Is she really having fun with this? He watched as she put so water in the kettle and pulled out a bottle of sugar and a bottle of coca powder.
"Hot chocolate again?"
Sumire laughed. "Mm, it's the best drink for rainy days."
Now that he thought about it, sothing like this happened in the past. He noticed how unusual she behaved whenever it rained. She seed more docile and weak. It was during those days where he caught a glimpse of the real her.
"I didn't think you would co; at least I thought you would skip the first day since you have your concert."
During the draws, Ran and Kou were doing strange chants and other things to avoid getting first. They usually would argue who would go first, but it was the opposite this ti..
It didn't matter to him whether he got first or not. Sumire-san will find a way to skip out and spend more ti with Yuhi-san. Unlike Ran, he is not bitter about her not spending ti with them. It is normal. Sumire-san has a boyfriend now; naturally, she wants to use her free ti on him.
'It does feel a bit lonely but as long as she is happy.' That's right; they didn't co to Tokyo to bother her. They ca here to make sure she was living happily.
"Sothing has changed between you and Yuhi-san."
It was just a normal remark, but he watched as the girl seed to tense up.
"S-sothing has changed?" Sumire stuttered.
He knew even without facing her that her face was bright red. Or rather, he could see through the reflection of the window.
"Rember, you are still high school students."
"I don't want to hear that from the four who deliberately failed a year."
"If we didn't, then it wouldn't be possible to attend the sa the sa school."
Sumire sighed deeply as she walked over with a cup of hot chocolate and so dicine.
"Drink this first, and then you can have that."
Jun nodded and weakly sat up. His entire body felt sluggish and hot, but he managed.
"You guys didn't have to co here."
It seems she is finally willing to talk about this.
"Indeed, there was no need. But we didn't trust Yuhi-san back then."
To think he managed to do the impossible. Back when they first t her, she was a very cold-hearted person. She only brightened up when it ca to anything music-related. She had a hard ti getting along with others.
It surprised him when he first entered the school and saw her getting along with her classmates. What sort of magic did he pull?
"He did the impossible." Jun trailed off. "I thought only Mamoru-san could manage it."
Sumire laughed. "It is impressive. Yuhi-san's stubbornness won."
"More like his love for you."
"Uh-aha."
"It is because of his strong feelings towards you wanting to live a normal life, to see his loved one experience happiness."
Even though they all tried back then to help her, it did no good. She got along well with them. But it was hard to close that distance between the mbers of her class and her. It was strange because everyone in the senior year liked Sumire.
She just never seems to get along with people her own age; why is that? They never figured it out, and yet Yuhi managed it.
After spending ti with him in the sa group, Jun finally understood how he could do it.
"This is the first ti for , eting such a foolishly honest person."
Sumire nodded. "Mm, I thought that too. He is so foolish and honest about his feelings. It was dazzling. I never thought I would see sobody shine so brightly. His honest feelings won over. I could tell that he genuinely wanted to get better, to experience love and happiness."
"Are you still afraid?"
"I am; there are tis where I feel like breaking down, but unlike before, sothing has changed. I have Yuhi-san by my side. I can run to him whenever I have a hard ti."
It seems there is genuinely no need to worry about her. Jun's thoughts broke off when they heard a knock on the door. Narasaki Hino enters.
"Sumire, head to the venue with Yuhi."
"But-"
'Oh, now I understand the reason why she is with Narasaki when Yuhi-san's schedule this morning isn't that busy.' Is she worried that sothing will happen like before?
"You said it yourself that you doubt that the enemy will use the sa move twice."
"Stupid Hino, don't tell Yuhi that."
At those words, Yuhi entered the room. He quietly observed the situation before picking Sumire up. No to be more accurate, he lifted Sumire-san over his shoulder.
"Yuhi! Please put down! I already said I won't go with you!" She kicked and hit his back, but it did no good.
"I'm escorting you right to the door. Hino, you can send over that stuff to the house and join us."
"Alright."
Jun finished drinking the mug of hot chocolate and put it down before swallowing the tablets Sumire-san left.
"Kira Jun."
"What is it?"
"Yuhi acts nonchalant about it. But it would do you no good to rember."
'That should be my decision. I wonder why he is acting so sensitive about it.'
"Think why Maon Kou hasn't told you anything even though he rembers."
Why hasn't Kou told him anything, huh? Jun didn't reply and watched as Hino shut the door behind him. Jun slumped back down onto the couch and placed his hand on his forehead.
It is not like he wants to rember. Back when he told Sumire-san that he had lost his mories. He only said those words to comfort her; he wanted to indirectly say that she wasn't the only one.
'You can live even without those mories.' Up till now, he has never tried to get his mories back. There is no need; he is content with his current life. But after learning that he knew not just Sumire-san but even Yuhi-san in the past.
'I am curious.'
Even before the idol board proposed making a group with Terashima Yuhi, a part of him drawn towards Terashima, is it because he is the god of composers? Certainly, it would not be odd for him to admire soone based on their skills. But there was sothing more.
When he first t Ibuki Sumire, he realized that there was sothing different about her than all the others.
'Why are those two so important to ?'
Jun couldn't fight back the exhaustion and sickness in his body anymore and ended up falling asleep. For once, the image of that field did not appear in his mind.
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