Too Many Losing Heroines! - Volume 5 - Chapter 3.3

Intermission: Between Friendship and the Night

Gardening Club, Monozono Middle School.

The sun is setting. The small greenhouse is lit up by the old fluorescent lamp.

The person standing before the potted pine tree is Asami Gonto from Class 2-1.

She’s standing there with a pair of scissors.

“...Nuku-chan, outsiders can’t enter this place, you know?”

She mumbled quietly without moving her eyes away from the branch.

The person walking into the greenhouse is Kaju Nukumizu. Her long black hair swayed around as she smiled gently.

“I’m here because of the student council, okay? Gon-chan, this is the council’s report for this month.

Gon-chan exhaled for a long moment as if she wanted to vent out all the air in her lungs. After that, she put the pair of scissors next to the pot.

“Thanks, but you’re so late today.”

“Yeah, I didn’t expect being the vice president to be so tough, but I wanted the graduate send-off party to be successful.”

Kaju handed over the report and looked at the plant on the table.

The tiny pine is reaching its branches out like hands.

“Gon-chan, you really like potted plants, don’t you?”

“Didn’t Takamatsu-sensei retire last year? He was our advisor. This is what he left behind.”

Gon-chan took the pair of scissors again and stared at the branch.

After looking at her for a while, Kaju made up her mind and spoke up.

“Can I?”

“...What?”

She mustered her courage again.

“I’m talking about Tachibana-kun, you know? Gon-chan, you two have been very close since little, right?”

“We used to join the children’s party together. We were like family and friends at the same time. What a strange relationship.

A nostalgic smile appeared on Gon-chan’s face for a moment.

However, she showed an uninterested look at the next second.

“...Gon-chan is Kaju’s most important friend. That’s why I was surprised to hear Tachibana-kun’s feelings. The first thing I wanted to do is to talk about it with Gon-chan.”

Kaju awaited her answer.

After an unknown amount of time, Kaju decided to speak again.

“Gon-chan, can we really go out?”

Chak. The pair of scissors in Gon-chan’s hand slashed across the air.

“If that’s the case- how about that then?”

Kaju straightened her back upon seeing her stubborn friend’s look.

“The day after tomorrow is the 14th- I think he’ll definitely confess.”

“...Nothing will change between us, whether it’s me or Satoshi.”

Kaju nodded silently after hearing her friend’s words.