Chapter 65: The Cold-Headed, Peerless Angel Is My Fiancee

TL: lime
ED: Spynine01

I was a little late getting home after helping out Sensei.

There was a message on my phone that read, “Wait for me at the school gate,” which would be like a letter of challenge in the past.

Since I was already on my way to the school gate, I decided it would be faster to head there directly without replying to the message.

It had been a little while since the end of HR, so there were a few people between the entrance and the school gate.

I guessed that those who were going home would leave as soon as HR was over, and it seems that it’s early for those who stayed behind for club activities or to have a chat with their friends.

As I was heading to the school gate from the almost empty entrance, I saw two shadows standing there.

One of them must surely be Shiori. It looks like that message was true, I could see Shiori wearing her headphones around her neck.

The other person was a male student, talking to Shiori, and the male student held out his hand.

Looks likeーーa confession, perhaps?

But Shiori didn’t say a word to me about being called out or anything like that.

ーーDoes that mean… that he saw Shiori while she was waiting for me in front of the school gate and impulsively confessed to her?

You could say that the male student has the ability to take action… or is Shiori, who possessed a beauty enough to drive their impulses, a sinful woman?

I guess the cool-headed and peerless angel isn’t just for show.

However, it’s the behavior of someone who can’t read the atmosphere well enough to interrupt the scene of confession after witnessing it.

Whether it was planned or an impulsive decision, a confession is a confession. I wouldn’t do anything tactless like interrupting it in the middle.

But I wonder why. This buzzing in my chest won’t stop.

What if Shiori says yes? What if she goes out with that boy?

Such anxiety fills me with dread.

“I’m sorry.”

But with Shiori’s words, my fears were blown away like a home run hitter’s full swing at a pitch.

Hmm…

I was relieved and waited for the boy to leave, but he didn’t give up.

He doesn’t look like a man who’d continue to persist after.

She sends a reminder to the boy, but he doesn’t get the message, and he continues to talk to her without giving up.

I admire his perseverance…

“ーーYou know what? Let’s start with being friends. I know a good place.”

Saying that, the boy grabbed Shiori’s wrist.

Shiori looked uncomfortable at that.

This is not a confession, is it?

Besides, I was strangely annoyed that the boy was grabbing her wrist, and I found myself walking up to the boy at a fast pace, grabbing his dirty hand and pulling it away from hers.

“Stop it. She doesn’t like it.”

“Ah? What? You.”

I could tell from the color of his tie that he was a senior.

Naturally, I suddenly interrupted him, and if I was younger than him, it would be a natural reaction.

“Don’t force yourself on a girl who doesn’t want to be touched.”

“Ahー? She doesn’t mind it. Right? Nanasegawa-san.”

I wonder if this guy doesn’t see Shiori being averse to the idea .

It may be true that she’s expressionless.

But I can tell. The expression on Shiori’s face right now is a look of considerable displeasure.

“It’s none of your business. Don’t be a bitch. Don’t get in my way!”

I don’t know if he’s just pissed off because his confession was rejected and he was interrupted by a strange junior, or if he just has this kind of personality, but to this shit senior who couldn’t get the message even if I said it in words,”It’s my business!” I shoved his arm away while shouting loudly.

Then I grabbed Shiori’s hand and pulled her toward me, and I yelled.

“Shiori is my fiancee! Don’t you dare touch her!”

He looked at me with wide eyes and started laughing loudly. He started to laugh loudly.

“You! Eh!? What!? Gross! Have you been reading too many manga? Anime? Bwahaha! Ouch, ouch, ouch. Seriously, it hurts. Are you pretending to be a hero? For someone you have a crush on? Bwahaha! That’s so gross!”

I grabbed Shiori’s hand and pulled her closer to me while receiving unpleasant words he said while bursting out laughing.

“I have to give you a good scolding for being such a crazy flower boy¹ お花畑-ちやん Ohanabatake-chan which means ‘field of flowers’.”

He snapped his fingers and tried to hit me.

I almost got punched in the first year, but my older generation has a lot of violence, don’t you think?

“You’re dead! Ora!”

Ah… coming… in the nose, the shit senpai’s right hand came flying straight towardsーー.

『Heyyyy!! What are you guys doing!! You guys!! Huh!!』

When he heard the voice that sounded like Ya-san sensei from far away, the trash shitty senior stopped his right straight hook short and said, “Oh shit” and ran away.

“Remember this!”

He shouted the generic line that the bad guys spit out when they run away like losers as he dashed away.

“Which one of us has the anime brain here…”

I muttered to myself as I looked at his hapless backside running away from the teacher.

But still, an older generation is weak against teachers. If he’s mad enough to hit you, I don’t think that it matters much to be afraid of them…

Ahー… or do you care about the grades you can get when they’re the examine?

『Heyy! What are you talking about!?』

“Oh shit!”

This is no time for a calm analysis.

It would be troublesome if I get caught by Ya-san sensei.

“Let’s go! Shiori!”

“Ah, y-yeah.”

I pulled Shiori’s hand and ran out of the school gate.

♢

“ーーHaa… Haa… W-We’ll be fine this far… right?”

“Maybe.”

I dashed off to the train station downtown.

I don’t think the teacher would chase after us until we left the school, but once we started running, I didn’t stop and came all the way here.

“ーーAh… S-Sorry…”

I had been unconsciously holding Shiori’s hand for a while now, and when my consciousness went that way, I quickly let go of it due to the embarrassment of holding hands with her and the apology of having sweaty, soaked hands.

“It’s no problem.”

Shiori says, looking at her own hand.

Uwah… did she think my hands were sweaty or something?

“Hey?”

Shiori asked me while tilting her head. Her expression was a soft and warm one.

“Is it okay? Even though it’s a secret that I’m your fiancee, you said that out openly.”

“Ahー…”

While scratching my cheeks, I remembered what sensei had told me earlier.

『If you get caught up in such small things, you might lose something important one day.』

“It’s okay. Besidesーー”

I was convinced of my own feelings after seeing her confession earlier.

I like Shiori. As a woman.

“Besides?”

“Hmm.”

I shake my head and say to Shiori with a hint of a smile.

“It’s nothing.”

“Mou. I’m curious.”

“Ahaha. I’ll tell you when the time comes. ーーCome on, come on, you’re going to buy glasses, right? Let’s go.”

“Ah! Wait!”

For now, let’s rely on the engagement decided between our parents.

But I promise to deliver this feelingーーto you in the near future.