Winter came, and Oniisama entered the home stretch of his exam prep.
The department that Oniisama wanted to enter only admitted a small number of students and was strict with its selection, so he probably had it tough.
But he never displayed anything less than composure. As expected of Oniisama.
I wondered if I could do anything to help him, so I decided on the late-night snack after all, but the maid said that it would disrupt his rhythm and stopped me. She persuaded me that it was best just to pray in my heart for him.
Praying, huhh. Mm~mm, should I do the thing where you walk back and forth a hundred times while praying in front of a shrine?
When I went to Japanese and Maths cram classes as usual, Akizawa-kun who was supposed to be next to me was absent, and instead it was just Fukioka-san by her lonesome.
Hm? I wonder what’s going on.
As I wondered that, Fukioka-san noticed my presence and gave a small bow. And so I returned the bow, and walked over to her.
“Gokigen’yoh, Fukioka-san. Is Akizawa-kun not with your today?”
“Gokigen’yoh. Takumi is down with a cold today. He even had a fever, so he’s bedridden at the moment. He should have been absent from school as well. Did you not know?”
“Akizawa-kun and I are in different classes, and so I did not know about his absence. But a cold, is it? Just when did he catch it?”
“It began the day before yesterday. After that, apparently it got worse and worse. It doesn’t seem to be influenza though. Ah-, if you’d like, please sit down.”
Saying that, Fukioka-san invited me to sit by her side, so I decided to take up the offer.
I wonder if I can stay here for the duration of class too.
“Even though it is so very close to winter break, Akizawa-kun caught the cold. What dreadful luck. A number of my classmates are absent due to the cold and influenza as well.”
“My class is the same.”
After that, we chatted lightly about our own classes, before Fukioka-san fell into silence. And then,
“…Um, I’m sorry.”
“Eh-”
About what?
“Umm, what might this be about?”
“…I didn’t want Takumi to be taken away from me, so I was malicious with you. Even at cram school, you had always been next to him, but I took that seat from you and made you sit by yourself, right? Even though Takumi told you to sit with us, because I looked unhappy…”
Aahh, that?
“That is nothing to worry about.”
I’m saying that for real.
At first I felt a little lonely, but I started going to the convenience store, so I immediately got used to it.
Fundamentally, I’ve always been a person who never really stays angry about anything. I was like this in my past life too. Except when it comes to food.
Speaking about it in reverse, when it comes to food, my wrath is terrifying.
And well, I wasn’t angry with Fukioka-san to begin with. I just thought she was a little scary, that’s all.
“Takumi explained that you were just a friend from cram school, but once I thought about how you knew Takumi in a school that I knew nothing about… I’m sorry. Today without Takumi, I felt incredibly forlorn. And I realised that you must have felt the same way all this time.”
No, I didn’t really feel forlorn or anything though…
“Please do not mind it, truly. As a rule, I am generally quite fine with being alone.”
“You’re strong, aren’t you, Kisshouin-san.”
Fukioka-san looked at me with eyes of respect.
When a Japanese-style beauty looks at you like that, it’s kind of embarrassing.
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The Villainess Reika-sama
Romance[Offline purpose only] [All credits goes to the original author and translator] It was something that happened while I was waiting for the day of the primary school entrance exam. I realised that I had become one of the characters of a shoujo man...
