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Conclusions.
I was scolded.
[I’d like to commend you for your heartiness in trying to help Minase, but what are you going to do if that gets Irie hurt too?]
I received these words from sensei over the phone.
It’s no wonder, because if one of us jumped to save the other, the mummy catcher would almost become a mummy.
It kind of reminds me of the old days ……, yes, with the black history of the past.
Even as a child, I feel like I was scolded by adults like this.
However, I don’t regret it.
I’ll probably give a thorough explanation later, but Yuzuha is next to me.
“It really wasn tight, was it?”
She complained about this while leaning against a tree.
Fortunately, she escaped with only minor injuries and was able to walk. Her joints are a little sore, but from experience it’s probably just bruises and scrapes.
“If I could have met up with everyone here, it would have been Hanamaru, but when I opened the lid, I was waiting and preaching.” [TLN : I don’t understand]
“Fufu, yes.”
On the side, Yuzuha’s eyes were swollen.
I could hear her sobbing when I dropped down, but now she has stopped crying completely.
Plus, she even laughed at my simple jokes…that alone made it worth it.
“Anyway, I feel like I’m going to stay here until the teachers come to pick us up. …… What do you want to do, play shiritori?”
“You’re too tense, Tsukkun.”
“Because you’re bored, aren’t you? In this weather, we can’t waste time with astronomical observations.”
Well, I don’t mind anything as long as it’s a little distraction.
Since there was no sign of movement, Yuzuha was probably injured as well. It doesn’t look like it’s broken, so I think it’s just a sprain.
“Then…..let’s have a little chat.”
Leaning against the same tree, Yuzuha opened her mouth.
“Aira-chan, is she alright?”
“Hnn? Yeah, if it wasn’t for that girl, I wouldn’t have come. She was so worried about Yuzuha. After that, she felt responsible, thinking it was her fault.”
“…… It wasn’t Aira-chan’s fault.”
“I could see that too.”
In any case, it’s probably the feeling that she got some unwanted criticism and …… that flowed from that.
It’s a pity, because I have an idea of what’s going on.
“But thanks to Aira, I got to come too and get a rescue and a scolding from the teacher, so I’ll thank her later.”
“………………”
“So, what happened to the person who put Yuzuha through this…..wait, happened Yuzuha?”
Does it hurt somewhere?
I couldn’t help but look into Yuzuha’s face.
Then────
“…… Tsukkun is awesome.”
“Hmm?”
I was scared.”
Yuzuha buries her face in my shoulder and mumbles a smattering of words.
“I have no regrets about saving Aira-chan. But if I’m injured like this and thrown out into the dark and told to do it …… one more time, I don’t know if I can do it.”
“…………”
“But Tsukkun has been doing that all this time. At my time, at Shi-chan-senpai’s time, at Ku-chan’s time, …… aside from me, the two of them were strangers back then.”
Why?, she said
Yuzuha’s eyes turned towards me with such a question in mind.
For a moment, I was at a loss for words.
I’m still embarrassed just thinking back on the past.
But I felt like I had to say this properly.
“Simply because I like your smiling face better.”
“Eh?”
“It’s just that I like someone’s smiling face better than their crying face, or their face when they’re in trouble.”
When I see a face that is crying, I feel tight in my chest.
Conversely, when I see someone’s face smiling, it makes me happy too.
In essence, it may be the same as being a comedian.
I want to make them smile in a way that makes me happy too.
On the other hand, I don’t want to see a crying face. …… I wish from the bottom of my heart that they would smile.
That’s why I can’t abandon people who are crying…
“It’s just that I fell in liked it first, not as comedian, but as hero that kids love. If I’d fallen in love with comedy first, I’d probably be working hard at making up stories right now.”
That’s how much I like to see someone smiling.
Regardless of whether it’s a stranger or not.
And—
“Especially if it’s someone I care about.”
“!?”
When I finished speaking, Yuzuha’s face turned bright red.
…I think I said something that made me feel a little embarrassed, but I can’t help it because I mean it.
A little silence passes and I look up at the sky, somewhat embarrassed by it.
Then, for some reason, a warm feeling hits me in my chest.
“H-hey …… Yuzuha?”
“……Tsukkun, thank you.”
“Eh, what!?”
I was confused by how suddenly she hugged me.
However, Yuzuha continued speaking without worrying about me.
“You saved me.”
“No, I didn’t help! After all, we’re standing here together like this!”
“No, just being with you …… and throwing yourself for me was enough to save me.”
The soft touch, the faintly sweet smell.
All of this makes my heart beat wildly.
“Come to think of it, I didn’t say it properly,…… about then and now,…… I have to thank you”
Yuzuha looks up.
A feverish look with moist eyes.
Perhaps because it was approaching right before my eyes, I couldn’t help but be captivated by the feeling of being sucked into it.
That’s why…
“……Tsukkun.”
“Mmmm!?”
I couldn’t do anything about the lips that she piled on top of mine.
“Tsukkun,…… thanks.”
A sweet sensation that tasted a little like iron hit me and quickly disappeared.
Yuzuha pulls her face away and slowly opens her mouth.
And then -…
“For saving me!”
She gave me a big smile that made her feel like a flower blooming.
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