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–Saturday, three days later

“Kaito kun !”

“Oh ! Kaoru, you finished?”

“Yeah !”

–I was waiting in front of the cram school where Kaoru went to when she came out.

“Thank you as always.”

“It’s only natural, I’m your boyfriend. Then let’s go home.”

“Yeah ! Let’s go home.”

Then I started walking with Kaoru.

“By the way, Kaito kun ! On Friday, I told Hitomi chan that Kaito-kun and I are dating !”

“I see. So what was Hitomi’s response?”

“Hmm, the thing is..I guess Hitomi chan didn’t have much of a reaction?”

“No reaction?”

“Yeah. Right ! She was just a little bit surprised. I don’t know if there was anything else unusual about it. She didn’t ask me anything at all like Kirara chan. From what I heard, she didn’t seem too interested in love or anything, which is typical of Hitomi chan.”

That’s surprising,…..because I think Hitomi watches a lot of romance anime, and I thought she would be interested in that kind of topic, right?

No,…..it may not be surprising. Hitomi doesn’t have any intention of telling anyone about her otaku hobbies, and since she doesn’t change her character, it makes sense if you consider that she doesn’t care about her interests.

“Well, but that didn’t make Kaoru’s impression bad, right?”

“Yeah ! That didn’t happen. But Hitomi chan seemed to have a rivalry with Kaito kun !”

“Rivalry, huh…..”

“Yeah. It seems like she was disappointed in losing to Kaito kun in the test.”

“I see. Well, if it’s that much then it’s okay.”

“Well, that’s right. From Hitomi chan’s perspective, she’ll be able to study harder that way ! Kaito kun, you can’t lose either !”

Kaoru said with a smile.

“If Kaoru says so, I definitely can’t lose. But you should do your best too, Kaoru.”

“Yeah !  I’ll do my best too ! In return, you have to teach me.”

“I’ll teach, of course.”

We were walking around talking about such things.

“That’s…..”

“What’s wrong Kaoru?”

“That’s Kirara chan, right?”

“Hmm?”

When I looked in the direction where Kaoru pointed her finger, I saw Kirara standing there, looking around.

She looked very anxious.

“It’s Kirara……”

“She seems very upset, is something wrong?”

I had a very bad feeling at that time.

In the game, that event never happened so quickly, so I thought it was still okay, but I could imagine that this was…..probably that….by looking at Kirara’s outfit, I can’t help but think that’s probably what it is.

I mean, come to think of it, Kirara was out of school on Friday……

“Hey, Kaoru? Have you noticed any changes in Kirara’s behavior lately?”

“Huh? I don’t know. She was absent from school on Friday, and I tried to contact her, but she said it’s just a cold and she’s totally fine. I wonder if she’s recovered already?”

“A cold, I see…….”

Just when I thought I had solved Miyazato’s case, this happens in a row. ….

It’s too sudden, but it’s not strange for people to suddenly collapse.

However, it’s not confirmed yet, so let’s wait and see.

“I wonder what Kirara chan is doing? She’s a little exposed, but maybe she’s meeting up with someone…..?”

“I wonder?”

“Hmm, did I mention that she said she doesn’t have a boyfriend…..and that she doesn’t have anyone  she likes? I wonder what’s really going on then? Do you want me to talk to her?”

“No……”

While we were talking about this, Kirara started to move.

“Eh?”

The reason Kaoru said this in surprise was because Kirara grabbed the arm of an old man who was obviously a businessman.

“…….”

“That’s…….”

I was silent, thinking that I knew it, but Kaoru continued.

The two of them are not acquainted with each other from the way Kirara and the businessman looked at each other.

The two of them started walking immediately after that.

“Kaoru,……let’s follow her,…….”

“Y-yeah…..all right…….”

It’s fine to follow Kirara now, but there’s a possibility that we may have misunderstood.

It’s a bit of a pain to follow her, but I can’t say things like that now.

With that in mind, I suggested that to Kaoru.

When I followed them, I found myself in a hotel area.

If you’ve come this far, surely…..

“K-Kaito kun…K-Kirara chan is…”

Kaoru seemed to be depressed because she thought that Kirara was doing sugar daddy’s work.

“Kaoru…I kinda understand what Kaoru is thinking, but let’s calm down for now.”

“Y-yeah…..”

“I think you can see it if you look closely at Kirara, but it’s obvious that she’s not used to this kind of thing. Or rather, it’s her first time and she’s scared.”

When I said that, Kaoru said.

“I-indeed…. it seems like that when you put it that way…..”

“Right? Then why don’t we go stop her?”

“Stop her….that’s right ! I don’t know why Kirara chan is doing this, but I have to stop her !”

As we were saying that, Kirara was about to enter a love hotel.

“Kaoru ! We’ve got to hurry !”

“Yeah !”

Saying that, Kaoru and I ran—

“Kirara chan ! ! ! Wait ! ! !”

“Eh……”

When Kaoru said that, Kirara’s face turned pale.

“Kirara chan !”

“W-why are…..you two…..here?”

“Kirara chan, why are you doing this……”

“Why……I don’t know either,……but I have to do it……or else…..”

Kirara broke down crying on the spot as she said this.

Kaoru hugged Kirara and comforted her.

On the other hand, the businessman looked like he didn’t know what was going on.

“Erm…..this girl is a high school student, right?”

I said that, and the businessman guy, perhaps understanding what I was trying to say, ran away sweating.

–Then I moved a little bit and Kaoru was comforting Kirara for a while.

“Are you all right? Kirara chan.”

“Y-yeah……”

“If you want, you can tell us what happened. We might be able to help you…….”

“No, I can’t……there’s nothing you can do……”

The current Kirara didn’t have any leeway in her heart to say that.

Since I know, it’s no wonder that Kirara thinks that way…that’s what I thought.

And for the time being, I decided to remain silent and leave this to Kaoru.

“I still want you to talk to me…..because I’m your friend and I’m worried about you,…….”

“……”

“Take your time……we might be able to think about it together, and we’ll be able to give you emotional support…..”

Kaoru said so again, and after a while Kirara nodded lightly.

“Yeah……”

“Thank you, Kirara chan ! Kaito kun…Kaito kun’s house isn’t far from here, so is it okay to go there? There’s no good place to go.”

“Well…..it doesn’t seem like it’s something we can talk about outside, so we might as well do it……Kirara, are you okay with that?”

“Y-yeah….”

“Okay, then, let’s talk at my place.”

Then we moved to my house.

All three of us were silent during that time, and all I could hear was Kirara’s sobbing voice.

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