What If I Told Tomori-san, The Girl Who's Cold Only Towards Me, That I Knew Her Secret Account? - V1 Chapter 5.1

Girls’ Day Off Talk 1

I have a dream.

A dream I recognized it immediately.

[Don’t worry. I’ll take care of her.]

I will never forget it.

It happened about a year and a half ago on a very cold winter day.

[You came to take the exam, right? You’d better get going.]

[But you…]

[It’s okay. Even if I don’t pass, it doesn’t matter.]

To reassure me, [As proof, here. Take it.]

He handed me something small. That something was――

*****

I woke up to the sound of the intercom.

(Oh no, I fell asleep while sitting.)

I sat up on the living room sofa, stretched my back, and yawned.

After disabling my ‘sleep mode’, I walked to the entrance and opened the door.

“Oh? Azusa, were you sleeping?”

“Ahaha, did you notice?”

“A very faint bedhead. If it’s not me, it’ll be missed.” (TN: HxH)

“That, it’s a line from an anime?”

“Well, yeah. Are you okay? If you’re tired, it’s fine if we don’t do it Today.”

“I’m fine! I might be a bit tired, but it’s no big deal!”

After quickly fixing my hair, I invited my childhood friend, Chifuyu Kazami, into the room of my apartment in a 15-story building.

“Azusa, what about your mom?”

“She’s having lunch with her friends.”

“Is it Ginza again? I hope she brings back some souvenirs.” (shopping districts)

“Knowing my mom, it’s probably sweets again. Since she’s a patissier, by the way, why don’t you go wash your hands?”

While giving instructions, I put on a light blue apron.

Today is Sunday.

What will be held Today is Azusa Tomori’s dessert class.

I will teach my childhood friend, who is dressed in plain clothes, how to make a cake.

*****

“Mmm, this is great!”

Chifuyu, who was enjoying a bite of the finished baked cheesecake, exclaimed.

“It’s amazing. I can’t believe I made this myself!”

“Chifuyu relies too much on estimating measurements by eye. You know, cooking is like math. If you measure the ingredients properly and calculate correctly, you won’t fail.”

“Muu, don’t make it sound so easy. When I try to make things on my own, it just doesn’t turn out well.”

“But if possible, you’d like to impress that person with your baking, right?”

“Well, that’s…”

Chifuyu’s cheeks flushed slightly. Right, it’s a secret, but Chifuyu has a crush on someone.

The other person is an older boy who goes to a different high school.

“It can’t be helped. That person doesn’t really want to meet me at all.”

“So, you’re trying to invite him out with a homemade cake?”

“Yeah, he said he likes sweet things… huhu.”

My childhood friend blushed shyly.

Hmm, I felt a little jealous of that person Chifuyu likes. I never expected Chifuyu to be this smitten. (dereru.)

“Thanks for teaching me how to make it. I want to give you something in return.”

“Ah, then could you upload the pictures I’m about to send you on our class LINE?”

“Huh? What’s with this puppy?”

“The true identity of Kagisaka-kun’s Girlfriend.”

“What?”

I explained the whole story to the puzzled Chifuyu.

Of course, I kept yesterday’s incident of falling asleep leaning on Kagisaka-kun a secret.

“I see. If I think about it calmly, there’s no way Kagisaka has a girlfriend.”

I don’t think that’s a very nice thing to say.”

“It can’t be helped for me. I don’t know why, but for some reason, he’s been avoiding me.”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Kagisaka-kun generally doesn’t want to make connections with others.

That’s why he often acts coldly, and with Chifuyu, he goes beyond that and frequently ignores her.

Huh, there seems to be some reason behind it.

“Anyway, why do you have to upload this photo on the class LINE?”

“Didn’t everyone wonder who Kagisaka-kun’s girlfriend was?”

“Well, I never thought that loner had the initiative for that.”

“Since Kagisaka-kun will probably face a barrage of questions next week, I thought it would be better to reveal it as a scoop beforehand.”

“Did Kagisaka ask you to do that? Is that why you received the photo?”

“Well, something like that.”

Uhh, I made up that story. It was my own decision.

It’s a small token of appreciation for when he helped me with a handkerchief on the day we rode the train together.

“By the way, is this Kagisaka from when he was a child? Why is his face covered with a stamp?”

“I don’t know. It was like that when I received it.”

一一Once again, a big lie.

I was the one who covered Kagisaka-kun’s face with a stamp when I turned the photo into an image.

(I should respect his privacy, you know.)

Yes, absolutely.

I’m not reveling in some sense of superiority, like thinking, [I’m the only one who knows what Kagisaka looked like as a child!] (Not a typo.)

“Seriously, Azusa, you’re too kind. If you want to clear up the misunderstanding, you should let Kagisaka himself do it.”

“But Kagisaka-kun isn’t on the class line, right?”

“Ah, yeah, that’s right.”

“I asked him several times to join since it’s sad that he’s the only one not in it.”

It was a swing and a miss.

He completely rejected my attempts.