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"Hello? Doctor Inoue? ”

"Ah, Kamiya boy."

On the other side of the phone, Dr. Inoue smiled, different from my dull mood at the moment, her tone was very brisk, and asked, "Where are you now?" ”

"Where, where?"

I hesitated, now that I was outside Dorobika, it was highly unlikely that I would run into Kudo again if I returned, although it was very unlikely. Just for the sake of a small possibility, I don't want to go back.

So after thinking about it, I replied with a wry smile: "Ah, I'm sorry Dr. Inoue, but I'm actually home now, so can Chinatsu trouble you to send it back?" ”

"Are you home?"

Hearing my answer, Doctor Inoue's tone was a little surprised, but after a moment, she chuckled lightly and said, "Of course, it's okay for me to send Chinatsu home, but before that, Kamiya boy, are you really going home?" ”

"Huh? Doctor Inoue, what do you mean......

"Actually, there weren't many tourists coming to the infirmary today, so I got off work a little early, and now ......"

I brushed my face white, and I had already guessed what Dr. Inoue meant, and there was a kind of panic that my lie was exposed on the spot.

“...... I'm in your house. Dr. Inoue continued.

"I'm sorry Dr. Inoue!"

I quickly apologized to Dr. Inoue with a flushed face, and although she was not in front of me now, I was surprised to feel the funny look in the other person's eyes.

As a last resort, I had to tell the truth: "Actually, I'm still outside now, and I won't be able to go back until a while." ”

"I knew it."

Inoue looked like he had already guessed me, and said, "But I heard Chixia say that your house's curfew time is eight o'clock, and now it's past eight o'clock." ”

"Yes...... Be. ”

I replied dejectedly.

It was me who was obviously going to abide by the curfew time, but in the end, Chixia had already arrived home, but I was still outside, and I really had no face to face.

However, Dr. Inoue didn't seem to care about this, and she said this probably just to make fun of me, she smiled and said, "Well, I don't worry about that Qianxia being home alone, so I'll leave when you come back, boy Kamiya." ”

"Trouble Dr. Inoue bother."

I sat up straight and said sincerely.

"That's so polite, Chixia and I are friends."

Dr. Inoue said indifferently, but at the end, he paused and asked casually, "By the way, the favor of the friend you want to help seems to have been completed." ”

"Huh......?"

I was stunned for a moment, I didn't expect Dr. Inoue to ask this, I wanted to say against my will that it was done, but the lie just now has been exposed once, I don't know why, this time I didn't dare to choose to lie again, but was silent for a while, remembering everything that happened with Kudo before, and said: "Doctor Inoue, you misunderstood, that guy is not my friend." ”

"Oh."

Probably because my tone became a little low, Dr. Inoue obviously noticed something, she nodded, and quickly brought the topic away: "Okay, in that case, Chixia and I are waiting for you to come back at home." ”

"What......"

Doctor Inoue said this sentence in a teasing tone was very ambiguous, as if his wife was waiting for her husband at home with children, and my dull mood was suddenly dispelled, and I said embarrassedly: "What are you waiting for me to come back at home, Dr. Inoue, do you have such a bad habit of molesting boys younger than yourself?" ”

"Haha, it's funny sometimes, especially boys."

"Really."

I sighed, shook my head helplessly, and was ready to hang up my phone.

"Ah, but it's Kamiya boy."

At this time, Inoue suddenly said: "Sometimes, the definition of a friend is not unilaterally determined, I think you promised to help the other party before, there must be a reason for you to agree, even if it is what you subconsciously realize, it is the same." ”

"Don't give up halfway, Kamiya boy."

After saying this last sentence, Dr. Inoue took the initiative to hang up the phone, leaving only the busy sound of "beep" coming from my phone.

I stayed where I was, and I forgot about my phone.

Even if I am subconsciously aware of that?

What do you mean, do you mean that I already subconsciously consider Kudo as a friend?

No, no, that's impossible, the kind of guy who has no one in his eyes, how could I consider her as a friend? However, in that case, why should I choose to stay outside the toilet at that time?

How do I explain why I would choose to stay and help her if I wasn't a friend?

Why......

I lowered my head and hugged my head, feeling a pain in my head, and a long series of sounds appeared in my head inexplicably, constantly echoing.

――――"Yo God Valley." ”

――――"What a coincidence, Kamiya, you haven't gone back yet?" ”

――――"Ah, I'm sorry, Kamiya, can you please help me pay for the day on Friday afternoon?" ”

――――"Really? Haha, thank you so much, it's a great help! ”

“！！！”

My eyes widened and I realized something.

If I regarded her as a friend, so I went to help Kudo at that time, then on the other hand, Kudo came to ask me because I regarded me as her friend? It was because I was subconsciously aware of this at that time that until now, I can't put my mind at ease no matter what?

At that time, that afternoon, she knew when I was going home, so she ran back to the classroom to ask me for help, even though she was only halfway through the practice on the football field.

But how would she know my schedule? We hadn't even said a word before, and we had been complaining to me at the scene of the murder......

Somehow, I remembered that when we had a fight before, Kudo's expression really didn't look like he looked down on me.

Am I realizing it too late?

――――"Do things, don't give up halfway." ”

Ahh

I gritted my teeth, put away my phone, stood up sharply, and finally turned around and headed across the road in the direction of Dorobica.

Whether or not I regard Kudo as a friend, I don't know, but whether Kudo regards me as a friend or not, I have to make sure anyway, make sure, what the hell does Kudo think!

At that time, the smile that appeared in the fountain square, the heart of that moment......

I frowned, quickened my pace, and hurried to Dorobika.

It was close to midnight, and most of the tourists at the gate were already going out, so I gritted my teeth and tried my best to swim upstream, and finally squeezed to the ticket office, I bought the tickets as fast as I could, and then rushed into Dorobika.

The conductor took the money he was looking for, and called me a few times in the back but didn't answer, so he had to put down his hand and said helplessly: "It must be for my girlfriend again, and now it's a little couple." ”

At the amusement park, I casually threw the tickets I bought into the trash, then made a name for myself and headed towards the place where I had been separated from Kudo.

Along the way, I kept an eye out for tourists who looked like Kudo's figure walking by, so as not to run there and miss Kudo again.

It's a pity that I haven't seen Kudo all the way, not even a similar figure, and where I am separated from Kudo, there is still no Kudo.

"What's going on? Where did it go? ”

I gasped and looked around, it stands to reason that Kudo had injured his foot before, and he shouldn't have gone far, and I was wondering if I had gone off the rails somewhere, when I suddenly realized that the coat I had lent Kudo had been casually thrown on the ground.

"Hey, even if that guy is angry, he doesn't have to do this, right?"

I sighed and quickly ran over to pick up my coat, only to find several miscellaneous footprints on it.

"This is ......"

My nerves shrank for a moment.

This footprint doesn't look like Kudo stepped on, but when ordinary tourists see such a good coat, they won't step on it if they don't pick it up......

"Kudo...... There is a dangerous !! ”

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I still haven't made up for the two more, sorry (covering my face)

The body is still a little not, and it is much better to take salt water for half a day today, and it will be counted until tomorrow......