The third wheel

It's been about half an hour since we came to this café, I thought I should explain that I'm totally not into Makoto so Kiriyama doesn't misunderstand me...but it's so awkward right now I cant even speak!

"So? isn't it about time you start speaking?"

Now that she asked me like that I dont think that I can avoid the embarrassment so I just have to go all out!

"I'm Love girls!"

"disgusting"

I blew it

No, No, why is she so harsh with me? calling a boy disgusting like that can land critical hit! not even healing magic can heal broken self esteem

I took a breath and tried to explain what I wanted to say

"I just wanted to assure you that I'm not trying to steal Makoto from you at all"

"huh?what do you think I care about him?you can date him if you want?"

She's getting too defensive, I can hear her heart beating so hard right now, I caneven notice the sweat forming in her forehead

it's kinda creepy how much stronger my senses are in this world, even without using any buffs my senses are 20 times stronger than the other people

My phone vibrated in my pocket to tell me that I received a notification, but I can't check it now I have to clear this girl's misunderstanding before it gets more complicated

"Oh? You don't like him? I thought you were a couple!"

She's blushing hard right now with a weird smile on her face

"Hehehe so that how other people see us..."

Waaah,she's so easy! I feel like I can read hee mind just by looking at her face, as I thought about it I continued talking

"to be honest I feel jealous of him to have su-"

"is that sex harassment? I'm calling the police"

Why would I be harassing a flat bitch?

"Why would I be harassing a flat bitch?"

I said what I was thinking before I could notice a strong slap made contact with my skin, but a normal human's attack shouldn't do any damage to me

Or so I thought

"Agh it hurts so much what the heck, why would you do something like this??"

She completely ignored me and went outside, I tried to stop her hurriedly

"What do you want? pervert?"

"I am not a pervert! and you didn't pay for the things you ordered!"

I didn't mention this before but she ordered quite a few cakes to eat while waiting for me to start speaking

"huh? isn't the guy supposed to pay?"

I think there's a huge misunderstanding here, So I have to make it clear

"I don't see you as a female at all"

***

After going home my mom got worried about my face

"Are you sick? why is your face so red like that!"

She probably didn't notice that it's a slap in both sides of my face

"don't worry about it,It will be fine with time"

But honestly Kiriyama isn't cute at all, I genuinely thought she would be the cheerful childhood friend!

well I guess It doesn't matter for now, I don't want to get involved with her anyway

after sitting on my body I felt my power going to zero in a second, I really want to sleep now, but before that

I checked my phone to see the notifications from before. as I thought it was from the system

[You have gained a new title.]

Oh? so I can gain new titles even in this world? they give some insane buffs sometimes so that really made my day a lot better

I pressed on the "System" app that was installed in my phone automatically.

[Name:Aru /Age:15 (+6)]

[Level:99/Str:99/Ma:99/Agi:99/Def:99/Lu:46]

Even though I tried so hard to max all my stats luck wasn't going up no matter how hard I tried to find ways to level it, so I just gave up and honestly I don't think 46 is a bad place to be at especially because I had skills that can temporarily increase it

[Titles:25]

I have quite a few titles but I wanted to check the new one so I scrolled toward the last of the list

[The Third Wheel]

What the heck?! what us that even supposed to mean? How the heck am i supposed to use it?

I took a long breath and pressed on the title to show me the details

[Title:The Third Wheel

Effects:

-Hide your presence completely when being with a couple of the opposite gender

-Notice Romantic feelings that are not towards you more easily

-Deffense drops to a 1 when called disgusting by a girl]

I want to delete it.

"Why did you give me this???It's Freaking useless!!"

I wss really angry, even if I ignored all the effects the last one feels so stupid I don't even understand it! in the first place being a third wheel has nothing to do with the word "disgusting"

No, I have to focus right now, It may be useful if I used it smart....I don't exactly how but until now no matter how stupid a title seems to be it ends up being a great help...is that what it feels like to see your son fail in school? because that's the more disappointment I had ever felt

after taking a sigh a turned off my phone and just went to sleep

***

the next morning in school, I entered the classroom early so there's not many people here. surprisingly Makoto was there talking with a girl I don't recognize at all,I considered using" appraisal" for a minute but decided not to do so, If I just use my skills whenever I need it will probably be a problem for me, as an example I may say a girl's name without asking her about and wnd up looking like a stalker.

wait...did my third wheel title activate?they're definitely not noticing me at all.

The girl Makoto was talking to seems to be the shy type, she a peach hair color and blue big eyes hidden by glasses,I guess they're talking about a book?

WAIT, That has to do nothing with me right?than why am I listening to their conversation?!I will just go outside until someone else enters the classroom

exactly when I stepped out of the classroom someone pulled me to the wall,my six sense didn't notice so I don't think that's a dangerous thing but...a young girl slapped the wall behind me making the classic position of kabedon (though the roles are switched)

as she closed the soace between our faces, Kiriyama showed a serious look on her face

normally I wouldn't be able to see anything cute about her once I knew her character is twisted

she probably was hiding somewhere in the classroom to watch Makoto, she's definitely a psychopath...

But when ahe get this close even I can't help but notice how cute she looks

"you thought I was cute right now right?"

Shit, was I too obvious? I can always play the poker face and say no but.... for some reason I think lying would just make things worse

"Yes, even a below the average girl would look cuter if she get so close suddenly"

what am I? a tsundere?? I only realized how stupid that was to say.

Kiriyama made a little smile saying with a low voice" So he's not into boys really..."

Hoi I can hear you! and for your information I ciuld have been into boys ans girls too!

well,saying that would definitely be a death wish so I'll keep it,wait am I scared of a teenager after defeating a demon king and Saving the world? get your shit together Sawano Aru!

I used my hand to make some space between us and then asked her

"So? what do you want?"

She hesitated a little, I can notice her face getting more red as time pass,damn why is this psycho acting like a cute girl

"I...I want you to help me get closer to Makoto!"

Yeah I did see that coming