Saenai Boku ga Kimi no Heya de Shiteiru Koto wo Kurasumeito ha Dare mo Shiranai

Chapter 8 - Love is Blind

「Kazuto... do you want to continue searching for the culprit?」

「Of course, I must find the culprit, I must dispel people's suspicions of me...I will definitely find the person who hurt Marika.」

After school, at the fast food restaurant in front of the station, Saori Ishiyama listened to Kazuto Kuroshima's confession with mixed feelings.

Ishiyama had been in the same class as Kazuto since he entered middle school. At that time, Ishiyama fell in love with Kazuto at first sight, and until now in the second year of high school, this feeling has not changed.

「I'll try my best to be with people to find the culprit... But Uehara-san doesn't want to find the culprit? In this case...."

「It's not working. If it continues like this, that person... Marika will be taken away by Touyama. Once the culprit is found, Marika will be with me again.」

Hearing this sentence, Ishiyama felt a pain in his chest, and his straight face turned downward.

Ishiyama did not convey the contents of his mind to Kazuto, but buried it deeply in his heart.

Even if Ishiyama conveyed his feelings to Kazuto, who only saw Uehara now, the result would only be broken jade.

So, Ishiyama naively thought that as long as Uehara and Touyama were still in contact, Kazuto would give up. So Ishiyama created that group chat and spread the rumor that Touyama and Uehara had hooked up.

However, the contents of the group chat gradually became exaggerated, and eventually developed into a situation that slandered Uehara. After the class meeting was revealed by Touyama, Ishiyama hurriedly deleted the group chat.

「I understand... I'll also ask my friends about it.」

Although it wasn't Ishiyama who posted the slander against Uehara, it was him who created the group chat. If Kurashima knew the truth, Ishiyama would probably be insulted and hated by him. That's why he pretended to help find the culprit. And Ishiyama could be with Kurashima while he was looking for the culprit. This thought made Ishiyama's tantrum unstoppable.

「Sorry, Saori.」

「No problem, as long as it's Kazuto's request, I'll do anything...」

This was Ishiyama's sincerity and her own will.

「I, I'll refill my drink again！」

Ishiyama, who didn't want to tell the truth, felt a little embarrassed because of her shyness, and left her seat from Kazuto as if she was running away.

Ishiyama who had just left the fast food restaurant. Saw a group of people familiarly coming out of the karaoke across the street.

「That...Marika and the others?」

Kazuto who looked across with his own eyes, saw five of his classmates, including Touyama, Uehara, Aizawa, Okita, and Takai, seemed to be having fun in front of the karaoke.

「Marika... Are you with Touyama again!?」

Kazuto stared at Touyama's person with a fierce hostile gaze. Her bitter and twisted expression with jealousy and anger made Kazuto feel hurt again.

「Come on, let's go.」

Ishiyama grabbed Kazuto's hand and wanted to turn around and leave, but Kazuto himself remained motionless.

「Saori, I'll be back later.」

Kazuto untied Ishiyama's hands and started walking towards Touyama's direction.

「Then, me, I'll go with you too!」

Ishiyama also followed Kazuto behind him.

The two followed for a while, and the group of Touyama who came to the station dispersed in two directions.

Since the direction of the return road was the same, Touyama and Takai both walked in the same direction. Probably the same way home.

「The people have all gone back home, so, why don't we go back home too?」

「No... I'll follow Touyama and Takai. I've always felt a little weird about those two."

Kazuto seemed to feel something and showed interest in Touyama and Takai. Ishiyama also seemed to feel something from the two of them, nodded silently, and followed behind the two of them without hesitation.

While waiting for the train on the subway platform, Ishiyama and Kazuto continued to observe the two people behind the pillar.

After the train arrived at the station, Ishiyama and Kazuto boarded with them and sat side by side so that Touyama and Takai would not find out.

The two peeked at Touyama and Takai sitting on the train next to them, but they couldn't see clearly because they were blocked by other passengers. Even though they were sitting side by side, they didn't seem to say a word.

After arriving at their destination station, Toyama and Takai stood up and walked towards the exit.

Did they both go to the same station?

Unexpectedly, both of them got off at the same station. Ishiyama and Kazuto also hurriedly caught up with them, and continued on their trail.

After exiting the ticket gate, Touyama and Takai were moving in the same direction.

「Hey... where are they going together? Are they trying to stay close together?」

Confused by the unexpected actions of the two, Kazuto and Ishiyama, who had the same thought, continued to follow them. When they came to a house, the two stopped.

Ishiyama and Kazuto hid in the corner of the house and continued to observe it.

Takai first entered the house alone, and after a while, the entrance was opened again, and Touyama was pulled into the house by hand.

Takai blushed as if he was inviting his lover into the house, as if he was thinking about something. Ishiyama subconsciously took out his cell phone to record this scene.

「Are the two of them dating...?」

「Hmm... that kind of atmosphere.」

If you're just inviting her to the house, it should also be considered as friends visiting the house. But Touyama and Takai exuded a male-female atmosphere that was different from ordinary friends.

「 That Touyama... obviously doesn't have a girlfriend... Could it be that she is now dating Takai!?」

「Here, there is no way to judge whether they are dating or not, calm down. I'll check again later.」

If Touyama had a girlfriend, it would deviate from Ishiyama's original plan to let Kazuto give up on Uehara. Ishiyama judged it necessary to confirm this.

「If this is true, it can be used to threaten Touyama.」

Kazuto muttered as if he didn't know who he was talking to.

「Saori, let's end it here today, there's no point in staying here, let's go back.」

「Um.」

The two hid their thoughts inside their hearts, turned around and returned to the station along the way they came.

If these two were dating... this photo would come in handy.

Ishiyama, she was like Kazuto, both of them didn't realize that love had made her blind.