Socially fearless Hagiwara Kenji x severely social-anxious Sakurai Haruka
Hagiwara Kenji had always been proud of his “I can quickly hit it off with anyone, no matter who they are” social superpower, until he met Sakurai Haruka...
That's when he learned there were actually people in this world he, Hagiwara Kenji, couldn't keep a conversation going with.
1
“Hey, hey! Good morning, senpai!”
Hagiwara Kenji stepped out from around the corner of the hallway, tossed his long hair, and struck a pose he'd practiced countless times and thought was incredibly cool. He flashed a row of white teeth and waved enthusiastically.
The girl walking toward him furrowed her brow slightly and discreetly shifted a little to the side.
“May I ask who you are?”
“Good morning, senpai! I'm Hagiwara Kenji from Class 1-B! It's nice to meet you!”
“I'm Sakurai Haruka from Class 3-A.” The girl's voice was cool, her tone flat. She looked expressionlessly at Hagiwara Kenji. “Please move. You're blocking the way.”
“Huh?”
Sakurai Haruka simply took a big step to the left, turned sideways, and walked around Hagiwara Kenji.
Matsuda Jinpei, who had witnessed the whole thing, came down the stairs and patted Hagiwara Kenji on the shoulder. “Tch. Hagi, Sakurai-senpai is even colder than the rumors say. You've got a long road ahead of you.”
2
“Hello, Sakurai-senpai!”
Sakurai Haruka stopped.
“I'm Hagiwara Kenji from Class 1-B! We met this morning! Do you remember me?”
“Mm.”
“It's like this, senpai. I'm really interested in our school's karate club. I heard you're the club captain, Sakurai-senpai, and that you're amazing! So I wanted to ask you about club recruitment this term!”
“Sorry, classmate. I'm in my final year, so I'll be leaving the club soon. You can ask Uesugi Ami-senpai from Class 2-C about club recruitment.”
“Huh?”
Sakurai Haruka bowed slightly and walked away without looking back.
“I told you, Hagi. You failed again. That's twice now.”
“It's only the second time! Besides, how can you call that a failure?”
“How is it not?”
“You really didn't notice, Jinpei? Last time Sakurai-senpai only said two sentences to me. This time she said three! Three sentences!”
“...I noticed. You're hopeless.”
P.S. She's not cold and aloof, she's genuinely socially anxious! She barely talks! She talks so little that even Hagi is left speechless.
Theme: Say your love out loud
Pure love God of War! I like hehehe?(?^O^?)?