My Best Friend is so Popular it's a Problem (BL) - Chapter 21
Lunch break ended, and we returned to our seats. I felt a poke from behind and turned around to see Hatayama leaning over.
“How do you act when it’s just you and Hayato?”
“…Huh?”
A cold sweat ran down my back as Hatayama asked, grinning and teasing me.
“Act… how?”
What do real couples say in times like this? We aren’t really a couple, so we’ve never gone on special dates or anything…
“I see… so when it’s you, Yuto, Hayato is the more forward one, huh? With the girls he dated before, he seemed all cute and doting. Ah… I get it now. It’s different this time because you’re the real deal, huh?”
—TSUKIN
Hearing the words “the real deal” stabbed painfully at my chest.
I like him… but now that I realize it, Hayato doesn’t feel the same.
His feelings toward the girls he dated before haven’t changed. He doesn’t see me in any special way. He only asked me to pretend to be his lover because the people swarming around him were annoying.
And yet, here I am, betraying his trust by seeing him in that way myself.
“…Yuto?”
“Huh? Ah… what?”
“What are you spacing out for? …Tch, that’s why I hate guys who are so deep in love. You were thinking about Hayato again, weren’t you?”
“Ah… haha. Sorry.”
…It’s nothing like being ‘in love,’ really.
“Whatever. I don’t have time to listen to your lovey-dovey stories. Just look ahead.”
He waved me off with a genuinely annoyed expression, and I gave a bitter laugh.
Hayato’s act was starting to work steadily.
But the one suffering the most from this act is probably me. What if I collapse under the pressure? What should I do then?
Not wanting to betray Hayato’s trust, I sighed, feeling completely lost.
When class ended and everyone was packing up, Hayato approached with a frown.
“Hayato?”
Before I could say anything, he stomped over, grabbed my chin, and—before I could even think—pressed his lips against mine.
And as he lifted my chin, something slid smoothly between my slightly parted lips.
Wait, wait, wait, w-wait a minute———!!!
Hayato’s tongue invaded my mouth, hot and sweet, and I froze in shock. Frozen… my mind went completely blank, and I could only cling tightly to his arms, holding my breath.
The classroom echoed with faint moans, reaching my ears from somewhere in the distance.