After securing a promise to go see a movie together, Rinka seemed genuinely happy.
Just to be safe, I decided to confirm it with her one more time.
“Are you really okay with this? Wouldn’t it be bad if someone saw you walking around with a guy like me?”
“Shibuya isn’t even my hometown, so it’s fine. We won’t run into anyone we know.”
“Yeah, but what if by some chance… no, am I just being overly worried?”
Remembering what my little sister often tells me, I tilted my head.
“If Ritsuki takes off his glasses, no one would think you look like Kitaro. I-if you can’t see well, I’ll link arms with you while we walk…”
“My eyesight isn’t bad, so I’m fine. They’re just fashion glasses. When I wear them, I get smarter.”
“What is that supposed to mean~? B-but isn’t it fine to link arms? Y-you know, it’d be dangerous if you fell over.”
“Do you think I’m a kid? Sorry, but I’m actually pretty good at walking.”
I nodded without thinking at Rinka’s suggestion that I should take off my glasses.
She was right—if I took off these thick, bottle-bottom glasses, at least no one would mistake me for Kitaro.
Actually, now that I think about it, it might be a bit bad that Rinka has seen my real face.
If Shion’s true face were ever leaked to the public, Rinka would immediately realize it was me.
Even though we’re a masked band, we only hide the area around our eyes.
People involved have photos of my uncovered face, so I can’t let my guard down.
Also… why does she want to link arms so badly?
So I can’t escape?
Her attachment to a “friend” is pretty intense.
“So, how are we meeting up?”
“Come to my house! I’ll send you the location on your phone. S-so, let’s exchange RINE IDs!”
“O-oh… okay.”
I never thought I’d end up getting the contact info of a girl from my school…
Is this really okay?
She’s not going to block me after the movie, right?
She’s not going to tell me to buy electronic gift cards, is she?
“F-fufu… fufufufufu…”
After exchanging contact info with me, Rinka stared at her phone while letting out a creepy little laugh.
She looks unbelievably happy…
This girl really must not have any friends outside of her entourage.
Maybe we could become good fellow loners outside of school.
“H-hey… by the way, Ritsuki, do you have the contact info of any other girls at school?”
“Nope. Other than family, I’ve got none. You can kinda tell how much of an introvert I am, right?”
“Fufu, I see~. So I’m the only one who’s noticed your face, Ritsuki~. Ohhh, so that’s how it is~.”
Rinka looked at me with a grin she couldn’t quite hide.
T-this girl… did she notice something about me?
No, Shion’s face hasn’t been made public.
Whenever we appear, we hide our eyes with a mask persona.
We’ve taken other precautions too.
There’s no way she could figure it out.
By the way, while my personal phone doesn’t have a single girl’s contact info, Shion’s phone is overflowing with them.
Idols, female announcers, actresses, popular child stars, even overseas celebrities.
Messages come flooding in almost every day.
If I don’t give them my contact info, they start hanging around my dressing room.
“Then it’s settled, Ritsuki! On the day, meet up at my place at 9 a.m.!”
“Yeah, yeah.”
I watched Rinka as she hopped around energetically, waving at me over and over.
…She’s really bouncing a lot.
I won’t say what exactly is bouncing, though.
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