I Was Betrayed by My Childhood Friend, so I Won’t Lie to Myself Anymore

m going to buy her some sweets. 

I took my wallet and went to the convenience store. 

The distance is about a 10-minute round trip, and I probably can still eat lunch.  

After arriving at the convenience store, I threw some tea and sandwiches into my basket, then put some limited edition sweets for Ayaka, and went to the cash register. 

As I was standing in the line, the girl in front of me started panicking about something in front of the cash register. 

“O-oh my? Seriously? Um, could you wait a second, clerk～? Eh～ I thought I put my wallet here in my bag…hm～?”

The girl was fumbling around inside her bag for a while, then the old man behind me got annoyed, stuck his tongue out and started tapping his foot. 

“Jeez, check your wallet before lining up.”

“Sigh…you should at least wait for that.”

Finally, the old man said that in a voice that could be heard by the girl, so I put my basket crown on the cash register and told the clerk. 

“I’ll pay for her and this together, may I  have the check?”

“Eh? Wai-, you can’t do that ! I can’t have a total stranger paying for me !”

“We can talk about that later.
Apparently, there are people who can’t wait for the cashier, so I’ll pay for it here.”

I told the girls so and had the clerk to settle the bill.

After I paid, I turned to the old man and slightly bowed my head.
Then, the old man was scratching his head while smiling bitterly. 

Then, as soon as I left the convenience store, I handed the bag to the girl and decided to go home. 

“Eh, wait a minute ! I haven’t paid the money yet !”

“Ah, it wasn’t something expensive, so don’t worry about it.
I’m just irritated by that old man.
Well then.”

“Hm wai-! ! Onii San～! !” 

( TL/N : she called him Onii San which can refer to mister but the younger version ) 

With that i walked away from the place as fast as I could, and ignored the girl’s voices. 

♦♢♦

“Sigh～.
I’m back～.” 

“Welcome back～.
You’re late Onii chan～.”

“Oh, I’ve got a few things going on.
Here, it’s a limited edition sweets.
I think it bent a little.” 

“Wo～w ! This is the one that I wanted~! Thanks Onii Chan !”

“Well then, I’m gonna eat in my room.
Call me again when your friends are coming.” 

“Okay～.
Thanks for everything～.”

I waved my hand to Ayaka and returned to my room.

Now that I’ve bought the food safely, I think I’m gonna relax in my room for a bit. 

??? Point of View

“He left…”

I knew that the old man behind me was annoyed when I forgot my wallet and started panicking.
But when I couldn’t back out of it, the super cool Onii San paid for it instead, and he was handling it smartly even to the old man. 

I’m afraid that he was going to say that he paid for me because I look like this, but he gave me my share immediately and ran away.
It’s weird not to fall in love with someone who has such a cool personality and only has good intentions. 

“Saki Chan～Good morning～”

“Hello, Saki San.
You’ve been looking over there in a daze, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, hmm～.
No, listen to what I say !.” 

The two of them who had met up with me joined me, and we headed to Aya Chan’s house while talking about what had happened earlier. 

Both of them were surprised, but Mi Chan scolded me for forgetting my wallet in the first place.

[I should’ve just asked his name…I wonder if I can meet him again when I come to this convenience store.] 

I didn’t expect to see him again so soon after that. 

(TL/B : I think we’re gonna get a new rival)