After Being Betrayed By My Beloved Childhood Friend and Best friend

V2 Chapter 20 | Astonishment

After school the day after Sakuya-san asked me for a favor.

I and Kanade were following behind Hazuki as she left for school, trying not to be noticed.

"Ahhhh, I wish this was a date or something."

"Well, it can't be helped. In return, let's go on a date with each other after the exams are over!"

"Eh? Are you sure? Wow, I'm getting excited! I'm going to do my best for the exam!"

"Hey, hey, calm down, it would be pointless if we get found out."

Kanade says, "Ehehe, sorry," and flicks her tongue out.

Damn, she's so cute!

If Hazuki's habits had not changed, she would have gone to cram school every day after school. And even after classes were over, she would have gone into the study room and continued to study until the cram school was over.

As expected, Hazuki went into the cram school. And she did not come out even once until the cram school was over. In the end, there was nothing suspicious about that day, and she went straight home after cram school.

I wondered if there would be any activity on the way home from cram school, but as expected, she didn't seem to be suffering from life so blighted that she would go out to play from this time on.

"Hmmm. She was just going to her regular cram school."

"Yeah, nothing really happened."

"Are you going to follow her again tomorrow?"

"I guess so. I'll follow her for the rest of the week."

"If you're going, I'm going too! No objections!"

"Ah, thanks."

We ended the day without getting anything in particular.

———

Two days after following her for the first time, Hazuki acted differently after school than she had before. She was with us until she entered the cram school, but she did not go to the study room, or she came out earlier than the cram school closed.

I was a little caught off guard, and Kanade and I quickly put away our drinks and followed Hazuki.

Hazuki was headed for Hanasaki Park.

She entered the park and looked around for a bit, but then she spotted something and ran toward it. Ahead of him was a man that Kanade and I knew well and never wanted to see his face again.

That man's name was Kouki Kitajima. He was the man who had caused Hazuki and me to part ways.

We hid in the park tree behind the house so that the two of them wouldn't see us.

"I can't really hear what they're talking about..."

As I said this, Kanade dropped the backpack she was carrying and began rummaging through it. Then, she took out something that looked like a microphone from her backpack and set the cord to her phone.

Then he took out an earphone and Kanade handed one to me.

I wasn't sure what she was doing, but when I put the earphones in my ears, I could hear their voices more clearly than before, although there was some noise.

I was stunned and looked at Kanade, who was making a smug "hmmm" face.

"For now, let's just leave the explanation for later and listen to what the two of them are saying."

I nodded at Kanade's suggestion and focused on their conversation.

———

"It's unusual for you to want to meet me in the park. What's the matter?"