While I Was Giving Love Advice to My Best Friend, the School's Most Beautiful Girl Somehow Became the Closest Person to Me-Chapter 1Volume 2 .2 - The Childhood Friend Returns

The Childhood Friend Returns

“Hi, I’m Hiiragi Tsumugi, and I’ve transferred to this school as of today. Please take care of me.”

” ” ” “Oooooh!” ” ” ”

Naturally, the boys were excited by Tsumugi’s cuteness. I had no idea we’d be going to the same school… let alone be in the same class.

Reo was staring at Tsumugi while making the exact same face as me before. Maybe I should have told him beforehand.

Well, even though we’re childhood friends, I’m a boy and Tsumugi is a girl. It’s not like we’ll be interacting much from now on.

“Where do you live, Hiiragi-san?” a classmate asked.

Tsumugi clasped her hands together and smiled.

“Well, I’m currently staying at Ryouma’s house!”

“Pffft!”

I choked on her frankness, and of course, it drew the attention of my classmates.

“Wait, what’s the relationship between Kogure and you, Hiiragi-san?”

To such a question, Tsumugi puts her hands to her cheeks and answers shyly.

“Ryouma and I are childhood friends, and we were always together when we were little. There was this one time when we bathed together…”

“Wait, wait, wait, Tsumugi, what are you saying!?”

“We promised to get married when we grew up. That’s the kind of relationship we have.”

“Kyaaaaaaa!”

An unbelievable remark caused voices to rise from around us regardless of gender.

Tsumugi, this girl… she threw a huge bombshell as soon as she transferred.

Crack!

I heard the sound of something breaking behind me. What could it be? I had a really bad feeling and couldn’t bring myself to look back. The only person behind me is Alisa, which is strange. Then, a message pops up on my smartphone. I sneak a peek at it.

“I want you to tell me the story.”

I think this is the first time I’ve ever felt such a violent atmosphere from a text message…

***

When the break time came, I pulled Tsumugi’s hand and took her outside the classroom. I could hear the cheers of my classmates, but it was better than being interrogated strangely.

How did it come to this? Just a few months ago, I was considered as inconspicuous as air, and now I’m the center of attention in class. It must be because I’ve become involved with Reo, Alisa, and Tsumugi. We stop at a staircase where few people pass by.

“Ryouma, you’re so forceful.”

“You seem happy about it, though…”

“You used to pull me along like this in the past too. I was really excited back then too.”

“It reminds me of the time when you startled a big dog and we were chased.”

I was nervous at that time, thinking we might get eaten. Tsumugi was out of breath from running, but she showed a smiling face.

She has long black hair and a calm demeanor, which often gives her a serene image, but she is actually quite playful. That is, if she hasn’t changed in the last ten years.

“More importantly, what a thing to say in class…”

I can’t help but hold my head in my hands.

“You mean about the self-introduction earlier? I wasn’t lying.”

“We don’t need to talk about the bath story!”

“Ehh~”

Tsumugi’s face turns red with embarrassment.

“Ryouma, you used to drag me into the bath against my will. I’ll never forget how pushy you were.”

“That’s strange. My memory is different. You hated water and didn’t want to take a bath, so I reluctantly accompanied you at your mom’s request. You tried to escape, so I had to pull you forcefully?”

“Come on~ People change their memories to suit their needs.”

“Please don’t make it a memory that suits you!?”

“Was it really that bad? Maybe… you have a girlfriend?”

“…No, I don’t.”

For a moment, Alisa’s face flashes in my mind, but I quickly shake my head to dismiss the thought and deny it.

Alisa is just a friend, not that kind of relationship… and yet, I’m afraid of her finding out, which is a presumptuous and rude thought.

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“If I don’t have one, but being misunderstood is troublesome. Please refrain from saying such things.”

“…I see. I’m sorry.”

Tsumugi utters an apology meekly. If it were the Tsumugi from ten years ago, she would probably apologize with a laugh, but she seems genuinely remorseful. Maybe I was a bit too harsh.

“I just… want to get along well at this school.”

“Huh? What do you mean by that—”

“So, here you are. Ryouma and Tsumugi.”

“Reo.”

The one who appeared was our childhood friend Reo. It was a reunion with Tsumugi after ten years. Technically, it wasn’t exactly ten years, as we had always been together until just before we entered elementary school after graduating from kindergarten. Tsumugi’s face changes from a gentle smiling beauty to a cold expression.

“So you’re Reo. The crybaby who wet himself and always ran away has grown up so much. Ten years really is amazing, huh?”

“Hmph. Still with a bad personality, you haven’t changed in ten years. You’re causing trouble for Ryouma right after transferring.”

It’s like there’s an invisible spark between them. Childhood friends are supposed to get along well, but Reo and Tsumugi have always been like this. Even ten years ago, they fought like this every day. It’s not just a case of ‘fighting means they’re close’; they’re always competing. Imagine the trouble I had being stuck in the middle.

“Reo-kun, are you okay?”

And now, Otsuki-san has come along too. Listening to the friendly tone between Reo and Otsuki-san, Tsumugi silently contemplates something, then claps her hands and speaks up.

“Could it be that you two are dating!?”

“That’s right.”

“Heh… Reo is with such a cute girl. She has a vibe similar to Ryouma. I might even start to like her.”

“Similar to Kogure-kun? Eh, I don’t like that…”

Otsuki-san makes a very displeased face. Isn’t that rude to me?

“I’m half joking when I say I don’t like being similar to you, Kogure-kun.”

“Half…”

“Hiiragi-san, was it… The childhood friend Kogure-kun mentioned before were Reo-kun and Hiiragi-san, right?”

“Yes. It’s a relationship similar to Alisa and Mizuhara-san for you, Otsuki-san.”

“But I heard Reo-kun and Hiiragi-san had a big fight.”

That’s right. I had told Otsuki-san about that. I never thought Tsumugi would come back, so I talked about it casually.

“From this atmosphere, it doesn’t seem like it was that big of a fight?”

“No way! It was a huge deal!”

“Yeah, it was a very important matter for us!”

Reo and Tsumugi strongly assert to Otsuki-san. I wish they wouldn’t bring up that big fight again. It was indeed a big fight. But the content is something I don’t want to discuss openly, especially for me.

Well… I doubt those two who fought over such a thing would talk about it now.