Lonely Me and the Lonely Caring Goddess - Chapter 114

“So, what happened?”

Seeing Sara-senpai not letting me go, Natsumi-senpai asked with a confused look.

“Well~… can’t we just say they are on good terms?”

Hayato chuckled as he sent a subtle follow-up.

Lunch break. We were supposed to have lunch together, and upon arriving, Hayato and Natsumi-senpai were already there.

At first, Natsumi smiled at how Sara-senpai was glued to me, but she seemed to be taken aback by Sara-senpai’s reluctance to let me go.

“Sara-senpai.”

She was still pouty, although it was cute to see how upset she was.

While calling out her name, I patted her head.

“I’m sorry, Sara-senpai. That won’t happen again. Next time, I’m going to decline more clearly. Even for me, I’d hate it if someone called Sara-senpai like that.”

As I told her those words, her clinging changed to snuggling. Did her mood improve?

“…Hmm, I know it’s Satsukawa-senpai… But even so, I can’t believe what’s happening before me.”

Hayato was looking at us with an expression that said he had seen something extraordinary.

“Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. I didn’t think it would be this bad either.”

I wonder what’s okay about this situation.

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“Here, ah~n…”

*Chomp*

*Munch* *Munch*

“Hey? Isn’t your right hand already… never mind.”

I thought Natsumi-senpai would butt in, but she suddenly stopped and pulled back.

Her reaction was one I’d never seen before…

By the way, Hayato was still eating his lunch with a surprised expression.

I should get to the main point quickly.

“So, Mayumi-sa… Sara-senpai’s mom invited us to go to the fireworks show. What do you guys think?”

“I’m okay with that. I have a break from club activities. It’s the same for boys, right?”

“Yes, we’re on break too. But is it really okay for me to go with you?

Hayato probably asked this in a reserved manner due to concern for Sara-senpai rather than Natsumi-senpai.

I looked into Sara-senpai’s eyes, and she nodded as if she understood what I was trying to say.

“Uwaah… These two understand each other just by having eye contact.”

I ignored Natsumi-senpai’s jab for the time being.

“Yokogawa-san, if you are concerned about me, don’t worry about it. Since Kazunari-san is the one who invited you, I have no problem with it at all.”

“Hayato, let’s go together.”

Hearing Sara-senpai’s subtle persuasion and my one-liner, Hayato nodded happily.

“Thank you. I’ll happily go with you then… Kazunari, thank you.”

He repeatedly thanked me. Perhaps he did so because of the chance I gave him regarding Natsumi-senpai.

As a friend, I’d like to give Hayato support as much as I can. But I’m sorry, I’d like to be alone with Sara-senpai too, and for that, I want to entrust Natsumi-senpai to him.

“Okay, that’s decided then! Fufu~ I’ll have to show off my yukata. Takanashi-kun and Yokogawa-kun, be prepared to fall in love with me!”

“There’s no such thing that will happen to Kazunari-san, so don’t expect that to happen, okay?’

Sara-senpai replied to Natsumi-senpai’s joke with a straight face.

Despite that, it’s cute when Sara-senpai retorts back like that.

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Upon arriving at the station, Hayato was already there.

He was in his casual clothing.

Since Sara-senpai was going to wear a yukata, I wanted to wear one too. But it was at my parent’s house, and thus, I wore my usual plain clothes.

Thank god Hayato wore casual clothes. I would have looked out of place if he had worn a yukata or a jinbei. (TN: Jinbei is a type of clothing that Jinbei from One Piece wore)

“Sorry to keep you waiting, Kazunari-san.”

“Sorry to keep you both waiting.”

I turned around upon hearing Sara-senpai and Natsumi-senpai voices coming behind. There I saw Sara-senpai, wearing a yukata.

“… … …”

I guess this is where I was meant to be at a loss for words.

Sara-senpai in a yukata is very, truly beautiful. Her long black hair was prim and proper and she was carrying a cute cat print purse.

And seeing her in a yukata… I can’t.

I’m humiliated by my lack of vocabulary. All I could say was that Sara-senpai was beautiful. How can I satisfactorily praise Sara-senpai?

“…Kazunari-san…”

“… … …”

“Takanashi-kun?”

“Oi, Kazunari?”

“… … …”

“This is a lost cause.”

I was so fascinated that I couldn’t hear the voices around me.

“Umm… Kazunari-san…”

“Sara-senpai, you look really beautiful. I want to say more, but can’t think of the right words…”

I was too fascinated that my thoughts burst out of my mouth. As I said that, Sara-senpai looked down, embarrassed, and started twirling her fingers.

“I’m sorry… it’s just that you’re really beautiful that I…”

“T-thank you very much. I understand. I understand what Kazunari-san wanted to say, and you should stop since… umm… it’s embarrassing…”

Sara-senpai approached me with a bright red face and clung right next to me tightly, trying to hide her embarrassed look.

Sara-senpai was so cute that we stood together like that until Natsumi-senpai scolded us.