That’s what Fujisaki said to me as soon as I left the staff room. But it was nothing for Fujisaki to apologize for.\n
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll go with you if you want. You’ve always taken care of me.”\n
“Thank you.”\n
We’ve always worked together as a class committee. I knew I couldn’t let Fujisaki do it alone.\n
I was about to walk away when I noticed that Fujisaki had stopped.\n
“What’s wrong?”\n
“…… You’re kind after all, Ookusu-kun.”\n
It was a small voice, but I managed to catch it. It wasn’t kindness at all. For the time being, I decided to pretend that I didn’t hear her.\n
“I’ll have to think of a plan. If we go on a suicide mission, we’ll just be shot down. I think the best thing to do would be to get in touch with Nishikawa, but apparently, she already turned it down once. I guess she won’t cooperate much.”\n
“Yes, ……. It’s not that the sensei was saying to do it right away. We must find a way to get along with Enami-san little by little.”\n
However, I don’t think I can come up with any easy means. No matter how gentle you are with her, she has never lost her cold attitude. If he could easily come up with such a means, he would win the Nobel Prize.\n
But that’s not the point. ……\n
“Don’t forget, midterms are coming up soon.”\n
“Oh, …….”\n
You forgot.!\n
“You just made a big show of beating me. I think your top priority right now is to do your best on the midterm exam. You can worry about Enami-san after that.”\n
“Yeah, I guess so. I definitely want to win against Ookusu-kun this time.”\n
She clenched her fists tightly in front of her. That was cute.\n
“I want to do something about Enami-san, but I must not forget about myself.”\n
“It’s not a bad idea for Fujisaki to forget all about it and for me to win the right to command freely though.”\n
“Oh! That’s not fair! I’m not going to let you win.”\n
It’s cute that she says that.\n
“However, it was surprising. I was expecting Fujisaki to say no.”\n
The two of us walked down the hallway together. The fifth-period class was about to start.\n
“Was it so surprising?”\n
“…… Hmm. Because it is Enami-san. I don’t think she’s going to surrender without a fight.”\n
“That’s true. But I think Enami-san is a good girl at heart.”\n
“I wonder if that’s true. ……”\n
“–I’ve seen Enami-san before, on her day off.”\n
I stopped. It was the first time I had heard of that.\n
“It was at a shopping mall near here. She was taking care of a lost child and taking him to his parents.”\n
“That …… Enami-san?”\n
Fujisaki nodded and told me about it in detail.\n
“There was a boy who was crying, ‘En, en, en’. Everyone was concerned about him, but no one came out to help him at all. That’s why, when I was about to approach him to do something about it, Enami-san came dashing in.”\n
“I cannot even imagine it.”\n
She didn’t look like she had any human feelings.\n
“But it was definitely Enami-san. Then she crouched down to meet the boy’s eyes and gave him a very gentle look. The boy stopped crying immediately, as if by magic.”\n
“…… heh”\n
I was speechless with surprise.\n
” I couldn’t believe it right away either. Because Enami-san, who only had a cold expression on her face, was smiling. Since that day, I have been looking at Enami-san and thinking that maybe she is not a bad person after all.”\n
“……Isn’t that the abandoned cat theory?\n
“That is a possibility.”\n
It’s the same way that a delinquent who picks up an abandoned cat looks like a good person. It is possible that Enami-san happened to be in a good mood that day and just happened to decide to take care of the kid. In fact, based on her past behavior, I can only assume so.\n
“But you know, I’m curious about Enami-san in that sense. I want to know what kind of person she is, regardless of whether she is really a good person or not. I just thought it would be a good opportunity.”\n
She apologized again for dragging me into this. I shook my head.\n
“I told you not to worry about it.”\n
“Really? You looked really uncomfortable when the teacher told you.”\n
Well, that’s true.\n
“I was the one who was surprised. I thought you’d be able to handle it.”\n
“…… I was just trying to be a little rebellious. It’s not good to be forced to do everything like this, so you have to show a little bit of disapproval.”\n
“You’re right, Shiroyama-sensei tends to push things on us, right?”\n
“That’s right. That’s why I don’t mind it too much. I’ll cooperate.”\n
“Yes. I got it.”\n
The chime sounded, signaling the start of the fifth period.\n
“Let’s hurry.”\n
“We won’t get in trouble if we’re late, will we?”\n
I walked down the hallway.\n
I apologized in my heart for lying to Fujisaki.\n
The truth is, I didn’t want to get involved with Enami-san. I didn’t want to talk to her. I didn’t care if she was expelled or not.\n
–I hate delinquents.\n
But I kept those true feelings in the back of my mind, and we kept running to the classroom, telling each other to hurry up.\n\n
<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nTN: I guess I am starting to get an idea of how this story is progressing.. Well, I don’t wanna spoil it by guessing it correct. But now I’m sad that this little class rep girl is gonna get a sad end by the looks of things.. 😦\n\n