???: [——How dare you!?]
I caught the fist right into my nose, and with all of my velocity moving forward towards that fist, I couldn't dodge.
Mendou: [——Mmpft!!]
I got knocked back, and that hurt A LOT!
Mendou: [Goddamit! Who the f——?!]
I held my nose and shouted out of rage, but all that rage was dismissed as I see who was standing before me.
I could see Mayu also continue to run off in the direction of the gates. There was a car that just arrived and she boarded it with haste.
She might have been running around buying time until her escort arrived.
Mendou: [H-Hey——Migi?!]
Migi: [Man, I can't believe you've done this.]
What is he doing here?! Migi is a member of the track and field club so he should be out there running in the track where it's on the other side of the school!
Besides, why the heck did he clobber me?
Ah heck. Wait a second, I think I know what's going on now.
We ran around the school and Migi must have seen or heard us! Considering that Migi has always been conscious of Mayu, he has a crush on her.
Mendou: [W-Wait, this is a misunderstanding!]
Migi: [Haah? You made her cry? What's there to be misunderstood about?]
Mendou: [N-No! She was just——]
I tried to speak but as I did, he just came at me with his first, not letting me even explain.
Migi: [——I told you guys to never mess with her!]
He was running after me, trying to grab me. It seems like he's a grabber instead and in every instance I get close, he's trying to lock me into submission.
Mendou: [And I'm telling you that I never did!]
He's just coming at me without listening!
This won't end well if I don't fix this misunderstanding soon, for him, that is!
Migi: [You better explain yourself!]
Mendou: [Can you freaking calm——]
Well, he kept swinging at me. So, I ran out of patience and went in.
I dodged his punch and stepped in before grabbing his collar and performing a body throw over.
Of course, I cushioned his fall with magic by creating a vortex of air under him since I have to explain to him.
Mendou: [——Let me freaking explain!]
In any case, I was pissed about this guy's swinging. If I were to summarize our fight, he hit me a few times and I only did this to stop him.
It was just right for me to scream some sense into his ear.
Mendou: [She was trying to join our club and a fellow member just shut her down real bad!]
I sat and fell back to the ground, laying down as I watched to catch my breath.
I've been running and now I just fought and dodged this guy's hands.
I'm totally exhausted now.
Migi: [Impossible, she wouldn't just cry from tha——]
Mendou: [It's Hoshoujo.]
Migi: [Understandable.]
We were both on the ground, looking at the sky that began to then into dusk.
It was a bit awkward after that misunderstanding was fixed but we were still friends.
Migi: [My bad. I'm just... not smart and all I can do is just jump to conclusions and fight. I'm pretty much... not cool but, I'm doing my best to help her.]
Mendou: [I know. You love her, right?]
Migi: [Yeah——HEY!]
He suddenly sat up and shouted, embarrassed about that when we all already know that he likes Mayu.
Mendou: [Geez. Stop acting like that. What did you like her about anyways?]
Migi: [About Namako? Well...]
So he's calling her by her given name. I heard that she gave herself the nickname Mayu since she hated her name but, this guy probably knows it and still addresses her as such.
Migi: [She's... hardworking...]
Hardworking? From all the rumors I've heard, she was nothing but a slacker.
Like even hanging out in the manga room just to do nothing and doesn't even do club activities.
Mendou: [B-But——]
Migi: [Yeah, despite the rumors about her being untrue, she doesn't deny it. It hurts me to see that her efforts are being disregarded... you would think so, right?]
Mendou: [Y-Yeah... totally...]
I definitely don't. Unless I hear the truth, I wouldn't be convinced if she was not a slacker!
Mendou: [What does she do anyways?]
If we're going through with this, I might as well just go!
Migi: [She... like to stylize other people. Like, fixing their hair, clothes, and stuff. She'd never told other people but...]
I sat up slowly. Yet, as I did, I saw Migi's face that looked at the sky, as if admiring a memory.
He was serious about what he was saying, and with a smile, he just chuckled.
Migi: [...She wanted to be a Stylist.]
Mendou: [———]
Migi: [So, she quite doing the track and field with me. I respected that, but since it was because of her I joined the track and field, I felt a bit lost.]
He continued to ramble, and for me to interrupt would be like pouring cold water into him.
Migi: [Yet, seeing her try so hard to do something out of the blue inspired me to keep going. You can always see her on the phone, but... she would only do that if she's talking to someone. Since she's... looking up for style that would fit them.]
Mendou: [What...?]
Migi: [She even stylized all of the manga club's members... but of course she wanted them to keep it a secret. I don't know why but... she doesn't like it.]
So after all those time? The reason why she was holding a phone while talking to us was that she was looking for styles that would fit us.
Migi: [Look... she even dropped her phone...]
He pulled out from the pocket of his pants, Mayu's phone which the notes were open with each of our names listed with terms and brands that would fit us.
I didn't understand it at first, but Mayu was trying to talk to us to improve her skill.
Migi: [That's why I got so angry... I thought you guys did something unforgivable.]
Mendou: [H-Hahaha..]
He chuckled, and so did I.
We definitely did by rejecting her and Hoshoujo called her many things.
Like being untalented...
Migi: [S-She also has a sharp mouth as well but... that's just how she is. She just hates the kind of people who think highly of themselves...]
That's definitely Hoshoujo. It would make sense why they both are kind of hostile against each other.
Migi: [But, yeah, hahaha... She likes Najimi since he looks cool and doesn't seem to mind statuses. I'm... no match for a guy like him.]
Mendou: [Oh shut up. You can get... huh?]
At that moment right there. An idea popped into my head.
Mendou: [You said you're not a match for a guy like Najimi, right? So, what if I helped you get along with Mayu?]
Migi: [——What? I'm not even someone interesting! There's no way that she'd like me.]
Mendou: [You're an idiot for thinking that! Are you just going to give up and let your crush be taken away by someone who doesn't even remotely show expressions?! How would you know if he would truly make her happy like you wanted to?!]
Migi: [T-That's a bit harsh on your friend—]
Mendou: [You're also my friend, are you not?]
He might be right about me saying harsh things about Najimi but this is for the best.
Besides, he already has someone and I really can't tell them.
The only way I could see to avoid a situation between Mayu and Najimi is to bad-mouth Najimi——.
I'll just apologize to him later...
Migi: [D-Dang. I never thought I'd hear those words from someone like you.]
Migi looked shocked by the words I said earlier but, I felt insulted by that.
Mendou: [What the heck do you mean, someone like me——?]
Migi: [N-Nothing.]
In any case, if Migi began to make a move on Mayu, she'll get distracted. In the best-case scenario, she would finally look at Migi and rediscover their childhood.
There's no way that she didn't develop any feelings with Migi. Though they're pretty hostile with each other now, that might be only because they grew up.
I have to weaponize Migi now against Mayu and defend Najimi and Hoshoujo's relationship.
Mendou: [Prepare yourself...]
Migi: [——Huh?]
Mendou: [I'll make you interesting.]