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From the morning, I was getting a lot of stares from my classmates.
Of course, the cause was the excessive skinship by Ayase, the most popular girl in the class.
Usually, we would just sit and talk, but on different days, that was the scene.
According to what I hear, it has already become a school-wide rumor to some extent.
The whole school is talking about Ayase. It was too soon.
(…… Really, what’s with that change?)
Thinking this, I climbed the stairs leading to the rooftop alone with a sense of fatigue.
By the way, Ayase said, “I’m not going to rely on that site, I’m going to ask my friend!” and is having dinner with another girl, so she’s not with me right now.
Although I was worried that my shame might be spread, I was thankful for that for now because I wanted to be alone for a while.
(I’m pretty sure it’s because she found out about what happened.)
Even though I know what triggered it, I don’t know what kind of change of heart came about within Ayase.
A simple answer might be, “Did you fall in love with me?” but the reality is that I can’t deny the possibility of a misunderstanding.
(Besides, Ayase would probably say “I like you” right away.)
I know how Ayase felt about her first love, whom helped her in the past, and how much she thought of him.
She is an honest person by nature and is quick to say what she thinks.
If her change of mind was a romantic feeling, that is exactly what she would have said as of yesterday.
In addition —-.
(…… if she confessed, she might be in a bit of trouble)
Of course, Ayase is an attractive girl, and if you asked me if I wanted to go out with her, there is no doubt that I would.
But that was a really long time ago. It’s not about me now.
I want her to properly fall in love with someone else now, and that’s the honest feeling.
She might be shocked at the difference from the past, or she might have a hard time, if she falls in love with me now because of the past.
Friends are friends, but somehow they are also the closest.
Ayase is an important person, so I want the girl …… Ayase to be happy.
Well, there is a possibility that I am mistaken, so this may be an unnecessary worry.
“…………”
I went up the stairs and stepped onto the landing in front of the rooftop.
There is a door to the rooftop and a large window in the atrium. The sun shining through the door and the large window in the stairwell, somehow made me think of my good friend’s face in my mind.
“….I hope you don’t mind that it was so long ago.”
I thought about this and reached for the window frame of the stairwell.
“…. hmm?”
Maybe it was because I was deep in thought at the time.
Now, finally, I found a single keychain dropped near the window sill.
(Is there someone ahead of me?)
The rooftop of this school is usually inaccessible.
Of course, it is not “dangerous” because it is well fenced, but the doors that allow people to come and go are locked.
However, the locks on the windows are broken due to deterioration, and people who know this go under the locks to go out to the rooftop to cool off or take a rest.
Thanks to this, sometimes couples who are worried about being seen come here. …… It’s really painful when you run into them at that moment. The silence when we look at each other.
I felt sorry and jealous, feeling like I had to go home early even though I wasn’t told to go home early.
Because of that, I haven’t been coming here much lately, but today I wanted to be alone for a while and think about it, so I went to …….
I think this keychain was probably dropped by a previous visitor when he tried to go under
Even so, I miss this keychain …….”
The keychain that had fallen off was from an anime for girls that was broadcast some years ago.
It was popular among adults for a while, and I remember that my mother used to follow it in real time on Sunday mornings.
(Come to think of it, I think I remember looking for something similar to this with her in the past…..?)
If I remember correctly, it was just before I entered junior high school.
There was a girl who was crying because she had lost a key chain similar to this one at a nearby park, and I couldn’t leave her alone.
Moreover, she said that it was a memento of her mother.
She and her mother, who had died in an accident, watched the anime together without fail, and she treasured it to the end, saying that she wanted to have a matching keychain with her daughter.
When I heard that, I knew I had to find it…
“Was it in the river nearby, after all? Someone had dropped it and thrown it away, so I couldn’t find it all the way back along the path I had walked all those years.”
Thinking fondly of the old days, I pick up the keychain and open the blowout window for now.
I thought about going somewhere else if there was someone ahead of me, but…
(…..I thought maybe the person who dropped this off is still on the rooftop, looking for it.)
I’ll just give it to the person who dropped it off and leave. If not, I can go around looking for the owner.
I thought so because I remembered the old days.
So, I squatted down and went through the window of the air vent…
“……!?”
“Ouch!?”
—At that moment, I bumped into something with great force.
That’s when I hit something with such force that I was knocked around without a care in the world.
“O-Ooooouuu!!!?”
It hurts! No, it really hurts! My head hurts so much that I can’t believe I was diving slowly!
This is the kind of pain that you definitely can’t experience unless a boar or something else plunges into you with such force that you …… seriously consider going to a hospital relative to the level ……!
“～～～～～?!”
And then, as I writhe in pain……
Similarly, I noticed one girl writhing near the window of the balloon, holding her head.
“….I-it hurts.”
Long, shiny, silver hair.
A beautifully shaped face, long eyelashes, and moist cherry-red lips.
Whether it was because of her lack of expression or the calm atmosphere she exuded, she was such a beautiful girl that the term “cool beauty” suited her well.
However, the way her teary eyes were raised by the bump on her head created a gap of cuteness, and I was so taken by her that I couldn’t help but freeze …… in spite of my own headache.
(I’m pretty sure she’s ……)
This girl looks familiar, I thought.
But it wasn’t because I met her at school or anything like that, but because I saw her in the advertisements and TV shows that I usually see often—.
“Ah, …….”
The girl finally noticed me, too, and when she saw my face, she bowed her head apologetically.
“….Sorry. I was in a bit of a hurry and didn’t check who was coming in.”
“Oh, no, it’s nothing. …… On the other hand, are you okay with your head?”
“……Yes, I’ve been told for a long time that my head is so stony that I wonder if I’m pouring iron into it.”
I see, so that’s why it was so painful that I was seriously considering going to the hospital.
“I’m sorry ……, I’ll apologize properly later. If I don’t look for the lost and found now,……, I won’t be able to find it.”
Saying that, the girl tries to dive into the vent window where I came in.
(…… hmmm)
Anyway, I poked the girl’s shoulder before she went anywhere.
“Hey, is this what you dropped?”
And just as the girl turned around, I showed her the keychain I had just picked up…
“～～～～～!”
“….. Hee?”
—The girl with tears in her eyes hugged me vigorously for some reason.
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