Utsukushii Kare/ My Beautiful Man [ENGLISH TRANSLATION]

Chapter-1; PART-2: He is Beautiful

                                      Translator: White Lotus
                             

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It was the spring of the sophomore year in high school, Hira felt particularly nervous on the first day at the school from the morning, which was also the day of the changes of classes.

Hira was extremely terrible on this day, which began with the self-introduction. He became even more depressed after reading the poster of the class placement notice. Last year, most of the students in the class were gentle-natured, but this year's class was filled with flamboyant pupils, so the risk factor was too high for a student like Hira.

Although he still stuttered occasionally, it was all thanks to the years of training, he was less likely to make any fatal errors. Hira, who always kept his head down and didn't talk much, was considered to be someone who belonged to the bottom of the pyramid, and he was satisfied with it by thinking that this was enough. Rather than being specially treated by people as someone who had a physical defect and showed him cheap sympathy, it was much better to just be at the bottom of the pyramid and being ignored by everyone.

Please let this year be peaceful.

Hira prayed as he stepped into his new classroom. He sat on the seat corresponding to his attendance number and looked around the classroom through the gaps of his long bangs. Somehow, the classroom had already been divided into many groups. Everyone was desperate not to be left alone. The classroom on the first day of the class placement was like a noisy and bustling battlefield, where everyone was fighting by holding imaginary rifles. And Hira was just watching this.

As the bell rang, the new homeroom teacher entered the classroom. After a brief greeting, the usual self-introduction began. Hira took a deep breath without noticing by others. One, two, three times. The air he inhaled pressed on his stomach and stabilized his lower abdomen. This method had been used by him for more than ten years since elementary school, so Hira had long been accustomed to it.

In order, each student stood up to introduce themselves by telling their names, hobbies, etc. The homeroom teacher also made humorous comments about each student in turn, making the whole class burst into laughter. Meanwhile, Hira tried to keep away his nervousness by imagining the scene of Captain Duck floating without any resistance.

When his turn was approaching, the boy, sitting diagonally in front of Hira, stood up.

"I'm Kiyoi Sou."

Suddenly, Hira felt his entire body being swallowed up by a tidal wave. And as if pulled by a gravitational force, Hira lifted his head to look, just like the other students in the classroom, who were also looking in that direction in unison.

Hira couldn't see the face of the student named Kiyoi from where he was sitting. However, he could see his incredibly beautiful jawline and long, slender neck. As even the size of his head was small, his overall proportions looked even better. He just said his name and, without introducing himself further, sat down.

"Hey, don't you have anything else to say? Like any hobbies or something like that."

At the homeroom teacher's question, he shook his head.

"Nothing special."

He propped his hand on the table to support his chin, with his legs crossed. In a very sloppy posture. However, it was amazing how he looked just like a model, who was posing, due to his long and slender limbs.

Although he didn't say anything funny, all the girls in the classroom snickered shyly and the boys grinned too. It seemed that he was one of those people, who belonged to the top of the pyramid.