Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

[TLN: Still Mikura POV]

Title: The Mikura-san who’s scheming something

Tomorrow after school I want to return the book that I borrowed from you. (Mikura)

Yesterday night, I sent Aoto this proposal to meet up, and he readily agreed to it.

And so this means that I’ve secured some time with him alone.

It is safe to say that the plan is progressing well.

“Good morning, Mikura-san.”(Sakuraba)

“Oh, Aoto-kun!”(Mikura)

When I arrived at school, Aoto immediately called out to me.

An opportunity like this happening is really rare, so I was caught off guard.

“You finished the book quite quickly, didn’t you.”(Sakuraba)

“Um, yeah! In just a blink of the eye, I somehow completely finished the book….!”(Mikura)

“Oops, I shouldn’t have brought that up just now. Let’s save all of the fun book talk for after school. I’m really looking forward to it.”(Sakuraba)

Saying this, Aoto grinned happily.

Looking at this kind of smile that I rarely ever see from him, I began to feel giddy.

“So after school then. Stay after school and wait for me.”(Sakuraba)

“Ye- yeah! I’ll definitely, definitely be there waiting for you!”(Mikura)

[TLN: 2 definitely for emphasis, no I didn’t proofread incorrectly]

“Hahaha, that’s quite an exaggeration, isn’t it?”(Sakuraba)

Keeping that smile on his face, Aoto walked over to his seat beside the window.

I also went to my seat and waited for class to start.

Perhaps it was because I was spending the time trying to rethink the strategy that I came up with yesterday, but the morning classes passed by quite quickly.

On the off chance that stuff like this ever happens, I generally put more than enough effort into studying.

Because of that, even if I don’t listen to today’s lectures, I shouldn’t fall behind that much.

When lunch break arrived, I went to the library.

I went to the library because, in order to improve my plan, I needed a quiet place to work.

In the library, aside from me, there were only a few other students as well as the enthusiastic library committee member, Naruse Honoka.

Speaking of Naruse, she is one of my former love rivals. Around 2 weeks ago, she confessed to Aoto and was rejected by him.

No, it’s a bit rude for me to assume that she’s a “former” rival.

After all, I know nothing about whether she’s given up on Aoto or not.

Sitting down in a seat, I crossed my arms and began thinking.

The plan I’m going to try to carry out today…..

To be honest, the plan was basically just, “let’s try to temporarily become Aoto’s girlfriend for now.”

I’m going to confess to Aoto, and, even though he probably won’t accept my confession now, I’ll try to keep Yuunagi in check by getting him to agree to become my boyfriend- at least on the surface.

Of course, after that, I’ll have to steadily make approaches on Aoto so that, someday, I can reach the final goal of becoming his genuine lover.

Frankly, it’s quite a dishonest and unusual approach to this issue.

I’m aware of that.

However, the harsh reality is that the situation I’m in is not nice enough for me to be able to care about my appearances.

If I took my time to get close to him and, during that time, Aoto got taken by Yuunagi, I definitely wouldn’t be able to live with myself.

And, since it’s Yuunagi, she’s probably capable of doing that, and she might even actually do it.

This plan was intended to avoid that worst case scenario while also increasing my odds of winning.

Today, I’m going to bet my victory on this plan.

“Hm?”(Mikura)

All of a sudden, I felt like I saw Naruse, who was sitting at the check-out counter, looking directly at me.

No, I’m probably not imagining this.

Looking back at her for a second time, our eyes did indeed meet again.

Wearing a slightly stiff expression, Naruse stood up and began slowly walking over in my direction.

“You-, You’re Mikura-san right?”(Naruse)

“Um, yeah. I am.”(Mikura)

She spoke to me in a whisper, and I softly replied back.

She sat down in the seat beside me, and she continued with a tense, nervous look on her face.

“I’m not a hundred percent sure about this, but Mikura-san do you maybe..….like Sakuraba-kun?”(Naruse)

“Wha….!”(Mikura)

Hearing this unexpected question, I reflexively let out a loud, shocked exclamation.

[TLN: Nice, short chapter. On a lighter note after last chapters ending TL note, I actually had most of both these chapters done yesterday. The April Fools joke was actually just me not releasing :)]

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