The Charm of the Popular Beautiful Succubus in Class Doesn't Work on Me ~ For Some Reason, This Beauty Keeps Trying to Hold My Hand ~ - 34

Chapter 34: Cut the Act and Show Me Your True Self Already

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“Seiya Kokubun, 2nd year Class C.”

Kisara and I were at the batting center near the school as part of our usual date. The only difference from our usual dates was that, for some reason, Kokubun was also with us. 

“Wow~ I’ve always wanted to talk with Michihito’s girlfriend, you now?~”

“Likewise. I’m Kisara Sarashina. I’m Michihito-kun’s girlfriend.”

Both Kokubun and Kisara were using their polite smiles that they usually didn’t show to me. Though Kokubun’s polite smile made me feel uneasy, but I found it refreshing to see Kisara speaking so formally like that. I couldn’t help but smile at that. 

“Kisara, let me give you a brief information regarding my relationship with Kokubun. Kokubun and I were in the same class during our first year and we’ve been hanging out ever since. His personality is as bad as he looks. He’s trash, so please don’t get too involved with him.”

“Oi, what do you mean I’m a ‘trash’?”

“Huh? You don’t know you’re trash?”

“Shouldn’t you tell her my good points? That’s what you’re supposed to do when introducing someone, right?”

“Your good points… Sorry, I can’t think of any.”

“Come on, there must be something. Like ‘clever, nice guy’ or ‘thoughtful and kind to friends.’ See? This is why you didn’t get anything at the last mixer-“

After saying all that, Kokubun finally realized the mistake he had made. His face showed his internal panic. Kokubuna and I hurriedly turned to Kisara, who was standing there with a big smile and her arms crossed together. 

“Oooh~ So Michihito-kun still went to a mixer even though you have a girlfriend. That’s news to me. I’d love to hear more in great details~”

With a big smile on her face as she edged closer to me. 

Ki-Kisara-san…?? Your eyes aren’t smiling at all, you know? We’re just ‘pretend lovers’ after all. You don’t have to act that convincingly, you know?

“Wait, Kisara, you’re wrong. That was before we started dating and… Oi! Kokubun! Where’s that ‘thoughtful and kind to friends’ part you mentioned before?”

“Ah, sorry. You see, I’ve got this condition that prevents me from telling a lie to a beautiful girl.”

“There! That’s a lie! What are you acting all cocky for?! Kisara, you see? This guy is trash. You can’t trust someone like him! The mixer thing he mentioned before was just a joke!”

Kisara watched our silly banter with wide eyes, but soon, the cheerful expression returned to her face. She then started giggling. 

“Somehow, it’s refreshing to see Michihito-kun talking with his friends. In fact, I didn’t know you actually had friends.”

“Are you stupid?! Of course I have at least one friend!”

“Just one?”

She said before bursting out laughing. 

“Ah~ Michihito~ By the way, I’m here today as Kisara-san’s bodyguard, so right now, you don’t have any friends.”

“When did you become Kisara’s bodyguard?! I never heard anything about that!”

“Michihito, do you really understand how charming Kisara is? She’s cute. She’s kind and not to mention, her chest- UGHH-?!”

I grabbed the nape of Kokubun’s neck, pressing it firmly to prevent him from saying anything further. However, since Kokubun was taller than me, it seemed like I was the one being grabbed instead even though I was the one grabbing him. It was a strange contradiction indeed. 

“Kokubun-san is really funny. Also, you can just call me Kisara.”

Kokubun is allowed to call her by ‘Kisara’…? Oi, oi, oi. Do you know how many quests I had to clear to have the privilege to call her by just ‘Kisara’? And yet… Kokubun receives that privilege on his first day meeting her? That’s cheating!

“Umm~I thought being able to call you ‘Kisara’ is supposed to be a special privilege for your boyfriend…?”

At that, I gave Kisara a displeased look, something I rarely did. 

Huh? Wait… Am I actually someone with this kind of temperament…? Usually, Kisara should be the one acting like this, but for some reason… Haah… I guess having Kokubun here today is messing with my usual pace. 

“Oh my? Michihito-kun, I thought you have this condition where you will die if you call a girl by her first name? I was just being considerate of you, given your condition. After all, I wouldn’t want you to die~”

“What? Michihito, I didn’t know you have that kind of special condition. As a fellow sufferer of a special condition, you should’ve told me about it earlier!”

Ugh… Please don’t reveal our private conversations to Kokubun… It’s embarrassing. It’s so embarrassing I think I’m going to die from shame alone. 

When I looked at Kokubun, he was wearing his usual smug grin. 

I’m going to hit him with a ball later. I’m definitely going to hit him for sure!

“Well~ Since Michihito is getting jealous, I will call you ‘Sarashina’ without any honorifics then.”

“I see. I will call you Kokubun-kun hen.”

Kisara said with a bright smile on her face. 

“Alright. Now that we’ve done our introductions, let’s start playing at the batting center!”

“Yay!~”

And so, the two of them ran off towards the batting cages. 

“I’ll teach you a special secret batting technique passed down in my family, just for you, Sarashina.”

“Wow! Kokubun-kun, you can play baseball?! Yay! Teach me, teach me!”

I was left alone while Kokubun and Kisara were laughing and having fun with their helmets and bats. 

Yay, she said… Since when did you become a party animal, Kisara? Also… A special secret batting technique passed down in my family… What is this? A yakitori shop? And look at Kokubun. He’s calling Kisara by Sarashina without any honorifics. And Kisara too. She’s just as bad. Teach me, teach me? You’re not even interested in baseball… You two…

“Enough with this! The two of you! Show your true selves! I’ve never seen Kokubun acting this nice and I’ve never seen Kisara acting his cutesy!”

“”Huh?””

“Umm, I mean…”

“”Even though we were doing such a good job at pretending to be nice…””

“Umm…”

Both Kokubun and Kisara grinned in unison, as if they had planned this in advance. 

“”Michihito… You’re out.”

Along with a strange sound effect, I was declared ‘out.’

Huh? Huh??? What’s going on here??

“Alright! Since Michihito-kun was unable to read the mood and went to a mixer without telling me, you need to go through a punishment game!”

Punishment game…? You’re still feeling bitter over the mixer thing, aren’t you? Kokubun… I won’t forgive you for this. 

After that, Kokubun held me in a headlock and made me do the ‘spinning bat’ game, but that was a story for another time.

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