Chuuko demo Koi ga Shitai! [English Translation]

Volume 1 Chapter 3

2D faith sure is painful

"Hatsushiba confessed her love to you...?"

Tozaki dropped all the french fries that were in his hands, mouth agape.

"What do you mean by that, Aramiyaaa!"

With the burger sets placed on the table, Tozaki was yelling until his saliva was all over the place. Honestly, it's bothering the other customers around us. Besides, his saliva is just disgusting.

"Ya know, I wanted to hear your thoughts on this situation, that's why I decided to call you out here."

Around an hour ago, I was on the receiving end of Hatsushiba's sudden confession. Stumped, I was probably lingering around the classroom stupefied for a while after that. Once my sanity returned, I wanted to collect my thoughts, so I called Tozaki out here. And so, today's evening settled into this place.

"Tozaki, look me in the eye, and tell me, What do I have that would make Hatsushiba fall for me?"

"...............There's nothing. Your looks......well, it's rather plain. Not only is your personality bland, your conversations aren't particularly interesting either."

He was blunt, but he was right.

The truth was, I wasn't hurt by what was said, because I am not a protagonist in some Eroge.

"I am also quite aware of what I am like. No matter how I look at it, I am not compatible with Hatsushiba. Which means this is not possible."

"You're not hallucinating or being delusional right?"

"If that was the case, what a good thing it would've been....."

Inside my bag, was the envelope that Hatsushiba left under my desk . Everytime I touched it, it reminded me that this was reality and there was no running away from it

"Anyway, if I was delusional, wouldn't it be a 2D girl? Why did it have to be a real girl like Hatsushiba?"

"Well, considering your interests, that's true too."

"We both share the same hobbies dude."

No matter what, me and Tozaki both have the same hobbies as Otakus.

Especially those who can talk about eroge games, if it's in this room, there's only this guy.

"You were in the same class as me during our first year of high school. Have you ever seen me fortuitously doing anything to girls to make them like me for once?"

"What, were you daydreaming? No, not at all."

"No I wasn't daydreaming! It's just that I don't understand why would Hatsushiba like someone like me, that's why I'm asking you about this right now!"

"Damn it, you Otaku always get lucky with everything huh? You should just explode and die!"

"You really like to drag me to that direction huh! If I could trade places with you, then I would've done that already!"

"...You really are an Otaku down to the bones. If it's me, Ayame might be thinking about something that we don't know right now. But if Hatsushiba comes to confess her love, then my heart would beat so hard it explodes."

Tozaki doesn't fancy innocent girls as much as me, but doesn't have an interest in 2D girls too.

"I myself also don't really know how people in real life choose based on their preferences or once she has met you, it becomes love at first sight like this?"

"Does love at first sight really exist?"

"What? Even since ancient times, there have been words like 'seeing you for the first time made me fall in love right away, or something like that.' "