chapter 83

“Anyhow! I don’t want to be something like friends with you anymore!”

“That’s my line . To think that I of all people had considered you as a friend even for a moment…”

In any way the mood is cumbersome .

Fireworks can be seen in their gazes to each other .

“Then, we’ll end the friendship here!”

“Yeah, let’s do that . This is the best news today . ”

“Jeez, I cann-!”

Right before Lela slammed her hands on the desk and declared “I can’t believe you!”, honestly I got a bit annoyed… and threw a life line to them .

“Is it fine? If you guys give up on each other here then you’ll be friendless through your lives . Both of you are aware that your personalities are intense, right?”

Both of them made riled up expressions .

“Nothing can be done! But, right now we definitely can’t be friends!”

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Both of them started at each other, and then Abeno-senpai broke the ice .

“Yeah, that’s right . First we’ll demote from friends and then we should do it temporarily . ”

“What do you mean?”

“From now on—”

Abeno-senpai became silent .

And then she took deep breaths and talked .

“Less than Friends more than Enemies . ”

What category of relationship is that!?

“That’s it! That’s the one! It fits perfectly!”

What do you mean it fits perfectly!?

I’m feeling sorry from the bottom of my heart for them and Lela glares at Abeno-senpai .

“With that being said, we’ll go to the game center next Saturday, again!”

“Just as I hoped for!”

“The Sunday after this week also we’ll go to the game center!”

“Yeah, I’m looking forward to it!”

I tiled my head with *Hmm?*

“Weren’t you guys on bad terms with each other?”

“Isn’t that obvious!”

“That’s right, Morishita-kun . We are on bad terms . ”

“Then, why are you going to the game center together?”

“Aah, that’s right! After coming from shopping we went to the game center, but this woman was strangely good at fighting games! I stayed together with her in the game center until I had more wins than her!”

“Morishita-kun? This woman is good at rhythm games . I stayed together with her in the game center until I had more wins than her . ”

“Basically, you two played together?”

“”We weren’t playing, we were having matches!””

I reflexively wryly smile at both of them when they got worked up and raise their voices .

“It’s not like it’s painful to be together . ”

“Yeah, if that was correct then we wouldn’t go together to the game center!”

“That’s right . But time from time… there are things that we can’t endure about each other!”

“Then, If perhaps there are cases like the Linford and Nine-tails . ”

“Well, I have a debt to her so it can’t be helped . ”

“Yeah, the both of us have debts to each other that we are not able to return . There’s no other choice . ”

“Well, I think at least that the two of you look to each other as important . ”

I smiled wryly, again .

They’re saying what they think to each other including insults .

When they are in a pinch they are able to help each other .

And they have a common hobby .

I wonder if it’s like the overflowing friendships in the world .

These two are better friends than those who keep outerior appearance while harboring ulterior motives in their hearts of hearts…

Well, I won’t go out of my way to specifically tell them that .

“What’s wrong, Morishita-kun? You’re grinning happily . ”

“No, rather how do I say this…”

“Hm? What’s wrong, Morishita-kun?”

“I think that I’m glad that I saved both of you since I can see a scene like this…”

After all, I didn’t want to become a hero .

I didn’t want to do such an overambitious thing like saving the world .

Simply, I wanted to protect the every-day happiness of the people I like that are around me .

That’s all there is to it—-

—-And now, I’m convinced that the path I walked wasn’t a mistake at all… .

I was thinking that while looking at the clouds from the classroom’s window .