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Chapter 3 – Interacting With Enami-san \nVolume 1\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nI wonder if Enami-san is already a friend to me. I talk to her more often than my closest friends, Saito and Shindo. Her face when she smiles is better than her cold face. I get the impression that she talks more teasingly than quietly.\n

This strange relationship continued into Friday.\n\n

“Good morning.”\n

“Ah, good morning.”\n

Morning greetings.\n

“I didn’t understand the lesson earlier, so teach me.”\n

“Well, that’s okay.”\n

After class. Enami-san came to my seat and said,\n

“–Let’s go home together.”\n\n

Then, after school. She stands in front of the main gate.\n

In the end, I feel like I’ve been with Enami-san all week. Gradually, I came to take it as a matter of course. Until just last week, she had been shrouded in a veil of darkness. But little by little, we’ve become casual friends.\n\n

I came home, changed my clothes, and went into the living room.\n

After cleaning the house, cooking dinner, and cleaning up, I noticed that there was a notification on my phone.\n

Could it be Enami-san?\n

But when I looked at the screen, I saw another person’s name on the screen.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Is now a good time to talk?\n

That’s unusual, I thought. I had exchanged line IDs with Fujisaki as well, but we rarely communicated through Line.\n

I washed the kitchen cloth with water and dried it on a small hanger. I wiped my hands with a towel.\n\n

Naoya Ookusu: I’m okay now. But what’s wrong?\n

I wondered if it was about the midterm exam. Then, I received a message from Fujisaki.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: I have a question for you.\n

Naoya Ookusu: What is it?\n

She had asked me once before about something she didn’t understand before a test. So when I saw those words, I selfishly thought that it was the same thing.\n

But today, it was different.\n

\nShiori Fujisaki: There’s a great rumor going around about Enami-san, did something happen?\n

Naoya Ookusu: Rumors?\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Yeah. …… Maybe you guys are dating, like that.\n

\nI couldn’t believe my eyes. I and Enami-san are dating?　That can’t be true, can it?\n

Naoya Ookusu: No, no, It’s wrong.\n

–We’ve been seen by many people when we were going home together. That’s why I thought there must have been some rumors. But I can’t believe they really think we’re dating.\n

Naoya Ookusu: You know Enami-san’s personality, right?　Do you think it’s possible for her to suddenly fall in love with someone?\n

The reply was immediate.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: I don’t think so. But looking at the two of you lately, you seem to be getting along really well.\n

The fingers stopped suddenly.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: When Enami-san is with Ookusu-kun, she seems to be enjoying herself.\n

More messages arrived.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Ookusu-kun seems to be having fun, too.\n

I’m surprised.\n

I’m looking happy ……? Is that what the people around me think? As for me, I just feel like I have one more friend.\n

Naoya Ookusu: We’re just talking normally. What’s up with that, all of a sudden?\n

Shiori Fujisaki: I’m sorry if I annoyed you. But I was really curious.\n

Naoya Ookusu: Don’t be.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Maybe you’ve been studying?\n

Naoya Ookusu: Not yet.\n

Even Fujisaki, who has some idea of what’s going on, is suspicious. If that’s the case, I wonder what the other classmates who don’t know the situation at all think about it.\n

Naoya Ookusu: Surprisingly, we hit it off when we talked. That’s all.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: …… Enami-san is pretty, isn’t she?\n

Naoya Ookusu: I think she’s pretty, but so what?\n

Shiori Fujisaki: It’s nothing.\n

Maybe Fujisaki is the one who suspects the most that I and Enami-san are dating. No matter what I say, it doesn’t seem like the suspicion will ever be dispelled.\n

Naoya Ookusu: How are your studies going?\n

I diverted the topic. The reply came a little later.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: It’s going well. Because we decided to compete, didn’t we?\n

Naoya Ookusu: Yeah, I guess so. We listen to the one who wins, right?\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Yes.\n

I’m not going to lose, whether we compete or not. So I’m not going to cut corners.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: I’m never going to lose.\n

These are very strong words from Fujisaki.\n

I don’t know why she’s asking me to compete now, but she might have a reason. But what is it that she wants me to do for her?\n

Naoya Ookusu: Let’s do our best for each other.\n

Fujisaki returned.\n

Shiori Fujisaki: Yeah.\n

There, the Line conversation stopped. Neither of us said anything, probably as a result of our sense of duty to study.\n

I turned off the screen of my phone. I checked the timer on the rice cooker before leaving the kitchen.\n

I should take a bath and then study.\n\n

As I stepped out of the living room, I almost bumped into Sayaka, who was just coming out of the bath.\n

“Oh, sorry.”\n

“Hmm.”\n

Sayaka walked right past me and started to climb the stairs. But when she was halfway up, she stopped.\n

“What’s wrong?”\n

“……shitty brother. congrats on the arrival of your spring.”\n

“…… Are you talking about Enami-san, by any chance?”\n

Sayaka nodded. I guess it’s a rumor that goes beyond the school year. Enami-san is famous, right?\n\n

“It is wrong. I’ll tell you in advance.”\n

“’Aren’t you guys dating?　My shitty brother is supposed to have confessed to her.”\n

“Confess? Never.”\n

Apparently, there are already a lot of rumors going around.\n

“If you’re not dating, why are you going home with that beautiful girl?”\n

“I don’t know either.”\n

I explained what had happened so far, without mentioning the sermon. But she couldn’t believe it right away. She listened to me with an indescribable expression.\n

“…… Whatever it is, if this continues, they’ll think brother and that beautiful girl are lovers. I don’t know why they asked me how the two of you started dating”\n

“I’m sorry about that. We’re not together.”\n

“Is that so.”\n\n

I tried to leave, saying that I was going to take a bath for now.\n

However, my sister followed up with more words.\n\n

“There’s one more thing I want to talk to you about.”\n

“What?”\n

I turned around and saw the serious expression on Sayaka’s face.\n\n

“I met a person who was my shitty brother’s friend, named Yamazaki, today.”\n\n

My legs stopped moving.\n

\nIt was at this moment that I truly froze.\n\n

<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: End of chpater 3. oof, cliff..well , let’s see how the next one goes.\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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