Prove Your Eternal Love. There Shall Be No Heroine Correction. - Hint 2

“Aogashima, come on, can’t you just be my friend?”

“…l won’t be your friend.”

I knew that she watered the flowers early in the morning. That was why every morning, I would run into Aogashima Yuno. I was already getting pretty stubborn.

“Come on, what is it? Why are you so stubborn?”

“Because I don’t like people who like me.”

Aogashima carefully poured the overfilled water from the pitcher onto the ground in that area to prevent it from splashing.

“What’s that? Low self-esteem type? With such a pretty face?”

Aogashima silently looked away from my question with a huff. Oh, God, I’m so annoyed. I was deeply annoyed. Why was I still so obsessed with this girl?

“…In the first place, I don’t see why you would want to be my friend anyway.”

“Why would I need a reason to just be friends other than that I just want to be friends with you?

If possible, we could hold hands, squeeze it, and do more than that. …Well, maybe, I think? Ahh, I was really out of my mind.

“I see…That’s not the kind of attitude of someone who tries to befriend someone.”

Aogashima, usually expressionless, had a very confused look on her face. That was a serious point.

Aogashima gently put the empty water bottle by the side of the flower bed, and then she strode back to the school building. I was right next to her. I saw Aogashima’s white neck, and I get a thrill from it.

“Only you are this persistent.”

“You’re the only person I’ve ever pestered this hard for.”

I quickly retorted. Aogashima let out a hearty sigh of disgust, but I was used to it by now, so it doesn’t bother me at all. A boy stood in front of us.

“Hey, hey, Aogashima-san?”

I’ve seen him somewhere before. Probably some popular guy on the baseball team. He certainly has a nice face, but I don’t like his flirtatious atmosphere. His brown hair doesn’t suit him too much.

“About the date, have you considered it?”

Aogashima was beautiful as she walked past, she had the mind of steel in reaction. Anyway, for some reason, the guy was walking alongside Aogashima on the opposite side of the street from me for a while. This was a strange sight, no matter how I thought about it.

“Well, if it’s just the two of us, then bring your friend…”

“Ha? I’m sorry, but I don’t want to. I mean, why don’t you realize the reality of the situation when you’re being ignored? You act like you deserve to be popular, it’s so lame.”

When I said the words as they came into my mind, the boy fell silent. He seemed to have grown up spoiled and didn’t have the enzymes to digest his outburst, so he stopped as we left him behind

Mission complete. But if he was still coming on to us now — oh, I’ve got an idea. I’ll go on a date with him instead and beat him to a pulp. Then he’ll never think of approaching Aogashima again.

I gave Aogashima a smug look, like a dog who wanted to be praised for his accomplishments.

“See? If you stay with me, I’ll take care of all your troubles. So—”

“I don’t need it. I can do it all by myself.”

“…Ha, what a pain, Aogashima.”

“Yes. So hurry up and hate me.”

She had the same blank expression on her face as usual. And yet, strangely, I could read it. She looked sad for some reason. It was very painful.

So I gently hugged Aogashima Yuno.

I also stroked her head. I was jealous of her long, beautiful hair, which was so smooth and beautiful that it didn’t get caught on my fingers, and I was jealous of the fact that it wasn’t fair.

“I won’t. I will never leave you alone.”

“…Kuroiwa, Aika. Why?”

I heard a voice shaking with confusion, so close to me. I was glad she know my full name. I was also glad that she doesn’t reject me. Everything about Aogashima Yuno made me happy.

“You’re pushing yourself too hard, aren’t you? I don’t know much about you, but it’s too much.”

It shouldn’t be that difficult. I don’t know anything about Aogashima’s situation. But so what? I want to be friends with her, and she wanted to be friends with someone. There may be no reason why it has to be me.

“Listen? From today on, we are friends.”

My heart ached a little at my own words. I really liked her. We’ve finally become friends.

I made the wrong choice.

I myself have decided that this relationship was a lie from the beginning, a contradiction.

“…I understand. I’ll deal with you.”

“Ahaha, deal with me, what’s that, that’s weird.”

“Nothing weird about it. I want…to have the right kind of friendship.”

I wondered what happened to Aogashima. I was curious, but I didn’t ask that yet. Maybe I would never hear about it. Until one-day Aogashima Yuno would tell me.