Chapter 1 – I’ll be the girl of your dreams, goddamn it!
Because I played eroge games very late during last night, I didn’t get enough sleep even though today is Monday.
Even though yesterday I was at where before rape incident happened which became very messy afterwards. But I still managed to get back home, playing my eroge games as usual, even though I had to change the broken DVD terminal first.
The broken computer is now back to normal. I have to regret that I’m angry at it when it wasn’t guilty.
But I gonna blame all of this on Fujiaki Shiori, that flawed girl… Grahhh, why did everything have to turn out like this. If I knew this was going to happen, I’d rather be born as a tree or a weed. Why do these kind of bitches have to crush on my Utopia for what reason?
*Yawn*
I arrived at my School, took out my textbook for my first class
And I looked around the noisy homeroom before class starts, before yawning again.
“You looked sleepy, Aramiya.”
Tozaki Keita who’s sitting in the back greeted. I turned around my head only to see a medium sized dude. If it’s about his looks, it’s same as me that is common but the freckles on his nose might be the difference.
“I played the game whole night man.”
“The game that has the character like in your dreams?”
“…Don’t talk about it, I meant the next one.”
“Next one?”
“I’ll explain the details later and why that game is crap, the classes are starting.”
“Ooook.”
The thing is, I’m an otaku, and everyone in the room already knows about that. He thinks only I watch anime, read mangas and know a bit about computers but the part about I play eroge games, I didn’t that to anyone.
Well, to talk about eroge games in the middle of the room at school isn’t quite the place. Still, a provincial school like our Mikage High School is a normal school, nothing special in particular like a leading prestigious school, it’s like a delinquent confinement area or teaching some 18+ stuff.
So in the school, we have to keep our manners good, which me and Tosaki knows about very well.
Some stuff like this need to be kept as a secret. It’s the stuff that can be talked about in public.
I also can’t handle that if there’s someone shouting in the room about 2D-Girls, horny or about those types. And I don’t want to be counted as one of those and being trampled around. Just being an otaku, some people declared that they having are nausea like they can’t stay in this world.
“Well, I’ll wait for it then.”
After I talked with him, the bells rang at the exact same time.
Tosaki start looking around the room.
“…Hmm, Hutsushiba isn’t here too? What a bummer.”
“You seem to like that girl.”
Hutsushiba is one of our classmate’s names, if I recall correctly. Her full name is Hutsushiba Yuka. If categorized, she’s one in those cute types. But that’s one of reasons why this guy like her.
“I didn’t hear ‘Good Morning～♪’ and it doesn’t feel like a new day has started.”
She’s a Seiyuu (CV : Cover Voice) but she only got the roles of like background and secondary characters. Ah, come to think of it, she already got a secondary character role of an anime. If I recall, her voice is like the type that’s heard in eroge games.
She doesn’t come to school that often, due to her work.
“Tosaki, you should give up about it.”
“C’mon! Only her voice is fine! *sigh* the Next time I see her, I wanna ask and record her voice.”
“…Err, bud. You can like someone and keep it quiet, that’s fine. But…”
Even though she’s a seiyuu, I can’t handle hearing her real voice. If from the speakers, that’s ok though.
While we are talking, the classroom door opens.
The Homeroom teacher comes when the real classroom bell rings so that person wasn’t the teacher.
The person who came in is a girl. She has long dyed brown hair and sharp eyes that might intimidate other people. But her face is in good shape that everyone says that it’s beautiful, but have to add that no need to speak about it.
I glance at her a little bit but tried not to look at her eyes, maybe turning my whole face away.
I do as I usually do, trying not to get into trouble directly
This girl is the infamous delinquent of the room- no, the whole school.
This girl is the one who makes kids scream and cry, Ayame Kotoko.
And with that said, person walks through the center of room, holding her bag over shoulder.
She walks pass my table- but instead she stopped in front of my table before looking down at me.
That stirred up an awkward moment in the room. People around me gave pity stares like ‘You are in BIG trouble.’. Wait, what!? She still didn’t do anything!
…But why is she in front of me!? Does she want something with me!?
“Y..Yo…”
She speaks bluntly, her face blushed a bit. Well, it’s her talking to me.
And the class became a havoc.
“…What are you guys looking at? Who said you can look, huh!?”
But when she glared, the surrounding people become silent instantly.
And then she went to sit at her seat, making an angry face.
“Oi, dude. What did you do to her?”
Tosaki asks me in most confusing tone.
“N…No! I didn’t do anything!”
Even though I study in the same room as her in our second year but I didn’t do anything to make her angry in the past.
Her legend already spread towards the other rooms. So about me talking to her, nuh uh. Even getting close to her I wouldn’t dare do that.
But why did she… Eh, wait?
If I recall, she looked like the girl who was being assaulted yesterday. Her voice also seemed quite the same… Nah, it can’t be. It might be someone else who looks almost the same as her
And if it really was her, I still didn’t do anything to make her angry anyways.
I felt really bad and I looked back- at Ayame.
As I guessed, I don’t know why she stared directly at me. I felt a chill down my spine.
“You are so unlucky, being marked by some bitch like that.”
Don’t give me a pity whisper, damn you.
“She often cause trouble.”
He continues talking. I know about this and this is a sticky situation, which I can agree.
Her behavior and actions that I heard about are quite terrible.
“Getting into fights, skipping classes and doing anything whatever she wants.”
For reals, I never saw her getting into fights but skipping classes.
But from yesterday, to think that was her is quite fitting because she seems to have a lot going on in her life.
Even in the end that she was ambushed. But being chased and able to . If it was me, I couldn’t do any of that.
For me, I only can ask the police and get on my knees and bribe them. If I bribed then and I’m out of trouble, I’d say that’s worth it. Even though I secretly took a picture of them and quickly reported them to the police to get my money back.
“I don’t know if you know about this, but I heard frequently that she does some side stuff. Like a friend of friend of hers paid her like 3 grand to her.”
A friend of friend? Is that like a freakin town legend? But according from the other rumors of her, if it’s true, it’s not a surprise. When she have that brown hair, wearing light brown and red school uniform of our school without any buttons on, no bowties and folding sleeves. If the designer of the uniform sees this, he/she would be damning. Also, she wears accessories all over the place, it doesn’t make her look like a student at all. What’s more, she modified her skirt that it’s long it reaches down to her ankles and with a large silver chain.
“But losing 3 grand to that person, I feel bad for that money being wasted…”
I really feel that way. That much money can be used to buy 3-4 full priced eroge games.
But losing 3 grand on Ayame for what? She’s good looking, her body’s good- her boobs are pretty big that you can see them, even with her wearing her uniform. Her hips are like some model… but when it’s a real person…
“Aramiya, your opinion is kinda…well. Whatever, her title is ‘used goods already”
“Who has that kind of title?”
“She already had that from elementary.*sigh* It’s still on another level from Hutsushiba.”
“I don’t know why do you compare her with that, but… why did Ayame do that kind of business at during that time? Anyways, how would you know about that?”
“Well, I studied at the same place as her during in elementary School.”
Really? But whatever, even in elementary school, anything spreads fast.
(Hahahahhahahahah! Are you stupid? Who cares about people like you-)
…Ah, stop. With me recalling some bad things that happened there. I should stop about that.
“But 3 grand for a second-handed stuff is still crazy anyways…”
When I said that, the bells rang, we stopped talking and Ms.Oharacame in.
“Let’s start the homeroom then?”
And the homeroom started with a sweet voice that kinda not fit for a 20 year old teacher.
After 4th class which is music class that I chose, I came back to the room. I was planning to get some lunch with Tozaki like usual, but he’s nowhere to be found.
“Him? He got dragged away by Ayame.”
My roommate told me, but the context is kinda weird that I can’t get it.
“Got dragged… What did that guy do?”
“Dunno, when that guy came back from arts class, he got dragged away instantly.”
“Wha, I gotta find his dead body then… Do you know where he went?”
“Hey, he’s not dead yet. Dunno where they go but I know they go to the opposite from the classrooms.”
“Ah, thanks. He’ll always be in our hearts.”
I don’t think he got kidnapped, or… did she heard us talking before homeroom?
Nah, no, we talk like even the nearby table can’t hear, how the hell she can hear that anyways?
Getting pummeled or assaulted for no reason, guess not… I hope?
And after the afternoon break ends, Tozaki came back.
He seems to look tired, but no bruises. So I relieved myself for a bit.
“Hey, I heard you got dragged off. Have you lost like any parts of your body?”
“Oh, I still have all of them, only my body.”
He talked weirdly and looked at me like some wroth. What happened?
“Hah? What did you just say? I don’t understand.”
“You will know soon, I don’t know about that. Whatever, I’ll send you offerings after.”
I feel that I don’t know what’s real or not real anymore.
“Has she heard us?”
“Hell no! I don’t know what will happen but don’t have any grudges against me for what I done.”
In the end, I still don’t understand.
In the afternoon, I guessed Ayame skipped classes. So I didn’t see her for the rest of the day.
♦♦♦
Next morning, I come to school normally. Sit at my seat and took out my textbook.
I do things I normally do at school which other classmates do as do as well, like talking with their friends or reading textbook before classes.
Seems that it’s raining frequently, but today the weather looks good.
And then, the classroom door opened.
*CRASH*
But it wasn’t like I needed to care about it.
“Eh?” “What?” “That’s- do my eyes deceive me?” “You’ve gotta be kidding me.”
But when the whole room started looking as if they saw some monster came into room. And I lost to my curiosity which makes me look at the opened door.
“Hah?”
I made a weird sound, at a second there that I don’t know who was that.
But when I focused, I know who that was.
That eyes, that face. That’s the point that still not changed. Also, the way to hold the bag across her back.
There’s no mistaking it. That’s Ayame.
But the thing that changed is the hairstyle, coloring and from modified uniform back to normal uniform with no chains.
“Twintails???”
I spoke without looking at the circumstances.
As I said, she changed from letting her hair down to tying her hair on the left and right with small, red ribbons –those are Twintails that you usually seen in anime and manga.
And her brown hair, changed to jet black.
Looking closely, she didn’t wear her earrings too.
Her changed appearance changed the atmosphere of the room into awkward situation.
…
She raycasted the whole room with her stare. Her face is saying ‘Don’t look at me.’
…When seeing this, I’m sure that’s really Ayame.
Everyone quickly turned away and act like nothing happened. The people faked conversations with not so smooth voice like “Today’s weather looks good, eh?” while people who are reading have their textbooks upside-down. Seems everyone start to get REALLY confused.
“O..Oi! Aramiya!”
Tozaki grabbed me and turned me around.
…Seems I got way too confused too, that I forget to turn around too!
She dominates all the people in the class with just her stare, then she enters into the room.
Before she stopped in front of me and look down at me like yesterday.
W…WHY!?
“H..Hi…”
That word came out immediately that my brain can’t process it correctly. She greeted me. I have made understanding of this. I rolled my eyes around and it seems that she really is talking to me.
“Ah…G..Good Morning.”
I replied with the most formal language tone as possible. Normally, when people greet, you greet back. And in this kind of situation, if you ignore or didn’t care about it, you are one step near into the grave, no, half of you would already be in the grave.
But her face showed hesitation.
I should be the one making that face! What!? What’s going on!?
“I…I…didn’t lime u , you edieot!”
She really DID talk to me. I don’t understand, I just can’t understand. Also, she got her tongue twisted when she’s saying that!?
Then she quickly went to sit at her seat without giving me a chance to reply.
M other classmates are acting like they didn’t hear anything.
In the end, I’m still in the bushes.
‘Answer her.’ Tozaki gives me a stare and replied to him with a stare saying ‘Are you crazy?’
And whole room went silent that the sound from the nearby class can be heard. And everyone is like in a calm state that made the atmosphere even weirder.
“Oi, Tozaki.”
I squeezed my voice so low that only the two of us can hear. In this case, only this guy knows what’s going on.
“W.What?”
He tried to avoid eye contact. His face looked kinda dubious for sure, actually, this guy’s face is not dubious but it’s like ‘How should I explain to you about this…?’
“What…did…you…tell… Ayame?”
“I…I didn’t tell her anything.”
“If you didn’t tell her anything. Then what about yesterday that you said like ‘Don’t hold a grudge on me’ or ‘Send offerings.’ Huh?”
And his face showed as like ‘I can’t cover this anymore, eh?’ before he gave a large sigh then started talking.
“I got dragged by her to ask me about what you like, hairstyles you like or what hobbies you like to do.”
“W..Why did she ask you that? No, leave that for later, what did you answer?”
“I said like you like twintails, games and anime… if put correctly, 18+ games.”
“Hey!”
I almost shout that out but I managed to lower my voice.
“You idiot! Why did you tell her that!?”
“Then what I’m suppose to do!? If I’m not honest, I’d be a dead man!”
“Being honest needs to have its limits too! Didn’t you hear the proverb ‘Being too honest and you’ll have a long hard time’!?”
“But if I’m not honest, I’ll be in a long hard time!”
Are you trying to make a good proverb? Nope, NG at all!
“Lemme tell you! I don’t understand what really happened yesterday! Being asked about you! I still am thinking that I was going to get for what stuff you have done!”
Well, it’s true though. If I got her dragged, looked me in my eyes and said ‘Tell me about everything Tozaki, and don’t lie.’ I might do the same as him.
So, Tozaki isn’t wrong about this… but I’m still pissed.
“Wait, but about what? And yesterday you didn’t tell me what happened.”
“I can’t really recall it.”
What relationship do I have with Ayame? Wait, was it… the person who was being assaulted on Sunday was really her?
I’m imagining that it was true or not. But I didn’t see her face.
“You really can’t remember?”
“I can recall it a bit, but not that much. I don’t have proof and I didn’t do anything that made her hold a grudge against me!”
“Just that? That means I’m gonna get unlucky with you?”
“I promise to the eroge game god that I’m not sure.”
“Eroge game god? Eros? Wait, that’s not important.”
He still playing the joke in this circumstance.
“Well, if you say it like that. That might be true.”
“Right? Right?”
Having people agree with you is a good thing.
“Aramiya, Tozaki, when will the two of you be done with your chit-chat?”
I jumped and looked at the source of the voice which is Ms. Ohara standing there, making a troubled face at the podium in front of the board. Was I absorbed into the conversation that long, that I didn’t hear the bells or saw the teacher?
“I’m sorry…” “Sorry…”
Me and Tosaki apologized which she replied “It’s Ok.” And gave us a smile.
Then before she called out to the class, she looked around at my other classmates.
“Ah, Ayame. I see you dyed your b\hair back, I’m happy to see that.”
“Huh? I didn’t do that for you.”
“Eek! I’m sorry!”
She got terrified so easily. Well, she’s just being a teacher. A teacher this young and having to deal with a student like Ayame –maybe she was forced to do it- I kinda pity her.
“T..T..T.Then, let’s s..start the homeroom.”
And homeroom start with a stuttering voice.
During classes, that atmosphere that was still lingering until afternoon break which it kinda disperse a bit.
Even though everyone forgot about it, I still didn’t think that I have auditory hallucination that Ayame said “I..I..didn’t l..like you, you idiot!” (My translation). But, she’s kind of a Tsundere like in the manuals.
Only the word, Tsundere. Currently it has many meanings for it and different for each person. I didn’t hear this word in a long time so long, that it slowly turned into something original.
But I felt that Ayame spoke quacky Tsundere. Those kind are not otakus and guess by themselves how Tsudere people are and mimicking them. But she was tongue-twisted on that, so she can’t even imitate it perfectly.
But whatever, everyone has their own meaning of it, just whatever they will accept that.
“Tozaki, let’s get some grub.”
“Ah, ok ok. All this talking makes me even hungry. I wonder what they have for today.”
Usually we eat at the school cafeteria. Those taste quite decent but they given out a lot and are quite cheap.
Besides, when I first started doing part-time work, my parents didn’t give me allowance since then. So, cheap is good and if there nothing in stomach, I’ll have no energy for afternoon lessons.
“So then, what should I eat? Let pick those before going so-”
“H..Hey.”
But when I was about to leave, I heard an extorted sound from behind.
And that weird atmosphere started coming back.
The surrounding sound became a bit quieter.
Just like in the games, the bgm tones down when there’s a conversation.
Me and Tozaki slowly turned around.
And there is Ayame.
It sure is her, I recognize her voice.
But when she changed her hair to black twintails, she did change a lot. Even though I would’ve preferred it if she let it down if it’s black hair.
…Wait, why did I think about real life girls and besides she’s some old goods already used.
Now I have to evade this girl who seems to be investigating or trying to chase me down. Those games tell me that I need to look at another person’s behavior and dialogues. Also, I should be beware at all things, even the tiniest bit of details.
“Are you going to eat at the cafeteria today?”
“Eh? You mean me?”
“I didn’t mean you, Tozaki. F*ck off.”
“As I guessed… Well, I’ll take my leave.”
And he quickly leaves like he was prepped for it.
Tozakiii, why did you give me that ‘Good luck, pal!’ face!? Grahhh, why does he get to survive from this!?
I answered him back with my stare of ‘Good luck, my ass!’ but I don’t know if he understood that or not.
When I turned back to Ayame slowly, like a robot that’s about to break down. I saw her making quite a scrunched face, not like she’s angry or anything, but flustered.
“You mean me?”
I asked her in fear, which she nods.
“Are you going to the cafeteria? Or not?”
“I..I’m going…”
I accidently responded politely to her, even though she’s a classmate. But what can I do, I’m scared.
I’m scared that I don’t know when her fists will fly into my face. Every movement, every action she sees becomes at ready stance to throw out a fist. Her eyes look like ‘I’m ready to fight whenever you want.’
Like a hunter who lost his gun in front of a wild, dangerous beast will feel the same way like this?
“T…Then, T…Take this!”
Ayame says as she took out her fist- No, a quite large wrapped cloth bag.
The size of it is quite big enough for a lunchbox… Eh, a lunchbox?
“Is t…that …a lunchbox?”
“A…Ah, ummm, yes. I m…made it.”
A girl making a lunchbox for you, it’s quite a dreamy thing.
But I’m hesitating and scared more than happy.
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW THE REASON WHY SHE MADE IT AND GAVE IT TO ME!
Let’s see…what If the person that I saved on Sunday was REALLY Ayame.
Even though I helped her in dire situation, but I didn’t intentionally help her. I was going into a dangerous situation myself too and I decided to do something which turned out like that.
In real life, there aren’t any flags that can make that kind of situation happen. There’s no such situation where you like drop your napkin then some girl picks it up and return it to you or a girl childhood friend or even a sister who adores her brother. THOSE. ARE. IMPOSSIBLE. There’s only my sister who said to me, I can’t even get up to a teacher!
So, saving a girl doesn’t gave you any flag! No, someone like me doing it is pointless anyways!
“F…For me? Why?”
“J..Just take it! Will you take it or not!?”
No answer too? This game is really crappy. Gimme the wiki page for a walkthrough now.
“Refuse.”“DIE.”
I have foreseen my future that if I decide to refuse! I know that I’m imagining it, but!
At this point, it’s only ‘Accept’! Or the three choices that appear are ‘1 : Eat’, ‘2 : Munch’, ‘3 : Stuff it down’. So it still ends up with one choice anyways!
“T…Then, I…I’ll take it then?”
“A..T…Thanks.”
And I got the pale green bag from her, which is quite heavy.
“And l…let’s…”
She mumbled like she wants to tell me something more.
“N..Nothing!”
She said that before running away.
I standing there, in the middle of pitiful gaze from other classmates that’s stabbing me.
For reals, should I dump this?
But food isn’t wrong for anything. For me, do I have a crime that need to be cleared? Maybe?
“What does she want from this?”
I talked to myself, my voice dissolved into the air.
I carry the bag in some hidden corner outside of the building. If someone sees me, they may be aware about this. But whatever, this is still early spring, the air is quite ok. Eating outside is another experience. I can’t eat this with all of those people eyeing down like that.
“Let’s see what’s inside…”
I sat on the grass, unwrap the cloth and saw a 2-layered waxed lunchbox.
Opening the cover, an array of colorful food. Egg rolls, sausages, hamburger, potato salad, evenstewedbamboo shoots.
“Wow, looks tasty.”
I complimented straightforwardly without me realizing that.
Even more than that after I remove the first layer, it’s filled with seasoned rice.
This looks tasty too, did her parents cook this? But…wait?
“A…Ah, ummm, yes. I m…made it.”
Made? Cook? Ayame? Cooked all of this?
“I…I just don’t get it.”
Even egg rolls she made burnt them to crisp, but this is a beautiful yellow-gold.
“I guess I’ll try it? Hope she didn’t put poison in it?”
And I held the chopsticks that came with it.
“I…Itadakimasu…”
I picked the egg rolls, then I took a bite of it, while fearing for what’s coming.
“Huh?”
Even it is slightly a bit sweet, the taste/flavor is good and there’s no poison or anything at all. Overall it’s delicious! Even more flavorful/delivious than my mom’s, what the heck?
Then I tried the side dishes, and it’s all really delicious. She didn’t make new flavors or any other specifications, just normal but with mellow taste. Especially the stewed bamboo shoots, those are super good. The ingredients are all good, but it’s the flavor that I like. The Shoyu, its light taste of fish stock and mirin. Also, it goes in very well, and the taste of bamboo spreads in mouth.
After 5 minutes, all of the food’s gone.
…I guess I’ll clean it before giving it back.
When I headed back to my classroom, I found her at the door to my classroom.
“H…Hey…”
She greeted hesitantly.
“A..Ah, thank you for the lunchbox, it was really delicious, really.”
When I said that, she seems kinda surprised.
“R..Really? T…Thanks for the compliment…W…what did you like the most?”
“The Stewed bamboo shoots.”
“T…That’s my best dish. That’s a relief…”
Then she sighs, did she really make it for me?
“A…and you gave your lunchbox to me? Is that ok?”
“Ah, umm, don’t worry. I made mine too.”
So she made 2 of them? …Just don’t think more than this.
“Then I’ll clean it and return it back…”
“N..no! That’s not needed!”
She snatched the bag from me.
“W…well, see you!”
Before she ran off again.
Our classes aren’t that way, or is she going to skip the classes?
…and she did.
The afternoon classes ended smoothly.
After school now. I don’t know because of her skipping the classes, the atmosphere became normal. Even though everyone is still looking at me with pity or curiousity, that I can’t stick to my seat secretly.
“People who don’t have club activities, please go home immediately, don’t dilly dally. All right then, class dismissed!”
When class has ended, people started going to go their clubs, back home, doing classroom chores or student meeting.
Today I don’t have to go for part-time work, so I can go to my club –actually it’s gaming club, or going back home. But wait, I still not finished with the game yet, then I’ll go home then.
“I’ll be going first then.”
“Ah, see ya tomorrow.”
I gave him a farewell stare before I packed my stuff before leaving.
But when I headed out of the door- I bumped into her again.
“H…Hey….Aramiya.”
Me again!? How many times- no, are you still in School!?
…But wait, come to think of it, her bag is still at her seat…
Hey, nononono, forget about that! What does she want with me? My sixth sense, please help me about the forecoming danger.
“W…What do you want from me?”
I said it out politely again.
“C…Come with me for a sec!”
Then she grabbed my arm. Gah!
She held me so tight that I can’t shake her hand off.
Students who are preparing to go home peeped at us but she looked at them back like “What?” that makes them move out of the way and look away. Is she’s Moses reincarnated?
There are a lot of stone figures that stand facing into the wall.
…But there isn’t a hero who will come in to save me. So cruel.
But I already predicted this. If I wasn’t her target, I would do the same as well.
And if I resist, then I’d get a fist planted into my face. So I didn’t resist and went with her.
Even though we reached the place, I might got pummeled by her. But make that certain moment end faster, I’d trade everything for that.
“…Here.”
I got dragged to behind the school building, which is the spot that people don’t pass by that much.
Should I yell if anything goes wrong? How many punches will I get until help arrives?
…And why is my brain processing everything and ends being punched in every case?
Even though, I don’t know what reason is.
Is it because I’m afraid from the pressure coming from her?
….and I am trying to figure out what’s this all about
I don’t even know what’s going on
Is it because I’m scared of the pressure coming from Ayame in front of me?
“So-Sorry that I dragged you out here like this….”
“I-it’s okay…miss”
“Look you, stop talking so politely already? We aren’t even in class right now”
“I-I’m so sorry—ahh,eeeh, uuum, sorry”
I almost apologized to her politely again
She went through the trouble to say this. I guess I won’t get punched until I crumple.
But if it’s that, then I might have to be careful for her to not beat me too much…
“…”
But both of us are suddenly quiet, just let me go dammit, I’m in a hurry…!
“The thing is”
Finally, Ayame spoke up
“Ah, Errm”
My mouth kept shut, until there’s no sound coming out from me
“Are you going out with someone or not?”
“Haaah!?”
This girl, what is she saying? If was seeing someone right now, she would drag that unlucky person out here then!?
“I-I-I’m noot right now”
I answered as I was awfully scared, so scared that I don’t know what I should be scared of then
….But why should I be so afraid of someone like her?
When those gangsters assaulted her on Sunday, I got the shivers much colder than this
Is it because this girl is way more terrifying than those gangsters?
Right now, I’m thinking about what’s way more scarier right now, but what could it be….? The kind that’s freaky?
“Is it true that you’re not dating someone, right?”
“Ah, err…”
Stay calm, I’m not sure if it’s about that’s the case. If she hasn’t spoken yet and I just assume, I might embarrass myself, and hope that something I recall from my past that traumatized me, doesn’t haunt me forever.
But after all of that thought of thinking, my mind then became blank
“Then, let me get to the point”
Ayame pretended to be bashful, but is going to say something anyway.
“I want to be your girlfriend”
……
…………
………………….
“Huh?”
“How many times do I have to say it!? I-I said, I WANT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND!”
“Be-because why?”
I accidently asked why. I can’t even accept what just happened.
“Yo-yo you sa-sa saved me du-during that time….that is why!”
“wh eh….the-, then the person who got assaulted yesterday was…”
“Yo-You didn’t know at all or what!? We-well neither did I! Because you saved me, I managed to easily survive! You came to save me when I thought I wasn’t gonna survive, and here I am now!”
Her explanation is finished—bu but, hold on a minute…!
“I-is that all?”
All I did was save her when she was assaulted and she fell in love with me, that was too easy of me to do!
“Am I wrong or what? I-I-I was so happy th-that you saved me…!”
Ayame’s face became all blushing red, she’s really serious?
“It-it’s true, I wanted to thank you ever since then, bu-but, this is my first time experiencing this kind of feeling, I can’t understand it myself that it’s distracting me…”
When ayame finished what she said, she then pressed her lips together, I calmed down.
“So-So…! What’s it going to be!”
Then she tries to get an answer out from me, but I’ve already got an answer for her
“N-NO!”
After I gave me answer to her, Ayame’s face that was all blushing red at first faded away and became pale.
…coming from Ayame, I can tell something’s wrong
“….Can you tell me why?”
She spoke in a low toned voice….Aah I might definitely get a beating from her
But I did have a choice I could make here!
“I, I’m only interested in 2D girls…”
“Eh….2D girls…?”
“Let me say this clearly, I’m only interested in girls who are from games +18 rated….”
Why did I have to explain it to her? Didn’t she knew already?
“Ha-Haaah? So you’re interested in girls from games than me!?”
“Y-Yes! Am I wrong?”
“Those kind of girls aren’t real!”
“So what! The girl of my dreams only appear on my computer screen (She’s not real), that’s all that matter!”
“I-I went through the trouble of changing myself! Hobbies, Hairstyle, even the way of how I speak!”
She definitely got this info from Tozaki! She’s right spot on, I really do like girls with black hair, and have their hair tied into twin tails!
She’s taking it too far and with conveying her feelings to me, but I have no interest in real life girls whatsoever.
But it seems that there are some things Tozaki did not tell her, like that I do not like secondary goods, condemned goods, defected goods or ‘Used Goods’!
Why did I have to talk about my interests and hobbies with him, when he wouldn’t do the same…!
If the girl is not like someone in a game or is a 3D type, I would drive them away!
For now, I might get beaten up or verbally insulted in anyway—there’s no way I want her to do this to me!
“You…”
Aaah, oh crap, I looked at her fearfully
“That’s fine…”
She grabbed me by the collar of my shirt. Oooh, please don’t use too much power!
“Then…!”
EEEEEK…! I can’t run away! SOMEBODY SAVE ME!
“You just want me to become much cuter than those girls you see in anime and games, that’s what you want right!?”
Ayame just said something pretty unbelievable for me to take, but I couldn’t get that in time
“I will become your dream girl! I will become her, just you watch!”
No way, why isn’t she giving up?
“Wa-, be careful, th-there’s a dark void between 2D and 3D”
“That doesn’t matter! But I won’t lose!”
Ayame then let go of her hand
“Be prepared, I will become your dream girl, just you watch!”
She declared her declaration, and then she left me all alone, just by myself
“For her to become my dream girl? She’s serious…but how is she going to become my ideal exactly…?”
She’s serious for sure, or she’s able to transform from herself (The real thing/3D) into a 2D?
Let’s say at least I didn’t get punched, so I’m already lucky.
But even so, I must do what I can to make sure she doesn’t even try a single scratch on me
But if I think about what might happen later, I might get a socking, so I might as well let that happen and get it over with…
I could become a target for Ayame for a while
*END OF CHAPTER 1*
Chapter 1 – I’ll be the girl of your dreams, goddamn it!
Because I played eroge games very late during last night, I didn’t get enough sleep even though today is Monday.
Even though yesterday I was at where before rape incident happened which became very messy afterwards. But I still managed to get back home, playing my eroge games as usual, even though I had to change the broken DVD terminal first.
The broken computer is now back to normal. I have to regret that I’m angry at it when it wasn’t guilty.
But I gonna blame all of this on Fujiaki Shiori, that flawed girl… Grahhh, why did everything have to turn out like this. If I knew this was going to happen, I’d rather be born as a tree or a weed. Why do these kind of bitches have to crush on my Utopia for what reason?
*Yawn*
I arrived at my School, took out my textbook for my first class
And I looked around the noisy homeroom before class starts, before yawning again.
“You looked sleepy, Aramiya.”
Tozaki Keita who’s sitting in the back greeted. I turned around my head only to see a medium sized dude. If it’s about his looks, it’s same as me that is common but the freckles on his nose might be the difference.
“I played the game whole night man.”
“The game that has the character like in your dreams?”
“…Don’t talk about it, I meant the next one.”
“Next one?”
“I’ll explain the details later and why that game is crap, the classes are starting.”
“Ooook.”
The thing is, I’m an otaku, and everyone in the room already knows about that. He thinks only I watch anime, read mangas and know a bit about computers but the part about I play eroge games, I didn’t that to anyone.
Well, to talk about eroge games in the middle of the room at school isn’t quite the place. Still, a provincial school like our Mikage High School is a normal school, nothing special in particular like a leading prestigious school, it’s like a delinquent confinement area or teaching some 18+ stuff.
So in the school, we have to keep our manners good, which me and Tosaki knows about very well.
Some stuff like this need to be kept as a secret. It’s the stuff that can be talked about in public.
I also can’t handle that if there’s someone shouting in the room about 2D-Girls, horny or about those types. And I don’t want to be counted as one of those and being trampled around. Just being an otaku, some people declared that they having are nausea like they can’t stay in this world.
“Well, I’ll wait for it then.”
After I talked with him, the bells rang at the exact same time.
Tosaki start looking around the room.
“…Hmm, Hutsushiba isn’t here too? What a bummer.”
“You seem to like that girl.”
Hutsushiba is one of our classmate’s names, if I recall correctly. Her full name is Hutsushiba Yuka. If categorized, she’s one in those cute types. But that’s one of reasons why this guy like her.
“I didn’t hear ‘Good Morning～♪’ and it doesn’t feel like a new day has started.”
She’s a Seiyuu (CV : Cover Voice) but she only got the roles of like background and secondary characters. Ah, come to think of it, she already got a secondary character role of an anime. If I recall, her voice is like the type that’s heard in eroge games.
She doesn’t come to school that often, due to her work.
“Tosaki, you should give up about it.”
“C’mon! Only her voice is fine! *sigh* the Next time I see her, I wanna ask and record her voice.”
“…Err, bud. You can like someone and keep it quiet, that’s fine. But…”
Even though she’s a seiyuu, I can’t handle hearing her real voice. If from the speakers, that’s ok though.
While we are talking, the classroom door opens.
The Homeroom teacher comes when the real classroom bell rings so that person wasn’t the teacher.
The person who came in is a girl. She has long dyed brown hair and sharp eyes that might intimidate other people. But her face is in good shape that everyone says that it’s beautiful, but have to add that no need to speak about it.
I glance at her a little bit but tried not to look at her eyes, maybe turning my whole face away.
I do as I usually do, trying not to get into trouble directly
This girl is the infamous delinquent of the room- no, the whole school.
This girl is the one who makes kids scream and cry, Ayame Kotoko.
And with that said, person walks through the center of room, holding her bag over shoulder.
She walks pass my table- but instead she stopped in front of my table before looking down at me.
That stirred up an awkward moment in the room. People around me gave pity stares like ‘You are in BIG trouble.’. Wait, what!? She still didn’t do anything!
…But why is she in front of me!? Does she want something with me!?
“Y..Yo…”
She speaks bluntly, her face blushed a bit. Well, it’s her talking to me.
And the class became a havoc.
“…What are you guys looking at? Who said you can look, huh!?”
But when she glared, the surrounding people become silent instantly.
And then she went to sit at her seat, making an angry face.
“Oi, dude. What did you do to her?”
Tosaki asks me in most confusing tone.
“N…No! I didn’t do anything!”
Even though I study in the same room as her in our second year but I didn’t do anything to make her angry in the past.
Her legend already spread towards the other rooms. So about me talking to her, nuh uh. Even getting close to her I wouldn’t dare do that.
But why did she… Eh, wait?
If I recall, she looked like the girl who was being assaulted yesterday. Her voice also seemed quite the same… Nah, it can’t be. It might be someone else who looks almost the same as her
And if it really was her, I still didn’t do anything to make her angry anyways.
I felt really bad and I looked back- at Ayame.
As I guessed, I don’t know why she stared directly at me. I felt a chill down my spine.
“You are so unlucky, being marked by some bitch like that.”
Don’t give me a pity whisper, damn you.
“She often cause trouble.”
He continues talking. I know about this and this is a sticky situation, which I can agree.
Her behavior and actions that I heard about are quite terrible.
“Getting into fights, skipping classes and doing anything whatever she wants.”
For reals, I never saw her getting into fights but skipping classes.
But from yesterday, to think that was her is quite fitting because she seems to have a lot going on in her life.
Even in the end that she was ambushed. But being chased and able to . If it was me, I couldn’t do any of that.
For me, I only can ask the police and get on my knees and bribe them. If I bribed then and I’m out of trouble, I’d say that’s worth it. Even though I secretly took a picture of them and quickly reported them to the police to get my money back.
“I don’t know if you know about this, but I heard frequently that she does some side stuff. Like a friend of friend of hers paid her like 3 grand to her.”
A friend of friend? Is that like a freakin town legend? But according from the other rumors of her, if it’s true, it’s not a surprise. When she have that brown hair, wearing light brown and red school uniform of our school without any buttons on, no bowties and folding sleeves. If the designer of the uniform sees this, he/she would be damning. Also, she wears accessories all over the place, it doesn’t make her look like a student at all. What’s more, she modified her skirt that it’s long it reaches down to her ankles and with a large silver chain.
“But losing 3 grand to that person, I feel bad for that money being wasted…”
I really feel that way. That much money can be used to buy 3-4 full priced eroge games.
But losing 3 grand on Ayame for what? She’s good looking, her body’s good- her boobs are pretty big that you can see them, even with her wearing her uniform. Her hips are like some model… but when it’s a real person…
“Aramiya, your opinion is kinda…well. Whatever, her title is ‘used goods already”
“Who has that kind of title?”
“She already had that from elementary.*sigh* It’s still on another level from Hutsushiba.”
“I don’t know why do you compare her with that, but… why did Ayame do that kind of business at during that time? Anyways, how would you know about that?”
“Well, I studied at the same place as her during in elementary School.”
Really? But whatever, even in elementary school, anything spreads fast.
(Hahahahhahahahah! Are you stupid? Who cares about people like you-)
…Ah, stop. With me recalling some bad things that happened there. I should stop about that.
“But 3 grand for a second-handed stuff is still crazy anyways…”
When I said that, the bells rang, we stopped talking and Ms.Oharacame in.
“Let’s start the homeroom then?”
And the homeroom started with a sweet voice that kinda not fit for a 20 year old teacher.
After 4th class which is music class that I chose, I came back to the room. I was planning to get some lunch with Tozaki like usual, but he’s nowhere to be found.
“Him? He got dragged away by Ayame.”
My roommate told me, but the context is kinda weird that I can’t get it.
“Got dragged… What did that guy do?”
“Dunno, when that guy came back from arts class, he got dragged away instantly.”
“Wha, I gotta find his dead body then… Do you know where he went?”
“Hey, he’s not dead yet. Dunno where they go but I know they go to the opposite from the classrooms.”
“Ah, thanks. He’ll always be in our hearts.”
I don’t think he got kidnapped, or… did she heard us talking before homeroom?
Nah, no, we talk like even the nearby table can’t hear, how the hell she can hear that anyways?
Getting pummeled or assaulted for no reason, guess not… I hope?
And after the afternoon break ends, Tozaki came back.
He seems to look tired, but no bruises. So I relieved myself for a bit.
“Hey, I heard you got dragged off. Have you lost like any parts of your body?”
“Oh, I still have all of them, only my body.”
He talked weirdly and looked at me like some wroth. What happened?
“Hah? What did you just say? I don’t understand.”
“You will know soon, I don’t know about that. Whatever, I’ll send you offerings after.”
I feel that I don’t know what’s real or not real anymore.
“Has she heard us?”
“Hell no! I don’t know what will happen but don’t have any grudges against me for what I done.”
In the end, I still don’t understand.
In the afternoon, I guessed Ayame skipped classes. So I didn’t see her for the rest of the day.
♦♦♦
Next morning, I come to school normally. Sit at my seat and took out my textbook.
I do things I normally do at school which other classmates do as do as well, like talking with their friends or reading textbook before classes.
Seems that it’s raining frequently, but today the weather looks good.
And then, the classroom door opened.
*CRASH*
But it wasn’t like I needed to care about it.
“Eh?” “What?” “That’s- do my eyes deceive me?” “You’ve gotta be kidding me.”
But when the whole room started looking as if they saw some monster came into room. And I lost to my curiosity which makes me look at the opened door.
“Hah?”
I made a weird sound, at a second there that I don’t know who was that.
But when I focused, I know who that was.
That eyes, that face. That’s the point that still not changed. Also, the way to hold the bag across her back.
There’s no mistaking it. That’s Ayame.
But the thing that changed is the hairstyle, coloring and from modified uniform back to normal uniform with no chains.
“Twintails???”
I spoke without looking at the circumstances.
As I said, she changed from letting her hair down to tying her hair on the left and right with small, red ribbons –those are Twintails that you usually seen in anime and manga.
And her brown hair, changed to jet black.
Looking closely, she didn’t wear her earrings too.
Her changed appearance changed the atmosphere of the room into awkward situation.
…
She raycasted the whole room with her stare. Her face is saying ‘Don’t look at me.’
…When seeing this, I’m sure that’s really Ayame.
Everyone quickly turned away and act like nothing happened. The people faked conversations with not so smooth voice like “Today’s weather looks good, eh?” while people who are reading have their textbooks upside-down. Seems everyone start to get REALLY confused.
“O..Oi! Aramiya!”
Tozaki grabbed me and turned me around.
…Seems I got way too confused too, that I forget to turn around too!
She dominates all the people in the class with just her stare, then she enters into the room.
Before she stopped in front of me and look down at me like yesterday.
W…WHY!?
“H..Hi…”
That word came out immediately that my brain can’t process it correctly. She greeted me. I have made understanding of this. I rolled my eyes around and it seems that she really is talking to me.
“Ah…G..Good Morning.”
I replied with the most formal language tone as possible. Normally, when people greet, you greet back. And in this kind of situation, if you ignore or didn’t care about it, you are one step near into the grave, no, half of you would already be in the grave.
But her face showed hesitation.
I should be the one making that face! What!? What’s going on!?
“I…I…didn’t lime u , you edieot!”
She really DID talk to me. I don’t understand, I just can’t understand. Also, she got her tongue twisted when she’s saying that!?
Then she quickly went to sit at her seat without giving me a chance to reply.
M other classmates are acting like they didn’t hear anything.
In the end, I’m still in the bushes.
‘Answer her.’ Tozaki gives me a stare and replied to him with a stare saying ‘Are you crazy?’
And whole room went silent that the sound from the nearby class can be heard. And everyone is like in a calm state that made the atmosphere even weirder.
“Oi, Tozaki.”
I squeezed my voice so low that only the two of us can hear. In this case, only this guy knows what’s going on.
“W.What?”
He tried to avoid eye contact. His face looked kinda dubious for sure, actually, this guy’s face is not dubious but it’s like ‘How should I explain to you about this…?’
“What…did…you…tell… Ayame?”
“I…I didn’t tell her anything.”
“If you didn’t tell her anything. Then what about yesterday that you said like ‘Don’t hold a grudge on me’ or ‘Send offerings.’ Huh?”
And his face showed as like ‘I can’t cover this anymore, eh?’ before he gave a large sigh then started talking.
“I got dragged by her to ask me about what you like, hairstyles you like or what hobbies you like to do.”
“W..Why did she ask you that? No, leave that for later, what did you answer?”
“I said like you like twintails, games and anime… if put correctly, 18+ games.”
“Hey!”
I almost shout that out but I managed to lower my voice.
“You idiot! Why did you tell her that!?”
“Then what I’m suppose to do!? If I’m not honest, I’d be a dead man!”
“Being honest needs to have its limits too! Didn’t you hear the proverb ‘Being too honest and you’ll have a long hard time’!?”
“But if I’m not honest, I’ll be in a long hard time!”
Are you trying to make a good proverb? Nope, NG at all!
“Lemme tell you! I don’t understand what really happened yesterday! Being asked about you! I still am thinking that I was going to get for what stuff you have done!”
Well, it’s true though. If I got her dragged, looked me in my eyes and said ‘Tell me about everything Tozaki, and don’t lie.’ I might do the same as him.
So, Tozaki isn’t wrong about this… but I’m still pissed.
“Wait, but about what? And yesterday you didn’t tell me what happened.”
“I can’t really recall it.”
What relationship do I have with Ayame? Wait, was it… the person who was being assaulted on Sunday was really her?
I’m imagining that it was true or not. But I didn’t see her face.
“You really can’t remember?”
“I can recall it a bit, but not that much. I don’t have proof and I didn’t do anything that made her hold a grudge against me!”
“Just that? That means I’m gonna get unlucky with you?”
“I promise to the eroge game god that I’m not sure.”
“Eroge game god? Eros? Wait, that’s not important.”
He still playing the joke in this circumstance.
“Well, if you say it like that. That might be true.”
“Right? Right?”
Having people agree with you is a good thing.
“Aramiya, Tozaki, when will the two of you be done with your chit-chat?”
I jumped and looked at the source of the voice which is Ms. Ohara standing there, making a troubled face at the podium in front of the board. Was I absorbed into the conversation that long, that I didn’t hear the bells or saw the teacher?
“I’m sorry…” “Sorry…”
Me and Tosaki apologized which she replied “It’s Ok.” And gave us a smile.
Then before she called out to the class, she looked around at my other classmates.
“Ah, Ayame. I see you dyed your b\hair back, I’m happy to see that.”
“Huh? I didn’t do that for you.”
“Eek! I’m sorry!”
She got terrified so easily. Well, she’s just being a teacher. A teacher this young and having to deal with a student like Ayame –maybe she was forced to do it- I kinda pity her.
“T..T..T.Then, let’s s..start the homeroom.”
And homeroom start with a stuttering voice.
During classes, that atmosphere that was still lingering until afternoon break which it kinda disperse a bit.
Even though everyone forgot about it, I still didn’t think that I have auditory hallucination that Ayame said “I..I..didn’t l..like you, you idiot!” (My translation). But, she’s kind of a Tsundere like in the manuals.
Only the word, Tsundere. Currently it has many meanings for it and different for each person. I didn’t hear this word in a long time so long, that it slowly turned into something original.
But I felt that Ayame spoke quacky Tsundere. Those kind are not otakus and guess by themselves how Tsudere people are and mimicking them. But she was tongue-twisted on that, so she can’t even imitate it perfectly.
But whatever, everyone has their own meaning of it, just whatever they will accept that.
“Tozaki, let’s get some grub.”
“Ah, ok ok. All this talking makes me even hungry. I wonder what they have for today.”
Usually we eat at the school cafeteria. Those taste quite decent but they given out a lot and are quite cheap.
Besides, when I first started doing part-time work, my parents didn’t give me allowance since then. So, cheap is good and if there nothing in stomach, I’ll have no energy for afternoon lessons.
“So then, what should I eat? Let pick those before going so-”
“H..Hey.”
But when I was about to leave, I heard an extorted sound from behind.
And that weird atmosphere started coming back.
The surrounding sound became a bit quieter.
Just like in the games, the bgm tones down when there’s a conversation.
Me and Tozaki slowly turned around.
And there is Ayame.
It sure is her, I recognize her voice.
But when she changed her hair to black twintails, she did change a lot. Even though I would’ve preferred it if she let it down if it’s black hair.
…Wait, why did I think about real life girls and besides she’s some old goods already used.
Now I have to evade this girl who seems to be investigating or trying to chase me down. Those games tell me that I need to look at another person’s behavior and dialogues. Also, I should be beware at all things, even the tiniest bit of details.
“Are you going to eat at the cafeteria today?”
“Eh? You mean me?”
“I didn’t mean you, Tozaki. F*ck off.”
“As I guessed… Well, I’ll take my leave.”
And he quickly leaves like he was prepped for it.
Tozakiii, why did you give me that ‘Good luck, pal!’ face!? Grahhh, why does he get to survive from this!?
I answered him back with my stare of ‘Good luck, my ass!’ but I don’t know if he understood that or not.
When I turned back to Ayame slowly, like a robot that’s about to break down. I saw her making quite a scrunched face, not like she’s angry or anything, but flustered.
“You mean me?”
I asked her in fear, which she nods.
“Are you going to the cafeteria? Or not?”
“I..I’m going…”
I accidently responded politely to her, even though she’s a classmate. But what can I do, I’m scared.
I’m scared that I don’t know when her fists will fly into my face. Every movement, every action she sees becomes at ready stance to throw out a fist. Her eyes look like ‘I’m ready to fight whenever you want.’
Like a hunter who lost his gun in front of a wild, dangerous beast will feel the same way like this?
“T…Then, T…Take this!”
Ayame says as she took out her fist- No, a quite large wrapped cloth bag.
The size of it is quite big enough for a lunchbox… Eh, a lunchbox?
“Is t…that …a lunchbox?”
“A…Ah, ummm, yes. I m…made it.”
A girl making a lunchbox for you, it’s quite a dreamy thing.
But I’m hesitating and scared more than happy.
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW THE REASON WHY SHE MADE IT AND GAVE IT TO ME!
Let’s see…what If the person that I saved on Sunday was REALLY Ayame.
Even though I helped her in dire situation, but I didn’t intentionally help her. I was going into a dangerous situation myself too and I decided to do something which turned out like that.
In real life, there aren’t any flags that can make that kind of situation happen. There’s no such situation where you like drop your napkin then some girl picks it up and return it to you or a girl childhood friend or even a sister who adores her brother. THOSE. ARE. IMPOSSIBLE. There’s only my sister who said to me, I can’t even get up to a teacher!
So, saving a girl doesn’t gave you any flag! No, someone like me doing it is pointless anyways!
“F…For me? Why?”
“J..Just take it! Will you take it or not!?”
No answer too? This game is really crappy. Gimme the wiki page for a walkthrough now.
“Refuse.”“DIE.”
I have foreseen my future that if I decide to refuse! I know that I’m imagining it, but!
At this point, it’s only ‘Accept’! Or the three choices that appear are ‘1 : Eat’, ‘2 : Munch’, ‘3 : Stuff it down’. So it still ends up with one choice anyways!
“T…Then, I…I’ll take it then?”
“A..T…Thanks.”
And I got the pale green bag from her, which is quite heavy.
“And l…let’s…”
She mumbled like she wants to tell me something more.
“N..Nothing!”
She said that before running away.
I standing there, in the middle of pitiful gaze from other classmates that’s stabbing me.
For reals, should I dump this?
But food isn’t wrong for anything. For me, do I have a crime that need to be cleared? Maybe?
“What does she want from this?”
I talked to myself, my voice dissolved into the air.
I carry the bag in some hidden corner outside of the building. If someone sees me, they may be aware about this. But whatever, this is still early spring, the air is quite ok. Eating outside is another experience. I can’t eat this with all of those people eyeing down like that.
“Let’s see what’s inside…”
I sat on the grass, unwrap the cloth and saw a 2-layered waxed lunchbox.
Opening the cover, an array of colorful food. Egg rolls, sausages, hamburger, potato salad, evenstewedbamboo shoots.
“Wow, looks tasty.”
I complimented straightforwardly without me realizing that.
Even more than that after I remove the first layer, it’s filled with seasoned rice.
This looks tasty too, did her parents cook this? But…wait?
“A…Ah, ummm, yes. I m…made it.”
Made? Cook? Ayame? Cooked all of this?
“I…I just don’t get it.”
Even egg rolls she made burnt them to crisp, but this is a beautiful yellow-gold.
“I guess I’ll try it? Hope she didn’t put poison in it?”
And I held the chopsticks that came with it.
“I…Itadakimasu…”
I picked the egg rolls, then I took a bite of it, while fearing for what’s coming.
“Huh?”
Even it is slightly a bit sweet, the taste/flavor is good and there’s no poison or anything at all. Overall it’s delicious! Even more flavorful/delivious than my mom’s, what the heck?
Then I tried the side dishes, and it’s all really delicious. She didn’t make new flavors or any other specifications, just normal but with mellow taste. Especially the stewed bamboo shoots, those are super good. The ingredients are all good, but it’s the flavor that I like. The Shoyu, its light taste of fish stock and mirin. Also, it goes in very well, and the taste of bamboo spreads in mouth.
After 5 minutes, all of the food’s gone.
…I guess I’ll clean it before giving it back.
When I headed back to my classroom, I found her at the door to my classroom.
“H…Hey…”
She greeted hesitantly.
“A..Ah, thank you for the lunchbox, it was really delicious, really.”
When I said that, she seems kinda surprised.
“R..Really? T…Thanks for the compliment…W…what did you like the most?”
“The Stewed bamboo shoots.”
“T…That’s my best dish. That’s a relief…”
Then she sighs, did she really make it for me?
“A…and you gave your lunchbox to me? Is that ok?”
“Ah, umm, don’t worry. I made mine too.”
So she made 2 of them? …Just don’t think more than this.
“Then I’ll clean it and return it back…”
“N..no! That’s not needed!”
She snatched the bag from me.
“W…well, see you!”
Before she ran off again.
Our classes aren’t that way, or is she going to skip the classes?
…and she did.
The afternoon classes ended smoothly.
After school now. I don’t know because of her skipping the classes, the atmosphere became normal. Even though everyone is still looking at me with pity or curiousity, that I can’t stick to my seat secretly.
“People who don’t have club activities, please go home immediately, don’t dilly dally. All right then, class dismissed!”
When class has ended, people started going to go their clubs, back home, doing classroom chores or student meeting.
Today I don’t have to go for part-time work, so I can go to my club –actually it’s gaming club, or going back home. But wait, I still not finished with the game yet, then I’ll go home then.
“I’ll be going first then.”
“Ah, see ya tomorrow.”
I gave him a farewell stare before I packed my stuff before leaving.
But when I headed out of the door- I bumped into her again.
“H…Hey….Aramiya.”
Me again!? How many times- no, are you still in School!?
…But wait, come to think of it, her bag is still at her seat…
Hey, nononono, forget about that! What does she want with me? My sixth sense, please help me about the forecoming danger.
“W…What do you want from me?”
I said it out politely again.
“C…Come with me for a sec!”
Then she grabbed my arm. Gah!
She held me so tight that I can’t shake her hand off.
Students who are preparing to go home peeped at us but she looked at them back like “What?” that makes them move out of the way and look away. Is she’s Moses reincarnated?
There are a lot of stone figures that stand facing into the wall.
…But there isn’t a hero who will come in to save me. So cruel.
But I already predicted this. If I wasn’t her target, I would do the same as well.
And if I resist, then I’d get a fist planted into my face. So I didn’t resist and went with her.
Even though we reached the place, I might got pummeled by her. But make that certain moment end faster, I’d trade everything for that.
“…Here.”
I got dragged to behind the school building, which is the spot that people don’t pass by that much.
Should I yell if anything goes wrong? How many punches will I get until help arrives?
…And why is my brain processing everything and ends being punched in every case?
Even though, I don’t know what reason is.
Is it because I’m afraid from the pressure coming from her?
….and I am trying to figure out what’s this all about
I don’t even know what’s going on
Is it because I’m scared of the pressure coming from Ayame in front of me?
“So-Sorry that I dragged you out here like this….”
“I-it’s okay…miss”
“Look you, stop talking so politely already? We aren’t even in class right now”
“I-I’m so sorry—ahh,eeeh, uuum, sorry”
I almost apologized to her politely again
She went through the trouble to say this. I guess I won’t get punched until I crumple.
But if it’s that, then I might have to be careful for her to not beat me too much…
“…”
But both of us are suddenly quiet, just let me go dammit, I’m in a hurry…!
“The thing is”
Finally, Ayame spoke up
“Ah, Errm”
My mouth kept shut, until there’s no sound coming out from me
“Are you going out with someone or not?”
“Haaah!?”
This girl, what is she saying? If was seeing someone right now, she would drag that unlucky person out here then!?
“I-I-I’m noot right now”
I answered as I was awfully scared, so scared that I don’t know what I should be scared of then
….But why should I be so afraid of someone like her?
When those gangsters assaulted her on Sunday, I got the shivers much colder than this
Is it because this girl is way more terrifying than those gangsters?
Right now, I’m thinking about what’s way more scarier right now, but what could it be….? The kind that’s freaky?
“Is it true that you’re not dating someone, right?”
“Ah, err…”
Stay calm, I’m not sure if it’s about that’s the case. If she hasn’t spoken yet and I just assume, I might embarrass myself, and hope that something I recall from my past that traumatized me, doesn’t haunt me forever.
But after all of that thought of thinking, my mind then became blank
“Then, let me get to the point”
Ayame pretended to be bashful, but is going to say something anyway.
“I want to be your girlfriend”
……
…………
………………….
“Huh?”
“How many times do I have to say it!? I-I said, I WANT TO BE YOUR GIRLFRIEND!”
“Be-because why?”
I accidently asked why. I can’t even accept what just happened.
“Yo-yo you sa-sa saved me du-during that time….that is why!”
“wh eh….the-, then the person who got assaulted yesterday was…”
“Yo-You didn’t know at all or what!? We-well neither did I! Because you saved me, I managed to easily survive! You came to save me when I thought I wasn’t gonna survive, and here I am now!”
Her explanation is finished—bu but, hold on a minute…!
“I-is that all?”
All I did was save her when she was assaulted and she fell in love with me, that was too easy of me to do!
“Am I wrong or what? I-I-I was so happy th-that you saved me…!”
Ayame’s face became all blushing red, she’s really serious?
“It-it’s true, I wanted to thank you ever since then, bu-but, this is my first time experiencing this kind of feeling, I can’t understand it myself that it’s distracting me…”
When ayame finished what she said, she then pressed her lips together, I calmed down.
“So-So…! What’s it going to be!”
Then she tries to get an answer out from me, but I’ve already got an answer for her
“N-NO!”
After I gave me answer to her, Ayame’s face that was all blushing red at first faded away and became pale.
…coming from Ayame, I can tell something’s wrong
“….Can you tell me why?”
She spoke in a low toned voice….Aah I might definitely get a beating from her
But I did have a choice I could make here!
“I, I’m only interested in 2D girls…”
“Eh….2D girls…?”
“Let me say this clearly, I’m only interested in girls who are from games +18 rated….”
Why did I have to explain it to her? Didn’t she knew already?
“Ha-Haaah? So you’re interested in girls from games than me!?”
“Y-Yes! Am I wrong?”
“Those kind of girls aren’t real!”
“So what! The girl of my dreams only appear on my computer screen (She’s not real), that’s all that matter!”
“I-I went through the trouble of changing myself! Hobbies, Hairstyle, even the way of how I speak!”
She definitely got this info from Tozaki! She’s right spot on, I really do like girls with black hair, and have their hair tied into twin tails!
She’s taking it too far and with conveying her feelings to me, but I have no interest in real life girls whatsoever.
But it seems that there are some things Tozaki did not tell her, like that I do not like secondary goods, condemned goods, defected goods or ‘Used Goods’!
Why did I have to talk about my interests and hobbies with him, when he wouldn’t do the same…!
If the girl is not like someone in a game or is a 3D type, I would drive them away!
For now, I might get beaten up or verbally insulted in anyway—there’s no way I want her to do this to me!
“You…”
Aaah, oh crap, I looked at her fearfully
“That’s fine…”
She grabbed me by the collar of my shirt. Oooh, please don’t use too much power!
“Then…!”
EEEEEK…! I can’t run away! SOMEBODY SAVE ME!
“You just want me to become much cuter than those girls you see in anime and games, that’s what you want right!?”
Ayame just said something pretty unbelievable for me to take, but I couldn’t get that in time
“I will become your dream girl! I will become her, just you watch!”
No way, why isn’t she giving up?
“Wa-, be careful, th-there’s a dark void between 2D and 3D”
“That doesn’t matter! But I won’t lose!”
Ayame then let go of her hand
“Be prepared, I will become your dream girl, just you watch!”
She declared her declaration, and then she left me all alone, just by myself
“For her to become my dream girl? She’s serious…but how is she going to become my ideal exactly…?”
She’s serious for sure, or she’s able to transform from herself (The real thing/3D) into a 2D?
Let’s say at least I didn’t get punched, so I’m already lucky.
But even so, I must do what I can to make sure she doesn’t even try a single scratch on me
But if I think about what might happen later, I might get a socking, so I might as well let that happen and get it over with…
I could become a target for Ayame for a while
*END OF CHAPTER 1*
