It turns out that I have a fiancee, but she is the famous "villainess" of the school. What should I do? - Episode 43
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- Episode 43 - Hiroyuki-kun is a Boy!
At first Fujita looked shocked at my words, but then, after a bit, he laughed like he always did.
“What is it, Hiroyuki? Don’t tell me you’re not going to say you’re going to keep them both? If you say that, even I, your best friend, will beat the hell out of you!”
“Since when did we become best friends? Plus you’re saying some pretty terrible things while you’re laughing, aren’t you?”
I’m a little scared. Mainly of his face. Is he some kind of devil?
“Then what is it? Oh, is it that? The ‘I don’t see childhood friends as anything but siblings. I can’t see them as women’ kind of thing?”
“…”
“Eh?”
“What the heck is that? Think about what you just said… They’re pretty girls, you know? And you’re saying I can’t see them as women just because I’ve known them since childhood?”
I was quietly… but surely trembling with anger. Like a volcano that was about to erupt.
“How is that even possible?!”
And then, the eruption.
“He-Hey! Calm down, Hiroyuki…”
“You know what? They sometimes come over to my place and take a bath, right? And then they come straight to my room, and then they ask “What manga are you reading?” while coming really close to me! And of course they smell like shampoo and other good stuff! Even I’m a normal high school boy, you know!”
(T/N: Mmm, suffering from success. Must be hard. )
“Hi-Hiroyuki!”
“What’s more, they say things like ‘I’m going to sleep in Hiro’s room today~’ We’re both in high school! There’s no way they can sleep in my room! Keeping my sense of reason together was a full time job! It was like being a corporate slave!”
I really wish they would give me a break. Seriously.
“C-Calm down! Calm down!
“…Phew…”
“Hi-Hiroyuki?”
… Calmed down now. Phew…
“Well now you know it’s not that I don’t see them as the opposite sex. Rather, I’m actually eyeing them as the opposite sex all the time.”
“Really…? It doesn’t look like that though…”
“I didn’t make it look that way.”
“Why?”
“I have my reasons.”
“Is it something I’m not supposed to hear?”
“I don’t think it’s an interesting story, and I don’t actively want to tell it. If you have a good reason, well, I wouldn’t mind talking about it. Do you have such a reason?”
“Nothing but curiosity.”
“Then I won’t talk.”
”Okay, that’s fine. You’ve been through a lot, haven’t you? The way you were angry just now, it really got to me..”
“I suppose. Anyway, let’s just say that having childhood friends isn’t as great of an experience as you think.”
“I see. I think I would be absolutely delighted to have two cute childhood friends like yours though.”
“It really is a blessing, I don’t doubt that. I get to go to school with two beautiful girls every morning.”
Well, not these days, but we went to school together through grade school, middle school, and freshman year of high school. I was winning in life, if I do say so myself.
“Give me a proper answer already…”
“I guess it’s good and bad. Okay, that’s enough! Are you done eating? I’m going home.”
“Hey, wait! I only have the fries left!”
Saying that, Fujita scooped up all the fries in the paper bag and tossed them into his mouth. Hey, wait! You’re choking! Wait! I’ll get you some water!
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“…Welcome back. What took you so long?”
When I opened the door to the living room, I found Kiryu sitting on the sofa reading a book. I waved to her and sat down on a chair in the living room.
“I’m home. I took a short detour with Fujita.”
“A detour with one of your ‘friends’?”
“…”
“What?”
“No, I don’t want to hear any more of your ‘I don’t have any friends’ self-deprecation.”
“Oh? That’s too bad. I was just about to make a joke about that.”
“What are you even trying to accomplish?”
“I’m not aiming for anything. Simply because it’s fun and it makes me happy.”
“Self-deprecation?”
“The fact that I have a partner who listens to me when I make self-deprecating jokes. I’m also living with that person, you know? Of course it’s fun and it makes me happy.”
“…”
“Embarrassed?”
“Just a bit. But look at you. Your cheeks are red too.”
“Fufufu. Well. It was a little embarrassing. But I wasn’t lying…”
“Thanks…”
Saying that, I scratch my head. I am beyond embarrassed.
“Well, enough of that. Sounds like you’ve had a rough day, huh?”
“What makes you say that?”
“Suzuki-san and Kamo-san. There was a dispute in your classroom, wasn’t there?”
“How do you know?”
“I wouldn’t go so far as to say the whole school is talking about it, but there is quite a buzz, you know? Well, they’re both prominent figures and very good friends, aren’t they? It’s a rare occurrence for them to be in a fight, so it’s not surprising that there’s a lot of talk about it. By the way, there are rumors about you, too, you know?”
“…Really? Like what?”
“’As usual, Higashi Kujo is puzzled by the two women wooing him. Just explode.’”
“What’s with these rumors? They’re not even half as gossipy as they sound.”
“Well, that’s just how peaceful it is.”
“I’m not at all at peace though.”
“Isn’t it nice? Having two beautiful women fighting over you, it’s every man’s dream, no?”
“…What more, even my fiancee is beautiful too.”
Thinking about it, I’ve conquered the three most beautiful women in the world. Wow, am I the harem king?
“Ara~? That’s what I was thinking. Isn’t that amazing?”
“It’s amazing I’m not happy about it at all.”
What I’m afraid of is the way everyone will look at me tomorrow.
“Still, I find it strange….”
“Strange?”
“You’ve known them since childhood, right? Couldn’t you have chosen to go out with one of them? As a woman, I think they’re both attractive and I’m sure they have feelings for you.”
“…”
“Did I say something wrong?”
“I was just thinking about how I had the exact same conversation with Fujita earlier.”
“Oh? Is that so? What was your response?”
“That I will never go out with either Ryoko nor Tomomi.”
“Really?”
“Well, yeah..”
“You mind if I ask why…?”
“He asked me that earlier, too.”
“What did you say?”
“I don’t think it’s an interesting story, and I don’t really want to talk about it. If you have a good reason, then, well, I will talk about it.”
“…… I see. By the way, what if it were me who asked you?”
“Frankly, I don’t really feel too good about this story, okay? Or maybe it’s just me. It’s not a great story. I don’t want to spread it around too much, and if you want to hear it, please don’t tell anyone else.”
“…”
“Do you still want to hear it?”
“Hmm. I’m not sure. Thinking about it, I’m your fiancee right? I think I have the right and the duty to ask. I need to check up on my husband’s ‘affairs.'”
“Affairs?”
Well… if you put it that way. I’m going to marry her in the future, right? Some may say that it’s not right to pry into his past relationships with women, but I wouldn’t feel too good if I saw a glimpse of a man in Kiryu’s life. What’s that?
“Didn’t you say you’d let me cheat on you?”
“I did yes…”
“Then why do you need to ask?”
“…”
“…”
“..S-Shut up! Forget about that! I may have been a bit too pretentious there.. Just talk already!”
“Eek! Okay, okay! Okay, so don’t get mad!”
Holding back Kiryu, who is flailing the cushions on the sofa, I get up from my chair in the living room.
“It’s going to be a long story so I’m going to make you some coffee. You want some too?”
I smiled wryly at Kiryu, who nodded at me with an angry look, and headed to the kitchen to make coffee.