She is Reading My Thoughts Again Today - Chapter 53

Fast Food Day

We decided to go to a fast-food restaurant near school, there are a lot of high school students here besides us. I’m a bit concerned about the gazes I get around me.

“Let’s order for the most expensive one.”

“How about we order this set and this one?”

“Ah, that sounds great!”

“Stop it.”

Regardless of the situation, the two of them, or rather Kosaka mostly, are talking about what to order excitedly while looking at the menu. Kisaragi seems to be happier than usual. I look at the menu between them while wondering when they had become so close.

In the end, we ordered the same set as usual. Safe choice is always the best. The girls finish their order without worrying how expensive their orders are and went to find a table first. I took the two trays that were served to me and headed toward the table where they are sitting. Kisaragi and Kosaka are sitting next to each other, so I sit on the other side of the table.

“So what’s going on today? Who is that cool looking boy?”

Kosaka asks as she dips her fries in ketchup. Since the restaurant is noisy, we shouldn’t worry about someone overhearing our conversation. Kisaragi slowly opens her mouth.

“He is Hoshikawa Yuma. He is the one who had his handcraft destroyed by my classmate in the fifth grade, he began to like me after I guessed the culprit of that incident. He is also the person who made all of the girls in my class against me in the second grade of middle school.”

“I didn’t know you were involved in that.”

“It’s amazing how someone can tell that you’re in trouble just by listening to your summary.”

Perhaps out of surprise, my hand stopped taking the fries. But I started eating the fries again shortly.

“But I can’t think of any important details out of it, can I ask you to tell us more about it?”

Kisaragi nods at Kosaka’s words.

“When I was in grade school, I used my abilities to find out who was responsible for destroying Hoshikawa’s handcraft. Since then, he began to like me more and more to the point that it’s so obvious, there are a few people who didn’t like it… and I think you can imagine the rest of it.”

Although it is a straightforward explanation, Kosaka accepts Kisaragi’s abilities as a matter of course, I think it would be easier for her to talk and understand about it this way.

“That’s quite a though past.”

“Well, I’m used to it.”

Kisaragi replied her in a matter-of-fact manner, Kosaka seems to be at loss for a response. Then Kosaka giggled at Kisaragi’s words.

“But he went to a different high school than Nao-chan, right? Why did he come back now?”

After taking a sip of water, she took a breath and continue the conversation.

“It was towards the end of my middle school years. I explained to him about my abilities because I was too depressed about the favors he was giving me. Most people would consider me as a dangerous person and avoided me, regardless of the truth.”

I think she moved her gaze towards me for a moment. It might have been my imagination.

“But he said with a sparkle in his eyes that he would find a way to get rid of my ability. I thought if it would be great if I have a sparkle like that in my eyes, but at the same time I saw it as an opportunity. I said ‘Don’t show up until you find a way to get rid of my ability.’ He agreed to do so and went to a high school near a place where he said he can learn a way to get rid of my ability.”

“I see. So, has he found a way to completely inhibit Nao-chan’s ability?”

“…perhaps. The silence I felt the moment he approached us feels normal.”

So apparently, he can inhibit Kisaragi’s ability. How could such person find a way to inhibit Kisaragi’s ability? As I listen to her story, I hope that it’s all a lie, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

“Did he say anything else?”

“I’m sure he didn’t say anything more than what we just discussed now.”

“What should we do? It seems that he knows the way to inhibit your ability just as Mikan-san does.”

“Yeah that’s right, he probably knows.”

Kisaragi’s face turns pale at once.

“Yeah I think he knows, but I don’t know if he would do it. Depending on who told him how to inhibit Kisaragi’s ability, he might know a more efficient way. Where did he learn to do it?”

“It must be somewhere in a certain prefecture.”

“A certain prefecture, a certain prefecture… Maybe that’s the place. I haven’t heard many good reviews about it, but maybe most of the reviewers are just cold-hearted.”

“What review?”

I don’t know such a review site exists.

“I hear that people who go there just want to acquire power, they don’t have much enthusiasm about anything.”

I would be lying if I said I’m not concerned about what they said as if they were nothing, but I stopped worrying them because the way they look at me scares me a little.

“What do you think of him Nao-chan?”

“His feelings are too heavy.”

Kosaka, who apparently had a drink in her mouth, gets up from her seat and starts running. The look on her face as we passed each other is truly painful.

“If he goes that far, I feel like I’m the bad person for rejecting him.”

“I guess so. Anyway, you must be tired of talking. Why don’t you have a drink?”

“Yeah.”

After taking a drink, Kisaragi looks more refreshed. I wonder if she has her favourite drink, but as I recall, she ordered green tea instead of tangerine juice. I wonder if she likes green tea as well. No, she had drunk it in front of me before, but her reaction is just usual. Then why?

“What do you think of him Hokuto-san?”

“Well, I think he is quite troublesome.”

“I see, I see.”

I have a bad feeling about this.

“Then what do you think about the feelings Hoshikawa-kun has for me?”

“Do you want to have some fries? I haven’t eaten them yet.”

Without looking away from Kisaragi who is looking at me sharply with a smile on her face, I offered her some fries. I’m not sure changing the subject like this is somehow an answer itself, but I’m not sure what to do. Then she began to eat the fries, she looks satisfied. It seems that it is the right thing to do. No, I don’t even know it is or not. Is this the right thing to do or not?

“What’s wrong?”

Before I knew it, Kosaka who has returned is looking at me and Kisaragi alternately.

“…he said that the two of us can have his fries as well.”

“Ahh! Thanks!”

“Thankyou.”

Wanting to leave, I put my burger into my mouth.

“This is kind of fun!”

“Yeah, it is.”

As they are laughing happily, I found myself grinning looking at them.