Kyoto: I just want to be a gentleman

““Well, what is the ‘good news’, exactly…?”

I swallowed and asked nervously.

"That's... Yuria's secret, huh?"

"secret?"

The secret... is it the measurements or something like that? (Abnormal brain).

If you know this secret, will you understand what "remember" means in the morning?

"Yuria was basically with us when she was in high school, right?"

"Eh?...Oh, now that you mention it, it seems so."

When I saw Yuria Ichinose at school, she was always with beautiful girls like Umiyama and Kuroki. On the contrary, I rarely saw her alone...

"This is not just in school, we are together after class too."

"Is that because you have a good relationship?"

"Of course it's because we have a good relationship, but actually Yuria... is afraid of loneliness."

"Afraid, afraid of loneliness!?"

That Ichinose Yuria is actually afraid of loneliness? That hot girl who always looks lazy?

"When Yuria is alone, she always seems a little depressed. Because she's lonely, she always invites us to hang out after school, and she takes the initiative to approach us during breaks. You can say that she has been sticking to us since the first grade."

This kind of contrast is really unfair.

Even I was moved by Ichinose's cute contrast.

I didn't expect that this lazy hot girl Ichinose also has a side that is afraid of loneliness...

"But this is not convenient for Ryota who wants to ask Yuria about what happened this morning, right?"

"Is that so?"

"Because if we're around, it would be hard for Ryouta to talk about what happened this morning, right? The same goes for Yuria. If we're around, it would be hard for her to talk to Ryouta, right?"

“That’s true…”

"So! I'll tell you a place where Yuria often goes alone. You can go there and ask her directly."

I see… this is what you mean by “good news”.

However, even if I knew this place, it would be too difficult for a low-level, dark character like me to have a one-on-one conversation with a hot girl.

(If it wasn't this secret, it would be better if it was the measurements...)

"Ah! You look like it's hard to talk!"

“Because that’s indeed the reality.”

"Ryouta, you want to know what 'remembered' means in the morning? Then we can only talk to Yuria one-on-one."

"That's true...but knowing this is really disproportionate compared to chatting with Ichinose one-on-one."

"Ugh……"

Haishan looked at my weak appearance and sighed deeply.

"Really?! If you keep saying this nonsense, I will never talk to you again!"

"I, I don't care."

"No, you should refute it!!"

Haishan Ai Li was obviously a little angry.

Haishan seemed to have misunderstood something. I didn't want to be friends with these beautiful girls (although I had some sexual fantasies about Haishan's breasts).

"Ryota, since we're seated so close to each other, why don't we just get along well?"

"But, but. You and I are from completely different worlds..."

"…I don't know what you think, Ryota, but at least after talking to you yesterday, I think you are someone worth making friends with."

"Sea, sea and mountains..."

"Although you're a nerd and your eyesight is a little weird, I think you're a very sincere boy."

It sounds like a compliment to me, but the proportion of bad things seems to be higher.

"So, I hope Yuria can become your friend... In short, we must not become enemies."

Haishan’s words made me feel heavy.

I didn’t expect Haishan to care about this kind of thing…

"In that case, why don't you help me mediate with Ichinose?"

"That would be boring."

"what?"

"Come on, Ryouta! Let's start our friendly battle with Yuria!"

"Uh……"

I always feel like Haishan has fooled me. I don’t know if I’m overthinking it.

After school that day.

I took the tram and arrived at a place that Haishan told me.

"This is... the game hall in the neighboring town where Ichinose often comes alone."

I walked into the arcade in the mall inside the station in the neighboring town.

At that time, I didn’t realize the shocking truth I was about to learn.”

Watanabe Hideyuki continued to flip through the pages.

"Recently, Yuria has been going to the arcade in the neighboring town alone every Wednesday. She is always in a bad mood on Wednesdays!"

After learning from Kaizan where and when Ichinose stayed alone, I took the train to the station in the neighboring town after school.

Although I'm not that eager to know what Ichinose meant, Kaisan will be unhappy if Ichinose and I don't have a good relationship.

Well, I also feel that I can’t let Ichinose dislike me forever. I always feel uncomfortable sitting in my seat and want to figure out the situation.

"Yuria always likes to act with others. It's really rare for her to act alone. What on earth did she do? I'm a little worried."

(These are not important to me...)

Could it be that Kaisan deliberately said something nice, but actually wanted me to go and scout what Ichinose was doing alone...?

(Am I overthinking this?)

With some doubt, I walked into a large game hall in the shopping mall at the station in the neighboring town.

(This game hall really makes me miss it)

I remember that I often came to this arcade when I was in primary school. Every week, my mother would go to the next town to practice sepak takraw, and I would accompany her and play some arcade games of Insect King in this arcade.

This game hall carries many memories, but since Ichinose is here, we should find her as soon as possible and complete the task.

(Hot girls come to the arcade, most likely to take pictures with the sticker machine, right?)

With this prejudice in mind, I went to the photo sticker machine area first.

"Is this...the photo-taking and sticker machine corner?"

It seems that wearing COS costumes for taking photos is very popular among JKs recently. In the photo sticker machine area, there are not only photo sticker machines, but also COS costume rental areas. Although I often go to the local game hall, I didn't expect that the game hall in the neighboring town also has such facilities. This is the first time I have seen it.

"Wow! My face looks funny!"

"Next time, let's take photos in COS costumes!"

"Yeah!"

The photo sticker machine area is full of hot JK ​​girls with brightly dyed hair.

(This is really inappropriate for a dark character like me)

But Ichinose should be here...

So I walked around the photo-taking and sticker machine area with a wary look like a pervert.

……but.

"Not here..."

I walked around the photo sticker machine area, but I didn't see Ichinose. Thinking about it carefully, it was not realistic for Ichinose to come to the photo sticker machine alone.

(If she just wanted to take pictures, she would probably call it Shanghai Mountain or Black Wood, right?)

If Ichinose really was afraid of being lonely, she would have asked those two to come along. So Ichinose must have something she didn't want those two to know when she came to the arcade alone, right?

"Oh... I don't understand."

Why do I have to worry so much?

Forget it, I’ll tell Haishan tomorrow that I didn’t find it.

(Since I spent 160 yen to get here by bus, I might as well have some fun before going back.)

Thinking of this, I left the photo sticker machine area and walked towards the UFO claw machine area.

“I heard on SNS that a new model of Umamusume has been launched…”

Well, since you're here, just grab a figurine to take back - huh?

As soon as I turned to the corner of the UFO claw machine, I saw a familiar figure.

The bright brown hair and neat features, the plump breasts that were as big as Haishan's and the legs exposed under the skirt, I immediately recognized who she was.

(Found it! Those breasts and thighs are definitely Yuria Ichinose)

It seems that Ichinose is playing the UFO claw machine.

Coming to the arcade alone to catch dolls... this is no different from being a otaku.

I hid behind another UFO claw machine and secretly observed her.

"...Really, I can't catch it no matter what I do."