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Chapter 65 – The Morning Horror
December 10th, the next morning.
I woke up to my mom calling me for breakfast.
I hated winter mornings. Whenever I woke up, my whole body felt stiff and it was hard to move around. When I got out of my bed, the cold air would blow on my neck and ears. It was the worst feeling ever.
The thing that happened yesterday didn’t make it any better either. Today was easily one of the worst mornings I’ve ever experienced in my entire life.
“Good morning– Zombie
”
My sister looked so energetic this early in the morning. How did she do it? What made us so different?
“Ugh
 I hate winter
”
I sat down and sipped my miso soup. I had no appetite so I didn’t eat much. If I forced more food in, I feel like I would just vomit them out immediately.
The winter break was just twelve days away from now. I planned to stay at home and rot inside the kotatsu like any cultured homo sapiens would do.
Ugin would probably accompany me since she didn’t need to study for her high school entrance exam.
“So, Ugin-san, what’s your plan for the winter break?”
“Study.”
“Amazing. If I were you, I would just sleep through it.”
“I want to do something with everyone, but they’re all studying, I feel bad
”
“I know the feeling.”
“Bro, next year.”
“NOOOOOO DON’T REMIND ME OF THAAAAT!”
“Okay, thanks for the food.”
Ugin stood up and put her dishes away. I sipped my miso soup while staring blankly at the morning news. I felt the miso soup enter and warm my throat, it felt so good that I almost fell asleep.
My eyelids felt unusually heavy this morning

Ding-dong
Who the hell visits other people’s houses this early in the morning? The sound drove my drowsiness away, but at the same time it almost made my heart stop.
“Ah, Mom, I’ll go get it.”
Ugin ran off to the front door. Seriously, how could she be this energetic so early in the morning.
Anyway, I had to get ready for school. Man, there’s a lot of things to do, it’s annoying
 Removing my sleepwear, putting on my uniform, brushing my teeth, washing my face, preparing the things I need for school
 Ugh, why can’t I just forget everything and sleep?
“Waaait! Brooooo!”
I was walking slowly to my room, my sister tackled me from behind with strong enough force that it could break the house into pieces.
“Your senpai is here, Bro!”
“Senpai?”
Senpai? I only knew Aki-senpai, but she was studying for the exam. I’ve never told her my address, so there’s no way that she would go and visit me this early in the morning

I rushed to the front door and opened it.
“Good morning, Sui-kun.”
“
Kazawaguchi-senpai?! Why are you here?!”
Kazawaguchi Kozue, the senpai that I met by chance yesterday. She was standing in front of the house with a sleepy expression. Apparently, she was getting along well with Shirona to the point that the latter consulted her about her love life, but other than that, I knew nothing about this person.
How did she know where my house was located? Was she a member of the yakuza and used her yakuza connection to find out? I mean, no one among my friends knew my address, save from my middle school friends including Shirona, but I doubt that Shirona would tell her about my address without asking me about it first.
“You don’t need to be cautious~ I just want to go school together with you~”
“I’m not a religious person.”
“Hm?”
“I won’t join your cult, senpai
”
“Okay, I’ll wait for you to get ready.”
She completely ignored me and closed her eyes.
Since I felt bad for her, I went back to my room and properly dressed myself for school quickly. What’s going on though? She had no reason to visit me since we barely knew each other. Maybe it was about Shirona?
I went back to the front door and saw Ugin standing there.
“What’s wrong? Why are you idling here?”
“Bro
 You’ve finally got yourself a girlfriend, I’m so proud of you
”
“What girlfriend? What are you even talking about? I just met her yesterday, you know? Don’t you think this seems fishy?”
“I won’t bother you anymore, Bro~ Go ahead, I’ll follow you behind~”
“Oi
”
She kicked me out of the house without even trying to listen to me.
Outside, Kazawaguchi-senpai was still standing there with her eyes closed.
Wow, she actually waited for me.
“Kazawaguchi-senpai, please wake up.”
“Mm? 
Yawn
 Sorry, I feel sleepy
”
“Let’s go. We’ll talk as we walk.”
“Mmm
”
I felt sleepy too, but this girl over here looked even sleepier than me. It was amazing that she could even walk in that state.
“Anyway, Senpai, how did you know where I live?”
“I stalked you.”
She just admitted to a crime like it was nothing. I could feel a cold sweat running down my spine.
S-She’s the real deal

When I heard that Arina was being stalked, I didn’t mind it too much, I always thought that it wasn’t a serious matter but after experiencing it myself, I understood how horrifying it was.
“I-I see
 Senpai, you’re scary
”
“Is that so? 
Zzz
”
“Senpai, please wake up! I don’t want to piggy back ride you to school!”
“That would make us look like couple~”
“Hahaha
”
I could imagine someone starting up another rumor if they were to see me like that. The rumor with Arina was enough,  I didn’t want to experience the same thing for the second time!
“So you rejected Shirona-chan?”
There she goes. She finally got into the heart of the matter.
“More or less
 Yeah
”
“More or less?”
“Well, actually, she said she was giving up on me before I could even say anything to her.”
“I see. That’s a very Shirona-chan thing to do.”
“She didn’t tell you about it?”
“She only emailed me ‘I feel relieved!’, nothing more. She seemed satisfied for the time being. I’m not though.”
“Well, even if she didn’t do that, I couldn’t accept her feelings
”
“Huh, you’re a well-known weirdo, but you’re more resolute than I thought.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
I asked her another thing.
“So, Senpai, why did you come to my house?”
“I need your help.”
“If I can do it, sure.”
Kazawaguchi-senpai stopped walking and turned to face me.
“Go out with me.”
Oh
 f**k me