Asobi Otonari

I'm making a mistake

Why am I doing this…?

What am I supposed to do…?

It was late at night and I was confused.

The reason for this was the beautiful girl sitting next to me, almost shoulder to shoulder.

The beautiful girl looked at my face, not paying attention to the manga.

But when I saw her, she quickly turned her face away.

So I tried to turn my attention back to the manga, but he looked at me again.

It's been like this since Emma-chan fell asleep.

To be honest, there was no way I could concentrate on manga if he continued acting like this.

But it was hard to talk to him when he looked away.

So, what should I do in this situation?

If Charlotte-san is acting like this, does that mean she is afraid of me because of what happened today?

But then he wouldn't ask me to read the manga with him.

The same thoughts had been flowing in my head for a while now, and I felt like I was lost in the labyrinth without an answer.

Anyway, there's no way out of this.

I have to make a decision and call him.

Thinking that this silent exchange would continue until Charlotte-san came home, I decided to solve the situation.

Even if it went in the wrong direction, it was probably better than this awkward atmosphere.

“Hei Charlotte-san, do you have a minute?

“Y-ya!? Wh-what is it!?”

When I saw his reaction when I called him, four Kanji characters appeared in my head― suspicious behavior.

He looked me in the face and never made eye contact with me.

It's resolved.

Here she― she must be afraid of me!

"It's umm, I'm sorry about that."

“Eh? Whahuh? W-why are you sorry?”

I apologized, and Charlotte-san looked at me as if she was surprised.

Our eyes met for the first time since this morning.

I think I'm a very simple person to be happy just because our eyes meet.

But for now, I have to apologize to him properly.

“I know I showed you a scary sight at lunch today. I'm really sorry if I scared you because of that.”

I turned my body properly to Charlotte-san and bowed deeply to her, and she fell silent.

I couldn't see her face, but I knew from the atmosphere I felt she was looking at me.

I don't know what he's thinking right now.

But I want him to know that I'm not someone who's going to hurt him.

“Tei!”

“―Ak!”

As I waited for him to answer, I suddenly received a funny voice and a weak slap in the head.

I can't hide my confusion at the sudden turn of events and stare at Charlotte-san's face.

For some reason, Charlotte-san's cheeks turned red, and she puffed her cheeks in a cute way.

The look on his face made me even more confused.

Why is he sulking?

"Cha-Charlotte-san?"

“Aoyagi-kun misunderstood something here…! I'm not afraid of you, Aoyagi-kun..!”.

“Eh? I-is that?”

“That's to be expected, you know…! Why should I be afraid of the person who saved me..!?”.

“But why did you turn your face to avoid eye contact with me?”

If he's not scared, I don't understand why he avoids eye contact.

"That's because-"

When I asked the question, Charlotte-san turned around again.

And then, as before, he glanced at me and looked at my face.

Is he trying to say something he's uncomfortable saying?

I'm not sure, but no matter how I look at it, it seems like she's scared.

That was what I thought when I saw Charlotte-san's condition, but I decided to wait for her to say something.

However

“I-this is confidential..!”

I felt like I was being deceived when he turned his face away from me with a frown.

I thought, “Why did you cheat me..?” but Charlotte-san's sullen look was too cute to continue the matter any further.

TN

Mimin is not wrong update/error, but it is because this chapter and maybe so on there will be *POV (From the point of view of the character)*. Maybe those of you who focus on reading will know the difference...

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