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Chapter 101 Part 2

Perhaps they weren’t too used to being around boys, when Yuu approached them and took their hands in turn, their faces were bright red as they showed a happy look on their faces.

「You see, Hirose-kun… Umm….」

「Hmm, what is it?」

When he was done shaking hands with all of them, the tallest girl, probably the representative, stammered as she spoke to him.

This might be the first time he had met these girls here.

Perhaps they had waved at each other, but Yuu had no recollection of it.

「We’ve only been watching you from afar, but…」

「Is that so? You could’ve just talked to me casually, though.」

「Ahaha. We did think you would say that, Hirose-kun, but…」

「As you can see, there are a lot of competitors, after all.」

「「「Yup, yup.」」」

They all nodded their heads.

True enough, when Yuu walked outside the school building or along the connecting passageway during break time, girls would quickly spot him and talk to him.

The most frequent ones were as expected the girls from class 1-5, including Youko and Kazumi.

It seemed that they had no thought about pushing the group of girls surrounding Yuu away to talk to him.

「So, umm…this.」

「Me too」

「Me too, me too.」

What the six of them handed out to him one after another were letters, each with cute colors and designs.

Of course, Yuu’s name was written on the addressee.

「W, will you accept it?」

「Of course. I’ll gratefully accept it.」

Yuu accepted the letters one by one.

「Well then, it’s almost time for homeroom to start, after all.」

「Y, you’re right. Thank you for today. Hirose-kun.」

「Likewise, I’m glad to be able to talk to you. And thank you for the letters.」

When Yuu expressed his thanks in such a manner, all the girls from class 1-1 showed a relieved smile.

It must have taken a major decision to give a letter to someone of the opposite sex for the first time.

Before his rebirth, Yuu himself had once sent a love letter to a girl in his class on whom he had a single-sided crush just before he graduated from middle school.

Unfortunately, however, the answer was, 「Let’s be good friends」.

This time, his position was that of the recipient of the letter, and he was happy that they had taken the trouble to write one and give it to him.

Though, this was the first time he had received letters from six girls at the same time.

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It was break time after the first period.

Yuu was taking out the letters he received this morning.

As expected, he couldn’t open and read them in the classroom, as there were public eyes.

What Yuu had spread out was an A5 size memo pad.

Starting with the first boys-girls social event in April, where the boys went around each class to introduce themselves, the number of girls who approached him had been too large, so he decided to take note of them.

This time, he wrote down the traits of each sender, such as their distinctive characteristics and the impression he had on them as he talked to them, on the back of the letter.

It was something from when he was working in a sales position at a company he had joined as a new graduate prior to his rebirth.

He was taught by his senior that after exchanging business cards, it was a good idea to write down the person’s characteristics and impressions on the back.

When you met multiple people at the same time, unless they left a very strong impression on you, you tended to end up forgetting them as time passed.

As such, if you made a note of them before you forgot, it would be easier to match the face and name when you met them again.

If the other party was someone from the same class as you, it would be easy to remember them, in fact, Yuu had pretty much memorized the names of all boys in his class.

However, there were seven classes-worth of girls, so it was pretty difficult to memorize them after only meeting them once.

Thus, it was a habit that he had started based on his past memories.

「Wow! Yuu-kun, that’s amazing. You received six letters today.」

Done preparing for the next class, Rei, who was sitting in front of Yuu, turned around and let out a cry of surprise.

「I guess. Though, this is my first-time receiving letters from six girls at the same time, so I’m taking note of them like this so I don’t forget.」

「Heh~, you’re a surprisingly sincere guy, aren’t you?」

「It’s rare to find a man who is so sincere in his relationships with women.」

「Isn’t it fine? They’ve taken the trouble to give me letters, after all. At times like this, we must not forget to be grateful.」

Joining the conversation between Yuu and Rei were Yamada Masaya and Houshou Haruto, who was sitting behind Yuu.

In addition to Rei and Masaya, he had also gotten close with Haruto through the inter-class ball game competition, and right now, they had gotten close enough to call each other by name.

There, the topic of their conversation turned to how many letters they had received so far.

Rei had received more than 30 letters in total. Mostly from the tall girls in the volleyball and basketball club, including Satou Risa and Ukawa Miyoko.

As for Haruto, the number of letters he received had risen rapidly after the inter-class ball game competition, reaching 20.

It seemed that they were not only from girls from class 1-5, but also from each of the first-year classes.

Masaya didn’t say it clearly.

「At any rate, you must’ve received one from the girl from the concert band club, no?」

When Yuu made such a comment, he replied in an evasive manner and looked away.

As for Yuu, he lied about the exact number, but if we include the ones he received today, the total should have reached 100.

They were mostly from girls from class 1-5, but like today, there were times when he received them from students from other classes, and there were also times when he received them from second-year students he met for the first time.

Speaking of the content of the letters, those who openly expressed their feelings were in the minority.

Given that he was still only a first-year, they were probably refraining from doing so.

They included everyday topics such as home situation and school, but the focus was on self-appeal.

Their goal was probably to let him know about them first.

On top of that, they ended it with: Please let me talk to you if we meet at school.

There were also cases where the girls he had come into contact with, like Youko and Kazumi, praised him like crazy, which he found embarrassing.

He thought it would be difficult to reply if he received that many letters.

In fact, when Yuu started receiving it in mid-April, he gave it some serious thoughts.

How should he respond to the dozens of letters he received from the girls?

Considering his past, this was an extravagant worry.

As a matter of fact, from when they first enrolled at the school until the end of Golden Week, second- and third-year boys visited their classroom during homeroom period and gave them various lectures on how to carry themselves in a co-ed school.

Even though it was safer inside the school than outside, Yuu quickly went and broke the advice that they should act in a group as much as possible.

When Yuu, who had already received more than 10 letters, asked about it, all the seniors who visited their classroom at that time replied that there was no need to reply.

Strictly speaking, it was up to the person himself and he could write a reply if he wanted, but if he did, the girls would become ecstatic, and there would be no end of it, forcing him to go through an awful experience.

As such, the safest option would be to stop at just reading it.

They should just think of it as something like a fan letter, so to speak.

Also, speaking of other means of contact other than letters, there was the home landline phone, but they were warned never to give anyone their phone number unless it was someone with whom they had committed their future.

This was a story from another co-ed school, but as a result of giving it to three girls with whom he had casually become friends, a certain boy’s phone number became widespread in the blink of an eye, and he was plagued by call flooding for a while.

As expected, the person to whom Yuu had given his phone number was Sayaka and Sayaka only. That was because he judged that she could be trusted.

As the days passed, the number of letters with love letter-like content increased, but so far Yuu had not written any replies. Or rather, it could be said that he had received so many letters that he had no leeway to write replies.

In return, he tried to memorize the girls he had received letters from as much as possible, and said a few words to them when he met them in the morning or during break time.

Even with only that, the girls were moved and delighted.

The reason why Yuu was the most popular boy in the first-year boys’ class was because in addition to his look, he was friendly toward girls and would put up such an effort for them.

Although most of them didn’t go as far as confessing their love, Yuu believed that he had received no less than 100 letters that clearly expressed their goodwill.

So far, the only people he had gotten into physical relationships with at school were the three members of the student council and Youko and Kazumi from Class 1-5, for a total of five people, but he thought it would probably be a good idea for him to lay his hands on them more proactively.

It was by no means because he was dissatisfied with only five.

However, now that he had been reborn as a beautiful boy in such a world and was receiving goodwill from numerous girls, there was no way he could afford not to take advantage of it.

This was because even when Yuu touched their bodies, let alone finding it unpleasant, they were delighted by it.

To that end, however, there was the issue of location.

When he did it with Sayaka and the others, they had the student council waiting room.

When he did it with Youko and Kazumi, Yuu couldn’t hold back and ended up doing it in the bathroom.

Was there no convenient place within the school where they could do naughty stuff without anyone finding out…?