Chapter 24 The Unimportant Beings

The Unimportant Beings

——The next day.

The end of the weekday was Friday. If we get through today, tomorrow will be the weekend…Hana-san and Ichika will probably have plans, but I’d like to spend more time with them than on a weekday if possible.

I thought absentmindedly, and before I knew it, I had arrived at the classroom.

The time is around 8:10. SHR (Short Homeroom) starts in 30 minutes, so quite a few students have already arrived at the school.

Fortunately or unfortunately, it seems that there was one of them…who betrayed me.

“…Oh, isn’t that Takumi? It’s been a while since you went to school, haha.”

A tall male student with tanned, pale skin and brown dyed hair——Itsumi Takeshi approached me with a thin smile on his face.

I didn’t pay attention to it before because I thought it was just this guy’s unique way of laughing, but now that I’ve been through…so many things, it’s strange because it looks like he’s laughing at me like he’s making fun of me.

Well, I think he’s making fun of me, so I guess I’m not wrong.

“I thought you were going to miss school again since you’ve been absent for two days, Haha.”

Don’t you feel guilty for betraying me?

I was stunned to see Takeshi treating me as usual.

He probably thinks that his relationship with Kaori hasn’t been revealed.

And as usual, this guy is just teasing me.

I say he is teasing me, but I guess he’s a person who can only communicate that way.

I’m really blind.

I thought he was a smart and funny guy.

“…”

Well, what kind of answer should I give?

I don’t want to be friends with this kind of person anymore, but…I don’t think it’s a good idea to provoke him by ignoring him in a weird way. It’s also useless to get angry.

I couldn’t help but chuckle when I realized that I was thinking calmly.

(I really…don’t think anything of this guy.)

Three days ago, when I saw the scene of the affair, I hated him so much that I wanted to punch him.

But thanks to Hana-san and Ichika, I have already forgotten my hatred.

Itsumi Takeshi had become an insignificant person to me.

Then I should treat him as such a person.

“Hey, Takumi, what’s wrong? Huh? Don’t tell me I’m being ignored? You’re just Takumi, don’t ignore me. Haha.”

“…No, sorry. I think I’m still a little sick, my head is a little fuzzy. You might catch a cold if you get too close to me, so be careful.”

“Hmm, is that what you mean? Haha, but if Takumi ignores me, it will hurt my pride, so don’t be like that, okay? Ora!”

Saying that Takeshi lightly punched my shoulder.

Damn…his teasing is so annoying. However, thanks to the fact that I told him I wasn’t feeling well, Takeshi doesn’t seem to mind if I don’t react well.

“Tsk! I’ve been ignored a lot lately…and my mom and Ichika are cold to me too, what’s going on with them? Is it menstruation? It’s so annoying.”

No…Instead of worrying about me, Takeshi seems to be stressed about something else.

(I see. So that’s why he was so blatantly irritated when I ignored him.)

After that incident, Hana-san and Ichika’s reactions seem to have changed as well.

“Are those two cold?”

“…No, I’m sure it’s just my imagination. But just my dinner last night was from a convenience store, and Ichika doesn’t even look at me when I talk to her.”

“Is that so?”

“Damn…even though she’s a single parent, I’ve been a good son to her without complaining. And I taught Ichika a lot of things to become a good woman, don’t they owe me anything for that?”

… He’s really a sc🬀🬀🬀ag.

I couldn’t help but be surprised by his blunt remark.

Was it because I had blindly trusted him so far?

I’m ashamed that I thought that b🬀🬀tard was my best friend.

No, even so, I couldn’t help but feel that he was even more scummy than before——