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“How is it? Did you like the room?”
“Yeah. I have nothing to complain about when you let me live in such a nice room.”
“Well, good. I don’t know if this is a good time to ask, but can I ask you what happened to you? About you.”
After a brief explanation about the room, I sat down in the living room of Amane san’s room.
It was a crazy awesome room.
The view was beautiful and it was fully equipped.
“Of course. I can’t hide anything from Amane san after all she’s done for me.”
“You don’t have to force yourself, okay? I don’t want to force you to listen to me either.”
“No, I’m glad you asked. I’m not really sure myself. I haven’t decided what to do from now on, so would you mind if I ask you for advice?”
I have no intention of hiding anything from her.
I don’t know what I want to do or what I should do at all.
But I also want to feel better by expressing what I’m feeling, and by asking for advice, I may be able to open up a path for myself.
With that in mind, I decided to talk to Amane san about what I’ve been going through.
“If that’s the case, I’ll listen to what you have to say, but don’t take it too hard.”
Amane san is still very considerate of my feelings.
It warmed my heart a little to know that.
I felt like my heart, which had been in tatters all day, became a little better.
Sometimes I feel like her tone is a little harsh, but I think she is kind at heart.
“Erm, do you know that Runa, I mean Horie and I were dating at the beginning?”
“Yeah. You guys were famous at school as a childhood friend couple. Well, I didn’t know what you looked like.”
Were we famous?
This is the first time I know this information.
“We had promised to go on a date for Christmas. But she turned me down the day before because she had something urgent to do.”
“What kind of person has an emergency on Christmas? I can’t really imagine.”
Amane san tilted her head and made a puzzled face.
I generally have the same idea as Amane san.
It’s hard to imagine that there would be an urgent matter that would take priority over your lover on Christmas Day.
If it was the death of a relative or something like that, I can imagine it.
“Right. I thought so too. I didn’t think it was possible for her to cheat on me. Hahaha.”
A dry smile breaks out.
“Does that mean she cheated on you?”
“I was so sad, but I couldn’t let the tears fall. The other guy was a boy named Fujita Satoru, who was my best friend. Do you know him?”
“I know him. I think he was the ace of the baseball team or something. I think he confessed to me once, but I don’t remember.”
Amane san said with a wry smile.
I had no idea that he had confessed his feelings to Amane san.
And not only was he completely rejected, she didn’t even remember that he had confessed to her.
Poor guy.
“I see. So on Christmas Day, I was randomly wandering around town. Then I saw them walking around the hotel district.”
“No, that’s enough. I got the gist already. You may not realize it, but you look like you’re about to cry right now, Yanagi. You don’t have to force yourself.”
Amane san rubbed my back with a slightly awkward look on her face.
That thoughtfulness touched my heart.
“Thank you. After that, I spent the rest of the winter vacation doing nothing but staying indoors. But when I went to school today, I found out that a rumor had spread, and when I went home, my mother didn’t believe me and kicked me out.”
It feels like a long time ago, even though it happened today.
It was only a few hours ago that my mom kicked me out of the house, but it feels like it was weeks ago.
“So you met me while you were sitting on a park bench, lost on the street, is that right?”
“Yeah. I never expected to be approached by Amane san.”
“I don’t know if it would be easier for me if a boy wearing the same high school uniform suddenly died. The next day, your name will be on the news. And if you were on the news the next day, it would have left a bad taste in my mouth.”
“That’s true.”
If such a situation had happened to her, I would have called out to her.
As Amane san said, if it appeared on the news the next day, it would have left a bad aftertaste.
I might have regretted it if I hadn’t called out to her.
“Right?”
“But what was the meaning of those words at that time?”
“At that time?”
“You know, the ones about how easy it would be to die.”
I was confused at the time when she suddenly called out to me, but when I thought about it, it had some meaning.
Isn’t that what you normally think?
But when I think back on it now, the first thing that came out of her mouth seemed to be a very low-pitched voice.
“Oh, that. It doesn’t mean anything in particular, but if I may say so, I almost died once. I wandered on the edge of life and death, but in the end I didn’t die. So I don’t know the pain of dying, but I know the pain of almost dying. I just know that dying can never be easy.”
“You almost die?”
“Yeah. I almost died. But I don’t wanna talk about it. Don’t even pry into it.”
Amane san looked at me with a complicated face.
I was curious, but I couldn’t ask her.
“Got it. I won’t force you to tell me either.”
“Thanks. I also wanna ask you, what are you gonna do now? You can stay here as long as you want, but is there anything you wanna do?”
What I want to do, huh?
I want to go to school, but even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to study well under the circumstances.
I’m still a minor, so it’s doubtful I’ll be able to apply for a new school or a part-time job on my own.
I don’t have that kind of money to begin with.
On the other hand, dropping out of high school would affect my future.
“I don’t know if I can think of anything right away. But I wanna graduate from high school for my future.”
“That’s a tough call. Even if Yanagi went to school now, you wouldn’t be able to take classes properly, and that would be just what the two people who framed you would want. I wonder. I think you’ll need your parents’ permission to transfer to another school, but from what I’ve heard, it doesn’t sound like that’s the best thing to do.”
“Yeah. They didn’t even listen to me when I spoke.”
My mom trusted what Runa was saying more than I did.
I don’t know how my dad feels about it, but I’d have to assume he has the same stance as my mom.
What about Misora?
That girr seems like he’d believe me, but I haven’t had a chance to meet her.
While I was secretly thinking about my younger sister, Amane san stood up and approached me.
“How about going to school with me for now? That way, I don’t think they can blatantly harass you within my sight, right”
“Are you sure? Don’t you think that might bring up strange rumors about Amane san?”
It’s a nice suggestion, but I don’t want Amane san to get a bad reputation because of me. Even though it’s only been a few hours since we met, Amane san is a benefactor who helped me.
“I don’t mind that much. Besides, I’m not interested in someone who believes in a mere rumor. I don’t think you need to worry about that. The problem is you.
I’ll cooperate with you until the end.”
“Thank you. I’ll leave it to you. To be honest, I don’t know what will happen, but I wanna finish high school and go to college. Well, I don’t have any money, so I have to do something about that first.”
No matter how good you are in your studies, if you don’t have money, you can’t go to college.
Vice versa.
I doubt if I’ll be able to get a part-time job, but I can’t really rely on Amane san that much.
“If that’s the case, will you do me a favor? Of course, I’ll pay you handsomely.”
“No, no, even if I don’t get paid, if Amane san asks me to, I’ll do it, okay? After all, I’ve been helped so much.”
I’ve been saved a lot by her today.
If I had not been approached at that time, I might have really committed suicide.
So, I owe a debt of gratitude to Amane Towa that I can never repay.
“You’re so humble, aren’t you? Since you don’t have any money, why don’t you just say you’ll accept the reward? Well, that’s what I like about you.”
Amane san laughed a little funny.
I don’t remember saying anything that would make her laugh, but since she seems to be enjoying herself, I’ll take it as a good thing.
“What I’m asking you to do, Yanagi Sora, is to be my escort. You will always be with me when I go to and return from school. The reward is one million yen per month. Of course, if I get into trouble on the way to or from school, I’ll ask you to take care of that as well, is that alright with you?”
“No, no, no, wait a minute ! You won’t get one million yen just for doing that. It’s not worth it, no matter how you look at it.”
It’s a matter of course that I would have to go to and from school with her, as we discussed earlier.
And I received 1 million yen just for that, which is way too much.
No, why would she go to such lengths with me in the first place?
Even if it’s sympathy, I think it’s too much.
“I don’t mind. Well, I thought you were gonna say no anyway. Just take it. Whatever you do in the future, you will need money. It’s just an excuse to give it to you. You get extra points for being a little less perceptive.”
She shrugged her shoulders and raised her hand.
I’m curious what I’m being tested on, but I’ll leave it at that for now.
“Are you sure about this?”
“I told you it’s fine. But I’m gonna need you to do the work, okay?”
“Of course. Thank you, Amane san. I will definitely repay this debt someday.”
“You don’t have to worry about it. If that’s what you want, I’ll just wait without getting my hopes up.”
Thus, my money increased by one million yen.
I still don’t know what Amane san is thinking, but for now, I’m going to take advantage of this favor.
But what do I want to do?
To be honest, I thought I would marry Runa as it was.
I had no doubt in that.
But the reality was so cruel that I lost what could be called the meaning of my life.
From now on, I have to find the meaning of life.
That’s what I decided.
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