Episode 9 – Lies are not only untrue, they always have a struggle within them

When I woke up, I saw a familiar ceiling. It was the ceiling of my room.

I woke up and looked around, but there was nothing strange. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 3 am.

It was strange, I had bought a cake for Mai to make her happy and we were going to eat it together.

I don’t remember eating the cake, or perhaps it would be more correct to say that I don’t remember finishing it. I desperately searched my memory.

As I recall, I showed the cake to Mai as soon as I got home. Mai was so pleased that we got into the mood to eat it right away.

I cut the cake into pieces and Mai prepared the coffee. I only remember up to this point.

No matter how hard I try to pry open my memory drawer, I can’t seem to open it.

I got up from the bed and ran out of the room. As I headed downstairs, I found the living room light on.

It seemed that someone was in the room. I wondered if it was Mai, though I knew she was a health-conscious person and would never stay up this late at night.

If it wasn’t Mai, then who was it? The mere thought of it gives me goosebumps, but if it is a prowler, I have to protect Mai, so I can’t let him go.

I carefully descended the stairs. I proceed slowly, slowly, slowly, so as not to make any footsteps.

“Chan…. Really….. thank you.”

“……………………Yes…”

It is Mai’s voice. But there seems to be someone else. It’s a voice that sounds familiar. I don’t think it’s my imagination that I have a bad feeling about this.

No way, did she try to get in touch with Mai? If so, it would be very troublesome.

It would be best to avoid going into the living room now. The best solution is to talk to Mai tomorrow morning.

Let’s sleep until morning.

In the morning, nothing had changed. Mai had made a delicious breakfast as usual, and I didn’t feel any different. If something had happened with Hazuki, Mai, who knew we had broken up, would have reported it to me.

I wondered if it was a dream.

When I went to school, I found that nothing had changed, not even my class. Of course, my relationship with Hazuki had nothing to do with the class.

The rumor that senpai had told me yesterday that we had broken up was already true.

The reason is not that senpai went around spreading the rumor to everyone. I know that senpai is not the kind of person who would do such a thing, and I already know the cause of it in the first place.

I heard that Hazuki admitted the fact. I said earlier that nothing has changed, but the only thing that has changed is that Hazuki was coming to school.

Hazuki was already in the classroom when I arrived at school, and she was involved with the other students. Among them was Otonashi-san, who had talked to me the other day, and they were having a lot of fun.

Hazuki seems to be an amazing person after all. The class, which had been so quiet until yesterday, changed 180 degrees just because she came to school.

Once again, I was able to reconfirm that it was not a mistake to break up with Hazuki. Sometimes I think about it. I wish I had parted ways with her without thinking about how we would balance each other out.

I don’t see any signs that Hazuki is trying to approach me after I arrive at the classroom. I wonder if I’m being overly self-conscious, but this makes it seem as if I’m still in love with her.

Just when I was trying not to think about it anymore, Hazuki stood up suddenly and said

“Would you all listen to me for a second? I said that Manato and I broke up, but yesterday I discovered something surprising. It looks like I’m pregnant.”

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