1. A classmate from middle school I really couldn't stand.
2. Asao mahiro.
3. I was an idiot.
4. To begin with,
5. ...
6. In my first year of middle school,
7. Once I'd settled in and started to click with the girls,
8. "Hey, hey!"
9. We'd have these trivial, in-the-moment conversations.
10. "Saki, who are you always checking out?"
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1. "Like, who counts as eye-candy, or who you catch yourself staring at."
2. "I mean, your type of face."
3. "Like, who in this class would you be into?"
4. "Geez"
5. "Who...?"
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1. Those dark, wide eyes,
2. Kind of...
3. Remind me of umehara-sensei...
1. "Hey!"
2. "Ah!"
3. "Um... Sorry..."
4. "Going silent on me is a bit cold, yeah?"
1. "Maybe it's because you hit your head..."
2. "You're too close..."
3. "Ugh..."
4. "Come on..."
5. "Hahaha, yeah, very lively!"
6. "You're still as lively as ever, mahiro-san..."
7. "Come on, it's not like that."
8. "And as long as my grades are good, no one really complains, you see."
9. "I mean, I just didn't feel like going to any of the afternoon classes."
10. "You got into the top-ranked high school in the prefecture..."
11. "And yet you're skipping? You've got guts..."
1. "Thanks! ♡"
2. "Your head's as great as always, I see..."
3. "What about my face?"
4. "You said it yourself, didn't you?"
5. "...what?"
1. "......"
2. If it's just the face...
3. "...yes?"
4. "!!"
5. "What, what? Need something?"
6. "No way!"
7. "Saki-chan! Mahiro-san?!"
8. "Huuuuuh!?"
9. Ah, crap!
1. "Ooh..."
2. "Not so loud..."
3. "Stop it!"
4. "We were just talking about who in class is our type, looks-wise."
5. "Well, in fact..."
6. "What is it? What's going on?"
7. "Is it true?"
8. "For real? Wow, I'm so happy!"
9. I was foolish.
10. "Saki-chan, you're bright red!"
11. "Gah..."
12. I should've just played it off.
13. "She's totally into her!"
14. "Um..."
15. But then, it turned into this...
1. "Saki-chan, are you into girls?"
2. I want to disappear!!
3. Words that were never spoken keep echoing in my head.
4. Except...
5. How did I manage to deflect it afterward? Or did I even manage to deflect it at all? My mind went completely blank, and I don't remember a thing.
1. I was afraid of being exposed.
2. I clearly avoided mahiro-san.
3. And I thought I'd never see her again.
4. Still, I somehow made it to graduation.
5. And yet, she kept coming at me anyway.
6. When I can't escape...
7. "Ah, wait, you didn't say that."
8. "I mean, you were just looking, right?"
9. So why now?
10. Why stir this up again?
1. No more...
2. Please leave me alone.
3. Please, don't look at me.
4. "You don't have to look out for me."
3. ......?
4. What does she mean?
6. "W-wait!"
7. "We do, right?"
8. "Do we trans-fer?"
9. "We're here."
1. "What do you mean, 'sorry'...?"
2. "You hated me, right?"
3. "Saki."
4. "......"
5. "But, you know, I wanted to be close with you."
6. "From the very first time we talked,"
1. "That's why..."
2. "And you even said you liked my face, right?"
3. "You kept staring at me."
4. "I said that..."
5. "So... Does that mean you want us to be closer?"
6. "I didn't get it, so maybe that's why I got so wound up."
7. "But then... You seemed kind of upset."
8. "I was like, "Huh!? Why!?""
1. "Sorry for following you around. It must have been creepy."
2. "...That's all?"
3. "Gurk!"
4. "Has she always been like that...?"
5. "Or rather..."
6. "Want to take the bus?"
7. "Ah!"
8. "Did I get... the wrong idea...?"
9. "Was Mahiro-san always the kind of girl who smiled like this?"
10. "Or do you want to walk?"
1. "...let's walk."
2. "Yay!"
3. —after that...
4. Walked slowly...
5. Mahiro-san and I...
6. And I made sure...
7. Chatted leisurely...
1. "-so, are you in any clubs?"
2. To look her in the eyes.
3. "Eek!"
4. "You sure remembered that well... That I was in the choir club..."
5. "Uuuh..."
6. "Are you still playing the piano for the choir?"
7. I must have come off as creepy again, right?
8. "Eek?"
1. "But sometimes it freaks people out. Like, I can memorize my friends' phone numbers after seeing them just once..."
2. "Geh!"
3. "Amazing!"
4. "See?"
5. "Well, I guess you could say I have a pretty good memory..."
6. "No, I'm just impressed by your memory."
7. And yet, that girl is...
8. I was so afraid of her...
9. The mahiro-san who had been in the back of my mind all this time...
10. Who was she anyway?
1. "..."
2. "Saki?"
3. "What's wrong?"
1. "No, no, that's not it..."
2. "'cause I have no idea!"
3. "Tell me straight, okay!?"
4. "Did I do something again!?"
5. "Eh!"
6. What was that just now...
7. "Really real!"
8. "For real?"
9. "It's nothing."
10. "Wait, so this is your house, saki, huh..."
11. "Thank you for walking me home."
12. Why did a vision of myself pop into my head?
13. "You're not creepy..."
14. "Ah, creepy again... Sorry!!"
15. "Okay, I've got it memorized!!"
1. "I'm sorry, mahiro-san."
2. "I'd been awkwardly avoiding you this whole time."
3. "Be- sides..."
4. "I'm the one..."
5. "Who should say "Sorry.""
6. "That's why,"
7. "I wish we could have talked sooner..."
8. "No... Well, okay..."
9. "Maybe we could like... Talk?"
10. "If you don't mind, even now, it's not too late..."
1. "WELL, DUH! ♡"
2. "Like, exchange contacts..."
3. "HOW ABOUT IT?"
4. SO LIVELY...
5. "You text me too, Saki, okay?!"
6. "I'll text you every now and then! ♡"
2. "Thanks for today!"
3. "From now on"
4. "LET'S"
5. "KEEP"
6. "IN"
7. "TOUCH"
8. That was so cold! Total ice mode!
9. WOW... IT GOT READ SO FAST.
10. AND REPLIED SO FAST TOO...
11. "OF COURSE."
14. "How did it go at the hospital? Did they run any tests?"
15. "Text me when you get home!"
16. "Are you okay?"
17. "Did you make it home?"
18. "Text me"
19. "Afternoon classes such a drag"
20. THERE'S TONS OF MESSAGES FROM KANON...
21. "AH."
1. "Whoa, from kanon too."
2. "Aah, new messages from mahiro-san."
3. "I have to tell mom I left early, too!"
4. "Ah!"
5. "Um, let's see..."
6. "I got home... I'm... Fine..."
7. And sent...
8. "Are you sure?! Did they check properly?!"
9. "Let's hang out next time"
10. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?!"
11. "I even left work early to go with you!"
12. "I'm gonna put this down for a bit..."
13. "I feel like I'm about to blow up..."
1. Kanon...
2. Rain, huh...
3. "You should be the one to be careful on your way home..."
4. "It's getting dark outside, too..."
5. "Rather than worrying about me... The rain's getting pretty heavy... Are you going to be okay?"
6. I have to walk her home...
7. Too much going on.
8. There's just...
9. "Morning"
10. "Morning!"
11. "Woah?!"
12. "So I figured you two were having quite an intense conversation from the get-go."
13. "You're quite direct."
14. I'm exhausted.
15. No way, I can't.
1. Kind of...
2. Today's felt...
3. "Huh?!"
4. "Urk!"
5. Since morning...
6. "I to "Le the"
7. "But minding other people's feelings is just a waste of time, don't you think?"
8. For some reason...
9. Today's a weird day...
1. "Ugh..."
2. "Did I doze off for a bit...?"
3. "Huh. It's dark..."
4. "What time is it?"
5. "Are you home?"
6. "You good now?"
7. ...who?
1. "I sent you a text..."
2. "I told you I got home, right?"
3. "Why?"
4. "......"
5. "Don't tell me..."
1. Why...
2. Why...
3. Why?
1. Today's a weird day...
2. As if both the darkness and the light within my chest..
3. Were soundlessly peeled away...
4. And left exposed to the open air.
5. A mysterious day.