So You’re Telling Me I’m in My Popular Phase!? - Chapter 25: An Unexpected Inescapable Situation!?

Chapter 25: An Unexpected Inescapable Situation!?

“Hey, Izumi.”

When break time rolled around, I asked Izumi about dinner.

“Are you free tonight?”

“Eh? Why?”

“Well, I won’t have someone to cook for me today, so I wanted to ask if you could help out.”

“Sure, but what about Aki-chan?”

“She’s still at her friend’s house for a sleepover today too, so she’s not around.”

Man, I wanna see Aki’s face soon.

“Today too?”

Ah, right—Izumi doesn’t know about yesterday.

“Aki’s been staying at a friend’s house since after school yesterday.”

“Oh really? Sounds fun.”

Yeah, sounds fun.

But I was so lonely yesterday I cried.

Crap—I feel like I’m gonna cry again.

“Ryu-kun? What’s wrong? You’re tearing up…”

“Nah, it’s nothing.”

“Really? Okay then.”

“So—is it okay if it’s just the two of us today?”

Hmm.

Even for childhood friends, just the two of us is…

Ah! There was an anime scene where two characters ate together all the time like this. So maybe it’s fine?

No, no—obviously anime and reality aren’t the same.

“Just the two of us…”

“Did you say something?”

“Nope. Nothing at all.”

“I see.”

Sometimes Izumi gets weird.

“Since we’re at it, should we have a sleepover too?”

Pffft!!

“What are you talking about?! Even if you call it a sleepover, it’s literally just you and me alone!”

What is she saying?

“That’s why it’s good!”

Cough, cough!

“Seriously, what are you saying?!”

“Fine, forget it.”

For real, what was she trying to say?

“I came because I heard ‘sleepover.’”

Tomoya, don’t show up at weird times!

“I came because I heard something improper.”

Machida-san, you don’t need to be here either!

“What do you mean ‘improper’…?”

“A man and a woman under the same roof is improper, isn’t it?”

Well, I guess that’s true, but…

“Therefore, we’ll be joining that gathering as well.”

What are you talking about?!

Don’t nod along, Tomoya!

“With this, we can do a sleepover, right?”

“No, wait—do you guys want to stay at my house that badly?!”

“““Yeah!”””

“Don’t nod all at once!”

What is up with these guys?

“Then…”

Hm? What?

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

“Staggering it doesn’t fix anything!!”

What? Scary.

“You don’t give up easily, do you?”

Who cares!

“More importantly, why do you wanna stay at my house so much?”

“It just sounds fun to do that sometimes.”

Yeah, Izumi, but it’s a huge pain for me.

Think about other people’s feelings, okay?

“As president, I must properly grasp Ichikami-kun’s ero—no, no. Ichikami-kun’s hobbies.”

In other words, you just wanna search for porn mags, right?

Stop it!

“Because watching that looks fun.”

How many people’s misery are you planning to enjoy?

“Anyway, it’s a no!”

Then, Machida-san suddenly whipped out her phone and called someone.

After a while, she finished the call and turned to me.

“They said it’s okay.”

Huh?

“What do you mean?”

“I was just on the phone with Ichikami-kun’s parents.”

“How?!”

Machida-san just smiled pleasantly.

If it’s her, she probably really did it.

That’s way too scary!

“Now, there is no escape route left.”

Damn.

There’s no choice now.

“Fine. I understand.”

The three of them started jumping up and down.

Just how happy are you guys?!

“In exchange, I’m deciding what you bring and stuff, so meet up at lunch break.”

“Understood.”

“OK!”

“Yeah! Got it.”

I’m anxious, but since it’s decided, there’s no helping it. Prepare yourself, me!