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“What are you doing outside?”
It’s not as if the automatic door wouldn’t respond and I couldn’t get inside the store even if I wanted to. Even though we had talked a little in gym class, I had a feeling that it would be troublesome if someone called out to me here, so I decided to pretend not to notice and pass through unnoticed.
“Ah, Itsuki……!”
Just as I was thinking that, our eyes met. She was approaching me with a face as if she had found her owner whom she had been waiting for many years. I turned around to run away, and Sasatsuki grabbed me by the sleeve at about the same time. It was strange, she had closed the distance between us in an instant, even though we were still a good distance away. Did she move at a moment’s notice?
‘You can see me, can’t you? Please……help me, Itsuki.”
Sasatsuki, who is gripping my sleeve tightly and appealing to me with a sad voice and expression. The very seriousness of the situation made me give up and decide to listen to what she had to say.
“I understand. If it’s okay with you, I’ll help you. I’d appreciate it if you’d let go of my sleeve.”
“……Will you run away?”
Sasatsuki asked me with moist eyes. I take back my previous statement. This is not a puppy waiting for its owner to come home, but a puppy that always wants to be with its owner.
“I won’t run away. So don’t make that face.”
I pat Sasatsuki’s head as I say this. When I was a child, I remembered the feeling of patting Kanna, who was selfish and still wanted to play and be with me. She didn’t cry or scream, but it was hard every day.
“You said I could help you, but what should I do?”
“Very simple. I want you to help me get groceries.”
“In short, you mean shopping. Are you going to buy more than you can carry by yourself?”
If that wasn’t the case, she wouldn’t have asked for help. However, in response to my question, Sasatsuki kept a blank stare as if to say that she didn’t understand what I was talking about.
“? I’m not a glutton. Even if I buy enough food for two or three days, I only buy enough to bring home by myself.”
“Then why did you ask for my help?”
“There’s a reason this goes deeper than the ocean.”
After an exaggerated preamble of tears for hearing and tears for talking, Sasatsuki began to talk about her unique ability.
“As you probably know, I have been active in the entertainment industry since I was three years old. People call me a child prodigy or the grandchild of a Japanese citizen, and people have been cheering me on..”
Sasatsuki made a smug face as she puffed out her chest. I know how she feels, but it’s not the right thing to do at the entrance of a store where people are coming and going during shopping.
“I’m not saying that’s why, but my father and mother told me every day that scandals are not allowed.”
Sasatsuki tugged on my sleeve to do the shopping, and then she was slinking into the supermarket. The automatic door, which I had been worried about, opened and closed properly. This would be the end of me, I thought.
“This is just the beginning. Let’s not let our guard down.”
Sasatsuki, who had put her shopping cart on the cart, immediately started shopping for foodstuffs while saying the same words as some glasses-wearing tennis club leader.
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