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After school, in my room—we decided to hold a debriefing session around the low table!
“We absolutely can’t let anyone find out that we’re living together!”
I took out my training notebook! This is the most important thing to write down!
“Right now, Asahina Toka is in the spotlight! No disruptive behavior allowed!”
“Ueeeee, I thought I had retired…”
“Toka probably wants to be left alone, but that’s not going to happen!”
It’s exactly what you’d call “failed training.” Regardless of her own will, Asahina Toka is constantly hounded by various things. Malicious weekly magazines might try to contact her. Another agency might come to scout her. Maybe even Toha’s mother…
If that happens, Toka will surely be hurt again. I don’t want to see her depressed again.
“So, going out together from home is also prohibited! Let’s meet nearby and go to school together.”
“That’s such a hassle…”
Toka lay down next to the low table in her uniform. She didn’t bother to adjust her skirt, lying there carelessly and defenselessly.
“Today, the girl behind me said that Ryo-kun is cool…”
“Huh~, really?”
While listening to Toka’s voice, I jotted down some NG actions I had thought of in my nurturing notebook.
“…Isn’t your reaction a bit flat?”
“No, it’s nothing. I just thought that’s how it is.”
“Usually, wouldn’t you say something like, ‘Who’s that?’ or ‘I already have Toka,’ or something like that?”
“No, I wouldn’t.”
“Immediate answer!?”
Toka jumped up and leaned over the low table. Her reaction was the opposite of usual.
“I hate that there are people who see Ryo-kun that way!”
“Even if you say that…”
“I’ll write it in the training notebook! ‘Ryo-kun is forbidden to talk to anyone but me’!”
“Eh, that’s impossible.”
“He’s also forbidden to eat with anyone but me! He’s forbidden to sit with anyone but me! He’s forbidden to make eye contact with anyone but me!”
“What a ridiculous dictatorship has been born.”
Toka snatched the training notebook from me! Her eyes were wide open, not so much angry as desperately determined.
“But I haven’t even talked to that girl in the first place…”
“Even if you haven’t talked to her, what’s forbidden is forbidden.”
“If you write that, I won’t even be able to go shopping…”
“Ugh…”
Toka’s hand, which was holding the mechanical pencil, relaxed slightly. She looked at me with a disapproving expression, her eyes slightly raised.
“I think it’s probably just because I’m dating the celebrity ‘Asahina Toka’ that my evaluation has unfairly gone up. So, it’s mostly Toka’s fault.”
“My fault?”
“Because you’d spill the beans in a second.”
“Aaaaaaaaaaa!”
Toka collapsed, holding her head in her hands. It seems that Asahina Toka herself is the one who underestimates Asahina Toka the most.
“I didn’t think that far ahead! I just said it because I was tired of being approached!”
“So, from now on, let’s be careful with our actions. Right now, it’s just within the class, but rumors spread quickly.”
As an ordinary high school student, I honestly have no idea how much influence Asahina Toka has. So, at the very least, I need to take proper precautions within my own capabilities. After all, as a former celebrity, Toka might face unreasonable situations.
“I didn’t think much about the risks at school.”
Toka’s voice was filled with regret and anxiety.
“Alright, let’s stop the noisy talk here! Let’s try our best to enjoy school life together from now on.”
“Okay.”
Toka said “I see” for some reason and stared intently at the cover of the training notebook.
The next morning.
My dad was busy again and didn’t come home. Apparently, he’s very busy with something called “settlement” (?). Personally, I want to introduce Toka to him and get it over with… Having been sleep-deprived for two days in a row, I silently packed my lunch with a dull mind.
“I’m going to school first today!”
“Huh?”
After finishing packing her lunch, Toka left for school before me and Yuzuha! Wait, we did say we’d leave separately, but isn’t this too early? It’s unusual for that sleepyhead to go to school this early!
“Did Toka ne chan go ahead?”
“Uh, yeah, I think so.”
Yuzuha, after confirming that Toka wasn’t there, came over with a relieved expression on her face.
“Sorry, I guess you are still not used to Toka.”
“Hmm…”
Yuzuha looked at me with a face that seemed like she wanted to say something, but in the end, she didn’t open her mouth.
Thirty minutes later, I arrived at the school entrance. What is Toka doing, going so early? I think it’s probably the fastest she’s ever gotten to school.
Is she okay being alone at school? I wonder if I’m being overprotective for thinking that. But when she’s at school, Toka always seems to switch off. Despite my anxiety and concern for Toka, I opened my locker as usual.
“Huh?”
For a moment, I thought I had opened the wrong locker. No, that couldn’t be right, so I checked the location of my locker again.
“It’s definitely the right one!”
I picked up my indoor shoes and checked the size. Yeah, it’s definitely the size I always wear… but there’s something clearly off about it.
“T-Toka…”
Did she come to school early just to do this!?
On the heel of my slippers, someone had written “Asahina” in marker. I haven’t written my name on my slippers since elementary school!
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