The Pretty Girl Next to Me Asks Strange Questions Every Day - The Pretty Girl Next to Me Asks Strange Questions Every Day chapter 40

40 – Tomorrow at lunchtime, can you go to the library with me?

The next day at lunchtime.

Usually, I would have gone back to class and had a good time, but I had other things to do today.

I move my feet to the library located on the first floor of the school.

Speaking of a library, the size is incomparable to the city library near my house. Even as a book lover, I rarely came here.

But today I had something to do here.

“Are you here?”

As I opened the door and entered, Ina smiled and said.

Lunch time left after a meal. In the meantime, we made an appointment to spend time in the library.

And the reason is, of course, the events of yesterday.

Sarah told me about what she had been through with me in the past. Some of them I knew about, and others I had completely forgotten about.

I spoke to Sarah, who liked to read books and was timid in the past. More precisely, it is said that it was. It seemed that Sera, who continued to grow in her own way after that, was able to become what she is now.

In short, a medium called ‘book’ existed between Sarah and me.

I wonder if that fact made me feel a sense of danger for no reason. Yesterday after school, Ina asked me a favor.

“Can you go to the library with me at lunchtime tomorrow?”

“Well, that’s fine.”

I belatedly worried that the library would be open even during lunchtime, but, well, the librarian seemed to have finished his meal early. Fortunately, there was a sign ‘OPEN’ hanging in front of the library door.

“There is no one there.”

Ina whispered in a soft voice.

“I guess so. There can’t be many people visiting the library during their precious lunch break.”

“Is that so?”

Ina tilted her head for a moment. Well, I wonder when the student will come again other than lunchtime. Maybe it’s just that the kids at my school don’t read books.

I was thinking about it as I caressed her chin, but Ina put her face out with her arms behind her back with a smile.

“Thanks to you, I found a place for the two of us to go on a date.”

“…… Aside from whether it’s a suitable place for a date, if it’s a quiet place, it might be insolvent.”

The poor room is really a place where only members of the newspaper club visit. You don’t have to worry about other people’s eyes. It is a perfect place for a date.

But Iina shook her head.

“I can’t because you might get bored if I keep meeting you in the same place.”

“If you’re going to get tired of it, you’re already tired of it. You don’t have to worry.”

“No. Someday it will I’m sure you’ll become an insensitivity patient who can’t feel the excitement because you’re too used to it.”

“Apathy… ….”

You dare to use strange words. There must be expressions like boredom.

“So? Why did you want to come to the library?”

Lunch time is not long. She immediately asked the main point, so Ina put her hands on both sides of her waist and stretched out her flat chest.

“I mean. I’m trying to get a book recommendation.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. So that’s right. I want you to pick out the books you have read so far that you like.”

Ina, who suddenly gave me an assignment, began to look through the books on the bookshelf on either side of her, shaking her body from side to side. This is the IT/technical section. Wouldn’t it be meaningless to look at it?

“I liked the book.”

Okay.

Just as gluttons are not gourmets, just because you read a lot doesn’t mean you have the ability to recommend good books.

I said I like reading books, but I didn’t like or dislike them. Quite a few books were at the level of being able to read and cover just fine.

Of course, what Ina wants isn’t even a high-level book. If so, what books would you recommend to Ina? … This will be an easy and fun book.

Leaving Ina leafing through the books she had nothing to read, she headed to the novel section.

Let’s see. What was the title Well, here it is. After pulling out a book there, he returned to Ina and tapped Ina with his index finger.

“Huh? Why?”

“How about this book?”

He handed over a book and asked.

The book I handed over was, so to speak, a book like a youth novel. It’s not long and the content is interesting for our age to read. I will be able to enjoy it too.

Ina flips through her pages and looks inside.

“What are you talking about?”

“It would be a spoiler if I told you.”

“Then tell me only the parts that are not spoilers.”

“Um, what. After all, the plot is written at the back of the book.”

Review the content. Simply put, this was the story.

“It’s a story about a boy and a girl who have been close since childhood, but they drift apart for a while, and then meet again when she becomes an adult.”

“… ….”

For some reason, the reaction was cold. No, rather than chilly, it seems gloomy. Anyway, I don’t know English.

“Why is that?”

“…… How do you think I would react if you recommended such a book in this situation?”

“Such a book in this situation?”

Hearing Ina’s hint, she thought for a moment.

And she immediately understood what she was saying or what she wanted to say.

“Oh, no. I just recommended it because I thought it was a novel that could be read lightly. It has no other meaning.”

“Hmm~”

Suspicious eyes fly.

“Is there any other book besides this one?”

“Why? Don’t you like it?”

“Yes. I don’t like it.”

“Yes. Sorry.”

“Whoops. I’m kidding. It’s not that, I thought I’d borrow a couple of books while I’m here. How is it? Any books that come to mind?”

“I’ll think about it.”

What kind of books are there? As she recalled the books she had read in the past, Ina took a step towards me and asked.

“For example. Like the story of a man and a woman who met in high school exchanging silly jokes with each other. Are there any books like that?”

“Maybe there is, but at least not in the school library.”

“Then, what about the story of a high school couple getting along and having a sweet time?”

“…… I don’t think there will be either.”

“Really? Then, are there any novels in which two people who met in high school get married as soon as they graduate?”

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“…… Okay.”

At this point, it’s easy to see that this isn’t about books.

After letting out a sigh that contained her various meanings, I tapped Ina on the head. Then she pouted her lips.

“Don’t treat me like a child.”

“I don’t really treat you that way.”

But what can I do if she says she doesn’t like me? She

She thought of Ina and tried to let go of her hand, but somehow, she gave Ina a pitiful look. She put her hand on her head again and her expression softened a bit.

…… It’s just a small child.

She was thinking that and she was laughing, so Ina quietly brought her words out.

“Actually, I mean. I think about it these days.”

“What do you think?”

“I wonder what our relationship will be like after graduating from high school.”

“Um.”

Isn’t that the distant future? I thought so for a moment, but now it was about a year and a half left. If she was going to continue her relationship with Ina, she would have to think about it.

“When Serara met her child. I realized that I was a little bit wrong.”

“Wrong thinking?”

“Yes. I mean I thought that if we confirmed each other’s feelings, even if we quarreled after that, we would be able to carry on until the end.”

Ina continued with her serious face.

“But it can’t be, can it? Even the couples in the novel. Just like after the epilogue, we can get into a fight and break up without the readers knowing.”

“Isn’t that a very hopeless imagination?”

“Ahahahaha. Is it?”

After Ina smiled at her eyes.

“Even so. For example, if you like another girl. If the two of us go to different universities. If only each other’s hearts get cold. I thought that this relationship would eventually collapse.”

She had heard a similar story from Ina’s mouth.

Ina grew up watching her parents’ relationship. She must have seen countless times how people who loved each other became enemies.

And I’m worried that our relationship might end up like that too.

In my own way, I told you not to worry. It seemed that it wasn’t enough to wash away Ina’s anxiety.

“Well, in order not to do that, you must drink a lot of milk and read a lot of books, right?”

Ina made a joke as if to conclude her story. Her smirking smile on her face was radiant as always.

She could take it as a joke and move on. She only makes a resolution inwardly and doesn’t take any action for now. It was a trouble-free solution that always went on.

But today, I definitely wanted to show it.

I wanted to prove that my heart could not lose to Ina’s.

“Over there.”

“Huh?”

Ina turned her head. Looking straight up at me, her eyes sparkled like stars.

She picked up the book lying next to her and opened it roughly halfway. Then, with one hand, he held it up as if to cover the two of us.

I put my lips on top of Ina’s.

“Black… ….”

I could feel Ina taking her breath in as if surprised, but she stayed there for a moment.

How many seconds had passed? Or maybe it’s been a few hours. A sweet fragrance that made her forget even her sense of time stimulated her whole body.

After a while, when I parted her lips, Ina took a deep breath.

Her cheeks were flushed, and her slightly closed pupils showed her wonder and a bit of bewilderment.

“Go, what’s wrong all of a sudden…… ?”

Ina said in a trembling voice.

Of course, I was quite shy, but I answered as calmly as possible.

“No, what. I can’t explain it well, but I just wanted to let you know. What kind of mind I am.”

When I hear the same words as before, I feel worried as well. I also think that I want to show my heart to Ina.

I just put those thoughts into action. Didn’t do anything special.

“Stupid.”

But what came back was this one word.

“Oh, didn’t you like it?”

“I have to cover the time and place.”

“What… ….”

Ina, she was looking at me with her usual smile.

At most, I did skinship first, but I quickly regained my usual appearance. I feel bad for some reason. After contemplating what to say in return, she opened her mouth.

“Because if you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you might get bored.”

“…… Ugh.”

Ina let out an incomprehensible sound as if she had eaten a punch.

She then turned her head away with her cheeks puffed out as if she had nothing more to say.

Hmm, I think today is the first time I’ve won against Ina.