After lunch, I wandered around the school alone.

Since there was nothing to do even back in the classroom, I sat down on a garden bench a little away from the atrium fountain plaza and waited for the bell to ring for the lunch break to end.

"Whew~ Sure enough, you still have to stay in this kind of isolated space to calm down."

While I was alone muttering such unproductive words, the unexpected guy appeared.

"Ah, Izumi, why are you here?"

Holding a large bundle of letters, the familiar purple hair stood out in the deserted garden.

"It's an apricot, it's just here to pass the time."

"What do you mean by 'It's an apricot', don't you really want to see me?"

"W-How is that possible?"

Noticing Xing's raised eyebrows, I hurriedly waved my hand in denial.

"By the way, why are you alone," looking up and noticing that it was me, Apricot looked at my side, "What about Tomoya and Yohei?" ”

It seems to be checking if those two guys are with me.

"Haruhara doesn't know where to go for a long time, Okazaki," I said after a pause, and I said with a little concern, "Let's be in the ministry with Furukawa." ”

Sneaking a look at her reaction.

“… That's right. ”

"You're calm."

I was a little surprised when I thought of the way Apricot cried that day.

"Starling and Kotomi are probably there too."

"It's also possible."

Rather, it's the hope of both of us.

"I said Izumi," he said, playing with his hair hanging down from his ears, and Xing looked away slightly, "You don't have to worry so much. ”

"It's not a concern, it's just... You're still crying so badly..."

"Aren't you just worried? Just do it as you normally would. ”

Ahaha laughed, Xing waved her hand indifferently.

"Yes, I'll do my best."

"It's not about trying, it's about it."

"Yes, yes, yes."

"It's enough to say it once."

"Yes."

"That's right."

Apricot nodded with great satisfaction.

"Move a little to the side."

"Huh?"

"Hurry up."

"Oh."

"You're welcome, hey."

Without any hint of politeness, Apricot sat down on the vacant seat I had just vacated.

"It's a luxury for one person to occupy a chair."

He kept taking advantage of people and not forgiving people.

"I mean, I'm the only one here, and of course I'm the only one sitting in a chair."

And it's better to say that there are so many chairs around and you have to squeeze me here, Miss, aren't you really here to find fault?

"Are you talking about slipping away?"

"Not really!"

Holding my chin in retort, I noticed that there were a dozen or so cute letters on the apricot legs.

Two of them have already been opened.

"What are you?"

Although it is a bit of a feeling of knowingly asking.

"Uh... It's faith. ”

"For you?"

“… yes. ”

Xing said with some embarrassment, while slowly opening and reading the letters one by one.

The sticker used as a closure is a heart-shaped sign.

If I'm not mistaken, these eight or nine are not far from ten...

"Love letters?"

"Probably."

Xing's tone was already faintly tired.

"Apricot...", I couldn't help but widen my eyes, and I couldn't hide my surprise, "So you're so popular?" ”

What an accident, if it was a starling, I could still listen calmly, but I never expected that the tigress who would lose the dictionary at every turn...

"I said you're thinking about something rude, do you need us to have a good conversation?"

"How-how? Hahahahaha~"

I hurriedly shook my head in denial.

Apricot, has your mind-reading become a passive skill? It's horrible.

"And you're still rude to ask me that."

"That means I'm really surprised."

Okazaki doesn't want to talk about it anymore, it turns out that since there are so many cash charges around him, this world is really cruel.

But if you have to give a review, Apricot is indeed a beauty, of course, if she can not lose the dictionary.

"Take it."

Xing sighed tiredly and handed me a few letters.

"It's useless to give it to me, is it?"

Looking at her suspiciously, I shook the envelope in my hand.

After all, it's written to you, and I can't help you deal with it.

"Look at the sender's name."

"Name?"

Hearing her say this, I took the envelope and looked at it.

The name is written in a cute round font on it.

It's really like a girl-style font.,But Hiiragi is the same.,It's obviously a boy with such a cute face and a round word.。

… It's so cute.

Again, I couldn't help but sigh.

"Michiko Yukishima..."

I read it aloud.

Even the name is so similar to a girl, it's really... Girl?

Noticing something wrong, I hurriedly moved my gaze to the next envelope.

"Fuji, Fujido Saki?"

This, this...

Hiiragi isn't a case, is it?! It's better to say that Hiiragi is the special case!

"That apricot..."

Slowly turning his head like a robot, the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Do you want to see the rest?"

"No, no."

Feeling a drop of sweat dripping from my forehead, I shook my head with a dry smile.

How did I forget?,I remember starling told me that apricots are very popular among girls in the lower grades.,There's a secret underground fan group or something.。

At the time, I thought it was a joke, but I didn't expect that this was not a processed statement, and it was very convincing to see it now.

"Really... Why are all the girls who are coming..."Lowering her head, Xing sighed in a more helpless posture than just now, "Are the boys in this school blind?" ”

It's not that I'm blind, but I'm too timid to come.

Even though I thought so, I couldn't help but say it.

"But wouldn't it be nice to know that someone likes you?"

"Tell you, it's embarrassing to be confessed by a girl," clasped his hands, his brows furrowed slightly, "It's hard to refuse without hurting them." ”

He sighed softly.

Does it mean that boys don't have to worry about hurting or not?

You're such a brutal feminist.

"It's a real extravagant trouble."

Leaning back in my chair, I sighed.

"It's not a luxury, if Izumi you are confessed by a boy, will you be happy?"

"! Don't make such terrible assumptions, okay! ”

I remembered that I disguised myself as a leaf and was confessed by Haruhara.

It's almost left a psychological shadow, although it's also a little cautious... Phew, I'm not interested in that!

"Look, you can understand my feelings."

"If you have to say, the audience still prefers to watch lilies rather than two stinky boys."

"It's so naïve, girls prefer to be keen on the relationship between boys than in love, and who is the audience in your mouth?"

"Overall," I hurriedly turned it back when I saw that the topic was moving in a dangerous direction, "if you want to be happy, you need to be from the opposite sex, huh?" ”

"You say this as if I'm a."

"Is it from someone you like?"

"Hmm... Hmm... That, that's too..."

Wrapping around her hair, Xing replied with a blushing face.

"Cut, I still want to be friends as a result..."

Looking at her shy appearance of her little daughter's family, I smacked my tongue.

"Did you say anything?"

Apricot's body froze.

Fang Cai's expression of embarrassment had changed to a warm and angry mode, looking at me with a smile that did not contain warmth.

"Hahaha, did you hear me wrong?"

Don't look to the side, I pretended not to notice her sharp gaze.

"And what are you going to do with these letters?"

"Of course, I'll read it carefully before replying," although distressed, Apricot still said something that was very much in line with her style, "and there are a lot of things in it that want to talk to me." ”

"You're such a bad guy."

However, the fact that I always like to be overly enthusiastic about taking care of others is also an advantage of apricots.

Bold personality,Beautiful people,And like to help others.,Although the usual words and deeds are very aggressive.,But sometimes there is a very down-to-earth side.。 It's like a reliable big sister class.

Being popular with girls feels like a natural thing, and there is no sense of disobedience.

"Y-Why are you staring at me, goosebumps are up."

"No," I rubbed my chin and looked at Xing's face, commenting rather unexpectedly, "but I suddenly found out that you are also a beauty." ”

As soon as he said that, it was dark in front of him, and there was a burst of tenderness in his cheekbones.

"What does it mean to be sudden?"

Accompanied by the sweet inquiry of the apricot.

"Pain, pain, pain! Mouth, mouth mistake, mouth mistake! ”

"Ahh

"Let go! It's going to crack! ”

"Excuse me, I can't hear what you just said?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm seriously reflecting! ”

Finally, Apricot let go of her hand.

"But it's still a headache, and the stationery envelopes used to reply to the letters one by one are very expensive."

With a long sigh, she rubbed her temples.

After committing such an atrocity as before, he actually continued the topic on his own?!

"You know what? Four envelopes and eight pieces of letter paper cost 480 yen! ”

"Oh, oh..."

Rubbing my pinched flushed cheeks, I nodded blankly.

All of a sudden, it became a very real problem, and this kind of thing was so far away from me that I didn't know how to react for a while.

But do you have to write two of each letter?!

So sincere?!

"On average, 10 letters a day, and 30,000 yen a month on stationery!"

But listening to her say such a specific amount, I kind of understood.

For most people, 30,000 yen is almost equal to the entire amount of pocket money.

"Do you want so much?"

"Nonsense, why am I lying to you!"

"That's a lot of money."

I couldn't help but feel sympathy for her from the bottom of my heart.

Wait, there seems to be a problem...

Touching my chin, I realized a serious question.

Not to mention the expenses needed to reply to letters, but I don't seem to have the opportunity to spend money on replying to letters, but it is better to say that I never received a love letter.

Other words...

“……”

Turning my head to look at Xing, who was still struggling with how to reply, my eyes couldn't help but narrow.

Judging by this reality, in the eyes of the girls here, I am far less attractive as a woman as a man?

As a result, isn't it me who needs sympathy the most?!

"Hey, what's wrong with you, Izumi?"

Apricot sounds so far away.

I patted Apricot on the shoulder with all my might.

"What's wrong?"

"Bear with it, people can only learn about blessings in blessings."

Covering my face, I felt that my heart hurt.