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Chapter 2 – The Trigger \nVolume 1\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nWhat should I do?\n\n
Those were the first words that came to mind.\n
To be honest, I was not prepared at all. I had never imagined that I would be spoken to in this way, let alone greeted.\n
“……”\n
Enami-san’s expression didn’t seem to show any negative emotions such as anger. A normal person would not have been alarmed. But it was Enami-san. You never know what she might do.\n
The whole class was looking at us. That Enami-san was talking to someone other than Nishikawa. It was something that had never happened before.\n
“Uh, uh, what? “\n
Calm down. I thought I had decided to handle everything calmly. Anyway, it was an unusual situation, but I’ll just give a safe answer and get it over with.\n
“It’s too troublesome, that reaction. I was simply just talking to you”\n
“Yeah, I guess so.”\n
How about looking back at your behavior in the past, when you were so upset just by talking to someone?\n
“Is that a lunch box?”\n
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No matter how you look at it, it’s a lunch box. But I was afraid that I would be killed for saying that, so I nodded my head.\n
“Hmm, do you make your lunch?”\n
“Yes, I do.”\n
“Huh.”\n
What a torment. Why do I have to have such a fruitless conversation with all my classmates staring at me? I can feel the sweat dripping down my back.\n
“Why have you been peeking behind my back so much?”\n
“……Don’t you understand this situation in the public?”\n
That’s when Enami-san finally turned around.\n
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Everyone rushes to look away, but it’s too late. In the quiet classroom, we were the only ones standing out. I’m sure Enami-san sensed this as well.\n
But even so, Enami-san doesn’t care. She continued to talk to me.\n
“Do you usually cook at home?”\n
Please help me. I gave Saito and Shindo a look, but they looked away. They started chatting in low voices as if they had been eating their lunches together from the beginning. They’ve completely run away.\n
I tried to look for Nishikawa and Fujisaki, but they were just hidden by Enami-san’s body.\n
“Can you hear my voice?”\n
I nodded my head.\n
“Yeah. I’m cooking at home. Yes. I often use leftovers for lunches. “\n
“Is that so……”\n
“Do you cook at home, Enami-san?”\n
For now, I’ll ask the question. I thought that she liked cooking and that’s why she chose this topic.\n
But Enami-sam asked back.\n
“Which do you think is better, ……?\n
“Huh?”\n
I had no idea what she was talking about.\n
“Which do you think is better, being able to cook or not being able to cook?”\n
Enami-san’s face was extremely serious. She wasn’t joking.\n
“I think it’s better if you can cook…….”\n
“Hmmm.”\n
I’m scared, too scared. I can’t read what she’s thinking at all. First of all, I have to be careful not to say anything that might offend Enami-san.\n
“Well, I’m sorry about last week. I said something strange..”\n
I apologized. I want to nip my anxiety in the bud.\n
“It’s okay because I don’t care about it…….”\n
If you don’t care, then why are you taking the class so seriously today? And isn’t it strange that you’re talking to me? Of course, there was no way I could say that.\n
“I’m glad to hear that. I’m sorry for interrupting your study as a result.”\n
“……, you’re good at studying, aren’t you?”\n
“Yeah, I am. Sort of.”\n
“Hmm.”\n
Since a while ago, she seems to be trying to find out every little thing about me. I’m not sure if she’s trying to kill me based on the information she’s gotten.\n
“Do you do any club activities ……?”\n
“Oh, yeah. I’m in a club called the science club.”\n
So, I tried to hide as much information as I could, but looking into Enami-san’s eyes, I couldn’t seem to hide anything. That’s how great the pressure was.\n
“Are you going to the club today?”\n
“Well, yes. I’m going home early because we have a test coming up.”\n
“Is that so…”\n
But that didn’t mean I had to be so honest. I think so myself, but I don’t think I could lie about it.\n
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I had long since abandoned the idea of fully grasping Enami-san’s intentions. All I could do was wait for the storm to pass.\n
“…… See you later.”\n
After saying that, Enami-san walked away from me. As I watched her walk out of the classroom, I relaxed my body.\n
The tension in the classroom relaxed. My classmates started chatting again. Nishikawa and Fujisaki were looking at me and craning their necks.\n\n\n\n“Hey, what did you do wrong?”\n\n
Saito was the one who asked me that. He seemed to be worried about me, at least.\n
“…… I don’t know anymore.”\n
“I was so scared that I couldn’t even look her in the eye, but I don’t know how you could have a normal conversation.”\n
“…… Well somehow.”\n\n
For now, I was able to overcome it. I’m sure I didn’t make any major mistakes in our conversation.\n
Don’t think about it anymore. If I think too much, I’ll go crazy. Leave it to Nishikawa, and I can just go through the storm as it comes.\n\n
However, I would soon be reminded of how naive I was in thinking that\n\n\n\nAfter school, the club activities were over, and Saito and Shindo were all heading for the school gate.\n
It was still five o’clock in the evening because we had finished early. The surroundings were brighter than usual, and the shouts of the sports club could be heard from afar.\n
“After all, the delinquent was taking her classes very seriously all day.”\n
Saito said as if he remembered. Indeed, she seemed to be just as quiet in the afternoon as she was in the morning.\n
“…… If it’s the same tomorrow, it’s going to be weird.”\n
I wondered if it was because I was walking around saying that. Talk about the devil and the devil appears. By the main gate, I saw a figure that I shouldn’t have seen.\n
We all came to a halt and stood there.\n
A gentle breeze was blowing. It was a cool, dry autumn breeze.\n
Between the reddish-brown brick pillars, a black metal gate is set up. By the side of the gate, which was still open, I could see the figure of a female student.\n
Her brown hair was swaying in the wind. Looking at her from afar, it seemed like a beautiful sight, even though she was just there, playing with her phone.\n
Enami-san was there.\n
I gulp down a spit. Could it be that she was waiting for me? Such an improbable thought crossed my mind.\n
(……See you later.)\n
Enami-san’s words from lunchtime came back to me.\n
I was confused.\n
I tried not to think about it, but the scene in front of me kept stirring my brain.\n
I don’t understand.\n
I don’t know what’s going on.\n
All I can think about is running away, hiding, and other helpless thoughts.\n
I don’t know what’s going on with Enami-san.\n
I don’t know what I want to do.\n
I have no idea what to do anymore.\n
“……”\n
After standing there for a while, Enami-san eventually noticed our presence.\n
She looked up and opened her eyes wide.\n
Then she said.\n
“You’re here.”\n
The ambush seemed to have made Enami smile a little.\n\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: And that’s the end of chapter 2.. To think 3 ko-fi would push me this much .. well, it’s bit special this time as it’s the first time. 😉\n\n