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Hearing those words, I look at the girl in front of me.
Her face is faintly red, and she must have had the courage to say it.
It doesn’t look like she was joking.
“I—”
I remember.
My dad’s words.
And how I felt.
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“Reina ! How long are you gonna sleep? We’re preparing for the school festival today, aren’t we?”
The time is around nine o’clock, the door to my room is opened and I hear my mom screaming.
“You’ve made such a mess again ! It was clean yesterday !”
Yesterday, Ayaka was at home, so the room was cleaned up to some extent.
Even though I cleaned it up, I just stuffed it into the empty space, so after a day it was back to normal.
“I’m going out on an errand. You have to go to school ! Don’t think it’s okay to skip school ! Even if it is just for the day, you missed yesterday and the day before.”
“Umm………”
Hearing my helpless reply, my mom went out.
I also wake up when I hear the sound of the door closing.
(……I don’t want to go–)
As my mom said, I have been absent from school for the past two days.
The reason is obvious: I’m afraid to see Kenshiro kun.
We are in the same class, so I’m sure I will see him if I go.
(By now, Kenshiro kun……)
They probably overcame a great deal.
Maybe they are getting along.
Maybe they are dating.
Of course, I don’t want to see them together.
(But everyone is worried…..)
There are tons of messages on my phone from my classmates.
I’m grateful to be popular, but I feel the pressure.
(……I should indeed go.)
I get up from the bed, walk out of the room where there is no place to step, and wash my face.
I eat breakfast and change into my uniform.
And when I put on my shoes
(I don’t want to go, after all…)
My feet feel heavy again.
Maybe I should take a break after all.
Just as these thoughts cross my mind, a new message arrives.
The sender is Hananoi san.
[You win.]
The message was just that one word.
I had no idea what it meant and tilted my head.
It just felt weird.”
I don’t want the bewilderment to continue, so I must ask him directly.
Perhaps it was because I now had such a purpose, I opened the front door and headed for the school.
“Oh ! You finally came.”
“Eh !?”
When I arrived at the school, I found Kenshiro kun waiting for me at the gate.
It was already before 10:00 a.m., so preparations had already begun.
“W-why are you here?”
“What do you mean, I was waiting for you.”
“W-waiting !? Where’s Hananoi san !?”
“Ah, about that. Thanks to Reina’s support, Miyu’s case has settled down. Thank you.”
“….I see.”
Before I knew it, he was calling her by her first name.
(As expected.)
“I see. I’m glad I could be of help.”
I manage to say with a smile, holding back the tears that are threatening to overflow.
“So, about the cake shop the other day. Are you free tomorrow?”
“……Eh?”
What is this person saying?
“Well, we didn’t go to the cake shop because of Miyu’s situation. You said you wanted to go there, right?”
“……Erm, Kenshiro kun, you’re dating Hananoi san, aren’t you?”
“Huh? What are you talking about? My girlfriend is Reina.”
“……Eh?”
“Why are you—“
“Eh—-!?”
I shouted without paying attention to my surroundings at the sudden words.
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