Volume 13 Chapter 9 (2/2)

”… Mm, yeah”

”And this You haven't even co what the beach was like You make it sound like we caether”

”- Is that wrong?”

”Ah, so you weren't going to write about it after all”

”Well, when I picture it, that's what I see”

”Rei-chan, are you that ignorant of the way the world works? The last weekend of summer holidays on a beach that's a day trip from Tokyo? How could you not see that it would be packed with people?”

”… I see Now I understand why you looked so sour when I said we should go to the beach”

”I thought you were fine with that and still wanted to go”

The weather was good (a catastrophe?) and there was a massive turnout at the beach Which led to the equally massive confusion

A deserted beach That would only happen in thein the water in the middle of winter would be a bit nippy

The number of people on the beach had dropped draet dark But in the es that had been left behind by people

”You have to face reality”

As she said this, Yoshi+no tossed a super to Rei

”I had to do so there ht a bath towel, change of clothes and soe behind that beach hut I'll keep you hidden”

”Alright”

Rei feebly agreed and did as she was told

”Then we should go home, Rei-chan Since we have to catch a bus and then a train”

”… Yeah”

After stripping off her soaked T-shi+rt and ripped jeans, she opened the shopping bag It was a small mercy perhaps that she hadn't been injured

Rei sighed as she put on the clothes that still had their price-tag attached

”Toa cafe like you wanted, Yoshi+no”

They'd gone over to the rocks where there were co around she'd slipped and fallen into the sea

This was Rei's ”reality” that she couldn't write in her diary