Kirino Sakura, the perfect beautiful girl

My name is “Yuujin A”. That's a perfect name for an extra character. And I have to admit that it suits me well. I'm a normal high school boy that you can find anywhere, there is nothing special about me. Wow, I just introduced myself like any overpowered protagonist in those novels.

What a weird thing to say in the morning!

If I think about something to be proud of, it’s that I like playing chess. I think I’m pretty good.

But today is not about myself, why? Because there is nothing interesting about me to tell. Or would you like me to talk about what I had for breakfast, or about how I was staying up late yesterday because of the light novels I bought? Anyways, this is about Kirino-san.

And who is this Kirino-san, you may ask? Kirino Sakura, a former idol and singer. Just from that incredible profile, you can imagine her, right? Possesses an unparalleled beauty with a mesmerizing voice, plus intelligence that always places her 1st on every exam in our grade. She's exactly the epitome of a perfect beautiful girl (完璧美少女 - Kanpeki Bishoujo).

That's how I see her, we’re not classmates, but her name comes up all the time. She's admired by many girls in our entire school and many boys who have a crush on her and get rejected.

And one day, she got herself a boyfriend. "The unreachable flower" now has a boyfriend. She has a boyfriend. That’s a shocking news.

A girl just barged into the class and said that painful truth. The rumor already spread to our class. Don’t make those faces, boys.

Uwah… Please don’t give up, guys. No, just give up. She has a boyfriend.

I should stop looking around. I thought those guys were crying a little.

On a side note, who is this rumored boyfriend of hers? After snooping around, apparently, he's the same year as me, and the ace of the baseball club. Handsome, tall, kind, caring, and having a killer smile are what I would describe him. He seems like an idiot to me, though. No, just hear me out, I can’t help but feel that he's just like a pushover. But he’s so popular with the girls. Was I imagining things?

It was just a rumor at that point. Many people had different ideas about the whole “boyfriend” news. Some believed it, saying they looked good together. Some denied it by saying it was just a rumor. I didn’t think he was her boyfriend, but if there was a rumor, there must be some truth to it.

And that's what did unfold. The shock was wandering for a while.

I didn’t believe everything up until now, but they’re indeed dating, aren’t they?

They are kissing. At the back of the school's main building. And they’re kissing. It pretty much proves that the rumor is true, right? (In fact, they were not. He got something in his eyes, and she tried to blow it out)

So they're dating. Kirino Sakura, my childhood friend, already has a boyfriend.

Yes, I haven’t mentioned it before, but she’s my childhood friend. We joined the same elementary school. We did play a lot back then.

I loved her when we were a bit older. It was the first time I saw her as a girl. I had a crush on her. I didn't have the guts to ask her out, and now she's dating someone else. Does my crush on her end here?

Okay, boys, sorry for feeling pity for you guys before.

Wait, why does this sound like it comes straight out of a romance novel? A childhood friend with an unrequited love for the heroine, then she gets an almost perfect and handsome boyfriend? What's next, turns out the ending guy is a normal-looking and harmless guy who can be found anywhere, who will treat the heroine with a kindness and attitude she’s never experienced before?

What a crappy plot. Just like when death occurs to a ghost in a ghost story.

Well, now she has a boyfriend, I guess it’s time for me to move on. Welcome, the “new” me.

The end.

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They say shits always happen when one least expects them. For the first time in my life, I kissed a girl. The opponent is no one but Kirino Sakura, my childhood friend. Fyi, it was an accident.

On the final day when we were preparing for the cultural festival, the judo club members were holding a big board, they couldn't see ahead and collided with her, I, who happened to be behind her, turned around when heard a scream of surprise, then boom, our lips met. She then away while I was still lying there like an idiot.

And it was before everyone.

A cliché in this day and age? Give me a break.

And now I'm facing her because she called me out earlier. She's beautiful as always.

Sit still, my heart.

What about the “new” me before? Scratch that, I’m still nervous around her. They say time will heal but it’s only been a week since then.

She’s been silent since then. Say something, will you? Or you are waiting for me to say? Want me to apologize, am I right? You may be beautiful and I do love you, but you can’t make me say it…

“I’m sorry!” – Shit, that came out faster than I thought.

She looks so surprised. Please stop widening your eyes. And close your mouth.

“I’m sorry, though earlier it was an accident, but I did ki-kiss you. So I want to apologize”

She looks at me and bends her head down. Her mouth opens and then closes. It looks like she wants to say something.

Please, say something! Something like “I accept your apology”, or “I won’t forgive you” and slap me in the face. Anything is fine, I want to get out of here.

Wait, does she want me to compensate for kissing her? Money? How much I have left? I bought 2 yakisoba rolls for lunch so… I hope she allows me to come home for me to ask my mother. I won’t get beat up, will I?

“Ho-How did you think about the kiss?” – She said.

“Pardon?”

“It was my fi-first kiss, so please take responsibility” – Her face was red due to the blush.

“Wha-?

What is she saying? Listen here lady, you can just speak the word “responsibility” to a boy who is in the peak of his youth. And it comes from a beautiful girl, no less. It bounds to cause a misunderstanding.

This is dangerous. Her face is so pretty.

“Wait, you said it was your first kiss. No, never mind that. You have a boyfriend, right?”

“Boyfriend? I don’t have one though” – She said while tilting her head.

So cute!

She doesn’t? I’m pretty sure she does since I saw them kissing-…

“There was a rumor about you and Maeda were dating, and I also saw you and him kissing so I thought…”

“We never did that. When did you see us?” – She said while glaring at me.

If looks could kill, I swear it was scary…

“A week ago, at the back of the school’s main building, I was taking out the trash and suddenly stumbled upon you guys…”

“Oh, that time, he just helped me take out the trash since it was my duty day, but suddenly he got something in his eyes, so I was trying to help him” – She sighed.

Dejavu? I think we just had a cliché situation not long ago…

Again, what about this crappy plot?

“Anyway, Kirino-san…”

“Sakura”

“Yes?”

“Sakura. You used to call me like that, why did you stop calling me that?”

“But…” – I did use to call her that, but if I still call her that now, everyone may think we’re close or something.

It was because I worried about other people because I was scared that she might end up hurt because of me.

(There was a time that she was being stalked. I think I was back when we were in middle school. She found out that someone was stalking her while she was on her way home. She told her parents about that, so they called the police, but the stalker evaded them. Since my house was next to her, I also came to know that. So I tried to find the stalker myself. It was a very risky decision I must say.

It turns out there were 2 stalkers. They worked together so that the police couldn’t catch them. The reason why I knew this was because I was just a kid, not a policeman, so they didn’t care about me.

They were caught eventually. I did everything I could. But I was almost suffocated when I found out about me. But what was more important was that I was pinned as one of the stalkers who were following Sakura. Some of my classmates back then saw me when I was following the real stalkers. It ended up pretty messily, Sakura tried her best to defend me, and as a result, both she and I were ostracized. I started to distance myself from her since then.)

She’s still staring at me. I really can’t win against her.

“So, Sakura, about the responsibility you mentioned earlier…”

“Yes?” – Hey, why are your eyes sparkling?

“I’d like to refuse!” – Sorry, Sakura

“What?”

“Okay then, goodbye” – I said that to her, turned around, and started to descend.

“Wait…” – She tried to chase after him, but stumbled on her foot and fell off the stairs.

“Watch out!” – I turned around when I heard a scream, I tried to catch her in a hurry.

I think I hurt my head a little. It seems like she’s fine. Stop scaring me like that.

Ah, I forget she’s bad at sports because of her clumsiness. I guess even the perfect beautiful girl also has a weakness.

Lying on top of me, she looks at me.

“Are you ok? I’m sorry”

“I’m fine, don’t worry” – But she was still on top of me. Excuse me, everyone was looking, could you get off—

“Please don’t run away again this time. Like as said before, you have a responsibility to take. You got that?” – She said, hitting my forehead with hers, then stood up and ran away, her cheeks and ears were scorching.

Leaving me lying here like an idiot.

What is she saying?

I sigh, but this time with a smile.

I really can’t win against her.

The end.