Just like the last time, Sakuma ran towards where I was waiting for him. He couldn’t wait to hear about what happened between us.
After telling him about what Satsuki told me, he fell into deep thought. The fact that it’s really her sister who he truly likes, maybe he’s deluding himself to forget it.
He stood still in front of me while his gaze was turned towards the ground. As to what he was thinking, I don’t know.
Honestly, when I found out that Sakuma initially likes her sister. I felt somewhat relieved. This guy can be a good friend but yeah, my desire, ah no, my attraction towards Satsuki led me to steal her from him.
Now that we agreed to tell him about us, he really needed to turn his attention elsewhere.
I left him there after telling him when her sister will go home to visit for a few days. If he could remember what he really feels about her then he would soon stop deluding himself over Satsuki.
Maybe he really came to like her during the 4 years they’re looking at each other’s back but now that I finally had her admit that she loves me, I don’t want to share her with anyone else.
Even though she’s sharing with the other girls, I’m just this greedy to take them all by myself.
A new school week will start tomorrow and there’s already Kana who wanted me to attend the club and Itou who will wait for me to accompany her at meeting Himeko.
Riding the train back home, I took out my phone and saw Satsuki’s message to me, telling me to take care. That girl, I guess she will be like this now that she doesn’t need to hold herself back anymore.
After replying to her, I looked at the other messages and there’s one from Nami who haven’t messaged me lately.
She’s probably holding herself back since she already accepted Ogawa. Even if our act was somehow betraying him, this girl still wanted to do something good for him. With a message before for us to stop messaging each other, what changed her mind now? It’s only been a few days.
I opened her message and read it.
“Ruu…”
Only that one word which was the way she calls me. Did she miss me? I wonder. I replied to her asking what’s wrong and I immediately received a response.
“Can I take back what I said here?”
“You already broke it, right? But really, what’s wrong? This isn’t like you, Nami.”
Take back what she said? She didn’t have the habit to go back on her words. I feel like she wanted to tell me something but she’s still deliberating whether she’ll tell me.
“… Shizu-nee saw you with Maemura. You met her today, right? Shizu-nee was at the school today and earlier, I received a photo of you with her. It was taken from afar but to anyone who knew you and Maemura, they’ll immediately recognize it.”
After sending that, she forwarded the picture that was sent to her. It’s really us from earlier when I led Satsuki out of the school gate with our hands were linked together.
I introduced myself as Nami’s boyfriend to them and just a few days later, she found me with another girl. I could guess what’s going on in the SC President’s mind. But did she only send it to Nami?
“That’s a blunder on my part. Our act will be at risk because of me, I’m sorry.”
Admitting my fault, I guess this means I have to deal with the SC President this soon. Will we have to continue our act? Explain it to her?
“Are you at home? Let’s meet.”
“But it’s already dark. Is it fine? I’m currently riding the train home.”
“Ruu. Are you with her all this time?”
I don’t know but I feel like even if these words were just text, I could feel a slight jealousy oozing out from it.
“Un. I made time for her today.”
There’s no point lying to her, she’s also someone I want to have for myself so making up a lie as a habit won’t go well.
“I see…”
Ah. There’s an ellipsis. What is she thinking right now?
“Nevermind, let’s talk about this tomorrow.”
Suddenly changing her mind, this girl. Is she really jealous that I was with Satsuki this whole time?
“Nami? Tell me where to meet you. I’ll get off now.”
She’s the one who suggested meeting so she’s probably already outside.
“No. It’s already dark so…”
Haa. What should I do with this?
“Nami, I want to see you too. Can I?”
I couldn’t ask her if she’s jealous or not. In the first place, I don’t have that right yet. It’s still reserved for Ogawa.
In the end, I didn’t receive any reply from her. Should I just let it end here?
The train was just arriving at the next station from school.
When it stopped and the train door opened, I decided to get out and called Nami through messenger. I felt like I should resolve this now rather than wait for tomorrow. Especially that picture the SC President took. Like she originally planned, we really have to meet up and talk about what to do.
Judging from that, the SC President hasn’t come to ask her about it yet. Since she immediately sent what she discovered to Nami, I could infer that either she really cares about Nami or she just hated my cheating guts. After that act, I knew I was already marked by her but I acted recklessly thinking it’s fine to be seen by students not related to us there. I didn’t take into account that someone like the President will be there.
Her attitude towards me back then clearly showed how she’s against me dating Nami. To get a dirt on me this early, will she force us to break up? Though we’re really not dating, it will blow up in class if her friends find out about this.
It took me three tries before Nami picked it up but she’s not saying anything.
“I’m at the next train station from school. I’m going to wait for you here or you can tell me where to go.”
I looked up at the sky and it’s already dotted by stars. I already messaged Akane about being a bit late so I could spare some time before going home.
“Go home, Ruu.”
Only those words and she ended the call right after. So Nami’s pretty stubborn, eh? Let’s see who will win on who’s more stubborn between us.
I sat on a nearby bench meant for waiting passengers before trying again.
Once, twice, thrice…
After the fifth try there’s still no response from her. Bringing the screen back to our chat box, I messaged her before trying to call again.
And finally on the ninth try, maybe she got annoyed by my persistence, Nami finally answered the call again.
“You’re really persistent, Ruu. Get out of there. I’m in front of the station.”
With a helpless voice, those words came out from the other line before the call was dropped again.
However, her words this time were different. Is she already outside? Is this the reason why she’s not answering? She rushed from their house to here.
Having thought of that, I immediately stood up from the bench and rushed outside.
When I saw her walking with Ogawa before, I gathered that their destination was the bus stop. I only guessed that their house should be near the school since Satsuki and Sakuma’s house were both near and the Middle School they went to was located in this area.
After getting out of the station, I saw Nami in a casual dress of a camisole top and short pants. She’s wearing an unzipped hoodie on top of it.
Ah. She’s wearing house clothes and only put on that hoodie to cover it.
I closed our distance and was about to hug her when she put a hand in front of her to stop me.
“This idiot, you’re being reckless again. Why didn’t you listen to me?”
With a questioning tone, Nami glared cutely at me. It’s clear she’s annoyed when I kept calling her even if she already told me to go home.
“I want to say I want to see you but I know that won’t fly. I made a blunder, I thought I shouldn’t wait for tomorrow to think about what to do about it.”
Nami listened to me before she put a hand on her forehead.
“Let’s go somewhere first. Ruu, why do you have to be stubborn at this moment?”
She’s not really waiting for me to answer it. After leaving those words, she started walking while I followed behind her.
She stopped in front of a Manga Cafe. Seeing me not coming in with her, she took my wrist and pulled me in.
This is a type of place where you can rent a private room for you to read any manga they had on their shelves, but for others this is also a great place to have a private talk.
Err. Of course some couples often use this when they just want to relax together.
Seeing the two of us entering, the clerk already had an idea. Giving us a room for two, it’s just a cubicle that’s somehow soundproofed so that their customers can read in silence or even laugh without bothering anyone.
After entering the room, Nami took off her hoodie, looking at it again, what she’s wearing under it is something one would only wear at home, it’s a bit thin and if you look closely, the outline of her bra could be seen.
With her long black hair done in a ponytail, this gave her a different look.
“Why are you staring at me like that?”
She noticed my gaze and immediately covered her chest area with her hands.
“…Just admiring a beauty?”
I turned my gaze away after answering. Well, I don’t want her to feel uncomfortable when we haven’t started talking yet.
“That tongue of yours…”
Shaking her head, Nami picked up a random manga and opened it but yeah, she’s not really reading it.
“On second thought, I really want to see you, Nami. Actually, I felt a bit happy when I saw your message.”
It’s not really me if I keep restricting myself like this so, voicing my real thoughts out, Nami was caught off-guard.
“Idiot. After spending the day with another girl, this is what you will say…”
Nami grumbled silently. This girl, her expression really showed how jealous she was of me spending the day with Satsuki.
We won’t be able to talk properly if she stays like this, so after deliberating for a bit, I stood up and sat next to her.
“You currently have Ogawa, I also want to spend time with you, you know? But you told me not to message you.”
Circling my arms to her waist, I pulled her closer to me.
“Will you even agree if I ask to see you on a weekend when you could spend it with your real boyfriend?”