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It was nothing out of the ordinary, just a regular lunch break.
[Ding dong♪ Hattori kun of 2nd grade 1st class. Please come to the staff room immediately.]
Soon after the lunch break, the school announcement called Kensuke to the staff room.
“Hey, Kensuke, you’re being summoned. What did you do this time?”
I stopped and said to Kensuke, who was walking with me to the cafeteria.
“No, I don’t remember anything in particular,…….”
“Does that mean you’ve always done something bad that you don’t even remember? Stop it, or they’ll think I’m just like you.”
“Why would I do that !? I mean, what do you mean by ‘this time’? You make it sound like I’m a problematic child who gets called out every now and then.”
“What, you weren’t aware of that?”
“I’m just a normal high school boy !”
“Hmm. Then there’s no problem. I’m going out for lunch, see you later.”
I waved my hand,
“Hey, Sota ! We are friends, right? Follow me to the staff room, will you～?”
Kensuke was smiling wickedly and trying to hold me back with a sickeningly cat-like voice.
“If we go too long, we’ll miss lunch. You should go alone. I’ll see you in the fifth period.”
“Haa…..all right I’ll go alone.”
“Now, what shall I eat today? I think I’ll have the A set meal with a big bowl of rice, which is the most cost-effective.”
It seemed like something had happened, so I quickly ignored Kensuke, an idiot who was summoned during lunch break, so I headed to the school cafeteria alone for the first time in a while—.
“Um, Konno kun. It’s been a long time……hasn’t it? Do you have a minute right now?”
I was on my way to the cafeteria when I was approached by Kuzugaya Shiori–my ex-girlfriend who dumped me after dating me for a year and two-timing me.
“Shio……Kuzugaya, what is it?”
Reflexively, I called her by her first name, Shiori, and immediately reiterated it by her last name, Kuzugaya.
We’re no longer close enough to call each other that close.
We just go to the same school, we’re basically strangers.
For my part, I wanted to make a clear distinction between us.
Incidentally, this is the first time I’ve had a conversation with Kuzugaya since that incident.
We haven’t exchanged any phone calls, lines, or emails (I don’t even know if she contacted me or not, since I had blocked her to immediately reject her calls).
So that makes us even more estranged than just strangers now.
“Can we go to another place….for a minute? I wanna talk somewhere with as few people as possible.”
“……Well, okay. But don’t make it a long conversation, because I wanna eat my lunch.”
But, that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to flatly refuse without even listening.
It’s not that I have any lingering feelings for Kuzugaya.
In terms of love and affection, I’m completely over it.
I simply took the minimum necessary action as classmates who go to the same school.
Maybe she finally came to apologize.
If she wants to apologize in person, let’s at least listen to what she has to say.
Even if it’s too late for her to apologize.
“Then, can we meet at the back of the school building?”
……Back of the school building, of all places.
“Haa, okay.”
Although I had some doubts about the place, my ex-girlfriend and I headed to the back of the deserted school building.
“What is it? To be honest, I don’t really have much to talk about with you.”
When I came to the back of the school building, I turned to Kuzugaya and asked her in a slightly brusque tone.
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