I’m the Heroine, but I Want to Hand That Role Over

I had promised to come home with you after the lecture. So I was walking towards a cafe in college, which is the meeting place, and I realized I had forgotten something. I rushed back the way I came, retrieving my forgotten things and walking.

And I witnessed that.

"... Huh?

A strange girl who walks with Lotus Watch amicably. Plumpy bob-cut, cute kid from a distance.

My shock at this time is immeasurable. Because Lotus is someone who doesn't give a girl away. I'm pretty much the only one beside Lotus View, because Misaki-san and I don't walk so stuck together.

No, more than that, I don't feel like I saw that girl anywhere.

You must have never met him. But I saw her somewhere.

Following the memory of where it would have been… it was Mr. Orange's face that I remembered. I just wondered why Mr. Orange's face appeared, and I recall.

Yes, Mr. Orange was a spin-off villain's warrant.

And next to Lotus, she...

"Spin-off's... Heroin..."

I understood.

The story is moving again.

Upset to see the Lotus Seekers, I decided to walk on campus to calm down. Email Lotus to say 'I'll be a little late'.

I can't see Lotus as I feel like this. I need to calm down somehow. I'm sure my face is very ugly right now. I don't want to be seen with a jealous, warped face.

I even moved my legs thinking so. But inside, the sight just now doesn't disappear from my head. Stop and look around like you gave up.

... is that it? Where are we...?

I had come to a place I didn't know because I was moving my feet into the dark clouds. The university grounds here are bigger than they were in high school. So there were still plenty of places I didn't know.

I don't even know where it came from because I was thinking and walking. I didn't know what to do. I blued my face, and my voice rang.

"... that, Mr. Kaguraki?

Turning to the voice, there was still a Tojo wrapped around an aura like a prince there. Though he has the face that the expression is not the usual alkaic smile, but that he saw something rare.

"Dear Tojo..."

"That's unusual, I can't believe Mr. Kaguraki is here. What's wrong with Song Yu?

"Yasuyu-san..."

When I mouth the name of Lotus Watch, the jealousy I had forgotten for a moment creaked out again.

Seeing such a change in me, Tojo looked strange.

…… What's the matter with you? Did something happen with Yoshiyu?

"No, nothing..."

There are signs that Tojo will stare at me, who answered all the way out of sight of Tojo.

But all I can say is nothing. Because this is just my jealousy, and Lotus has done nothing wrong. I was just walking with a girl.

It's just that, why am I so upset and jealous? It doesn't matter if it's the spin-off heroine you were walking with. Because she's me at Lotus View.

I tried to think about it for a while, and I kept my mouth shut, and Tojo said, "Hello?" and called somewhere.

I was surprised. When I looked up, Tojo smiled and showed me.

... I only have a bad feeling about it.

"Yeah, me. I'm meeting Kaguraki right now, and he seems lost, so can you pick him up? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Around there. Well, nice to meet you."

That's what I said and hung up.

Wait a minute. There was a dialogue that I wouldn't listen to right now.

Am I lost? No, I'm lost, but how did you know I was lost when I didn't say a word to him like that?

"Um, Tojo-sama?

"Hmm? What?

"Who are you calling now?

"Oh, to Yoshiyu, I asked you to pick me up. You've never been this way, have you? So I thought I must have gotten lost."

... I have certainly never been here, but I would ask you not to be sure that I was lost just because of that.

than that.

"Soyu-san picks you up...?

"Yeah. Something wrong?

To Tojo, who gives it back, I shut up without saying anything.

Tojo stared at me like that with a soft eye.

"... I don't know what happened, but I think we should talk to Yoshiyu properly. Well, I guess I can guess."

"Huh...?

Can you guess? Does Tojo know about her?

When I tried to ask that question, I said, "Rinhua!" I heard a voice calling my name.

"Looks like you're picking me up," Tojo said gently pushing my back. When he looks puzzled and stares at Tojo, Tojo leaves with a refreshing grin and waves, not saying "good luck" to his voice.

I still had something I wanted to ask, but they grabbed me by the arm when I tried to call again.

"Rinhua. If I was lost, I wish you would have called me..."

Lotus is the same as usual with a frightened face.

I leaned down without such a decent look at Lotus' face.

"Sorry..."

"I'm not mad at you for anything... anything?

Lotus Mitsu asked a little anxiously if she was surprised at me for never raising her face.

No, nothing, even if I answered, I knew I couldn't give you a face, and I feel sorry for myself like that.

I'm sure Lotus will be confused. I know. But I can't keep up with how I feel.

"... Rinhua?

"... let's go, Soyu-san. I want something sweet."

That's what I said, made a smile and raised my face, and Lotus made Lotus look a little stronger. And slowly creates a grin so much that it's not unnatural, and walks out, "Well, let's go".

I feel the wall, even though I walk side-by-side, just like I always do.

This wall was built by me. So you don't deserve to think I'm lonely about it.

The awkward air lasted long enough until we broke up that day.