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Let me report. My broken bones are healing. No, it has healed.
Even though my broken bone has completely healed, there’s a reason why I can’t be happy when I return home from the hospital and lie on the bed in my room.
Today, too, Kohime accompanied me to the hospital and supported me devotedly.
When I reported to her that my broken bone was completely healed, she was as happy as if it were her own, or even more so than I was.
I’m happy that my fracture is completely healed and that I don’t have to bother her any more.
I know this in my head, but I can’t help but think about it.
–What will happen to the relationship between me and Kohime once the fracture is healed?
Since I can walk normally now that my fracture is healed, I no longer need to have her take me to and from school, and I no longer need her to take care of me.
If that happens, there will be no contact between me and Kohime.
Some people may think that since we are now friends, why don’t we just play normally as friends?
However, the reason I became friends with Kohime was not because we were in the same class at school or because we got along well, but in return for saving her from being almost hit by a car.
If someone who only became a friend in return for saving they’re life, even after you recovered, they might feel annoyed if you still contacted them and tried to see them.
She would probably feel uncomfortable if I contacted her as a friend when she was happy that my broken bone had finally healed and she no longer had to accompany me to the hospital or drive me to and from the hospital.
If she thinks I’m bothering her by calling out to her,
My mentality would be completely over.
However, I do feel sad that this is the end of my relationship with Kohime ……
No matter how much I think about it now, I can’t find the answer, and first I have to go to bed early and conserve my stamina in preparation for my first walk to school in a while, starting tomorrow.
I turned off the light and went to bed, but I couldn’t fall asleep for more than an hour after that because I ended up thinking about this and that about my relationship with Kohime in bed.
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When I woke up the next morning, I was getting ready to go to school by changing my clothes and brushing my teeth.
For a month and a half after I was hit by a car and broke my leg, I had been taken to and from school every day by Miki san, a servant of the Arayashiki family, so it had been quite a while since I had walked to school.
The distance to school is not that far, so it is not that difficult for me to walk there.
The most painful thing is that I won’t be able to see kohime.
Since Kohime and I go to different high schools, we won’t see each other at school, and once the transportation is gone, I won’t be able to see her anymore unless I ask her out or she invites me to hang out with her.
But that doesn’t mean my mentality is strong enough to ask her out…….
Haa…… It’s so depressing.
With that in mind, I prepared as usual, and even though I would still be in time for school even if I left a little later, I left the house at the time that Kohime had always asked me to come pick me up.
It had become a habit for me to leave home at that time–in short, she had become a part of my life.
For me, Kohime had become an indispensable presence for me……..
If I can no longer have anything to do with her, will I be able to endure life at school with Sumika in my life?
I’m able to avoid getting involved with Sumika for now, thanks in part to my preemptive strikes, but it’s conceivable that Sumika might harass me in some way if I stop getting involved with Kohime and look lifeless.
More than anything else, I’m able to endure being in the same space with Sumika because of Kohime’s presence.
If I can no longer see her, the worst that can happen is that I may be forced to stop going to school.
With this in mind, I put on my shoes, opened the front door, and walked down the apartment stairs to the first floor.
And when I got down to the first floor, I rolled my eyes.
“Good morning. Eita san.”
In front of my apartment, just as it had been when I had broken bones, was the pitch-black car from Kohime’s family.
Not fully grasping the situation, I stopped thinking and stood there.
“…? Are you feeling unwell?”
“Ah, no, it’s not like that, my broken bone has already completely healed and I thought there would be no pick-up from today.”
“–!? I-I guess you’re right ! I’m sorry for acting so brazenly ! If I cause any inconvenience, I’ll leave right away ! I’m really sorry !”
“……Haha.”
“……Eh?”
I couldn’t help but burst out laughing as I watched her frantically apologize to me.
It seems that my fears were unfounded, and that Kohime was planning to come to school with me even after my broken bones healed.
Deep in my heart, I had thought that we had become close enough that I could invite her to hang out with me and she would not be offended and would not reject me.
But I was afraid of getting hurt again, so I was trying to protect myself by thinking that.
If I did not ask her out, I would not be able to meet her, but I would not be hurt by her rejection of my invitation.
I had such a weak idea, but a month and a half has passed, and it seems that I have gotten to know her better than I thought I would.
“W-why are you laughing !?”
“No, it’s nothing. If anything, I would appreciate it if you would be so kind as to pick me up from now on.”
“I’m worried about your laughter earlier, but…yes. You’re still recovering and not feeling well, so I’d like to continue to support you.”
Kohime, who smiles while saying that, is a comfort to me, an angel, and an indispensable existence.
“Oh, and since today is your first day of school since your fracture healed, why don’t we celebrate your recovery by going out after school?”
I felt like an idiot for worrying so much about this invitation from Kohime.
Kohime erased all of my worries that I might not be able to make it in time, and that I would be rejected if I invited her.
“……”
“If you have plans or something, it’s totally fine if you decline.”
“No, I had too much free time, so I was thinking of inviting you too.”
“Then please keep your schedule open !”
The relationship between me and Kohime, which was gradually becoming stronger, was like a bone that had been broken by a car but had healed, it has transformed into something even stronger, making it seem like it will never break.
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