Murata VS Romance - Chapter 3

After his last conversation with Ane, Murata became way more confident. In the last few days, he managed to talk to girls normally, which resulted in him having a lot more friends… but still no girlfriend. He knew a lot of girls, and everyone liked spending time with him, but he still didn't find the one.

Today, he was sitting with Nezuko and Makomo again.

"When did you start playing soccer? I saw you play and you're really good!" Makomo asked

"I started playing when I was young. Back then, I played with my friends." Murata replied with a smile

"You're the team captain, right?" Nezuko asked

"Yes!" Murata replied proudly

"That's so cool!" said Nezuko

"Totally!" Makomo added

"Hahaha… yeah…" said Murata as he put his hand behind his head and blushed a bit

In the meantime, another person was watching the three.

"Look at that bastard… suddenly having normal conversations with girls… Disgusting…" murmured Zenitsu as he watched him (jealously)

As they continued their chat, the bell rang and the girls went to their next class, same as Murata. As the day went on, Murata sat on a bench and thought about his next step.

"Hmm… I liked spending time with all of them… and there are all super cute… so which one…should I ask?" he though

As he was thinking, another person suddenly sat down next to him.

"Hello!" said Shinobu

"Hello, do need anything?" he replied

"Hmmm… nope! I just came here to chat with you!" Shinobu replied with a smile

"Chat? About what?" Murata asked confused

"About my cute white friend!" Shinobu said

"Cute…white… friend…? Oh, you mean Ane Ayaki? What… about her?" Murata asked confused

"I saw you two together a few times now." Shinobu said

"Y-yeah… her brother, Rui, introduced her to me and she helps me with my problem." Murata explained

Shinobu just smiled and nodded.

"W-what is it?" Murata asked as he became nervous

"What problem?" Shinobu asked teasingly

"T-that's a secret! You don't need to know!" Murata replied

"Come on! Tell me! I promise, I won't tell it anyone! Really!" said Shinobu while she got closer to him

"Argh!" Murata squeaked as she was leaning closer to him

"Tell me, please!" said Shinobu as she leaned in even closer

"Argh! OK! OK! I tell you! Just please, back off now!" said Murata as Shinobu giggled and leaned back again

"W-well… I'm trying to… find… GULP* a girlfriend…" he said embarrassed

"And… she's helping me…" he added

Shinobu was just nodding with a smile.

"And now, thanks to her, I'm way more confident when I'm talking with girls. T-that's all." Murata finished

"Hmmm…" mumbled Shinobu as she was thinking about it

"What are you thinking about?" Murata asked

Shinobu looked at him and smiled.

"Is there a girl you like?" she asked

"What!? W-well… I like them all… but there isn't one that I… really like… you know?" he replied blushing

"There isn't? Hmmm…?" Shinobu asked with a smug face

"No…?" Murata replied confused

"Really? And… isn't there a girl that you talk to a lot? Maybe some girl with… I don't know… white skin… pigtails… red dots on her face… Hmmm?" Shinobu asked teasingly

Murata was looking at her with a blank expression.

"Are you talking about Ane? She's my friend and… I never… though about her that way…" Murata replied

"Why not? You're good friends, you spend a lot of time together and she's really cute!" said Shinobu

"W-well…" Murata replied but didn't know what to say

Thinking about it, Shinobu was right. He liked spending time with her, talking with her, and she was… actually really friendly and cute.

"Y-yeah… you're right!" Murata said as he made his choice

"That's the spirit! Now go get her!" Shinobu said as she raised her hand

"Yeah!" Murata replied and left

"Hihihi… How cute…" Shinobu giggled as she saw him leave

Murata made up his mind. He knew which girl to ask to be his first ever girlfriend. He went to Ane's class, but found out, that her class is still ongoing for a couple of minutes. As he was about to sit down, he saw another familiar face.

"R-Rui?" he asked

"Hmm? Oh, you…" replied Rui as he faced him

"What are you doing here?" Murata asked

"Waiting on my sister. Her class ends in a couple of minutes, and we're going home together. Why are you here?" he asked

"Uhm… well… I need to talk to your sister!" Murata replied

"…" Rui didn't say anything, just scanned him with his eyes

Murata felt uncomfortable as Rui was doing that, but luckily, Rui stopped after a couple of seconds.

"Did she fail again?" Rui asked

"What?"

"She was supposed to give you advice about finding a girlfriend… Do you have a girlfriend now?" Rui asked

"Well… no! But she did help me a lot and I need to speak with her!" Murata countered

Rui was watching him with a blank expression.

"Whatever. I'm bored here. Tell her I'm waiting outside." he said as he turned around and left, leaving a confused Murata behind

"Wow… he's actually… pretty weird…" Murata though as he saw him leave

A couple of minutes later, the Ane's class finale ended and people were leaving one by one. As Murata was watching them, he tried to spot Ane, and he did.

"Hey! Hello!" he said

"Hmm? What are you doing here?" Ane asked confused

"I need to speak with you, it's really important." he replied

"Ok… what is it?" Ane asked confused while holding her books

Murata took a deep breath and spoke.

"Ane! You helped me a lot in the past few days and I really like spending time and talking with you!"

"…huh?" Ane said with an annoyed expression, as she had a clue where this was going

"So… I wanted to ask you this! Do you… want to go out with me?" he asked, while shaking a little bit

Ane was looking at him with an annoyed expression and didn't say anything for a few seconds. Murata was starting to feel uncomfortable, but luckily for him, she finally spoke up.

"Did that girl tell you to do this?" she asked with a blank expression now

"Well… yes. B-but I would really like to go out with you!" he said again

Ane was staring at him. After another couple of uncomfortable seconds, Ane took a deep breath and spoke.

"Why do you want to go out with me?" she asked

"Because… you are really friendly, and you helped me a lot. I really like spending time with you and… you're… GULP* really… pretty…" Murata said as he was blushing

Hearing all that, Ane tensed up… and started blushing too, as she wasn't expecting him to say that. She started playing with her hair and looked away.

"W-well… thank you…" she said

"So… what do you say?" he asked as he was waiting for a reply

Ane looked at him again and spoke.

"If... you really want to go out with me… then… I don't mind…" she replied in a soft voice

"Really!? You will!?" Murata asked with a smile

"Yeah…" Ane replid with a small smile

Murata didn't know what to say. Even though she still wasn't his girlfriend, she agreed to go out with him. This was a huge step, and he was proud that he achieved it.

Meanwhile, behind the corner…

"Look at that bastard… getting a date… DISGUSTING…." murmured Zenitsu, as he saw Murata getting a date (and not him)