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Capítulo 58: Target Aquired

For Kouji, this dinner was going on without much event. However, there was quite a bit going on behind-the-scenes. Or more accurately, in the mind of one particular girl.

That girl happened to be Himawari, who was sitting the farthest from Teru. Yet that was the person whom she had her sights set on. Because she now had proper suspicion that girl was going to be making her move soon. Or was she?

After all, Teru was a very rude and confrontational girl. Pretty much the last girl in the world that seemed the type to confess her feelings. However, plenty of weirder things have happened since Kouji entered everyone's lives the way he had. If that was the case, Himawari knew she had little time or else he would be stolen from right under her nose. Too bad for her that there was one problem she had with working this out.

That she was too stupidly embarrassed about letting anyone else knew how she felt about him.

Why did she have to be like this? It's not that she took issue with liking him or anything… Kind of. It was a little bit of pride, and a little bit of reputation. Perhaps to some, that meant she didn't deserve him and probably should lose. But she was still going to try her best with her current situation.

And right now, that meant making sure Teru didn't make any moves towards him. Given the recent faux pas, she was certain that girl would be feeling a lot more gun shy now. Unfortunately, it seemed that she had made big enough breakthrough recently with Kouji. Because he didn't want her to feel bad about being teased.

"Eh, it's no big deal." He said, offering her his cup. "If you wanted some, you don't need to feel bad about it." Himawari felt the knife go through her heart, metaphorically speaking of course. It pained her to watch as Teru took a sip. Sure, it's as silly as Kouji said it was. But it's the type of thing to tick you off when your crush is just sharing their spit like that right in front of you.

She felt like crying on the inside. What had she turned into? Himawari knew she was a prim and proper girl. Who almost never wanted help from anyone. She always considered herself to be plenty capable, until he showed up.

But it wasn't just that he practically humbled her. It was that he helped her despite their differences. Sure, it was mostly because of his job at the school. Yet, he had lent her aid without any incentive at all. Such as the time they teamed up in that beach volleyball game. They didn't need to win, and if anything, she thought he might've preferred her embarrassing herself in front of everyone there. Yet even there he wanted her to do her best.

Yeah that's right. He does want her to do her best. That's why he pushed her a little when he complained about her lack of follow up from that night. That night when she made the toughest decision in her life, when she gave him that kiss. The memory of it caused her to feel warm inside. She remembered the feeling of their lips colliding, the taste of his tongue on hers.

With that on her mind, she steeled her resolve. If he wanted her to try her best, then that's what she was going to give him.

"Oh Kouji." She started. "May I try some?" He was causally drinking when she asked.

"Sure." He handed it to her without any protest. "I guess you just didn't want to feel left out." The boy joked, partially figuring why she had her change of heart.

"I just figured it must be that good if everyone wants to take a sip." She came up with an excuse to try and not tip her hand to the other girls. Too bad that the desperation was just dripping through in her voice.

"Right…" Waa commented with a sarcastic laden tone.

Anyway, now was the time to actually take the sip. If only her arms and mouth were on the same page here. Now only was she about to share a straw with him. Himawari also realized that pretty much everyone else got a taste already. In fact, it was a little disgusting to her, when she thought more about it.

For a second, she hesitated. Which looked really stupid for anyone watching her. Then, with a deep breath the girl made the decision to finally take the plunge and take her sip. Finally, everyone had their turn.

"Great." He took back his drink. "That's wasn't so bad, was it?"

"Well, it tasted better than I was expecting." She said, trying not to act all flustered over this silly ordeal.

"Yeah and…" He went to take a sip, then realized an unfortunate fact. "…It's empty." Despite the size, all the girls ended up sucking him dry on that one. This was a rather sad sight for him.

"Anyway." Isako brought everyone back onto the main reason they were here. "How's the food?" She was enjoying her meal with plenty of loud chewing. It seemed that table manners were only important in formal situations. Which apparently doing so with her students didn't count as one.

"It is acceptable." Himawari maintained her reserved actions, as she took small bites of her food. Though the way she acted downplayed how much she was actually liking this food. However, her pride would never allow her to reveal her true feelings for this dinner.

"I quite enjoy this." Anastasia was on the opposite end of the spectrum when it came to expressing the love of this food. "It is familiar, yet somehow different. Ooh, I would love to try everything else on the menu." She proclaimed, much to the joy for the owner.

"It's all right, I guess." Teru responded, not caring to regard her manners. As she talked while chewing on her food.

"From the way you're munching on it." Waa said to her, while doing the same exact thing. "I'd say you like it a lot." There was a lot of things she didn't care to hide from the others. The biggest of which was anything she could use to tease the others. Though she was careful to not allow anyone to get one over on her. Most of the time at least.

"I don't hate it…" She replied. "In fact, I think someone with as bad of taste as you would like it more."

"Ehh, we should try to enjoy our food." Kouji tried to calm the more angry of the two girls. It looked as though their glares towards the other would cause sparks to fly.

"If anyone's got terrible tastes, it's obvious Kouji." He could've lived without the insult from Waa. "I bet if you gave him a try at your food, he'd like it." Of course she'd say something like that. Because this entire thing was a bait where she was certain Teru would back down from.

And perhaps if it was any other girl, that would probably be the end of things. Too bad that this was the girl that knew few challenges.

"Fine then." She said, grabbing a spoonful of the rice and meat she ordered. "Go ahead." She spoke in a commanding voice. Kouji had no clue how he found himself in this situation.

"I mean, I'm sure it fine."

"Just eat the darn thing." Teru forced it towards his mouth. Of course, Kouji wasn't the only person that took issue with this display. In fact, even if he was the more tolerant type of guy, she wasn't.

In a sudden flash of emotion, Himawari knocked the spoon from Teru's hand. The contents of it, crashed onto the table, creating quite the mess.

"Hey, what was that for?!" Teru yelled at her.

"This is a table for proper young ladies." Himawari responded in a cold nature. It was also a little hypocritical, seeing as she's the reason that things got a little messy. "Now, I need to go powder my nose." She stood up while saying that. "You should join me, it's only natural." Of course, she took advantage of the old saying of girl using the bathroom in groups to separate Teru. Said girl knew exactly what she was getting up to with that offer, especially after what she did last.

"Sure." But she wasn't the only person who was going to be accepting that offer.

"Actually, I kind of need to use the bathroom too." Kouji spoke up, though obvious to the tension. He kind of assumed she was being a little stuck-up as usual. Seeing as he already made his thoughts on sharing food and drink clear. Too bad that means little for the people that actually care about just notions. "Do you need to-"

"I'm fine." Waa shot a glare at him, marking her quiet rage that he continued to bring up her little problem from before.

"...Okay…" Kouji uneasily looked at her as he got from his chair. While walking with the girls, they both had a silent agreement to handle this situation once and for all.

They executed their plan just as he had finished up relieving himself. All they had to do was pretend to do their business, then catch him off guard as he exited the bathroom. When he walked out of the door, they took him at both sides, grabbing both arms.

"Hmm?" He audibly responded to this sudden development. This took him by surprise, but it was clear that this was going to be an important moment.

"We're going to…" Teru started.

"...Talk out back." Himawari finished that sentence.

Immediately, he knew that he wasn't going to enjoy what was about to happen next.


Capítulo 59: Worst Triangle

"Hey you two." Kouji said nervously as Himawari and Teru eyed him. "Man, it sure is a nice night, isn't it?" He said, trying to calm the tense situation. From the looks on their faces, it was clear to him how unhappy they were. And his actions were in complete and utter futility.

"Kouji." He sure didn't like the tone come from Himawari's mouth right now. "Have you been up some unsavory activities lately?" She said it in a way to basically accuse him of the fact, rather than simply just asking a question. He didn't think that he was, but she definitely felt he was being a little bold at the dinner table. She was also pretty suspicious of the girl standing next to her with the way she was acting.

Said girl that was with them, also had her own suspicions confirmed on who it was that captured Kouji's attention. Which kind of filled her body with disgusted from the thought of it.

"You like Himawari, don't you!" She yelled out, which scared both Kouji and Himawari.

"Wh-wh-what are y-you talking about?" The blonde girl had lost all of her anger towards Kouji. It was now replaced with bashfulness over the thought that someone had figured out the truth. "Him like me? That's laughable, did you hit your head or something?"

"Oh really? Then why are you here?" She countered. "Unless that is, you like him and he's interested in someone else."

"As if." Himawari took offense to that statement. "Have you seen the others? They'd be lucky if any boy took the time to look their way. That includes you by the way."

"Okay you two, please stop this." Kouji knew he needed to put an end to this. "You're right, Teru." He admitted the truth. He couldn't lie about this, even if Himawari felt differently. "Himawari's the girl I was talking about with my uncle."

"Oh? Uh, I mean… Hahaha… A confession." She had on the most fake laugh, as the girl tried to play this situation off. But she felt a little elated that he mentioned her to family, even if it was someone that he hate just a week ago. "Well, I'd never go out with you or anything."

"So you wouldn't mind if I asked him out then?" Teru could read through that poor acting of hers.

"What?! You can't just… I mean, go ahead…" When she caught herself, the only thing that lead to was Himawari running into another trap. It's not like she just wanted Kouji to get stolen from her, but there was no way she'd just outright admit the truth of her feelings. "But I don't think he'd be into such a boyish girl like yourself."

"She likes me too." He told Teru simply, which caused her to recoil in embarrassment over how easy he was saying these things.

"Don't say that." She half-whispered, half-yelled that at him. "Have you ever considered that people who don't need to know might hear you." Of course, that finally confirmed Teru's suspicions, but he also gave her away.

"And… Teru like me too."

"I knew it." Himawari bragged about it, since she had figured it out back at the dinner table. Of course, all the girls kind of thought that was the case after her outburst. Not to mention that they were all looking at each other with suspicion, due to their paranoia after falling for him. "Well, go ahead and reject her so we can get this over with."

"What?" Teru didn't take too kindly to that declaration from her. "Reject her, so you can move on." She commanded him. Which he wasn't the world's biggest fan of, since it's his feelings on this matter that should matter the most. "I don't know how she tricked you, but I doubt a stuck-up girl like her is good for you."

"Stuck up? Kouji, you can't let this delinquent drag you back down." This insulting match would continue for far longer than it should have. In fact, with how long they've been gone. The others were probably going to wonder what was taking them.

"So just get it over with, and pick me!" They spoke in unison. Finally finished with what making their cases.

"I… Can't." He said in response. While he stood here with his back to the wall, things were looking pretty tight to him.

"Eh?" That wasn't the answer they were expecting from him.

It's not that he wanted to drag things out. It's more that, how could he really just make a decision like this so suddenly? After he had just gotten a real confession from Himawari, to everything that had happened with Teru.

Two people he had considered friends. Now standing before him asking to make it more than just a simple friendship. How could he choose between either of them?

On one hand, there was Himawari. The well-known queen of the school. The one that convinced him to stay in the first place, sealing it all with a kiss. Then there was Teru, who helped him with his uncle problems. She showed him a new way of living life that was much better than the path he set himself on.

But then what? Not only could weighing the options not help him on what's the right choice. Was there even a correct path to go on here? What about his relationship with the one that wasn't chosen?

It was pretty obvious what would happen there. Whoever he didn't choose, would end things between them. Not just in the sense of love, but even as friends. After all, they don't particularly seem to happy if the other were to win this little love triangle here.

"I'm sorry." He said. "You can hate me all you want, but I just can't." It's a serious choice he'd have to make. One where he wasn't certain that he'd be prepared for the consequences right now. "I just can't hurt either of your feelings."

"Kouji…" Himawari realized what she was doing in her fit of rage towards her acquaintance. "We're sorry, both of us."

"Huh?" That wasn't at all what he was expecting to come from her mouth. One would get better luck with surviving in shark infested waters, than to get an apology from her and Teru at the same time.

"Yeah, we were just getting a little heated there." Teru followed it up. "But, you know how it is." Of course it was clear what the end result was supposed to be. He was going to have pick one eventually. The two of them would prefer that to be sooner, rather than later. Especially given that they aren't the only ones, just the ones that he knew about. Things would get a little more messy if Kouji were to get confessed to from someone else, wouldn't it?

"But what are we supposed to do about this?" He asked. After all, once the box was opened. It's not as if they can all just go pretending there's nothing between any of them.

"Well, you might not be ready to give me an answer." Himawari said, getting right up to his face in a seductive manner. "But that's just because you haven't been won over yet." That was more than enough to get both him and Teru a little flustered from her actions. Which was exactly what she was banking on.

"W-what are you doing?" Teru spoke up, blushing madly at the sight. "You… You can't just do that." This showed Himawari the truth on who she was up against. She giggled at the response because to her, this little competition was in the bag.

"Ye-yeah." He said to her, with their faces just mere centimeters apart. "You don't really need to be doing this." He tried to avert his gaze, but all he could see was her deep bright eyes.

"You're the one who wanted me to be more open about my feelings." She said, then hit him with the killing blow. They locked lips, right in front of Teru, who was more than unhappy to see that.

"Well, wh-whatever." As much as she didn't enjoy the sight of it, she was just too held back in wanting to do the same with him. "Don't enjoy this too much." She directed that statement towards Kouji, who was still stuck with himawari. "Or… Or I'll beat you up." With that, she marched back to the dinner table, a lot more upset than when she went out here.

When they were alone, Himawari released herself from him. Despite the bravado she showed to the both of them, she was as red as a tomato from doing something so bold. The girl had never been intimate with anyone so publicly, and she could feel how hot under the skin it was making her.

"Sorry about that." She said. "But I really don't want to lose to her." Nor did she plan to either.

"Himawari…" He eyed her, feeling that same level of heat between the two of them. "I'll never get mad at you for being open about your feelings."


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Thus comes an end to vol. 3 of the story. I wonder who will be the next girl to reveal their feelings to him?

Anyway, there'll be a little bit of a break before the next volume. Hopefully not too long, but I ask everyone to just be a little patient for me. Thank you.

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