Love Advice From A Childhood Friend

itude completely.

I’ve had several chances to talk to Honma since junior high school, and she was very good at keeping her distance.

She would step in or step out, depending on the mood and color of the person she was talking to.

It’s no wonder she’s popular with both men and women.
She is the complete opposite of the clumsy and uncommunicative Hinagata.

Eventually, the match ended in victory, and they seemed to have taken a short break.

“What do you want to do after this, senpai? Do you want to come to my place?”

“I’m not coming.”

“You’re not coming? That’s a shame.”

I heard footsteps and thought it was Sugiuchi, so I looked towards the stairs and saw Hinagata and Uchinokura-san in their club jerseys just coming up.

“Hmm?  Wasn’t Sugiuchi here?”

Glance glance, said Uchinokura-san while looking around.

“That guy, he went off to get something to eat.”

Fuun, as Uchinokura-san snorted, Hinagata gave me a questioning look.

“….”

What the h**l? What’s with the staring?

“Thank you for your hard work, both of you.
You guys won! It was my first time seeing it properly, but it was really cool!”

“What are you doing here, Honma-san?”

When Uchinokura-san asked, Hinagata seemed to be asking the same question, and gave a small nod in agreement.

“I was just visiting the club activities.
Because there was a game going on in the gym.”

“”Just?””

“Yes, just.”

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“Are you coming to girls’ basketball? It’s hard though.”

“Ehh—.
Then I won’t!”

Both Uchinokura-san and Honma were smiling and talking, but even I could tell It was obvious that they were talking while hiding their true feelings.

Good grief, said Uchinokura-san while shaking her head and then she sat down next to Honma.

The only remaining vacant spot was next to me.

“Shiori, come here too.”

When invited, Hinagata shook her head, purring.

“…..
Right now, sitting next to him is not good….”

I’m sure she wants to sit down after the game, but she refuses to.

“Hinagata-senpai, I don’t think you smell like sweat, so it’s okay.”

“Huh!?”

I’m not sure if Honma had guessed her true intentions, but Hinagata shrugged her shoulders.

Oh, that’s what you’re worried about

“Sit down here, Hinagata.
I don’t mind.”

“Senpai, senpai.
That’s not the part where you say, ‘I don’t mind,’ but where you whisper, ‘Everything smells good when it smells like you~.'”

That girl is crazy.

“That’s why… Well, should I sit down?”

I patted the space next to me.
She whispered and then sat down quietly.

All I could smell was the lingering scent of her hair from when she walked and the smell of the Hinagata’s fabric softener from her jersey.

Uchinokura-san began to ask Honma questions in a caring manner. What club activities are you going to join? And so on.

While they were having this conversation, Hinagata, who was sitting on the edge, said—

“….We have one more game and then we’re done.
So if you’re bored, you can go home.”

“No, it was fun.”

“Glad to hear that.”

“You’re a pretty good basketball player, aren’t you?”

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“Eh? Now?”

I’ve been thinking about it for a while now…

“I thought about it the other day, but… You were cool.”

“~~~!”

I’m not sure if it was an unexpected impression, but Hinagata’s face was reddening as she made a V shape with her mouth.

The number of blinks were unusual.

Is she embarrassed? Is that it?

“….Ahh, um…”

“What?”

“Umm….”

Even though I waited, Hinagata did not follow easily.

Uchinokura-san got up from her seat.

“Shiori, we have to go downstairs now.
I’m going first.”

Oh, ah, Hinagata started to get impatient as she looked at her watch and me.

“Uhm.
Uhhh—”

“Calm down, Hinagata.”

There There, I calmed her down with both of my hands.

“C-Can I contact you at….
when I get home?”

“Yeah.
Sure.”

Her expression cleared up.

“Okay, bye.
See you later!”

With a small wave of her hand, Hinagata walked down the aisle with a bouncy step, caught up with Uchinokura-san, and went down the stairs.

…..Hmm? That’s it?

“Huh~ … What’s that, really really, cute.”

Honma absentmindedly took a deep sigh, at loss of words.