Yuzuru staggered greatly, but thanks to Arisa, who moved quickly, he was able to avoid kissing the ground.
ButâŠ
âAre you okay?â
âOh, OhâŠthank youâ (I think something soft is touching my face.)
While getting up, Yuzuru thought about âsoft cushionâ that caught his face.
Fortunately, Arisa didnât seem to notice or simply care about it.
(It smelled good, andâŠit was really soft.)
While re-supporting himself with the crutches received from Arisa, Yuzuru recalls.
This is a bit of a perk, isnât it?
âIâm greatful for the feelings, but itâs okay. I donât want to bother you.â
Itâs lame to have a girl protect you, his pride starts to kick in.
And most importantly, âŠweird rumors will start circulating if Arisa starts taking care of me.
If somebody sees Arisa together with me, they may misinterpret our relationship and the whole school will come to know about our engagement. At school, there are many students who are close to Takasegawa family.
Anyone can start a rumor but none can stop it. Weâll be the center of attention at school in no time.
âSays the person who just fell.â
âGehâŠâ
I canât deny it though. Yesterday, I was struggling alone in the room.
âI just donât want to owe you anything so let me return the favor.â
âBut you know, if somebody saw us togetherâŠâ
âRest assured, Takasegawa-san. I understand. I also donât want people to start strange rumors either. When you go to school, I will help you until you leave the apartment. Then we wonât be seen together by other students, right?â
âThatâsâŠyeah, thatâs right. Then, I owe you a debt of gratitude.â
Even if I refuse her she will probably follow me, so I meekly decided to borrow her help. In fact, I was facing difficulty just to press the switch on the elevator, so I was grateful for her help until I leave the apartment.
âWell then Iâll go ahead. âŠItâs okay, right?â
âOh, no problem.â
Iâd rather have you go ahead of me as soon as possible. Itâs only a short walk from my apartment. The schoolâs students could walk by at any time.
âCan we exchange contacts before that?â
âCome to think of it, we havenât exchange yet.â
It will certainly be necessary, he nods.
However, since my hands are occupied by crutches, Iâll have Arisa take out my smartphone from my bag and let her do it.
âIâm done. Then, please contact me when you leave school.â
âYeah, I understand.â
Arisa bowed with an unemotional expression on her face and headed to school with a slight sprint.
Then Yuzuru leisurely and cautiously went to school while prodding the crutches.
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My classmates were surprised when they saw me arrive at school on crutches, âŠthey didnât pursue it anymore, when I explained them that it was only a slight sprain.
At lunch.
Yuzuru was sitting with his friends together on the desks in the classroom.
âHey take this, the bread is as requested.â
âOops, thanksâ
Soichiro, one of my friend, threw the bread at me that he had purchased. And he placed the Tea in front of me that was purchased by my another friend.
âSoâŠHow did you injure yourself?â
My another bad friend, Ryozenji Sei, asked me. He gave an impression that made him looked like flirty student. He was also wearing his uniform a little like me and Soichiro, but ⊠in addition, he had a black necklace hanging from his neck.
The dress code of this high school is âDress and Hairstyle appropriate for the high school student â (Translation : Freedom if you follow bare minimum common sense), so it is not a violation of school rules.
âI went out and bought you bread from cafeteria because of your injury. Come on, you have to answer me.â
Soichiro also sat down and asks Yuzuru about it.
Yuzuru, Soichiro and Sei.
These three people were very close, and they were always acting together.
However, in fact three of them were in different classes. They usually ate at cafeteria, but because of Yuzuruâs injury they decided to eat at Yuzuruâs classroom.
âWellâŠthere was a cat on the treeâŠitâs an honorable injury.â
When I told them my story.
First, Soichiro spurted out.
Subsequently, Sei burst into laughing while pointing his finger at me.
âThis is what it means, when a mummy hunter becomes a mummy.â
âItâs no wonder youâre so dumb!â
âShut upâŠthat cat went wildâ
ââŠIt must have really hated to be rescued by you.â
âYou were dropped by a cat! Itâs too funny.â
Soichiro and Sei laughed hysterically. With a snort, Yuzuru crossed his arms.
âWell, wellâŠdonât get angry. I am sorryâŠâ
âIt was just too funny.â
âI donât think so.â
The proverb âlike begets likeâ flashed through my mind for a moment, but I crumpled it up and threw it outside. These two continued to laugh for a while, but soon got bored and brought up another topic.
âBy the way, Yuzuru. What happened to arrange marriage.â
âOh, there was that story!ăYou ordered in a beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed, pale skin, big breasted girl, right?ăDid the beautiful girl come as ordered?â
âHey, guys, donât say it out loudâŠâ
Arisa is also in this classroom, eating lunch with her classmates. âBeautiful girl with blonde hair, blue-eyed, pale skinâ, is fine but I donât want her to hear âbig breasted girlâ part.
âNobody came, âŠthere is no way someone like that will ever comeâŠâ
âItâs boringâ
âHuh, say that she came even if it was a lie.â
My story of arrange marriage is just a joke to them, someone else problem.
âŠWell, of course, for me its a good thing , because it will be problematic if they take it seriously.
(Thereâs no way I can say, I am âEngagedâ with Arisa Yukishiro, to them.)
For the time being, I should stay tight-lippedâŠI can visibly imagine getting ridiculed, if I told them the truth.
âMore importantly, Soichiro. Whatâs going on with Ayaka-chan and Chiharu-chan?â
âOh, thatâs right. This human waste! Be clear!â
âWait a second. Donât suddenly point your spear at me.â
By forcibly diverting the conversation, Yuzuru avoided further inquiries.
Yuzuru asked his friends to help him go down the stairs and went to his apartment alone.
When he reached home,in front of the apartment, Arisa was waiting for him.
âI will carry your luggage.â
âThanks.â
I obediently indulged in Arisaâs kindness and asked her to walk me to the door. Even though it was an elevator, it was still easier to have a little bit of human assistance, and more importantly, there was a certain amount of comfort in having someone on your side.
âThen, Yukishiro. Letâs stop at this todayâŠâ
âLet me help you take off your shoes. Isnât that hard?â
âThere is a key in my bag pocket.â
He gave her his key thinking that she will probably help until the end, because of kindness.
Arisa open the door with her usual clam expression.
âŠBut her clam expression froze in an instant.
She froze with her eyes wide-open.
âWhatâs wrong, Yukishiro?â
âWhat is this room? âŠthere is no place to even step.â
Arisa frowned at the room, when she saw the room littered with garbage, junk food and handouts. Yuzuru isnât very good at cleaning and tidying up.
âFor the time being, Iâm organizing it in my own may. I know where my things basically areâŠâ
âWhether you truly understand your situation or not, Takasegawa-san. But itâs too dangerous for you to walk around in this junk filled room with those crutches.â
Arisa said so, while helping me take off my shoes. Thanks to that, I was able to go into my room without difficulty.
âHey, Takasegawa-san.â
âHmm?â
âYou should at least wipe the tip of your crutches before you go into the room, itâs dirty.â
Arisa said so as she took out wet wipes from her bag and carefully wiped the tip of crutches. Then, she let out a sighâŠ
âYou can take care of yourself, right?â
âSorry. I donât careâŠâ
âPlease care! âŠIâm going now, is that okay?â
Arisa said so with a deep worry, while looking at my devastating room and my crutches. She had an expression that says âI canât go home like thisâ. He walks around the room to show that there is particularly no problem in order to assure Arisa.
âItâs okay. This is my room, so I know its terrain properly.â
While he was demonstrating, he stepped on a piece of a paper which caused him to slip and his body leaned heavily.
ââŠAre you okay?â
âWow, sorry. I really appreciate it.â
Fortunately, I didnât fall, Arisa, who was at my side supported me in time.
I was acting impatient. I break out in a cold sweat.
âAah⊠I canât leave you alone like this. I will clean the room, okay?â
There was something about such Arisa that made her indesputable.
Itâs pathetic to have a classmate girl, to clean up your room, so Iâd like to avoid it, but I canât overturn the fact that I almost fell down earlier.
âAlrightâ
I could only nod helplessly.
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