Fool's Love

"I want to draw manga with Yamagishi."

I don't know what to reply.I don't have a deep impression of Yano, so let's go along with Miss Mimi's words now.

"Recognize his essence and don't look back. I think that's how it should be."

"You're right!" Mei Hai became emotional, "Says like "reunion after a broken mirror" are really funny in my opinion--"I'm so miserable after losing you", isn't it? Have you forgotten why the mirror was broken in the first place?

How about buying a new mirror, why bother trying to fix that cracked mirror that can never be completely repaired?Right! "

Um?Ask for my opinion?

"That's it."

"Then, in the final analysis, this incident is still Yano's responsibility." Mei Hai was still in the mood, and continued, "He is volatile, and he is not dedicated. The most important thing is - he actually made girls sad! Such It's better to die alone—right!"

"Ah,...um." I thought of something and felt guilty again, "Maybe it is."

Miss Mimi suddenly turned her head.She grabbed my shoulders sharply and looked at me seriously.What she said next really made me break out in a cold sweat.

"Ryoji, if you become this kind of man who plays with girls' feelings, sister, I will do justice to the heavens and beat you until you become disabled."

-

I don't know whether it was Mei Hai's drunken nonsense, or the so-called "speaking the truth after drinking".

Mikai didn't ask about the progress of the manga that night, probably because she was too tired, and fell asleep quickly after she gave me this warning.

He didn't even go back to the room, and fell asleep as soon as he hit the sofa for the first time.I put a small quilt on her body, and when I returned to the room, I found that the cold sweat on my head was flowing like a golden mountain.

If there were no ghosts in my heart, I wouldn't be so nervous.No, maybe my sense of morality is too high.There are ghosts in my heart-not to this extent.

……

I thought of Sasaki.It had been nearly a month since the last time I went to the cinema with her, and my time with Masumi had suddenly increased as I shifted my focus to studying.

As for Sasaki, although I could feel her gaze from time to time, I still pretended not to notice.

Once she asked "Do you have time recently?", I used "busy study" as an excuse to put her off.

Now that I think about it, am I being too cruel to her?

But if you want to show her "I'm not interested in you", if you are told back, "What are you being passionate about? I just treat you as a friend"-wouldn't it be embarrassing!

...So, if there is a one-in-a-million chance (not so low) - Sasaki really likes me?

I digested her kindness to me, and at the same time liked another person.It sounds like the behavior of a scumbag.

She must be rejected explicitly, I said in my heart.

If I brought up this matter myself, she might say that I am passionate, so it takes courage.

But if Sasaki refused after confessing, there would be no such troubles.I'm just waiting for this day.

If it's delayed and I've mustered up enough courage, it's up to me to say it.It doesn't matter if you are passionate, just to completely cut off the possibility of this matter.

Time passed quietly.

After Masumi's tutoring, my grades have improved a little bit.During the period when I was no longer overly anxious about grades, I took some time to complete the remaining manuscripts of "S?D?R".

So far, the busy first semester finally has the possibility of a smooth landing.

The only thing that makes me feel a little uneasy is that Sasaki seems to be looking at me more and more.

Of course, this may also be due to the fact that I pay more attention to her.Especially when I make up the remaining manuscripts in class.

Those were the times when I was most nervous, and I got even more nervous when I noticed that she was looking at me.

tell her!Say no to her straight up!I've had this urge more than once.

And when I stood up and was about to walk up to her, I always felt a huge pressure coming from nowhere, as if something was stuffed in my throat, and I couldn't speak a word.I sit back in my seat again.

-

I was so grateful to Masumi that I felt a little guilty—I was taking up too much of his time, whether it would affect his studies, or make him bored with me—I was worried about these trivial things.

The day before the academic ability test, I waited for him downstairs in the teaching building as usual.Just out of habit, we didn't prepare tutoring that day.

"Rest well the day before the exam, and keep relaxed the next day!" Masumi encouraged me with a smile while walking.

We circled the track on the playground.The weather was not too hot that day, and walking with the wind, I felt that some of the pressure accumulated recently had been released.

I stared at Masumi, and after a while I stared at his shadow that kept changing shapes as he walked.I want to thank him.

"Masumi."

"what?"

He looked up, looking straight at me.As soon as he looked at me like that, I couldn't speak.

"No, nothing."

We walked another half circle.I thought I should tell him, and I said his name again: "Masumi."

"what?"

We stop at the same time.Masumi's shadow, his elongated black shadow hair, was shaking slightly because of the wind blowing.

"Thank you. Thanks to you, tomorrow's academic ability test should be fine, and I should be able to continue drawing my manga."

I clenched my hands into fists and said sincerely.

Masumi froze for a moment, then smiled and waved his hands, making a relaxed look: "No, it's nothing. After all, this happens to be my field of expertise—and I also have selfish intentions."

"what is that?"

Facing my questioning, Masumi rarely showed an embarrassed expression.

"I want to draw manga with Yamagishi. If Yamagishi can't continue to draw manga because of grades, I will be very sad."

he said in a small voice.

My heart is very noisy.I can't remember everything that happened after that, I just feel that my heart is so noisy, it's just noise.

The blood vessels on both sides of the head throbbed.Just because Masumi said that she wanted to draw manga with me, it made me very happy.

Presumably what he said before was true—Masumi did consider becoming a manga artist.Maybe we can move towards the same goal.

A few days later, the results of the education test were announced.Before I was happy that I got a good grade in the upper middle of the grade, I saw Masumi's name appearing in the column of the second grade.