Tannin Wo Yosetsukenai Buaisouna Joshi Ni Sekkyou Shitara,

Chapter 4 volume 6

"You call that selfish? I've told you that before. That's because it seems interesting. ......"

Even so, Enami-san's answer did not change.

"Why do you think it would be interesting? Why did you start to come to school so seriously from the beginning?"

"......, you're very persistent today."

"Tell me. For me, I don't understand. I don't know what you're thinking, Enami-san."

"Is there a need to understand?"

Not because he was angry. However, it seemed like he had only answered clearly.

"I know but..."

It's not that I'm worried about Enami-san.it's just that I don't feel comfortable being pushed around like this. I feel like I know him a little, just a little bit. Enami-san is much easier to talk to than I thought. My dislike for him as a delinquent slowly subsided.

But I was just wondering if it was the right thing to do.

"I'm sorry. I said something weird."

"......"

When he saw that I had stopped asking, he fell silent. He seemed to be thinking of something.

The silence continued for a while.

Finally, said Enami-san.

"Someone who matters."

A small voice.

I don't understand exactly what he's saying. I asked back, "What?".

"You said it yourself, didn't you? You told me to put an important person I care about before my frustration. "

"Yes, okay..."

I'm appalled. To think that he would answer me.

"I've been thinking about it all day, ever since you said that to me. Ever since you said that, I've been thinking about what's important to me. So, I guess that's why"

He looked embarrassed and threw away his face. That's why I can sense that this is Enami-san's true intention without any falsehoods.

"What I said in the restaurant that day: ......"

"Yes." Yeah."

Nishikawa said the same thing. After I let out my emotions that day, Enami-san seemed to think of something for a long time. I wonder if it's about "important people" - her.

"I don't know what "important" means". That changes from time to time. Things that used to be important to us become less so when things change. I don't like that, but I wonder if there are important things that haven't changed."

"So that's it."

Those are very abstract words. But I agree with them.

Some things make us feel that it matters even after we lose it. That's why we regret it sometimes.

I wonder if Enami-san also has such an existence.

"Not only that. I wonder if there are any new things that will be important in my life from now on. So I think I should look ahead a little."

Then, Enami-san looked back.

He had a complicated smile on his face, mixed with a hint of embarrassment. It seemed like he was trying hard to smile while covering up something heavy inside.

His facial lines glowed in the backlight. He held his bag behind his back, spoke to me and looked somewhere far away.

"Is that an answer?"

I answered.

"Isn't that?

The smile on his face was pure and uncontaminated, overcoming all the emotions that had been on his face before. I wonder what happened to Enami-san until now.

"Do you have anything important for you?"

"Oh."

"What?"

"......My family, I guess."

I realized it when I said it. I'm so embarrassed. I understand why Enami-san did not tell me about it. I wonder why we talk about such embarrassing things in public.

"That's how."

Still, I feel relieved to say it.

"Your face is getting red."

Enami-san. He had said the same thing a while ago, but his expression had already returned as usual.

"You're such a bitch."

"It's okay, isn't it? I think you're funny."

"What do you mean, funny?"

"fufu."

Maybe my reaction was funny. For someone like Enami-san, it was interesting to see me blush so easily and get angry for no apparent reason.

I told you,

"I'll tell you one more thing, Enami-san."

"What's with the sudden serious talk?"

He looked at me as if he was watching something funny.

"The reason why Enami-san is so selfish is because you can't communicate well with anyone other than Nishikawa."

"What?"

i'm proceeding.

"You've changed your mind, so why don't you at least learn to treat people right? Even if someone other than me and Nishikawa were to talk to you, you should be able to have a normal conversation."

"Eh? I don't want to."

Mouth gaping.

"Why not? I think you changed your mind. "

"That kind of thing is a little ...."

A bitter expression appeared on his face. That's the problem, isn't it? I'm not sure if he was good at it before he became a slacker.

"......You're a bad boy."

"H~e~e, so you came to say that. Hm."

"I mean, right like that. It's lonely to have only two friends at this age. It makes me wonder if you have some kind of problem with human nature "

"I just choose who I want to be with."

"It seems like you are cold to others even when they are innocent and you are rebelling against your teacher for no reason."

"Hmmm. Try saying that again."

"Yes, I'll say it again."

We said this to each other as we walked to the T-junction.

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