The Girl Who Sweats Easily And The Boy With Bad Posture - Chapter 3

Alright, let’s go home.

I grabbed my bag and left the classroom.

Suddenly…

“Wait, Ichinose-san.”

That’s right…

He had something important to tell me.

When I turned around, Asou Naoyuki was standing there.

“Um… Ichinose-san… do you have time now? I need to talk to you…”

Since there was the issue with the socks, I couldn’t turn him down, so I answered, “Sure.”

I was taken to the library by Asou.

The library after school…

No, I’ve never seen anyone actually using our school’s library.

In the empty library, would I be threatened by Asou?

“What do you want to talk about?”

I started the conversation in a blunt manner.

With a personality like mine, I don’t have many friends…

Then…

“…Ah, yeah… um… did the socks fit?”

Ah, I figured it’d be this.

“…Yeah… thanks for that…”

“I’m glad…”

“Why did you do something like that? …And why do you even have women’s socks?”

“It’s… um…”

Asou always acts like this, no matter who it is.

He’s so indecisive…

I started to get frustrated, so my tone became harsher…

“You thought I smelled, didn’t you?”

“Eh…?”

“I know!! I know everyone’s talking behind my back… I’m sorry for smelling like sweat!!”

This is seriously annoying me.

Why don’t you just say it clearly?

You should just say your feet stink, so change your socks.

“T-That’s not it!!”

What?

What do you mean by “it’s not”?

“Ichinose-san… I don’t think you smell…”

“You’re lying… stop messing with me!!”

“I’m not messing around… I like your smell, Ichinose-san…”

Asou’s ears turned bright red as he looked down.

He often slouches, so I wonder how much lower his head is.

“…What’s your deal? …You like other people’s smells? That’s gross.”

As I was about to leave the library, Asou came after me.

“Hold on… you’re always reading my novels, right?!”

A chill ran down my spine.

“…Ichinose-san, I’m sorry for making you angry… but you gave me feedback saying you enjoyed my work, didn’t you?”

W-What?

You’re lying, right?

Was Asou the author I liked…?

My mind couldn’t process it anymore.

“You sent me an email a few times through the box on my website, right?”

…That’s true.

The first work I read was [Couple with a 50 cm Difference], and I sent my feedback on it.

At that time, Nao Yuki-sensei said…

__Thanks for your feedback. But considering how dangerous the world is, you should probably avoid sending direct emails from your main address, alright?

He gently scolded me.

Since then, I’ve been sending my feedback through social media.

“I was really happy… that’s why I wanted to thank you.”

“…Why…?”

“Why are you Nao Yuki-Sensei!?”

I ended up raising my voice.

“I really liked that person’s writing… I was reading it all the time!!”

“Ichinose-san…”

“You used my smell as material… making fun of me… you must be so satisfied!!”

I felt sad.

Because I felt like I was being belittled.

“That’s wrong!! It’s absolutely not that!!”

This time, Asou raised his voice.

It was so sudden that I couldn’t help but flinch…

“…Ichinose-san I knew that you were worried about your sweat and body odor… but I’ve never thought you smelled, not once.”

This is strange…

It’s definitely strange.

“And… if you’ve read my work, you should understand, right?”

Naoyuki’s works revolve around men and women dealing with their complexes.

The current Sweaty Girl Ai is one of those works.

But…

“…I can’t… trust you…”

My voice was shaking.

Then Asou said,

“I want to lick your feet…”

Eh?

“Do you remember, Ichinose-san?”

I remember well. This is the line Keito suddenly said to Ai, the protagonist, when they first met in Sweaty Girl Ai.

“Keito has a smell fetish and a foot fetish.”

I know.

That’s why Ai hated him at first.

But, because he helped Ai when she was struggling with her body odor, he gained Ai’s trust.

“It’s just my personal opinion, but… writers always project themselves, to some degree, into their works.”

I just realized.

Asou, who usually has such an indecisive attitude, is speaking so eloquently now…

I start to have faint hopes… thinking that he might.

But…

“But… novels and reality are different…”

I answered in a voice so faint it felt like it would disappear.

At that moment…

“Then I’ll prove it!!”

Eh?

“Ichinose-san, sit at that desk and take off your socks…”

What are you saying?

Before I knew it, I was falling into Asou’s pace.

“Ichinose-san… No…”

That Asou, with his slouched back, gloomy demeanor, and nervousness…

No… this is different.

This person is Nao Yuki-sensei.

“I want to lick Mai’s feet…”

At the same moment as the disgust, I felt a fire light up in the depths of my heart.

Chapter length 2111 characters.