Chapter 69: Chapter 5 Part I
"Good morning! Ayanokouji-kun!"
"O-oh, hey. Good morning." Kushida greeted
looking incredibly bright and energetic. I was taken aback by her radiance.
"Thanks for yesterday. You really saved ."
Well, I suppose her dazzling face made
happy, but sothing else was bothering
that I couldn't rember. I'd gone on an outing for the first ti, and it had been with girls like Kushida and Sakura. Ah, it was almost too much. Well, I guess for the ti being, things were great...until Ike and Yamauchi got to school, that was. If they heard about this, they'd definitely hold a serious grudge over it.
"Let's hang out again soti, okay?" Kushida said.
"S-sure."
Even if she'd only said it to be polite, my heart thumped a little faster. Well, that wasn't a bad thing.
"Did you spend your day off with Kushida-san?" an icy voice asked.
"Yeah, I did," I answered quietly. "Kushida wanted Sakura's cooperation, so she asked for my help. I didn't have much of a choice."
"I see."
"Was there sothing wrong with...that?"
I looked over at my neighbor, and saw an expression on Horikita's face that I'd never glimpsed before.
"Wh-what's the matter?" I asked.
"What do you an?"
"Well, you just had this really weird look on your face."
"Really? I didn't intend to make any kind of face. I should look the sa as I always do. However, I will say that I admire how freely you've been moving. When I ask you for help, you're often reluctant, but when Kushida-san asks you, you accept readily. I was calmly and discretely analyzing the difference between us."
She did not remotely look calm and discreet.
Just then, soone lightly tapped my shoulder, and told
to go over and see Kushida. Horikita wore a trendously puzzled expression as I went over to the hallway, where Kushida briefly peeked into the classroom.
"I have a feeling I just saw sothing really incredible!" she said.
Did Kushida understand the aning behind Horikita's expression? She seed both delighted and surprised.
"Sothing incredible? That's creepy... I think that Horikita was a little angry."
"That's not it. I think she feels alienated and lonely over not being invited."
"Horikita? No way!"
"She probably doesn't know how she feels... I'm sure she's probably noticed how much fun it is to spend ti with friends and talk to them, though. That's a good thing, a good thing."
What a bizarre thought. Horikita didn't have a good opinion of Kushida. Even so, it was strange for Kushida to say that Horikita felt alienated over not being invited.
"Perhaps you're realizing sothing fundantal, Ayanokouji-kun. Horikita-san is upset that you didn't invite her to co along."
No, no, that couldn't be it... I an, Horikita was a girl who loved solitude, after all. She wasn't supposed to enjoy going out, certainly not with a guy like .
In that mont, I had co to a rather baffling realization.
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