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“……Do you mind if I sit here?
Takamine san’s words made me and Akasaka freeze.
Eh? What did you say?
Takamine san wants to sit next to me?
Why?
“Eh, ah, no, please go ahead……?”
When I nodded my head in confusion, Takamine san gave a small nod and sat down next to me.
She put the lunch box she was carrying on the table.
It’s a magnificent two-tiered lunch box wrapped in an elegant wrap.
I-I can’t believe it…….
That Takamine san is having lunch next to me…….
What’s more, above her head [100/100] is shining brilliantly.
Even if it’s a bug, it seems unrealistic.
“A-am I interrupting? I’ll be going now !”
Suddenly, Akasaka stood up deliberately.
Hey, wait ! Don’t go !
Now you’re leaving me alone with Takamine san in this situation !
“Well, Kageno, Takamine san, take your time~!”
With a grin and a wave of his hand, Akasaka strode off.
This guy……! He’s definitely amused, isn’t he !
The likeability rating above his head is [78/100]. He’s having fun, that’s for sure !
It’s just me and Takamine san in the classroom.
In the silent space, the sound of my heartbeat echoed awfully loudly.
A-awkward……!
I have to say something…….
“Oh, um, Takamine san’s lunch looks delicious…….”
Even I think that’s a rather straightforward comment…
Takamine san glanced at me as she opened the lid of her lunchbox.
“……I made it myself.”
“Heh ! Amazing ! You’re impressive, Takamine san !”
“……Not really. It’s just normal.”
Takamine san’s ears are a little red again.
She’s embarrassed? Cute…..not that !
The conversation doesn’t flow !
I quietly eat my convenience store (fried food) bento.
Takamine san is also quietly eating with her chopsticks.
The fried egg, colorful vegetables, and neatly packed rice…..are very girlie…….
It was Takamine san who broke the heavy silence.
“…..Kageno kun, do you always buy your bento?”
“Eh? Ah, yeah. Sometimes my mom makes it for me, but today it just so happened…”
“I see……”
Silence again.
Not good. The conversation is turning into a dodge ball.
I’m just one-sidedly nervous and Takamine san is just coolly passing it off (or so it seems).
But there is something that bothers me.
Yesterday, Takamine san was about to say something as she was leaving.
And this [100/100] is an unusual number.
….Maybe now is the time to ask.
“Um, Takamine san.”
“……What is it?”
“Yesterday, in the library,……well, when I took your book, you said thank you…….”
I mustered up the courage to speak up.
Takamine san stopped eating with her chopsticks and looked straight at me.
Staring at me with those cool eyes, my heart leaps.
“……Yes, I did say that.”
“No, um, of course it’s nice to be thanked,……but what can I say, Takamine san seemed to be very grateful….. I wondered if that book might have been very important to you…….”
It was a roundabout way of asking.
But there’s no way I could ask, [Why do you like me so much?]
Takamine san looked down for a moment as if thinking about something.
Then she slowly looked up and started talking to me.
“……That book wasn’t anything special.”
“Eh?”
“It was you……Kageno kun, that I was grateful to.”
“Me……?”
It’s becoming more and more confusing.
I don’t remember doing anything to be thanked other than taking the book…..
Takamine san continued to speak, a little embarrassed, but with a serious look in his eyes.
“……You just forgot about it. It was a year ago.”
“A year ago……?”
1 year ago.
It was just about the time Akasaka was talking about.
The incident in the library……
The past that I didn’t know about was about to be told to me by Takamine san.
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