The Delinquent Shimizu-san Sitting Next to Me Has Dyed Her Hair Black-Chapter 5Volume 3 .2 - Shimizu-san and the Summer Night Sky
Shimizu-san and the Summer Night Sky 2
“Then let’s get started. First question: how did it feel for you two to become pretend lovers with someone you’re interested in, even if it was just for a short while?”
“Starting off with a bang, aren’t you, Mio-chan?”
I too thought we would start with lighter questions.
“I figured I don’t need to hold back with Ai-senpai and Shimizu-san.”
“For me, I was happy. Even if it was a lie, being Yousuke’s lover filled me with so much joy I wanted to scream! What about you, Kei?”
“…It wasn’t anything special.”
“That’s a lie. What’s your real feeling? Come on, it’s just us here, you can be honest.”
As expected, Ai wouldn’t be satisfied with my evasive answers.
“…It wasn’t bad.”
“You should just say it made your heart flutter with happiness!”
“Nobody said anything like that!”
They say ‘to hear one and know ten,’ but with Ai, the other nine are fabricated.
“What about you, Mio-chan?”
“Me?”
“Yeah, Mio-chan, how would you feel if you became pretend lovers with Toshiya-kun?”
That seems like a difficult question.
It’s hard enough to consider what it would be like to be lovers, let alone pretend ones, which implies it’s not real.
I wonder what Seto thinks.
“…I would want to know what Matsuoka-kun is thinking.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m curious about what he thinks about pretending to be lovers with me.”
“I see, so that’s how you think, Mio-chan…”
Even if it’s just pretend, I have a feeling Matsuoka would be overjoyed to the point of tears if Seto and he were to be lovers.
“By the way, Mio-chan, would you be happy to become pretend lovers with Matsuoka-kun?”
“…I don’t know if I’d be happy, but I think it would be interesting.”
“Hopefully, Matsuoka-kun would find it interesting too.”
“…Yeah.”
Seto nods slightly. It seems Ai has no intention of conveying Matsuoka’s feelings to Seto.
“Back to being the moderator. How did you both feel about the responses when asked about confessions?”
If I recall correctly, during Ai’s turn, Yousuke gave a simple confession, and during mine, Hondō confessed with a kabedon (wall slam).
“It was nice! It made me think that maybe such a confession could actually happen!”
“Don’t fabricate your own memories.”
“Do you both want to be confessed to in that kind of way?”
I’m taken aback by the question. Seto already knows that Yousuke will confess to Ai at tomorrow’s summer festival.
Could it be that this whole love talk was to find out Ai’s ideal confession scenario?
I look at Seto, but as usual, there’s no change in her expression.
I can’t tell what she’s thinking.
“Hmm, it’s a tough question. I don’t really have specific words I want to hear or a particular place in mind.”
“So you don’t have any particular preferences?”
“No, there is something I care about!”
“What’s that?”
“Feelings! I want a confession that makes it clear to me how much someone loves Shimizu Ai!”
“I see…”
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I wonder how to explain this to Yousuke?
Maybe I should just tell him to put his heart into the confession.
“What about you, Shimizu-san?”
“Ah, in my case, it actually happened.”
“That’s right. So, Kei-san, you’ve already been confessed to?”
“That was something you made Hondō do and say!”
“Tsk, you remembered…”
It would be more surprising if Hondō said something like that without anyone telling him to.
“Next question. Shimizu-san, how did it feel to hug Hondō-kun?”
“Why are you targeting me this time!”
“You and Hondō-kun were the only ones who hugged. Besides, Ai-senpai and Sakata-senpai are used to hugging.”
“We don’t hug that often, and I’ve hardly ever hugged him in a swimsuit.”
Ai adds a clarification to Seto’s explanation. In their case, it’s just Ai hugging Yousuke on her own initiative.
“So, how was it, the hug with Daiki-kun?”
“That was, well…”
I remember the moment I hugged Hondō.
I could still feel the warmth where we touched.
“At that time, Kei was totally enjoying the hug with Daiki-kun.”
“Don’t say things on your own!”
“Then how was it?”
“I just… I just thought he was stronger than I expected. His embrace was strong.”
Silence envelops the large bath.
When I look at Ai and Seto, they’re looking at me with an expression that can only be described as lukewarm.
“W-what is it with you two?”
“Well, Kei, you’re surprisingly stoic, aren’t you?”
“What!?”
How could she say that?
There are things you can say and things you shouldn’t.
“Who’s stoic!”
“I also think Shimizu-san is stoic.”
“You’re on that side too!”
That can’t be right.
I’m definitely not stoic. But it’s hard to argue when it’s two against one.
I slowly stand up.
“Haven’t we talked enough? I’m getting out of the bath.”
“Ah! But we’re just getting warmed up, the main part is yet to come!”
“How long do you plan to talk here? I’m going to get dizzy from the heat. I’m going to go outside and cool off.”
“Can’t be helped, huh? Alright, but it’s pretty dark outside now, so be careful.”
“How old do you think I am?”
I got out of the bath and made my way to the changing room.
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