My Friend Doesn't Hesitate 31

 ACT31     How Is the Two's Compatibility?


「Compatibility horoscope?」

「Yeah. I've heard rumors that it's incredibly accurate.」


Since it was July and the final exams were coming up, Mashiro and Akami were having a study session in the library after school, but.

In the midst of a short break, Akami brought up the topic of a compatibility fortune-telling app for smartphones that had recently become popular at their school.


「Just by entering your name and date of birth, you can find out your compatibility. The categories are love, friendship, business, and... b-body.」

「? I understand categories like love and friendship, but what is the body category about?」

「I-I wonder?」

「Hmm... ah, I understand. There are a lot of duo competitions in sports, right? Tennis, beach volleyball, figure skating, etc. Isn't it about compatibility in those?」

「... That might be the case.」


For some reason, Akami had a distant look.

Did she say something incorrect? She thought she was on target, but...


「A-anyway, Shiro-chan, why don't you try fortune-telling with me?」

「Ok. Let's try it.」


Mashiro didn't really believe in fortune-telling or anything like that, but it was recommended by Akami, so she wasn't uninterested. It should be a nice diversion in the middle of studying.

Therefore, she immediately installed the compatibility app, and they respectively inputted their own name and date of birth.


Nogi Mashiro: October 16th

Nishina Akami: April 6th


And every time Mashiro saw that date, there was a little something that came to mind.

... I wanted to celebrate Akami's birthday.

The two met for the first time on April 7th, the entrance ceremony. At that time, Akami was already sixteen years old.

She had thought that the event of celebrating a friend's birthday would be one of the chances to get closer, but Mashiro had slightly mixed feelings about that chance being such a long way off.

However, since she was currently one year older than herself, Akami occasionally seeming like an older sister wasn't really mistaken...


「Ah, it looks like the results came out.」


And while she was thinking about various things, the fortune-telling complete message appeared on her smartphone screen.

As a result,


「Out of 100 points, Love: 13, Friendship: 7, Business: 8, Body: 25...」


All categories were low.

The message said『The two likely won't get along very well. It may be best to proceed with caution』.

As expected, this result caused a hazy feeling in Mashiro's chest, and Akami's complexion also rapidly turned bad.


「I-it's really that bad?」

「――――」


Akami's eyes were teary.

In response, as if Mashiro had shaken off the hazy feeling in her chest, her body and mind were resuscitated; she suddenly grabbed Akami's shoulders and turned her to face herself,


「That's not true!」


She said loudly.


「Sh-Shiro-chan.」

「We've been good friends ever since we met, and we'll always be friends in the future as well!」

「B-but... our compatibility...」

「Even if it's low, numbers are just numbers! After that, we can compensate as much as we need with our feelings! We create our own possibilities!」

「――――!」


As if she was startled, Akami opened her eyes wide.

Next, while her face was red... she rubbed her eyes,


「Th-that's right. I almost became fainthearted. I have to show that we can't be measured by numbers!」

「Yeah, that's the spirit!」


She nodded back with a smile.

As she thought, a smile suited Akami better than tears. Cute.

With that in mind, Mashiro was about to shut off her smartphone, but,


「... Mm? Akami, look. If I'm not mistaken, isn't the name kanji wrong?」

「Eh?... Ah.」


In the results, in Akami's name.

It showed Nishina Akemi instead of Nishina Akami.


「Ah, I made a kanji typo. I guess I forgot to check after I put it in?...」

「It feels a little like a stupid punchline....... First of all, shall we try one more time? Just in case.」

「Ah... yeah, just in case.」


Although they said they couldn't be measured numerically, as expected, it was also their nature to be curious about the correct results.

With various things in mind, after they inputted their correct names and dates of birth just in case,


「Out of 100 points, Love: 90, Friendship: 91, Business: 88, Body: 100!?」

「S-seriously!?」


Like a joke, the numbers jumped up in every aspect.

A single mistaken character could cause such a large difference...!

Moreover, the message was highly complimentary, saying『These two can be considered to be the best of partners. The compatibility of their bodies is particularly outstanding. They'll surely be able to live a good life for many years to come』.


「A moment ago, I thought I'd re-examine our result just because, but being merry after being praised so much is quite mercenary, isn't it?」

「However, Akami. I don't think there's anything wrong with what I said a little bit ago. Our compatibility being good means, in short, we can create more possibilities, right?」

「... Yeah. The meaning of fortune-telling depends on how you look at it; if it's a good result, you can be honestly happy, and if it's a bad result, you work harder. That might be good.」

「That's right. So right now, let's be happy about our result.」

「Shiro-chan...... yeah!」

「In particular, since it says our body compatibility is outstanding, can we make use of that somehow?」

「Shiro-chan!? Th-that's...!」

「Akami, can't you think of anything? Since it says our body compatibility is outstanding, something we'd be able to一?」

「Don't keep saying it!?」

「I'll say it repeatedly without reservation! No matter what, our body compatibility is outstanding!」

「Shiro-chan, stop already!?」


「You two! Keep quiet in the library! Or rather, restrain yourselves!」


And just as Mashiro was in high spirits, she got scolded by Hajima-senpai, a third year female student who was the chairman of the library committee.

Also, for some reason, all the students in the room were watching over them with blatantly interested expressions.

... It felt like she'd seen this scene somewhere before? Déjà vu?

As she and Akami received a sermon from Haijima-senpai while next to each other in the library preparation room, Mashiro was absentmindedly thinking about the mysterious sense of déjà vu and what their body compatibility could be used for in the end.


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Shiro-chan's worldly knowledge is quite lacking, isn't it...

I think it would be best if Shiro-chan had a little more knowledge, but... when it comes to teaching her, how am I supposed to do that...!?


「Akami-chan.」


And after being released from the long sermon.

Haijima-senapi stopped me alone and whispered in my ear.


「It seems you have outstanding compatibility, so I’ll send the good place I talked about last time to your smartphone. Use it as a reference.」


Se-se-senpa――i!?

Such consideration isn't... wait, you really sent it to me!?

What do I do with this...!


............ For now, let's stash it away in my site bookmarks.