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Chapter 3 – Interacting With Enami-san \nVolume 1\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n\n
The next day.\n\n
After classes were over, I walked to the front gate and saw Enami-san.\n
She stood out just as much as before. She seemed unconcerned, but she was clearly attracting attention.\n
As I approached, Enami-san looked up. I said.\n
 “

as expected, you’re here.”\n
And Enami-san replied,\n
“As expected, I’m here.”\n\n
She walked up to me without a hint of shame. It’s not as loud as it was yesterday, but the reaction of the people around me is blatant. I can hear the words “no way” and “really”.\n
“Let’s go home together”\n
 I wondered if Enami-san didn’t hear the voices around us or if she was at least trying to be inconspicuous by waiting at the main gate instead of the classroom.\n
Enami-san and I walked slowly down the hill.\n
I wondered if there would be any rumors about me and Enami-san dating. If I had been in the position of an eyewitness, I’m sure I would have misunderstood.\n
“Why are you looking around so much?”\n
“Nothing, nothing. 

 We’re being stared at for a while now.”\n
“Really?　Isn’t it the same as always?”\n
“I wonder”\n
When she said that, I realized.\n
Enami-san is a person who always attracts attention. Because she’s beautiful, and because she’s famous at school. I think it’s because she’s always in the spotlight that she doesn’t think the amount of attention she’s getting is abnormal.\n
“Enami, you have it hard, don’t you?”\n
“What?”\n
“No, it’s nothing.”\n
A little further on, Enami-san asked me.\n
“Hey, what did you and Nishikawa talk about yesterday?”\n
“Eh?”\n
It must be about lunch break. I wondered if she had seen us going somewhere.\n
“Obviously, it was about Enami-san”\n
“Me?”\n
“I’m talking about what’s been going on with Enami-san lately.”\n
I explained it briefly. Both of us were wondering why Enami-san had started talking to me. Also, Nishikawa was worried about Enami-san. When Enami-san heard this, she huffed and let out a little low voice. I think this is what Nishikawa meant by ‘when she’s in a bad mood’. I decided to follow Nishikawa’s advice and not mention it too much.\n
“
..You’ve been talking about a lot of fun things, haven’t you?”\n
She said that and started to walk faster. She was clearly angry. I hurried after her.\n
“

I’m sorry. It was my bad”\n
As soon as I said that, Enami-san’s feet stopped. And then she looked at my face.\n
Enami-san had the same cold expression on her face as she had last week. I was anxious, wondering where I had stepped on a landmine.\n
We stared at each other for a while, and then suddenly Enami-san asked.\n
“Are you anxious, by any chance?\n
There was no change in her expression. As I was stuck thinking what to do, Enami-san’s cheeks began to relax.\n
“As I thought, you’re anxious”\n
“

 Eto?”\n
“I’m not angry. I was just playing with you.”\n
What? I relaxed and hunched my upper body.\n
“

 You’re funny.”\n
“Stop teasing me. It’s bad for my heart.”\n
“Sorry, sorry.”\n
Enami-san seemed to be enjoying herself. Probably because of my reaction.\n
“Nishikawa is a nice person, but she’s a bit too caring. She may have been a pain in the ass, but don’t let it bother you.”\n
“No, I didn’t mind it from the beginning. I don’t think she’s a hassle”\n
“Right”\n
Rather, I thought that Nishikawa was a nice person. I felt that she had a good relationship with Enami-san and was thinking about her.\n
“I’m sure she’s worried about Enami-san. She has spent a lot of time with Enami-san, so she knows a lot of aspects that make her anxious. I mean, Enami-san is, you know

”\n
It was a little bit of payback. I was going to say that
\n
“The personality, you know, that’s a little bit of a problem. 

”\n
　\n
I immediately regretted it. What am I saying? It’s not the right thing to say to someone’s face.\n
　\n
As I had feared, Enami-san’s cheeks were drawn with a smile on her face. Her mouth was twitching. Unlike before, she seemed to be angry.\n
“No, that was, well, different. It was more of a figure of speech

.”\n
But the words were so clear that there was no point in making such excuses.\n
And Enami-san said,\n
“I have a difficult personality huh
 Hmm, I see. Can I ask you to elaborate about that?”\n
“No~”\n\n
While I was troubled, a part of me wondered if it was true. If it wasn’t, she wouldn’t be doing such things in the classroom like that. Of course, I can’t say that.\n
“Hey, Nishikawa was not saying the same thing about me, was she?”\n
“No. It’s just my opinion.”\n
“Hmm. So your opinion, right. It was not a figure of speech.”\n
Oh, no. It was a trap. It was my fault for falling for it so easily.\n
“Yeah, you’re right.”\n
I decided to make a clean break. I can’t deceive her anymore, can I? So I thought I would say what I thought honestly.\n\n\n
“Enami-san has a selfish streak.”\n
“Huh.”\n
“For example, the fact that you’ve started to ambush me, but you don’t tell me why.”\n\n
I thought that this might be a good opportunity for me to express my honest thoughts and find out what Enami-san was thinking.\n\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: Ooh, he was careless..\n\n
<figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><figcaption>IMPATIENT MTL READER</figcaption></figure>\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\n\n
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