Chapter 13: Volume 1 - CH 3.1

This is not a date

Translated by 64990022

Chapter 3: This is not a date

Part 1

School rooftops are, in most cases, restricted. Both in middle school and high school.

Kuze High is no exception, usually, students can’t enter. That’s the trick, usually.

“Heave-ho!”

The girl in front of me exclaimed as she unlocked the key.

Clang. The door swung open easily. The scenery in front of me spread, dazzling blue sky and the shining sun. The dry wind felt good, and with it, my weariness from classes dissipated.

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“As spacious as ever–” she stretched.

“All thanks to the secret key. Could you return it now?”

“Yup, yup.”

Click. The key clinked as the short-haired girl, Aki Hiura, tossed the key without turning back to me. I caught it carefully and tucked it into my pocket.

[TN: The green themed girl in the introduction illust.]

“Hey, be more careful. If it got lost and someone found it, we’d be in trouble,” I chided

“Nah, you don’t need to worry,” Hiura assured nonchalantly.

She checked around a bit before she sat down. The way she crossed her legs made her short skirt dangerously almost visible.

“Don’t look.” She frowned.

“Then don’t let me see.”

“Sexy, aren’t I?”

“More of sensitive”

[TN: transliteration of “sensitive” is used in the raw. If I’m to guess, this “sensitive” means to be easily embarrassed.]

“Here, a glimpse.”

“Stop!”

Good grief.

If I were to give a short description of my number one friend, Aki Hiura, it would be “Free spirited manly girl”.

To make it easier to understand, the exact opposite of Yuzuki, no Minato.

Outspoken and frank, I respected how her attitude remains the same, no matter who she’s talking to. However, she is also like this in front of teachers and seniors, many were also displeased with her.

In short, troublesome. Well there’s nothing left to say unless I repeat again, so that’s it. I’ll try emphasizing her strong points.

“But anyway, you’re not going around doing that right?” I asked her back.

“Nothing to worry about, I have leggings. Here.” Her hands reached for her skirt.

“Didn’t I just say stop?!”

For a healthy high school boy, just a pair of leggings and thighs are enough! And I’m not saying what’s enough!

Normally, she’s a helpful person… But actually, besides her personality, Hiura is quite awesome for a highschool girl.

After all, she is extremely athletic. Despite the dainty image, she is the top of the female physical education in the school year. She was the only girl to participate in the boy’s relay race at last year’s sports festival.

No, it was her fault the “Male Class Representative’s Serious Relay” changed its name to “Male and Female Indiscriminate Class Representative’s Serious Relay”.

[TN:I did my best to translate the name;-;]

Based on her running speed, she is inferior to that of the boys, but her baton pass was another level. In fact, seven men plus Hiura is faster than eight men.

“The name says ‘Serious’ but doesn’t let someone like me play? How is that serious?”, the legendary words of wisdom that Hiura uttered at that time are still passed down until today. In addition to her physical abilities, she possesses outstanding athletic skills. That was Aki Hiura.

And also, being even more skilled than third year students, she’s the reigning ace of the tennis club. Since the first year, she even won first place in a tournament among tennis club members.

She was demanded by many clubs. But, as expected of a free spirit, she brushed them off with a single word, “Troublesome.”.

As a man, I can’t help but admire her swagger.

In addition, she has a pretty figure, girlish eyes and nose, things that didn’t match her personality at all. In short, another beauty. Other than her crudeness, she has no notable flaw. And maybe that’s why she was easily antagonized.

From the bag she was carrying, she took out yakisoba bread, cream buns, and strawberry au lait.

I followed her suit, arranging my own lunch on the floor.

“So, what’s your intel? Anything useful?” I asked.

“Nahh, nothing,” she shrugged.

“Hey! I paid in advance!”

“Ahh, how annoying,” She rolled her eyes. “I’m joking. Who do you think I am?”

“I’m worried because it’s you.”

“Oh? Wanna fight?” Hiura showed her yaeba teeth as she balled her fists.

Since I usually lose anyway, I don’t like where this is going. I’m, after all, against violence.

Hiura is one of the few people who knows that I am the Angel of Kuze High. Not only that, she also assists me by providing information through her wide network of connections.

Except for my power, I’m an ordinary person, there’s a limit to workload I can handle and time I have. Thus, collaborators are essential to the Angel’s activities.

However, the condition was that I buy her an au lait as a payment. She seems to like it a lot.

“No extra random gossip today. Forgive me for that,” she began her report.

“Ah. And what about the person I asked?”

Hiura would usually investigate love affairs of the entire school. Since she has a diverse circle of acquaintances, her gathering capability is quite impressive.

But today was different, I asked her to focus on a single person. I want to respect her privacy, but there are things that you can’t glean from the person herself.

“Yuzuki Minato, second year, class seven, go-home club. In the latest examination ranked fourth in overall grades, A in physical education,” she listed.

“Haa… I kinda expected that, but she sure is high spec.”

“Times she had been confessed too: twelve confirmed. Boyfriend during highschool: zero. Very popular, she assumed the title of ‘Kuze High’s Top Three’ this year.  Her cup size–”

“Stop!”

“E”

“Don’t!… Really?”

“Yep, serious.”

I see… So she’s packing… No, stop it, Io. Don’t touch this topic any further.

But still, for Hiura to know about such things…

By the way, the “Kuze High’s Top Three” is just what the name implies, a title for the top three popular girls among the boys, regardless of school year.

For some reason, Kuze High has a reputation for having a high percentage of beautiful girls. And those girls are real beauty, no joke.

The members are not decided by anyone, and they are referred to in common parlance. Although there are rumors about the rank authorizing body being secretly run by a group of students.

Along with the Angel of Kuze High, some students call this “The two urban legends of Kuze High”. They are my rivals. Hm… maybe not.

[TN:What’s with this school and rumors? And that naming too, lol]

“Her closest friend: Fumiya Shiho…No, she’s the only one she has a proper relationship with. The rest are more or less shallow, she can talk with them, that’s it. Fujimiya also went to the same middle school, but—” she frowned.

“But?”

“They’re from another prefecture. I heard that they went to a middle school in Kyoto. But I haven’t been able to find any more information on this.”

“Kyoto…How strange. We are a public school here right?”

“Wanna dig further?”

“Hmm…No. I’ll ask you to if necessary, but until then.”

It should have nothing to do with this case. Besides, she herself doesn’t seem to be fond of that time. If possible, I wanted to avoid this.

As if remembering something, she added, “and about the ‘Kuze High’s Top Three’, she was disliked by a group of people.”

“Hm? Why is that?”

From what I know of her, she didn’t seem like the kind of guy to be disliked. Although I did get why she has a few friends.

“First is plain envy, and the latter grudges. Grudge against Yuzuki for stealing their crushes. These are from the girl’s side.”

“Oh, I see…”

“For the guys it’s a bit stupid. They think–”

“Yuzuki-chan was leading them on.” From behind, a voice interrupted Hiura.

When I turned around, my number two friend, Reiji Miwa, walked in with his hands clasped behind his head.