Chapter 68 – Request for Cooperation
I was on my way to another classroom for the fifth period when it happened.
I was blending in with the crowd while watching Umi and Amami-san, who was ahead of , chatting and laughing like usual.
“Maehara, after school, can you co to the back of the club building?”
“Huh?”
Seki-kun suddenly wrapped his hand around my shoulders and asked that question.
This guy was Seki Nozomu, a mber of the baseball club.
He was the only boy who interacted often with Amami-san’s group. I think everyone called him ‘Nozomu’ or ‘Non’.
In my boredom, I occasionally overheard my other classmate’s conversations and he was often the topic of the conversation. So, even though he wasn’t my friend or anything, I knew plenty about him.
When I did that and a funny conversation ca up, I would usually curl up on my desk while holding back my laughter.
…I know it’s a strange thing to do, but give a break, I was a loner for the longest ti and that was my only pasti in class. Of course I stopped doing that ever since I befriended Umi, so instead of doing that, I was on my phone more often than not.
Well, that aside, let’s deal with Seki-kun first.
I wonder if this is that cliche where soone would summon another guy to a deserted place and surround him to make him know his place? I saw it happen back when I was in middle school, will I be the victim this ti?
Aside from actually witnessing it, I know that this kind of thing is pretty common. So upperclassn would do this to discipline their misbehaving juniors and stuff.
But, he should have no reason to do it to , right? …Wait a second, that isn’t true. There was a rumor of and Amami-san dating. That should be enough reason for him to do sothing like this to .
“…i… Oi, Maehara?”
“Y-Yes? W-What is it?”
“Oi oi, relax. I’m not going to do anything to you, there’s just sothing I want to tell you. I don’t want anyone to overhear it, you see?”
“I-I see…”
As soon as Seki-kun, who was 6 feet tall wrapped his hand around my shoulders, I got unnecessarily anxious, but it seed like he really didn’t want to do anything to . His expression looked sincere after all.
However, what kind of secret would he even tell ? …Wait, could it be?
“Uh… Are you, maybe?”
“Anyway, please et after school, okay? And if you can, please don’t tell Asanagi about this for now.”
“Got it. After school at the back of the club building?”
“Yeah, sorry for the trouble… I’m counting on you…”
After a few more words, he left and went back to his usual group and pretended like nothing happened.
I was surprised since his request ca out of nowhere, so I unconsciously agreed to it. Well, it seed like he really needed , so it wouldn’t hurt to hear him out. If I couldn’t help him, I could just say so, no big deal.
I hope that his group won’t gang up on if I refuse his request though…
* * *
After school, I headed to the et up location alone. Before I headed over, I notified Umi about this.
Seki-kun told to not tell her about it, but I knew that even though she appeared like she was giving all her attention to Amami-san, she was actually paying close attention to . Even if I kept silent, she was bound to find out about this and I don’t want to cause her unnecessary worry, so I decided to let her know.
[Maehara: Umi.]
[Asanagi: What is it?]
[Maehara: I can’t go back ho together today.]
[Maehara: Got so business to take care of.]
[Asanagi: Hmm…]
[Asanagi: Are you eting up with soone?]
[Maehara: Well, yeah…]
[Maehara: I can’t tell you about it though.]
[Maehara: They told to keep quiet.]
[Asanagi: Got it.]
[Asanagi: It’s Seki, isn’t it?]
She knew.
She probably saw Seki-kun talking to … I felt a shiver run down my spine.
[Maehara: I don’t think anything weird will happen, don’t worry.]
[Asanagi: I know, but still…]
[Asanagi: Fine, I won’t do anything, but please take care of yourself, okay?]
[Maehara: Don’t worry, if anything happens, I’ll let you know.]
[Asanagi: Okay.]
Umi was being overprotective. It was proof that her past still tied her down sohow.
It wasn’t like she doesn’t trust or anything, she’s probably feeling uneasy about this sowhere in her heart.
Well, there wasn’t a lot I could do about it but to help her get over her past little by little.
Anyway, I went to the promised place. Seki-kun was ahead of since he left as soon as the class ended for his club activities.
I’ve never gone to the club building since it was always crowded, and it was also on the opposite side of my favorite spots at school.
There were two buildings there, one for keeping the sport’s equipnt and one was the actual club building. I went to the forr building and saw that Seki-kun was already waiting for there when I arrived.
“Yo, Maehara. Sorry to call you out to a place like this, but I had to take care of the equipnt or else the coach and the upperclassn would scold .”
I guess they assigned chores like this to the freshn. He was polishing the dusty pitching machine and so balls. It seed like he didn’t cut any corners since everything that he cleaned looked as good as new.
In class, he looked really lazy, but he seed to take his club activities very seriously.
“So, what’s up?”
“Right. I still have more work to do, so I’ll just get straight to the point.”
He bowed to .
“Maehara, please. I need your help so I can get closer to Amami-san before the Christmas party begins!”
“…I knew it…”
I knew that he liked Amami-san, so I kind of expected this.
Well… Let’s hear him out at least.
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