A Story About a Handsome Girl Having Her First Kiss Stolen by an Equally Handsome Classmate - Episode 60

From the public bath, we returned to our hotel room.

“Welcome back!”

“Welcome back!”

My two roommates, who had already finished drying their hair, called out to me.

As I sat down in front of the built-in sink and dried my hair with a towel, I felt a presence behind me. When I turned around, Masuda, with his perfect, doll-like features, was standing there.

“Ah, do you still need to use the hair dryer?”

“No! I was just going to put some hair oil on you.”

Masuda is holding a small vial in his right hand.

“Is that okay?”

“Of course! Mizuhara-san’s hair is so smooth I’d even like to touch it.”

The classmate turned to me with a bright smile, stood behind Mizuhara, and began playing with her hair.

I never dreamed that the day would come when I would have my hair done by the top-caste Masuda. I looked at myself in the mirror, tensing my body.

“Hahaha, aren’t you nervous, Mizuhara?”

Ariyoshi is sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at me with a smile.

Just like Wakamatsu, she naturally changed the way she called her. The way she closed the distance between us at a pace that I couldn’t do reminded me of the day we happened to bump into each other at a drugstore.

“I mean, I never would have expected someone like Masuda to…”

“What?! What about me?!”

“Um, well… I don’t mean it in a bad way or anything.”

Perhaps my mind had relaxed in the bath, because I let it slip.

Masuda’s large eyes widened even further as he peered curiously into Mizuhara’s face. With the beautiful woman’s face so close to him, he nearly jumped away.

“They’re both dazzling people, unlike me…”

“Haha! Mizuhara-san is the only one who feels that!”

Masuda cut it off in a high-pitched voice.

“We’re not going to change anything.”

Ariyoshi, sitting in bed, also smiled quietly.

“But I’ve always been…”

I don’t want to remember elementary and junior high school.

I was timid and not good at interacting with people. I didn’t have many friends, and I felt uncomfortable at school.

“Mizuhara-san, you need to live more in the present! Cut those things out!”

“…But that’s difficult…”

“There’s no choice but to do it! Let go of the past!”

My classmate also cut it off without stopping to rub the oil in.

Masuda was born with rare good looks and a cheerful personality, and we probably live in different worlds. I felt incredibly envious of my classmates, who possessed strengths that I didn’t have.

“Well, Masuda is a bit too energetic, though.”

Unlike Masuda, who speaks lively, Ariyoshi has a calm and gentle tone of voice.

“I agree with Masuda. It’s a waste of time to reminisce.”

“past……”

” Don’t you think it’s really important to cherish the present ?”

Forget the past, don’t look back, don’t remember.

I knew that in my head, but Mizuhara couldn’t do anything on his own.

If she wasn’t beside me …

“Oh! I’ll tell you something good!”

Masuda began using the hair dryer while skillfully using the comb.

“Is that a good thing?”

Mizuhara also raises her voice, trying not to be drowned out by the sound of the hair dryer.

I listened carefully so as not to miss a word Masuda said.

” I hope you find someone !”

“someone……?”

“That’s right! Find the person who is your only ally and keep them by your side!”

Ariyoshi, still sitting on the bed, nodded vigorously at Masuda’s words, his face full of satisfaction as if to say he agreed with them.

“Allies…”

Masuda laughed wildly and turned up the power of the hair dryer. Her hair gave off an unfamiliar, gorgeous scent. Leaving her hair in her hands, Mizuhara replayed her words over and over in her head.

“Are you getting along well with Kanzaki-kun?”

The three of them spend the night together in one bed, and the conversation turns to romance.

I listen to their conversation while rubbing lotion into my skin.

“Didn’t you have a big fight the other day?”

“Yeah, that happened! I forgave him because he’s a good-looking guy.”

“He’s a very materialistic man.”

The top castes tend to hang out with each other. Toru Kanzaki, a member of the track and field team, entered the university on a sports recommendation and has excellent athletic ability. He took over from Wakamatsu and ran through the athletic meet without dropping in rank.

“What’s it like around there, Mizuhara-san?”

“Huh?”

I was taken aback when Masuda, who was sitting diagonally across from me, suddenly brought up the topic.

“I’m not really into that sort of thing…”

“Weren’t you dating Ohara from the literature club?”

“Eh, ah, before…”

Mizuhara was also shocked to find out that her love life, which is not particularly noticeable at school, was known to everyone.

“What about you, Ariyoshi?”

As if trying to escape, Mizuhara tosses the conversation ball to Masuda.

“No, I’m aromantic.”

Aromantic. People who do not have romantic feelings for others.

Mizuhara had heard of it before, but never imagined the person involved would be here. Mizuhara, who was doing her skincare routine, stopped moving.

“Even though this is something that Ariyoshi was quite worried about in the past.”

“Yeah, when I think about the future, I get anxious…”

Mizuhara was surprised.

Even Masuda, who is probably the one enjoying romance the most among this group, understands her.

“What about the future, marriage, kids, etc?”

“That’s right. What if people start calling to see their grandchildren?”

“Listen up, Ariyoshi! Then say it loud and clear!”

Masuda responds powerfully.

“Sorry for scaring you.”

“Eh?”

“I know it’s not normal.”

Ariyoshi chuckled.

I don’t think she had any intention of coming out, but she told me anyway.

“I’m… interested in people of the same $*x.”

“I don’t dislike boys either, but I tend to like girls more.”

“Um, well… maybe bisexual.”

I feel ashamed of myself for not being able to be as decisive as she was. This is the first time I’ve ever told someone this story.

“…I know that it’s different from Ariyoshi-san, but…”

“Even I have had moments where I worried that I was different from other people…”

“But having Ariyoshi-san here right now is reassuring.”

Vague, unclear words.

He conveyed the honest feelings he had after listening to Ariyoshi’s story.

I rarely speak my heart out to someone directly, literally without editing it. But to Ariyoshi, who spoke sincerely. To Masuda and the others here. I felt like it was okay to tell them my honest feelings. They are not the kind of people who would make fun of someone.

“Yeah, it’s nice to have someone who recognizes you.”

Ariyoshi put his arm around Masuda’s shoulders. Masuda followed suit and put his arm around Ariyoshi’s shoulder.

“No matter what happens, I have an ally by my side.”

Ariyoshi smiled.

There seemed to be a strong will in those eyes.