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The day after I saved Akari’s life, I was going to school as usual, but on my way to school, I saw someone arguing with each other.
I looked ahead to see what was going on, and saw Yui and Koudo arguing.
The next moment, Koudo shouted out loud.
“What’s with that tone of voice ! ! I’m worried about you ! ! ! I’ve had enough ! ! !”
With that, he left.
Eh? No, seriously, what the hell happened……
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★ Tohsaka Yui (side)
–A few minutes ago
I was going to school with Sora for the first time in a while.
We used to go to school together a lot, but since I started to be aware of Kei kun, I felt a little uncomfortable going to school with him.
Kei kun probably doesn’t think anything of it because he still thinks I like Sora, but emotionally I don’t want him to see us being closer than necessary just because we’ve known each other since childhood.
Today, Sora was waiting for me in front of my house, so I had no choice but to go to school with him.
Incidentally, Akari chan is a member of the public morals committee, so she usually arrives at school more than 30 minutes before us in the morning.
“Hey? Yui? Why haven’t you come to my house lately?”
“Because I’m busy with various things….I used to force myself to go there until recently.”
To be honest, I wasn’t pushing myself too hard, but it happened so suddenly that I couldn’t think of a good excuse.
As expected, since Kei kun is here….there’s no way I can say anything.
I don’t want Sora to know that I like Kei kun, but I want to tell Mitsuki and Akari chan first, even if I tell other people.
I have other reasons, but it’s too early to tell them for that reason.
“I’d like you to come, but is that a no? Because Yui hasn’t been coming lately, and I’ve been on the verge of being late, you know?”
“If that’s the case, it’s definitely not good. There’s no way I’ll be able to pick you up for the rest of my life, right? I know you’re weak in the morning, but isn’t this a good opportunity?”
I said this and Sora looked doubtful, then opened his mouth.
“But you know what? Then why don’t you help me conquer my mornings, Yui?”
“That wouldn’t make any sense, would it? Or rather, if that’s the case, Akari chan is there, so you should just ask Akari chan to wake you up.”
When I mentioned Akari chan’s name, Sora looked a little disappointed.
“Akari huh…Akari is a bit out of the question right now.”
“Eh? Did something happen with Akari chan?”
“Well, a bit..it happened a few days ago…it’s not like we had a fight, but right now it’s hard to ask for anything, so it’s definitely impossible.”
I haven’t heard anything from Akari chan, but what happened?
Well, even if I ask Sora, he is not going to tell me, and if Akari chan is not going to tell me, there must be a reason.
“I don’t know what happened, but if that’s the case, why don’t you just get over it yourself?”
“Aren’t you cold?”
“No, it’s not like that, this is for Sora’s sake, too, right?”
This is true.
Sometimes Sora is still sleepy and hasn’t even eaten when I go to pick him up.
Akari chan also wakes him up, but she said it was too early in the morning for him to wake up at all, so she asked me to do it for her.
Up until now I’ve been waking him up, which is good, but I can’t do that all the time, so I have to ask Sora to do his best.
“Well, when you put it that way……it certainly could be true.”
“That’s right.”
I was glad I had convinced him, and then Sora continued.
“Then ! Since we haven’t had any fun lately, why don’t you come over to my place after school today and have some fun?”
“Eh? Just the two of us?”
“Yes, I heard that Akari will be home late today.”
Since we entered high school, we had never hung out alone.
Well, the fact that we were both grown up was a big part of it being embarrassing, but more than that, it was because Akari chan, Mitsuki, or Kanata kun was always there.
So why all of a sudden? He had never said anything like this before.
If it had been me before I met Kei kun, I would have gladly gone…….
“But you know, we’re already in our second year of high school. Isn’t there a lot of things that could go wrong with just the two of us being alone?”
When I said that, Sora said in a panic.
“N-no, we’re childhood friends ! We’ve been together since we were little, so it’s okay, right?”
I don’t know why he suddenly said that, but I don’t want the two of us to hang out alone.
“Well, I already have plans for today anyway.”
“Is that so? Then why didn’t you tell me earlier…..”
Sora was clearly unhappy when I said that.
“Hey, Yui, we haven’t gotten along well lately, right? We used to have study sessions every day before, but this time, Yui was the only one who wasn’t there.”
“Well, it’s true that I couldn’t go to the study session, but it wasn’t like I had planned it in advance, okay?”
“I think that’s the case because it happens every time, you know? I mean, after all this time, you were studying with Shinto instead of studying with us, right?
Sora said this in a frustrated tone.
“I’ve already explained that to you before. The reason is that we had just gotten to know each other, and since he had just transferred to a new school and seemed to be anxious about his studies, I was the one who had the time to teach him…..”
“If that’s the case, then it doesn’t have to be Yui… ah ! That’s right ! Come to think of it, do you know rumors about Shindo?”
picture? Rumors about Kei kun? I wonder what it is…
“No, I don’t know.”
“My friend told me yesterday that he apparently hit someone and sent him to the hospital a while ago. Yui, it would be better for you not to get involved with him.”
Huh? It’s impossible for Kei kun to do something like that without a reason…….
“When did that happen?”
“Erm, I think……..it was right before the test? What I heard was…..apparently, a freshman was just passing by when Shindo was hitting him and beating him up, and my friend was so startled that he looked at him for a second and then ran away.”
He said before the test……maybe that’s when he was protecting me !?
If that was the case, I would have been there too, so why such rumors……
“Was there anyone else there besides Kei……Shindo kun?”
“Hm? No, I didn’t hear that. But why are you asking me that?”
“No, I’m just curious, there’s no meaning to it.”
This is bad……I probably wasn’t there, and if this rumor spreads,……Kei kun won’t be able to make any friends.
I was getting quite impatient inside.
“Well, I thought he was always alone, but he turned out to be such a delinquent…Yui, you should stop getting along with him. You never know when you might get involved, or maybe you’re being tricked?”
Sora comes to me saying so in a lame way, but I hear it and my boiling point instantly rises.
Kei kun is not a delinquent, but a very kind and warm person.
There is no way I would quit being friends with Kei kun.
I was being tricked by Kei kun? That’s 100% impossible……if he was, there’s no way he would take the risk of protecting me.
I have rarely been angry at Sora.
If I have, it’s just a light warning or a fight for a few hours, and I’ve never been really angry, but it was different now.
And I found myself muttering.
“You don’t know anything……”
“Huh? I don’t know anything about what….there are people who have actually seen it…..”
I interrupted Sora’s words and said.
“So what? Even if that’s the case, there might have been a reason, and even that person only saw it for a moment, right?”
“No. Even so, it’s not normal to send people to the hospital, right? Why are you trying to protect him? I don’t understand. I’m worried about you, so why?”
Sending people to hospital is impossible…..Kei kun didn’t go that far, and it’s probably just a fabricated rumor.
But if I tell that to Sora, there’s no way he’ll believe it…..
“Huh? Now you’re going silent? Seriously, I don’t get it……Yui, you have no reason to protect him, right?”
“Not that there’s a reason or anything, but why are you saying things like that about my friend, like putting him down because of a rumor that you don’t even know is true?”
“No, I’m saying it’s true because there are people who saw it, okay? That’s why Yui should stop being friends with him, you hate delinquents, right?”
…I guess no matter what I say, he won’t listen.
I’ve had fights with Sora before, but today he was saying bad things about Kei kun, and I got angry, but at the same time I feel like I’ve gotten really cold towards Sora.
I was shouting at him when I thought that.
“That’s enough ! ! It’s my choice no matter who I get along with ! ! ! I won’t let you say whatever you want ! !”
“What’s with that tone of voice ! ! I’m worried about you ! ! ! I’ve had enough ! ! !”
Sora said and walked away.
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