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The sound of sirens echoes from afar.
“Haa, haa, haa…”
Carrying Aoi-chan, I descend the stairs toward the ground floor.
“Run!!”
“Fire!!”
“It’s burning!!!”
Residents of the apartment complex pour out their doors one after another, flooding the stairwell.
“Don’t push!!”
“The flames are still far away!! Slow down!”
“Why don’t you all calm down a little?!”
Amidst the panic of most residents, a few calm adults remained. They gave instructions, allowing the evacuation to proceed smoothly.
“Alright…!”
I managed to carry Aoi-chan to the ground floor and successfully move away from the building.
“Phew…”
I set Aoi-chan down on the ground.
“Umm…”
Aoi-chan let out a small groan.
Her breathing was steady.
Thanks to her clothes covering her body, she didn’t seem to have any burns.
She probably inhaled smoke and temporarily lost consciousness.
If she rested a bit in this oxygenated area, she should wake up soon.
“Seriously… it’s spreading faster and faster…!!”
“Where the hell are the fire trucks!?”
“Hey, did anyone call an ambulance!?”
“Dammit… where did it start burning!?”
Residents of the apartment complex gathered in the parking lot, watching the burning building and clutching their heads in despair.
Gawkers kept pouring in from all around, making the area increasingly chaotic.
From the apartment complex, countless grim reapers swarmed into the sky, flying away in droves.
This should have saved most of the people.
Maybe someone was still left inside, and I couldn’t change their fate of death, but I did what I could.
From here on out, it’s probably best to leave it to the professionals.
“Sen…pai…?”
“Aoi-chan…!!”
Aoi-chan, who had been lying down, woke up.
“Where…is this?”
“It’s the parking lot. I carried you out from inside the building. It’s okay now.”
“…Are we…safe…?”
Aoi-chan gazed up at the building dazedly.
The flames spread relentlessly, black smoke billowing into the sky.
“Yeah, somehow.”
“You saved me again, Senpai…”
“…Aoi-chan, do you live here?”
“Yes. That’s right. I live here with my mom and little brother.”
“Where are they…?”
“They’re fine. Mom’s at her part-time job… and my brother should be at club activities by now…”
“…I see.”
I let out a sigh of relief.
“Why… how did this happen…”
Aoi-chan looked up at the burning building, her expression grim.
“I woke up and the room next door was on fire… smoke started filling my room… I couldn’t breathe… I went outside and you were there… I don’t even know what happened…”
“I’m shocked too, this happened so suddenly.”
“Why were you here, Senpai…?”
“Uh, well, that’s…”
I laughed awkwardly, trying to cover it up.
“I… I came to meet a friend… Then I saw smoke rising from the window… When I went up to that floor, Aoi-chan was there…”
“I see… What an incredible coincidence.”
“H-Honestly, yeah. What a crazy coincidence. Hahahaha.”
“But because of that, I ended up getting saved by you again… If you hadn’t been here, I definitely would’ve died.”
“…This time was really bad, huh.”
“Thank you, Senpai.”
“…Yeah.”
“Even though your own life was in danger, you carried me out… You really are kind, Senpai.”
“…Nah, it’s nothing.”
“My house burned down… Mom will be sad, I know… But it’s okay. Because everyone’s safe. If I’d died, Mom would’ve been even sadder. So… I’m really grateful to you, Senpai…”
“Yeah. I get it.”
The sound of sirens drew closer.
“Everyone, move back!!”
“It’s dangerous!! Stay away from the building…!!”
“Evacuate now!!”
Firefighters rushed to the scene and began extinguishing the flames.
Residents in the parking lot were all cleared away to avoid hindering the firefighting efforts.
We moved far back and watched as the flames on the building were extinguished.
“Hey, you. You there.”
As Aoi-chan and I stood watching the firefighting in a daze, a middle-aged man spoke to us.
“It was you, wasn’t it? Who pressed my doorbell to tell me about the fire?”
“Huh…?”
“You were the one who told me there was a fire on the fifth floor, right?”
“Ah, yes. That’s right.”
“Man, you saved me!!”
The man patted me on the back and gave a slight bow.
“If you hadn’t been there, I and the others on this floor might have been in danger. Thanks to you, a lot of people got out alive.”
“No… I just did what anyone could have done…”
“You’re brave, you know. Your instructions to alert the residents on other floors were spot on. That’s impressive.”
“No, it really wasn’t that big of a deal…”
“Don’t be so modest. You’re lucky to have such a cool boyfriend, young lady. This guy’s a real man’s man.”
“Hya… uh, well… yes.”
Misunderstanding something, the man looked at Aoi-chan and said that.
Aoi-chan nodded, turning bright red.
Before I could correct the misunderstanding, the man blurted out.
“Hehe. Looks like we got mistaken for a couple, huh?”
“…Sorry about that. Maybe we were standing a bit too close? Should we move apart a little?”
“No.”
Aoi-chan leaned closer to me and said.
“It’s fine just like this.”
“…I see.”
Soon after, the firefighting operations ended. Injured people were carried out on stretchers from the building, smoke still rising.
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