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āI think itās my first time on the rooftop hereā\n
After school, I told Minato and the others to go home first, and I was walking up the stairs to the roof alone.\n
Itās the first time Iāve ever been called by someone like this.\n
Iād be lying if I said I wasnāt nervous.\n
Ā When I reached the rooftop, I opened the door, which was rusty from being opened so rarely by people, with a squeaking sound.\n
A strong breeze came blowing at me.\n
It was summer now, so the breeze felt good. But at this time of day, with the sun still high up in the sky, the heat would soon hit me.\n
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I stared straight ahead, enduring the searing sun.\n
Then I noticed a familiar girl who was standing there.\n
āSaotome-san?ā\n
ā..~e?ā\n
When I called out to her, Saotome-san, who was looking down on the ground from the roof, jerked her shoulders in surprise.\n
She didnāt seem to have noticed the sound of the poorly maintained door opening, and from the look of her, she seemed to be nervous.\n
Could it be that sheās the one who called me here?\n
I wondered about that, but I had to assume that she was the sender of the letter, since no normal student would come up to the rooftop in this hot weather.ć\n
She was slowly approaching me, looking nervous.\n
āWell, was it Saotome-san who sent that letter?ā\n
Koku Koku.\n
When I asked her a question, Saotome nodded her head vigorously.\n
While thinking she was like a little animal, I inquired of her real purpose.\n
āUm, is there something you wanted to tell me?ā\n
When I asked her that, Saotome-san nodded hard again and started to write something on her notepad.\n
She doesnāt want to speak up, so she writes down what she wants to say on the notepad and shows it to me.\n
From what Iāve heard, itās not that she canāt speak. So there must be a reason for it.\n
Iām not in any hurry, so I decided to wait for her to finish writing.\n
However, Saotome-san tilted her head as if she was in a hurry or confused, and then started writing again on another page.\n
Then, she tilted her head as before and switched to the next page again.\n
Could it be that she was in a hurry and couldnāt write well enough?\n
She looks like a girl who cares about others, so maybe sheās in a hurry to not make me wait.\n
Even though thereās no need for her to worry about that.\n
āYou donāt need to rush. I donāt have anything to do after this, so Iāll wait until you are properly done writing.ā\n
Since I was talking to Saotome-san, I tried to be as gentle as possible and told her that there was no need to rush.\n
She looked up at me for a moment, then nodded her head before starting writing again.\n
The expression on her face looked a little happy, or was it an illusion?\n
I thought it was because her mouth looked a little relaxed, but maybe not. Because we are talking about Saotome-san here.\n
Well aside from that, after writing a few words, Saotome-san took out her smartphone for some reason.\n
And she started writing while looking at her phone.\n
This time, as I advised her, she did not hurry with writing. Rather, she seemed to be writing the words carefully while checking them over and over againĀ \n
I didnāt know what sheās doing, but as I wasnāt in any hurry, I decided to wait for her to finish writing as promised.\n
In the end, Saotome-san, who seemed to have finished writing, cut the page out of her notepad and handed it over to me.\n
āIs it okay to read it?\n
Koku Koku.\n
Once Saotome-san allowed me, I turned my eyes to the page of notepad she gave me.\n
āThis is my chat app IDā\n
Underneath these words, there was a six-digit ID.\n
This is an ID that you can choose to have your friend register with.\n
I was surprised to see that Saotome-san had given me this ID.\n
āDoes that mean I can send you a friend request?ā\n
Koku koku.\n
.\n
In response to my question, Saotome nodded vigorously again.\n
I donāt know why she suddenly gave me her ID information, but if she wants to sign me up as a friend, Iām not going to refuse.\n
Besides, this might be a chance for me to fulfill my promise to the Class-rep.\n
Rather Itās the best offer I can hope for.\n
āI have sent it.ā\n
When I said that, Saotome-san immediately checked her phone.\n
Then as if she confirmed it, she looked at my face again.\n
I was not sure what she was thinking, but after a few seconds, she looked down at her phone again.\n
A few seconds later, a notification sound from my phone.\n
Ā When I glanced at her, Saotome-san was looking up from her phone at my face again. It seems that she had sent a message to me.\n
[ Iāll be in your care, Kazehaya-kun. (*āā½ā*) ]\n
I opened the chat application and saw a greeting and some cute emoticons.\n
For a moment, I wondered who had sent them, but it was Saotome-san, right in front of me, who had sent them.\n
I thought she wasnāt very good at talking. I wonder if she is someone who changed her personality on the Internet.?\n
When I stared at Saotome-sanās face in wonder, she turned her face away from me while covering her mouth with her phone.\n
I donāt know if itās just me, but the profile I can see seems to be slightly red.\n
Could it be that she is feeling shy?\n
I wasnāt sure whether to reply with chat or words, but I decided to reply with words, thinking that perhaps what Saotome-san had sent me in chat as a substitute for a notepad.\n
āDo you like emoticons?ā\n
Koku koku.\n
Saotome-san nodded again, then immediately began to operate her phone.\n
[Yes, I like it (*^^*).]\n
āI see. So the reason you called me here was to register me as a friend huhā\n
[Yes, thatās right (^^)/ Iām sorry you had to come all the way here (>_<) ]\n
Sheās so expressive that I wondered if itās the actual Saotome-san with whom Iām having this exchange.\n
She doesnāt seem like the dark girl Shota says she is.\n
As expected, there must be a reason.ć\n
Iām curious about it, but weāre not close enough yet for me to go into it. So Iām hoping that one day Iāll get to hear about it from her.\n
āNot that it matters, but was there any inconvenience in the classroom?ā\n
[ It was embarrassing. (/Ļ\) ]\n
An unexpected reply came, and I turned my gaze to Saotome-san.\n
Then I saw that she was covering her mouth like before, and her profile was bright red.\n
But she kept glancing at my face as if she was curious about my reaction.\n
Ah, this girl sure is cute.\n
I couldnāt help but think so at Saotome-sanās unexpected reaction.\n\n
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