I Want To Make The School's "Silent Princess" Talk, So I Invited Her (Who's Super Cute) Out On A Date Today. ~Anyways, She's So Very Intense When It Comes To Skinship, That It's Going To Take My Reason Away~ - Chapter 7

After a long day of getting interrogated by my classmates, I let out a deep sigh.

They must have realized that it was useless to ask Aikawa-san, so they had no choice but to talk to me, who they don’t usually get involved with. But I didn’t want to bother her, so I just brushed it off.

“Next PE class, we’re having a joint volleyball session.”

“It’s unusual to have a joint session. Is it to deepen the bond between girls and boys?”

“Ehehe~ maybe that’s it! I wonder who I’ll pair up with in the next strengthening exercises~!!”

Yusuke smiles wickedly as he gazes over at the girls. It was just plain creepy, so I rolled up my math textbook and gave Yusuke a quick whack on the head.

In case you’re wondering, strengthening exercises are like the prep work done before class. Among them, sit-ups and leap frog required two people, so they needed to be paired up.

“Hey… Aikawa-san doesn’t look well, isn’t she?”

“Ha? She has no expression as usual. You’re just worrying too much about Aikawa-san.”

Yusuke said so, denying what I said.

I’d like to think it was just my imagination, but since this morning Aikawa-san has been slumping over and sniffing her nose from time to time.

At the very least, I’m sure she’s not in her perfect physical condition.

(It’s probably my… fault.)

When we arrived at the station that day, her right arm was wet from the rain. Maybe her body got cold from that and she got sick because of it.

Even if she hadn’t, the fact was that I had spurred her to get sick. Since I was the one holding the umbrella, I felt quite guilty.

“…Yusuke, hurry up and get ready or I’ll leave you here.”

“O-Okay!”

I hurried Yusuke out of the classroom. As Yusuke hurriedly followed behind me, I kept looking back and saw Aikawa-san for a moment.

She doesn’t seem depressed anymore, but her face is quite red. There’s a fan running inside the classroom, so it doesn’t seem like he was affected by the heat, so it’s best to assume she’s not feeling well.

“I really wonder if she’s okay…”

“Hmm?”

“No, it’s nothing…”

Praying that the bad premonition in my mind would not come true, I headed for the gym with Yusuke.

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“All right! Strengthening exercises~!”

The pairing process that ruthlessly executes gloomy guys to the public has started right away.

I’m usually paired with Yusuke, fortunately, but I won’t be paired with him this time.

Because when we were on the way to the gym he begged me and said, “please! Let me pair up with a girl!” While bowing with a tearful look on his face. [TLN: this dude.]

There’s nothing I could say if he’s making such sincere requests like that. Oh well, I can always pair up with a teacher.

“I don’t think there’s anyone who’ll pair up with me anyways…”

As I let out a sigh and blurted it out, I heard the sound of someone walking fast behind me. The sound gets closer and closer… and just like before, someone taps me gently on my left shoulder.

“Mhn.”

“Ehh… you want to pair up with me?”

You’re so quick to switch after the awkward situation earlier!?

Aikawa-san, the true identity of the footsteps, nodded broadly and looked at me expectantly.

It’s a very nice suggestion, but I’m sure I’ll get some strange looks from the boys, just like earlier. Also the jealous glances from Yusuke in particular will be unbearable for me.

“Err, that’s a great idea but it’s just…”

Unlike me, Aikawa-san has plenty of people to pair up with, and I think she’s in a position to choose.

If a normal highschool boy were to be asked by Aikawa-san with a look, “do you want to pair up?” In her eyes. I’m sure they would fall in love and pair with her immediately. [TLN: So you’re saying you’re not normal?]

I tried to refuse her invitation, but Aikawa-san squeezed the sleeve of my gym uniform with a sad look on her face.

Probably due to her inability to exert as much strength as she wanted, but the wrinkles on my gym uniform quickly returned to their original state.

When she let go of her hand, Aikawa-san’s cheeks, which had been flushed earlier, darkened all at once, like she was blatantly disappointed.

“Ugh… alright, Alright! It’s now that I don’t like you, Aikawa-san. It’s just that I’m a little embarrassed…”

“!”

As I said this, her face quickly returned from a gloomy to a blank expression with slightly flushed cheeks. I don’t know why but Aikawa-san made me feel a little bit nostalgic.

We hadn’t had any contact with each other until the day before yesterday, but I feel like the distance between us has shrunk even more since lunch just now. Wait, did we actually have contact with each other the day before yesterday or something? What was I doing last Sunday again?

(I wore my uniform, went to the library, borrowed a book… ah, speaking of which I got asked directions by a tiny girl… I guided her didn’t I)

But that little girl wasn’t Aikawa-san, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t run into anyone I knew that day. I didn’t do anything special in the library, either… if I did owe anyone a favor, it was for showing them the way.

(But now that I think about it, that girl was… kinda different from the norm.)

I can’t remember the specifics, but I do remember muttering, “She’s so weird~”

But in the end, I couldn’t find what it was, and with a loud whistle sound, the reinforcement exercise began. Stung by the jealous glances of all the boys and the curious stares of all the girls, we prepared to do push-ups.

Incidentally, Yusuke seemed to be quite happy to be paired up with Moezono from the next class, who was said to be as beautiful as Aikawa-san.

The smile on his face while looking at us seemed to include a thought that said, “I never thought spring would come to Ryuta…”  Which naturally made me angry. Well, I’m completely nervous right now.

“What? Those two again…”

“Is he following Aikawa-san or something…”

Sure enough, we are subjected to rumors and jealousy that never existed. I’m completely conscious of Aikawa-san and I glance at her.

I thought Aikawa-san would be a little embarrassed, but…

“Fuu… fuu…“

Her physical condition seemed to be at its limit, and Aikawa-san was breathing on her shoulders and preparing to do push-ups with slow movements. She didn’t seem to be putting any effort into it, probably due to fatigue, and she couldn’t do the push-up position as she wanted.

I thought it would be dangerous to go any further, so I quietly whispered some light advice to Aikawa-san.

“Aikawa-san, if you can’t do it, you can take a rest.”

“…!?”

“How did I find out!? It’s not like that. You know what I mean right?”

Aikawa-san opens her eyes in surprise and looks at me with sweat dripping down her face. Her physical condition seems to be getting worse, and from what I can see… her body temperature was quite high.

It had been better earlier, but now it was probably over 38 degrees. If she moves any further, I’m sure she’ll collapse and it will get even worse.

“Push-ups! Start!”

But with a merciless beeping sound, the hellish push-ups began.

Aikawa-san did not listen to my advice and forced her body to move, dripping with sweat as she continued to do push-ups.

Her ample breasts were bobbing up and down, attracting the gazes of men all over the place.

…If Aikawa-san had been in perfect physical condition, I probably would have looked directly at her too. But now was not the time.

“Push-ups, stop!”

With the teacher’s voice, there was a short break. Aikawa-san fell down with a thud at the sound of the voice, and looked up at the ceiling with empty eyes, sniffling.

(…I can’t stand it anymore.)

I decided that this was no longer a joke, so I got up from the floor and went to the gym teacher who was about to blow the whistle.

“Sensei, I’m going to the infirmary because Aikawa-san has a cut on her hand.”

“Oh, so Kurose is on the health committee, huh? Is band aid enough?”

“Yes.”

I said it in a low voice so as not to draw attention to myself… but when he replied in a loud voice, it drew attention to me.

Aikawa-san, who had been breathing a little better, gathered some of it in her direction, but she seemed to have misunderstood that I was tired from the physical exercise and quickly turned back to me.

I want to move to the infirmary with as little attention as possible so as not to be a burden on her. I finally just said, “Sensei, you can continue,” and headed toward Aikawa-san, where I had been.

Her eyes were unfocused, and she looked as if she was about to collapse… she was already at her limit.

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