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After that, when everyone was no longer interested in the rumors of my breakup.
My life didn’t change much when my seat was changed and the madonna of the class took the seat next to me.
I just spent a little more time looking toward the window, and a few days passed by quickly at dusk without anyone talking to me, lending me things, or any such incident.
(I’m so tired!)
On my way home from my part-time job, I stretched out with my palms up to the sky, which had turned red.
(I’m tired of wearing this outfit after all~)
Today’s part-time job was outside (as a stuffed animal attendant), so I wore my hair up in a contact style, but this outfit was more tiring than usual because of the strain.
On days like this, I usually go to the convenience store on the way home and buy an ice cream before dinner.
“Cold.”
I say out loud as I walk through the automatic door of the convenience store, the cool breeze inside cooling me down from the heat of the sun.
I know what I’m going to buy, a tube of chocolate coffee flavored ice cream sticks that I can split
After I buy the ice cream, I go to the park across the street and sit on a bench shaded by trees.
The park is crowded with what appear to be several small children and their parents.
“Yum. …… hmm?”
As I sipped on one of the ice cream I had bought, I looked at the people in the park and saw two people I recognized.
The other one noticed me too and came running towards me.
“……Onii chan?”
“Sakine-chan!?”
“It’s Hikarun onii chan~!”
Sakine-chan clung to me with all her might.
I patted her head and she turned her face from nuzzling my stomach to mine and asked with a big smile, “What are you doing here?”
“I was just stopping by after work.”
“A detour! With Sakine!”
“I see. It’s been a while.”
I greeted Matsumura Hina, the older sister of Sakine, who came walking toward me after Sakine.
We sat next to each other, but we hadn’t talked since that cafe.
I thought I would never be involved again in this outfit.
“It’s been a long time. It’s a coincidence that we meet again.”
“Matsumura-san, you’re Sakine-chan’s escort?”
“Yes. I brought her along because she really wanted to ride the swings. What about you, Nakahara-san?”
” …… Nakahara. I’m just here to get some ice cream to relax after my part-time job.”
For a moment, she called me Nakahara-san and I wondered who it was, but then I remembered just in time that I had lied about my name and continued the conversation.
“Oh, I have one more of these, do you want some?”
“I’ll eat it!”
”Sakine, you shouldn’t eat it before dinner. You won’t be able to eat your dinner.”
Sakine-chan looked a little sad and shunned when her big sister said so.
“You’re so cold, nee chan~ It’s okay if it’s only half. Here, eat it. Don’t tell your sister. Shii–.”
“Secret! Shhh.”
Then Sakine-chan and I sat down on the bench side by side and started eating ice cream.
“I can hear everything that’s a secret. Even if you can’t eat, I won’t care.”
“What are you talking about? Matsumura-san, you’re going to eat the other half of Sakine-chan’s meal, right?”
“Eh?”
“I can’t eat it, can I?”
When I said so, Matsumura-san sighed heavily as if to say, “I can’t help it.”
After that, we spent some time relaxing, looking at the scenery, exchanging simple comments, and eating ice cream in silence.
“Hikarun onii-chan, can you put Sakine on your shoulder?”
Sakine, who had finished eating first, asked me if I could put her on my shoulder.
“You mean on my shoulders? I can do it.”
“Do it!”
I looked at Matsumura-san and she said
“If you don’t mind, can I ask you to do it? I’ve been asked to do it a few times, but I just can’t do it.”
“I see.”
A few questions came to my mind, but I didn’t ask them because it was not something that a stranger would ask.
“Then, Sakine-chan! Let’s go!”
“Yes!”
“Yoisho~!”
I said and lifted Sakine-chan up on my shoulders.
“Kyaa~! so high! nee chan, look, look!”
“That’s great!”
“Nee chan, take a picture!”
Matsumura-san said “Yes, cheese” and took a picture of me and Sakine on the totem pole with her smartphone.
“Hikarun onii-chan, go over there!”
“Okay. I’m going to run, so hold on to me~”
“Yay~!”
For the next 10 minutes or so, Sakine-chan was in the cockpit on my shoulder, steering me.
“Haaa haa. I’m tired.”
“Good job. Sakine seemed to be having fun, thank you.”
“I’m glad you enjoyed it. Sakine-chan fell asleep.”
“I guess that’s how much fun we had. It’s time to go home.”
“That’s right. It’s already this late.”
I realized that it had been more than an hour since we had come to the park.
“Shall I walk you home? It’s getting dark soon, and it’s hard for one girl to carry Sakine-chan to bed, isn’t it?”
“No, I’m sorry to have bothered you that much.”
Saying that, Matsumura san tried to pick up Sakine-chan, who was lying on the bench, but a sleeping human being, even a small and cute girl, would be extremely heavy, and he could barely lift her.
“…Can I ask you a favor after all?”
“Of course! I want to thank you for all the fun I had today.”
Then, I put Sakine-chan on my back and carried her home alongside Matsumura-san.
“…Hmm…”
Just as we were about to arrive at the Matsumura san house, Sakine-chan woke up on my back.
“Good morning, Sakine-chan. We’ve arrived home.”
“Hikarun onii chan?”
“Let’s play together again.”
I put Sakine down and gave her to Matsumura-san.
“Yeah. Bye bye.”
“Thank you so much. You saved me again. I’ll repay you someday.”
“That’s okay. If you thank me for something like this, I’ll never be able to repay you. Bye-bye.”
I replied salty and left Matsumura san’s house.
Between you and me, my muscles ached the next day, and I realized how little exercise I had been getting.
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