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Chapter 1, Childhood Friend And I — Episode 23 : One's Gaze
Translated by KaiesV
Edited by KaiesV
I told Hanayama I had to go to the restroom, and on my return I was heading to my seat.
Suddenly, I felt some eyes on me. Don’t tell me, it’s the deranged girl again? I was alarmed, but apparently the quality of the suspiciousness is different. The passionate eyes gazing at Hanayama… No way, is this an illicit love affair!?
She was wearing a dark brown cassock hat with her eyes deep in her head, and I could clearly see that her gaze was on Hanayama. I loomed behind her…
I call out to her.
「Kaneko-san, what a strange coincidence to see you here. You’ve been looking in the same direction the whole time. Did you see anything good?」
「Hyaahh!? Hawawawa… Kirishima-kun!? T–That’s not it. This is…」
She quickly closed what looked like a sketchbook on her desk and hurriedly tucked it into her handbag. From the back, Kaneko-san seemed to be eagerly holding a long pencil and writing something.
Although she usually belongs to the introvert group, she is rather quiet at school. There are quite a few boys who like her because she is a beautiful girl with glasses. However, there are times when girls gather around her and she becomes very popular.
I don’t know why, because I don’t have the courage to ask about the girls’ secret garden.
Perhaps worried that I was not coming back, Hanayama, noticing our exchange, stood up and called out to me.
「Ohh～! It’s you, Kaneko. What are you doing here? Don’t just sit here by yourself. Come here.」
Ahh, this, this is it. If I can talk to girls in a friendly way like this, I’m sure I’ll be popular with them. When I try to talk to her, she gets strangely nervous and suspicious.
「Hanayama is saying that, too, so why don’t we move seats?」
「I–I–I–I’m in s–s–such a–awe!! To see these two precious people up close… I’m so dazzled I feel my eyeballs are burning.」
She covers her glasses with both hands and acts shy.
Ahhh～
I see, so Kaneko-san was that kind of person… I finally understood why we were being watched all the time. And I am relieved that this isn’t something that would cause a crack in the relationship between Hanayama and Nishino-san.
I told the waitress that we were going to switch seats, got her approval, and Hanayama and I sat down side by side…
「Here, it is!!!!!!! Kaname × Miyabi… great! This is great! I never expected to see such a divine ship so close up. Maybe it’s time to die……」
The depths of Kaneko-san’s glasses were glistening. She was so impressed that she began to choke herself, and we hurried to stop her. It’s not even midnight yet, and I can’t seem to keep up with her high spirits.
「Haah, haah, this is totally the best!! My fantasies are getting crazy! The docile Kaname covers over the headstrong Masa, forcing him! Ahh～ I can’t stand this. Give me a hand towel.」
Kaneko-san was busy wiping drool from the corner of her mouth. When I thought it had finally subsided, she took off her hat and began to greet me.
「I… I draw doujinshi under the pen name Otoshiki Imo, and in that area I have a fair amount of…」
She held out before us a sketchbook and a thin book that she had put away earlier. Apologize to Baron Imo! I thought it was pen name that wanted to say, but she’s flipping through sketchbooks and thin books.
Wha—!?
Well done… not only the strength of the basic lines, but also the fact that nothing but the face is good enough, as women tend to do. I think she was a pro when it comes to composition, frame layout and painting.
There was a strong connection between me and a Hanayama-like character, and it was a BL that was very much【confirmed to be not well-liked by men.】
「No way, I can’t watch this…」
Hanayama was apparently offended. If he digs me like I did…
「Cheer up there.」
「O–Oh…」
This isn’t a safe place, but the streets are dangerous at night, so after Hanayama and I parted ways at a family restaurant, I dropped off Kaneko-san, who was going in the same direction as my house, at her house.
「What, are you following me? I know what you’re doing.」
Just because I was on another world doesn’t mean that I can be a cheat and have a blast in the world I came from. At best, I can only rely on the body that Shirakaba-san trained me.
That includes, of course, the ability to sense danger. The girl in question emerged from the darkness, looking badly punished after I had detected her stalking me.
Lit by the street lamps, the jet-black pumps with shiny straps glow suspiciously. Not as tight as gothic lolita, but with ruffles on the front of the white blouse and large collar, ribbons on the chest, and long sleeves on the cardigan that hid the back of the hands and showed only the fingers.
While her loose Lolita outfit with its frilly pleated skirt is cute, the smell of a mine-type menswear is palpable there.
「Kaname-chan, why are you talking to girls at night in a family restaurant? And you looked so happy… you remembers Kaneko-san, but had forgotten about me? That’s not right. Kaname-chan should only look at me.」
She didn’t come into the family restaurant, but I thought I might have noticed some other signs besides Kaneko-san, but I knew it was her…
「She and I just talked normally. Just the three of us. To be clear, it’s none of your business who I talk to. I really wish you would stop following me around every time.」
「No–no–no! I want to be there for you all the time! What’s wrong with that? What went wrong? Are you sure we can’t start over, Kaname-chan?」
She shook her head so fast that I wondered if she had been possessed by some mysterious spirit. When she finished shaking her head, she nudged me. Of course, I moved out of the way as well, so the distance between us never got shorter. Why can’t this girl understand what I’m saying?
「Besides… it’s terrible to have sex with Onizuka-san. Kaname-chan likes more innocent girls like me, so why do you get your hands on such a bitchy girl? Something was wrong when you came back.」
「I don’t have that kind of relationship with Onizuka-san. It just happened that I fell in the wrong position. I never did any of the sleazy stuff you imagine!」
「Lies, lies, lies!!! Everybody’s unfair… Kaname-chan is back and when you got good looking they’re like a female in heat. Of course Kaname-chan is having sex with those girls all the time!!!」
Haa…
Even if I tell this girl the truth in all sincerity, it seems like a waste of time to talk to her.
This deranged stalker made an offer, while her eyes were melancholy and prodigal…
「If Kaname-chan wants to have fun with me, I’ll let you. If you want me to serve you, I’ll do it. Hey, hey, I told you! Answer me! I’ll do anything, so please forgive me.」
She puts her hand inside her skirt and begins to make a wriggling panty-removal gesture.
Good grief, this is totally unthinkable…
She really wanted to do it.
「Alright… I guess you’ll do anything for me?」
「Yes!」
How bitchy of you to answer so happily. I can’t say the same about Onizuka-san, can I?
My answer is obvious.
「Then you need to go home now.」
「Ehh!? There’s no way…」
Perhaps it was an unexpected answer, but she put her hand over her mouth and exclaimed.
「I thought you were going to do whatever I tell you to do? If you can’t, then don’t say that in the first place.」
Her face grew paler and paler, and tears welled up in her eyes. If this girl had been a decent human being, I might have comforted her. I wasn’t sure that a woman who would seduce me in the nude on my property would be sane.
「Isn’t that how you’ve been groping everyone anyway? I don’t know if Yamazaki dumped you, but anyway, don’t do anything strange in front of me. I’m really uncomfortable! Just looking at you!」
「N–No way, I, I didn’t mean it to be this way. I came here to get back together with Kaname-chan and you don’t remember anything? I’m talking about hugging and kissing Kaname-chan at your house, or going on a date at an amusement park, or promising to go hiking in the mountains…」
「I don’t know.」
Her delusions of grandeur have gone so far…
The moment I was about to mention a certain girl’s name, something like a crackle of electricity rushed through my brain.
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A fluorescent status screen comes to my mind, as if I were in another world.
「I don’t know you. Just go to the hospital and get yourself looked at. If that Yamazaki guy dumped you, you should find another good guy. If you don’t leave, I will. Don’t follow me.」
「Wait! Can I just go ahead and let someone else fuck me? Can Kaname-chan abandon me? You’re too kind to do that, right?」
「Suit yourself, I don’t care who you sleep with or get raped by, it doesn’t affect me. Just keep other people out of it.」
I told the deranged stalker girl to spit it out and left the place. She just kept calling my name right there and then,「Kaname-chan, Kaname-chan～」and I never looked back…