I don't feel like Mina's ratings on me have been rattling off lately.
Phil called me your brother and I niggered him or exposed my lower body in front of Sakuya and Krall. I'm totally bad, but it's somehow uncomfortable to keep getting a bad impression on Mina.
As a party member, as a classmate, as a friend, I want to keep a good relationship with Mina.
So I wanted to have a chance to talk to Mina when I finished my training today.
"... I've been looking at people's faces for a while now, can I help you?
but Mina forced me to get ahead and start with a microscopic state.
"No, nothing... oh, yeah. Mina, what do you think of me?
I got Mina's jitsu eyes, and I uttered a meaningful word.
How about that?
I got a little tempered because they took the lead.
It sounds like I care about Mina this way.
It would be tough if they thought you were going to involve Mina further here, even though you already had an arrogant relationship with three girls.
Mina is a friend and doesn't have a romance flag or anything.
All right, let's get that clear here once and for all.
"I don't care about Mina, by the way, do I?
"I spoke to you to sell you a fight?
How about that?
Totally tempered.
Calm down, me.
"You're not... uh, I just wanted to say that I want to be and continue to be good friends with Mina"
"... isn't that the way you say it to someone you swung at when you confessed?
"Yes, you don't... you push too hard"
I'm just saying let's just keep being good friends.
...... hmm?
But this is certainly the only word I use for heterosexuality at that time.
Wow, I did it.
"Ha, even if that sounded like it, I don't have any intention of doing that, I just want to be good friends with Mina, as the word goes..."
That's what I told Mina all the time.
If you look at me from the side, I'll be ugly.
Should we have spoken in nature?
I shouldn't have consciously tried to talk about it to get along or something like that.
I'm not that good at communicating either.
Not today.
Let's get along with Mina. The big ops should be carried over tomorrow to rearrange.
"... I want to be good friends with you, too, don't I?
Where I was about to make a tactical retreat, Mina shrugged as she turned that way.
If what you're saying isn't an illusion, it means Mina wants to have a good relationship with me.
That would be a pleasure for me.
"But you can't be getting along with a girl in the middle of nowhere."
"Yes...... sorry"
But apparently that relationship also includes a willingness not to spoil me.
Mina felt me being flushed by Sakya's attackers from a close position, and as a friend she has shown herself pointing it out.
"Besides... I really don't think you should get along very well with me either."
"? Why not?
"Because... you often say you can't be friends with heterosexuals, don't you? Besides, if I get along with you, the Sakyas might be sad, right?
Hmm, I see.
I often hear that it is difficult to maintain a state of being friends and best friends because it can indeed develop into love if you get along too well with the opposite sex.
It's why Mina is beautiful, and she has the kindness to care about others.
If we get along too well, there's no guarantee I can keep seeing her as a friend, either.
"But what if the Sakyas are sad? You're one of us, and they're not gonna get mad where we got along."
"Well, maybe that's true..."
Mina sighed gently there.
Was there anything I thought of in what I just said?
…………
"... what the hell"
And then Mina stared at my face and frowned as she said, "Hmmm..."
"Nothing. I was just wondering if you were so cool."
"Am I cool?
"There's more than one pretty girl who likes you. But from me, I don't think you're that cool."
"That's quite a blow..."
"Oh, no, that's not why I'm saying it's bad, is it?
When I leaned down slightly, Mina added words in a panic.
I can't believe I'm looking better than the others. I can't believe I have an uplift.
But still, when they say it's not cool, it just hurts a little.
"I mean, it looks like Sakya's been in love with me for a long time before she found out about my real life, and maybe Phil too. So it doesn't matter if my face is cool or not?
Krall doesn't apply because it looks like something close to love at first sight, but I can tell you that Sakya and Phil liked me as "Singh".
They became fond of Sin, the only one on the inside.
"... but I'm not that good on the inside."
That's where I got worried.
I'm not sure about my ability to look at myself objectively, but at least I've never thought I'd have a good personality.
What did they like about me?
I'm not sure anymore.
"Well... on the inside, I don't even know why you like the Sakyas."
"Oh, really?
Then an unexpected word came out of Mina's mouth.
"What do you care, and if you ask me right, you'll answer anything, right? And there's something about it, so it's not too surprising that a kid like Sakuya likes you."
You mean I'm a good caretaker and a mammal?
Sure enough, Sakuya and Phil can say that I got along as a result of actively teaching games and playing with them.
"And then... there's something quite childish about you, so maybe they tickled your maternal instincts there."
"What? Childish?
"Right. 'Cause it's just the kids themselves who get upset, hate to lose, and get swollen when they don't like it."
"Ugh..."
I admit I hate to lose, but I didn't expect you to point me out to the point of getting mucky or swollen.
Could everyone look at me that way?
"But when you fight, you're oddly reluctant, and you're actually strong... isn't that the kind of gap that's good?
"Hmm."
Hey, I'm kind of glad you're being praised for saying that.
Besides, I feel that from Mina, who is usually muddled, is something different from what Sakya and the others say.
"Oh, so, but I only think of you as a friend, right? Just like you."
"Oh, wow."
So if you'd said something like, "I don't like you at all, so hey," it would have been perfect.
What are you thinking, me?
That's not what Mina said.
I didn't ask for a tundelle or anything.
"What are you two talking about?
Thakya came there.
Apparently, she's just finished practicing, too.
"I was just talking about what's so cool about Sin."
Mina answered Sakya's question.
Well, I sure am.
She doesn't even seem willing to hide her current story.
Maybe I don't have to hide it.
"What do you think makes Sakya cool about Singh?
"All of it! I think everything about Shin is cool!
"Oh yes..."
Though Mina spoke to Sakya, she began to laugh bitterly when she heard the response.
"... you think Sakuya's pretty cool about my face or something?
Seeing Mina like that, I asked Sakuya.
I'm worried about Sakuya's rating.
I didn't care what I looked like, so I always had bumpy hair and I didn't take care of my eyebrows or eyelashes.
Perhaps a few people care about eyebrows and eyelashes, but should I at least get my hair done properly?
If Sakya and the others say it's better, then so be it.
"In Shin-kun's case, it feels more cute than cool because it's a child's face."
"Child-face... or..."
I'm a little concerned about the child-face thing.
I need you to look a little more masculine. I'm going to get licked as a tank.
"But I love Shin-kun the most now!
"Oh... thank you very much..."
Seeing as I'm a little depressed, Sakya's been following me well.
Do you love me now?
Then I guess I don't have to force myself to try to change something.
So after this we went back to our quarters and finished the day.
When I went to bed, I heard my good ratings from Mina (although there were some bad ratings) and I slept better than usual thanks to knowing that she didn't hate me other than my thoughts.
What do you care? You cared a little about what Mina thought.
I want to continue to have a better relationship with her.