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The Reader (Me), The Protagonist (Her) And Their After. (Light Novel) - After Story
After Story
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“… Why are you frowning like that?”
Today’s our first day of school as second year students.
“I’m not frowning…” I answered Hosono-kun as I put my shoes in the shoe rack I’ll use this year.
“Then what’s the problem… Aren’t we in the same class again this year?”
“That’s true, but…”
“You would have liked to be in the same class as Sudou and Shuuji?”
“There is that too…”
“Then why are you looking all that gloomy for…”
… I guess I must be looking gloomy right now.
I’ve been sighing for a while, and talked less than usual.
I put my school slippers and went on the hallway with Hosono-kun.
“… I’m worried,” I finally said, revealing what I was holding inside.
“You’re… worried?”
“Yes, because of that book…” I said, looking at the white plastic bag in Hosono-kun’s hand.
He just bought it at the bookstore in front of the station.
The title is “15 Years Old – Side A”.
It’s the novel made by my sister, Hiiragi Tokoro, with Hosono-kun as its protagonist.
The story which as been planned for almost a year finally released today.
“… What about it makes you worried?”
“… Because,” I stopped an instant thinking about how selfish my worry was, but then continued, “… reading about Tokiko made you like me, right, Hosono-kun?”
“… Y-yeah,” Hosono-kun answered surprised, looking away in embarrassment. “You’re right, but what’s your point…”
“In that case…” I started, holding his hand tightly, “Perhaps, by reading this novel… there’ll be a girl who will fall for you too…”
That was a future I really didn’t want to think about.
“… Huh?”
Hosono-kun stood still with a dumbfounded expression.
“What I want to say is… by reading this novel, there might be a girl who will empathise with Akira-kun… and then fall for you. That’s what worrying me…”
Because I’m his girlfriend, I understand really well.
He’s clumsy and a little unsociable, but he’s really kind.
I’m sure that his kindness will make the heart of many girls throb.
And just like Hosono-kun suddenly appeared before me, a girl might appear before him too.
Just thinking about it tighten my chest.
“… That’s impossible,” he said calmly. “The me in the novel is really uncool. There’s no way a girl would fall for me by reading it.”
“… You can’t know.”
“It’s alright. Even if such a girl existed it’s not like I’d be able to meet her by chance. So don’t worry about it,” he said walking ahead of me.
He got a lot more cheerful during the past year, but…
Even now, he’s still a little too blunt.
I sighed, following his back, when suddenly,
“… Oh, good morning.”
We came across a certain woman who came for the corner.
“Ah, Momo-chan… Sorry, Chiyoda-sensei…”
“… Good morning.”
“Yep, morning.”
This petite and cute woman wearing a suit was Chiyoda Momose-sensei.
She’s the homeroom teacher of another class of second years.
Also, she’s a friend of my sister.
That’s why, rather than a teacher, she was more of a sister-like acquaintance to us.
“… Did something happen?” she asked, maybe feeling something off from the way we acted. “Maybe you had a quarrel?”
“N-no, we didn’t…”
Then just as I answered, I noticed that Chiyoda-sensei had “15 Years Old – Side A” in her hand.
Looking at something I didn’t want to, I was at a loss for words.
“… Ah, I see,” Chiyoda-sensei smiled, seeming to have guessed what happened. “You’re worried… right, Hiiragi-san?”
“… Yes.”
Chiyoda-sensei smiled kindly hearing my honest answer.
She knows what happened between us last year.
I’m sure she was able to guess my uneasiness and Hosono-kun’s answer to it.
“I understand how you feel. Of course you would be worried if you like him…”
“… Yes.”
“Well then… Hosono-kun,” Chiyoda-sensei looked up at Hosono-kun face, “Don’t be so shy and just tell her what you think.”
“… Eh?”
“Well then, students are waiting for me. Later.”
Chiyoda-sensei went away leaving me and Hosno-kun who was dumbfounded.
A few seconds later, like a broken mechanical clock suddenly beginning to work, we started to walk too.
“… Hey,” I called out to Hosono-kun walking before me. “What are you thinking?”
“…”
“Chiyoda-sensei seems to have noticed something… What is it?”
Hosono-kun let out a big sigh.
“Well, it’s really alright. Even if there is a girl who fall for me and even if I happen to meet her by chance…”
“… Why?”
When I asked, Hosono-kun stopped and turned towards me.
Then acting calm while having his face completely red, he said:
“… Because the only one I like… is you, Hiiragi.”
Just hearing this.
Just looking at how he acts, his expression and the feelings they contain.
“… I see.”
Just like sugar melting in coffee, my uneasiness disappeared completely.
“… Thank you,” I said and went next to him once again.
Then, with the happiness now filling my body, I bumped gently against him.
