Pure love ✕ Insult Complex

l be going」
「Bring your bag…you’re going straight to classes, don’t you?」

…So that’s what will happen timewise.

「Right.
Got it, Minaho-neesan」

I bring my student bag…
Then face the female track and field team…

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「Okay…that’s for the morning practice.
First years, clean up…others, dismissed!」

Captain Takeshiba’s voice echoes in the ground.
…Fuu
…I made it in time.
Megu’s cleaning up along with the other first years.

「Ah, Yamamine-chan, your boyfriend came to pick you up!」

One of the first years noticed me.

「Go ahead…we’ll do the clean up」

Ogino-san from the same class said in consideration.

「But…it’s fine.
I feel sorry for everyone」

Megu…says and hold the basket with the tools.

「Geez, you’re not being honest…we’re the one’s who would feel uneasy if you make Yoshida-kun wait!」
「That’s right…Yamamine-san」

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…I
I hurry and enter the room with the first years.

「…Let me help out Megu」

I took the basket Megu’s holding and lift it up.

「Should I just take this to the girl’s track and field room?」
「…U-Un」

Ogino-san…

「It’s fine, Yoshida-kun doesn’t need to do that…!」
「That’s right, you can just take Yamamine-san away」
「Un…you can leave the cleanup to us」

…I

「I think everyone knows it already but Megu’s a very serious girl.
To the extent you’ll ask if she’s too serious… Therefore…we’re thankful that you’re being considerate but I’d like everyone to let Megu clean up with everyone.
I’ll help out too…!」
「…Yoshi-kun」

Megu looks at me.

「Here, I’ll take it…Megu」
「…Un!」

Everyone hold the tools and return to the clubroom.
Then we make two roundtrips…

「Thank you, Yoshida-kun…we’ll take care of it inside later」
「The girl’s clubroom forbids boys…you can’t come in!」

Un…so this is as far as I can do?

「Then…I’ll wait outside」
「Un…we’ll return Yamamine-san as soon as possible so please lend her to us now!」

The girl’s members laugh.

「Or rather…shouldn’t Yoshida-kun enter a club?」
「I mean you can be the manager of the girl’s track and field team」
「To be honest…we need a boy to carry our luggage!」

From that voice…Captain Takeshiba looks out of the clubroom.

「Don’t say ridiculous things! Didn’t I always say that preparing and cleaning up are always a part of the training? Also, keeping things in order is also one of the basics of martial arts」

As expected of Captain Takeshiba who speaks『Athletics is martial arts』…

「S-Sorry」
「…Well, that’s fine.
You can just leave the tools in front of the clubroom.
Either way, we’ll be using it on after school practice.
Go and take shower right away!」
「Y-Yes!」
「Don’t daze off! Our motto is both literary and martial arts!」
「Got it!」
「Hey, faster little girls!」
「Excuse us!」

The first years bring their change of clothes and head to the shower room.

「…I’ll finish quickly」
「Un」

Megu goes with everyone…
…I’m glad.
For the time being, it seems that it’s going well with the girls in the track and field team…

「But still…you really are a diligent guy」

Captain Takeshiba told me.

「Diligent?…Me?」
「Yeah…normal boys won’t do that.
I was the one who told you to come at the end of morning practice but I didn’t think that you’d help out in cleaning up」
「Well…I want Megu to get along with the other girls…also」

I look at Megu’s back going away.

「If the girls always try to be considerate…Megu would feel sorry.
She’s not mentally strong…」

She’d be grateful being taken care of but…
Megu’s heart would become heavy from placing burden on other members.
Also…the members aren’t all Megu’s ally.
Even now…there are first years who doesn’t talk to Megu and I.
…Reality is like that.
If so…if Megu is treated as special, it has a possibility of it becoming a problem later.
Therefore…I helped cleaning up.
I also made Megu work with everyone until the end.
We have to remove the seed of the problem bit by bit…
For Megu’s sake…

「…You really are caring.
Don’t you think that’s bothersome/」

Takeshiba-senpai asked me with a smile.

「Eh…what is?」

I don’t get it.

「You see…normal boys, when he enters a lovers relationship, doesn’t he just watch the girls’ butt and chest? Getting pampered by women to fulfil their own desire…there’s a lot of them who doesn’t think about the women’s feelings at all, right?」

…Err

「Sorry…I don’t know about other men…」
「You…is Yamamine the first girl you dated?」

…That is
Yukino’s my first sex…
…Un

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「Yes…Megu’s my first」
「Then…you’re too calm」
「…Is that so?」
「Yeah…you’ve got too much guts.
It’s not like a first year student」
「…Sorry」
「Idiot, I’m praising you…!」

Takeshiba-senpai said with a smile

「I want to be『family』with megu」
「…huh?」
「I just remembered it when Takeshiba-senpai mentioned it but…family is a bother isn’t it? It’s normal that they’re troublesome…!」

…Inside my mind.
…A nostalgic memory comes back.,

「You see…I was brought up by my grandmother.
Since I was a child.
It’s been a while since she passed away…」

I remember grandmother’s small and curved back.

「My parents were busy…or rather, they’re not interested in me at all… Then, my mother is a woman who doesn’t do any housework at all so the whole house is being done by grandma.
Everyday, she looks so troubled…and yet, grandma is always worried about me」

…That’s right.
…Grandma is always.

「『Do you have a handkerchief?』or『Watch out for the cars outside』or during my birthdays, she buys a small cake and we celebrate with the two of us…she’s really kind to me」

Even though she was oppressed by mother so much…
She’s always worrying about me and kindly looked after me.

「At that time…only my grandma was the one really kind to me… Then…when I was in first grade in elementary…I asked Grandma」
「…What?」
「『Grandma, why are you so kind to me? Isn’t it troublesome to look after me? Aren’t I just bothering grandma?』I asked…!」

…I

「I thought that I’m just being a burden to my grandma.
If I didn’t exist then grandma might be happier, I thought.
That’s why I asked told grandma.
『I’m fine even if you don’t worry about me that much.
I can manage somehow by myself.
Grandma should take care of herself more』I said.」

I was really a brat.

「Then…what did your grandma say?」
「Grandma said…『It’s obvious that kinds are troublesome.
That’s why you don’t have to mind it and trouble grandma a lot.
It’s grandma’s job to look after you and be troubled, there’s no need to worry about it…」
「…Is that so?」
「Yes…then, grandma died not long after that.
But, I remember what she said.
That’s why…I」

That’s right.
…I

「Isn’t it obvious that you worry and look after your『family』?…! It’s natural that it’s troublesome.
But, if you are suffering or in trouble…you have to help, it’s『family』after all…!」

I think so.

「So Yamamine’s already your『family』?」
「…Yes」

I answered Takeshiba-senpai clearly.

「I see…then take care of her in the future」
「No, I’m the one who should ask that」

I bow my head to Takeshiba-senpai…

「Un.
Leave her to me during club activities…But」

Takeshiba-senpai laughs.

「…What is it?」
「Well you see…your helpfulness is really like a grandmother」
「…Eh?」
「I now get it why you’re unwavered…!」

Senpai said grinning…

「…Yoshi-kuun~」

Megu who took a shower quickly and put on her uniform runs towards us.

「Hey…your princess came back.
Go and meet her」

Captain Takeshiba pats my back.

「Yes!」

I run and pick up Megu…

「You see, Yoshi-kun! Everyone was kind to me! Captain, the other girls, everyone…!」

Shirasaka Sousuke’s illegitimate child, Megu.
She’s not telling anyone but she must be having a lot of things she’s thinking inside…
Her hate towards Shirasaka Sousuke…and the desire to destroy Shirasaka at the same time…
As a daughter of a Shirasaka…there was always the fear that she’d be punished in public…
Therefore…her『dependence』towards me is rising.
Megu takes refugee in her mind…

「I’m glad…everyone’s kind」
「Un…everyone’s kind…I’m glad that they’re all kind!」

Megu spills tears in my chest.
I’m really glad that the track and field team accepted Megu as usual.

…But
We’re going to class after this and attend a lesson.
The people in class…
How will they accept Megu…?

I don’t know for now.