My Fiancée is a Cool-Headed, Peerless Angel - Chapter 46
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Chapter 46: A Secret Shared with my Fiancée
TL: lime
ED: Spynine01
“Welcome back.”
When we returned to the club room, Touma greeted me with a voice so handsome that even a man would shudder at his words.
I couldn’t help but stare at Touma’s face in dismay.
The Angel of Affection and Elegance likes this guy――.
“――? What’s wrong?”
“Hmm… Nothing…”
As if to get back at him, I tried to say something suggestive in return, but it doesn’t seem to work on Touma.
He adjusted his glasses as usual and pointed to the three working in the back of the club room.
“Your fiancée is amazing.”
“――Ha?”
I looked over to see Shiori sitting in front of the computer, typing away on the keyboard..
The two seniors that stood behind her, watched her with a look of amazement on their faces.
“Uwah. Nanasegawa-san looks like a character from a manga.
Shijo, who was standing next to her, also looked at the scene with admiration.
“Since Nanasegawa-san came back to help us out, the efficiency of our work has improved dramatically.――Fuh~. As expected of the Cool-Headed and Peerless angel. It’s amazing that she can use a computer without changing her expression one bit.”
No――Areh, that’s a really angry look. That face is a sign that she is throwing her frustration onto the keyboard.
Does she really want to be out there filming? Did she really want to model so badly?
Anyway… It’s not safe to approach her right now. Let’s keep a certain distance between us for now.
“――Everyone, good work!”
Suddenly, a pretty, mature woman with long, wavy hair walked into the room.
It was Kaede Minami-sensei, the homeroom teacher of the first year class.
When her eyes met mine, she said, “Ah! Isshiki-kun!” She grabbed my hand and shook it up and down.
She’s the advisor of the film studies club, and she seems to know what’s going on in the club right now, so she looks very pleased.
“I’m so happy! You came!”
Sensei’s hand was soft and feminine, and it made me a little nervous, so I said to her as if to hide my embarrassment.
“Do you really like me that much, Sensei?”
“You’re helping us with the club now, so I like it.”
“Self-centered woman.”
Sensei and I have been having this conversation for quite a while now.
It’s a pattern, and I’d like to change it sometime soon…
But if I do this, I’ll have to say something along the lines of, “I can’t go out with you”.
As I was thinking about such trivial things, Touma from the side said, “Sensei,” and separated her hands from mine.
“I’d like you to take a look at my editing.”
“Ah, yes.――But Rikudou-kun has already surpassed me――. There’s nothing more to teach you.”
“What are you talking about? I’m not good enough yet. I want Sensei to teach me more. Various other things――.”
“AHAHAー. Really? I’ll teach you then.”
“Please!”
Touma went in front of the PC with Sensei, adjusting his glasses infinitely.
What’s with you, you’re even more meganekui1 メガネクイ, I don’t understand what does this mean, if someone knows please comment it… than ever. You’re not going to tell me you like sensei by any chance, do you?
――I guess not…
Shijo is watching these two people very closely.
Jealousy――? Is it? But I think her expression is somewhat soft for something like that――.
“Ah――. I’m sorry. I left you alone…”
“No, no. ――I’ll bring this out to the seniors.”
I showed her the video camera I had with me.
“Why don’t you go there, Shijo?”
She pointed towards Touma and the others with her finger.
Then Shijo touched her cheeks with both her hands.
“D-Did it show in m-my face?”
“Not really, but… I just thought it would be better for Shijo to go over there with him. ――That’s what I thought.”
“Mou! Don’t tease me!”
“Nahahah.”
“If you say it that way, then Isshiki-kun is also naturally going to his fiancée’s place.”
“I’m going to my senior’s place.”
“Ah… That’s also true…”
She weakly accepted my words.
It’s not like her to be like that.
I patted Shijo on the shoulder and said, “Well, I’m going to go over there,” and headed towards Shiori and the others.
♢
The evening time in the middle of winter is so dark that it’s no exaggeration to say that it’s already night.
The film studies club was active until just before the final dismissal time. Even so, the end was still not yet in sight.
And yet, the Cool-Headed and Peerless Angel was walking next to me in a good mood.
“――Aren’t you going to ask?”
We were halfway home from school when Shiori suddenly spoke up.
“What?”
I knew what she meant, but I dared to ask again as if I didn’t know what she was talking about.
“It’s okay if you don’t know.”
“I see.”
The conversation ended there and we walked on in silence.
“Aren’t you going to ask?”
“Isn’t this too soon? Aren’t the span of questions within this time frame too short!?”
“It’s Kojiro’s fault for not asking.”
“You want me to listen to you, don’t you?”
“――That’s one way to put it.”
You have a weird sense of pride.
“――So? Why are you in such a good mood?”
“I’m glad you asked.”
You don’t have to tell a tsukkomi to this, do you? It’s too much trouble to do so.
“Actually, they asked me to join the film studies club.”
“――Hee. When did that happen?”
“That’s what talent does to a person.”
Certainly――Shiori was editing many times faster than the other students.
That is, she is an immediate asset for them to bargain for. No wonder they want her as a member of the club.
“Are you joining?”
“No, I’m not.”
Aaah…
I almost fell down on the spot.
“You’re not joining?!”
“If I join them, I’ll be late for dinner.”
“You don’t have to worry about that, though, do you?”
When I said that, she paused for a moment and shook her head.
“I’m good.”
“Is that so? Well, if that’s what Shiori wants, then fine.”
“No.”
After denying this, she looks at me with a happy face.
“And that’s not the only reason why I’m so excited.”
“What?”
“――Fu~. I can’t tell anyone about this. If I do, I’ll have to commit seppuku.”
“You’ve got something serious on your mind. ――Could it be about Shijo?”
“――What!?”
A lightning-like effect was added to the background of the expressionless cool-like character of Shiori’s.
“You got me there.”
She’s an easy to understand cool-like character.
“What is it? Have you already heard about it? Shijo’s story.”
“――Why does Kojiro know?”
“Because I heard it too. It’s about Touma, right?”
When I said that, she looked frustrated. Apparently, she had been under the impression that she was the only one who knew about it.
“――There is no value in a secret that a man like Kojiro knows. In this case, I’ll just――”
“No good, no good! You can’t tell anyone about it!”
“Just kidding.”
I can’t tell if she’s joking or not. It’s okay――isn’t it…?
“Someone likes someone else… honestly, I’m not that interested.”
Ohh. You’re definitely the Cool-Headed and Peerless Angel. That’s cold.
“――But Shijo-san told me. For the first time… I heard about someone’s secret–”
I don’t think I need to tell you that she said she was going to use us or something black-hearted like that when she looks so happy with that.
“――I guess she trusts us in no small way.”
When I said such a beautiful thing, Shiori made a gooey, enthusiastic voice.
“I will do my best to support Shijo-san’s love.”
“That’s right. It’s the least we can do now that we know the secret.”
Shiori muttered in a small voice, “Secret――cheering――”.
“Problem, Kojiro.”
“What?”
“This means that Shijo and I are “friends” I say.”
The beautiful girl snorted.
“Friends…”
“No?”
Next, she made an uneasy sound.
“I don’t know what the definition of a friend is… But I don’t think you just become one by saying, “Let’s be friends”. ――So I think it’s not wrong to say that Shiori and Shijo are my friends as long as I’m looking at them.”
When I told her that, Shiori showed a happy face.
“Friends… Friends…”
“No, I’m scared as hell right now.”
“You have to support Shijo-san’s love too, right, Kojiro?”
“Well, that’s the plan.”
“Let’s both be cupids for their love.”
“It would be nice… if we could…”
Maybe I’m thinking this because it’s someone else’s problem and not my own, but I couldn’t help but feel like it was a tragic love.
“I’ll do my best… Yeah.”
But there was no way I could say that in front of Shiori, who was very motivated to help Shijo out.