How to Capture the Unremarkable Heroine

However, speaking of it, what exactly is she to Makoto Amano now? Is she his girlfriend? Still...

Although Makoto Amano has always been proactive, Yuigahama Yui is still a little unconfident.

Because from the beginning to the end, the two of them have never experienced the "confession" link.

To some extent, it is quite similar to Yumiko before... but, but...

Maybe it's because it's still too early.

After all, I haven't known him for long.

Yuigahama Yui comforted herself like this in her heart.

"What's the matter, Yui? We're almost there. Are you still lost in thought?"

Yumiko Miura waved her palm in front of Yui's eyes.

They had already gotten off at the bus stop near Chiba Shrine.

Although Yumiko Miura didn't intend to come along, she still followed for some reason.

Anyway, she just wanted to go to the shrine for a while, as long as she didn't disturb the two of them. Besides...

No matter how you look at it, Yui is not at ease. It will take a while to wait and see to date that bad guy.

"No, nothing. Let's go quickly."

Yuigahama Yui, who snapped back to reality, immediately took the blonde girl's arm with a smile and walked towards the iconic building of the shrine - the torii gate.

As for why Yuigahama Yui brought Yumiko Miura to the shrine together...

The main reason is to ease the relationship between Yumiko Miura and Makoto Amano first.

After all, one is my good friend and the other is someone I like.

If the relationship gets too tense, it will be difficult for her to be in the middle.

If Yumiko could be like Yukino and Makoto... No, it's not good to be like Yukino!

Yui doesn't want another girl to come between her and Makoto Amano.

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"It's understandable that Aki hasn't arrived because of his part-time job, but why hasn't Yui arrived yet?"

Three fifty in the afternoon.

Amano Makoto has arrived at the foot of Chiba Shrine.

Dark clouds passed faintly in the sky, but it was not obvious. The breeze sometimes stopped, causing the bamboo leaves to flutter.

"It might rain tonight."

I hope there will be no thunder when it rains.

While marveling at the unpredictable weather, Makoto Amano thinks of a girl who lives alone in his house.

Although the girl always says she's not scared, in reality...

She's just an ordinary, delicate, and sensitive girl.

"If Yui is late, I'll have to properly pat her buns as punishment..."

While Makoto Amano is contemplating how to tease the late Yuigahama, outside the bamboo forest, accompanied by the gentle breeze and the dance of greenery, there appears a shiny, white round object.

"Hmm?"

It looks like a hat?

It took Makoto Amano two seconds to recognize the round object and another second to spot the owner of the hat on the slope.

She is a girl about the same age as Makoto Amano.

She extends her right hand toward the hat, which is rolling smoothly down the slope, while her left hand covers her fluttering hair in the wind.

A perplexed and troubled expression appeared on her face.

Anyone could guess from her expression that she was the owner of the hat.

"Sorry, move aside!"

Just as Makoto Amano was about to pick up the almost falling white round hat and return it to the girl, something unexpected happened.

It was a boy pedaling his bicycle forcefully.

He had just finished work and was now desperately chasing time.

He paid no attention to the pedestrians on the side of the road.

Naturally, he stirred up a much stronger gust of wind than before.

"Aki-kun..."

Makoto Amano had just recognized the boy riding the bicycle, but before he could express his surprise, he accidentally saw behind Tomoya Aki...

There stood a girl in a white dress, revealing her fair thighs, and holding the white... hat, dumbfoundedly.

The whirlwind caused by the bicycle, the girl reaching for the hat with one hand, and pressing down her hair with the other hand, perfectly synchronized...

At this moment, the girl didn't have an extra hand to hold down her skirt that was fluttering in the wind.

"Squeak..."

Using the bicycle's powerful brakes, Aki stopped horizontally in front of Makoto Amano.

"I didn't come too late, did I, Amano-kun?"

Aki , who got off the bicycle, was slightly out of breath.

It must be said that he parked his bicycle beautifully. If it could be rated, Makoto Amano would definitely give him a perfect score without fearing his arrogance.

"No....."

Makoto Amano picked up the fallen beret from the ground.

The white... girl standing on the slope also seemed to realize something and awkwardly put her hand down, stopping the swaying skirt.

In that instant of eye contact between the two, they both noticed each other.

Tomoya Aki, who had stopped, finally noticed that Makoto Amano's gaze seemed to have been fixed on his back, so he curiously turned around.

Flower petals fell with the wind, and there stood a girl wearing a dress, as if she had walked out of a two-dimensional world. There was a slightly "bashful" expression on her face.

Tomoya Aki's heart was instantly struck.

No, no...

He shook his head and denied it in his mind.

He was an otaku, how could he like 3-D girls?

"So Amano-kun is also attracted to 3-D girls..."

After calming down his heartbeat a little, he took the opportunity to tease Amano.

"What silly things are you talking about? Isn't she your classmate?"

Makoto Amano gave him a strange look, and then naturally handed the white beret he had just picked up to the shy girl who was contemplating whether she should walk down the ramp.

"Kato-san, your hat."

Upon seeing the girl's appearance, Makoto Amano searched his memory and found her name.

Kato Megumi, Class 2-B, cute-looking, easygoing personality, easy to get along with. But for some reason, she seemed inconspicuous in class.

She was so inconspicuous that Makoto Amano even forgot her name when he later devised his harem plan.

Her appearance and personality were perfectly suitable...

Why did he forget about her at that time?

Perhaps this was the biggest mystery of the century...

Makoto Amano sarcastically berated himself in his mind.

But his face remained calm.

"Thank you."

The girl who took the hat nodded slightly with kindness.

It seemed like she intended to forget about the accidental glimpse of her panties just now.

"By the way, Amano-san, how do you know my name?"

Although she had heard of Makoto Amano's name at school, the girl believed that she had no connection with him.

And she could confidently say that she didn't attract much attention in school or in class.

But this Amano could call out her name so easily...

He was indeed a strange boy.

"Because..."

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