Chapter 288: Where Sendai-san is — 288
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I ate breakfast and of course the pudding I had bought.
When I was about to go back to my room, Sendai-san followed .
There is nothing special I want to do during the holidays, nor is there anything I have to do. Maika has a part-ti job and Asakura-san also has a part-ti job.
I didn’t make plans with the two busy people, so it doesn’t bother when Sendai-san cos to my room. However, I am concerned because she doesn’t look very nice as she follows around.
「Don’t you want to go to your room?」
I open the door to my room and turn around.
「I’m not going, but do you want to go, Miyagi?」
「…Not that I’m saying that.」
「Well, then, I’ll co inside.」
Sendai-san pushes back, saying it’s like her room.
「That’s my line.」
With that said, I went inside and Sendai-san followed and closed the door. I sat down on the bed with my back against it, and Sendai-san sat down next to as a matter of course.
Sitting side by side is sothing we’ve always done, and it’s not sothing I care about. But it bothers . I think it is because the space between and Sendai-san is larger than usual.
The distance is about two crocodile tissue covers.
Farther than usual.
Sendai-san never looks at .
She never brings books from the bookshelf.
She stares at the screen of the phone she brought with her.
She’s not in a very good mood today.
It’s been that way since she was eating breakfast.
Eating pudding didn’t fix her mood.
I think it was probably caused by the fact that I went outside in the morning without saying anything, but I don’t think it was very mature of .
There is no rule in this house that says I can’t go out alone in the morning.
Sendai-san was sleeping, and I didn’t bother to wake her up.
So it was not my fault.
——I am just a little bit sorry, though.
I place a crocodile in the available space to fill the gap.
But everything is not filled.
I’m left with one crocodile farther away than usual.
Popping the crocodile’s head, I call out to Sendai-san, who keeps her eyes down on her phone.
「What are you looking at?」
「Nothing in particular.」
Sendai-san says in a flat voice and puts the phone on the table.
「If you haven’t seen anything, why don’t you read a manga?」
「I don’t have any manga I want to read.」
「What about gas?」
「I’m not going to play one.」
With an unfriendly voice, Sendai-san shakes the crocodile’s hand.
She is rare like this, I think.
Unlike when she was a high school student, Sendai-san is less likely to be in an overtly bad mood after becoming a university student.
「…Then why are you here?」
When I stared at Sendai-san, who didn’t look at , she held the crocodile and spoke to it.
「I’m just here to make sure Miyagi doesn’t go anywhere.」
「I have no place to go, I’m not going anywhere.」
「You left people behind and went for a walk in the morning.」
I hear a resentful voice.
「…I feel bad about that, but you were sleeping, Sendai-san.」
After telling the truth, though it was an excuse, I added, “Sorry,” and Sendai-san, who had been talking to the crocodile, looked at .
「That, you should wake up and ask out. I an, if you’re going out, say sothing. I’m worried about you.」
「I was just there to pass the ti and would be back soon. I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.」
「I was worried. ——Miyagi, you have a record of disappearing.」
「…」
I imdiately know what Sendai-san’s words are referring to.
Last year, I went to Maika’s house without saying anything to Sendai-san and did not return.
I feel bad about staying at Maika’s ho until Sendai-san ca to pick up, but I don’t want to talk about it now. So I can’t say anything.
As a result, the air in this room is subtle.
And I am not good at changing this kind of air.
I would like to leave this room if I could, but I have nowhere to go if I escape from my room. One option is to go to the common space, but there is no point in running away to such a place, because Sendai-san would co to take back imdiately.
「Miyagi, say sothing.」
「…Sothing.」
As I replied in a blur, the crocodile flew toward , hit on the arm, and fell to the floor.
「That’s not what I ant when I said you should say sothing.」
Sendai-san exhaled loudly. Then he continued, “Anyway.”
「If you want to go for a walk tomorrow, I’ll go with you. Wake if I’m asleep. Promise .」
「Alright… But I’m not going back.」
I shouldn’t do anything I’m not used to doing.
If this is going to happen, I might as well stay the sa as I did last year.
Even if I have a part-ti job, I should have at least a little ti, so I can invite Maika. If she doesn’t have ti, then it should be okay for to go to her part-ti job.
「Miyagi’s stingy.」
「I’m not stingy.」
「You’re being stingy!」
Sendai-san blurted out and held the crocodile that had fallen to the floor again.
It really is rare to see Sendai-san today.
She usually does not do this kind of thing.
Maybe that’s why, but today she is more cute than beautiful.
More than usual.
She looks kind of cute.
Cut and skirt for room wear.
I am out of my mind that Sendai-san, who is just wearing sothing familiar and not special, looks prettier than usual, even if for good reason.
「…What about studying? Don’t you have to prep for your part-ti job or sothing?」
I feel that if the conversation is interrupted, I will be even more out of my mind, and I will ask questions that I don’t really want to ask.
「There’s plenty of ti for that.」
「It’s not ti for that yet?」
I remove my gaze from Sendai-san and look at the floor.
「Ti to be in Miyagi’s room now.」
「Is that so.」
I reply in a small voice, and she took my hand.
I looked at Sendai-san, who had just taken her gaze away from because of the connected hand, and saw that the crocodile she was holding was gone before I knew it. Instead, Sendai-san is closer than before.
I looked down at her warm hands and saw her nails, painted in a color I had chosen long before Golden Week.
「…It suits you.」
I tell her the words I had never told her since the first ti nail polish was used.
「What is?」
「Nails.」
「Thanks. Do you want to paint it for you, Miyagi?」
「I’ll keep it that way.」
「I see.」
I hear a slightly disappointed voice, and our joined hands are clasped tightly.
Last year, Sendai-san, who was sitting next to like this, held my hand.
But that was Sendai-san’s room, not mine, so it was the sa as last year, but different. Besides, last year I didn’t take a walk in the morning and Sendai-san didn’t have nails of the color I chose.
It is easy to forget when we repeat similar days, but last year and this year will never be the sa.
Yesterday and today are different, today and tomorrow are different.
In this way, every day is sohow different, and last year and this year will be different. Next year will be different from this year.
I tug on the connected hand.
I look at her fingernails, the color I chose.
「Miyagi?」
Sendai-san calls .
So I touch her lips with my own.
Just a little.
Attach them, and then move away.
「…Are you in a bad mood?」
Sendai-san asks in a voice that sounds unsure.
「It’s not like that.」
「Then, what do you an by that?」
「I don’t know.」
I don’t think it would be hard if I could figure out why this is happening.
The feelings toward Sendai-san are always too complicated.
It is so difficult that it seems futile to try to understand. Still, the relationship of being roommates is not a waste of ti, and I wish Sendai-san was next to all the ti more.
Every day will never be exactly the sa, but I can’t help but think so.
「You know, Miyagi, I really don’t get you.」
Sendai-san said dismissively, patting my earring and tugging on my ear.
「It’s fine if you don’t understand .」
It doesn’t have to be difficult.
We are good enough not to know.
I touched Sendai-san’s lips again with my own.
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