Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break?

Chapter 119 – Iron Wall Beautiful Girl

“Really… really, REALLY!? There’s absolutely nothing going on between you and Fujibayashi-san!?”

“Ahaha~ Asakura-san, you’re such a worrywart. Fujibayashi-san and I are just ‘friends.’ We just happened to meet in the library, and when we talked, it turned out we had surprisingly similar tastes in light novels, that’s all.”

“I-I see… Well, if that’s all it is…”

(Andou-kun says that… and I think Fujibayashi-san likes Ishida-kun, so it’s probably fine, but—I never expected Fujibayashi-san and Andou-kun to get along so well!

Andou-kun doesn’t seem to think anything of it, but for that ‘loner’ Andou-kun to immediately designate someone he just met as a ‘friend’ is seriously abnormal! I mean, even I needed quite a long time before Andou-kun acknowledged me as a ‘friend’!?

Plus, Fujibayashi-san’s chest is somewhat bigger than mine, and this is just my intuition but… if by some coincidence Fujibayashi-san had met Andou-kun before me, I think my relationship with Andou-kun would have been completely different. Because seeing Fujibayashi-san and Andou-kun talking together was shocking enough to make me think that… I hate to admit it, but Fujibayashi-san having a somewhat bigger chest than me is definitely one of my anxiety factors.)

“Maybe if I drink more condensed milk…” Mutter mutter

“……”

(After the library, we went back to Asakura-san’s house together, and she’s been like this the whole time… Well, I guess she’s jealous because her boyfriend was being friendly with another girl? But she doesn’t seem angry, more like anxious? What could someone as perfect—no, as iron-walled a beautiful girl as Asakura-san possibly be anxious about?)

“Asakura-san, are you maybe thinking I’ll fall for Fujibayashi-san?”

“Haheh!? N-no, I’m not thinking that at all!”

“…So you were thinking it?”

“Uuu… B-but~ You looked like you were having so much fun talking with her…”

(Geez, Asakura-san really is cute. But while I did really click with Fujibayashi-san… that was more like finding a ‘comrade’ than someone of the ‘opposite sex.’ Sure, she has big breasts, but that’s not even an issue—if my girlfriend really wanted, she could just ask Shenron to grant that wish… In the first place, me cheating on Asakura-san with someone else is impossible. But even if I say that, I don’t think it’ll ease Asakura-san’s anxiety… Now, how should I explain this?)

“Asakura-san, relax. Remember when you asked me before—

‘If you had to choose just one favorite light novel, what would it be?’

—Do you remember what I answered?”

(We had this conversation just a few days ago, so Asakura-san should remember… That’s right! The one with the flat-chested main heroine—)

“Huh? Um, I think it was… ‘Literature Mourner’?”

“Right! It’s already finished, but that’s my absolute favorite, and no matter what new series come out, this will always be number one for me. You remember that, right?”

“Yes, it was just a few days ago after all…”

“If I had to compare Asakura-san to a light novel, that would be it!”

“Umyu!” Zukkyuuun! ←Sound of something piercing a light novel fan’s heart

“To me, Asakura-san is ‘Literature Mourner’! No matter what other girls exist, having anyone but Asakura-san as my girlfriend is impossible for me!”

“Ha-hanya~~ Th-then… if you had to compare Fujibayashi-san to a light novel, what would it be?”

“Huh? Hmm, Fujibayashi-san would be…”

(Oh, that’s it! The one with the busty main heroine—)

“‘Isekai Shogi Player’s Whatever Management Strategy'”

“That’s the comedy that started on ‘Narou’ and got published, right? About a shogi player who reincarnates in another world and uses random modern knowledge plus shogi tactics and smooth talking to help the heroine’s struggling café prosper?”

“Yeah, it’s like… It’s not amazingly awesome or anything with huge catharsis, but you can enjoy reading it all the way to the last page every time, and when a new volume comes out, you buy it without hesitation… Not something that appeals to everyone, but the kind of light novel where you’re like ‘Yeah, I always end up buying this one’?”

“A-ah, I see~ Yeah, that does sound safe.

So you ‘like’ it but it’s a different genre of ‘like’… In other words, it’s ‘like’ but not ‘love’, right?”

“Yes, exactly that! To me, Fujibayashi-san is completely a ‘comrade’ and there’s absolutely no room to think of her as the opposite sex. I’m pretty sure Fujibayashi-san feels the same way.”

“Haah~ Hearing that really puts me at ease…”

“Ahaha, I’m glad I could clear up your misunderstanding too.”

(Now Asakura-san won’t worry about strange things—)

“By the way… Andou-kun, about those light novels you used as examples—is there any particular meaning to my heroine being ‘flat-chested’ and Fujibayashi-san’s heroine being ‘busty’?”

“Th-that’s—”

(Oh, I might have messed up…)

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