How to keep distance from a beautiful girl

The destination supermarket is just between the school and the apartment.

I took the shopping basket separately from Tangerine and somehow looked around with each other what they needed.

Nanba san

Hmm?

I bought too much cup ramen

I need it.

"You don't have to."

Orange was staring at me with a gaze.

That being said, cup noodles are my lifeline.

If I don't buy it, I'll die.

"You need food."

"Nutrition is skewed. If you're talking about food, there are a lot of alternatives."

"Retort curry?

"Vegetables."

"Frozen pasta?

"Fish."

"Cabbage bread?

"Apparently, you're not communicating."

"Really?

Again, Orange and I were starting to talk quite casually.

Oranges are more sociable than I thought, or like to talk.

However, the biggest thing is that you don't have to worry about it.

For some reason, when oranges are the opponent, there is little enthusiasm for tailoring myself to the other topic or pace.

Is the pace originally close due to the similarity of values and thinking?

Perhaps there is no mutual desire to entertain or be liked by the other party.

I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

I have no idea what oranges think.

But for me, it wasn't that easy.

Let's buy this too.

"Ah, you can't put Natto on your own!

"It's good for your health. It also suits rice."

"I don't like it."

"Don't like or dislike it."

You hate cockroaches.

"I'm talking about food. Besides, it's a physiological disgust, so I can't help it."

So you don't like oranges?

"... no"

"I doubt it."

"Ah, I have to buy the detergent."

You're not good at deception.

After that, we continued shopping while saying, "Ah, here we are."

After a few minutes, finish the accounting separately and bag it side by side.

Orange took out the eco-back and put the bought one in it.

"The details are solid, the oranges."

"You're crazy."

This is what a man looks like.

"Sex doesn't matter. It's about humanity."

I don't know.

That's right.

We leave the supermarket together and walk towards the apartment.

Unlike me, who only had food, oranges had a lot of daily necessities, so the eco-back was pretty bulky.

"Nh"

"... what is it?

"I'll take it."

"I'm fine. It's not as heavy as it looks. But thank you."

I see.

I can pull my hand in honestly.

I'll help you if you need me, and I won't help you if you don't.

That was the natural shape of my "friend".

I'm sure that's what Tangerine thinks.

Nanba is a kind person after all.

"... that's not true."

"You forgave Saruzuki right away. Instead, I seem to be angrier....."

"... well, he's Kyuya's girlfriend."

"Can you forgive her as a friend right away?

"Because I know what's good about it. I felt like I knew why I was angry, and I didn't hate it that much."

"... is that so?"

Orange said that and then turned her gaze to the front.

As always, your spine is sharp and stretched.

Even though it is small, it has a beautiful appearance and a sense of presence.

Maybe Natsume-san and Saki started dating because of Natsuyuki.

"Thanks to you. Kyuya just said that on her own."

Really?

"Oh, I was just listening to him talk. They were dating without me."

"I think it can be a big chatter sometimes even if you just listen to me."

"That's right. But I don't have to play that role."

Just listen to me and depress my gavel.

Anyone can do that.

If anyone could do it, it would be better if it wasn't me.

"That's why the kind of gratitude Kyuya feels for me is not so great. It's just a coincidence that it was me...."

Is that so?

"Eh...."

Orange said without looking at us.

He turned his gaze slightly diagonally upwards, pointing his tongue and mouth in a mood of frustration.

"If you had as many friends as Natsume-san, you could have chosen as many people to talk to. Because I like the moon, I have eyes on people."

……

"He chose you as his loved one. I think there is a clear will there. And Natsume-san didn't make the wrong choice."

"... why?"

Orange looked back at my body when I stopped unexpectedly.

In the middle of the road, we face each other.

"Why... why do you say that? I'm just a dark, selfish one...."

"Because I think so. There's no other reason."

……

"I think you can rate yourself a little bit more, Nanba."

"... I can't do that."

"... is that so?"

After all, me and Orange walked side-by-side again.

Of course, I'm not really taking it.

But I was happy with the orange words.

If only one orange felt that way, even if no one else thought so.

That alone made me so happy that I was too luxurious.

... but...

"... orange"

What is it?

I don't think oranges have eyes on people.

"No, I do. All my friends are good people."

"... I see."

Is that what I'm talking about, too?

I decided not to ask the question for today.