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When I entered the classroom, my classmates were already chatting and laughing.
I was about to take my seat when a voice called out to me from behind.
“Hikaru, hi~! You cut your hair! It looks great on you!”
When I turned around, I saw a transfer student, Nishihara Natsuki, standing there with a smile on her face.
After the summer holidays, Nishihara was still as cheerful as ever, which made me feel somewhat relieved.
“Ah, thank you. Well, it’s the end of the summer holidays and I wanted to change things up a bit.”
“It’s your summer holiday debut, no, your high school debut! Yeah, it looks great!”
“Well, that’s good.”
“I think I’ll give myself a makeover too. I’ll go all out and get blonde hair.”
I tried to imagine Nishihara with blonde hair when she said that, but I felt that she would look good with any kind of hair, so I answered as I thought.
“It’s fine, isn’t it? The gymnastic festival is coming up soon.”
“Right! I’m looking forward to it because it’s the first time I’ve been to a gymnastics festival here! What are you going to compete in, Hikaru?”
“I’m in the scavenger hunt, the tug of war, the relay and the cavalry battle.”
“Eh? I didn’t know you were so fast.”
I’m sorry to say that my foot is faster than it looks.
Even if a creepy guy is fast, I think to myself that I’m just like a cockroach.
“I’m in the steeplechase and the tripod.”
“Oh, well, good luck in those too.”
After finishing my conversation with Nishihara, I turned my attention to Hina, and our eyes met for a moment, but she quickly looked away.
I felt sad that this hairstyle didn’t suit me after all, but class time came and I continued to take notes, brain dead, even though I couldn’t concentrate.
After school, as I was not assigned to anything for the sports festival, I headed for the entrance to the elevator to go home alone, as I had no club activities to attend.
“Hina? Are you waiting for someone?”
“Hikaru?!”
When I looked into her face and said so, Hina looked at me with a startled face.
Then, while blushing a little, she called my name once again, ‘Hikaru’.
“Hm?”
“I was waiting for you! Let’s go home together!”
I thought that it was unusual for Hina to ask me out on an ordinary day, but there was no reason for me to refuse, so we decided to go home together.
When the two of us started walking side by side, the topic of conversation was still about the Sports Festival.
“It’s almost the Sports Festival, isn’t it?”
“That’s right. What are you going to compete in, Hina?”
“I think I’ll be in the 100m run and the scavenger hunt. What about you, Hikaru?”
“If you want to include team competitions, it’s the scavenger hunt and tug of war. The rest are compulsory and relays.”
“Relays?!”
Hina parroted my words back with a surprised look on her face, wondering if it was such a surprise that I would be participating in the relay after all.
“Yeah, I couldn’t say no and decided to run.”
“Do your best. I’ll support you with all my might.”
“I’m not as fast as people expect me to be,……, but if Hina is cheering for me, I’ll do my best.’
We went home talking like that, and before we knew it, we arrived at Hina’s house, and we naturally stopped.
The evening sky gradually turned orange and a pleasant breeze blew.
Hina was a little fidgety and looked at me as if she wanted to say something.
“Thanks for today, for going home with me.”
“No, thank you for inviting me too.”
When I replied with the same shyness, Hina gave a small nod, and then there was silence again for a little while.
I turned on my heel and was about to leave when I was stopped by Hina’s voice, ‘Wait!’ I was stopped by Hina’s voice and looked at her again.
Then, Hina opened her mouth while blushing a little.
“Um…you know, Hikaru, that hairstyle, I think it’s really…cool.”
“Eh?”
“Then, I’ll see you tomorrow!”
Before I could ask anything back, Hina went into her house.
“That’s not fair.”
The sound of Hina entering her house and closing the door can be heard in the distance.
I stood there for a while.
The evening breeze is a little stronger and caresses my cheeks, but even that doesn’t feel real to me now.
“…Cool, huh?”
Hina’s words refrain over and over in my head.
A feeling of incredulity, but also a strangely happy feeling, constricts my chest.
As I vividly remembered Hina’s embarrassed expression and the way she hurried into the house, I felt my cheeks naturally heat up.
“Really, it’s not fair…”
I felt my feelings for Hina getting stronger day by day.
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