LMLCG – Episode 28 – Once Again, Feelings I Don’t Understand

It looks like Takanashi-san is getting along with Natsumi without any issues.

Since Natsumi is generally easy to get along with, I figured they’d become friends quickly.

It makes me happy when my friends get along with each other.

“Got it. Then is it okay to call you Natsumi-senpai?”

…Huh? I…

“Ah, Natsumi-senpai, sorry it’s late but…”

Natsumi-senpai… Natsumi-senpai…

I don’t know why… Why does it feel like those two are getting really close…

…But I was the one who met him first…

What am I thinking? We’re all friends here.

Worrying about something like this is so… petty… so very petty…

…He only calls me Senpai.

Only Natsumi…

No… people get addressed differently depending on the person, don’t they?

Thinking like this is…

I realize again that I’ve let that “feeling I don’t quite understand” get the better of me.

No good… thinking like this really isn’t like me. I need to be more careful.

It seems like the conversation stopped.

Takanashi-san turned to me.

“Alright, Senpai, let’s get goi… huh? Senpai?”

…What is it?

“Um… Senpai? Did I… do something wrong…?”

…You didn’t do anything… but… it’s just not fair…

“Senpai?”

It’s not fair that only Natsumi gets called by name!

**Puff…**

…Huh???

Senpai… Senpai… puffed up!!???

What? What? What is this?! She’s adorable!? Too cute!?

No wait, is she mad? Why all of a sudden?

Eh!?

Why is this girl sulking!?

We’ve known each other for a while, but I’ve never seen her like this before…

And to think she had such a childish side… I’m shocked!

Let’s see… she’s never been like this before so…

It must have something to do with Takanashi-kun.

…So when Takanashi-kun is around, this side of her comes out, huh.

This is amazing. If her fan club found out, they’d probably cry tears of blood.

Oops, more importantly, what exactly did she not like?

Takanashi-kun didn’t do anything unusual, so it’s probably not about his actions.

So then, was it something he said?

Takanashi-kun and I just introduced ourselves and talked about the rooftop, then I said he could talk to me more casually, and I told him to call me Natsumi…

Ah!

Right before she got sulky… Takanashi-kun called her “Senpai.”

No way… wait… Sara, are you jealous?

Um, what do I do… She’s cute like this, but I can’t just leave her that way…

Natsumi-senpai seems to have an idea… huh?

She’s holding up her phone, filling the screen with something… Na? Ma? E? …Name?

She’s pointing at Senpai… is this about her name?

Huh? Does she want me to call Senpai by her name?

“Satsukawa-senpai?”

No reaction… actually, did she get even more annoyed?

But I did call her by name… wait… could it be her first name?

Hmm… but I called Natsumi-senpai by her first name, so it should be okay…

“Sara…-senpai?”

Senpai looked surprised…

Did that work?

Let’s try again.

“Uh, Sara-senpai?”

“Yes! What is it?”

She’s smiling ear to ear now…

So that was the right answer.

Natsumi-senpai is even giving me a little air-clap.

So it was because I only called Natsumi-senpai by name, and it felt like I was excluding her… I’m sorry.

I guess I’ll call her Sara-senpai from now on.

“Sorry for making the change without asking first, but… is it okay if I call you Sara-senpai from now on?”

“Yes, of course. Ufufu…”

Today I got to see a whole new adorable side of Senpai…

I’ll definitely be more careful going forward.

Looks like I was right.

This is… I see, yeah. I might try probing things a bit more subtly.

Given the way Takanashi-kun acted back then, I’m sure he feels something for Sara.

Sara’s been hurt again and again by guys, so I’ve done what I could to keep shady ones away.

But after seeing what happened that time, I’ve decided to trust him.

Even though he must’ve been in a really tough place mentally, he still pushed through to protect Sara with everything he had.

And he’s also someone who can draw out a side of Sara even I didn’t know about.

Depending on how Sara feels… I’m willing to support this.

Looks like things just got a little more interesting.