CH 4

Well, a lot happened yesterday.

I’m totally sleep-deprived today.

Last night, I stayed up until 2 am as usual, listening to my favorite late-night radio show.

And I got a big accomplishment that my post was read.

I was so thrilled that I couldn’t sleep even after the radio show was over. I was really excited and happy.

Well, the price for that is now being paid by my body…

Anyway, I managed to overcome the sleepiness of the first period and went to the vending machine in the courtyard for caffeine, with my eyes as empty as they could be.

“Ugh… “

The morning sun that hits me as soon as I step out of the school building is, to say the least, annoying to me right now.

I can’t help feeling that way.

And I’m still so damn sleepy…

I know it’s because I’ve been up late, but I still want to sleep.

Well, it was a big deal to have the classics literature first thing in the morning, wasn’t it?

Is there someone in front of me…?

When I finally see the vending machine that I am looking for, I see a back figure of a well-stylized woman in front of it.

Her beautiful black hair, which extends to the middle of her back, reflects the morning sunlight and again stimulates my eyes behind heavy eyelids.

一At first glance, it may look very picturesque, but it’s just not for me right now…

Then, I hear the sound of coins rolling on the ground.

A nickel golden-colored coin, probably 500 yen, is rolling toward me.

Tumble tumble tumble

“Hm. Alright”

As expected, I had no choice but not to pick it up when it rolled down in front of me like this.

I bend down and stand next to the woman standing in front of the vending machine.

“This. You dropped it.”

Oh..

And there she is, a woman I know.

“What is it… It’s Sayaka, isn’t it? Here you go. It’s been a while.”

I confirm that the change that rolled out of the woman’s purse is in fact, 500 yen, and I put it into the vending machine in front of me.

Then I push the button with a familiar hand and again bend down heavily to put my hand in the slot to take out the product.

In my hand, there was a plastic bottle of her favorite tea.

“Phew,  ‘Flower Garden Tea’ (紅茶華伝) of course, it’s hot. Yes, here.”

Yes. Next to me is Sayaka Saionji.

She’s a girl in the neighboring class.

Sayaka and I were on the same library committee, so we’re acquainted.

Huh, surprisingly, it was hard at first because I felt she disliked me quite a bit, but we actually got along reasonably well since we both have the same taste in books that we like.

[Wow, you like Sakunosuke. That’s very surprising. And you read a lot too. You have good taste.]

[Hey, I read the book you recommended. It was really interesting. You have good taste. In return, I’ll make a special effort to share my recommendations with you.]

I remember we used to have this kind of conversation.

Well, I was in danger because of that.

I managed to cover it up, but it was thoughtless. After all, Todo is not a character who reads books… It is understandable if you think about it normally, but at that time, it was a bit difficult.

I try not to let it be known that we’ve switched, but the inside is still me, so I still leak suspicion sometimes…

[You’ve really changed your mood, haven’t you? Hmm, are you really Todo? I might have misunderstood you in many ways.]

I was in serious trouble the day she said that. Well, as I have said many times, it is unrealistic for us to switch places, and I was able to cover it up.

Well, it’s a good memory now.

[Maybe, If back then you were like this….. But it’s a bit silly to say this now that you have a pretty girlfriend. Forget it, it doesn’t matter]

Well, other things happened with her, and she said and did some things I didn’t understand like this, but I made it to the as Todo without getting caught.

Anyway, I had a lot of things with her like that at the library and so on.

I know that Sayaka is a very heavy user of this  ‘Flower Garden Tea’.

She seems to be a nice young lady as she looks, but the fact that she always drinks this little tea of about 400ml makes me feel familiar with her and makes me smile.

Well, I prefer this…compared to ‘Flower Garden Tea’.

“Speaking of which, are you okay?”

From what I see, she seems to be a little down. When I passed her the other day, I saw a shadow on her face or something.

So, I guess things are not going well?

Huh?

Hey, me. I seem to be forgetting something.

I think I forget something very important…

“Ha? What?”

Then I looked next to Sayaka, who was staring at me with an indescribable look on her face.

Ugh, I’m quickly losing my sleepiness.

It’s as if the sleepiness I had until just now was a lie…

I’m really too stupid these days.

Really…

What’s wrong with me?

I wonder if I’m back to my old self and have become too relaxed, even though I’ve been taking precautions.

Even now, no matter how sleepy I am, I’m too careless.

What should I do?

At any rate, the only word that came out of my mouth on the spur of the moment was…

“Whoa, Sorry. That.. wrong person. “

And I walked away as fast as I could…

“Ugh… “

No, at first glance, I look really stupid, or it might be that I actually am stupid, but it’s different.

It’s an unusual situation that I’ve been switched, it messes with my head a lot.

You’ll never know what it’s like until you’ve actually been switched, but it’s really complicated.

But then again, this is…

Something like this…

Well, I don’t think she would have found out, but she definitely thought I was a creepy guy.

Because my original body has nothing to do with Sayaka…