The Pretty Girl Next to Me Asks Strange Questions Every Day

37 – … You want to get close?

If I had to choose the moment I hate the most for students, most of them would choose the morning of the opening ceremony.

I woke up to the sound of the alarm, but it was early in the morning. Besides, I have to get ready to go to school right away.

I enjoyed my vacation until yesterday, but I have to go back to my normal schedule in one day. It’s a despair that can’t be compared to Monday after the weekend.

I was like that until last vacation too, but this time it was different. I even waited patiently for school to open.

That’s because I haven’t seen Ina in a while.

I think of what Ina said on the morning of the day we went to the pool.

‘A phone call and a face-to-face meeting are completely different?’

At that time, I just spilled it. I realized later that he was right.

She hasn’t seen Inna since the day she went to the pool together. Going outside during vacation seemed to require a lot of courage from Ina. In fact, she said so too.

We communicated a lot, but there was something that could not be satisfied with just messages or voices.

Such anguish ends today. When I go to school, Ina is there. As usual, you will be able to meet Ina, who always asks strange questions.

If you think about it that way, it was a rather pleasant day.

Feeling my steps lighten, I walked towards school.

“Sorry.”

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As soon as I arrived at her classroom and sat down, Ina bowed her head.

“What are you sorry about?”

“I didn’t see you much during vacation.”

Ina kept her eyes down.

“That is nothing you should be sorry for.”

“Even so. To leave you alone until you look so lonely. It’s all my fault Now, right, right.”

“Don’t do it.”

I lightly grabbed Ina’s wrist as she stroked my hair while blaming herself. Her thin cuffs and soft skin. I suddenly realize how small and weak Ina is.

Anyway.

“What if other kids see it?”

When asked quietly, Ina tilted her head.

“What should I do?”

“What?”

“Is there any reason why the other kids shouldn’t see it?”

“No, what… ….”

She asked confidently, so she had no words to answer.

If it was like last semester, there might be a strange misunderstanding, so I don’t know if I would have said the same thing back.

But now we’re dating. It was kept secret for now, but the reason for keeping it a secret was not clear.

What would it be like to be honest? There may be some uproar, but that’s only a matter of timing. Because someday it will be revealed.

“The reason for that is, well, there is no particular reason.”

“Isn’t it?”

Ina chuckled.

“So, now I’m going to do things like chicken skin couple to my heart’s content in the classroom. I will do it even if I don’t like it. You can look forward to it.”

“Even if we are dating, shouldn’t we refrain from going to class… ….”

“No. I will do whatever I want, whether in class or in front of others. Rather, that’s right. Because I intend to make sure to mark it.”

“Marking?”

What are you talking about? She gave me a puzzled look, and she snorted at her.

“And I mean. I think now slowly…….”

“Hey, sorry to disturb you.”

It was Jia who cut Inna off. Jia, who tapped my shoulder and spoke to me, looks at me.

“Why?”

When I asked again, Jia turned into an incomprehensible face.

“Someone asked me to call you in the hallway.”

He said this.

“…… Look. After all, I was right.”

And Ina sighed.

He asked me to call.

I could immediately recognize who it was just by hearing those words. Only one person comes to mind. There is no way anyone else would ask to call me at a time like this.

As I went out into the hallway, the face I had expected awaited me.

“Hello?”

The person who smiles and waves is Han Se-ra.

My school uniform suits me very well. With her big eyes, high nose, and slightly raised mouth, I realized Sera’s appearance anew.

Sarah said she was transferred to our school. It was immediately expected that he would come to visit us from the day of the school opening ceremony. I didn’t know you would call me early in the morning.

“Hello.”

Even though she answered bluntly, Sera happily smiled.

“Hello there too.”

“Oh, hi… …. No, this is not it. So, what do you have to do with my man?”

Ina, who was standing at the back right and holding onto my sleeve, asked.

It’s not like Nana, it’s her way of talking as if she’s trying to push her opponent away. It was like a cat with her tail upright and showing her teeth. In short, not very scary.

Perhaps that was the same for Sera as well, it was a feeling that she was not at all discouraged. Rather, Sera had a face full of composure,

“Actually, I wanted to talk to you.”

She looked at Ina and said. Behind her, she could feel Ina shaking her body.

“Actually, I changed my mind after that day.”

She puts her hand on her chest and says. Her eyes were still on Ina. After all, that’s half the word. I remember the other day she used her honorific after Inna.

“At that time, she said that she wanted to fight, but to be honest, she lost her confidence.”

Sarah smiled and continued her words.

“If you know your enemy and know yourself, you will never lose. She followed that up and did some research and thought she was an opponent she couldn’t beat.”

“What research did you do?”

When I interrupted and asked, Sera replied, “I was asking my friends at this school.”

“Anyway, I found out that the person I was trying to fight against was actually a great person.”

“God, what an amazing person…….”

Ina grips her sleeve even tighter.

“Not to mention his looks, his grades are at the level of a university free pass. She is highly popular and is trusted by those around her.”

“Uh, uhm…”

Ina let out a strange sound as if she was embarrassed by her praise. She must have heard this often. Is she not used to it?

“So I decided to change my strategy.”

Sera took a step towards her Inna.

“I want to get to know you.”

“…… You want to become friends?”

Ina asked in a questioning voice.

Well, there are many people who want to be close to Ina, and there are many people who are actually close. It should come as no surprise that someone wants to get to know you.

Just Sarah…… In other words, it would be quite surprising that a love rival would approach him that way.

“Yes. I want to get closer and see what kind of person he is, learn what I can learn from him, and investigate how he might have seduced him.”

“Temptation…….”

Ina doesn’t have the personality to throw away someone who wants to be close to her. That’s probably why you can’t respond hastily, even though you have a clear purpose.

Seeing Ina worried, Sera opened her mouth once again.

“And she couldn’t be between a man and a woman forever.”

Once again, Sera smiled.

“There will be a crisis between the two of you someday. I figured I would need to get close to both of them in order to catch that anomaly quickly.”

“Your stomach is very dark.”

“I thought that digging in and breaking it right away when it cracked would be the most likely way for me.”

“Besides, I have no intention of hiding it.”

“What, how is it? Being honest is best.”

Is that so?

Well, even if you actually think so, is there any reason to say it in front of you? If she revealed her true intentions with her sword, she wouldn’t even be willing to accept it as Inna.

She thought so.

“…… Not a bad suggestion.”

Ina brought up an unexpected story from her.

“Actually, I thought too. No matter how young she was, she was the girl he once liked. If you cheat, you will be number one.”

“I don’t smoke.”

“That’s why I thought it would be necessary to keep them close at least to keep an eye on the two of them.”

I also continued to speak her words without hesitation, ignoring my point. When are you going to get rid of my cheating suspicions?

“And maybe more than me… ….”

Ina’s eyes turned to Sera, and she immediately turned to me.

Better than me? She was waiting to hear what would be said, but she shook her head and said, “Anyway.”

“I thought so.”

I wonder if it was unexpected even for Sera. Sera was staring at Ina in amazement with her hand on her chin.

“The interests coincided.”

Then she raised one corner of her mouth and said.

“Then let’s get along well starting today.”

Sarah reached out her hand.

“…… Huh.”

Ina took her hand and shook her hand.

If you don’t know the circumstances, it’s like having a strange chat with a rather eccentric transfer student. If you look inside, it looks like sparks are flying in the eyes of the two.

They say let’s be friends, but it’s like one holding a sword and the other a shield. Without weapons or armor, I had no choice but to tremble in fear.

But what?

She thought that apart from him, Ina had changed a little.

Ina, she said, she never harbors thoughts or feelings on her own. She was the same as what she usually looked like in the classroom, and what she said herself.

But now, and also when I met Sera on vacation. She clearly communicated what she was thinking and feeling.

Isn’t that proof that Ina has changed, at least in matters related to me?

As soon as the conversation was over, the bell rang. Now it’s time to go back to the classroom.

“Then I’ll go.”

Sarah waved her hand at me. At least, it seems that he was not assigned to our class.

“Yes.”

As she waved her greeting back, Sarah raised her mouth and turned her back.

No, but if it was going to be like this, wouldn’t it be better for her to call Ina instead of me…… ?