Chapter - 1 Himeno Hidden Feeling

 Chapter - 1 Himeno Hidden Feeling 

The season right now is late autumn, in early November. It made her thought that winter will come when she felt a cold wind piercing her skin. 

This was in a certain room in the college. It was not an exaggeration to say that the tension between the two of us who was talking, was exactly opposite to each other.

"Aa, I want a boyfriend. I really want a boy friend~"

"......"

"Where we will meet~, I wonder~, how do you think Himeno!?"

"...Ami, you are noisy"

"Don't say such a cold thing, even Himeno also want a boyfriend, right"

"I don't think so"

While still browsing through the internet, Himeno completely cutting through what Ami said.

"What!? I don't know what you mean! If you like that you won't feel what's youth"

"Well, isn't it fine, because I have a hobby"

"Himeno you are cute, so it's a waste. Because you even rumored by your seniors."

"Rumored?"

Himeno has a quiet personality, so she couldn't do a long conversation. The seriousness she has was because her emotions were undulated and scarce.

"With a tiny and baby-face, You are so cute that people would want to protect you, right?"

"But, Himeno doesn't need it"

Himeno's height wasn't more than 150 cm in her first year of college. The gap between the childish appearance with a quiet and mature atmosphere seemed to be liked by the surrounding people.

"But, I've been thinking about it for a while, but, in reality, you also want a boyfriend, isn't it Himeno?"

"Why it is like that?"

Himeno looked away from her smartphone and narrowed her cute round cherry blossom color like eyes toward Ami with a dissatisfied expression. 

She has been saying "I don't need a boyfriend" so many times, so if she was told like this it would make her felt dizzy.

"But, I had watched you every day. You always taken care for your appearance. Weared a headband and necklace, even you always tidied your bangs, and with a good sense of touch. It was all about girlishness."

"Women that's used makeup can look more cute than usual."

"Well... that's right, but I don't think someone does that far, right?"

"Isn't every woman want to be thought that's they were cute."

"But, it's felt like something is not right....."

"You are thinking too much"

After left these words, Himeno stood up slowly from the chair.

"--Aa, Where are you going?"

"...Toilet. I will go alone"

"You want to go alone, that's fine, but please wash your hand properly"

"I don't want for Ami to tell me that"

"Wha!? I'm washing properly!? Don't make any strange rumor"

Ami countered to Himeno while revealing her upset

******

After finished her business, Himeno washed her hands with liquid soap while muttered in her mind.

(There is no one who doesn't want a boyfriend...)

When she was asked before, the reason why she answered I don't need it, was because when she was being asked out, the reason was simply because of appearance. 

Certainly, Himeno has a hobby. She values her hobbies and makes them a reason for living. However, her hobby and desire to have a boyfriend were about the same.

she was already 18 years old and freshman in college, so it wasn't strange to be interested in that. She had been confessed several times- But she saw it when the first time she was being confessed that behind the boy who was confessing, several boys were hiding in the corner and hearing us. Then she heard it later via a friend. That confession was a punishment game.

--it's the worse

How many times she has been thinking like that. Since then, she couldn't trust a boy. Well, it was normal when the first confession happened like that. Because of the suspicion, It made her thought that the next confession was also a punishment game. With that reason, she continued refusing confessions. That skeptical thought continues even now. Because Himeno's heart was still hurt. But, even she want a boyfriend, but then again, she didn't have the courage.

There are things she was interested in dating. Because of that, she wished to have a boyfriend and know it...

"When you have a boyfriend you will be cuter" there is a proverb like that

Himeno wanted to be "cute". But of course, she didn't want to act cute by playing innocent and helpless. The reason was simple when she heard someone called me "cute" she would be happy to hear that. She thought that when we were dating, we would enjoy our days together. How cute and happy she would be. 

(...It sounded like an idiot. Even I couldn't do that now.)

Himeno, with a masochistic grin, stopped the water flowing from the faucet and wiped her hands with the sky-blue handkerchief in the corner of the room, then went out into the hallway. On the way to the classroom, there was a couple who had a friendly conversation.

"Let's go home together today, ugly boy"

"Shut up, I'm going home alone if you say like that, ugly girl"

"Yes, yes, You will make a tantrum about it. if I don't go home together with you."

"Then Don't come out from the hallway!"

You could say such bad words and the other person wouldn't hurt because you were close. That couple enjoyed themself while being in another world.

(I envy that……)

she knew that she shouldn't stare, that was why she only looked at them with a sidelong glance and said that only in her heart, Himeno thought. But because she was distracted by the couple, she didn't look forward when the timing was bad.

"Wham" (SFX)

"AU!?" (SFX)

"Ah, sorry"

Suddenly a strong impact ran on her right half, and the sky-blue handkerchief that Himeno had in her hand fell on the floor with a patan sound. Perhaps there was an urgent need,  the male student who was hit me, hurriedly ran again while apologizing.

(Mou, it's because of something like this......)

She was angry about it. 

(It was painful...)

When she put up with complaints and tried to pick up the handkerchief that fell, she saw an arm in her view. That arm reached for the handkerchief earlier than Himeno and picked it up.

"It seems that you got hit powefully... is it okay?"

"yes, it's okay..."

"If it's like that then good"

The one who was handed the handkerchief after cleaned the dust off and folded it carefully. then handed it to her was another man who was coincidence walking behind Himeno?

"……Thank you"

"it's fine"

The man smiled small then walked forward. It was just a two-sentence exchange conversation with someone who didn't even know my face, but she was a little nervous. ( たった二言ほどのやり取り、顔も知らない人との会話であったがどこか胸がほわほわとしていた。

)

But she happy because of being helped.

******

"Welcome back, Himeno"

"yes"

When she returned to the classroom where the lecture was held, her friend Ami calls her out.

"Hey, it's sudden, but look at this! It just flowed to Twit○er just before! It looks interesting, isn't it?"

Ami turned to her smartphone with the brightest brightness to Himeno. What was displayed on the LCD was.

"...Lover, acting...?"

"Yes! It seems that it has a good reputation, so I think I should tell you! because you want a boyfriend right!"

"....."

Without returned Ami's words, Himeno concentrated on watching the phone.

"Himeno? Oh!"

"...Nothing at all"

"The market price is 20,000 yen. it's expensive but, it's good to have a one-day date experience? It's like a month's reward."

"Maybe for Ami"

"I'm not really that interested, Himeno..."

Ami didn't know the true feelings of Himeno who sighed deeply and watched the smartphone. 

That night, Himeno was searching while lying on her bed at home. "Lover acting" as the word key. to find the phone number. Himeno, who investigated the mechanism to some extent, opens Twitter and tweets about today's daily routine.

"Today a man picked up my handkerchief. I Was delighted"

Simple sentences and tweets with neither emoticons nor marks. Nevertheless,

"if it's me I would I picked up the handkerchief before it falls to the floor, right?"

 "there anyone who touched Devil-chan's handkerchief!? my friend I envy you!"

"That man is great. If it's me, I would pick up a handkerchief and run away.”

Even if like that, looking from the net it seems to reply in real-time was coming to Himeno's Twit*er account, Devil-chan that has 115,466 followers and tweet was over 1000 likes in less than 3 hours.