It Seems I Was Hitting On the Most Beautiful Girl in School Without Me Noticing - CH 60

Chp 60

I Want To Hold Hands With The Most Beautiful Girl ②

(Damn, when should I hold her hand…)

Three days have passed since I got the advice from Hiiragi-san. However, I still can’t find the right timing and don’t know when to hold her hand.

It’s too unnatural to suddenly ask, [Can I hold your hand?]. Even I would be puzzled if I were asked that out of the blue, so I’m sure Saito would be troubled as well.

I would like to have some kind of trigger. If I had a chance, I could naturally propose to hold hands. However, that isn’t something that happens often. That’s why three days passed without me being able to find an opportunity.

[Haaa…]

I couldn’t think of anything, and couldn’t help but sigh. What should I do now? Just when I was at a loss, an announcement was made through the PA system.L

[A suspicious person appeared yesterday night around 10:00 PM. Please be careful on your way home]

…That’s it! It may seem like a bit of a forcible invitation, but I don’t care about it anymore. There’s no way I wouldn’t do it now. If I missed this opportunity, I don’t know when another opportunity will present itself.

If I stop at this point, nothing will ever change, so I decided to hurry up and contact Saito as soon as possible.

{Do you want to come home with me today?}

{Sure. If you leave with me right away, we’ll be noticed, so I’ll meet you at the shoe locker about thirty minutes after class is over}

{I understand} (TN: 了解 is read as Ryoukai, which is affirmation)

I was a little worried that she would refuse, but she agreed without hesitation. I was relieved to pass the first stage. This time, I was determined to hold her hand, and waited for her after school.

After school, she showed up exactly 30 minutes later as promised.

[Hey, sorry for being sudden]

[No, it’s just a slight difference between coming home late and early]

I have to admit that asking her out on the same day was a bit too sudden, but she didn’t seem to mind. In fact, her expression was the same as always, but her voice seemed happy.

Just like last time, we started walking, talking about trivial things. It’s fun to read a book together while exchanging impressions, but it’s also fun doing this, walking while talking about random things.

Until now, I’ve just walked home in silence, but this kind of trip is also nice. I’m sure it’s because the person I’m talking to is someone I like.

I looked at her beautiful white hands, still as doll-like as ever. I can’t make any mistakes. There was a trigger, so it wouldn’t be unnatural to ask for her hand… I made up my mind and spoke with determination.

[Hey, Saito]

[…Yes, what is it?]

After a short pause, she looked at me.

[If… If you don’t mind, why don’t we hold hands? …you see, they said there’s a suspicious person nearby, so this is just in case]

The heck you mean by “Just in case”? Just in case? I put my inner thoughts into my words without thinking. If holding hands could ward off suspicious people then all the elementary schoolers in Japan would be holding hands, wouldn’t they? I got nervous and gave a weird excuse.

When I glanced at Saito, her cheeks were blushing bright, and her eyes were sparkling.

[I don’t mind. I-I want to hold hands] (TN: they did it, they f-in did it)

[Y-yeah]

Even I could tell that she was really happy, and my body itched with happiness and embarrassment. I managed to hold my grin and held out my hand. She slowly put her hand on top of it, smiled contently, and looked up at me.

I asked her bluntly as she looked like she wanted to say something.

[What is it…]

[Tanaka-kun, you wanted to hold hands really badly, didn’t you? If you ask me, I’ll hold your hand anytime from now on, okay?] (TN: dies slowly, totally worth the effort)

She giggled with a teasing look on her face. The expression of innocence and a little bit of s*xiness on her face, which was different from her usual cold expression, was too attractive.

My heart thumped and my face became hot. Seeing this, Saito smiled with satisfaction.

Ah, my face is hot. She was teasing me, but I managed to hold her hand. I breathed a sigh of relief that we were able to hold hands. However, this was short-lived, and it seems that people become greedier when they succeed. Now that I was able to hold her hand, my next desire arose.

I want to do the lover’s handhold. That thought came to my mind. If I think about it, we’ve already held hands once during winter break, albeit unconsciously. It’s just that we’ve returned to the same stage as we did during winter break. In order to say that our relationship has progressed, we needed to go one step further.

She held my hand, so I’m sure she wouldn’t mind. Now all I had to do was get the courage. I gulped and intertwined my fingers around Saito’s thin ones. (TN: UWOOOOOOOOO)

[Wha- W-wait, Tanaka-kun!?]

The moment I felt her body heat, which was a little colder than mine, with our intertwined fingers, she let out a shriek. Startled and flustered, her face turned red and she stared at me with her eyes open wide.

[…No good?]

I wondered if I’ve been too forceful. She blushed and shook her head when I asked her consent.

[N-no, I like this better too]

[…Nn]

Then my hand was squeezed a little tighter. I felt the palm of our joined hands become hot as we started walking home together.

AN:

They finally succeeded in holding hands(*>∇<)ノ

What did you think of this story? I was smiling all by myself when I wrote it (lol) I’d be happy if you could give me some feedback on it ✧*。٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و✧*。

Inserts the penguins “bois, we did it” meme

No more words needed, they did it, and they did it splendidly. Author, great job, nothing more nothing less. Anyways, with this, we have 1 more chapter to go before we head over to Saito’s POV. The story will go back to chapter 1 and as the name suggests, it will be from the heroine’s perspective, but I decided to finish the MC perspective so no one needs to reread to remember what happened before. Translator out, and hope you guys have a good day.