Chapter 17: Uncool Guy

At the break time, I went to the toilet to replace my sanitary napkin.

There was an absurd amount of blood.

Am I sick or something?

My stomach also hurt more than yesterday. Somehow I felt anxious.

Afterwards I exited the toilet and walked back to the classroom.

It was then that someone called out to me.

I don’t know his name, but he’s someone from my class.

“Err, Oono-san, please don’t think bad of me. I don’t want to ignore you, but defying Noriko would have scary consequences. My feeling to Oono-san is actually….. You understand, right?”

Haah. This guy is so uncool.

He likes Natsumi, but since Noriko said so then it can’t be helped?

Are you really a man?

“Let me see, what’s your name again?”

“I-It’s Shimokata! Shimokata!”

“Ah, okay. Shimokata-kun, don’t you think you’re uncool?”

“What do you mean?”

“Shimokata-kun likes me, right? Then if the girl Shimokata-kun likes get bullied, rather than being afraid of the consequences, shouldn’t you be on her side?”

“No, that’s why, that would be problematic…..”

“I dislike cowardly guy like that. Please don’t talk to me anymore. Good bye.”

“Like I said, among Noriko’s followers, there are Maeda and Hashimoto, right? It can’t be helped to feel threatened by them!”

“It can’t be helped you say….. Then, where no one is looking, you appeal to be my ally. Isn’t that just being sly? You want to show your good face to everyone. Which girl would like a guy like that? Well, at the very least, rather than dislike, I really hate that kind of guy. Please don’t come near me again.”

“A-Anyone would do the same! Oono-san too, didn’t you manipulate Komori-kun for his money until just a while ago because you’re afraid of Noriko and the others!? Is that really different from what I’m doing now?”

“Yeah yeah. It’s me who’s wrong this time. By all means, have it your way. After all, you won’t change yourself whatever I say.”

I left him with those words and returned to the classroom.

When I arrived, Yuuko was crying with her head lowered.

“Yuuko-chan, what happened?”

Yuuko shook her head.

That damn Noriko. Attacking me had no effect so she shifted her target.

Unforgivable.

Just as I about to visit her, Yuuko clung to my hand while still crying.

“It’s nothing. It’s nothing so…..”

“It’s clearly not nothing. Aren’t you crying now?”

“It’s fine. I’m all right. I’m already used to this after all.”

How can you be all right when your eyes are so red?

Even though you’re barely enduring the urge to run away…..

“Okay, I understand.”

Afterwards, I stopped asking questions and went back to my seat.

When I glanced Yuuko’s way, there was something written by a marker on her desk.

She was desperately trying to erase it with an eraser.

“Yuuko-chan, aren’t we friends?”

“Y-Yeah….”

“Yuuko-chan, will you stay silent if I have a hard time?”

“…..Revenge is not good.”

“Who did this? Just tell me that.”

“Ta-Takami-kun….. But it’s fine. It’s my fault for being fat…..”

The culprit is a guy, huh. Then I can send him flying without reservation.

I can’t do that if the culprit is a girl.

However, what should I do to prevent Yuuko from getting bullied?

I thought of that as I went through the remaining morning class.

A short chapter! If only every chapter is this short…..