Full Metal Panic! Short Stories Volume 1 by Shouji Gatou

Author:Shouji Gatou [GATOU, SHOUJI]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-08-26T00:00:00+00:00

Kaname had been so shocked that she couldn’t even be angry.

The girl had laid out the circumstances: until two days ago, she’d had a boyfriend—her classmate, Shirai Satoru. A lot of girls liked him. He was handsome, fashionable, and generally desirable. But after a roller coaster of a relationship, the two of them had broken up. It seemed unlikely that they would ever get back together again.

“And that’s fine. It’s all fine. I’ve made my peace with it and sorted it all out,” Mizuki had concluded.

Kaname didn’t know what she’d done exactly, but it sounded like she really was over it. “So, what’s the problem?” she’d asked.

Mizuki had answered thusly: “I promised some of my middle school friends that I’d let them meet him.” It turned out she’d been bragging about him to her old friends quite a lot—how fashionable he was, what a good singer he was, how handsome he was—but the other girls had been skeptical, so she’d agreed to let them meet. That meeting was scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday afternoon. The other girls would never believe her if she told them they’d just broken up, so she needed a stand-in to get her through the day, after which she’d share the news. And she wanted Sousuke—a complete stranger—to serve as that stand-in.

“He’s unpolished, but good-looking enough. Besides, you two are the reason cracks started forming in our relationship. I’d say you owe me this much, don’t you?” she’d stressed.

It was pretty tortured logic, and the request was so selfish that Sousuke should have just refused. Kaname had been just about to tell her so when Sousuke had given his answer: “Very well. I shall date you.”

“Sousuke, are you nuts?!” Kaname had screamed, staring at him in shock.

But he’d just pointed to the laptop screen. “I perform poorly in the simulation because I have no field experience,” he pointed out. “A single day in the field is equivalent to a week’s worth of training. This may be a perfect opportunity to learn more about ordinary student rituals.”

Kaname hadn’t known how to respond to that. It’s not as if I’m dating Sousuke myself, she’d concluded. If he wants to go on a date, let him! No skin off my nose...

And with that justification, Kaname had gone home.

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