[Serialized Novel] lol "My Detour" (3)

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So, Rie-chan, who recently got a boyfriend, says she wants to introduce a guy to me.

Apparently he's a high school friend of Sakagami-san's, and when she told him about me, he said he wanted to meet me.

I'm technically looking for a boyfriend, so I thought it might be okay to meet him. Plus, it's a recommendation from Rie-chan.

If he's a friend of Sakagami-san's, he might be a good guy. And the fact that he's older was also a plus. I've always thought I'm more compatible with older men than younger ones.

Sakagami-san said he works in architecture, which, to me, is something I almost feel a sense of admiration for.

I started imagining, maybe he has muscles on his arms or something, and I felt a bit nostalgic. That's because people overseas are all somehow big and rugged.

My friends from university are all kind of lanky, so I feel a sense of nostalgia for that rugged look.

Of course, there are muscular Japanese people too, but people over there are just built with a rugged frame to begin with.

When you're in an environment full of people like that, that inevitably becomes your standard.

Well, whether that makes them good as a man is a different issue, but it's true that I got a little interested when I heard the story from Rie-chan.

For some reason, I felt a sense of nostalgia, and I even had this vague expectation that maybe I'd feel that way even more if I met him.

I originally wanted to date a French guy, but that didn't work out, and after that, I wanted to date an African guy and tried to follow up on friends' connections, but that didn't go well either...

So, when I came back to Japan, I realized that Japanese guys are surprisingly cool too, and since then, I've been looking for a Japanese guy.

But, I haven't really found anyone good.

I often get asked out, but before I know it, we just end up like friends.

Sometimes there are guys with handsome faces, but for some reason, they start to look like robots, and it's like they lose that special feeling. I don't really understand it myself, but I just end up feeling like it's impossible.

Even now, all my friends are still just friends, though.

For some reason, I seem to be popular with men, especially Japanese men, and I get approached quite often, but I just can't seem to find 'the one'.

I've been on plenty of dates, but I just never feel like taking it further, or well, maybe I'm also a little scared.

Of course, there have been times when a guy told me after a date that I wasn't what he expected. I guess the fact that I'm a bit unusual doesn't mesh well, or maybe they just don't like it.

But that can't be helped, right?

When I went to a festival with some college friends in the summer, I even got hit on by some guys my age, but even then, they told me I was 'weird'.

That guy suddenly kissed me, but I wasn't into it at all, and that was when I realized that I really shouldn't do things like that unless it's with someone I love.

I grew up abroad, so I'm a bit different from the average Japanese person, but since I am Japanese after all, I think I have some Japanese traits and even a longing for that side of things, so I'm sure there must be a Japanese person out there who is a good match for me.

Also, I really don't want to date anyone from the same university or the same club.

The reason is that when I saw someone in my club announce in front of everyone, 'We've started dating,' I thought, 'I would hate that.'

Anyway, because of that, I told Rie-chan that I was okay with meeting that person in architecture.

Above all, I liked that he was older and not connected to my university.

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