I Became a Supporting Character in an N*R Manga

21 – Sayoko Mori’s stubbornness

Something is different.

I thought when I got hold of my wrist.

Something different from what I hoped for and what I dreamed of.

I pushed Sakai-kun away, barely noticing that subtle emotional gap.

“Ah… that… There is a field training this week! So… !”

Sakai-kun blinks as he grabs my wrist and leads me into the motel. That’s why it seemed like that’s what it was.

Well, I know that it’s not an excuse at all.

But now I was in a state of panic.

I never imagined it would end like this. It’s different from what I was hoping for in the first place.

“Sorry… ! Sakai-kun!”

I pushed him as hard as I could.

After being pushed by me, he stared at me with a puzzled expression for a while.

***

I opened the door to the insolvent room.

The member who was sitting face down was Eri.

I came in, but I was lying on my desk with no response.

“…… Eri?”

“Ah… Sayokonga.”

Eri raised her head and looked emaciated. Who was it that told her to always be in top shape? Eri these days was a bit strange.

“What? Why are you so low today?”

“Ah… no. Just… I just couldn’t sleep.”

“Lack of sleep? Did you study all night?”

“It’s not like that….”

Eri, who had never been absent from practice, was already dressed in her gym clothes. She put her hands in her pockets with her head on the desk and pulled out something of her own.

“……… Uh… How is it?”

The next thing Eri did was spectacle.

She said what he took out was a hair brooch. A white flower adorned her bangs.

“Pu-huh.”

“Ugh… ugh… ! It doesn’t suit you either!? This is not for me!”

“No no, not that…” .”

Her insolvency Lying face down on her desk and suddenly lifting her head up is wearing a brooch. It also has a very girlish flower shape.

“I wonder if it doesn’t look good in gym clothes.”

“Is that so… big….”

Actually, rather than the imbalance with that outfit, I laughed at the appearance of Eri Takase that didn’t fit her character itself.

If she reveals that, she’ll go wild again, so let’s just stay still.

“What happened? What is that brooch?”

Come to think of it, I think I saw that shape somewhere.

It’s a common sight to say that.

“Ah…… That is.”

Eri nodded her head, took out her brooch, and set it down on her desk. Oh, don’t miss it. Show her members later.

“Sayoko.”

“Yes.”

“The fox… What a terrifying creature.”

“What?”

What was she talking about out of the blue?

She recalled her arrogance one day as she laid out information she had seen in her magazine to Eri.

Could it be that fox?

“Are you sure you have a man?”

“Ah, ah, no… ! It can’t be!”

“So what! I am a fox out of nowhere.”

Same with that brooch. It’s not just one or two odd things.

“Actually, yesterday…… No…… No.”

“Annoyingly.”

Yesterday, I also left school without hesitation to keep the time I promised with Sakai-kun. He didn’t care what happened to Eri at all.

Ah… I got depressed thinking about it.

“I will go out first.”

“Hey. Are you making me curious and running away?”

“Ah, nothing happened… really.”

Saying that, Eri hurriedly left the room.

Usually, I would have forcibly caught him and asked him. Today I wasn’t in that mood.

Because I also kept my mind complicated about yesterday.

“Ah~ Senior! Hello!”

“I just ran into Takase-senpai!”

“Uh…… Okay… ?”

Like Eri, who was lying on her desk just before, I also gave a deflated answer.

My juniors looked at me and quietly sat down next to me.

“Senior, senior.”

“Why….”

“How was yesterday?”

“……… ….”

Should I say there are no secrets?

The members cheered me on yesterday and let me go.

I must have come to the club room so early because I wanted to hear that review.

You should only be interested in other people’s relationships.

I was hesitant, so the members came in one after another to say hello.

I was just about to talk about what happened yesterday, so when I made a fuss, everyone gathered here and looked at me with excitement.

I’m sorry I couldn’t live up to your expectations.

“How was it? How was it?”

“As I heard, Sakai-senpai is kind, leads well, and knows a lot about good dating courses, right?”

“……… ….”

“Senior~~ Please let me hear it soon.”

So I’m sorry I couldn’t satisfy you.

She finally went on a date with Sakai-kun, whom she had only been watching from afar, but she didn’t enjoy it at all.

The conversation went well, and Sakai-kun led me from beginning to end, and I went from place to place, but I didn’t get excited at all.

It wasn’t difficult to fake a response to a fake laugh or pretend to be happy.

Furthermore, the decisive incident was….

“Senior~! Are you keeping your mouth shut like that?”

I lie face down on the desk.

The thing I pushed away Sakai-kun who was trying to drag me to the motel was still etched in my mind.

She was terrified at the time, to be honest. Because she doesn’t have the confidence to push away the man who pulls her hard. She almost got pushed into the momentum, but she managed to get out of the spot.

Why wasn’t it fun or thrilling?

I tried to avoid it, but I couldn’t help the part that bothered me greatly.

Until now, Sakai-kun didn’t even pay attention to me. It was because even I couldn’t figure out why it had come so suddenly.

There were times when I talked to him, and there were times when I tried to be friendly with him, but I was always ignored.

Such Sakai-kun calls out of nowhere and flirts with you on a date. And the motel on the very first day?

……… I’m not stupid either.

Yeah, I could have gone over it if I was wrong.

Unless you’re a love fool like Eri….

“Hello~!”

The door to the room was thrown open.

It was the disapproving manager who came in.

“Today’s practice starts at 4pm!”

He shouted vigorously today and conveyed the message.

“Oh, and you know that there is a field training this week, right? Do you have to pack all your things without forgetting?”

“Isn’t this your first time being a manager?”

“As fast as someone who has been there very often~”

“Because it’s your first time, you have to be alert.”

The title Eri used to call him became popular, and his name became “Manager-kun” Among the members.

Besides, we got along pretty well.

All the members who were interested in my work just now have changed their interests and are talking to him.

I was impatient.

“Manager-kun. What do you usually do on holidays?”

“I study.”

“Eh~ Your grades look low. A surprisingly good student?”

“It’s not that tidy.”

“Can you tell me if there is something I don’t understand?”

“I heard that senior Yuni failed once during the vacation last year.”

“What!? Who did you hear from!”

Besides, we are getting along well.

Are you a popular guy?

I kept my mouth shut and watched, but I became impatient.

The manager who had been chatting with the members looked at me.

“Ah, Mori-senpai.”

He approached me, stood in front of me, and spoke to me without hesitation. I heard so many hateful things about me.

“About tomorrow’s practice schedule.”

“I don’t know.”

“…… Ah… ….”

“At this point, isn’t it time for you to take care of yourself?”

“……… Yes. That, then….”

Actually, it’s something I need to discuss with me.

I behaved curtly at him as if it had already become inertia.

Embarrassed, he left the room saying he would return for a while.

“……… Senior. Will you soon stop tickling?”

“Someone said tick tick!”

“Sayoko-senpai~ Manager-kun is good at work.”

Not just one or two, but several people supporting him.

What made me angry was that I had nothing to refute.

“You’re so kind and good at what you do. Obviously that rumor is false.”

“……… ….”

Actually, I also began to doubt the authenticity of it.

As the manager of the track and field team, I have seen him not for a long time, but not for a short time. That such a well-behaved kid did that to Sakai-kun?

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t imagine it.

However, the attitude I had taken towards him in the first place had already become fixed, and I couldn’t bite it anymore.

For example, it was a matter of pride.

“The manager is also a member of our team now and goes to training together. You can accept it slowly.”

“Poetry, noisy!”

I hit the desk and stood up.

The atmosphere hardened when he shouted with a straight face. However, what had already been done could not be undone. Following that, I insisted again.

“If you hate me, you hate me! Hey, what are you guys doing in the first place? Why are you so close to him!”

That’s right, you’re doing a good job.

It’s kind of cute to follow seniors and seniors.

Ah, as expected Yuni you….

Isn’t it?

As if I didn’t have the dignity of a captain, even when I was angry, the members grumbled and muttered a ballmen. I sat down on the road and declared with all my might.

“Anyway, I am! I won’t apologize to him!! There’s no such thing as changing your attitude!!”

Apology.

Did I do something wrong?

I was so self-assured, but I brought up the word itself in the first place.

As if in my heart, I couldn’t resist.

“Senior~ For being so good to us.”

“Why are you so stubborn?”

“Practice or get out! Whoa Whoa!”

As soon as I waved, the members scattered outside in a mess.

Yes, I… He continued to avoid and be wary of Sakai-kun for harming him.

However, no one knows if it is true or not.

In the first place, wouldn’t it be better to ask the person himself?

While thinking that, a text message came.

It came from Sakai-kun.

– Yesterday was fun. Did you get home well? I’m sorry about what happened last night. Actually… –

It was the contents of a long sentence that started like that.

Revealing his feelings for me, I came up with an apology for what happened yesterday.

Yes, you can directly ask the people involved in the rumor.

Actually, I was reluctant to meet again because of last night’s incident. Even though I’m apologizing like this, I’m ignoring it.

In the end, we made an appointment today to meet after school.

At the cafe. On condition that Sakai-kun buys me a drink.