Shurabara!:Volume 1 Prologue

Prologue

The wind of May blew toward him with the delicate fragrance of the nature. The classroom after school was filled with a tender sensation.

With her head lowered in shyness, the girl with flushed cheeks gazed at the boy’s gentle, smiling face.

“Err… Yagimoto-kun.”

From her cherry-red lips came a clear bell-like voice.

“I'm glad I was able to meet you...”

When the girl raised her head, her pupils were slightly moist.

The boy looked at the girl with tenderness and love.

“After all…”

Step by step. The young girl approached the boy.

“Thanks to you, I’m going out with Takeshi-kun!”

The youth’s smile was slowly convulsing. Yet, the girl did not notice.

“Haha… I am glad to be of help. After all, Miki-chan and I are friends.”

“I’m also glad that I'm friends with such a good person like Yagimoto-kun. Thanks☆”

After the two shook hands. Miki immediately released her grip, and promptly left the scene.

Fallen leaves from the trees fell on top of the abandoned boy’s hair.

“Wu…wahhhh… Ah! Again! Why is it always this kind of ending?”

The youth scratched his head, shouting while stomping his foot on the ground hysterically.

The tree leaves, which had rested on top of his hair, dropped beside his feet.

Kazuhiro Yagimoto of year-2 class-3 is a good person.

This is something that all of Kyuhito High's students, especially the girls, can guarantee.

“I didn’t become a good guy because I wanted to!”

He cursed his bad luck within his mind, and stomped on the ground continuously.

"I only want a girlfriend! But why! God only give me the 'good guy' treatment!"

Actually, his fate was not the manipulations of god.

He was also well aware of his own shortcomings.

He did not want to be hated by girls. Hence, he always acted like a gentleman.

He never openly expressed his inner, hormonal desires. He also frequently brought about an air of humor.

When needed by others, he could never turn down the requests.

He only had an average appearance in terms of good looks, but he always tried hard to maintain a healthy and bright image.

As a result, he has earned the girls’ trusts. He was often bossed around by the girls in his class to do their biddings.

Most of the requests were similar to the situation just now, including matters like "I want to know how he feels about me" and "I hope you can be a match-maker".

There were thirteen couples, twenty-six people, in this school, all of which were made possible by the help of Kazuhiro.

It was almost as if he was "the male friend who helps the protagonist in getting a girlfriend" kind of character in a Galgame.

Come to think of it. His neighbor plus childhood-friend and his junior colleague also said that they needed help. Could it be that they wanted me to be a match-maker as well?

“Aaaaaah! I really want a girlfriend!"

Although it was his own doing, he did not really want to only be “a good guy” and “a good friend”.

Kazuhiro could not speak out his true desires in front of girls. He could only roll around on the lawn and shout out loudly in frustration.

Nobody would find out about his strange behavior anyways. Though, rolling on the lawn without restraint really made him look like a dangerous individual.

No, that wasn't right.

The “no” in last sentence wasn’t negating the fact that “this person looks dangerous”.

Instead, the “no” was referring to the fact that “nobody will see” this incident.

However, hiding under the shade of the tree, a person happened to be staring at Kazuhiro’s strange behavior.

“Gaaaooo!”

Kazuhiro jumped up in shock, and immediately tidied himself while sitting down properly.

The one who saw his strange behavior was Saotome Hoshikawa, a girl who was in the same class as him.

This girl had left a strong impression in his mind because of her normalness.

She wore thick-framed glasses that are rare in this era, and her hair was only tied up in a simple leather band.

Her normalness did not only come from her thick-framed glasses.

If adding in the time for lecture and for reading books, usually ninety-percent of the girls would wear glasses. However, they all chose the type of glasses that best fit their looks.

Among them, only Saotome wore vintage glasses, the type that would only make its appearance in paintings.

“Err, err… haha…”

Crap. This is a serious situation.

So as not to hurt the feelings of the girls, Kazuhiro usually used words with caution.

He did this because he knew that the girls’ gossip was a thing to be feared.

If his strange behavior just now were leaked to the public, Kazuhiro would definitely transform from a “good guy” to “a lewd hentai who just pretends to be a good guy”, in the eyes of the girls.

His public assessment would plummet. It could be compared to a failure in nose-diving through the atmosphere, causing a combustion in the stratosphere, and then falling straight to the surface of earth. In the end, he would vanish without a trace.

“…Did you see it?” Kazuhiro asked.

Saotome opened her cherry-colored lips and said with certainty,

“I have seen everything.”

Her clear voice resounded in Kazuhiro’s ears.

Now that Kazuhiro thought about it. Even though he was in the same class as Saotome, he seldom heard her voice.

“I’m not referring to your rolling on the lawn just now. I have been looking at you ever since you tried so hard for Miki…well that’s not correct… even before that, I have been taking special notice of Mr. Yagimoto… Kazuhiro-kun.”

“Eh? Eeeh? What are you saying?”

After witnessing a shocking declaration of “I want a girlfriend” while rolling on the lawn, Saotome did not react in the same way that Kazuhiro expected.

Moreover, she also said that “she has always took special notice of him”. She even called him by his name.

Could it be possible that Kazuhiro’s dreams were true?

Saotome’s slender fingers moved towards her glasses frame, and she slowly took off the glasses.

Under the thick lenses were a pair of stunning eyes.

Saotome’s eyes, complemented by long eyebrows, were staring straight at Kazuhiro

Because the glasses usually covered up Saotome’s face, Kazuhiro never noticed her full countenance. She had a carefully crafted face, a sharp nose, lips with a size that was just right, and a pair of big, round eyes. Her face was the definition of perfection.

With her looks, she would qualify for the most beautiful girl in the entire school.

To think that the “take off the glasses and suddenly become a beauty” kind of situation actually exist in real life!

The true appearance that no other boys had known, only Kazuhiro has witnessed it!

Unadorned glasses viva!

Unadorned glasses bravo!

Unadorned glasses banzai!

“Actually, Kazuhiro-kun, I have a request.”

Her silky, white arms clasped together in front of her chest.

Her voice was soft, but voiced in a meticulous, clear manner.

“W-what?”

Kazuhiro’s anticipation grew rapidly. He felt as if he might explode.

“Could you be my b-boyfriend?”

“Of course!”

Kazuhiro replied without hesitation. He could hardly suppress the urge of shouting “banzai” in a loud voice.

This day has finally come. It must be the prize given by God for always acting in the role of a “good guy”!

Thank you, God! Good job! You should granted this prize ages ago!

Please forget my disrespectful curses moments ago, Kazuhiro shouted in his heart.

At this moment, Kazuhiro was filled with a gratefulness that was hard to express in words.

However, this only lasted an instant.

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