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The next day, Suika joined us and the study session continued.
When I asked if I could bring Suika, Sana surprisingly readily agreed.
The two of them are enjoying their study in a friendly atmosphere, probably because they are in the same class.
They sometimes talk too much, but it is hard to keep Sana’s motivation up when she is only studying, so thanks to Suika, she is able to take a breather and keep her concentration just right.
“Well, what do you do with …… this?”
“So you’re going to assign this to x, right? That’s correct, right, Arase?”
“….. yeah, that’s correct.”
And for some reason, Sana teaches Suika math. Suika said she was bad only in math, but this might be even more devastating than Sana.
“Suika……, if you get a red mark, aren’t you not allowed to participate in games or something?”
“Eh? Is that so!”
“No, I don’t know. That kind of thing is common. I mean, have you been okay with it so far?”
“I-I’ve been, well, just barely ……? It was only math….”
I am extremely worried about the future structure of the women’s basketball team.
After the third-year students retired, Okai-san became the captain, and Suika became the vice-captain. Okai-san has the ability to bring people together, and Suika seems to be better at pulling people together through play.
“How far have you progressed in English, Sana?”
“Me? I’ve already memorized 100 English words!”
“Oh. You remember more than I thought you would”
“That’s right. I can do it if I try!”
“You’ve only got the vocabulary. You have to learn the grammar too, or you won’t pass.”
“Uuuu …… I know. You could at least give me a little praise!”
“Yes, yes. That’s only if you pass the exam properly.”
“Oh, you said that! Then, what will you do for me if I pass?~”
“……, just a little praise.”
“Of course, you’ll give a reward, too.”
“……”
…… slipped out.
It would be nice to be able to pass the test, but I don’t know what she would ask me to do.
“……”
“…..What’s wrong?”
I was talking to Sana and Suika was staring at me blankly. I noticed that and called out to her.
“Eh? No, it’s nothing. I just thought that the two of you are getting along better than before.
Arase kun, you even call her by her first name,…….”
“Oh, Suisui, could it be jealousy?”
Whether she knows about Suika’s feelings or not, Sana happily teases her. I myself don’t know how to react since I know her feelings.
Actually, I don’t want to poke
“I-I’m not! I don’t know how to say this, but Sana-chan has never really tried to be friends with anyone, right? That’s why I’m glad we’re getting to know each other like this now.”
“……”
“……”
Suika’s straightforward emotion filled us, and we couldn’t get the words out right away.
“Suisui, you really are a good girl!”
“Wait, Sana-chan!!”
After a short pause, an impressed Sana hugged hier
After a few moments of hugging, Sana finally released Suika.
“SuiSui and I will always be friends from now on! Forever friend!”
Isn’t that a little old-fashioned?
“But you should also be a little jealous, Swissy. Otherwise, I’ll mess with the Arase without restraint.”
“You should always be modest there.”
“Y-yeah…um..it’s not that I don’t ….., you know? Suika also wanted to talk to Arase a little more,…….”
“…………”
“…………”
At those words, we were once again silent.
“Cute, huh?”
Sana then muttered quietly. At those words, Suika’s face suddenly turned red.
…… I agree with that.
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Yesterday I went to bed as soon as I got home after the study session.
I thought I would wake up in the heat in the middle of the night, but I was more tired than I thought and slept soundly until morning. Well, I had the air conditioner on.
I have another study session with Sana at night, but Suika can’t come tonight because she has something to do.
During the daytime, Sana has remedial classes and tutoring, so she doesn’t prepare for the evening study session.
I don’t think I’m the smartest person in the world, but I still decided that as long as I teach according to the textbook, I should be able to get by to some extent.
In other words, midday is my rest time. There is no obstacle that stands in my way.
Since Ayako san is also currently absent, no one complains about me lounging around in an air-conditioned room in the middle of summer.
If I think of it as a charge for an evening study session, that much can be forgiven.
That’s how I was lounging around on the bed when the line that threatened my rest came.
“Arase, are you free today?”
“N—-?”
The ice cream stick I had added to my bed melted and dripped down, because it couldn’t stand the heat. It got sticky on my hands, and my mood dropped dramatically.
I’m glad it didn’t fall on the bed, but if Ayako had been there, she probably would have been angry with me for not eating it in such a place.
The person on the line was Yuri
Recently, I have been communicating with Yuri on line every day.
It’s not that I have anything special to say to her, but we are having a lazy daily conversation.
As someone who is basically lazy, I have a hard time even replying to her messages. I often try to end the conversation with a stamp, but Yuri always has something else to say, and the conversation goes on. This was repeated for the past few days.
“I’m free,”
A few minutes passed after I replied that I was free.
She had already read the message, but I hadn’t received a reply yet.”
It had already been ten minutes since the message was read.
“What did she want?”
And another five minutes passed after I muttered that.
I was reading a manga on my phone when a notification from Yuri finally appeared at the top of the screen.
“Do you want to go somewhere for fun?”
How long did it take you to type such a short message?
“Aaah.”
Frankly, I’m tired of getting up and getting ready and going outside in the fucking heat right now.
In the past, if I had replied, ‘I don’t want to,’ she would have said, ‘Why not!’ I could see an angry Yuri in my eyes.
But now, for some reason, I could see Yuri with a sad look on her face.
“….”
“I don’t mind.”
I found myself spontaneously replying.
“What’s wrong with me?”
I muttered to myself, then looked up to the heavens and chomped down on my second almost-melted ice cream of the day in one gulp.
And then my head started to hurt.
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“Hot…..”
The rendezvous was in front of the station.
she might definitely get angry if I say this, but from the stage when I started preparing, I was beginning to regret accepting the invitation to play with her
It happens often, doesn’t it? There are many people who make a promise, but then decide not to go at the last minute. But that doesn’t mean I’m going to turn her down now.
But it’s too hot ……!
I’ve been waiting for Yuri to arrive.
My T-shirt is already sweating and pulling on my body, making it a little …… uncomfortable, no, quite uncomfortable.
I look at the clock on my phone, a little annoyed.
The time was 11:33.
The appointment was at 11:30, so she was three minutes late.
……she made me wait. I’ll complain when she comes.
It was only three minutes, but tardiness is tardiness. I don’t care if they say it’s small. this midsummer sun made me do it.
“Sorry, did you wait?”
Yuri’s voice came from beside me, and I immediately reacted.
Finally…..!
I turned around as if to say, “I’ve been waiting for you,” and was about to shower Yuri with words of complaint.
“Too late. What are you doing—–.”
I was speechless.
She was wearing a light blue sleeveless one-piece dress with a white cardigan over it, a neat appearance.
The shock was like being hit on the head with a tonkachi. She looked somewhat fragile.
“I-I’m sorry. It took me a while to choose…… outfit. ……”
“Y-yeah.”
Yuuri said shyly, her soft shoulder-length hair swaying in the wind.
The complaint that I had been thinking about earlier disappeared like a bubble as I looked at that figure again.
…… was Yuri this pretty?
No, I knew she was quite a pretty girl before, but once again I realized the potential she had.
As the classmates say, no matter what anyone says, she deserves to be called a beautiful girl.
I felt my heart beat faster after I became aware of this.
“A-are you mad at me?”
For Yuri, it is rare to see her so shyly asking about me.
The emotions of being kept waiting under the glowing sun are no longer there.
“Arase?”
“Woah!”
And just as I was wondering what to say, Yuri looked at me and jumped back.
“Woah?…… isn’t that a terrible reaction?”
“I-I’m sorry. I was just thinking ….”
“Is it that weird? My outfit ……. I bought a new outfit the other day, and I wore it to be the first to show it to Arase.”
Oh no. What’s with that reaction? I thought it was cute.
“No….I-it looks good on you.”
Hearing my words, Yuuri’s face, which had been cloudy until just now, suddenly brightened up.
Isn’t it okay to say she’s happy?
I couldn’t hide my confusion at the reaction, which wasn’t like the usual Yuri
I felt awkward.
“Come on, let’s get going! It’s lunchtime and it might be crowded.”
“Oh, yeah.”
Then Yuri pulled me by the hand and we headed to the station. We took the train together and headed for Nagahama.
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