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“Hnnn—.”
After school. I was staring at my shoe box. This is amazing. There are rolled up papers and dust in it. This is what it would look like if I had shoved the contents of the trash can straight into the shoe box.
“So this is baptism.”
I had a similar experience when I was in elementary school, when I pretended to be a loner. It even makes me nostalgic.
“Seeing this kind of thing, Shigenawa still had a lot of cuteness about her.”
Shigenawa is admirable for facing up to her problems.
No, is it admirable? I’m numb to my own senses.
“Oh, this is really insidious.”
“Hmm?”
I looked next door in response to the voice and saw Himekane peeking into my shoe box. I wondered where she was. I hadn’t noticed her at all.
“I heard the rumors, you know? Are you all right?”
“Did Himekane heard the rumor about me too?”
“Yes, I heard you went into the women’s restroom.”
“What did you think when you heard that?”
“You finally did it.”
“……”
Ah, my credibility is zero.
“What did you really do?”
“I’m in.”
“Hnnn…”
Himekane gave me a cold stare.
“Well, it’s okay. I’m sure you had some compelling reason, right? Because it’s your thing, right?”
“……”
“Why don’t you tell me why you went in there?”
I was asked to deliver toilet paper to Sumeragi because she was out of toilet paper~. There is no way I could say something like that. Then I would have to tell her that Sumeragi was in the women’s restroom.
“I just wanted to go in.”
When I responded, Himekane cowered, “Hmmm?”
“So it’s a situation you can’t tell people about. …… No, Tazuna-kun, or is it really ……?”
“…….”
Daily routine.
“Well, okay. How’s it going? Are you having a hard time …… right now?”
“I’m fine. For now.”
“Even in such a state?”
“This is just a greeting, right?”
“What have you been through?!”
“I mean, are you sure you want to be talking to me? What if someone sees us like this?”
“Yeah? It’s okay. I’m popular, unlike Tazuna-kun.”
“Is that right? ……”
“So I think I can be of some help to you. I’ll tell for sure that the rumors about Tazuna-kun are false. Also, I’ll try to find out the source of the rumors.”
“I did go into the women’s restroom. There is no need to do that.”
“Oh~, maybe you think it’s not cool to ask a girl to help you out, don’t you? I don’t think you should do that, because it’s lame”
“No, it’s not lame. It’s cool.”
“Ah, you really thought it was uncool to ask for help. ……”
“You don’t have to help me. I’ll take care of it myself.”
“I’m going to help you because I want to help you. So I won’t take orders from you”
“Why would you do that?”
“Tazuna-kun, you’ve helped me a lot with Sumeragi-kun, haven’t you? Let me repay you this much.”
“I don’t think I’ve done much for you.”
“Aaa moouu! Anyway, you should just shut up and let me help you!”
“No.”
“You’re stubborn, aren’t you?!”
“Because it’s not cool to be rescued by a girl.”
“What’s this guy talking about?!”
“What would you do if I was really guilty in the women’s restroom in the first place? Would you even help me if I was that guy?”
“I think it would be better to let you perish.”
“……”
I’m scared. Her eyes are serious.
“But you didn’t do anything wrong, did you?—did you?”
“Don’t doubt me on the way, just trust me, please. I’m begging you.”
“Daily behaviour”
“I’m sorry.”
“Hahaha. Well, I have a little faith in you, Tazuna kun”
“A little bit huh.”
“Yes, yes, that much. So you don’t have to tell me why you did it.”
“……”
Himekane――I see, this girl is really good. Once again, I was convinced that this girl was popular.
“But you don’t have to help me after all. It’s not cool.”
“Still saying that huh?”
…….
“……Tazuna kun”
Oh?
“Huh? What’s wrong? Tazuna kun?”
“Ah, no. …… Himekane, did you just call my name?”
“Eh? I didn’t call your name.”
“I see. ……”
Other than Himekane, there is only one person who calls me “Tazuna-kun”. I heard a voice calling my name just now. That means.
“Sumeragi ……?”
Bad. If Sumeragi had seen the state of this shoe box, she would definitely feel responsible.
I hope she doesn’t care too much and do something weird,……, but that fellow has a tendency to lose sight of her surroundings when things get heated up.
If she breaks out like she did in soccer…
“Tazuna-kun? What happened earlier?”
“O-Oh, nothing.”
I was brought back to reality when Himekane called out to me. I cleaned up the dirty shoe box with Himekane for the time being and headed home.
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