I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class (WN)

That was Arae-san’s story that I heard from Nitori-san and Houjou-san.

Of course I wouldn’t assume that she quit basketball because of that incident. There was a rumor that she originally intended to continue playing basketball in high school, but something probably happened and made her become like this. That said, we didn’t know why she would antagonize Amami-san so much.

I wonder whether her ex-teammates' words were impactful enough to completely change her nature?

I sent the summary of her circumstances to Nitta-san and she replied to me not long after.

[Nina: Ah, so that’s why she never talked much about her middle school days.]

[Nina: Come to think of it, none of her cronies are from the same middle school as her.]

[Maehara: Is that so? Well, whatever. Her sad past doesn’t justify all her actions up until now.]

[Nina: Oh, Rep, are you angry? It’s unusual for you to act like this.]

[Maehara: Well, she said something inexcusable…]