When I came out of the dormitory where I lived in early spring, it was still early. There's no way around it, who let something unexpected happen?

The classmate, who has always behaved elegantly and quietly, suddenly showed such intense emotions, even Mikoto, who had been a classmate with her for two years and usually got along very well, did not expect it.

Not wanting to disturb the reunion of the former friends, they quietly withdrew at the suggestion of Shirai - without touching on their own preferences, Shirai was arguably the safest and most considerate of them.

Of course, several other people can also understand the reason why she did this, probably only Chu Chun is more or less emotional.

Realizing this, Shirai, who was a colleague, patted her on the back from behind.

"There's no need to worry about that, everyone has their own past, and since that's the case, there will inevitably be intersections in the past. The so-called fate is to be tasted slowly, which is not a bad thing. ”

Not so long ago, she said the same thing. Although the situation is different, it is equally applicable.

It's not really unpleasant in early spring, but I feel a little awkward.

"But, I really didn't expect that Senior Sister Haiyuan and Chu Chun's roommate are old acquaintances."

After saying it with his usual optimistic attitude, Saten realized that it seemed that except for himself, the other three were more or less not so right.

Well, leaving aside the little awkwardness of Hatsuharu's personal awkwardness, Shirai can not mention it, but even Mai Trin's reaction is a little subtle.

"Senior Sister Yuban?"

"Ah, no. It doesn't matter. Well, it's better not to bother now. ”

Mai Trin hurriedly shook her head. At the same time, she looked at Kuroko Shirai. From Shirai's demeanor, she realized that Shirai had the same doubts as herself—although, it wasn't a big deal in itself.

This is a problem that Saten or Hatsuharu would not be aware of, but Mikoto and Shirai would be able to detect immediately.

In fact, Tokiwadai students like them, whether they want to admit it or not, are different from ordinary people.

Tokiwadai was, after all, a school belonging to the "aristocracy" – although the traditional concepts of "aristocracy" and "gatekeeper" no longer exist. In this respect alone, they are indeed different from the early spring.

Of course, there is no discrimination in this, but it is said that the circles in which we live are completely different.

This difference has nothing to do with the person's wishes. As long as you are human, you will inevitably be put into a certain circle. The scope of everyone's usual contact is limited to these large and small circles.

Well, that's not a problem either. For example, Mai T琴 Shirai can now talk naturally with Hatsuharu Saten, so to a certain extent, the circle is indeed not dead.

But there is a problem with this - for different circles, it will not be too difficult for the higher circles to reach the lower circles. But if it's the other way around, it's extremely difficult.

Taking the four people present as an example, if Mikoto and Shirai want to get to know Hatsuharu and Saten, it won't be too difficult; But if it is the other way around, if there is no additional opportunity, it is almost impossible for Saten and Hatsuharu to get acquainted with Mikoto and Shirai.

So objectively speaking, it is a very unlikely event that the four of them can become friends.

If it weren't for the fact that Shirai and Hatsuharu were involved because they became members of the Discipline Committee, the four of them wouldn't even have a chance to become friends at all.

In the same way, if you think about it according to this logic, Kaihara-san and Harumami-san will inevitably need the same opportunity to get acquainted and become close friends.

- Herein lies the problem.

They can be said to know the character of Kaihara-san, and it can even be said that almost every Tokiwadai student knows what kind of character this school idol has. Although everyone is sure that she will not treat people differently, everyone is also sure that she will be too involved in other people's related matters.

Although she has always been likable, almost everyone has a crush on her. But I also feel that her personality is a little too soft, so that she is too passive. She may be willing to lend a helping hand to anyone in trouble, but how proactive she is to reach out to others is unlikely. At this point, even her teachers were more or less ridiculous about her character. If the same circle, such as Tokiwadai classmates, there is still some possibility of contact. But Harugami obviously couldn't belong to this circle, and it was hard for Mikoto and Shirai to imagine that Kaihara-san could take the initiative to contact a person in a circle they were not familiar with.

If you want to think about the possibility of her coming into contact with Kaihara-san from Harumami-san's side, as mentioned earlier, it's just a joke.

In addition to being friends from the past, there must be some stories between Kaihara-san and Harugami that they don't know.

Even if it doesn't mean to explore other people's privacy, for Shirai and Mikoto, it's something that can be realized immediately.

_

That was years ago. At that time, Harugami had been staying in the children's care center of the 19th school district for a short time.

The appearance of the dome now, thinking about it with an aftersight, is somewhat abrupt.

Like, it's not very easy to get along with-

Now that I think about it, it's incredible. But this is the intuitive impression that Harukami felt when he first met her.

In addition to stumbling, he is not good at communicating with people, which Harukami understood early on. Moreover, this new girl does not look kind at all.

At that time, Harukami was still young, and judging from the birthday registered on the ID card, Qiongno was less than a year older than her, and she was still her age. Moreover, for children like them, the birthday on the ID card itself may not be a standard.

But this girl is very different from other children.

He just kept his head down, never paying attention to anyone, and apparently didn't intend to have contact with anyone. Even if you take the initiative to talk to her, you can only get unfriendly words such as "go aside".

Even the teacher, who was very interested in her at first, gradually got tired of it.

"Even though it looks like a doll, it's not cute at all."

On more than one occasion, Harugami heard the staff at the nursing home say this in private.

But Stumbling still tries to be friends with her, and has been actively talking to her and trying to invite her to play with her.

However, none of these efforts had any effect at the time. Looking back now, Harukami didn't even have the slightest idea of dealing with other children. Even, Harukami doesn't have any memory of her looking at the other children.

After a long time like this, even he began to persuade himself to give up. It's just that he didn't listen to his own advice.

The turnaround came on a very unlikely occasion - but Harukami did not witness it with his own eyes. All this was heard from someone else after the fact.

Children are not always innocent. As an orphan, I learned about this fairly early.

is not gregarious, does not deal with people, and does not even sue, but has an enviable appearance. Such girls are often the most vulnerable to bullying among their peers. In the case of Dome Nai, this is no exception.

Someone would throw sand, someone would try to trip her secretly on the road, and excessive pranks would accompany her almost every day. Later, there were even a few bad children who would use various excuses to punch and kick her.

According to the general situation, there will always be conflicts. But in fact, Dome didn't even seem to have the slightest interest in being angry with them.

Then one day, Stumbling into this scene.

She rushed forward to accuse the children, and a verbal altercation ensued. Then, it becomes a hands-on fight.

It's just that there is only one person in the stumbling relationship, and there are several people on the other side. No matter how you think about it, it seems too messy. So soon, she was pushed to the ground, and several people took the opportunity to punch and kick her.

Then, something happened that scared even people to talk about it.

Dono, who was silent even if she was being bullied, suddenly broke in, and just when everyone was surprised, she raised her arm at the leading child.

It wasn't until the child who took the lead subconsciously dodged and then let out a scream that everyone reacted to what was going on.

Looking at the ballpoint pen that was deeply inserted between the collarbone and the shoulder, and looking at the blood flowing down the shoulder, everyone was so frightened that they couldn't say a word.

If it hadn't been subconsciously dodged, this ballpoint pen should have even been inserted directly into the child's neck. No one can fail to shudder at the thought of this.

What's even more shocking is that a pair of white hands immediately grabbed the child's neck and tightened it without hesitation.

That's definitely not a threat. It's something that only outlaws who really want to put the other person to death and never give up if they don't do it.

According to the staff of the nursing home who arrived at the scene at the time, Dome even had the same expression as usual, as if he was just doing something logical. The inorganic light in the two-color pupils that usually give a beautiful impression makes people shudder even just by looking at it.

After that, Harukami didn't know much. I just heard that the child's trachea was pinched and flattened, and it was only after emergency rescue that he was out of danger. And as the perpetrator, although he was not the one who started the incident, he was also locked up for a whole month because of this incident.

This is also a matter of course, and I heard that most of the children who witnessed that scene at that time were haunted by nightmares for several days, and the psychological impact of this incident on them can be imagined.

Afterwards, the nursing home also redistributed the rooms of each person, dividing the dome into a single room. It's like deliberate isolation.

At this point, everyone felt that it should be the end of it. No one will dare to provoke Dome anymore, and Tripli should give up, right? No matter how you think about it, it's not a normal child.

But that's not the case.

"This kind of thing is absolutely unacceptable."

That night, Tsuri suddenly announced to herself.

"I decided that I would definitely be friends with her no matter what."

She was startled when she heard it, but she couldn't think of words to dissuade her anyway.

As a result, to her surprise, just a few months later, the stumbling made this manifesto a reality.

_

"Hoo ......"

Breathing a sigh of relief, the white slender hand stacked the last piece of cardboard boxes that had been taken apart.

"Jinyi, is this okay?"

"Uh-huh......"

Obviously, she was mentally prepared to be asked something, but after the excitement of the brief reunion, Dome didn't seem to think about it at all, and was just busy sorting out the things that had been moved to the new dormitory with her.

What should I do?

When this thought came to her, the dome in front of her gently folded her hands.

"Since you're done with everything, do you want to eat anything?"

That's quite gentle, and quite thoughtful words.

"Ahh

I did remember it.

I have been immersed in memories since just now, and I have obviously forgotten.

The current dome is quite different from the dome when they were separated.

That's right, just like the Dome when they were separated, and it was different from the Dome when they first met.

Time is changing, time is changing, and people are inevitably changing.

Such as myself, probably no exception. And I'm afraid, it won't be in a good direction.

Qiong Nai must have found out, right? But she didn't say anything.

I'm really grateful that she was able to pretend she didn't find out. is so uncompetitive, I really don't want my friends to see it.

Slightly—really just slightly, with a bit of self-defeating.