Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break? - Chapter 51 - Unfortunate Flat-chest

Chapter 51 – Unfortunate Flat-chest

“This is too muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch!”

“Asakura-san, this is the library, so please calm down… okay?”

(What should I do… It was unexpected that my ‘Loner and Juliet’ script was chosen, but it’s also unexpected that Asakura-san is crying so hard after reading it that I’m not sure she’s still speaking human language.)

(Ugh… no matter how many times I reread it, it’s such a sad story… And this ‘Loner and Juliet’ story… for some reason, I can’t think of it as just fiction. It’s like… somehow familiar? I wonder why?)

“Ugh… my eyes are… my eyes are burning from tears!”

“Asakura-san, I have a handkerchief if you want to use it.”

“O-okay… thank you, Andou-kun…”

HOOOOOOOOONK!

“My handkerchiiiiiiief!?”

[An unsightly scene unbefitting the school’s most beautiful girl has occurred. Please wait a moment.]

“Phew… thank you, I’ve calmed down somehow.”

“Yeah… Asakura-san, good thing there were no other students in the library besides me.”

“What do you mean?”

(Geez. Lately when Asakura-san is alone with me, she suddenly drops her guard… Is it just me? Am I being too conscious of Asakura-san? But she naturally sits next to me instead of across from me… and she smells nice, and I keep catching glimpses of her chest… Since Asakura-san isn’t that big, it’s actually more dangerous and makes my heart race when I might accidentally see something! Geez, you unfortunate flat-chest!)

(Hah, I tend to relax in front of Andou-kun. Hm? What’s this… I just felt a slightly unpleasant gaze from Andou-kun? Oh, he must be nervous because I’m sitting next to him. Well, that can’t be helped! After all, I’m the most beautiful girl in this school! The Class Rep said ‘When you’re alone together, try to sit next to him and lean forward a bit,’ so I’m doing that but… what’s the point of this?)

“A-Andou-kun… you’re good. I never expected you to complete such an amazing script. With this script, I can accept losing by a narrow margin. As expected of someone I personally voted for.”

“Eh! Asakura-san, you voted for my script? Oh, so that’s why your script only got my vote…”

“You voted for my script, Andou-kun!”

“Yeah, I couldn’t embarrassingly vote for my own script…”

“Ugh…”

(I can’t say it… I can’t tell Andou-kun that if his script wasn’t there, I would have voted for my own.)

“B-but! I’m looking forward to performing the play now! I’ll do my best to play this ‘Juliet’!”

“Y-yeah… right. I think Asakura-san can be the perfect Juliet.”

“Andou-kun, why are you talking like it doesn’t concern you? You’re involved in this too, so get it together!”

“Yes…”

(Sigh… I somehow imagined Asakura-san would play ‘Juliet.’ But I never thought that I, a ‘loner,’ would be nominated for the lead role of ‘Romeo’…)

【Bonus SS】”Topic”

“Asakura-san, about the light novel that came out this month—”

“Yes, yes! Andou-kun, what kind of light novel—”

“Heyyy! Andou! Hey, Andou! Andou!”

“”!?””

(Ugh! Yamada!?) (Andou and Asakura)

“Wh-what?”

“Well, I forgot yesterday’s math homework. So show me the answers!”

“Oh, that’s all… Here, you can copy it all, now hurry up and go away…”

“Oh, thanks! Oh right! By the way, what were you two talking about so happily?”

“Ugh…”

“!?”

(This is bad… Asakura-san hides her love of light novels in class, so I can’t say we were talking about light novels…)

“U-um…”

“And?”

“……” gulp

(A-Andou-kun! M-my love of light novels is our secret!)

“A-about how toilet bidets… sometimes have insanely strong water pressure?”

(A-Andou-kuuuuuun!?)

“Ahhh! Yeah yeah yeah! That happens!”

“Right! That’s what we were talking about!”

“……” trembling

(I managed to deflect with toilet talk but… I-is Asakura-san angry?)

(I… I totally understand! But Andou-kun, why is it that whenever light novel topics come up, your next topic is always about ‘toilets’!?)

Translation Notes:

• “残念ペッタンコ” (zannen pettanko) – “Unfortunate flat-chest,” Andou’s internal nickname for Asakura
• The handkerchief scene includes censorship for comedy (too undignified for a beauty)
• ウォシュレット (washlet) – Japanese bidet toilet brand, very common in Japan