3-28: An Unfortunate First Ti (1/6)
Whatever it may be, the most important part is always the first ti.
Your first ti . Your first ti being . The first ti always leaves a deep impression.
Depending on the subject, it could be a good mory or a bad mory, but it will be an experience nonetheless.
Still, when it cos to the vagueness of the first ti that Shinichi experienced, it wasnt clear whether one should feel anger or astonishnt toward it.
At a corner of one of the places of relaxation for the people living at Kutoria, at a corner of a park, was a boy lying on a bench while holding up several layers of envelopes against the sun.
The envelopes were white, light-pink, brown, yellow-green, and light-blue. Even with five of them, they were still nothing before the sun.
U-Umm
A shy voice called out to the boy, and when the boy turned toward its direction, he found soone he was eting for the first ti at school.
A girl he has been acquainted with prior.
But when he realized the truth of the matter, he ended up dropping his envelopes.
D-Do you rember ?
The girl asked anxiously, but the boy couldnt have possibly forgotten about her.
A bespectacled girl who hid her face with her beret hat. She was the girl who was with him during the incident before his transfer to this school.
Based off her uniform, she was probably soone from the school, but Shinichi didnt bother to voice such an ordinary remark.
Was I always such a blockhead? Shinichi asked himself.
He found his head aching when he realized how dumb he was.
The girl beca anxious at that and she couldnt help but ask a second ti, U-Umm, as I thought, have you forgotten about ?
Huh? Ah, I rember you. Youre the girl who prefers food over duties, right?
P-P-Please dont rember like that!!
Shinichi teased the girl as usual, and the girl denied his accusation with a blushing face.
Shinichi felt like teasing her so more after seeing her reaction, but he decided to behave himself.
Im joking. You were with during the incident at the departnt, right?
Shinichi confird with the girl as he brought himself up.
The girl nodded, and he naturally offered her a seat beside him.
You really helped out that ti. I had just returned to this world then. If not for you, my lack of knowledge would have surely made things harder for . There might have been more casualties too.
Thats why you saved . Thank you.
Shinichi boldly told the girl as she sat with reservation beside him.
The reason he was behaving himself was because he was indebted to this girl.
Huh? But the one who was saved was !
The girl was taken aback by his unexpected words, and she beca shocked, and then flustered, as if saying that despite studying here she wasnt of any help.
Really? But you really helped out when you told about their equipnt. You were also the one who helped the people being used and the hostages to escape. You even disabled the tools that kept the floor closed. If not for you, I would have had to figure out everything by myself despite knowing nothing.
See, you saved , he told her. Thats why there was no need to get worked up.
Having the ability and being able to act are two different things. Especially, when dealing with people. It should be easy to understand if you use as an example. After all, I was able to act despite actually being incompetent myself, right?
The way he put that put a smile on the girl, and Shinichi too smiled a little himself.
But imdiately after the girls face beca serious and she looked at him.
Actually, I wanted to greet you as soon as I saw you, but you were umm really sothing when you transferred, so
Ah, thats right.
Shinichi laughed when he saw her so carefully word his behavior after his transfer.
The girl didnt mind and continued talking. And the atmosphere about you also changed, so it was hard to call out to you. But regardless, I want to thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for saving . Because of you I was able to rember sothing important.
Honest words of gratitude, so of which Shinichi couldnt even rember, so his eyes swam for a mont, but he quickly recovered and told her that shes welco with a gentle voice.
Taken aback by his response, the girl found it hard to say the words she wanted to say next.
Umm, this might co off as strange, but why dont you act like this in school?
As frank as he was at the departnt store or as gentle as he was now.
The way he was responding now was normal, but in school, he didnt respond to others at all.
That was also the reason why she couldnt find an opportunity to call out to him.
Ha ha Im just bad at dealing with people. Honestly, my people skills are a disaster. I can still handle myself if Im just talking to one person, but Im hopeless with crowds. I could take on a less offensive attitude, but it doesnt last long and its really exhausting. I figured that since Id stand out no matter what I do, I might as well just be like that right from the start.
Shinichi explained with a wry smile.
At the sa ti, he seed to be saying that he had no intentions of interacting with the people from school.
The girl didnt know how to take that, causing a troubled expression to appear on her face.
W-What do I even say to that? I dont know if youre bold or just lazy.
Lazy obviously. Arent I so bad at it that I ended up being openly defiant?
The girl pondered the topic seriously, but Shinichi just replied with a laugh.
That was the truth, after all. He may be bold when it ca to things he refused to budge on, but his true nature was that of a slacker.
The girl made a face as if his words greatly rattled her and she froze.
Defiant? Not overcoming what youre bad at and instead becoming defiant S-Sothing like that is
Hey, theres no need to think about it so deeply, is there?
Shinichi was half-impressed-half-shocked by how serious this girl was.
Still, given the way she put that just now
Is there sothing youre trying to overco?
U-Umm, thats
You talked about being a leader of so group before. Are you worried about that?
Huh, how do you Ah, you rember what we talked about!?
Shinichi figured that the girl must have been worrying about what they talked about before, causing the girl to be surprised.
At that ti, they just happened to et by coincidence and hadnt even introduced themselves. It was just so idle grumbling then.
With all the things that happened afterwards, she herself has already forgotten about their conversation then, but he actually rembered.
Shinichi took her surprise to an sothing else, however.
You know its one thing if it was a conversation so years ago, but its only been a month, you know? Its sad that you think Id forget it so easily. Its true my mory when it cos to school subjects isnt very good And today didnt go well either, but
For a mont, it seed Shinichi was about to tell her not to look down on him with an unhappy face, but before long, he started being depressed about how bad he was at studying.
Thats not what I ant Fu fu, still, is that really sothing you should be saying yourself?
That behavior akin to a pouting child and that timidity that didnt allow for it to last long.
Seeing his frequently changing expression, a pure smile blood on the girls face.
Sorry for being like this. This is just the kind of guy I am, self-absorbed and self-loathing. A vain and unproductive one-man show where the protagonist needlessly works himself up even though theres nothing to fight. Hmph!
Shinichi once again beca withdrawn unhappily but this ti she ignored it.
The way he behaved suggested he was much younger than what shed heard.
Where was that decorated warrior? She had seen the ideal she had been chasing after in him, but this was the result she got instead. Still, she was not disillusioned; instead she beca happy and even found herself smiling since he was acting so familiar with her.
So, in the end, are you doing well?
Yes, if I do my best, I think I can get them to understand .
And despite him acting the way he was, she was elated to hear him voice his concern for her.
After all, those were words of concern that were truly looking at her.
There was more spirit in her voice when she naturally responded to the boys words.
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