When I Shouted That I Wanted a Girlfriend, For Some Reason, I Ended Up Going Out with the Most Beautiful Girl in School - Chapter 1 - An Unusual Lovers' Relationship

Chapter 1 – An Unusual Lovers’ Relationship

“Sorry, Soichi. I have another appointment with my girlfriend today.”

My friend Sakazaki has become less social since he got a girlfriend.

But that’s the way it has to be. He now has an existence that takes precedence over friends. I’m sure Sakazaki is now enjoying his youth. That in itself is a cause for celebration.

“……”

Meanwhile, I’m living a lonely school life on my own because my good friends don’t care about me anymore…

Of course, it doesn’t mean I can’t expand the circle of friends I have now. I just have one wish. Looking at Sakazaki, I thought…

“I want a girlfriend!”

On an empty overlooking hill, I shouted that.

The words that could be heard in the echoes of the trees were nonsense and were not directed at anyone.

No one to respond to my desire to be heard in vain. But that’s okay. Because I feel a bit better now that I’ve said what I want.

“Then how about I become your girlfriend?”

“…Eh?”

I was thinking that, when I heard a clear female voice…

Slowly, I turned towards the voice and saw a woman with dark hair standing there. I know her well, she wears the same high school uniform as me.

“You are…Kuromiya-senpai?”

“Yes, you’re not mistaken. I’m Kuromiya Yozora.”

The woman in front of me, with long, pitch-black hair and a well-shaped face, tall and stylish, is without a doubt our school’s student council president, Kuromiya Yozora-senpai.

I wondered why a senior who is said to be the most beautiful girl in school was here, but that was soon resolved. As long as we go to the same high school, there is a chance that I might meet her here by chance.

I just didn’t understand what Kuromiya-senpai was thinking.

She and I don’t know each other. I know her one way or another because she is the student council president and a famous person, but I don’t think she knows me because I’m not particularly famous.

And now Kuromiya-senpai says she’s going to be my girlfriend. I can’t read the intention of that outlandish statement.

“And you are Amakawa Soichi, aren’t you?”

“Y-Yes, that’s right, but how did you—”

“I’m the student council president.”

Surprisingly, Kuromiya-senpai knew my name.

Is it possible that the student council president remembers the names of all the students in the school? It’s an astonishing fact although, in her defense, it should be considered as such.

“So, about what I just said, what do you think?”

“About what you just said?”

“Yes, the story of how I’m going to be your girlfriend.”

“That’s…”

Kuromiya-senpai was smiling happily. That smile made me realize something. I’m sure she’s teasing me.

I know who she is, but I don’t really know her personality. I thought she was more uptight, but maybe that means she is quite mischievous.

On the way home from school, she stopped by a hill where a male student from the same high school was saying something incomprehensible, so she got in on the act. It is quite possible.

“Well, if senpai is going to be my girlfriend, that’s already an honor.”

“Really? I’m glad to hear you say that. Then I guess that means I’m your girlfriend from now on, right?”

“Eh? You’re joking, right?”

“Joking?”

Kuromiya-senpai looked at me with a blank stare in response to my question. It was as if she had no idea what I was talking about.

Does that mean she meant it when she said she was going to be my girlfriend? No, that can’t be it. I’m sure this is all an act by Kuromiya-senpai.

“I know you’re teasing me, Kuromiya-senpai.”

“I’m not teasing you. I’m serious.”

“You can’t be serious. We don’t know anything about each other yet. It’s crazy that we’re going out with each other.”

“Hmm.”

In response to my argument, senpai kept a serious face the whole time.

When she gives me a look like that, it makes me think she’s serious. No, maybe she actually does mean it.

But if she was serious, it would be really surprising. I wonder if Kuromiya-senpai was surprisingly lax on the love front.

“Actually, I’ve never dated anyone in my life.”

“Huh?”

My thoughts were negated by the words uttered immediately afterwards.

Of course, there is no guarantee that she’s telling the truth, but somehow it doesn’t seem like she’s lying. But then, it becomes more and more difficult to understand.

“I’ve had a vague longing for that sort of thing, but I’ve never had the chance to fall in love with someone. But it would be a waste to end my school life like this, wouldn’t it? So I thought I’d try to get a boyfriend and experience youth.”

“Experience youth…”

Kuromiya-senpai is in her third year. It’s April now, which means she has about a year of high school left.

In that one year, she wants to have a boyfriend at random to experience her youth. The process is just barely understandable.

But I still didn’t understand why I was chosen as the candidate. There should have been plenty of candidates for Kuromiya-senpai.

“…If it’s Kuyomiya-senpai, she’s been confessed to by all sorts of people, hasn’t she? I’ve heard that you’re popular. Wouldn’t it have been better if you had chosen one of them?”

“I didn’t want to have that kind of relationship with those people.”

Kuromiya-senpai made that clear.

Of course, she has her own preferences, so it can usually be dismissed as inevitable.

But now the situation is confusing me. Could it be that I’m Kuromiya-senpai’s type?

No, no, no. We don’t know each other, so it’s hard to believe that. I don’t remember my face being good-looking enough to make her fall in love with me at first sight, and there’s something strange about this.

“What’s the difference between those people and me?”

“Everyone who confessed to me had at least a little bit of a crush on me. But for me, that was a troublesome element.”

“Troublesome?”

“You see, I want an equal partner. If one of us is in favor of the other, it creates a distorted situation, doesn’t it? That’s why I prefer to be with someone who is completely honest with me. I want someone who hasn’t confessed, at least not to me.”

What Kuromiya-senpai was saying was not incomprehensible.

If the confessor goes out with her, he will try harder to be liked and may even demand things from her…

She finds such things troublesome. Perhaps that is unavoidable.

Be that as it may, that’s what it means to be a lover, so I feel like it’s pretty awful to be bothered with that.

“…Ah, should I ask you just in case? Do you like me?”

“Eh? No, I don’t like you.”

“That’s terrible. So you hate me?”

“No, no, I didn’t say that. That being said, isn’t it unfair to ask that?”

“Fufu…”

Kuromiya-senpai laughed at my reaction to the question.

This was clearly meant to be a tease. My initial prediction was wrong, but apparently it’s true that she’s quite mischievous.

“Well, it’s not so bad. I knew you and I would get on well together.”

“…Are you serious? I can’t believe you’re going to be my girlfriend.”

“Yes, I’m serious too. Or are you not happy with me?”

“Like I said, I’m honored. But to be honest, I’m confused.”

I certainly wanted a girlfriend. If that person is Kuromiya-senpai, I think I’ll be quite happy.

But I was still more confused. The suddenness of the event had not caught up with my thinking.

“Well, that’s fine. It’s not like you’re in love with someone else. We’re both vaguely interested in having a lover, so let’s make it work…”

“…Okay. Then let’s get along from now on.”

“Yes, let’s get along.”

After much thought, I decided to accept Kuromiya-senpai’s idea.

It was also because I wanted a girlfriend. It’s true that the desire to enjoy my youth was strong in me.

But there was another reason. It was really just a feeling, but I couldn’t leave Kuromiya-senpai alone.

I don’t know why I thought that. I just knew that if I didn’t take her hand here, I would regret it. That’s why I reached out to her and accepted the unusual nature of our relationship.