Extraordinary – Ordinary – Soap!

"Was it Mr. Zhoushan? You're pathetic! That's all, Mr. Nishimino's charmer."

"Yeah, well, Mr. Nishi Ming is terrible, too, isn't he? You're looking down on Mr. Zhoushan."

I warmed up the interaction with Mr. Zhoushan for just one day. As I rushed to the promised place with my borrowed book in one hand, my bad mouth popped into my ear. The one you're talking about is a classmate who thought of my ex-boyfriend. And it is said that Mr. Zhoushan...

"Stop it, you're getting involved with that girl. Even if your face is cute, you're famous for your bad personality. I'm looking down on the girl, that guy."

"Yes, Mr. Zhoushan must have spoken ill of by the boys."

In a sloppy tone, they breathe my disapproval into Mr. Zhoushan. I was so cocky about that rhetoric that I accidentally interrupted the conversation.

"Eh, what? Mr. Ohara, do you want to say something bad to other people?

I'm so surprised! Classmates like that - Mr. Ohara and Mr. Isetaya - are given a chill laugh.

"That's not true. Mr. Ohara chooses his friends with his face? Are you relieved that there are people around who are below you? I don't choose friends for stupid reasons like that."

Weihara, who suddenly appeared in the object of a bad mouth, lost his words and opened his mouth and closed it, but he recovered quickly.

"Friends... you don't have any friends!

"I'm here. Unfortunately, I choose my friends by the contents. Unlike I imagined, I'm sorry, but I have important friends that I can trust no matter what we have. Whatever happens, don't blame people, you're standing straight on your feet, you hard-working friend!

My dear, dear friend. Even if we don't see each other again, we've always been friends.

"Mr. Zhoushan is fun to be with. Even Mr. Ohara and Mr. Iseya, right? You're doing this because we're having fun together, right? If I imitate Mr. Zhoushan, I won't do it. Because I'm scared if I piss you off."

Wow, Ohara and the others retreated silently. I'm not weak enough to lose to the barking ladies who've been partying. Dada hasn't gotten around to all kinds of accidents in the other world.

"Sounds silly! Yiko, Ringtone."

It didn't take much time to catch up with each other. Weihara, who lost my intimidation, ran away when she called Iseya's name.

"……… Phew."

I watched Ohara and the others flee for a while, but I couldn't see Mr. Zhoushan.

I was a little scared. Until now, I haven't even spoken badly to my teeth, but now that I have someone I don't want to be hated, it's a little different.

I wonder what they think. If you hate me, I kinda hate you. Because of this, we were going to make friends in this world.

It was Mr. Zhoushan who broke the silence.

"Um… Nishiming-san"

"What?"

Looking at Mr. Zhoushan with a smile on his face, she looked down. ─ ─ This may not work.

Though I thought so for a moment, it was a worry.

"Mr. Nishimine is strong."

Mr. Zhoushan says that, keeping his gaze off the ground.

"I'm not strong enough to laugh at you like that. 'Cause I'm scared, I'm running away."

"You can be scared. I just disagreed because I regret getting away with something I didn't even do. You don't have a relationship with your friends. That's... I want to correct it. You haven't fallen far enough to use your dear friend as an attractor, me. It doesn't matter who's next door to me, it doesn't matter how anyone else sees me."

Yes, the only thing that matters is the feelings of the person you like. Whatever the field thinks, it doesn't matter.

Mr. Zhoushan raised his face to my remarks. The eyes behind the glasses open as if they found something unexpected.

"………… Friends"

"Right, bad? I thought I was friends with Mr. Zhoushan."

Honestly, I'm embarrassed to say this. But don't tell me. I hate regretting it, so I'll say it.

I want to be friends with Mr. Zhoushan.

"I'm glad...... but I don't know if it's okay. You can't match me with a nerd like me and a liar like Nishi Ming..."

My feelings seemed to make sense. However, Mr. Zhoushan, who accepted but modest in everything, cares about that.

"If you're a nerd, get on with that story, we're having fun together. Neither am I. Mostly, do you have a friend? I'm... I'm okay with that."

Courage and calling his name, Mr. Zhoushan smiled at me like a flower would open.

"Mr. Nishi Ming-- Maria is amazing. Like a hero in a story."

I was thrust in the chest by the name. Because I remember only one friend in the other world who calls me that.

"No, if that's what you mean, it's not heroin?

"Maria, you were a man. He seemed brave."

In the other world they say Virgin, and here they say Brave. That was crazy, and I laughed.

Shall we talk about the other side? Although you may not believe me, I also feel like she would believe me.

I thought so. I squeezed even more courage.

"I was not a brave man in another world, I was a Virgin."