shine - Chapter 39
Episode 39: Do You Want Me To Invite Me?
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After that, nothing in particular happened.
Since it was time to eat, I prepared rice porridge for Aoba’s dinner this time, and I also had the same.
Aoba hadn’t even been able to hold a spoon at lunchtime, but perhaps her condition had improved slightly.
Now she was able to eat by herself.
However, when I checked her temperature, it was still slightly below 38 degrees. It was probably better for her to rest.
After the meal, I began to prepare to leave the room.
Then I looked into my bag and remembered.
Come to think of it, I bought a gift for Aoba.
Perhaps due to the shock of having to remove her tights, I had completely forgotten about it.
“Nogami-kun? Is something wrong?”
Aoba called out to me as I froze while looking into my bag.
“Um, no, it’s nothing.”
In a moment of panic, I carelessly tried to brush it off.
But this was a move I would soon regret.
I had completely messed up.
I should have casually handed it to her in the current situation.
Since I had said “nothing,” it became quite difficult to bring it up again.
I thought to myself, those who can casually handle situations like this must be popular.
While thinking self-deprecatingly, I tried to put the gift back into my bag.
It would be fine to give it another time, not today. I was thinking of starting once again.
“What are you doing?”
My composure was thrown off when she looked into my bag.
I accidentally tipped the bag over, and inconveniently, the gift flew out from inside.
What landed on the floor was an envelope containing tickets.
Moreover, since it came out facing upwards, the name of the movie theater and “Pair Special Ticket” were clearly written on it.
Everything that happened in that moment worked against me.
I looked up at the ceiling, feeling like saying “oops.”
“Are you going with someone?”
Aoba asked me, half in doubt and half in surprise.
“No, it’s not that… um, I mean, I bought this to give to you, Aoba-san…”
It was the truth, but perhaps due to my panic, it sounded like an excuse even to myself.
I cut off my words and glanced briefly at Aoba.
“For me?”
It was probably a mix of suspicion and surprise.
“Yeah, that’s right. To recover from your cold quickly, um… it’s better to have something to look forward to, right? I thought you might be happier with this than with some object, Aoba-san. Since you wouldn’t go alone, I got a pair of tickets. It doesn’t matter who you go with, whether it’s Imazato-san or a friend, but when you’re better, please go see it. I don’t know what’s showing right now, but there’s probably something worth seeing.”
It was an incredibly embarrassing flow of events, but it couldn’t be helped.
With all my might, I handed the ticket to Aoba. It was just a gesture for now, but at least I managed to give it to her.
Just as I sighed in relief, she slowly handed it back to me.
Could it be that she didn’t like it?
As I widened my eyes in surprise, Aoba lowered her gaze and hid her face behind her hair like a curtain.
“…I want you to invite me, Nogami-kun.”
And then, in a barely audible voice, she murmured.
“Not with someone else, but… with you, isn’t it fine?”
Before I could fully understand the meaning of her words, she lifted her face.
And then, she smiled faintly.