I Became a Supporting Character in an NTR Manga chapter 50

50 – Someone’s Will – 4

I got out of the crowd eating, drinking and playing and sat down on the floor. I looked at the wide yard while breathing in the fresh air.

A running dog came up to me and poked her head. He reached out his hand and spent a few moments stroking her soft fur.

“………… Whoa.”

I’m tired.

The members put more effort into it than I did. As if they were not tired, they were chatting and singing and playing.

I, who have a hard time by nature, quickly got tired of being among them.

“…… Right, right.”

I found peace of mind by petting a cute puppy.

If I don’t do that, I think I’ll sigh again.

Being alone, I thought of Eri Takase’s match again.

I never thought I could get things done so easily.

As if my worries and worries were meaningless, she decided to go to work.

I couldn’t figure out why.

Surely the situation could have been much worse than the original story.

Eri Takase was mentally driven and at the same time had a handicap of an ankle injury.

It was painful to think that all those situations were the result of me.

To the extent that such self-blame was meaningless, she did her work in a refreshing way.

I understand that the butterfly effect was applied somewhere.

However, she did not know what kind of causal relationship it had.

In the first place, it may have been impossible for just one person to step forward and change it, knowing the future to come.

Both Haruna Kato and Erido Takase.

Aside from that, all sorts of incidents. There has never been a situation where things went 100% according to my intentions.

The confusion and uncertainty about the future… I couldn’t be happy because of the various emotions I felt while watching Eri Takase at that moment.

“……… Are you tired already?”

“Ah… senior.”

When she turned her head, she was there. Takase-senpai handed me her drink and gently sat down next to her.

“If I stay there, I think I’ll have them sing again.”

“Thanks to you, Yuu-kun is calling now?”

“… Then he can continue.”

It was very difficult to fit in as a male manager among energetic female members. For today, I want Yuuki to faithfully fulfill that role instead of me.

“Manager.”

“Ah… yes.”

I lightly bumped my drink into the can held out by the senior. It was a toast that we shared as a group several times just today.

“Whoah….”

The senior also let out a long breath as she put down the can she drank as if she was relaxed.

“My whole body aches.”

As we met her eyes, the senior smiled lightly and said.

“…… It is self-employed.”

“Ku-k-k-k… You’re a really strict manager.”

There is no member of the staff who can say this to her captain, her captain. Seeing that Suda also lost her pulse and noticed her standing in front of her senior.

But right now I was holding back what I wanted to say to my seniors.

So she said the words that gave her her scolding came naturally.

“……… Yes. No one forced it on me.”

Does the senior understand that part, or did he tolerate it because it was me?

Or is it simply because I’m in a good mood today?

Slowly taking a drink, the senior raised the corner of her mouth.

“You… Aren’t you happy?”

“I’m glad. Because everyone did well.”

There’s no way you wouldn’t be happy.

That word came out like a complaint.

Everyone who heard it could tell that it had the exact opposite meaning.

“…… When the game was over, what I wanted to see the most was you.”

“……… ….”

“But you didn’t look happy at all.”

That’s right.

After crossing the finish line, the senior slowly stopped, and despite all the cheers and enthusiastic cheers around, the direction he came towards was the audience where we were.

Because of that, the senior saw me completely.

She shouted out loud like Yuuki and Haruna, and she didn’t like that figure.

“I wanted to hear the reason.”

“……… ….”

“Why? Didn’t my match look good to you?”

It can’t be.

It was a dramatic moment that anyone can admire.

Fans cheered and reporters made a fuss about the birth of an idol in the track and field world.

It was definitely a great game.

“………… I was worried.”

But that was my impression.

When my senior faced a miserable record in this game, I remembered various situations to come. She wasn’t sure of anything, and the agony of not being able to help her made her fret all the time.

As if to show off to me, the senior won the job.

When the senior who crossed the finish line looked at me with sweat pouring down his forehead and looking at me in pain.

“……… But I was a fool for worrying.”

Joy and worry, sadness and relief, resentment and relief.

Aside from that, all sorts of emotions surged like a tsunami, so I couldn’t help but laugh.

So it meant that it was the seniors who played the game, but I was exhausted after immersing myself in it and pouring out all my emotions.

“……… So I was relieved.”

If the ending is good, can we say that everything was good?

Anyway, I was relieved.

Because I don’t have to watch my senior collapsing.

“…… Manager.”

As she looked at me, her eyes widened.

“Ah… ….”

She was perplexed as she raised her hand, not knowing what to do.

“…… Senior?”

“Ah… that is… excuse me….”

The senior, who was strangely restless while looking at me, took her words out with difficulty.

“Mi… sorry.”

“…… Yes?”

“So please don’t cry. I’m sorry. It’s all my fault.”

No, I… I wasn’t crying

Raise your hand and rub your eyes.

It was wet.

As the bird spoke, it seemed that I was overcome with emotion without realizing it.

Ah, my God….

What are you doing stupid?

I raised both hands and rubbed my eyes. I didn’t want to see you like this.

The senior who was looking at me like that put her hand on top of my head.

“Manager-kun… sorry.”

“No, not that…” Dirt in my eyes….”

“I didn’t know you were in so much pain.”

“I never…… What’s painful is the senior….”

“Seeing you in pain is more painful for me.”

Her hand gently strokes my hair.

“I won’t overdo it again…. I promise.”

Patting her on the shoulder, her senior spoke softly.

“I didn’t know you thought of me that much….”

“Why is my senior comforting me….”

Unbeknownst to me, it became a whining tone.

I pushed her hand away as if resisting.

Nevertheless, the senior smiled and did not separate from me.

“…… What I did was completely nosy.”

“Huh?”

That was the only reason that made me suffer.

That I didn’t do anything.

“Even if I hadn’t dared to step in and stop my seniors, and didn’t act foolishly….”

If only this would have been the case. I mean to her it was only her hindrance.

“Because she would have done well as a senior.”

“……… Manager group. What are you talking about?”

She asks with her straight face.

Bewildered by that appearance, I stammered.

“I… That didn’t help at all….”

He grabbed her wrist.

The girl in front of her was staring at me with an extremely serious look.

“You are mistaken.”

“Yes?”

“You are my everything.”

“……… ….”

I was speechless at that sudden confession.

Perhaps the senior also realized that he had skipped several courses, he cleared his throat and continued her words slowly.

“No… In this competition… It means that your existence has had a great influence on me.”

“……… Yes.”

I really thought I had received a confession.

She almost made a mistake, but the senior still wouldn’t let go of her wrist.

“Without you, I would not have participated in this competition.”

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“That… ….”

“Isn’t it natural? I’m out to prove it to you.”

Prove… what does that mean

“I thought I was all over when I got knocked off the back of the run.”

“……… Me too.”

“Then why are you cheering me on so loudly?”

At that moment, I jumped up and shouted her name.

I never thought that the cheering would be heard by the seniors. Because that was the only thing I could do. She was nothing but a desperate struggle.

“I don’t want to see my senior collapsing.”

“Your voice reached me. I just lived up to that expectation.”

“It’s just that I lived up to it…… Senior….”

In other words, I was just cheering.

It is the senior who entered the game.

“I am that kind of person. Even if she pretends not to care, pretends to only focus on me, in the end, she can’t ignore other people’s eyes.”

With a smile, the senior let go of my wrist.

I wasn’t aware of the pain at all, but there were red marks left there.

“I’ve been running like that all along. I moved my body and mind to live up to the expectations of many people who admired me from a certain moment.”

“……… ….”

“And while I was getting tired of it, you appeared.”

A gentle and kind prince. Ace of track and field. A promising star who receives everyone’s attention.

Eri Takase did her best to live up to the image she was given to herself.

“You saw all my weaknesses, my mistakes, my inconsistencies.”

Like sweet desserts, wearing cute brooches, falling down during practice. Even revealing serious injuries that were hidden.

For me, that wasn’t a flaw at all.

I wonder if everything was unacceptable to the senior.

“Nevertheless, he kept watching over me. He cheered me on.”

“……… ….”

“There is no reason why I wouldn’t like you.”

I raised my head.

Isn’t that a confession after all?

Looking at it, the senior was scratching his cheek with a reddened expression.

“In other words, without you, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”

“Senior… ….”

Unless I misunderstood the meaning.

Only this time, senpai confessed to me in a true sense.

“So… “

The senior took something out of her pocket and placed it on my palm.

That was a medal.

“Manager-kun, my… ….”

He swallowed his breath. At the same time, a squeaking sound was heard. Someone’s footsteps were approaching.

“…………….”

The senior, who was about to shout something, soon shut her mouth.

Silence came again between us.

“…… Sister?”

The person who showed up was Haruna.

“Minsu was here too.”

“Ah… huh. Haruna.”

She smiled and sat down next to me.

“Huh? It’s a gold medal. Was she looking at that?”

Haruna stuck her head out and looked at it.

The strange atmosphere that flowed between me and my senior has already disappeared without a trace.

When Haruna asked her something, the senpai raised her head and returned to her usual self.