Upon arriving at the convenience store, Michi-san immediately rushed in to start picking out a bunch of snacks and drinks that she was gonna make me buy on her behalf.

  “My poor… poor wallet.” I reluctantly accepted my wallet’s death and entered the store, opened my phone, and prioritized the orders that Kana and Senko asked me to buy. The orders on Senko’s list had a can of soda and a cup of instant super spicy ramen. Meanwhile, Kana wanted choco-bananas with extra sprinkles as well as an extra extra large mango slushy. “Ugh~~!!! Why are their orders so expensive!? T^T” I felt my life draining from my body.

  “Rin-kun here are the stuff you’re gonna get for me!” Michi handed me a bento box of tonkotsu with omurice, a can of red bean soup with mochi, and a smoked salmon & cream cheese sandwich.

  “Alright…” I accepted Michi-san’s orders and ended up spending over 8000 yen on everything not counting my orders… I just bought a cup of warm coffee and some strawberry donuts.

  Exiting the convenience store, Michi-san and I sat on one of the seats outside and started eating the foods “I” bought with “MY” Money.

  “Sooo~~ ya gonna spill the beans on that sour face you were making earlier Rin-san?” Michi smirked, she had a devious glint in her eyes as if she was in control of the situation at hand.

  “It’s not important don’t worry.” I refused to give her any edge in this “transaction” so I refuse to speak any further at all.

  “Aww~ is Rin-kun too shy to simply admit that he’s jealous that Haruka-nee is with another man~?” Michi-san poked a finger around my neck and traced circles around.

  “Not necessarily… it’s not a big deal.”

  “Eh~~? I expected Rin-kun to make a funny expression from being teased~ well then why don’t you explain why you were so “angry” at that guy~ ouch!!!” Michi leaned as she teased me further only to get flicked in the nose by me. “Ouchies Rin-kun is such a meanie~~~~~!!!” Michi-san started pretending to cry in order to gain some sympathy points from the people nearby.

  This girl… is really pushing my patience… if she wasn’t Haruka-senpai’s little cousin I would’ve… I would’ve… calm down… you’re better than this.

  “To tell you the truth, I don’t feel any envy if Haruka-senpai falls in love with another man, I have no business or right to judge how she finds love… However, I simply hate Toru-senpai with every fiber of my being.”

  “Oh really now eh~~? Care to elaborate my dear Rin-senpai~?” Michi-san maintained her devious demeanor, she wasn’t gonna let a single forehead flick detour her from her goal of picking on me!

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  This….!! This damn brat…!! She needs to be punished and should get corrected this instant!!!! She must get plap, plap, plapped by an Oji-san for 8 hours straight!!!

  “Alright… first off let me clear something up first, whether Haruka-senpai is dating Toru-senpai or not doesn’t affect me at all, Haruka-senpai is a childhood friend of mine and therefore she is very special to medue to all the memories we shared together, or to put it simply… I care for her deeply. She just happened to be someone I really like.”

  “That’s understandable, Haruka-nee tends to be secretive on who she considers dating.”

  “Now… The reason I have deep hatred over “that guy” is really due to his inflated ego and self-serving act he always puts up in front of the whole school.”

  “Ooo~ is Rin-kun just to wimpy to take what he wan- Kyah~~!!” Before Michi could finish the sentence I flicked her on the nose causing her to back off… for now at least.

  “Now that should teach you to behave yourself.” I crossed my arm and took a bite from some of the donuts i bought.

  “Grrghh… Why do you keep flicking me!? That’s not how a gentleman treats his lady at all!”

  “You’re right… that shouldn’t be how a gentleman treats his woman… but you’re not my woman at all.”

  “Touche…” Michi-san pouted before focusing on eating her bento box.

  “Anyway, the other reason I don’t like Toru-senpai is whenever he’s around her at school, he keeps acting like he owns her and that she’s merely a trophy to him, I know that the two of them aren’t dating each other, since not too long ago, Haruka-senpai agreed to join me for the upcoming culture festival at school and it would be awkward to go with someone else’s girlfriend.” As I kept explaining… Michi-san seemed to have gotten touched by it, it seemed like she was on the verge of crying, since tears were starting to pour down from her eyes. “Eh? Michi-san are you okay?”

  “D-don’t worry I’m fine hahaha…” Wiping some tears off her eyes with napkins she finally spoke up. “To tell you the truth… I’m happy that Haruka-nee has someone looking out for her. She always gets approached by boys around her. She rejects all of them of course, but lately… Haruka-nee had gotten a bit lonely.”

  “Lonely? How come? Does she not have someone to open up to.”

  “You see… her academic tutor recently got a girlfriend. I recall that He’s been tutoring Haruka-nee for quite a while now, I think Haruka-nee’s tutor is the eldest son of a family friend… I even heard Haruka-nee’s parents gossiping about wanting Haruka-nee to marry hi, And as the great detective I’am hehehe~ gyah~”

  “Get to the point.” I flicked her nose again.

  “I know~ I know~ anyway, I immediately called out her crush on him… privately of course, but around a year ago, He went to university so he wasn’t able to tutor Haruka-nee as often. Obviously, Haruka-nee missed him a lot But around three months ago, just before valentine’s day came to visit…”

  I recall Kyoryu-online came out between february and january, could that be… the reason she got hurt as bad as she did when I snapped at her and Kana when they got overprotective of me?

  As Michi continued explaining. “So when He visited our home to catch up, He came with his girlfriend, I could tell Haruka-nee got hurt hard at the revelation… and I think his girlfriend immediately picked up on her crush on her tutor… and I think you could guess what happens…”

  “So She told him to avoid her boyfriend huh?”

  “Yes… that bitch should jump off a cliff for real for real- ouchies!”

  I pinched her cheek hard. “You are a psychopath. I’m really struggling to believe your Her cousin.”

  “I pwomise she ish meh cussin!!! And anyway~ can you promise me something Rin-kun?”

  “What is it?”

  “If you ever start dating her, Can you Take care of Haruka-nee? Cherish, care,and protect her okay? Can I trust you to do that?”

  “If it ever comes to that… I promise.”

  “Very well… I’ll have to be your wingman hehehe~ only after the five dates you promised me!”

  “Sigh……….”