Chapter 166 - Worry (1/2)

The third quarter of school began and during that time, I continued to worry over my issues, in contrast to Hiiragi-chan, who continued to proceed as normal.

“Third quarter is… super busy… there’s so much work to do…”

Over the weekend starting on Friday, she was exhausted as usual, and was in a state where both her HP and MP were almost at zero.

She showed herself less and less at club activities, and she also started going home later on the weekends.

Still, it’s not like our club activities were anything like real club activities. It was mostly us three gathering up after school and talking, and everyone in a while Rei-chan would stop by and we would add her into the conversation.

That was the situation, and yet I wasn’t able to open up about my worries. Even if I were to tell people that we were going to break up in a month, no one would believe me.

The reason that she is so busy, is because in a short span of time, there will be both midterms and finals. Due to that, the work needed to prepare for tests is considerably compressed into a short amount of time.

“I’m not great at organizing things, so it can’t be helped.”

Or so Hiiragi-chan’s expression turned from tired to a smile. As she was concentrating on work, it was hard for us to have a serious conversation about our relationship.

Once things calm down for Hiiragi-chan more—

While thinking that way, a month passed and midterms ended. Continuing to look for a chance to talk again, we rushed into the second half of February.

“Hey, Sanada. Are you going to get chocolate?”

“I don’t know. Getting something even like 2 obligatory pieces would be a huge win.”

Fujimoto spoke again while trying to hide his voice.

“That’s not it, I meant real chocolate.”

“From who?”

I played innocent, but from the way he was speaking does he think that I’m guaranteed to get one?

“…No, it’s nothing.”

“Hey, Fujimoto, do you possibly…?”

“Don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“I haven’t said anything yet.”

“Even if you were to date someone, that isn’t something that concerns me. It wouldn’t make me popular after all.”

He made it as if he was speaking to himself, and then soon changed the topic. Talking about things like, who confessed to who.

Maybe, he knows about Hiiragi-chan, and he’s been following up for me at various points in time without me knowing.

“Fujimoto, how about I get you some chocolate. Filled with my everyday gratitude.”

“That’s disgusting. I don’t need it.”

I laughed.

Fujimoto looked at the hallway and made a small sigh.

“…Geez, Sanada. You made my heart skip a beat there.”

He pointed outside with his thumb.

“Sanada, over there. They’re calling you.”

Fujimoto was pointing at two girls. When our eyes met, one of them nodded.

I stood up and walked over to the hallway, the girl that nodded asked me for a moment of my time. I recognize her, but I don’t remember her name. I shouldn’t have had many interactions with her.

The other girl was Ougoshi-san, from one of my elective classes.

After telling her okay, the two of them walked down the hall towards an area with less people. Perhaps this was planned already, as neither of them spoke to each other as they led me out of the school building in front of the tea ceremony room.

Without saying anything, the other girl patted Ougoshi-san on the back before turning on her heels and leaving.

There was silence for a while, with the tension of the moment even being transmitted to me.

…A little bit later, Ougoshi-san opened her mouth to say something, and then stuck out her hand, which was gripping onto a small paper bag.

I couldn’t quite hear what she said very well as her voice was very quiet, but I was able to hear the most important part of it.

That reminds me, the previous time, this also happened around this time…