1. April.
2. "Starting from today, I'm a second year student, huh?"
3. "My stomach hurts..."
4. "Shimamura and I, did we get placed in the same class?"
5. "An advancement in grade..."
6. "Of course comes with a change of classes."
7. That reminds me.
8. Looking back to it now...
9. The list of classes...
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1. "Whoa. So many people..."
2. Last year, during the day of the entrance ceremony... While I had been checking which class I got put in...
3. My eyes had come across a girl standing away from the others just like I was.
4. That girl was shimamura.
5. Yes. It was there that we first met.
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1. Being as cold as I'd been back then...
2. I'd shown no interest towards her.
3. "Hey, new students. Line up in the hallway."
4. "Move briskly, okay?"
5. "You're adachi, right?"
6. "You'll lead the girls' line."
7. "Uuh ..."
8. "That sounds like a massive pain..."
9. "Also, keep the line together."
1. "Sorry. My stomach hurts. Can I go use the bathroom?"
2. "Yes? What is it, adachi?"
3. "Hey, teacher?"
4. "Umm..."
5. "Okay!"
6. "Are you alright? Make sure to come back quick."
7. And instead of going back...
8. I lied to get away from there...
9. Simply left school.
1. First day, and I'm already skipping.
2. My parents aren't really interested in what I'm doing. Most of the time, it's rare for them to say anything to me.
3. There's still this weird feeling in my chest. I just can't calm down.
4. "..."
5. "--- ---"
6. "--- ---"
7. I wonder if that's part of the reason why I'm so uncomfortable with having people talk to me.
8. Still, it's not fair to say that the fault lies entirely with my parents.
9. No. I'm well aware that I, too, am to be blamed for our relationship turning out the way it has.
1. If I had to guess, I'd say that was when it all began.
2. There was a time my parents brought me to a zoo when I was young.
3. "..."
4. "That's a tiger, sakura."
5. "Hmm. Maybe we should walk around a bit more and then just head back?"
6. "Is this simply not something she enjoys?"
7. "All these animals, and she just looks bored."
8. "..."
9. Each time I failed to show a positive reaction...
10. My parents began walking faster and faster.
11. With every increase, I grew more scared of them.
1. "!"
2. "So cute."
3. We got to the zoo's store, and there was a stuffed animal there that caught my eye.
4. "Mommy..."
5. "Right."
6. "Yeah. It's a bit early, but I think we should call it here."
7. "We walked around quite a bit."
8. Even though I wanted them to buy it for me...
9. I was too scared to say so.
10. "..."
11. "Sakura, we're going home."
1. Ever since that day...
2. Deliberately ignoring hope and choosing not to reach out for it became the way I lived my life.
3. Simultaneously, my interest towards others began to decline.
4. I couldn't even remember how you were meant to go about asking people for things.
5. I went on to do it again and again, and eventually...
6. Even the way I viewed myself grew hazy...
7. Still...
8. That was, until I met shimamura.
1. Sure has changed massively. Way too much so.
2. My perso- nality ...
3. Comparing how I was before and after meet- ing her...
4. Whereas these days, I'm constantly wishing for her to do just that.
5. What's especially weird is that, during the entrance ceremony, just the mere act of our eyes meeting was enough for me to hope that she wouldn't look my way...
6. "..."
7. "..."
8. "..."
9. Still...
10. The past me...
11. The current me...
1. They're both me.
2. No matter how much I change...
3. The current me...
4. Will forever remain firmly connected to the past.
5. "Besides, I quite..."
6. "Like the way I am right now."
8. "Ah."
1. This is the bike shed meant for first year students.
2. "Oh crap!"
3. I'm no longer one of those, meaning that I can't leave my bike here.
4. Should I move it?
5. More impor- tantly ...
6. A single day of wrongdoing never hurt anyone.
7. Well, whatever. I'm sure that it'll be fine.
8. I need to go check which class I'm in.
1. I feel like my heart is about to explode.
2. If I'm being honest...
3. Does there exist a god in this world?
4. All I can do is pray, but still, I wonder.
5. Will I be able to remain in the same class as shimamura?
1. "She needs me that much."
2. "I don't think that..."
3. I can hardly imagine her going out of her way to come see me.
4. If we were to be separated...
5. That'd be all it'd ever be. She would never put in any effort herself.
6. In short, while she probably wouldn't turn me down if I were to go see her...
7. Our relationship...
8. Would end up becoming even more one-sided than it already is.
9. "My stomach hurts just thinking about that..."
1. "10, I think?"
2. "How many years has it been now?"
3. "Together once again."
4. "Now, let's head to the classroom."
5. Those two really are inseparable, huh?
6. Hino and nagafuji.
7. Looks like they got placed in the same class too.
8. Good for them.
1. Somehow, I made it.
2. Haa...
3. I always end up being late the first day after a break.
4. There are still plenty of people around.
5. Good.
6. Did I manage to pass myself?
7. I said all that stuff to Adachi, but now I have to wonder...
8. Ooh?
1. "Why are you jumping up and down?!"
2. "Adachi!?"
1. "Shima-mura!"
2. "Good morning."
3. To-day...
4. To-mor-row...
5. And even the day af-ter that, I'll be able to see you.
2. We went to hang out over at nagafuji's place right before valentine's day.
3. "Hello"
4. "Nod"
5. "Someone who's here all the time, a regular customer, and one who I haven't seen before. Welcome to you all."
6. "Oh."
7. "Shima-mura?"
8. "Would be..."
9. "If hino's the first and I the third, then the "Regular customer"..."
10. "I see."
11. "Ah!"
12. "It's just, my mom makes me come here and buy stuff when she doesn't feel like it."
13. "Or something."
14. I wonder, will there ever come a day... When I'll be able to stand equal to them?
15. "Sorry to intrude."
16. She sure gets along well with her mother, huh? And her little sister.
2. "Sorry, what?"
3. "Someone once said that."
4. "Apparently, the greatest flaw of humans is how they slowly wither away."
5. "Hm?"
6. "Shimamura, have you heard?"
7. It happens not abruptly... but over time. The process is a slow decomposition... starting from the depths where your eyes can't reach.
8. "I see, I see."
9. "It won't take long until it's too late, I hear."
10. I don't know what they're talking about, but still-
11. Shimamura's so cute...!!
12. "In that case, it might be too late for me already."
2. "..."
7. "Adacchi came first again!?"
8. "I hear that the heartless and evil are the strong ones. Must mean that shimamura is a really good person then."
9. While I don't get the impression that she normally plays games, it looks like she's still able to have fun in her own way. I'm glad.
10. Adachi...
11. "Yeah."
12. "I think shimamura is a good person."
13. No, that was meant as a slight towards you, adacchi...
14. "Why, thank you."
2. "See ya!"
3. "Let's continue some other time."
4. "It's 7pm already, huh?"
5. "In three days..."
6. "Umm..."
7. "Shima-mura..."
8. "Yep. I haven't forgot-ten."
9. "Choco-late, right?"
2. Still...
3. "..."
4. "Hmm.. What sort of choco-late should I buy?"
5. Then again...
6. "Like, we already know about it before-hand."
7. "I kinda feel like the whole thing isn't going to turn out as exciting as ada-chi seems to be hoping for."
8. "Three more days..."
9. "What am I going to do about the choco-late?"
10. Though I may have a pretty good idea of what it tastes like...
11. Choco-late is sweet.
12. "She's thinking about something again."
13. There are still times that I find myself wanting to eat it.
2. Author: Hitoma Iruma
3. Designer: Non
4. Assistant: Kome
5. Everyone involved, family, friends, as well as you for picking this up.
6. Thank you so much for reading all the way.
2. "Why were you jumping up and down?"
3. "Good morning, adachi."
4. "Shima-mura."
5. "Good morn-ing."
6. "Huh?"
7. "That's be-cause ... We got placed in the same class."
8. "..."
9. "Oh. No kidding."
12. "Saku-ra!?"
13. I never knew that...
14. "Adachi's given name is ..."
2. After Christmas was done, Valentine's Day came around.
3. The two made a promise to exchange chocolates as friends.
4. As the days pass by, Adachi, having never given anyone chocolate, grows increasingly anxious regarding her feelings towards Shimamura.
5. And so, the two continue their slow walk down the path of joint memories.