Kenkyo, Kenjitsu o Motto ni Ikite Orimasu - Chapter 163

Chapter 163

Even though it was his fault that Wakaba-chan was being bullied, Kaburagi was sitting in the Salon, happily sipping away at tea .

Apparently he talked to Wakaba-chan again . Dumbass .

I was enjoying matcha rolls on my favourite sofa when Enjou came along .

“Kisshouin-san, thanks for humouring Yukino during the School Festival . ”

“It was my pleasure . ”

I hadn’t been to the Petite Pivoine since the School Festival ended . I wonder if he was doing well .

The two of us chatted about Yukino and the School Festival for a while .

“Recently Yukino has been obsessed with trying to do latte art too . ”

“Goodness, Yukino-kun is?”

“I’m the one who has to drink his creations though . Every day my own little brother makes me drink a coffee he drew a heart on . Still not quite sure how I feel about that,” Enjou smiled helplessly .

I, on the other hand, was busy imagining little Yukino-kun, trying his very best to make latte art . It was so cute that it was all I could do to avoid squirming .

Speaking of latte art though, wasn’t Enjou going to draw Yuiko-san some~? Maybe now would be a good time to ask about her .

“Speaking of which, Katsuragi-kun from our middle school section came to visit . With a girl in tow, as well . ”

“Well…”

Enjou made a show of trying to remember, before breaking into an amused smile .

“Yuiko and I have become quite the rumour, haven’t we . ”

“That does seems to be the case . ”

“Are you interested too, Kisshouin-san?”

“Why, not at all . ”

It was kind of irritating to be treated like some gossiper . Well, I actually was interested though .

“I’ve told quite a few girls already, but Yuiko is a relative . ”

“I see . ”

I’d heard this tidbit as well . ‘But for relatives they were awfully…’ That was basically my thoughts on it .

“It looks like they’re still saying that Yuiko’s my girlfriend though . ”

“That seems to be the case, yes . I have heard the rumours myself . ”

“Yuiko isn’t my girlfriend . ”

Eh-, really? But Katsuragi Boy claimed that she was your lover, you know?

“Oh? Was that unexpected?”

“Well, yes . Katsuragi-kun told me as much, so…” I sneakily tattled on him .

“Aaah . Well, he’s always kind of adored her, so…”

Enjou gave another helpless smile .

‘Adored’ . Mmhm, that seems about right .

“She’s not my girlfriend though . ”

“Aah . ”

“She’s my fianceé . ”

“Aah!?”

Fianceé!? Enjou’s!?

My eyes shot open and my whole body radiated shock when Enjou suddenly burst into laughter .

“‘Aah’? Just now you made an incredible expression, Kisshouin-san . Don’t tell me you believed me?”

“Haah?”

Was that a joke!? Which was it!? Stop making fun of me, you twisted guy!

“To be accurate, she’s a “candidate” for my engagement . ”

“Candidate?”

“Yep . Since we were basically the same age, there’s always been talk about that . Since there was nothing official, she’s a candidate . ”

“I see…”

Fianceé…

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“Hmmm…”

For some reason I was in a bit of a funk when I got home . It felt like I was being left behind, somehow .

Even though we were all still high schoolers, some of the people in my grade were already thinking about engagements . It had me shaken . Since I’d known Enjou since primary, my feelings were a little complicated .

To me, marriage was something I’d always thought of as some far-off future .

“The future, huh…”

I rolled atop my bed for a while .

If I was being honest with myself, I never really thought about my future seriously . I spent most of my days focusing on the present .

As long as Otousama and Oniisama kept working hard at the company, our family wasn’t going to collapse either . I’d be able to do whatever I wanted without worrying about earning money for the family .

But that was the problem . I didn’t have anything I wanted to do . How could anybody have no dreams like this!

Still, maybe it was because of how I grew up, but I really wanted a real job . Not even in my dreams would I ever think about becoming an idol or something .

Being a civil servant would be ideal, but I’m not sure if it would be okay for the Kisshouin family’s only daughter to become one…

Maybe it would be a good idea to start looking into good jobs .

The future…

Tsk . Thanks to Enjou my mind was filled with serious thoughts now .

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When I arrived at school the next morning I saw Kaburagi speaking to Wakaba-chan at the entrance . Pay attention to the eyes around you, Kaburagi!

When Wakaba-chan noticed me, she gave a little hop and tapped her shoes together . Kaburagi noticed and asked her,

“Huh . Takamichi, are you studying tap dancing?”

Thank goodness he was an idiot as usual .

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When the weekend came around I visited the library . Since I’d been so busy with Bea-tan, it was the first time in a while . Maybe Naru-kun would be here~ Oh, there he was!

With a reference book for job requirements in hand, I picked a seat next to Naru-kun that was luckily free .

Since Naru-kun was busy with his exercise book, he didn’t notice my passionate gaze at all . Aah, wasn’t there anything with his name on it?

Since I couldn’t exactly turn my head and start staring at him, I pretended to read my book while leering to the side . If only I had a second face for times like this!

Maybe I could pretend to drop my pen . It worked in shoujo manga .

Wait, what was I even doing . I wasn’t going to deny that Naru-kun was part of it, but my motivation for today was also supposed to be thinking about my future .

What kind of qualifications would be good for my future? Tax consulting, accounting, law… All of them looked too hard for me .
I mean, I loved looking at my bankbook, but I sucked at maths, and I wasn’t prepared to be responsible for somebody’s life either .

What else then . Yeah, I think a civil servant with lots of fringe benefits would be best .

Suddenly, I noticed Naru-kun taking some printouts out of a clear plastic folder . Wasn’t this my chance to finally get his personal information!?

With my very best efforts at sneaking a glance, I found the name of a national high school at the top of what looked to be a practice test .

Wasn’t this the name of Aoi-chan’s high school!? It had to be fate this time, right!?

I immediately pulled out my phone to contact her when a message from Aira-sama arrived .

‘Masaya’s found a new love!?’