Chapter 1208: Sneaking into the Theater Club
Upon arriving at the back of the Theater House, that follower was already waiting for me. She looked rather annoyed because, obviously, I was late or I took my time in coming. š·ā“šāÆšāÆš¶š¼š½.š¬ā“š¶
Nonetheless, the girl, who if I remember correctly was named Tanaka-senpai, immediately relaxed her expression as though someone flipped her switch. She couldnāt afford to be mad at me or else, whatever they were planning would be scrapped.
The girl then smilingly walked towards me, her hands clasped together, āGreat! Youāre finally here. Can you hide for a moment? Iāll have the others leave. You can use that chance toā¦ slip inside their clubroom.ā
āSenpai can do that?ā Putting on the same act as before, I cautiously asked.
āUn. Leave it to me. If you can help her. She wonāt need to get another guy to make Ichihara-senpai jealous. She can just live like an ordinary student.ā
āI see. So, senpaiās intention is to make Kujou-senpai independent. I guess thatās probably for the best.ā
āY-yeah. Marika-sama doesnāt deserve to be treated like an object.ā
She stuttered at first but still managed to force out that statement. Whether thatās her true sentiment or not, it didnāt matter.
Someone was definitely using her to get me involved with both Kujou and Ichihara. Regardless of the identity of the one in the photo.
Yeah. Itās neither Marika nor Ichihara Jun whoās pulling her strings. Itās someone else. The former, while a little clever, was too na?ve and the latter only knows how to get in trouble and then rely on his daddy dear to wipe his ass.
It could be Enomoto but I found that highly unlikely after finding out things about him from Nakanishi-senpai.
Thereās someone else close to the two that wanted to split them up. The only thing that I couldnāt wrap my head around wasā¦ why me? I couldnāt remember anyone having a grudge against me except Inugaki and Goto. Unless it's someone who bore a grudge on me just recently.
Anyway, this particular event was definitely being orchestrated by that one. Still, what would be their end goal? Catch me with Marika? Thatās too bland if thatās the case.
In any case, Iād play along with this farce and use it to my advantage.
āI understand. I promised to help soā¦ Iāll leave it to senpai to give me the opportunity.ā
āThank you, Onoda-kun.ā
After that somewhat genuine show of gratitude, the girl then went inside the Theater House while I hid like she asked.
I kept my eyes peeled on the surroundings though. Maybe. Just maybe the one pulling her strings was watching this event. However, until I heard the footsteps coming from out of the Theater House, I found no one nearby.
With that, I waited for a few more seconds before Tanaka-senpai sent me the signal to go inside.
Remembering the path that I took with Misaki back then, I quickly arrived in front of the club rooms of both Drama and Theater Club.
I could hear voices from further ahead which indicates that a club must be practicing there. Most likely, Misakiās Drama Club. Somehow, I thought of checking on the forehead girl but since I probably only had a few minutes to check on Marika, I decided to see if I could do it later.
Walking to the Theater Clubās door, I knocked three times before the familiar voice of the ringlet girl came over.
āHmm? Why must you knock? Itās open.ā
Perhaps thinking that it was her followers or clubmates, the girl returned a puzzled response.
Well, thatās the method I thought to use in checking whether sheās truly alone or not. Undoubtedly, no one was inside the room apart from her. Looks like that Tanaka-senpai or whoeverās behind her had that kind of pull. To remove everyone in the same room as Marika.
Before heading inside, I once again checked my surroundings, scanning every corner in case someone was hiding in it. Upon finding nothing, I returned my focus to the door and unhesitatingly pushed it open.
Just like I had guessed before. The room was actually identical to the one Misakiās club was using. The only difference was the decoration and the arrangement of certain pieces of furniture filling up the room. Thereās also quite an elegant air as though this was like a professional set.
As I stepped foot inside, I quickly found the girl in front of the dresser mirror. Sheās staring at herself, practicing her smile.
Naturally, with the mirror thatās wide enough to capture a wide angle, the girlās eyes found me staring at her.
As such, she immediately jumped in surprise and turned in my direction to confirm that I was standing where she saw me from the mirror.
I raised my hand and waved in greeting before putting a smile, āSenpai, you looked like you saw a ghost. Am I that scary?ā
āā¦ Junior-kun.ā It took a while before the girl managed to mutter the nickname that sheās fond of calling me. And soon enough, as the realization dawned on her, her shoulders once again shook as she cautiously continued, āW-why are you here? Where are Tanaka and the others?ā
I tilted my head in response before putting on a believable act, āI thought of paying a visit after yesterday. Checking if everything is fine with you. Oh, right. I saw a group of girls and boys leaving earlier. Was that them?ā
With her eyes widening further, the ringlet girl tried to regain her composure before muttering silently, āWhy will they leave?ā
That question wasnāt directed to me but simply a question she had to ask herself. Sheās probably used to having them around soā¦ with those followers leaving her side, she started wondering if something happened.
And seeing how sheās still pondering about that, I used that window of time to take a step forward, closing our distance.
Upon noticing my presence close to her again, the girl was brought back to reality. She then looked up and immediately averted my gaze.
Well, thatās fine with me. After what happened yesterday, I expected that sheād be like this.
āSenpai, am I making you uncomfortable?ā I asked as I reached for a nearby stool to sit in front of her. āOr did I overdo it yesterday?ā
As soon as I mentioned that, Marika appeared as if she got tickled by an invisible hand. She immediately looked giddy as she rubbed her legs together. Following that, while her head remained hung low, her eyes sought mine.
And in a voice that could be described as soft and sweet, she answered as the same complicated expression started filling up her face, āNo, you didnāt. Thatā¦ I sent the photo to Jun-kun.ā šoveleššš.com
Hearing that from her, the news was confirmed. Letās see. I guess I should ask her what exactly happened with that. Better to hear everything from her than rely on gossip.
āI see. Was it effective? Did he get jealous?ā
āā¦ He got mad at me.ā Marika pursed her lips. However, I could somehow pick up that sheās not really disheartened by it. Instead, thereās some hint of relief in her voice.
āWell, thatās the normal reaction, isnāt it? If Iām your fiancĆ© and you send me a photo like that, I will also be mad. But you have your reason, itās understandable.ā
āYes, thatās right Junior-kun! Heā¦ what he did was worse, no? I put my trust in him. Believed all of his words. Yet, he dared to introduce a girl to me. Thatās preposterous even for him!ā
āHonestly, I donāt know, senpai. Iām not Ichihara-senpai. But you see, heās missing out a lot. Youāre beautiful and too sweet to boot. To still go to another girl despite having you as someone heās set to marry, I can only think of one thingā¦ā
Halfway through my words, Marika flinched and averted her gaze again. But well, itās easy to guess what happened. Her face was probably heating up. However, when I started hinting at what might be the reason Ichihara Jun was doing that, her gaze returned to me and this time, the girl was determined to hear me out.
āā¦ Senpai, it must be because you donāt want to give him what he wants.ā
āEh? What do you mean by that, Junior-kun?ā
āSimple. Let me demonstrate it for you.ā As I said this, I reached for the girlās hands and pulled on her. And by using my strength a bit, I dragged her to my lap, almost the same way as the daring position she initiated yesterday.
This time, however, I enclosed my arms around her waist, keeping her in place.
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