Volume 2 Chapter 16 Difficult Road Ahead
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
When things don’t go well, it seems like they keep happening one after another.
At the beginning of September, the company I hoped to join turned out to be surprisingly popular, and I didn’t make it through the school selection.
(I knew it wouldn’t be easy for someone like me, who isn’t serious and doesn’t have great grades.)
I had expected this. But somewhere in my heart, I was hoping for a miracle, and it made me feel a bit down.
And also, things got worse. It was clear that Risa-san’s interest was shifting from me to a woman who seemed to be on the verge of dying.
On Saturdays when the housekeeper didn’t come, and even on Fridays before those Saturdays, and Saturday afternoons, and Sundays, she started talking about that woman in our usual conversations. “I wonder if she’ll come tomorrow without taking a break?” or “She was smiling while working today,” were all things that really didn’t matter to me.
”Banzushima-san, you know, she has been watching Shuu, okay?”
”Really?”
”Yeah… it seems like she wanted to talk to you…?”
”Did she? I didn’t notice.”
”Since she’s around the same age as you, Shuu… she probably thinks of you as my relative… and might feel comfortable talking about her worries.”
”Oh, I see.”
I heard that woman’s name for the first time, but even while nodding along, I quickly forgot it.
Since it was Risa-san talking, I listened to things I didn’t care about at all, but I couldn’t remember random small talk forever.
This is bad. Maybe my heart is getting rough because my job search isn’t going well? I’m really too stressed.
There’s no need to rush. I just need to get something during the additional recruitment starting in October. I can apply to multiple places, and the job market isn’t that bad. I should be able to get into somewhere. That’s what I thought.
But things aren’t going as I expected.
Maybe the interviewers could tell that I was just randomly choosing companies, thinking I’d be okay with any job near my friends.
Honestly, I had no real passion like “I really want to work at this company,” and I just answered the questions in a flat way during the interview.
I didn’t have a strong reason for wanting to join that company, and I couldn’t answer well.
I just said something vague like, “I feel I can contribute to society through your work,” which could apply to any company, and I awkwardly smiled to cover it up.
(Ah, things really aren’t going well.)
Even if my job search isn’t going well, I don’t show that to Risa-san. I’m living my life as usual.
She probably thinks I only go out to school, work, or buy food, and when I’m home, I’m just cooking.
I hadn’t even talked to Risa-san about my future, like going to school or getting a job.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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