Chapter 160: The Letter's Warning
"...So... what did you want to talk about...?"
Airi-senpai steals glances at , looking up shyly.
She's so cute. She's so cute it actually gives chills...!
Airi-senpai's eyes are sparkling and moist, her cheeks blushing with embarrassnt as she toys with her hair by her ear with her right hand.
...This isn't good, the longer this drags on, the worse it'll be for .
I need to explain quickly! Like, "I got a letter like this! If anything happens to you, Airi-senpai, please be careful!"
Just as I'm about to speak—no, Airi-senpai beats to it!
"... too, you know? I have my university entrance exams this year... and, well, can we keep this a secret from everyone? ...Um... yeah. Uh, you know?"
Nope, I have no idea what she ans.
Senpai is muttering to herself, blushing and squirming—she's super cute, but...
Um, if you ss with your hair too much, it'll turn into ringlets, you know?
The words are on the tip of my tongue, but I hold back—what should I do?
Pretend I don't know.
More importantly! The letter!
→Tell her honestly.
...Airi-senpai has always helped , and I really respect her.
She's soone important to . So I'll just apologize for being blunt.
"...I an, I'm the older one, right? ...Are you really okay with that?"
Airi-senpai is still kind of out of it...
"...Senpai, I'm sorry. I think the way I said it made it sound like I was calling you out for so romantic cody thing. Sorry. ...Could you take a look at this?"
Airi-senpai blushes even deeper,
"...A letter? You're telling in a letter?!"
Saying that, she takes the letter, and after one second, she stares at in shock.
"What is this?"
Reading the letter, Airi-senpai's mood drops, but even with those heavy, humid eyes, she's still cute.
"...It was in my shoe box on the day of the face-to-face event... I've been watching until today, but there's no one I suspect or anything strange... I was just worried sothing might happen to you, Airi-senpai, so I wanted you to see the letter yourself."
Once again, Airi-senpai looks down at the letter,
"Be careful with Tendou Airi."
That's all it says.
Airi-senpai, looking a bit dejected,
"I figured... Yeah, I knew it would end like this... but, you know? Just maybe? I couldn't give up on the possibility..."
With the vibe of a culprit in a suspense drama, Senpai gives a glum look and says,
"So you thought sothing might happen to ? Kousuke-kun?"
I nod,
"...Yeah, I just didn't get the intention... It doesn't seem malicious, but... isn't it kind of like, 'Hey, look out for Airi-senpai'?"
"Yeah... The only thing this letter accomplishes is maybe making you worry about , Kousuke-kun...? But it wasn't ! Really! Trust !"
I reassure Airi-senpai, who's flapping her hands frantically—I get it.
But still, if sothing does happen, please be careful, Senpai. That's what I tell her.
"I usually get picked up and dropped off...? Yeah, I'll be careful."
Right, she gets picked up and dropped off every day at her house. I always see that cool older lady picking her up.
If anything, it would probably be at school, right? Like if Sahori-senpai shows up again?
...But if Sahori-senpai were going to send a letter, he'd just say it to her face.
Airi-senpai seed a little shocked that the letter was about her, but now that she's cald down, she's regained her composure.
"What the heck! If you were going to call out for that, make it more serious! I thought sothing huge had happened!"
The way I said it? Yeah, I know I ssed up.
I apologize.
"Geez! Kousuke-kun! That's exactly what I an!"
She scolds gently, but with a bit of bite.
She's getting a little too harsh, so
"...But if sothing happened to you, Airi-senpai, I'd be worried, you know? Maybe I didn't say it right, but I was just concerned about you."
When I say that, Airi-senpai blushes again,
"Kousuke-kun, are you used to hitting on girls or sothing? It doesn't work on since I'm the older one, but that's what I an! If you're worried, then keep an eye on , okay?"
The beautiful older girl who was just a little pouty is now smiling and nodding happily, and before I know it, she's dragging to the parking space in the school without giving a choice, saying, "Wait with until my ride cos!"
"Want to take you to the terminal station?"
"...I'm going ho with Tanaka-kun."
"I see. Well, see you tomorrow♪"
"...See you tomorrow."
I return the chauffeur's bow from the car with a nod, and the car quietly drives off.
I head toward the school gate, where I'm supposed to et Tanaka-kun...!
Huh?! Tanaka-kun?! He's right behind ?
"...Youth... that's the light you saw...!"
"..."
Tanaka-kun looks in the eyes and continues,
"The hope I saw..."
Tanaka-kun... how long have you been watching?
"Youth, that's the heart that connects us!"
Oh, I get it—that's from the incense comrcial...!
Sho would've jumped in with a retort here.
"..."
When I stay silent,
"Kousuke-kun, if you didn't have a fear of girls, you'd be a total flirt. I was shocked—when I was behind you on the way to the back of the gymnasium, it was like a page out of a youth drama started all of a sudden!"
Like that would ever happen.
Anyway, I told Airi-senpai about the letter.
So what will the person who sent the letter do now?
From the way she reacted, I really don't think Airi-senpai was the one who sent it.
Thinking that, I felt a bit relieved.
Tanaka-kun said he'd stop by the restroom before heading ho and left for a bit.
As I stand alone, gazing up at the evening sky,
Osada: "Saito-kun? Heading ho now?"
"...Yeah, you too, Osada-san?"
Osada: "I'm waiting for Ryo."
"...So you're just showing off, huh."
"No, I'm not!"
She laughs softly with a gentle expression.
It's strange how this girl turns into such a cute girl whenever it cos to Ryo.
Still, her single-mindedness is really charming.
It's rare to see her alone, and after exchanging a few words, I spot Tanaka-kun coming back, so I say, "See you tomorrow," and leave the spot... when suddenly, soone calls out to from behind.
She laughs a bit and says, "Guess that's payback for teasing too much!" in a teasing tone,
"...The morning before last, when I got to school early, there was a girl putting sothing in Saito-kun's shoe box... Did you get confessed to or sothing?"
That was so unexpected info from Osada-san...!
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