CH 35

Epilogue ( of the First Part)

As usual, I wake up early in the morning to make a bento. And after breakfast, I head to school.

Although I exchanged my contact information with Eihashi-san, there was no message from her on Saturday or Sunday. There was no change to my weekend.

Summer is about to begin and the days where the heat will get to you in the morning are approaching. Today’s weather is sunny and the temperature is almost reaching 30 degrees celsius.

I started thinking that this heat might be bad since the summer is still isn’t here yet. Humidity is the main offender of this heat, I truly hope that it doesn’t get hot and humid since it will make me sweat a lot.

Since the school won’t turn on the air conditioner in the classroom until after summer vacation, I probably have no choice but to endure it.

When I arrived at school, I started reading a book by myself since there was nobody here yet and waited for other people’s arrival.

Even if I think that my mob life will come to an end soon, I can not stop the habits that accumulated for over a year so easily.

Perhaps, this habit of being the first to reach school in the morning will never change.

However, there has been a lot of change to my school life this year. For example, the way I interact with others and the strange events that happened recently.

“Oh, Seiya. You are reading something again today huh. Rather, they are still publishing that one?”

“Masato, this is actually the third edition you know! I wanted to read the movie version after the test you see……….I still feel like crying no matter how many times I read it you know…..”

“Hmmm, No Game…….AHH! That! I understand……..I went to see the movie twice and rewatch the anime plus reading the novel after the movie and then I watched the movie again. It’s amazing how you discover a lot of new things after watching the movie right…….”

“Ha? Even I went to watch the movie 3 times and bought a blu-ray myself you know?”

“No, why are you getting competitive all of a sudden…….this is where we share our thoughts right…….”

It’s true that I went to see it three times and even bought the blu-ray but I had already had this conversation with Masato. No, including my brag about that, it was some kind of template to start a conversation.

“…….Hey, so, did anything happen on your way back on Friday?”

“Like what?”

“For example……did she confess?”

Thinking about it now, I understand what he wants to talk about. Yup, something along that line did happen after all.

“Yeah, she did you know?”

“Seriously!?”

“She said please be my friend.”

“…….Ha?”

Masato looks disappointed but was it that surprising?

The atmosphere was certainly like that but since Kamishiro Kousei and I are different people, there’s no way that she would suddenly confess to me.

“No, no, there’s no way that she did right? I mean, she only borrowed a book from me, had a study session together, and had a casual Takoyaki party with us, you know?”

“When you put it like that then it does make sense huh……? No, but it is not impossible judging from her reaction though……?”

Masato started thinking while mumbling to himself but the classroom suddenly grew noisy.

That’s right, Eihashi-san has arrived.

“Good morning Reika-san! Did you see the pet program on TV yesterday? It was so cute right!”

“Good morning. I was home late yesterday so I couldn’t watch it.”

“Good morning, Reika! You did it! Congratulations!”

“Good morning Akira-chan! I already told you on the phone but thank you again. It was all thanks to Akira-chan’s advice!”

“Yup Yup, since you finally made a friend, let’s go say hi to him okay!”

Eihashi-san and Ichinose-san are talking with each other. It seems that the people around them don’t know what they are talking about.

Hmm? I get the feeling that Ichinose-san is looking over here though. Are they coming over?

“Good morning, Hiura-kun.”

“Y, Yeah, Good morning, Eihashi-san.”

“Shiraki-san, Good morning.”

“Good morning Eihashi-san. It’s been since Friday huh.”

“Good morning you two! It might be harsh on you from now on but I am counting on you okay? Hiura-kun?”

“I don’t know what you are counting on me for but can you make it so that it won’t be harsh for me?”

“Ahaha, that’s impossible!”

Following Eihashi-san, Ichinose-san also came over. The fact that these two came over to my desk made me stand out and it seems more likely now that my mob life will be over soon.

But unless it actually causes me harm, I won’t care what other people have to say.

“For the time being, Sensei is almost here so get back to your seats okay?”

“Eh? Th, that’s true……! I will come back later!”

“…….we will keep it in moderation so don’t worry okay.”

“I, I see…..”

Eihashi-san flustery returned to her desk and the people around her seemed a little surprised at her condition.

After all, the transcendental beauty never became flustered. The transcendental beauty must always be perfect.

However, For me, Masato, and Ichinose-san, Eihashi-san is a girl who can become flustered like this and capable of playing pranks on others.

Perhaps when my perception of her changed, the other people’s perception of her will change as well.

“Alright, Seiya, I will be coming over at lunch break okay. It seems you will have it hard huh?”

He is saying that with a grin on his face but I have something to say to him as well.

“Eihashi-san also said that she wants to be your friend too you know?”

“Seriously! Ahh, but it doesn’t feel the same right……? Well, see you later!”

When Masato returned to his seat, a group invitation popped up on the messaging app on my phone. The invitee was Eihashi-san.

[I heard that Reika and Hiura-kun exchanged contacts so I made a group and invited you two! I already added you okay!”

[Ok.]

[Since we already made a group, can we invite Shiraki-san too?]

[Roger that.]

—Seiya has invited Masato—

[Done. will he notice the invite though?]

—Masato has joined the group—

[That was fast.]

[Yahoo, Shiraki-kun! Can I add you?]

[Yeah, got it. Sure!]

When I read so far, I noticed a message popped up in my app. I’m not so proud about it but my contact only consisted of my family, my work, and Masato.

Checking the message, I found out that the sender was my manager.

[Sorry Kousei-kun! The model we scheduled today couldn’t come to the shooting because of an emergency! I know that you are taking a vacation for this month but can you drop by the studio today?]

[It’s okay. I was worried if I have to take supplementary classes so I scheduled a lot of days off but it seems that I am doing well. Who am I shooting with today?]

[I’m glad! Come to the same studio from the last shooting after 5 pm okay! You are paired with Asuka-chan today.]