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While I was devastated by the shocking possibility that Shirakawa san might be my childhood friend, I was also thinking about the other heroine, Hina chan.
It seems that the cause of her likeability [overflow] is my hidden kindness.
Hina chan herself said so.
She said that she saw the trivial events that I had forgotten about, like the one time I supported the teacher on a rainy day.
But is that enough to boost a likeability rating above [130]?
Maybe there was a more decisive event that I myself don’t even know about?
“I just want everyone to know more about what’s good about Kagenon !”
Hina chan’s words repeat themselves in my head.
Why does she appreciate me so much?
I search my memory.
Hina Megumi…..
She and I must have been in the same class for the first time in high school.
We had separate junior high schools, and I think we were in different elementary school districts.
It is difficult to imagine a childhood contact like Shirakawa san’s.
Then again, it must have happened after entering high school.
Something must have happened during the past year and a half or so.
The incident with the teacher on a rainy day that Hina chan mentioned.
When was that?
As I recall, it was in the winter of my first year…..or was it in my second year?
My memory is a little fuzzy.
Was there something else?
Was there any other time when I helped someone or did something kind……
……No. I can’t remember.
My high school life was really nothing.
Basically, I thought I was living my life in a way that I didn’t get involved with other people and didn’t stand out…….
Maybe what I thought was “normal” behavior was seen as “special” to Hina chan.
For example……
That’s right. Was that during the preparation period for the school festival when I was a freshman?
The girls were struggling to carry heavy cardboard boxes in preparation for the class presentation.
I happened to be passing by and helped them out of pity.
No one asked me for help, I just saw that they were in trouble.
I’m sure Hina chan wasn’t among the girls I helped at the time, but…….
No, wait.
At that time, after I finished carrying the cardboard boxes, someone seemed to say “thank you” to me…….
Was that Hina chan……?
No, no. It must have been another girl at that time.
But is it possible that Hina chan was watching that….?
Or a more different scene.
For example, when I first talked to the transfer student who was hovering in the class…..?
No, I would never do such an aggressive thing.
Wait a minute. A transfer student….?
Well, there was a girl who was in my class for a period of time in the first grade, I think…….
She transferred back to school again right away, though.
That girl didn’t fit in with the class and I think she was always alone.
I was also a loner, so I was kind of curious about her…….
In the end, I didn’t talk to her……I’m pretty sure.
……No, just once.
During the class changing, a girl got lost and I seemed to have guided her…?
It seems like that may or may not have happened,…….
What if Hina chan had seen that happen?
She is kind to everyone.
So, she appreciated my (possibly) modest act of kindness to a girl who was isolated in my class……?
“Hmm…..,this is just another guess…….”
The cause of Hina chan’s likeability is not as clear-cut and visible as it is for Takamine san and Shirakawa san.
It may be that multiple “small kindnesses” and “hidden kindnesses” have accumulated and led to the current [Overflow] state.
If that’s the case, I’ve had more of an impact on the people around me than I realized…..?
Me, an introvert and socially awkward person?
It’s hard to believe.
But when I see Hina chan’s sun-like smile and her straightforward goodwill, I think I may not be mistaken.
To solve the mystery of her likeability, perhaps I need to communicate more with her myself.
…While enduring the distance.
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