Chapter 9 (1/2)
Chapter 9
Let’s organize this state of affairs First, I need to calm down Let’s try to remember what Sasaki-san said one more time
Kazuki ht? I can infer that from the flow of the conversation
Apparently Ichinose-senpai doesn’t want to see me and since that o home I was Ichinose-senpai’s lover but the truth is that Ichinose-senpai has someone he likes
“…Why did Ichinose-senpai and I go out?”
“You’re going to ask that?”
Mikoshi+ba-kun was trying to stop Sasaki-san fro while Chiba-kun remained unconcerned
If you think about it carefully it doesn’t make sense Didn’t Ichinose-senpai have soo out with Aika-chan?
“I want to know”
“This isn’t a very pleasant conversation you know”
“But I think she eventually needs to hear what happened, right? If we tell her now I don’t think it’ll change anything”
I really want to know but I can tell fro that I should ask But! After dealing with my faitated by this Alright, I’!
“You see, there’s this girl named Sakurako Kazuki and her feel the sairl who fell for Kazuki suddenly appeared and teared theo out with her then she would bully Sakurako”
“Okay”
“At first Kazuki tried to resist you know Me and Kenji over there tried to persuade the girl too But then that backfired and led Sakurako into isolation When a girl bullies someone it’s very scary”
Although he showed me a smile his eyes weren’t
Also, Aika-chan, what a terrible thing you did—! People say those who get in the way of roet kicked by a horse… That didn’t sound very witty, okay
“Bullying, you say?”
“I think it began with backbiting Kazuki has a great face, a strong sense of responsibility, and is involved in both literary andhian to exclude her, he got angry you know He cleared up theand confessed to Sakurako that he liked her And that was done in a public place too”
This story sounds just like a roreat of a person I certainly want to meet him but he doesn’t want to see me so I can’t
So then according to his story, it was Ichinose-senpai and Sakurako-chan that were together right? He basically declared their respective feelings to everyone Then why did he end up going out with Aika-chan?
“It seee Although you said you hated Sakurako that ed your attitude Although you said “sorry” once I can’t believe that you’re going to act like it never happened It makes me want to barf”
I don’t know if he just recalled what happened but then hein his ue
“In reality, toso the sa is bad but if you’re there watching it happen it takes a lot of courage to point it out I was lacking this strength”
“Mikoshi+ba-kun…”
I had never gone to school before so I’ve never been a part of a collective behavior All I was thinking was that everyone would be doing lots of fun things together, but I didn’t know that there was another side to it I did see a lot of articles on bullying probleht it would just h
“…The atht that it was all overThen Sakurako fell from the stairs”
“What!?”
“We were told that Sakurako had just slipped but several days later, Kazuki ended up going out with Aika-chan He didn’t tell me the details on how it occurred But if you think about it a little you can guess what happened, right?”
I saw Sakaki-san laughing beautifully but hts about Sakurako-san
“Was she injured? Did Sakurako-san get hurt in any way!?”
“Huh?”
“I heard she got a sprain but she was expected to recover in a week”
“A sprain!?”
It’s good that it was a minor injury but sprains are nasty If you don’t properly heal the sprain it could leave behind prognostic symptoms and sometimes become a habit
“Does she have any prognostic symptoms?”
“No, she doesn’t She’s healthy enough to run around now”
“That’s great”
No, it wasn’t that great! Next tiize
Wait a second While Sakurako-san was injured, Ichinose-senpai and Aika-chan began to go out So that means…
“Did Ichinose-senpai have a change of heart?”
“Why would that happen If you think normally, it’s obvious that you threatened hi out, the harassment towards Sakurako ended and Kazuki said that this would only go on until he graduated”
Eh, that’s what happened!? I didn’t suspect that at all But if that’s the case, then there is only one thing that I absolutely have to do
“I know it’s a little late for me to say this now but what Ichinose-senpai should do is break up with me and become married for life with Sakurako-san”
“Married for life you say… So then is it really okay for you to break up with Kazuki?”
“Of course!”
“Hmm…”
Also, if you tell me to suddenly become the lover of someone I’ve never met I’d have no idea what I should do
To begin with, I’ve never even had any experience with love
Except one tihtly attracted to this guy that I met online
He was a very kind boy who cheeredfrom my illness
It’s been a long time since we’ve last contacted each other but I wonder if he’s doing okay If I ree I hope that he’s healthy
“Since you’ve finished talking why don’t you guys start helping? The authorization certificate for clubs and distributing the department expenses From the schedule for the athletic festival to the equips we need to do”
“Ah, that’s right Sorry”
Chiba-kun orking quietly without opening his ry face is cute too I want to pat his head
Sakaki sat dohile utilizing his san to do student council work I want to help out too
“I want to help with so”
“Okay, okay Will youso much”
“There’s no way that’s true! I haven’t seen you even glance at the documents since you came here!”
“I’ue you know—? This tense atmosphere tired me out”
“Whose fault is that!”
Unlike earlier it’s become a calm atmosphere This is what the student council is normally like
“Senpai, if you want to help please go sit there We’re so busy that ould even welcome help from a cat”
“Okay! What should I do!”
If I had a tail I would definitely be wagging it in joy Earlier he toldth!
“In that box are all sorts of prints We will be using these at our upco with the executive co up the pages, please staple each set of theet to confirm them”
“Leave it to me!”
When I opened the box I saw there were 8 bundles clipped together I put therab the stapler
This isthe stapler If I reht between it and push… I think
“………?”
I certainly pushed the stapler but I don’t hear the sound of the staple Did I possibly do it wrong? I timidly shi+fted the stapler and saw that there was no staple, just a small hole on the paper
“There’s no staple!?”
“Ahh, that’s a type of stapler that doesn’t uses staples It’s an extraordinary product that doesn’t leave behind any waste and you don’t need to spend money on the staples
When I looked closely I saw that the section of the paper where the hole was bent into the back and kept the handout together Terrific! To think that a stapler like this existed!
“It’s eco-friendly isn’t it!”
“Yeah thats true”
What an environeneration has progressed this far Also,
“I got one done! Even I could do it!”
“…Of course you could do it”
“Yeah, it’s not out of place and perfectly done”
“You still have 34 sets left to doDon’t stop working cause you still have much more work to do”
“Okay!”
I silently put the prints together using the stapler It’s fun It almost feels like I’ve become an office lady When I took a look at the prints I piled up, a feeling of accomplishment welled up withinmaster
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“I’ry”