The Best Friend of the Person I Like is Secretly Approaching Me - Chapter 75

Chapter 75

We followed Matsui Sensei down the hallway and back to the classroom as the first period ended.

The classroom which had been noisy until we entered fell silent the moment we appeared.

All the classmates’ eyes were on us. Misa seemed unfazed, but Haru flinched.

Matsui Sensei moved away from us, walked to the front of the class, and spoke in a slightly louder voice so everyone could hear her.

“Okay, everyone listen. There seems to be a weird rumor going around, but the people involved have denied it. So that rumor is false. At least in our class, don’t make any more fuss about it.”

After saying this, Matsui Sensei started to step down from the podium.

She hadn’t given any specific details, so the dissatisfied classmates began to crowd around her.

“Wait a minute Sensei! Please explain properly.”

“We can’t just accept that so easily!”

“Isn’t it possible that they’re lying?”

Amid these questions, Matsui Sensei sighed deeply and answered.

“I told you not to make a fuss. Also, Yosaki herself who is in the position of the victim in this case has also denied it. That means there is no victim, so it’s not your place to say anything. Now get ready for your next class.”

Then Matsui Sensei left the classroom after waving her hands to disperse the gathering students.

Everyone was still not quite convinced, but they slowly returned to their seats.

The three of us stayed together until the break was over.

We felt the eyes of those around us observing our every move, but we tried to act as usual without paying much attention to them.

As the next class ended, Misa and Haru tried to gather at my desk as we had planned earlier.

However, someone tried to interfere.

Several girls gathered around Misa as she stood up from her seat.

They were the same group who, a few days ago, said they wanted to ‘hear Yosaki-san’s love story’ and took Misa away.

“Yosaki-san, why are you going over to Seko?”

“That’s a silly question. Why would there be any question about a girlfriend going to her boyfriend’s desk?”

“But! He was cheating on you behind Yosaki-san’s back, you know?”

“As Matsui Sensei said earlier, there is no such a thing. So there is no reason for you to try to stop my actions. Are we done here?”

“Ah…”

Misa rebuffed her concerned classmates and made her way past them to me.

Misa can stand her ground and respond back no matter what others say to her.

That strength was one of the charms that attracted me to her.

On the other hand——

“Hinata-san. Are you really going over to Seko’s desk?”

“The rumor might be false, but shouldn’t you refrain from such things for now? I’ve always thought, you know, Hinata-san and Seko seem too close.”

“I thought so too. Aren’t these two kind of suspicious?”

“Hey, what about it, Hinata-san? We want to hear it from you.”

” ……. ”

Surrounded by classmates pressuring her, Haru couldn’t even stand up from her seat.

“Isn’t it crazy to steal your best friend’s boyfriend?”

“And the way you did it is gross. You seduced Seko with your body, right?”

“Well, Hinata-san, you do have a big chest. Guys always like big breasts, huh?”

“Please don’t say things like that, it’s stings…”

“Ah, sorry.”

Apparently there’s a rumor that we have a physical relationship.

Well, actually we do. But we need to take a stance of denying it for now.

Haru just kept her head down while she is trembling.

Realizing she wouldn’t be able to stand up on her own, I was about to go help her when——

“Haru. Come here.”

Misa called out to Haru.

Then Haru quickly raised her head and replied cheerfully, ‘Y-yes!’

She apologized briefly to the classmates around her with a ‘S-sorry’, and squeezed past them to join us.

“Are you okay?”

“Y-yeah. Ehehe. Thanks, Misa.”

“There’s no need to thank me. I just helped because my friend was in trouble.”

“Uuu… Misa…”

Haru, looking like she might cry any moment, clung to Misa.

Misa then caught her and gently stroked her head.

This is a scene that I used to see often.

Seeing such a harmonious moment between the two, the classmates might start to think, “Maybe the rumor really is just a false accusation?”

If the rumor were true, they would be at odds with each other.

However, there were still those who directed hostility towards us.

Especially the girls who had been involved with Moriya and Misa kept a constant watch over us.

During the next break, Moriya approached me before the two could come to me.

His eyes looked down on me completely.

“Hey, Seko. How could you do such things and still give me advice?”

“…Moriya, you’re the one who insisted on asking for advice though.”

“Shut up. I got rejected by her because of your advice.”

Rejected? He already confessed to that manager?

Didn’t he say he couldn’t confess for a while?

Rather, this is clearly Moriya taking out his frustrations on me. He just wants to blame his failure on me.

“Have you already given up? I told you to keep trying.”

“…How can I go through that pain over and over again? That’s when I realized it, Seko. You’re abnormal. You can repeat such things over and over again, even in front of everyone…That’s why you could cheat on her too, right?”

“Aren’t you jumping too quickly with your logic?”

“Shut up. You’re missing some emotions. That’s why you can keep doing things that hurt yourself, and that’s why you can easily do things that hurt Yosaki-san too.”

“I wouldn’t be able to fall in love with her if I had no emotions.”

“I’m telling you to shut up! A criminal shouldn’t be talking back like that!”

At this point, I realized it was pointless to continue to talk to him.

They only want to hear what fits their narrative.

Moriya’s opinion won’t change, No matter how reasonable my arguments are.

He used to admire me as his ‘master’——The irony of such a drastic change almost makes me want to laugh.

Though it’s not really something I should laugh about.

“Moriya, that’s enough.”

While I was pondering what to do, Kaita stepped in between us.

“Kaita…but you know….”

“It’s unforgivable if the rumor is true, but we haven’t seen the supposed evidence yet. For now, we have no choice but to believe what those three are saying.”

“…Tsk. I’ll never believe you.”

With that parting shot, Moriya returned to his seat.

“What’s your intention, Kaita?”

“I helped you out and this is how you thank me? Maybe it can’t be helped, considering what happened before.”

“…Is this some kind of atonement?”

“I don’t know… Anyway, those two can’t come close if I stay here, so I’ll go back to my seat too.”

Kaita didn’t say much and quickly returned to his seat.

Then Misa and Haru came to me.

“Rento-kun, are you okay?”

“Sorry… Misa couldn’t come and help you because I was still trembling…”

“No, everything is fine. It was actually better that you two stayed away.”

Haru had become completely drained in these past few hours.

Though she didn’t show it, Misa too must be under a certain amount of stress.

The uncertain possibility of getting a miraculous piece of evidence to prove our innocence——

I wonder if their mental state can endure until we find it.

——Maybe it’s time to be prepared for the worst.

Then my smartphone vibrated in my pants pocket.