I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class - Chapter 51
Chapter 51 – Conflicting Feelings
“This all happened before I entered high school.”
Asanagi took a deep breath. She really had prepared herself to tell us this story. The way she spoke was so easy to understand that even I, who had nothing to do with her back when she was in middle school, could empathize with her easily.
…The younger Asanagi was still Asanagi, huh?
Anyway, I escorted Nitori-san and Houjou-san away before she started telling us her story, so they weren’t here currently.
If they were here, I didn’t know what Amami-san would do to them.
“T-that’s… So, when you said your parents didn’t have enough money to pay for your tuition and you had to go to a different school…”
“That was a lie, I’m sorry. I just wanted to run away from everyone. I didn’t think I could handle it if that situation were to go on any longer… Because of that, you went as far as following me here, I’m sorry…”
“No need to be sorry! Umi is my best friend! Sure, Sanae-chan and Manaka-chan are also my friends, but you’re irreplaceable to me! Sure, in exchange for that, my parents got really mad at me and I had to study hard for my exam, but it’s all worth it! A life without you, I don’t think I can handle that, Umi!”
I could understand her feelings.
Asanagi was the first person who reached out to her. If Asanagi turned a blind eye to her back then, who knows what would’ve happened.
“Yuu, you said that I’m your best friend, right?”
“Eh? M-mhm…”
“…That was the source of the problem… Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to hear that from you, but that was the reason why everything turned out like this…”
“Eh?”
“Actually, I did confront those two. Back at the graduation ceremony, I asked them, ‘Why did you two lie to her at that time?’”
That explained why their faces stiffened up when they saw Asanagi.
“They told me, ‘If it weren’t for you, she would smile at us more often,’, ‘Even when you weren’t there, all she was thinking about was you, we were her friends too, it isn’t fair!’ And even after I decided to leave you, you still thought about me and abandoned them…”
I could understand that.
When I saw Amami-san for the first time, no, when I saw her smiling face for the first time, I thought to myself, ‘A girl this cute does exist, huh?’. I’m sure everyone in the class also thought the same.
For better or worse, Amami-san was just that charming.
Since those two girls had been hanging around her for years, it would be normal for them to feel jealous toward Asanagi.
“As you started to blend into our group of friends, I felt more and more left out because everyone would only look at you. The girls who used talked to me often started to ignore me and only talked to you…”
The friends that she loved and cared about, were starting to be taken away by Amami-san before she noticed. Just thinking about it made me wince.
And this girl had put up with it for years.
“…But, in the end, everything was my fault, no? I was the one who introduced you to my friends. I was the one who told you to smile. There’s no way I could tell you to go back to your gloomy self just to make me feel better… I couldn’t do it…”
Amami-san did nothing wrong. She was just doing her best to live and have fun. And like Asanagi said, in the end, she brought this upon herself.
If at that time she didn’t reach out to Amami-san, she wouldn’t lose her friends, but if she were to do that, then what would happen to Amami-san?
…Everything was a mess.
Neither of them did anything wrong. Things just turned out horribly wrong.
“Then, the reason why you didn’t tell Amami-san about our relationship is…”
“…Mhm. I didn’t want her to take you away from me…”
By keeping Amami-san and I away from each other, she tried to minimize the possibility of that happening. In addition, I couldn’t care less about getting more friends, so my circumstances were perfect for Asanagi.
I, who wanted to stay away from the rest of the class, and Asanagi, who didn’t want to experience that pain again.
We managed to keep our relationship a secret for a while, but of course we simply couldn’t hide it from Amami-san.
You could say that we were too careless about keeping it a secret from her, but she was bound to find out eventually.
“Hey, Yuu.”
“…What is it?”
“Do you like me?”
“Of course I do! You’ve always been my best friend ever since I first met you!”
“Me too. I love you so much… But at the same time, I hate you… I’m sorry, I must sound really selfish now…”
“…Umi…”
She loved her, but at the same time she hated her.
The two conflicting feelings existed at the same time in her heart.
Seriously…
Why were human emotions so difficult to understand?
“…Sorry, I think I need some time to calm down.”
“Umi, wait–”
“It’s fine, Yuu. I’m not going to run away. I just need to be alone for a while, okay?”
After saying that, she walked away and blended into the crowd.
I had a vague idea on where she went. The whole school was crowded, so if someone needed to be alone, there was only one suitable place.
“…I’m going outside for a bit, Amami-san. I have a lot to talk about with her, after all.”
“Maki-kun…”
She told Amami-san to not follow her, not me. So she can’t say anything if I were to follow her.
She’ll probably call me an idiot again, but who cares.
“Please, Maki-kun… The only friend that can help her is you… I think she needs you more than anyone right now…”
“Roger. Don’t worry, I’ll bring that dumbass back real quick, okay?”
After receiving Amami-san’s blessing, I chased after Asanagi.
I understood Asanagi’s feelings. As promised, Asanagi had laid bare her feelings to me.
All I needed to do was to give her my response properly.
TL: Iyo
ED: MaltedBarley
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Tsurgy
Feelings are complicated
Vdisco
Um, não entendi pq o odeio por amami, ódio é daquelas amigas ridículas
Hate can sometimes lead you to confuse feelings. pay attention to that. Due hate should not be thrown at Amami and it isn’t, hate is just an insecurity related to a friend
ephemeral
ok but why tf is amagi being hated? like asanagi and maki did the same shit to her
ahgeesai
Umi meets Yuu.
Umi helps Yuu meet people, but Yuu ends up popular to a fault.
Umi is ostracized because of this. Seems like it happened a lot.
Umi loves Yuu as a friend but can’t hold back her feelings of resentment.
She meets Maki and wants to make sure Maki isn’t taken away.
The only one “hating” Yuu is Umi but she also recognizes Yuu is blameless. Seems pretty understandable, yeah? Inferiority complexes are really difficult to defeat.
NeoReader
I think author has also a another idea previously. The guiltiness.
Basically Asanagi is meeting Maehara in secret, this is the same than leaving Amami out wheareas all three are supposed to be friends. In short Asanagi did the same thing those girls did to her in middle school. But this topic is more dark and unpleasant, it would be understandable if author removed it.
NeoReader
Let’s not forget that mc and Asanagi both often told her they are busy the friday. But actually they are hanging out together.
The feeling that Amami felt should be the same than what Asanagi felt previously.
Imo it makes more sense.
Matrixxholo
Yuu did not have common sense as well. She has 0 awareness of reading the atmosphere around her. If she was more careful about what she said then this problem would never happen. Then Umi would not transfer to another school. Then we would never have a chance to read this LN. The author needs some sensitive topics to make the plot. Dramas are indispensable for this type of storyline.
Shidou Rintaro
Innocent girls are often very dangerous
Amplifity
if the mc didn’t exist then this would’ve been some kind of yuri romcom lol
ahgeesai
Would have been a delicious one at that!
Kiyotaka Ayanokoji
As expected my prediction that I made so many chapters ago was right. I would say I’m surprised but I’m not lol. Thanks for the chapter.
Uncool Talisman
Excited for the next chapter, this WN sure is the best I have read
El1zRx
Please air two episodes tomorrow. If the confession arc is coming, don’t let it split in half.
techmanOP
LETS DO IT
mighthose
Why does that sounds a confession and a reply? 😆😆 i hope it really is!
Thank you for this chapter!
AguaBendita77
im smelling confession arc lez go thank you for the chapter
CarlJames
Lezgaw
Kiritsuna
YES YES YES YES YES. I can’t wait for the next chapter