บท 268: Shinichi's Confession
Miku slightly raised her eyes under her bangs, and said: "Ichika? She didn't say anything…"
Shinichi looked into her eyes. After a few seconds, he looked back.
"Okay, maybe I'm thinking too much... But, let me tell you something first, so you don't think about it."
"First things first... Don't tell anyone except Ichika, I'm afraid of embarrassment."
Avoiding Miku's gaze, Shinichi looked at the students in the distance who were sweating profusely and doing push-ups.
"On the first night of the site survey, at the bath... Actually, I entered very early. I heard all the things you were talking about, but I don't admit it…"
"Our chat..." Miku took a few seconds to remember, she opened her eyes wide, her neck as well as her face turned bright red.
She lowered her head, covered her face with her bangs, and stuttered.
"Our... boobs, and those voices... All of you, hear...?"
"...Yeah." Shinichi answered, he didn't blush, but scratched his neck in embarrassment, and didn't have the courage to look at him now.
Unlike talking on a cell phone, there's a lot more to think about in person.
Also different from Ichika, when he confessed this to Miku, his heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly.
"Sorry." Shinichi suddenly apologized.
"No, there's no need! This isn't something that needs an apology, obviously Shinichi was just forced to listen to us…" Miku wanted to cheer him up.
Shinichi calmed himself down, and looked at Miku.
"You're right, I didn't even plan to say anything about it, let alone apologize— Why should I apologize for something that wasn't my fault?"
Facing Miku's confused expression, Shinichi smiled and continued.
"Ichika is pretty smart. She guessed based on my reaction at the time, and she used it to make fun of me for a long time… Well, it's fine for you to know, but I don't want to make things worse. It's embarrassing, so..."
"I thought of a plan. This is the biggest secret between me and her. Other than that, there's nothing I can't tell you."
Miku stood there in a daze.
Shinichi spoke to her word for word.
"This is official business, nothing personal, a plan that could only be known by him before today… I wanted to surprise you, so I asked her to keep it a secret from you, but she said 'master villain and accomplice.' relationship."
He shrugged: "I don't know what she's thinking. But you are her sister, so you should be able to guess?"
Miku clutched her chest, and turned her face away.
"...Um, apparently it is."
Her hands slowly clenched into fists, and all the words Ichika had said to her echoed in her mind, including the words she had spoken next to her ear on the first mountain road.
『I discussed this matter with Shinichi-kun yesterday, but luckily I got a good response. 』
This sentence... It seems to imply her, that is the so-called accomplice and main culprit.
That's why Miku couldn't help feeling comfortable at that moment.
However, all of this is misleading Ichika.
As an older sister, Ichika was calculating and confused herself... Just thinking about this fact made Miku uncomfortable.
"Ichika, why..."
Miku was confused and couldn't find an answer.
Seeing her sad face, Shinichi felt he had made a mistake.
He was not aware of the experiences between Miku and Ichika, but through keen observation, he found that Ichika's attitude towards Miku had become a bit different today, like she was up to something.
Remembering Ichika's feelings for him, Shinichi, who always considered the worst situation, started to remember all sorts of things that had happened recently, whether there was any condition that Ichika could use to cause him and Miku to fall into a disadvantage.
He has never been in love, but he has read a lot of manga. He has also read and played many works such as [White Album] and [Heartbeat Literature Club]. Through various studies, he has been considered a love theorist.
Just in theory, he couldn't fall for a girl so calmly like the protagonist of the story.
However, even in this way, Shinichi clearly understands what events will affect the relationship between him and Miku. It was true that the two of them weren't lovers, but there was no denying that he didn't want Miku to fall in love with another boy at all.
"...That's all I wanted to say. If you have any questions, just ask me directly. Don't just stay silent."
Not knowing how to cheer her up, Shinichi patted her slender shoulder, and then looked at Mafuyu.
Ten minutes passed, and Mafuyu also finished her "teaching" to the quintuplets, stood under their obedient and respectful gazes, and walked towards Shinichi.
"Come to my office Monday morning after Forest School."
Shinichi was surprised: "What's wrong?"
Mafuyu folded her arms across her chest and said: "You will know when the time comes. Do you need a riddle?"
BShinichi shook his head.
"Really." Mafuyu walked past him.
"By the way, Furuhashi and Ogata just came here. I thought you'd be with them so I asked about you… As a result, Furuhashi looked really angry when she said your name."
"Angry?" Shinichi was confused, "I didn't do anything to make her angry, she was fine on the bus earlier, why is she suddenly angry?"
"This has nothing to do with me, I'm just telling you... OK, do you still have a schedule?"
"Then thank you, Sensei… Goodbye."
Shinichi put the question in a corner and walked towards the four people who were waiting.
After confirming that a still depressed Miku followed, Shinichi took the quintuplets and left the route.
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