The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜 - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Cultural Festival (1)〜 Tamari’s Maid Outfit〜

—On the day of the cultural festival.

With the armbands labeled “Cultural Festival Executive Committee” handed to us at the committee meeting, Saeki and I patrolled the area.

It seems that at this high school, the festival executive committee members are supposed to make the rounds every year, and naturally, Saeki and I were assigned that job.

For now, we strolled around the second-year floor, keeping an eye out for any suspicious individuals.

“It’s a hassle… why do I have to do this?”

“You’re on the executive committee, so suck it up a bit.”

“…I know that. I just wanted to vent a little.”

Saeki vents too, huh… It’s hard to believe from her usual demeanor, but I guess she’s like this around me, so it’s not that surprising, right?

“Anyway, there are a lot of people here.”

“Yeah.”

I thought the same when I came here in middle school. Compared to others, this high school’s cultural festival attracts quite a crowd. It’s a popular private school with a decently high entrance exam difficulty level and competition, so many middle school students come to check it out.

“Saeki, you were abroad until middle school, right? Being a returnee, you could’ve probably gone to a better high school, but is there a reason you chose this one?”

“Are you interested in me?”

“Not particularly in you, but I’m curious about your reasons for choosing this school.”

“Is that so… you’re such a bore. You could just be honest.”

With a hint of exasperation, Saeki begins to talk about her reasons for choosing this school.

“My younger sister, Miyo, was planning to apply to the prestigious girls’ high school affiliated with a famous university, so I was planning to enroll there too…”

“But? What happened?”

“I failed miserably in the English test.”

What exactly are returnees? Come to think of it, she mentioned that when she was overseas, she relied on her sister for translation. But despite Saeki failing, her sister passed? She’s surprisingly capable… though she has a sharp tongue.

“I’m not interested in taking the high school entrance exam, and I don’t care if I fail.”

“You’re not interested… and yet you managed to get into this high school? Saeki’s personality probably isn’t the type that would get accepted through an internal offer like Tamari.”

“That’s incredibly rude… If you keep it up, I won’t talk to you anymore.”

“Fine. I’m okay with that.”

“You don’t have to pretend to be tough.”

“I’m not pretending to be tough at all.”

“Kotoku-kun!”

As we talked on the landing of the stairs, a high-pitched voice approached from the floor above.

“Tamari… what’s with that outfit?”

A maid outfit with cat ears and frilly lace in black and white. Near the nose, three cat whiskers were drawn on each side with a marker, looking intentionally cute.

“Look, look! Isn’t it cute?”

“…It’s a bit cringe.”

“Why?! It’s an outfit that Kotoku-kun would like!”

The moment Tamari said “Kotoku-kun would like,” Saeki, who was beside me, gave me a cold glare.

I mentally countered that gaze with a message saying, “That’s not it”.

“Well, whatever. I’ll send you a selfie of me in this maid outfit later, so you can enjoy it when you’re alone in your room, okay~?”

“Don’t bother sending that.”

“Aw, come on. Well then, good luck with your work!”

Perhaps because it’s the cultural festival, Tamari, who seemed unusually cheerful, waved to me as she climbed the stairs.

She’s still as noisy as ever.

“……………………”

“W-What? If you have something to say, just say it.”

“……………………Lolicon.”

Saeki looked at me with eyes of disdain, as if looking at trash.

I’ve said it so many times that I’m not a lolicon.

“I’m disappointed in you. You’re probably going to do something so disgusting with photos of Tamari-san in a maid outfit when you get home, right? Truly despicable. Vulgar. Pervert. Lolicon.”

Your imagination is scarier, you know.

“I… me too… if I sent… those…”

“What? Did you say something?”

“…I’m going now. We have to work, otherwise, we’ll get scolded.”

“You’re the one who went off-topic…”

Prompted by Saeki, I returned to work.

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