Intermission: The Reason for Not Being Boyfriend and Girlfriend
“Uh, I need to go to the bathroom…”
The karaoke room. Sunday.
Only Yakishio and Teiara remained in the room after Nukumizu ran away from his seat.
Silence ensued. Yakishio took a sip of oolong tea and sat next to Teiara.
“Hey, Ba-chan.”
“Ba…? Uh, you’re calling me?”
Naturally, Yakishio nodded. She then passed her the microphone.
“Well, I have a question. Are you going out with Nukkun?”
“What!? W-Why did you ask!?”
Squeak. Teiara’s moan caused the microphone to scream.
Yakishio didn’t seem to mind. She continued pushing the microphone toward her.
“The distance between you two reaffirmed my question, no matter how I see it, right? Will people really be so close if they are just studying normally?”
‘T-That’s because!”
Teiara-san robbed the microphone away.
“That’s because there’s only one question book here! Is there a problem!? What’s so weird about me studying with a boy!?”
After saying all of that at once, Teiara caught her breath before passing the microphone back to Yakishio.
“Uh, …indeed, it’s not weird.”
Yakishio seems to be overwhelmed by her ferocity. She nodded and turned off the microphone.
Teiara-san chugged the remaining tea. She spoke up calmly.
“Nukumizu-san and I have met before, and then we were just studying together. Well, what’s your relationship with him then, Yakishio-san?”
“Hmm? We’re both in the Literature Club. He called me here today to-”
Yakishio paused. She frowned and looked at the ceiling.
“Eh, did he call me here…?”
“Uh, what does that mean? You mean you came here without him telling you?”
Yakishio crossed her arms and tilted her head.
“Hmm- I’m not sure. Come to think of it, the explanation I got wasn’t really detailed- I just thought I would stop by karaoke when I snapped out of it.”
“...I got it.”
Teiara-san repeatedly nodded as if she had completely understood.
“This is a kind of marital fraud, right?”
“Eh? Marital fraud?”
“Indeed, it’s a technique to tempt the other party into bearing his responsibility through vague words. What if your lover says, ‘I can’t marry you because I have a lot of debt’ instead of ‘please marry me’? What would you do?”
“Debts are scary. I’ll say I’ll help you too. Let’s try our best and repay…”
Yakishio seemed to have noticed something. She clapped her hands.
“Did you finally see it? He just lets you think you can marry him once you’re done repaying his debt. In other words, Nukumizu-san is using marital fraud tactics despite being a high school student.”
“Have I fallen into a marital trap right now? But Yana-chan was the one who called me.”
“Although I don’t know who that person is, this is a classic strategy as well. Preparing a third party beforehand.”
Teiara stared daggers at the room door, where Nukumizu had just left.
“But I feel like Nukkun isn’t a person like that. He’s more like an unintentional and dense boy. Far different than those evil, calculating masterminds.”
“Hmm, indeed. He’s not an intelligent person like that. He lacks the personality to commit marital fraud. He’s quite dense today as well…”
Teiara-san poured tea into her water bottle as she mumbled.
“Ba-chan, did he do anything to you?”
“I’m not saying he has done anything to me. I’m just saying that a girl should be fully prepared when going out, no matter who it is.”
“Heh, …yeah, I guess.”
Yakishio whistled quietly.
“It’s not that you must be aware of these things when you want someone. However, Nukumizu-san doesn’t seem to understand the girls' efforts. He’s dense.”
“Ah, I get it. Nukkun is like that. Whoever falls in love with him will have a rough time.”
“Indeed, he’s a so-called enemy of girls.”
“Nukkun is really unforgivable.”
The two exchanged glances and laughed cheerfully.
During this time, Nukumizu opened the door. He seemed startled.
“...Uh, what’s wrong? Why are you two staring at me?”
“This is why I don't like this part of him.”
“Yep, exactly.”
The two girls burst into laughter again. Nukumizu could only sigh helplessly-
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