Chapter 63 – Let’s take a break with a spin-off (part 1)
The year is 1983, Tokyo.
I, Sakurazaki Kazunari, am heading to the library again today.
Of course, it's partly to read books, but there's another reason.
It's to see my senior whom I admire, the library committee member, Yunohara-senpai.
Yunohara-senpai, a third-year student, is a beautiful and intelligent lady who always maintains the top grades in her year.
She is the daughter of the Yunohara conglomerate, and she should definitely get along well with me, the next head of the Sakurazaki family.
While propping up a thick book on the wooden table, I peek at Yunohara-senpai, who is managing the books at the counter near the entrance of the library, over the book.
She's beautiful.
But, as if to block my passionate gaze, someone sat down in front of me.
...Damn, who is it? Who dares to steal my precious time?
“...Excuse me, senpai”
The person who interrupted, it was—
“Not again, Yuzuhara”
“...Do you have any complaints? If you are reading the book seriously, I don't think my action will cause you any disadvantage”
“...I get it. Fine, whatever”
A current JK idol, Yuzuhara Mitsu.
She's one year younger than me, and a kohai, but she's somehow harsh to me. She's extremely popular among the boys in the school.
But, while she's dazzlingly bright in her entertainment work, she has a gap of being cold in reality, and she's slightly shunned by the others. (She probably doesn't realize it)
This school is where the sons and daughters of famous companies gather, and many people in the entertainment industry also attend this school.
So, it's not that unusual for me, the heir of the prestigious "Sakurazaki family", and her, an idol, to talk face to face.
“...Um, did you think about it?”
“Think about what?”
“The confession... from the other day”
“I'm not going out with you. The other day, I saw your work on TV, and what was that outfit? It's not something a girl should wear before getting married. Your thighs are too exposed”
“T-that's unavoidable for work... ...B-but senpai, you watched it”
“Huh! ...I-it was by chance! By chance”
“...I'm happy”
I always go crazy when I'm with her.
A week ago, she suddenly came up to me in this library and said, "I want to go out with you".
I thought she came here as a punishment game, but it seems not.
I don't quite understand what an idol is, but she has a neat face as expected of someone who makes a living in entertainment.
But, that doesn't mean I'm going to fall for her.
“What's good about me? I only do lessons and have few friends, and I don't have anything interesting to talk about”
“...I've been watching you read books at the desk next to me”
“...Is that all?”
“I'm also bad at talking and don't have any friends. And the me in entertainment is a different personality”
Yuzuhara said that with a guilty look.
This library is almost empty, so I noticed that the person who always uses the desk next to me is the same.
But, I never thought that person liked me.
“I fell in love with you, senpai. So, I want to read books next to you”
“...I see. Well, you can come next to me for now, but can you refrain from sitting in front of me?”
“Yes”
Yuzuhara said that and moved to the chair next to me.
“...What book are you reading now?”
“Dazai”
“That's a medical book, though”
“...W-well, Dazai is well-versed in medicine”
“I don't think so”
“...I haven't read anything, nothing”
“I thought so”
I feel like my head is being smashed with a hammer.
I finally realize that my heart was seen through by this relentless attack.
“Did you get disgusted by what I'm doing?”
“No. I was doing the same thing”
“The same? You were also looking at senpai?”
“Yes. The senpai I was looking at was my ‘senpai’, though”
“...You mean me?”
“Of course”
“...That's creepy”
“I'll go borrow a book and tell that third-year senpai on the way”
“Wait a minute”
“...If you don't want me to say it, please listen to one thing”
This girl is really a nuisance to me.
I'd better not get involved with her.
“What's your demand?”
“Let's go on a date”
Ah, this is the worst.
Translator: Janaka