The Blonde Saint Only Makes Strange Noises In Front Of Me, What Should I Do?

Episode 34 – Purikura With Four People

It was now the second half of June.

Most of the students were in summer clothes, and so were we. The girls were either wearing only shirts or vests over them, but Sana was wearing the former. So, what’s wrong with that is … Sana’s is a little larger than ordinary high school students, so the emphasis is great, or even if you don’t like it, your eyes will go … Anyway, As a youth, I sometimes have trouble finding a place to look.

I asked her once if she wore a vest, but she replied, “Why not? It’s too hot”, she replied. I wish Sana would be a little more sensitive to men’s hearts. However, she must be completely unfamiliar with such things because she was told she was pregnant just for holding hands with me. Maybe it’s better to give up on that.

Speaking of the latter half of June, it’s already been a month since the four of us started working together. We spend most of our lunch breaks and after-school activities together on school days, but it’s true that what we do has become routine.

The rainy season has started and it has been raining a lot lately, so the days we can play, catch, are getting limited. It was fun to be with them, but a bit boring. I guess you could say that our days were filled with a sense of moratorium.

I liked these moratorium days a lot. We would play games together in the empty classrooms during lunch break (recently, the four of us have been playing a newly released MMORPG smartphone game), or we would go to a family restaurant or fast food restaurant after school to hang out. There is nothing much to say about it, but we get together and it’s kind of boring, but it makes us laugh when we’re together. ….It was one of those days.

On the one hand, I wish that such an ordinary day could go on forever, but on the other hand, if I were to go out with …Sana, would this relationship of the four of us also disappear? Is it selfish of me to want both of those things?

I thought about this as I picked at my Mock Burger fries and watched Sana smile at Kazuharu’s joke.

“Where do you want to go?”

“It’s still a little early to go home, isn’t it?”

It was getting crowded in Mock Burger, so the four of us decided to leave. But we had nowhere else to go.

We were lucky that it wasn’t raining today, but the hot and humid air made us feel lazy as we walked down the shopping street.

We were walking along the shopping street, feeling lazy in the hot and humid air, when we suddenly saw a game center.

“Ahh…”

When I stopped to look at it, the three of them also stopped.

“What happened?”

Asuka asked me.

It occurred to me that we’ve never been to an arcade before. And speaking of the arcade, there’s one in front of us.

“Why don’t we take some Purikura?”

When I said that, Sana huffed and glared at me. I don’t like it when she stares at me.

“Okay, but why again?”

Asuka tilted his head. Sure, it might be a little surprising to hear me say “Purikura”.

I’ve never had any experience with Purikura, only taking pictures with my friends in middle school. It would also be the first time I said the word in front of Kazuharu and Asuka.

“No, Sana said before that she wanted to take Purikura with her friends. Since we’re going out of our way, I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to take one with the four of us.”

When I said that, Sana’s body trembled in fear.

What is she scared of? What are you scared of? Do you think I’m going to say something about the Pinpuri? It’s nonsense to play with that stuff now. It’s better to play with it when you’re alone.

“Oh, Sana, you’ve never taken pictures? I thought all girls loved taking pictures.”

Kazuharu asked with a surprising look on his face.

“Look, I didn’t have any friends, did I? They weren’t my friends.”

Sana said a self-deprecating thing without hesitation. Moreover, she even told a lie.

It’s not that you haven’t taken pictures before, it’s just that you’ve been taking embarrassing pinpuri… When I was thinking about it, as if Sana read my mind, she gave me a scary smile.

“Kaoru-kun? You look like you want to say something, what is it?”

It’s a smile that usually makes me want to pay three thousand yen, but for some reason it scares me right now. It’s the kind of smile that makes you feel like you’re about to be stabbed in the back.

“No, it’s nothing…”

Asuka and Kazuharu looked at us suspiciously.

“Well, why don’t you take some pictures then? There are four of us, it’s only a hundred yen each.”

“Yeah, I guess so. I’ve never taken Purikura before either.

The two of us agreed, and Sana nodded her head, so we went straight into the arcade.

Before we went in, she secretly grabbed my arm and threatened me in a low voice, “If you say anything else, I’ll kill you.” What the heck, I proposed it because I thought it would make Sana happy.

We did so, and the four of us took our first Purikura. Sana didn’t have the same expression on her face as in the Pinpuri, but she had a very happy smile on her face. It wasn’t the same as the saintly smile, but it was Sana’s original smile. It was a smile that made me feel happy just looking at it.

“Wow, you’re really beautiful, Itsuki-san.”

Looking at the purikura taken by the four of us on his phone, Kazuharu honestly expressed his impressions. Sana smiled happily and said, “Right!?”.

The purikura processed Sana was one and a quarter times cuter than usual. However, the eyes of the guys like me and Kazuharu were too big, making us look rather unpleasant rather than handsome. That’s what makes it interesting, but there was one person who unexpectedly put up a great fight. That’s…

“But Asuka is cute too, you know. Why don’t you let your hair grow longer?”

When Sana displayed a make-up purikura for Asuka, I and Kazuharu erupted when we saw it. She had processed Asuka’s makeup as a prank.

I can’t help but laugh, because it’s so girly – or rather, the ratio of men to women seems to be 2:2.

“Ahh, that’s so terrible of you, Itsuki-san!”

On the other hand, Asuka was about to cry. With the addition of the fact that he has a female face and a baby face that was already complex, it has become more complex. Oh, poor you. It’s funny though.

“Unn, why? You’re so cute.”

“I don’t want to be pretty!”

“Really? Then maybe I’ll make it my wallpaper.”

“Oh, I’ll make that my wallpaper too.”

“Me too. Asukam, will you too?”

“No, please! No, no, no!”

Asuka, who was really crying, and me, Kazuharu, and Sana, who were laughing at her. I’m sure you’re happy enough as it is.

I’m sure she’s still happy and having a great time. I’m sure that Sana also wants to spend time with her friends like this.

But why…why am I so lacking? It should be a moratorium period, but why do I feel so lonely?

Sana, who seemed so close to me when we first met, now seemed so far away. Her hand, which was so easy to touch, had become untouchable.

“Hey, Kaoru-kun! Since we’re here anyway, let’s play some other games. I want to play that gun shooting game!

Without knowing my thoughts, Sana smiles at me with a saintly smile.

Lately, just seeing her smile makes my heart ache. I don’t know why, but it hurts. And then I get the urge to start crying.

“Oh, that new bio stuff, huh? Okay, let’s have a score game between me and Kaoru, and Itsuki-san and Asuka!”

“Ehh, no!? I’m teaming up with Kaoru-kun, so don’t decide on your own!”

As usual, Kazuharu and Sana are fighting over me. It’s because they fight like this that they are always paired up with Gupper.

“Yay~! Kaoru-kun is paired with me!”

Sana looked at the outstretched hand and smiled happily at me.

The result was good for me and Sana, and par for Asuka and Kazuharu. Asuka looked happy and smiled, while Kazuharu was mysteriously disappointed.

Yes, this was our daily life that we had formed over the past month. This was supposed to be fun. However, I had come to feel somewhat dissatisfied with such a routine.