Bocchi the Love Story!

10. Bitter

" Akihiko-kun, for today, I may need your assistance in putting up banners in the main hallway after dismissal." Mayafumi-san asked.

" Sure. I did volunteer after all." Akihiko says and Mayafumi smiles in return, a bit of red dusting her cheeks.

" S-See you then!" She says before doing a little bow of thanks and then heading back to her seat.

"...."

For some odd reason, I couldn't help but feel....a disturbance in the force when she interacted with him. It's like, I wanted to repel her away from him. But why? I'm so confused, it's not like I hold anything against Mayafumi-san ( or anyone for that matter ) and I'd be too much of a scaredy cat to even...feel this way.

I couldn't help but puff my cheeks and huff then and there whenever she'd lock eyes from across seats.

" Pft-!" A snicker snapped me from my trance.

Akihiko-kun was covering his mouth, his eyes wrinkling upwards indicating that he was holding back his laughter.

I tilted my head, confused.

" What is it?" I asked.

" You were...making a funny face, Gotou-san. Like an angry chipmunk whose acorn got stolen." He told me.

" ...I did?" I asked.

" Well, yeah. You've been doing it for a while actually. " he said.

Strange....Akihiko-kun doesn't seem to be lying. Was I really making such a face?

I began to ponder on it a bit more, until my mind eventually recalled a certain happening just yesterday....

" Big sister has a boyfriend~~~"

" I-I do not!"

" Yes you do!" She starts dancing and making funny faces with kissing sounds.

" I bet you and Mr. Green Eyes go like this~ mwah mwah mwah~~" she haunts me with kissing sounds.

Sometimes, I wonder if it's okay to throw her into a freezer and shut it tightly so that it could never be opened again.

My face turned warm, and I immediately covered it with the sleeve of my tracksuit.

There's....no way I like him like that , right?

We're just friends.....

And besides, you have to be crazy and insane enough to choose a social disaster like me instead of girls like Mayafumi-san. She's good at talking to others, she's popular like Akihiko, and she's responsible and kind.

I'm...working on myself to become near to that. But it's a slow progress.

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" Akihiko-kun, do you mind if we eat lunch together?" Mayafumi asks as she stands in front of his seat. Akihiko looks up to her.

I listened to their interaction silently, pretending to take out my ' lunch ' while doing so.

" Like, right now?" I hear him ask.

" Yes." She answers.

" Ah, I'm sorry, but I have plans to eat lunch with someone else." He says.