Insensitive Bocchi-kun ~Reluctantly Heading to School Today~ [Dropped] - Chapter 72: Part-Time Job as an AD ⑪

Chapter 72: Part-Time Job as an AD ⑪

How did they find out that I went to eat pancakes with her…

They’ve been calling me multiple times since then…

Seriously, what’s going on?

This is insane…

I was too scared to pick up the calls…

“G-good morning.”

“Hey, Tanaka was looking for you earlier.”

“Oh, okay.”

Thanks to that, my relaxation time was…

Sigh… Tanaka was looking for me?

I wonder what it could be.

Anyway, let’s give it my all today.

Huh…

W-What’s happening to me?

Huh?

Before I knew it, I was suddenly pulled by the arm by a girl and taken outside the studio.

Huh?

And where is this? 

Someone’s dressing room?

There’s no one here.

“Fufu, good morning, Mamiya-kun.”

“…Good morning.”

And right now, in front of me… is Saori Hiragi.

Why…?

“By the way, Mamiya-kun, do you know why I’m doing something like this?”

Eh?

Why?

I have absolutely no idea…

This is so sudden.

She’s looking at me rather seriously as she asks, but… I genuinely don’t know.

Wait, once again, what’s going on?

Alone in a locked room with an idol…

What is this…

“Do you know, why?”

“Eh… I’m sorry, I don’t know.”

I seriously don’t get it. Why?

What’s up with her?

“Mou… How could you? I’ve been waiting for you.”

Waiting… for what?

She says that while puffing her cheeks and looking at me for some reason.

Waiting…?

“Mou… What’s with that expression? It’s Line, you know. Line. Why haven’t you contacted me? We had a promise.”

Uh…

“…”

No… that was part of the prank, right?

But then again, I don’t even have her contact information to begin with. 

I threw it away…

“Uh…”

“I gave you my contact information, remember?”

Well, if that was real, then yes…

But seriously… why would she be waiting so eagerly for my message?

It’s too unnatural.

She brought me all the way here.

Could it still be… a prank?

“P-Perhaps… did you lose it?”

She asks with an anxious expression, but that’s not the case.

“N-No, that’s not it.”

Even if it’s a prank, I wouldn’t reveal it due to privacy concerns.

“T-Then why haven’t you contacted me? I-I was waiting.”

This time, she looks at me with teary eyes.

She’s quite the actress…

Well… maybe I should just be honest.

It’s probably a prank, and it shouldn’t harm her.

“I… threw it away.”

“Eh?”

Huh?

“W-What do you mean?”

She asks with a contorted expression.

“Well… you see. I realized it was a prank.”

“Huh? A prank?”

Her question lingers in the air, leaving a moment of silence between us.

I’m sorry, but this prank won’t work anymore.

I’m truly sorry, Hiragi-san.

You went through all this trouble for me…

“…”

“I, I don’t understand what this prank you’re talking about…”

She looks puzzled…

“I don’t quite get what you’re saying, but is this the reason you discarded my contact information?”

Huh?

“Is it…?”

Before I knew it, saying this she tilted her smartphone screen towards me.

Huh?

Wait, huh? What is this?

Seriously, what’s this?

There, on the screen, is an image of me being spoon-fed pancakes by Yamamoto.

“Huh…?”

What the hell is this?

“Is she really about your girlfriend?”

“Huh… No, no, no, no, no.”

“Huh? She’s not?”

“NO. Seriously, what is this? What’s going on?”

“Huh? …You don’t know.”

I don’t know…

“…”

“…”

“T-Then who is she?”

“A classmate… b-but, why do you have this?”

“Y-You really don’t know?”

I, I seriously have no idea…

What’s going on?

“…”

“Heh. So you don’t know. And she’s not your girlfriend…Fufu.”

And in front of me, for some reason, she’s smiling while saying that.

Why is she smiling?

This isn’t a laughing matter.

“Why do you have this? This photo…”

And what’s with this photo…

Why does Hiragi-san have it?

“Fufu, do you want to know?”

“Yes. Of course…”

Why is she teasing? 

Just tell me already.

“Fufu, then take out your smartphone.”

Why? 

I hesitated and froze in this incomprehensible situation.

“Mou… Don’t you want to know anymore? If you don’t, that’s fine too…”

“N-No, just tell me, please.”

Upon hearing those words, I hurriedly took out my smartphone from my pocket. 

Anyway, I want to know what that photo is, and why she has it. 

Seriously, what is it? 

Why does she have it?

“Fufu. So, first, we do this here, and then like this… And done~”

Hmm…?

For some reason, she’s moving her finger on the screen of my smartphone.

“…”

What’s she doing…?

“…”

“Alright, registration is complete.”

Complete? What?

“Oh, I should get back to work already. Fufu, let’s continue our conversation after work. See ya.”

Saying that, she left the room gracefully.

Wait… what was that?

Why?

I don’t quite understand a lot of things, but for now, what’s up with that photo?

No… seriously, tell me now.

Huh?

And on top of that, in my Line friend list, Hiragi-san’s name has appeared out of nowhere. 

What’s this…?

Huh?