W-why me?! - 30

A day has passed since I attended the meeting of the Countermeasure Committee.

Today, I have to go to Abydos again.

I'm finally getting used to this damn school uniform.

Still, I'd rather not wear it if possible.

When I came out of the house, Sensei was waiting for me with a big smile.

"Nito, you're out! Let's go!"

"...? Yes."

Why is he so energetic?

I don't like it...

Since it was quite a distance to Abydos, we took the train early in the morning.

How does Shiroko manage to travel this distance on just a bicycle?

Looking at the scenery outside the train, I can clearly see the pillar of light shooting up into the sky between the buildings rapidly passing by.

"Hee..."

It's pretty...

I have a feeling that something good will happen today.

As I was looking at the scenery outside the window, we arrived at Abydos Station before I knew it.

After getting off the station, we headed straight to Abydos High School.

In the Countermeasure Commitee's room were Shiroko, Serika, and Nonomi.

It's understandable that Hoshino is late because she oversleeps, but Ayane is late too?

She must be very tired from what happened yesterday.

Shiroko is fiddling with her gun as usual, and Nonomi is smiling brightly.

On the other hand, Serika's expression isn't good.

"Welcome, Sensei! And Nito-chan too!"

"Welcome."

"You're here...?"

The three of them greeted us.

"Hello everyone~."

"Hello."

Sensei and I sat down.

"Serika, is something wrong today?"

"Huh? It's that day today."

"What day...?"

"The day Sensei shows us what he's prepared for the idol plan."

Oh, I thought it was something else.

So the Abydos kids were all gloomy because they had to wear idol outfits.

Since I'm not an Abydos student anyway, I can just watch.

"Good luck!"

"Huh? What do you-"

Creak-

Thud-!

"Ayane-chan, you're here! Hoshino-senpai, welcome~♤"

"Everyone's here~."

"Ah, hello!"

Hoshino and Ayane came in the moment Serika was about to say something.

Well, it probably wasn't anything important.

"Ah, that's right!"

Sensei suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Nito, I bought the sushi I promised to buy you last time on the way-"

Thud-

"...Huh?"

As soon as Sensei took out the sushi, I immediately snatched it.

I didn't eat breakfast this morning.

"Hehe..."

I happily set up the sushi.

I knew something good was going to happen today!

"Yeah... Eat well... Everyone, I bought some for you too."

"Uhe~ Thank you, Sensei."

"Waah~☆ Thank you for the food!"

"I'll eat well."

"Thank you, Sensei!"

"Thanks... Sensei."

"Now, then..."

Everyone took their sushi and started eating.

Sensei seemed to be saying something to everyone, but I was too distracted by the sushi I hadn't had in a while to hear properly.

I'll think about it after I eat!

ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ

"Ugh..."

Why did it turn out like this...

I looked down at the frilly decorations on the clothes I was wearing.

It was fine until Sensei took out the outfits for everyone in the Countermeasure Committee to wear.

It was fine, but...

-Nito has to wear it too!

-That's right, it's ready here.

-Uhe~ It'll definitely look good on you.

-It's a bit uncomfortable, though.

-Nito, didn't know?!

-You really prepared this outfit...

"Hng..."

Why do I have to...

I can't even lift my head properly.

"It's okay, Nito! There's no need to be embarrassed! You look very cute!"

Pedo-Sensei is jumping around excitedly.

"You look really cute, Nito-chan~♧"

"Yeah, I think so too."

"Nito-chan looks better in it than this old lady~."

St, stop...

"Right! Everyone will think Nito is cute!"

Stop it...

"Certainly..."

"Right?"

Ugh...

"Stop teasing me!!"

I'm already embarrassed and depressed about having to wear these clothes, so why do they keep saying I'm cute, I'm cute!

"Nito, can I take a picture?"

This isn't the time to fulfill your selfish desires.

"Wow~ I want to take a picture with Nito too!"

"Eek?!"

Nonomi hugged me from behind.

I didn't say I was going to take a picture yet!

"Then this old lady will take a picture as a memento too~."

"Yeah, then I will too..."

"I'll take one too..."

"Are you all going to take pictures?! T-then, I will too..."

I didn't really want to, but I had no choice but to take the picture.

"Now we can show it to Arona too."

"What?!"

Why would we show it to Arona!

"Haha... Arona said she really wanted to see it too when I told her about it..."

W-well, if that's the case, I guess it can't be helped...

"Ah, Nito-chan. Can you wait here for a moment?"

"We'll be right back~."

Then suddenly, everyone left, leaving me alone with Sensei.

Alone with Sensei... and in these clothes...

This is the worst.

An eternity seemed to pass, and then everyone returned.

But...

"Why did you all change?! I want to change too!"

"No!"

No, why!

Why can't I!

"Do you know how worried we were when you disappeared without a word last time? I can understand for Serika but you could've told us!"

"I-I..."

I had my reasons for doing that...

"So you have to stay in that outfit until you get home today."

Ah... my life...

In despair, I slumped down.

Ah, I really don't want to do anything anymore.

I'm going through all this because of one Momotalk...

"Um, Nito..."

"...?"

"So... Arona wants you to come in for a moment...?"

"Ah, no! Not in this state..."

"She said to come in now since you went out to play last time..."

"Ah... Ugh..."

And so, I walked into hell with my own two feet.

"Nito~!"

"Gya?!"

Arona hugged me from behind.

"You're so cute!"

"Ugh..."

Arona wouldn't let go of me.

"Um... let go of me p-please?!"

D-don't pet me!

Stroke- Stroke-

"Just for a little bit!"

"S-stop...! S-sto...!

After being petted for about 10 minutes, I was finally able to get out of the Schale's box.

"Phew..."

"You worked hard, Nito..."

There's still so much time left... How am I going to last until I get home...

"Nito... If you're tired, you can go back..."

Wow... I must look really tired for Sensei to take pity on me.

I am indeed mentally exhausted right now.

"Then... I'll be going..."

"Goodbye, Nito-chan~"

"Goodbye."

"Have a safe trip~♧"

"Nito! Let's see you next time!"

"Goodbye!"

"Yeah, be safe~ Remember to change your clothes when you get home, okay?"

"..."

Sensei's goodbye makes me feel worse.

In the end, I went outside feeling extremely embarrassed.

Fortunately, this is Abydos, and there weren't many people around at this time, so I didn't encounter a single person until I got on the train.

I was relieved that there was no one inside the train either.

As I was riding the train looking out the window,

Clank-

Thump- Thump-

"Sis, what game did you buy this time?"

"Devil King Chronicles 2 and... Dungeon Breakers Remake!"

"Why are they all Souls-like games...?"

I heard familiar voices.

I almost greeted them in the moment, but then I remembered my current appearance.

I-I need to hide!

B-but where?

There's nowhere... to hide.

I-I'm going to get caught...!

"Um? Excuse me..."

Momoi spoke to me.

I bowed my head deeply and lowered my voice as much as possible.

"W-what is it?"

"..."

"Um... Nito, what are you doing...?"

I-I've been caught?!

But I covered my face!

"The halo and hair color are clearly Nito's..."

Ah.

This is so embarrassing...

"It is you, right Nito?! It's been a while! But..."

"What's with that outfit...?"

She finally asked.

"Ahhh... W-well, that's..."

I had to explain, but the words wouldn't come out properly.

"It's super cute!"

"Huh...?"

"Yeah, I'd like to use it as a reference for an illustration model."

My face turned even redder.

Swoosh-

"Eek?!"

"Wow... It's so soft..."

"...Really?"

"W-why are you suddenly petting me, Ah?!"

"I-It's just... Nito is so cute that I couldn't help myself..."

After that, I was petted by the two cats until I arrived at my stop.

My feeling that something good would happen today was completely off, and all I was left with today was this idol outfit and a lethal dose of shame.