When I Shouted That I Wanted a Girlfriend, For Some Reason, I Ended Up Going Out with the Most Beautiful Girl in School - Chapter 9 - A Place I Haven't Been to in a Long Time

Chapter 9 – A Place I Haven’t Been to in a Long Time

I was at the aquarium with Yozora-senpai.

It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the aquarium. The last time I was here was with my family, but how long has it been since then? I’m sure it’s been so long that I just don’t know.

The same seems to be true for Yozora-senpai. In other words, today is the first time we’ve been to the aquarium in a few years.

“Mm, it’s really amazing when you look at it again.”

“Yes, I think so too.”

Then we raised our voices of admiration.

It is truly breathtaking to see the fish swimming freely in the large aquarium right in front of you.

“It’s a fantastic sight…”

“Yeah, it’s like we’re in a different world… Well, it’s actually like that? I mean, under the sea is a completely different place from the ground.”

“I guess that means we’re getting a glimpse of it,,,”

“Fufu, yes.”

Yozora-senpai, who smiled at my words, was very beautiful. Maybe it’s because the aquarium is dark, but her smile looked somewhat mysterious.

But at the same time I felt a little uncomfortable. I don’t know why, but somehow her smile seemed fragile.

“…Soichi? What’s wrong?”

“Huh?”

“No, I don’t know how to put it, but you have a strange face…”

“Ah, um…”

When I made a troubled face, Yozora-senpai pointed it out to me.

Her expression is not as fragile as it was a moment ago. It tells me that she’s worried about me.

That makes it even more difficult to understand. What the hell is she thinking?

“Sorry. It’s just that I was kind of worried about senpai’s face.”

“My face?”

I didn’t understand, so I thought I’d ask.

I still don’t know anything about Yozora-senpai. The only way to find out is to talk to her. It’s important to be brave and ask.

“…D-Did my face look like I was fascinated by the view?”

“Eh? Ah, yes… There’s that too, of course.”

In response to my words, Yozora-senpai was a little embarrassed and asked such a question.

Admiring her beautiful face, I nodded my head for the time being, but that was not what I wanted to say. Perhaps sensing this, Yozora-senpai’s expression changed a little.

“I-It doesn’t sound like that’s what you really mean… Well perhaps you really mean that, but I wonder if there’s something else as well.”

“Yes, that’s right. How can I say it, I feel like there’s a shadow in senpai’s smile.”

“I see…”

When I spoke honestly, senpai looked as if she was troubled.

That would mean that my words were on target. It means that there was something wrong enough for her to be aware of it.

“What’s wrong?”

“…It’s not that there’s anything wrong. But just for a bit, this reminded me of the old days.”

“Old days?”

“The last time I was here…my mom was with me.”

“That’s…”

When Yozora-senpai said those words, I understood that I had said something unnecessary.

She said it had been a long time since she had been here, just like me. This means that she once came here with her family.

I knew that Yozora-senpai was in a single-father household, so I should have understood the meaning behind her words. This was my fault.

“Sorry. I’m sorry for asking unnecessary questions…”

“Ah, no, I don’t mind. You were worried because I looked unhappy. That’s all it was. I’d rather thank you.”

“Yozora-senpai…”

Yozora-senpai smiled at me again.

Her smile does not have the same melancholy as before. It must mean that she’s really smiling from the bottom of her heart.

“And you know what? It’s not just because I remember my mom. I just thought that, um… Well, maybe one day in the future I’d like to come back to this place with my family.”

“…When Yozora-senpai becomes a mother?”

“Yes, that’s it. That kind of future might exist, don’t you think? What about Soichi? Do you want to have a family in the future?”

“Erm… Well, of course I feel vaguely that way.”

“I see, that’s good then.”

Seeing Yozora-senpai continue to speak with a smile on her face, I once again felt a slight sense of uneasiness.

I still feel that there’s some kind of melancholy in her. I’m sure she’s not going to tell me what it is.

And it’s really frustrating. It made me want to know more about her.