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Funny.
What’s strange is that.
“A-Arase-kun! Good morning!”
“O-Ou. Good morning?”
After the holiday. I was thinking about that on Sunday, the day after I had a strange disband with Suika.
For all intents and purposes, Suika’s behaviour became strange after I left and came back
I didn’t see any signs of anger, but the way she smiled when we parted felt somehow unnatural.
It’s not like she was awkward…….
I was going to apologise to her after the holidays to confirm that it was my fault, but then this happened.
At the beginning of the encounter with Suika after morning practice after arriving at school. There she was, greeting me more cheerfully than usual.
“Ah, Suika?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Um……”
Suika is smiling at me with her usual dazzling smile.
I couldn’t help but be confused by that.
I wasn’t sure whether I should ask. But I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave this feeling of discomfort alone without asking.
So, I choose my words carefully and mention the topic of the last time.
“The other day…”
“Oh, I’m sorry! I left suddenly on Saturday! Actually, I got sick after Arase-kun left the table!
“Sick?”
…… Was that so? Maybe it was just a passing thought?
“Yeah yeah! That’s why I was like that!”
“Umm, cold or something? Well, if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be impossible to practice in the morning with such energy? Well then…”
“Mouu…., Arase-kun.
Don’t you have delicacy, ……?”
“Ugh!”
I was told I have no delicacy again. I was just called non-delicacy by Yuri the other day, too,……. What, am I that much of a jerk that I’m always making undelicacy remarks?
I’m starting to wonder what I always say.
And I guessed it when I was told that.
Once that was said, there was nothing more I could say.
“Ah, chime already! Well, see you later!’
Just as Suika said that, the doorbell rings. While I was stunned, Suika was already gone.
“What…….”
I can’t help but feel like I’ve been misled. After all, there was something strange about that usual smile.
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“What’s wrong, Ito Arase? For someone who still has that same unmotivated look in your eyes, you’re looking worried about some girl, aren’t you?”
“Give me a break.”
The Suika case is just getting more and more confusing.
I thought I might be able to understand something if I talked to her a little bit, but it was all in vain.
Incidentally, Kirihara-sensei’s unfunny joke is a direction to go through
…… The fact that I can’t deny it strongly is even more frustrating.
By the way, after the teacher said that, I felt like the seat next to me got a little noisy, but I’m sure it was just my imagination.
“So, it’s been a long time, but I’m thinking of changing seats. You’ve been in the current seat for two months. I guess I’m getting tired of you guys sitting in the same seat. Don’t you want to start a new love affair?”
…. I don’t know what you’re talking about at all, but we certainly didn’t change seats.
The teacher suddenly declares during long homeroom time. This made the class even more noisy.
Some were happy, some were disappointed, some were various.
I was one of the disappointed ones. I was in the back by the window, which was a good place to doze off, as there were many blind spots from the teacher.
Besides, there was Sasaoka behind me, Yuri was next to him…
“Why are you giving off such a grumpy aura?”
“It’s nothing.”
When I looked at Yuri next to me, she seemed quite dissatisfied. Maybe she doesn’t like changing seats?
Well, Yuri is also in the back, so I understand.
“For Asagiri, leaving Arase is… Hogu!?”
The eraser was thrown without question at Sasaoka, who chatted with her from behind. He was in agony.
“T-that’s not true. What Sasaoka said is wrong!!”
Don’t deny it so strongly.
Well, Yuri and I have been distorting each other for the past two months. Maybe she’s refreshed.
“Heihei. Well, don’t get tense over something as trivial as changing seats.”
“I’m not! I’m not saying I don’t want to leave Arase or anything!”
I heard that. It’s not good to say it with such a proud smile. I can’t help but feel a little twitchy though.
“Alright, then, let’s go draw lots in order from that seat.”
Then, on the teacher’s signal, the seats were changed.
“Well, nice to meet you. Ito-kun.”
“Yeah, nice to meet you.”
This time, Kurase was next to me. Is it my imagination that I’m only going to be close to people I’m relatively close to?
No, it’s not that I don’t like it, it’s just that I was close to Sasaoka and Yuri last time too, so it’s not like I don’t sense someone’s intentions.
Especially the homeroom teacher grinning in front of me.
Well, I’m not very good at communicating with other people either, so I’m thankful that I’m next to Kurase, who I often talk to.
Incidentally, my seat is in the middle of the class.
It is neither a good nor a bad place.
Yuri is in the front rightmost seat. Sasaoka also moved to the front leftmost seat.
When I shifted my gaze to the left and right, I was tapped on the shoulder from behind, and I responded.
“Nice to meet you.”
“…… I don’t want to say hello too much, though”
“Come one. Don’t be mean to me.”
It was Nakashiro who spoke to me. The last few conversations have confirmed that he is a black-hearted person.
“I’m just trying to be friendly.”
“Your smile is so fishy.”
“Haha, I’m a hit with the girls.”
“……”
I became annoyed and turned to face forward, ignoring Nakashiro’s fresh smile.
“Well, we’ve finished changing seats. Here’s some news. in a week’s time, it’s going to be a ball game.”
Come to think of it, it’s coming up. In the recent PE classes, we have been working on various ball games in preparation for the ball games competition.
We play basketball, we play football. Last time it was table tennis.
I think you should just focus your classes on the sport you’re going to compete in, but for some reason, this school makes us do all sorts of things, regardless of the sport we’ve decided to compete in.
The school’s educational policy seems to be that students should learn the basics regardless of the sport they compete in.
The other reason for this is that every year there are injuries or other problems, so they sometimes have to substitute.
Speaking of which, what competitions does Kurase compete in? I didn’t hear.
“What does Kurase compete in?”
“…………”
Eh, you’re ignoring me?
“Kurase?”
“…………”
“Hey, Kurase”
“——W-what’s up, Ito-kun! We’re having ankou-nabe for dinner tonight!”
“No, I didn’t ask that.”
It’s getting hot and it’s a nabe? Or rather, ankou-nabe?Isn’t that too rare? The type of thing you don’t see very often in normal life.
It was kind of like she was out of her mind.
“S-So what’s the matter? The colour of my underwear today?’
“No, I didn’t ask you that either. I just asked you what kind of ball game you would be participating in. Stop answering questions that will cause misunderstandings.”
“Ah, the ball games! I’m going to play basketball with Yuri-chan.”
“Ah, basketball.”
“What are you going to be in, Ito-kun?”
“I’m in that. Football.”
“Football?”
“Yeah. Well, there’s a lot of people, so I thought I wouldn’t stand out even if I was on the fringes.”
“Hahaha, that’s very Ito-kun.”
Finally Kurase laughs. But for some reason, she has been talking to me for a while now, but she doesn’t make eye contact with me. Or rather, she almost looks at the front of my face and deliberately doesn’t look at me.
…… Did I do something to make her hate me?
“Oh, Kurase? Did I do something?”
“Eh? N-no you didn’t”
“No, because …… you don’t look at me at all.”
Are you saying you can’t bear to look at my face that much? I’m going to cry.
“That’s not true! It’s not like I’m physiologically unable to look at you because your face is so ugly!”
“O-Ou…..”
I don’t think about it until it’s physiologically unbearable. It’s even worse than being unbearable to watch. It sounds like you’re saying that.
…… Then why.
“Well, you see. I’ve actually slept on my neck! It’s hard for me to turn my head that way! So don’t worry about it!”
Kurase said, tilting her head slightly towards me.
“I understand.”
She smiled as if she was trying to mend her situation.
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