The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜 - Chapter 48

Episode 48: A Sandy Beach Date and Steamy Romance Talk

After the beach flag, Tamari kicked me in the ass by telling me to go for a walk on the beach with Machibari as a penalty for 2nd place, and now I’m walking on the beach with Machibari.

Under the scorching sun, a lukewarm sea breeze brushes against our cheeks.

“…This has turned into something weird, hasn’t it?”

Machibari, walking on the seaward side next to me, said bashfully with a hint of embarrassment.

As for me, I didn’t know what to talk about with Machibari, and I just found the sand, which felt as hot as an iron plate on my feet, to be bothersome.

“You did well in the beach flag competition earlier. As expected from the person who excels in both academics and athletics, the class representative.”

“Stop with those cliche compliments. I’m nothing special, and I actually lost to Saeki-san in the finals.”

“Well… Saeki tends to go all out if she’s interested in something.”

“Regarding things that interest her… Doesn’t Saeki-san like Okami?”

“Huh?”

“Saeki-san, Mishiro-san, and Michifuji-san too… Okami, you’re quite popular, aren’t you?”

“N-No way! I have such an unfortunate-looking face, and my personality is a mess in various ways!”

“Are you really saying that yourself?”

Machibari shrugged her shoulders with an exasperated look.

“Okami may be twisted, but you always pay close attention to your surroundings and act accordingly.”

“Pay attention to the surroundings?”

“It was the same during the cultural festival, but you definitely came to the yakiniku after the cultural festival, right? Truly twisted people wouldn’t participate in the cultural festival or come to the afterparty.”

“That’s… for Tamari.”

“If you were really twisted, you’d ignore invitations from childhood friends.”

“…Ugh.”

Machibari looked at me with a rare smirk, teasingly peering at my face.

“Okami… you just like having time alone, but it doesn’t mean you dislike spending time with everyone.”

“W-What do you know about me?”

“I do know. After all, I’m the class representative.”

What’s with that argument?

For a talented person like Himawari Machibari, that was surprisingly straightforward.

“What do you think about those three?”

“…You mean those three?”

“Yeah.”

Is this conversation still going to continue?

Machibari, who had always seemed strict, surprisingly discusses romance. Though I’m not even sure if this counts as a romance talk.”

“You’ve known Michifuji-san for a long time, right? Why don’t you two date despite always being so close?”

“How should I know?”

“How should you know… Michifuji-san definitely likes you. Haven’t you already been confessed to?”

“Never. It’s common for her to say things like ‘I love you’ as a joke, but in the past ten years, we’ve never had such a conversation.”

“Really… Then what about Mishiro-san? She definitely likes Okami too.”

“She’s just an extremely dangerous high school girl interested in me because I play Minimon. She’s got a foul mouth, bad attitude, and an arrogant demeanor. Being cute is her only redeeming quality.”

“Wow, what a prickly way to describe her.”

“Well, even though Mishiro is Saeki’s twin, she seems excessively clingy.”

“…Her breasts are big too.”

“W-Why bring that up all of a sudden?”

“Okami, you’d better not stare at girls’ chests too much. Girls are more sensitive to gazes, especially those with bigger chests.”

“T-That’s none of your business! I’m not looking.”

“That’s a lie. You looked at mine too.”

“I didn’t look!”

Machibari turned her eyes towards me.

I wanted to insist I wasn’t looking, but I guess I should be a bit more careful from now on.

“Finally, your true feelings for Saeki-san?”

“True feelings? It’s not like I have feelings for Saeki..”

“But you always seem to have the most fun when talking to Saeki-san, right?”

“Fun? That’s not the case!”

“You always look into her eyes when talking, and it feels like you two have a partner-like distance.”

“N-No way.”

“You’re embarrassed.”

“No way.”

I desperately searched for words to deny it.

But, come to think of it, as Machibari said, I do always look into Saeki’s eyes when we talk.

“It’s unavoidable that you two will be in the same tent… but if I found out you’re doing something that goes too far, as the class representative, I will step in.”

“W-Well, that won’t happen.”

“Who knows? Well, if I’m asleep, I can’t stop anything.”

Machibari smiled and walked ahead.

Goes too far… definitely won’t happen.