[Asanagi: Huh?]
[Nina: Y-Yuuchin?]
[Nozomu: Amami-san?]
Up until now, Amami-san had never refused an invitation to hang out together, regardless of the reason. That was why everyone seed surprised by this developnt.
For a mont, I thought that she was trying to avoid Nitta-san for a while, but since she was supposed to be acting like usual (or at least trying to) to prevent Umi, Nozomu and I from worrying, there was no way that she’d be doing it so blatantly.
[Amami: Sorry, everyone.]
[Amami: Actually, I was thinking of asking my dad to help study for the exam.]
[Asanagi: Your dad?]
[Asanagi: Isn’t he busy with work?]
[Amami: No, well there’s sothing called… No overti? I think? Yeah, I think that’s what it's called. Anyway, there’s the no overti thing in his office, so he could go ho on ti even when he’s busy.]
[Maehara: I see, no overti, huh?]
[Nozomu: Sothing like that exists? Man, it would be nice if our club implents that. We’ve always been practicing until the sun was set lately…]
[Nina: …Seki, shut it, we don’t need to know about what your baseball club is doing.]
Well, let’s forget about the baseball club, that started sounding more like a black company the more I heard about them, for a mont. Amami-san’s reason to not join our group’s study session was reasonable.
Since the parent-teacher interview was coming up, she probably felt the need to study harder than usual. Like Umi and I, she also wanted to continue her education at a university, so she had to study even harder than us.
…But, still…
[Asanagi: Well, that’s fine. But, at least you’ll go ho with us, right, Yuu?]
[Nina: She’s right. Let’s go ho together, Yuuchin~]
[Amami: Ah, yes, of course I will.]
[Maehara: Okay, let’s et up at the school gate after school. You’re fine with that right, Nozomu?]
[Nozomu: Yessir.]
After that, we ended our conversation. We didn’t need to talk about everything over the phone since we’d et up soon anyway.
Since I was in the sa class as Amami-san, I’d definitely end up going to the gate together with her… It troubled a little since I didn’t know what I should say to her… I an, this was the first ti I had to deal with sothing like this…
“Uh… Let’s go, Amami-san…”
“A-Ah… W-Well, let say goodbye to Nagisa-chan first—”
However, when she turned around to look for Arae-san and her group, there was no one there.
It seed like they had already left the room when we were talking.
“…Well, she isn’t here…”
“Ah, jeez… Nagisa-chan, you dummy!”
That was the first ti I’ve ever heard her complaining about sothing Arae-san did.
In any case, just like what I was talking about with Umi this morning, Amami-san really acted unusually.
* * *
After leaving the classroom, we both headed towards our eting place; the school gate. I was thinking of waiting for Umi, but it seed like her class was still in the middle of Horoom. She also texted to go on ahead, so I did.
Usually, I’d still wait for her in front of her class anyway. Her classmates already knew about our relationship, so it wasn’t like I needed to sneak around. Also, Nakamura-san and the others were fun to talk to, so I enjoyed hanging around them for a while.
But it wasn’t the case this ti. The reason? Because of a certain text from Umi.
[Amami: It’ll be cruel to Seki if we were to leave him alone with those two, so you really should go on ahead with her.]
That text convinced .
Nozomu might have already noticed that there was sothing going on with those two, but he hadn’t felt the actual atmosphere that flew between them, sothing that I had directly felt at the mall the other day. That was why, it would be better if I were to be there with him so things wouldn’t beco too awkward.
And so, I decided to go to the eting place together with Amami-san. Which made realize that it had been a while since I walked together with her.
“Let’s go.”
“O-Okay…”
After I started walking, Amami-san followed behind , maintaining half a step distance.
Normally, she’d be the one who was pulling around, but this ti, she was unusually quiet.
…For so reason, there was an awkward atmosphere between us.
“Um… Sorry, Maki-kun…”
“Hm?”
“You know… About today’s study session… Even though you went out of your way to invite …”
“I an, it’s fine, you have another plan anyway. Also, even if you don’t study with us, we can still give you our notes.”
“E-Eh? R-Really?! …W-Wait, is that really okay? I an, since I won’t be studying with you guys, you know… I don’t think it’s right for to take your notes…”
“…Are you sure you don’t want the notes?”
“Y-Yes! A man won’t go back on his words, Maki-kun!”
“I appreciate your spirit, but that’s a completely wrong expression to use…”
She showed a little hesitation just now, but it seed like her resolve was firm.
It wasn’t a bad thing for Umi and I if she didn’t participate as it was essentially one less person for us to teach, but… It felt like things would be a little bit lonely without her…
While we were exchanging such a conversation, we arrived at the school entrance, where Nitta-san and Nozomu were already waiting for us.
“Ey, Maki, what’s up? Also, Amami-san, hello.”
“Heya~”
“Sorry, Ninacchi, Nozomu-kun. Were you guys waiting for long?”
“No, we just got here. Is your girlfriend still in her Horoom, Rep?”
“Yeah, it’ll be over soon though. We should wait for her here.”
“Sure, but here is a little… Let’s move to the courtyard instead. We could sit on the benches there~”
“Sounds good.”
After sending a text to Umi, I went with the other three to the benches in the courtyard. There were three benches arranged to circle a round plant there.
Since there were also other students there, only one of the benches was empty.
“Obviously Yuuchin and I have the right to sit down, but which among you two want to sit between us~?”
“Why do either of us have to sit between you and Amami-san? We can just sit on the edge.”
“Oh my~ You could try the ‘flower in each hands’ thing, you know? Can’t believe you’d pass on the opportunity, Seki~”
“Opportunity my a*s. Maki, you sit down.”
“Ah, wait—”
Nozomu then made sit between Nitta-san and Amami-san.
Yeah sure, I get the whole ‘flower in each hands’ thing, but as soone who was well aware of those two’s situation, this was literally him throwing into a pit of snakes.
Then again, I knew we needed soone to co between those two…
“Speaking of, Rep, how long will the study session last? We’re going to go through every subject today, right?”
“Yeah, well, I actually planned to focus on math and English first, but there should be enough ti for us to go through everything. As for how long it’ll last… I don’t know, I didn’t plan that far. Do you need to leave early?”
“No, the opposite. I want to stay as long as I can. To study of course, not to play around.”
“…What?”
Her words were so unexpected that I was literally flabbergasted when I heard them.
I couldn’t believe that soone who was second only to Amami-san regarding how bad she was at studying would utter sothing like that.
“…What? Did I say sothing weird?”
“Not really weird, but… You know…”
“The sun’s gonna co out from the west tomorrow, huh?”
“I swear I’m going to hit you two. Look, it isn’t like I want to study either! But, you know, this ti, our exam is a little different than usual, right…? I an, after the exam… There’s the public execution event…”
“Ah, the parent-teacher interview? Are your parents really that strict, Nitta-san?”
“Very. Usually, I can just hide from them, but this ti, I can’t! That’s why I want my grades to look decent at least…”
Personally, I didn’t think that it was such a big deal, but who am I to say?
Well, whatever her reason was, studying was still a good thing. As long as the teacher saw her efforts in studying, they wouldn’t be too harsh on her.
“Well, if that’s the case… Sure, I guess…”
“Thank you for understanding, Rep! As expected of our Rep! So helpful, caring and… Here~”
“…Huh?”
It was rare for Nitta-san to thank , but that wasn’t the thing that surprised .
…For so reason, she embraced my arm.
“W-W-Wha–”
“Hm? What’s wrong, Yuuchin? You’re looking at weirdly. Is there a bug on my face?”
“No, there isn’t… There’s nothing in your face… Rather, what are you doing, Ninacchi?!”
“What am I doing? Oh, this. Well, I was too excited, so I did it without thinking, my bad. But, isn’t this a normal thing to do for friends, right, Rep?”
“No it isn’t? At least for …”
We’ve been doing a lot of study sessions together and each ti, I’ve been teaching Nitta-san to study. But this was the first ti she actually thanked out loud like this, not to ntion embracing my arm…
Considering her usual attitude, this was sothing she wouldn’t do normally.
Even considering the fact that she needed my help, she only considered as a friend at best. As soone who knew her true color, her actions made feel a little uncomfortable…
Actually, it felt creepy…
“…Why do you look so unhappy?! I even gave you this kind of service!”
“…I don’t have any money to give you.”
“What kind of girl do you think I am?! Anyway, I’m just doing this to show my thanks, okay?”
“Fine, fine, I get it… Can you go away now?”
Even if Nitta-san didn’t an anything by it, other people might still misunderstand the scene. I knew she was so excited and all, but I really wish she could refrain from doing sothing like that.
…See what I ant? Amami-san stared at us as if she was looking at a ghost.
“N-Ninacchi, you can’t do that! Maki-kun has a girlfriend! Don’t do anything that will cause misunderstandings”
“Misunderstandings? Oh, c’mon, I get it if there are a lot of people around, but we’re the only ones here, you know? Sure, I might have gone a little too far, but everyone here knows that there’s nothing going on between us.”
“T-That might be true, but… Y-You still can’t do it! R-Right, Maki-kun?!”
“U-Uh, well, yeah…”
Even if all five of us, including Umi, knew that there was nothing going on between and Nitta-san, so of us would still be caught off guard if she were to do sothing like that out of nowhere. Case on point; Amami-san.
Nitta-san already told us that he had no feelings for both Nozomu and myself, but there was a possibility that she didn’t tell us the truth. Feelings could change at a mont's notice, after all.
That was the reason why I've been avoiding making too many contacts with girls aside from Umi, including Amami-san and Nitta-san. The only reason why I didn’t move out of her embrace was because I was too surprised to do so.
“…You know, Nitta, you seem a little… Different… From usual… Are you okay? You aren’t sick, are you? Maybe you should go ho for today…”
“What? No, I’m acting like usual! Also, why don’t you go ho instead? If you were there, I couldn’t keep Rep to myself! Of course, I’m talking about studying.”
“…Ugh…”
Seeing Nitta-san acting completely out of character like this, Amami-san puffed out her cheeks.
…Now my suspicion has been confird. The reason why she had done all this was to provoke Amami-san.
On the surface, they acted as if they were getting along, but it seed like their fight was still ongoing.
And instead of Amami-san, it was Nitta-san who was out for blood this ti.
Seriously, it has been a month since the fireworks festival… When would they make up with each other…?
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