Side Story 1 – Epilogue (Niiro Sarasa)
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I feel embarrassed to face Saotome after what I said yesterday. After I said it, I went home and suddenly felt ashamed.
But I don’t regret saying it. You have to say what you think.
When I arrived at the classroom, it was noisy inside. Maybe it was just Mizuno making a fuss again. Please, I hope he doesn’t bother me today. But for some reason, Saotome and Mizuno are close. If only that weren’t the case.
“Oh, here she comes!”
When I entered the classroom, several girls came up to me. What’s going on? Did I do something?
“You went on a date with Saotome yesterday, didn’t you?”
I was surprised to be suddenly asked about yesterday. At the same time, I felt angry, wondering who had said such a thing.
“It wasn’t a date, but how did you find out?”
I wondered who had spread the rumor, but I had one person in mind.
“Mizuno said he saw the two of you yesterday.”
That guy again…
Was it on the first day of school when I helped a little girl? I caught a glimpse of a guy who looked like a playboy. When I spoke to the girl, she reacted as if she already knew, so I tried to find out more, but she said, “onii san told me not to say anything,” so I thought he was a kind person. That’s why I left the school tour to Mizuno.
…But why?
“So, what happened?”
“Nothing.”
If I act unfriendly here, I’ll end up being avoided, so I smile and reply.
“Eh~ Really?”
“Really.”
“Ryusei-kun, it’s tough for him.”
“That’s not it.”
When Mizuno comes, I’ll ask him about it. I don’t care if Mizuno hates me anymore.
“But that’s surprising.”
“What?”
Surprising? so what’s surprising? No, I’m not targeting him or anything.
“I thought it was Mizuno, not Ryusei-kun.”
Why did that guy’s name come up? Oh, because I asked Mizuno to take care of the school guide.
“I made a mistake with the school guide.”
“No, I’m talking about the key chain.”
“The key chain?”
“You don’t know? he was desperately looking for it last weekend.”
“Who?”
“Mizuno.”
“Mizuno?”
Mizuno? The guy who gave up so quickly and kept complaining?
“He was amazing. He searched all day Saturday. He came earlier than the club members and left later than them.”
He searched all day?
“He was searching for it in the rain on Sunday. Isn’t that amazing?”
Him? Why did he go to such lengths?
“The club president said he was so happy when he found it, thinking no one was watching him.”
He found it? Didn’t Saotome find it?
“Was he really searching for the key chain?”
Maybe Mizuno was searching for something else he had lost.
“The key chain that Mizuno was happy to find was attached to Niiro’s bag the next day, so I think that’s probably the case.”
I attached it right away because I got it from Saotome, but Mizuno didn’t act like he found it himself.
“Where’s Mizuno?”
I have to ask everything. The girl thing. The key chain search thing. The thing where he gave up right away and complained about it. The fact that he didn’t give the keychain to me. Everything.
“Mizuno is off today. He looked tired yesterday.”
“Oh, I see.”
Maybe because he helped me look for it even on the rainy day two days ago.
I no longer know who Mizuno is in my mind.
…But he’s a kind person… isn’t he?
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