The 103rd Man

I entered the classroom and kept my distance from Yumika.

As soon as Yumika sat down, she put on her earphones and started listening to music.

A nearby boy was about to call out to her, but she didn’t give him a moment’s pause.

I’m sure Yumika is not interested in anyone but me.

But I’m different.

If I, like Yumika, stay in my own little world and reject the people around me, my future will become bleak.

Let’s broaden our horizons.

Up to now, I have been shutting myself away in my shell, not showing any interest in others, but that was playing right into Yumika’s hands.

In order not to depend on my twin, Yumika, I will seek a new path.

“Morning, Kinoshita-san.”

“Mor──”

I greeted Kinoshita-san, the blonde gal seated next to me, myself.

A brave step. Great job, myself.

“It’s rare for you to talk to me, Fujigaya-kun.”

“I tried to be brave.”

“Good boy Good boy”

I was glad to hear Kinoshita-san’s praise.

I don’t know how quiet she thinks I am to be praised just for talking to her…

“Come to think of it, I didn’t know Kinoshita-san’s contact information.”

“That’s right. But you didn’t care about that until now. What happened to you all of a sudden?”

“When I was thinking about Kinoshita-san yesterday, I realized something. Come to think of it, I didn’t even know Kinoshita-san’s contact information.”

“…….you were thinking about me?”

“Ah, nothing serious, just lightly.”

Realizing that I had said something embarrassing, I rushed to correct it.

I was just thinking about Kinoshita-san to avoid getting too preoccupied with Yumika.

“Did you use me as a side dish?”

“He-Heyy”

I covered my face with my hands at Kinoshita-san’s comment.

Aren’t women these days more bawdy than men?

“Your face is bright red.”

“I haven’t done it yet. This is really”

I am sure all my male classmates do.

Kinoshita-san is the s—iest girl in the class.

I’m a man who doesn’t look back on his past, so I have the ability to pretend that everything I’ve done in the past never happened.

“If you haven’t yet, does that mean you’re going to do it someday?”

“Stop saying that.”

I was defenseless against the grinning, teasing Kinoshita-san.

“I’m sorry for troubling you. Fujigaya-kun, there’s something about you that makes me want to tease you.”

“Give me a break.”

“But if it’s Fujigaya-kun, I’d be happy to give you my contact information. I don’t really give it to boys.”

It seems that Kinoshita-san is not the type to blindly give out her contact information.

It was a surprising fact, and I thought I would be about the 103rd guy to receive her contact information.

“I see, I thought everyone knew it except me.”

“What’s so funny? Do you think I’m some kind of s—t?”

Kinoshita-san’s eyes were wide open after hearing my statement.

I couldn’t help but get carried away and say something perverted.

“Oh, no, it’s a joke, just a joke.”

“Haha, Fujigaya-kun is really weird.”

Thank goodness….

Kinoshita-san didn’t back down.

I was nervous, but I was saved by Mr. Kinoshita’s personality.

“Actually, I was hoping to get Fujigaya-kun’s contact information too.”

“Good timing, then.”

I succeeded in exchanging contact information with Kinoshita-san.

I think I am getting used to dealing with girls thanks to the fact that I have had a lot of contact with Yumika lately.

“I’ve been thinking about Fujigaya-kun lately, too.”

“Huh, When?”

“I won’t tell you.”

Kinoshita-san was grinning as she watched my reaction.

She’s a bully.

I might have fallen in love with her if it weren’t for Yumika.

That’s how cute she is.

But Yumika is too cute, and she easily surpasses her.

She’s my ideal person, after all.

“Well, if you have any problems, please feel free to contact me at the address I just gave you. Fujigaya-kun, you’ve been acting strange lately. You must be in some kind of trouble.”

Somehow, she saw through me.

Kinoshita-san is surprisingly perceptive…….

“That’s very kind of you, Kinoshita-san.”

“I’m not kind to everyone. In fact, I’m even cold. But Fujigaya-kun is special.”

“Why am I special?”

“Last year, when I lost my phone and was in trouble, you helped me find it, right?”

Now that she said it, I felt like something like that had happened.

It was last spring, shortly after I entered the school.

The students were still fidgeting, and the whole class was on cloud nine because they hadn’t formed a group like they did now.

Then, after school, Kinoshita-san was alone in the classroom looking for her phone, and I remember I helped her in the search.

Back then, Kinoshita-san had not dyed her hair like she did now, and she did not look like a gal.

In the end, Kinoshita-sant found her phone safely in her locker……..

“I am kind to those who are kind to me. That’s all.”

That was the reason why Kinoshita-san was so kind to me.

Simple, but it made sense.

“At first I thought Fujigaya-kun was being nice to me because he thought that if he was nice to me, I would like him. Boys are nice to girls with ulterior motives like that, right? But after that, Fujigaya never asked me for my contact information or made any contact with me, so I thought he was simply being kind to me.”

It’s just that I’m not very good at talking to girls, and I couldn’t talk to them even if I wanted to…

“I never thought I’d be asked for contact information more than a year after that. That’s funny.”

Apparently, Kinoshita-san’s opinion of me is better than I thought.

I’m honestly happy about this.

My face broke into a bit of a grin, but my eyes met Yumika’s as she glared at me from afar, so I hurriedly switched to a serious expression, like a celebrity performing an apology press conference.

I can’t let my guard down────

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