After school, the exit was quite noisy.\n \nâOh, Yuunagi-san. Bye-bye!â(random JK 1)\n \nâYamane-san, see you laterâ!â(Yuunagi)\n \nâYuunagi-san, youâre already heading home?â(random JK 2)\n \nâIn a little bit. Kinoshita-chan do you have club activities?â(Yuunagi)\n \nâYeah, itâs a pain in the ass.â(random JK 2)\n \nâFufufu. Good luckââ(Yuunagi)\n \nIn particular, for me, Yuunagi Shizuno, this place is a place where I donât even have the time to catch a breath.\n \nAfter all, I have so many friends and acquaintances. \nI was just standing at the school entrance, but everyone always called out to me.\n \nOn one hand, I was thankful.\nBut today, I couldnât care less about anyone else.\n \nâHm? Yuunagi-san, what are you doing here?â(random JK 3)\n \nâUm, I was just waiting for someone.â(Yuunagi)\n \nâOhh. Are you waiting for Shirato-san? Well, see you laterââ(random JK 3)\n \nWaving happily, I saw Oosawa off as she left.\n \nI donât have any concrete connections with them, but all of those girls are friends of mine.\n \nââŚâ(Yuunagi)\n \nAs the wave of people died down, I breathed a little sigh.\n \nThat person will definitely come through here.\nI donât know when she will.\nBut I definitely had to talk to that person today.\n \nâHmmâŚâ(Sakuraba)\n \nâOh!â(Yuunagi)\n \nAs I was stretching my stiff body, a boy appeared near the shoe rack.\nThe moment I saw him, I straightened my back and rushed over to him.\n \nâSakuraba-kun!â(Yuunagi)\n \nâYuunagi-san. Whatâs up?â(Sakuraba)\n \nSakuraba turned to look at me, his usual, blank expression mixed with a bit of surprise.\n \nI could feel my face turning red, and my heart began to beat faster.\nJust when will I get used to talking to SakurabaâŚâŚ\n \nâI was waiting for someone!â(Yuunagi)\n \nâSomeone? If you mean Shirato-san, sheâs not in the classroom.â(Sakuraba)\n \nThanks to Kasumiâs cooperation, Sakuraba and I can already normally talk to each other at school.\nSakuraba seems to realize this as well, so he isnât as particularly concerned about our surroundings anymore.\n \nâYeah. Today Iâm not waiting for Kasumi. Iâm waiting for someone else.â(Yuunagi)\n \nAnd, to be honest, the person I was waiting for wasnât Sakuraba either.\n \nOf course, if it wasnât specifically today, I would want to go home with him or go on a date with him after school. In fact, if I could, I would want to wait for him and do that every day.\nBut, in the first place, Iâm sure that Sakuraba would be a little angry if I waited for him at the school entrance without telling him beforehand.\n \nâSomeone else? Well, I canât even begin to imagine your social circle.â(Sakuraba)\n \nâUfufu. I guess thatâs true.â(Yuunagi)\n \nSakuraba went silent for a little bit, and then he opened his mouth for a short yawn.\nHe then proceeded to change his shoes and walk out of the school entrance.ă\nHe didnât even seem interested in the fact that I was weirdly not clinging to him as much as I usually did.ă\n \nI felt a little bit lonely.\nBut, well, doing that is very much of a Sakuraba thing to do, so I guess I kind of like that too.\nâThen, Iâm heading home.â(Sakuraba)\n \nâYep. See you later.â(Yuunagi)\n \nI waved my hand at him, and he waved back at me.\nMy cheeks unconsciously loosened, turning into a smile.\n \nOh, letting other people see the face that Iâm making right now might be a bit bad.\n \nAs soon as his figure was out of sight, I suddenly felt my body loosen up.\n \nReally, it was like nothing had happened.\nThis means, basicallyâŚâŚIt was something like that.\n[TLN: The original japanese was âă¨ăăăă¨ăŻăă¤ăžăâŚâŚăăăăăă¨ă ,â which is so unbelievably vague I have no clue how to translate this this is the best it gets.]\n \nAnd then, after that, I once again began waiting by the school entrance.\n \nWhile I waited, I exchanged greetings with a few of my friends that passed by, and I also looked back on my message history and the messages that I had exchanged with Sakuraba.\nPassing the time like this, the person I was waiting for finally showed up.\n \nââŚ.Ah!â(Yuunagi) [TLN: Not actually sure who says what in the first 2 lines. Just assumed]\n \nââŚ..Hello.â(Mikura)\n \nWe faced each other with indescribable, complex looks on our faces.\n \nâI was waiting for you, Mikura Yuzuri-san.â(Yuunagi)\n \nâYu- Yuunagi-sanâŚ.â(Mikura)\n \nIt seemed to me that Mikuraâs eyes were red and swollen.\nIf my guess is correct, today sheâŚâŚ\n \nââŚ..Do you need something from me? Sorry, I donât really feel good right now. If possible, could we do this at another time?â(Mikura)\n \nâMikura-san.â(Yuunagi)\n \nWhen I called her name, Mikuraâs shoulders jerked up in surprise.\nShe stared at me with a wary, somewhat bewildered expression.\n \nI know exactly how Mikura feels.\nâIâm sorry, but I need you to meet and talk with me right now.â(Yuunagi)\n \nBut thatâs precisely why Iâve decided to talk to her today.\n \n \n