Officer Matsuda Thinks He's Straight

Matsuda had a strange dream. He dreamed he was in love with his straight childhood friend. Beneath a withered cherry tree, he met those drooping purple eyes and confessed with all seriousness, “I love you, Hagi.” After waking up, Matsuda stared at the ceiling in silence for ten minutes. Before he’d recovered from the dream, a face identical to the one in it popped up right in front of him. Matsuda’s fist moved faster than his brain, and he punched him. Hagiwara, who had been punched for no apparent reason: “?” Staring at his fist and questioning his entire life, Matsuda spent the day confirming that he was straight. Then he had a second dream. The purple-eyed young man with drooping eyes wore a dangerously gloomy, clinging smile. His uniform was pure black, as if he wanted to make sure everyone knew he was in the mafia. But the moment those eyes met his, they lit up. “May I ask if you’re single, sir? I fell in love with you at first sight.” After waking up, Matsuda didn’t stare blankly at the ceiling this time. He charged into Hagiwara’s room and made sure his childhood friend was straight. Hagiwara, who’d just woken up to be interrogated by his childhood friend about whether he was straight: “??” On the third night, the Matsuda in his dream stared in shock at the bomb in his hands. Huh? Am I the one joining the mafia this time?! Wait, wasn’t my dream to become a police officer?! Matsuda glanced at the childhood friend who’d come over of his own accord with disdain. And who was in love with this guy, anyway?! He soon found out the answer. The world was. This was a world born from a pile of abandoned drafts. The author had left one unfinished HagiMatsu short story after another, and the readers’ resentment had turned into a mission for Matsuda, one of the fanfiction’s protagonists. To reach an ending and return the world to normal, he had to fall in love with his childhood friend, Hagiwara. Only a complete ending could bring new life. After it was all over: Hiromitsu: “Are Hagiwara and Matsuda really not dating?” Rei: “Don’t ask. It’s just one of those childhood-friend things.” Date: (hesitates) “I don’t really understand you childhood friends.” A straight guy who absolutely refuses to fall in love vs. a world that absolutely insists he must Theme: The most important choice is often right in front of you.