In My Second Life, I'll Do Everything To Win You Over—My Beloved Childhood Friend Will Never Be Given To Anyone Else - Episode 28

Momoka’s eyes are glistening, and she looks like she’s about to cry.

Combined with their pale complexion, they look just like an abandoned cat.

“I’m not going. Auntie is coming, so I’ll wait with her.”

“Really?”

“Yeah”

I tightly held Momoka’s hand. Perhaps feeling relieved, Momoka finally smiled.

Clearly, Momoka dislikes me talking to Kusakabe.

But, why? You can’t possibly like Kusakabe, right?

Just imagining it gives me chills. Besides, if he liked Kusakabe, wasn’t the “don’t go” directed at him?

Well, it might just be that I can’t be that bold.

“Alright, I’ll go get your stuff. You left it in the classroom, right?”

“Ah, yeah. Thank you, Kusakabe.”

The moment I mentioned Kusakabe’s name, the grip of Momoka on my hand tightened.

After all, this isn’t a misunderstanding.

Touka dislikes the idea of me getting close to Kusakabe.

Could it be… that the fact that Momoka, who never talked to boys at all, got close to Kusakabe has something to do with it?

Looking back, Momoka’s attitude towards Kusakabe has been special from the very beginning.

For some reason, it felt like Momoka was actively trying to get along with him.

I was scared that it was because Momoka liked Kusakabe…

Kusakabe left the infirmary. Still, Momoka’s grip didn’t loosen.

“Momoka, tell me? Why do you care so much about me talking to Kusakabe?”

Staring at Momoka’s face from the front.

I’m not so clueless that I can’t see my childhood friend’s distress.

But unfortunately, I’m not a wizard who can see into the heart of my childhood friend.

“……that is”

Momoka’s voice was trembling. With tearful eyes, she was staring at me.

“Kusakabe has some annoying traits, but he’s a good guy, right?”

Momoka’s body trembled slightly.

“Besides, well, he has a face that makes you understand why he’s popular.”

“Suddenly, what?”

“Momoka, you don’t like Kusakabe, right? So, it’s okay for me to go after him, right?”

It’s all a lie.

It’s true that I thought Kusakabe was surprisingly a good guy, but that’s all.

I’m not interested in Kusakabe in a romantic sense. Or rather, I’m not in a position to be.

Because Touka… my childhood friend who I thought I knew well, has been making faces I’ve never seen before lately.

“Stop it…”

A single tear overflowed from Momoka’s eye.

“Please… don’t say things like that.”

Touka is looking at me with pleading eyes.

Touka, who is smart, always calm, and much more mature than I am.

I got chills.

I’m confused by the feelings I’m experiencing for the first time.

“Don’t go out with someone like Kusakabe…”

From Momoka’s eyes, even more tears overflowed.

“Don’t become someone else’s property…”

With a creak, the door to the infirmary opened, and Kusakabe, carrying two loads of luggage, walked in.

After bowing to the teacher, Kusakabe approaches us.

“Umm… what exactly is going on here?”

I couldn’t answer Kusakabe’s perfectly reasonable question.