Don't Call Me By My Username! - Chapter 17

Chapter 17 – Conflict

“Takumi, are you okay? You’ve been acting weird since you got back from the ski tour.”

After school, when we were taking a side trip to McD, Kazuki asked me that question out of nowhere.

A few days have passed since that incident. What Akira did to me was stuck in my head, and I found myself often getting lost in thought. I tried to keep my mind as normal as I could, but it wasn’t effective at all.

It was especially difficult in Akira’s class. When I heard that low voice, the acts and the words he whispered to me that day came back to me in a flash, making me unable to concentrate on the class at all.

“Really? I don’t think . . . that’s true.”

“So you don’t even realize it.”

Kazuki exhaled in dismay, glanced around his surroundings, brought his lips close to my ear, and lowered his voice as if he wanted to have a secret talk.

“Is Akira sensei really that great?”

For a moment, I didn’t know what he was talking about. It took me a few seconds to understand, and once I knew what he meant, I could feel my face turning so red as if it was burning.

“Wha— whaat?! Wh- wh- what are you saying?!”

“That’s funny, you’re way too flustered. You were looking at him so intently.”

“Wha—?! I didn’t!”

“Haha, you really didn’t realize what you’re doing? Man, you must be seriously sick.”

To be honest, I was shocked. To think I didn’t even realize that I had been staring at Akira in such an obvious way! Moreover, what did he mean by ‘staring at him intently’?!

“I see, I see. I heard that Mr. Akira is good with techniques, are you addicted to him?”

“No, I’ve told you it’s nothing like that!”

Where the hell did he get that kind of information? I’ve never done it with anyone else before so I don’t even know if Akira was good with techniques or not.

Well, it was true that it felt amazing being touched by him, and he made me cum with his hands so many times already, so at least he wasn’t bad at it.

If anything— Wait! No, no! What am I thinking in broad daylight?!

“But still, this is surprising. I thought you weren’t interested in men, Takumi. To think you’re going out with Mr. Akira, I totally didn’t notice before.”

“. . . What are you talking about? I’m not in a relationship with him.”

“Huh, then that means you’re sex friends?! No way, seriously?!”

“No . . .”

I was about to deny it, but then it suddenly hit me. What kind of relationship did I have with Akira?

Even if we had never done it all the way, we had still done similar things, after all . . . If I was asked what kind of relationship we have, I couldn’t really explain it.

“I see, so it’s more of a messy relationship than I thought. You sure got a cute face, Takumi.”

He grinned and poked me with his elbow.

“E- enough with this topic!”

Perhaps because I was feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable, I downed the rest of my juice in one gulp. I randomly glanced outside the window and was surprised to see a familiar, black-haired figure across the street.

Although it was hard to see clearly because of the heavy traffic, his tall and distinctive appearance stood out even if you don’t want to see him.

“Akira . . .”

The traffic light changed, and the wave of people streamed in our direction. The person who was gradually approaching us was really Akira, and my heartbeat quickened slightly.

However, it seemed that he wasn’t alone. There was a girl wearing our school uniform, though I couldn’t make her out because of the crowd.

She was probably in the third grade because her necktie was a different color than ours. For a high school girl, her skirt was pretty long and she wore glasses. She tucked her long, silky, straight hair behind her ear. She was walking in a manner considerate to Akira’s disabled right hand, and they walked together in a friendly manner. Their expressions were softened and they were conversing happily, almost as if they were lovers.

I didn’t know this. So Akira could make such a gentle expression. Come to think of it, he told me that he liked the pure and innocent type of girls before.

As I was looking at them, my face grew stiff and I started to break out into a cold sweat.

I wonder if he found that girl on that dating app. Maybe I just didn’t know that he had been meeting various girls like this all this time.

There had been quite a few days when he told me that I didn’t have to organize the reference room with him because he was too busy to do it.

Today was the same way. I invited Kazuki to McD because I suddenly had no plans and had a lot of free time on my hands. I never imagined that the reason he was “busy” was to meet with girls.

“What’s wrong? You okay?”

I suddenly felt like I was hit on my head with something blunt, so I might have appeared dazed for a while. Kazuki’s voice, which suddenly called out to me, pulled me back to reality.

By the time I realized it, the sight of Akira and that girl were nowhere to be seen.

“Ah, yeah. I’m fine . . . Sorry, Kazuki. I know I invited you here, but I just remembered something I have to do.”

“Huh? Ah, Takumi?!

Without listening to Kazuki’s reply, I stood up and left the restaurant.

I just wanted to be alone for now.

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