Lately in my science and social science cram classes, I’ve spotted this girl I’ve really got my eye on.
She’s a tiny and docile looking girl, and she occasionally sits next to me you see, and so one day I spotted a certain keychain on her bag that I just couldn’t take my eyes off of.
A “Tarow the Taro” plush toy keychain!
“Tarow the Taro” is just as you’d expect, a taro yuruchara mascot character.
He’s a mascot created for a town that produces taros, but even if he’s a yuruchara (relaxed/lenient character), what’s really too yurui(relaxed/lenient) is the quality of his conception!
He looks exactly like a taro with eyes, a nose and a mouth stuck on. And what’s more, his face is pathetic looking. His eyebrows slant downwards pitifully, after all.
Perhaps the person(mascot?) himself is painfully aware of how pathetic his looks and popularity are, because during yuruchara events, he always stays in a small corner to avoid getting in the way of the stars.
He’s a complete extra.
And as for me, I actually really love this weird little yuruchara!
He kinda makes you wonder if they couldn’t do a little more for him.
At festivals, he’s overwhelmed by the star yurucharas, and has really little presence.
But because of the occasion, he wears a little tie to make himself a bit more presentable, and you’re just left with this odd sense of melancholy.
The first time I saw him, I thought, ‘Whoa, definitely not popular. He’s so plain, and his face isn’t even cute.’ but after seeing him a few times I started feeling sorry for him, and before long I was starting to think that maybe his lazily created face was kind of cute too.
Even though he was a mascot character created to revitalise the town, he doesn’t have any self-assertion at all.
‘But that timidity and cowardliness, I totally get it too. I have a Tarow in me as well! If I don’t cheer for him, who will!’
Or so I thought as maternal instincts started firing up inside me.
And that’s who Tarow the Taro is. And a girl with his goods hanging from her bag is sitting right besides me.
I wanna be friends!
It’s not often that you’d find a girl who likes such a plain and inconspicuous yuruchara.
I wanna talk to my heart’s content about Tarow.
Or rather, I had no idea they even made Tarow merchandise!
But I haven’t been able to find a good way of becoming friends with her.
If I suddenly went “Please become my friend.” I’d seem way too suspicious.
How are you supposed to break the ice again?
At school, it’s always people around me that approach me first, so I’ve never had to make the first move.
Uwah~ Just how useless am I.
Anyway, I’ll just speak to her casually.
Right! Think back to Akizawa-kun’s friendliness. First is the greeting…
But even if I had decided that I wanted to call out to her, Tiny-san didn’t show any signs of looking my way at all.
It’s like the mood is some kind of wall around her.
No, no, this is where you need courage!
“Umm, your bag…”
“Eh-!?”
The girl turned my way, looking at me tensely.
“Ah-, it was getting in your way, wasn’t it. Sorry, I’ll move it right now!”
“No, ummm…”
“I’m really sorry!”
She hastily moved the bag with the keychain to the other side of her desk, and distanced her body a little while she was at it.
Doesn’t she seem kinda, scared of me?
Could it be that I’m actually scary?
This time she really has created a total wall of rejection, so I couldn’t find the courage to speak to her anymore.
Ehhhh~!? Why!?
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The Villainess Reika-sama
Romance[Offline purpose only] [All credits goes to the original author and translator] It was something that happened while I was waiting for the day of the primary school entrance exam. I realised that I had become one of the characters of a shoujo man...
