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The Raven Dark Hero 41
🕑 Added 2021-05-19 00:02:22 +0000 UTCChapter 41 : Fuuka's Sentiments
TL:SummerPeanut
Author’s Note:
※There was a sentence in Fuuka's dialogue that could be misinterpreted as her lying about her age, so it has been corrected.
--After school.
"Kouki, I want to talk to you about something."
Suddenly, Azusa from Class A came to meet Kouki in Class G. She had a big poultice on her cheek that looked painful.
Some of the girls were cackling in the background while some of the boys who were tickled by M-ness were ecstatic.
He and Takahiko were chatting about trivial things at his seat, and normally he would never have accepted Azusa's invitation but....
(Did they find out about yesterday's incident? No, but she didn't see my face, did she? I was wearing a scarf... But did they recognize me by my voice?)
Takahiko called out to Kouki who has a bad expression.
"What is it? What's going on with you and Azusa?"
"What? No...nothing really happened..."
Takahiko stared at Kouki suspiciously. Kouki could only make a subtle bitter smile in return.
"..hmm~..well, just looking from Azusa’s state, isn’t it the perfect chance to solve the misunderstanding towards you? Not to mention they are the ones who came to you first, why don’t you just follow her? I'll explain to Fuuka about this nicely."
"What's with the sudden push... And what do you mean by misunderstanding?"
"Misunderstanding is a misunderstanding. Now, go and steal Hiro's harem!"
"Stupid! I don't have a harem..."
"Harem what?"
“"Whoa!"”
They were both surprised to see Azusa next to them before anyone knew it and shouted at the same time.
"...let me say it again, I and Haruka don’t think it’s funny to be labelled as harem members, okay? We're not in a relationship with Hiro yet, after all. I don't know why men always want to take things in a nasty direction like that."
"Okay, okay! Get going now, you two! Why do I have to be the one to get a lecture here?"
"Oh! You traitor, how dare you sell your friend! You coward!"
At first glance, it was a trivial exchange between men. But Azusa looked at Koki with a nostalgic look in her eyes as he exchanged such nonsense.
--After school, Fuuka and Rumi
On that day, Fuuka and Rumi had become good friends. They were having tea happily at McDonald's.
Normally, Kouki would be in the circle but Takahiko told them that he had urgent business today so the two girls were having a girls talk.
"It's already summer in the blink of an eye, isn't it? Fuuka, have you already bought your swimsuit for this year?"
"Eh? I don't have a swimsuit...yet?"
"That’s a big no no. You've got such a nice body, so you need a swimsuit that fits you properly to seduce Kouki!"
"Wh-wha-wha-what do you mean seduce?! It's not like we're dating yetnyunyu..."
"Then that’s all the more reason. It's a good opportunity for you to make it clear. Then again since it’s Kouki we are talking about, he might coward his way out."
Fuuka nodded strongly to Rumi’s words. In fact, she’s certain that she’s pretty aggressive in expressing her love aura. While Kouki’s responses towards her actions were good, neither of them are willing to take the final step across the line. As a female, she felt it should be about time that Kouki took the initiative...
"...then what about Rumi-san?! With that mature person?"
"Me? I'm doing fine. It won't be long before our relationship changes from friends to lovers. We went hiking together the other day, and he ate all my lunch, saying it was delicious. ...To be honest, I was surprised that he ate all of my lunch as well."
"Kouki-kun also always say my bento is delicious, you know? But still..."
"Oh god! Both of you are so indecisive. Okay! There’s no way I can wait until summer! Let's give it a shot this weekend!"
"So sudden!? No, it's too sudden..."
"Understand? Ask him out on a date this Saturday. Ask him to pick out a swimsuit for you. Make sure you wear it one by one for him to see, from sexy ones to cute ones! I'm sure Kouki will be knocked out the moment he sees you in a swimsuit, so take that opportunity to confess your love for him."
"Co-confession! F-from me?!"
"If you wait for that guy to confess first, summer will be over already. Capiche?"
Being suddenly told to confess and without any experience on top of that, Fuuka felt the difficulty is too high.
In the first place, Fuuka has never been in love before. Why was Fuuka so attracted to Kouki? To be honest, she herself doesn’t really know why.
...First of all, their encounter started with a sudden collision on the road. They didn't have much of a conversation, and there was also an observation target right beside her, so she doesn’t think she was particularly aware of Kouki at that time.
The next time they met was in the classroom. She didn't expect that they would be in the same class. She thought it was a strange coincidence but nothing more than that.
However, ever since they were seated next to each other, she had expected him to approach her at least a little, but he kept a blank expression on his face the whole time, giving off a somewhat dangerous vibe.
So she decided to have lunch with him and talk to him a little. In Fuuka's experience, people with that kind of atmosphere were dangerous. She felt that he couldn't be left alone like that. Especially when he looked like a specialist in despair that’s about to fall to the path of stray filths.
After talking with Kouki, she realized that her fears were unfounded. He ate her bento with much relish and smiled at her as if the expressionless face he had just shown before was a lie.
If I may say so, Fuuka may have developed a slight liking for Koki at this moment.
(Since then...Kouki-kun has become brighter and brighter, and kinder and kinder… Takahiko said that he was troubled by the fact that he was non-gifted, and if it was okay with me, I should help him… At first, it was just due to my sense of duty...)
That sense of duty gradually turned into a faint feeling of love. She wondered if it was acceptable for someone like her to fall in love with an ordinary person of her age who didn't have any gift.
But Fuuka wants to make this first and last love experience more wonderful.
"All right! I... will ask Kouki-kun out on a date!!"
"Oh! That's the spirit! Let's start the strategy meeting!"
“Yes! Rumi-neesan!”
This is how Fuuka renewed her determination towards the fated day.
She would later find out that these days were definitely the shining days of her life....
Author’s Note:
※I sometimes tweet about my activities, so please take a look if you like. m(__)m
TL: Only took few tens of chapters to know why our female lead(?) likes our somewhat boring MC. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
