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“Shion, I’m here to pick you up.”
Today I went to Shion’s classroom to pick her up.
I had asked her on line to do so, and she had agreed.
The seniors in the classroom were shocked by the presence of an underclassman student who so proudly called out to Hyori Shion.
I didn’t care.
The senior who had been involved with me in the past was looking at me with a wary look in his eyes, but it didn’t matter.
I’ve already decided to be confident as Shion’s boyfriend.
I knew that Shion is a weak person.
I can’t stay weak too.
Besides, I can’t do something worthless now, even though I might do it just maybe.
“Yeah. Thanks, Sendai kun.”
“Are you feeling okay?”
I”‘m fine. Let’s go to the supermarket on the way home.”
“I guess so. Then, let’s go.”
I left the school with Shion.
The people in class were upset, but the students hanging around the main gate and the people I passed on the way home didn’t react in any way when they saw us.
Maybe it will gradually become normal for us to be together like this.
Besides, there may not be that many people who are seriously jealous of our relationship in the first place.
I was overly concerned about the people around me, and sometimes I wanted to show it off.
All of that is because I lack confidence in myself.
I am sure Shion is too.
I think she just doesn’t have confidence in herself.
So, in order to be believed.
I’m going to say it properly today.
I want you to stay by my side for the rest of my life.
“The train will be here soon.”
“Yeah. I’m scared when the train comes onto the platform. I feel like I’m going to be sucked in.”
“That’s because something so big is coming in front of you at such speed. Hold my hand.”
“Yeah. Thanks, Sendai kun.”
Before, we tended to hold each other in a reserved manner.
Now, even in public, I intertwine our fingers and firmly pull her hand.
If I did that before, my heart would start beating so fast that I couldn’t breathe.
Now I feel rather relieved.
I feel calm, and I even feel like I have to do this all the time.
“The train is shaking.”
“Yeah. But I’m okay because Sendai kun is supporting me.”
“Hold my hand properly.”
“Yeah.”
In the swaying train.
The whole time we held hands and squinted at the sunset shining through the car window.
Shion murmured next to me.
“The baby isn’t coming.”
The murmur was not directed at anyone, but was said as if she were asking herself a question.
But I felt as if I knew what she meant, even if only vaguely.
“U-um. What do you mean, the baby’s not coming?”
“Eh? The baby won’t come yet.”
“……E-erm. Does that mean it’s okay if the baby’s here?”
“Eh, but it’s not here though?”
“……No, I mean, um, I can’t say it out loud, but, um, the girl’s day, did it come?”
“Yeah. It happened this morning. That’s why the baby isn’t coming.”
“……”
I felt like something strange that had been hanging over me for a long time had been lifted when I talked to her.
When I thought about it, it was strange that she never bothered to tell me that she might be pregnant, but I also felt like it was too early.
However, perhaps because I was so upset by the conversation that I couldn’t keep my cool, I apparently thought that Senpai might be pregnant.
…..Eh, that means there was nothing special.
“Sendai kun, you’re using honorifics again, aren’t you?”
“Y-yeah. Erm, Shion, do you want to have a child?”
“Yeah. I told you once that I want to get married and have a family, right?”
“Oh, yeah, sure. But that was because you wanted to get married soon and quit school.”
“Yeah, that’s part of it. But I want to get married soon with Sendai kun. Will you do it?”
“With me….eh, with me?”
“No?
“……”
I was puzzled.
The preparation and awareness that I had just had about the possibility of becoming a father suddenly disappeared, and to be honest, I felt like I was completely out of step.
But.
“No?”
The truth is that she wasn’t lying when she said she wanted to marry me.
It wasn’t because she had a baby, but because she really wanted to be with me.
I had no choice but to have a child.
She really wants to be with me.
“…… Of course, it’s fine. I’m glad. Shion, please marry me when I turn 18.”
We were about to arrive at Akaitohama station.
I told her how I felt.
There were people around me, but it didn’t matter.
I felt as if someone was watching me, but I didn’t care.
The only thing I care about is Shion.
“….I’m so happy.”
“Shion, we’ll be at Akaitohama soon. Shall we walk home together to the beach?”
“Yeah. I want you to say it one more time while looking at the sea.”
“Right. After that, do you want to stop by a convenience store?”
“Convenience store, it’s nostalgic. It’s where Sendai kun saved me.”
“I was? Eh, you were at that convenience store?”
“Yeah. I was in the bathroom, shaking, and you cheered me up. I remember.”
“……Yeah.”
Now I know what I didn’t know then.
The woman who was shaking in the bathroom and I was trying to protect her.
I couldn’t believe it was Shion.
I’m not sure if it was fate, or if it’s nothing.
Or was it……no, it doesn’t matter now.
“Well, now that I think about it, we’ve been together for quite some time. I’m happy, too.”
“Yeah. I’ve been with Sendai kun for a long time. Ever since that day.”
“Since that day……that’s right. Shion started coming to my house since then, right?”
“I was nervous when I cooked for you for the first time. But I was happy that you ate it.”
“Yeah. Shion’s cooking is always delicious.”
“I love you.”
“Me too. I love you.”
I tried to kiss her even though we were on the train.
The train stopped, shaking, as if it had read the air.
We arrived at Akaitohama, where my house is.
Maybe as long as I’m in this place….,or as long as I’m with Shion, I always remember how I met her.
I also remember the incident at that convenience store where I helped Shion for the first time.
And how my mother brought her home and she cooked for me after that.
I miss those days.
But it’s always been a precious memory of ours.
“Shall we get off?”
“Yeah. Sendai kun, we have to make arrangements as soon as we get home.”
“Huh, I feel like that’s a bit too quick…no, but that’s kind of exciting. Yeah, I have to tell my mother too.”
“About what?”
“Eh, well……whatever.”
Even if I suddenly called her and told her I was engaged, she wouldn’t have thought of it.
I guess we’ll talk about it another time.
For now, let’s head for Akaitohama.
The wind feels so nice today.
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