My Classmate Whom I Helped Seems to Be Mentally Sick, So I've Been Trying My Best to Hide My True Identity, But It Seems Like I've Been Found Out - Chapter 30

What Friends Are

“Here, make yourself comfortable. Is this your first time visiting a friend’s house?”

“…Well.”

“I see. What do you usually do? A part-time job or something? Or maybe reading after all? But to buy books, you have to work a part-time job, right? Have you ever done a part-time job?”

” ….. ”

I had come to Sumire Murasaki’s room.

It’s a one-room, about eight tatami mats in size, and unlike the exterior of the apartment, the inside of the room is very clean.

The carpet lay in the hallway, the blackout curtains hanging on the large window of the room, and the light pink bed, all of it.

It’s completely different from my cluttered room.

It’s very mature, yet, at the same time, it’s easy to tell it’s a girl’s room due to its cute interior.

While my heart is racing in such an atmosphere, I am now sitting on her bed.

“Um, Murasaki-san.”

“What is it?”

“Has anyone else, like friends, come to play in this room before?”

“No, I think you’re the first person to come.”

“The first…”

“Yeah. I moved here by myself without relying on my parents. So, you are the first person to come here, Takizawa-kun. Ehehe, I’m kind of nervous.”

” ….. ”

Her sudden smile makes my heart race even more intensely.

It’s an unfair smile, and the way she laughs is cute.

Right now, I am in the room of the school’s idol.

Being so conscious of her, my legs are paralyzed, and I can’t move.

And on the contrary, my body is leaning forward.

“This bed is soft and comfy, isn’t it?”

“Y-Yeah. But, sitting on the bed where Murasaki-san sleeps is kind of… I feel hesitant.”

“Why? We’re friends, so don’t hold back. See, friends are people with whom you can discuss anything, right? People who can clash with their true feelings.”

“Th-That’s might be true, but…”

“You can talk to me seriously with your true feelings, without lying, and can expose anything. That’s what friends are, right? So there are no lies between us, right?”

“…Yeah.”

I can’t shake the feeling that I’ve been cornered for a while now.

She might have already seen through the lies I am telling.

But if I admit it in a place like this, that will surely confirm my confinement.

How should I end the conversation and go home?

While I am worried, Sumire Murasaki leaves the room, leaving me behind.

And then, she said while turning around,

“I’m going to take a bath. Absolutely, you must not leave, okay?”