I Want to Have a Girlfriend Too - Chapter 14

I was affected. And I knew who did it.

　As the orange sun was setting, Kagurazaka and I were walking along a sidewalk in a residential area.

　Up to this point, there were no students around who were trying to kill me, and we could hear no more voices. Clearly, now that there were no more people around.

“Hii-chan and I want boyfriends because of a novel that can be found everywhere.”

“A novel? “

　Does that novel mean something special to you?

　Kagurazaka’s light tone made me wonder if she could read a novel.
(I think he’s talking about Functional illiterate. A person who can read letters and words but have no idea what it means.)

“That’s right. My mother gave me that novel for my eighth-grade birthday, and she said, “Alice is a bit silly, but you should at least try to be able to read this kind of novel, okay?” …Don’t you think that’s terrible ! ? “

　…As expected, she couldn’t read it.

　Your mother must be having a hard time.

“So I was disappointed and tried to read it as hard as I could, but I gave up after one page and …asked Hii-chan to read it for me.”

　Can’t she read more than 1 page? …It seems that the image of Kagurazaka is becoming more and more fixed.

　…And what’s more, someone is reading for her, is she in some kind of kindergarten?

　Saijouin did a good job reading the novel.

“And you know, actually! The story of that novel is about a high school romance! “

　Actually! She says, but to tell you the truth, I’ve been guessing it to some extent from the beginning.

　But, she’s very cute, though, isn’t she? She’s so cute that I want to take her home and flirt with her.

“We were very jealous of the main character because we have never had a boyfriend before! “

” A character in a novel? “

” A character in a novel, yes! “

　She brings her pretty face close to mine.

　I see what you mean… damn she’s adorable.

“So we want to fall in love, too! I thought… but all the people around me wanted to be friends with Kagurazaka-san and Saijouin-san because they were good-looking or because they wanted the title of being friends with the famous Kagurazaka-san and Saijouin-san.”

” …… “

“I thought something would change once we entered high school, but I guess no one ever talked to us as a simply normal girls… Maybe that’s why? I don’t know when I stopped showing my true feelings to anyone.”

　Kagurazaka stares into the distance with clear eyes.

　Her expression was sad and gloomy.

“Even so, we still wanted to fall in love! So we decided to talk to Sato-kun about it.”

“Hmm? Are you good friends with Kazuki? “

“Well, Sato-kun and I went to elementary school together. But Hii-chan is different! I’m the only one who went to elementary school with him! “

　I didn’t know that.

　Then there’s no point in introducing Kazuki to her.

“So! I talked to Sato-kun about it. He said [Then you should talk to Nozomu. He’s always practicing his confession in the Chemistry Preparation Room. He’s a really nice guy, so if you muffle your footsteps and half-pretend to threaten him by secretly taking a video of him, he’ll cooperate with you willingly!] “

“All right, I’m gonna deliver revenge to him first thing in the morning. I’ll ask him what’s going on and get the boys in the class to help me. I’ll do that.”

　I got a source.

　Sir! We have an enemy spy on our side. Permission to terminate him immediately! Sir!

　Okay, now that we have the captain’s permission, we’ll kill him tomorrow. I’ll call him to the back of the school first thing in the morning.

　I’ll never forgive him for bringing me down here!

　Thanks to him, I’ve been put through all this trouble, so he’ll get what’s coming to him.

“Well, don’t be angry with him. It’s our fault. “

　She closes one eye and apologizes cutely.

　No, I’ll never forgive him for that――uh, I’ll forgive you for a little bit.

“But it turned out to be a good thing because Sato-kun knew it from the beginning that Tokimori-kun saw us simply as a girl called [Alice Kagurazaka and Hiiyo Saijouin], and he’ll cooperate with us! “

” I’m not happy about all the bad things you’ve done, even though I haven’t done anything wrong to you two… “

　She opens her arms wide and smiles at me.

　It’s a smile I’ve never seen before, and it should make me happy but,――it brings tears to my eyes…

“If Tokimori-kun cooperates with us, we can have a thrilling romance like the characters in that novel! “

” …I see.”

　But I know how they feel.

　Although our motives are different, I’d also like to find someone I like and have a love like in the novel.

　Maybe that’s why. I want them to try a little harder.

　Well, I’ll try just a little… for them.

“That’s why――”

　She puts her face close to my ear,

“――I’ll keep in touch with you from now on.”

　She whispered to me in a sweet voice.

* * *

“I’ll be right here.”

　After a while, we arrived at an intersection near my house.

　Kagurazaka grabbed my sleeve as we were about to split up.

“Hey, we are friends, aren’t we? “

“Hmm? W, well… maybe. “

　Seeing Kagurazaka looking up at me, I was a little embarrassed and slurred my words vaguely.

　The girl seems to have a very nice weapon.

“Well, then… why don’t we exchange contact information? “

　A little nervous or perhaps a little confused, I took out my phone from my bag.

　Oh, wait…

　Following the last time, I’m asked for contact information again by a girl… Is this a sign that I’m getting popular with the girls?

　――Well, no way, yup.

“That’s fine, but should I give you my… LINE? “

　I took out my phone from my bag and exchanged contact information with her.

” ( …got it! ) “

　Kagurazaka gives a small gut punch.

　I wonder what makes her so happy? I’m sure there are a lot of other boys who have exchanged LINE numbers with Kagurazaka.

　――Ah, I see. As Saijouin said, these guys didn’t have many friends with whom they could talk frankly.

　I don’t know at this stage if they are talking honestly to me or not, but I guess they are happy to get the contact information of their new friends.

“Well, I’m going this way! See you tomorrow!”

　With these words, she left in the opposite direction from where I was heading.

　Maybe it was my imagination, but she looked happier than usual.

” …I’m going home, too.”

　I let her go until I couldn’t see her anymore, and then I went on my way in the opposite direction.

　I feel like a lot has happened today.

　At any rate, tomorrow, I have to half-kill Kazuki to make him feel sorry for me and tease Saijouin with some fresh stuff I’ve got today.

　I’ve got a lot of work to do tomorrow. I thought as I headed home.