My Precious Childhood Friend Got a Boyfriend

Loneliness

The next day.

“Thank you Shogo-kun! Thanks to you, Ryota-kun and I are dating now!”

“Haha, is that so? I’m glad for you, Nanami.”

“Yeah!”

It seems that Nakamura confessed to Nanami yesterday.

Nanami accepted his confession and they became a couple.

She seems really happy to be dating Nakamura.

I’m truly happy for you, Nanami.

I hope you can continue to find happiness with Nakamura.

“Well then, shall we go home, Nanami?”

“Eh? Ah…I’m sorry Shogo-kun. I can’t walk home with you today.”

I tilt my head at Nanami’s words.

“Hmm? Why can’t you walk home with me? Do you have something to do?”

“…well, you see, I want to walk home with Ryota-kun today. So, um…I can’t walk home with you, Shogo-kun.”

Ah, I see.

She wants to walk home with Nakamura.

“I see. Well then, I’ll walk home alone today.”

“I’m really sorry, Shogo-kun.”

“Don’t worry about it. I’m not mad at all. Just make sure things go well with Nakamura, okay?”

“Yeah!”

I put my textbook into my bag and leave the classroom.

Then I change from my indoor shoes to outdoor shoes at my locker and start walking home.

Nanami and I usually walk home together.

But today, I’m walking back home alone.

It feels quite lonely without Nanami.

I wonder if Nanami is walking home with Nakamura right now?

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Two weeks later.

“Nanami, do you want to hang out after school today?”

“Sorry, Shogo-kun…I already have plans to hang out with Ryota-kun today.”

“Hmm? You two are going on another date today…?”

“Yeah!”

“……”

I feel like Nanami and I have been growing apart lately.

She isn’t spending any time with me at all.

Every time when I invite her to hang out, she always rejects me saying she has plans with Nakamura.

I even tried inviting her to hang out again today, but she just coldly rejected me.

Nanami always prioritizes her boyfriend over me.

Because of that, I’ve been spending my time alone lately.

It feels a bit lonely.

Hah…ever since Nanami started dating Nakamura, our relationship has been growing apart.

Does she no longer care about me?

Does she only care about Nakamura now?

Yeah, I feel really lonely…

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“Hey, hey, Shogo-kun!”

One day, Nanami suddenly called out to me.

It’s unusual for Nanami to talk to me like this.

Lately, she’s been so focused on her boyfriend that she hasn’t paid any attention to me…

“What’s up, Nanami? Is there something you need?”

“If you’re free, do you want to hang out after school today?”

“Eh…?”

Hearing Nanami’s words, I can’t help but to blurt so.

“Are you sure? What about Nakamura?”

When I say so, Nanami’s expression turns gloomy.

“Actually, I wanted to hang out with Ryota-kun after school today…but it seems like he has some extracurricular activity today. So, let’s hang out, Shogo-kun.”

“……”

So the truth is, Nanami actually wanted to hang out with her boyfriend instead of me, but since he’s busy, she has no choice but to invite me.

Don’t mess with me…

I’m not just some convenient playmate for you.

You always turn me down whenever I ask you to hang out, but now when your beloved boyfriend is busy, you’re asking me to hang out with you?

Tch, that’s really annoying.

“Do you not want to hang out with me…Shogo-kun?”

Oh well.

It’s been a while since I last hung out with Nanami.

So, I’m actually looking forward to it.

“No, it’s not like that. Yeah, I don’t have any plans after school, let’s hang out.”

“Yeah!”

After school, I end up hanging out with Nanami.

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“Ah!? That’s not fair!! Shogo-kun! You cheated, didn’t you!?”

“There’s no way I’d do something like that. Besides, aren’t you the one cheating, Nanami?”

Right now, I’m playing a competitive game with Nanami.

Playing with Nanami is really fun.

It’s so enjoyable that time flies by in the blink of an eye.

Before I knew it, it’s already 8 PM.

It’s already this late.

I should probably head home soon…

It’s really fun to hang out with Nanami again after such a long time.

I’d like to hang out with her again, but she has a boyfriend now.

If I ask her to hang out with me, she’ll probably just turn me down again like usual saying, ‘Sorry, I can’t today, I’m hanging out with my boyfriend’.

Hah…how did things end up like this?

Anyway, I might as well try asking her to hang out again, even if it’s a long shot.

“Hey Nanami…”

“Hmm? What’s up?”

“Are you free tomorrow?”

“Eh? Ah, yeah, I don’t have any plans tomorrow.”

“Then, do you want to hang out again tomorrow?”

“Yeah, sure!”

“Eh…?”

Nanami’s words surprised me.

“Really…?”

“Yeah, I don’t have plans to hang out with Ryota-kun tomorrow.”