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Yesterday after school.
I—got confessed to by Suzukita-san.
It really was a sudden turn of events.
Since it was almost time for the final exams, I was studying in the classroom. Then Suzukita-san started saying she wanted to do Enfil while watching me study. …I thought, “What the heck is that?” but I didn’t really have a reason to refuse. So I just said, “Just don’t distract me too much,” and agreed to her request.
About two hours must have passed. Club activities were ending, and it was almost closing time.
I was silently praising myself for maintaining my concentration longer than expected, packing up the textbook I’d spread out (it was first-year material though…), when
[Hey, Ayatacchi. Remember what we talked about at lunch?]
Suzukita-san asked me that while playing with her Enfil.
The talk at lunch. That means… Could it be that thing?
My face felt like it was boiling just thinking about it—that ridiculously corny line I’d said.
[U… no, please stop, Suzukita-san. I’d really rather forget about that…]
[N-no way! Because I was so happy! I never imagined that Ayatacchi would think of me like that~!]
Saying that, Suzukita-san stood up from her chair and stared intently at my face.
Step by step, she slowly closed the distance between us.
[But you know—important friends, right? Oh, right, friends…]
[…Su, Suzunoki-san? Your face is… really close…]
[Hmm~? Hehe, yeah. Hey, Ayatacchi—]
Suzukita-san’s exquisitely defined features, her lips moist and glossy from lip balm.
Her smile, bright as the sun, was right in front of my eyes now—
[I like you. Please go out with me.]
Clearly.
Suzukita-san had declared it.
[…Huh? Suzukita…san…?]
My mind went completely blank in an instant.
I froze, unable to respond for what must have been several seconds.
But. Seeing me like that, Suzukita-san smiled brightly and cheerfully,
[Ehehe. Well? Surprised?]
—Of course I was, I thought.
In that instant, I remembered going to that Suzukita-san and Enfil collaboration cafe once.
Back then, Suzukita-san had definitely said something suggestive to me. But nothing particularly happened after that. So I’d decided it was just Suzukita-san teasing me.
I was convinced that a girl like Suzukita wouldn’t possibly like a mob character like me. Yet,
[Ah, you don’t need to answer! I just wanted to tell you how I feel, Ayatacchi.]
I wanted to ask why.
I wanted to ask what was so special about someone like me.
But I couldn’t. Faced with a sensation like I’d forgotten how to make a sound, I could only stand frozen.
Suddenly.
What flashed through my mind was the face of a beautiful girl with flaxen hair.
[Because—Ayatacchi. You like Renren, right?]
As if she’d peered into my thoughts at that exact moment.
Suzukita-san kept smiling, continuing in a refreshingly straightforward tone.
[So, I don’t need an answer yet. But remember this, Ayatacchi. I—I have no intention of losing to Renren!]
Her sun-like smile remained unchanged.
Suzukita-san’s beautiful blonde hair fluttered in the breeze blowing through the classroom window.
Bathed in the sunset glow, she was far more beautiful than that dazzling orange light.
[—Well, that’s that! See you tomorrow, my future darling!]
I tried to say, “Wait.”
I had a mountain of questions for Suzukita-san. But none of them could form into words.
I pressed my hand to my left chest.
My heart was pounding harder than ever before.
And—once again, I hadn’t slept a wink, greeting this morning.
“…What the hell am I supposed to do?”
Two days straight of sleep deprivation was taking its toll.
My head throbbed. Well, I probably didn’t have a fever, so I’d just take some painkillers and go to school.
Which meant I had to eat breakfast first.
I dragged my sluggish body out of bed and staggered down the stairs.
Then… why was this happening? A delicious aroma wafted from the living room—
“—Ah, Akito! Hehe, good morning!”
In the kitchen.
A beautiful girl with flaxen hair was shaking a frying pan back and forth.
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