「Eh?! So, does that mean that maybe, maybe, you’re starting to go out?!」
「Yes… Besides, it was a pain to have my weekends wasted on omiais again.」
That’s probably Sophia’s true intention. Totsuka laughs at her as she shrugs.
「Ahaha, that’s true. I wanted to go out with you yesterdayー. But if that’s the case, you’ll be going on dates from now on, right? And then, you’ll end up getting married?!」
「Well, that depends on the person, doesn’t it?」
…I felt like she looked at me again and said that jokingly.
The girls seem to like talking about love, and they’re asking Sophia all sorts of questions.
…I-I shouldn’t care. My relationship with Sophia is solely based on mutual interests.
…Anyway, Sophia is a little devil.
I made a note of that in my mind.
School ended safely that day, and it was time for after-school activities.
Everyone leaves the classroom to enjoy their own time.
One of the selling points of this school is that almost everyone participates in club activities, but the reality is… well, yeah…
That’s because there are a lot of phantom members who only registered but don’t actually participate.
Especially in the literary club, which I belong to, there are a lot of phantom members, making it a large club, but no one is actually active.
There are a few other clubs like that besides ours, so almost all students belong to a club, regardless of the actual number of active members.
I’m probably the only one who’s seriously active in the literary club.
…Well, I gathered my courage and joined the club because I wanted to become a light novel writer, which is my dream.
Now that I know the reality, I’m just doing my own thing without anyone noticing.
We have a clubroom, and since no one else uses it except me, I’m even entrusted with managing the keys by our advisor.
I often go to the library after school, but there are some people there.
Now then, should I go to the clubroom or the library today? The key management is pretty lax.
Basically, the advisor has the key, and if you want to use the clubroom, you have to borrow it, but recently he’s been telling me to keep it.
There’s only one computer in the clubroom, so it’s an option to go there when I want to work on the computer.
I’m also working on writing little by little, so it’s helpful to be able to use the computer freely.
It’s helpful, but nowadays you can write anywhere with a smartphone and a Bluetooth keyboard.
But still, the library has the sound of keyboard typing, so if I’m going to write, the clubroom is better.
…Well, there’s also the embarrassment of being seen by others.
Whether I go to the library or the clubroom… depends on my mood at the time.
When I want to read books or finish homework, I go to the library.
When I want to focus on writing, I go to the clubroom.
…Today, I have a lot of assignments, so I think I’ll go to the library. I’ll study in the library, finish my assignments, and then go home and write.
I take my bag and walk towards the library.
Our library is quite large and has a lot of books. There’s a wide variety, from manga to light novels.
They have quite a few new releases, so it was very useful for me since I don’t have enough money to buy all the books I want.
When I arrive at the library, I head to a seat in the corner. It’s my favorite spot because it’s hidden behind a bookshelf and not easily seen by others.
Not many students at our school use the library, so it’s rarely crowded.
──Light Novels──
──Read Here──
I sit down and immediately start working to finish my assignments.
As I’m studying like that, I saw someone moving in the corner of my eye.
Even though not many people come to the library, there are occasional visitors.
As I glanced over, thinking it was unusual.
I almost choke because the person is someone I know.
「Ah, there you are.」
It’s Sophia. She was looking around and smiled when she noticed me.
From her words, “there you are” and her actions just now, it seems she was looking for me.
Why? Because I’m her fiancé…? But didn’t she say we’d act as usual at school?
Ignoring me as various questions pop up in my mind, Sophia walked towards me and sat in the seat in front of me.
「W-What’s up?」
「I thought I’d study a bit before going home too.」
「…There are other seats, you know?」
「What? You don’t want to study with your fiancée?」
She said it clearly.
She might be saying this because she knows there’s no one around, but even so, I almost choke.
「N-No, but… didn’t we decide not to act like fiancés or anything like that at school?」
We were supposed to act as usual at school, but did I hear her wrong? Or is my memory wrong?
I thought the reason we wouldn’t talk at school was Sophia’s strategy to keep my existence a secret, and I agreed because I didn’t want to cause her any trouble.
Sophia and I don’t have a relationship where we interact at school, so there shouldn’t be any particular problems.
「It’s okay to do it a little, right? Besides, it’s not strange for classmates to do their homework together after school, is it?」
「…W-Well, that’s true.」
There’s nothing wrong with Sophia’s statement itself.
Seeing that I’m convinced, Sophia chuckled and then pointed her smartphone at me.
「Also, you didn’t tell me your contact information, right? It would be inconvenient if we didn’t have it when we need to contact each other in the future, wouldn’t it?」
「…That’s, true.」
「Yuuto, you weren’t in the class LINE group either.」
「…Uhh, that’s because… I didn’t have the chance to be invited…」
「Don’t you use any social media? They were adding people before the school year started.」
So it was true…
Maybe I wouldn’t have been so out of place in the class if I had been more proactive in searching for it.
But a new game was released during spring break… and I was so busy being hooked on it.
It can’t be helped, it can’t be helped.
I hadn’t been able to read much manga or light novels because of the entrance exams, and I had also resumed my writing activities, so I just didn’t have enough time.
「…I have an account, but I hardly ever look at it.」
「I see. Here, I’ll invite you… so for now, tell me your ID.」
She pokes my hand with her smartphone. As she said, there will be times when we need to contact each other by phone. Or rather, since we’re supposedly engaged, my parents would be suspicious if we didn’t at least have each other’s contact information.