Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, Vol. 2 by Shimesaba and booota

Author:Shimesaba and booota
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press

“So? Didn’t you have something you wanted to ask me?”

When I had finally settled down after sobbing for a while, Ms. Gotou put her teasing smile back on and posed me that question.

Oh yeah.

There was something I really wanted to ask her.

“…Ms. Gotou.” I sniffled, then looked her straight in the eyes to show I didn’t intend to let her get away.

“Are you in love with Mr. Yoshida?” Ms. Gotou’s eyes opened wide, and she started to laugh.

“Where did that come from? Is that what you wanted to ask?”

“It’s important.”

“To whom?” She was answering my question with another question, and hers stung. Still, I wasn’t going to falter.

“It’s important to me and to Mr. Yoshida,” I answered honestly, keeping my gaze fixed on hers, but Ms. Gotou just looked straight back at me and laughed as if she’d just seen something amusing. She didn’t say a word.

“W-well…? Are you?” I repeated the question, losing patience with her, but Ms. Gotou simply smirked and cocked her head.

This frustrated me further, and I ended up saying something I shouldn’t have.

“Mr. Yoshida is… He’s in love with you…”

But you keep hiding your true feelings.

That was what I was trying to say.

But Ms. Gotou just snorted, then asked me another question back.

“…Does that upset you?”

“That’s beside the point!”

“Ah-ha-ha, don’t get mad! You’re so cute!” She chuckled, then finally nodded, apparently resolved. “I love him. I can’t imagine being with anyone else.”

“…Really?”

“Why would I lie about that?”

“…It’s just so hard to tell what you’re really feeling…,” I murmured in response.

She nodded, grinning. “I prefer to be called a woman of mystery.”

“I really hate that about you.”

“Ah-ha-ha, there it is!” Ms. Gotou let out a childish cackle, then followed up with a quiet sigh. “I do love him, really. I’ve had my eye on him ever since he joined our company. He’s surprisingly frank and stubborn, and he’s so adaptable to other people’s ways of living. You don’t meet many people as kind as he is.”

She looked as if she was reflecting on something truly dear to her. It was the first time I’d seen her make such a face, and it caught me by surprise.

“I’m glad…,” I whispered before I realized what I was saying.

Ms. Gotou side-eyed me and tilted her head. “What about?”

I answered without hesitation. “I’m glad Mr. Yoshida’s love is returned. That makes me really happy.”

At that, an unfamiliar expression flashed across Ms. Gotou’s face, but she quickly covered it with a smile. I wondered what thought had triggered it. I couldn’t tell whether it was sad, fearful, or angry; it had been a complex expression that was both passionate and dispassionate at the same time.

“Yeah. It’ll be nice if we can get together without any trouble.”

“Definitely. I think it’d be great.” I nodded, and Ms. Gotou gave me another misleading smile, then crooked her neck to peer into my eyes.

“Do I…have your blessing, Sayu?”

Just as I was about to answer, an image appeared in my mind.

Mr. Yoshida and Ms. Gotou were kissing.

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