Time flies, and there are only a few days left until Ibuki-sensei's wedding. Although the preparations cannot be said to have been completed, there is only one thing left to summarize.

"Ah~"

With a big yawn, I walked slowly towards the school gate with my schoolbag.

I don't know why lately, but I feel tired from time to time, and even if I wake up after a sleep, I feel dizzy after a while, and I want to close my eyes again and rest.

In this case, I'd better hurry back to the dorm room and continue to catch up on sleep.

"You're late again today! I don't care if I don't have enough attendance. ”

"Why、Why do you care so much about my attendance?!"

"If you skip class, my sister, who is the class president, will also be preached by the teacher!"

"How do I know that!"

As soon as he came down the stairs, he was still a few steps away from the door of the school building, when he saw Apricot who was pulling Haruhara's collar to lecture him, and Starling, who was holding his hands and worried, and Okazaki, who was watching them talk.

But looking at this picture, this kid from Haruhara, should be skipping class again.

"Ah, hello Izumi-kun."

The starling, who noticed me approaching, nodded to me in a friendly way.

"Well, hello, starling." I responded in the same kindness, pointing to Xing and Haruhara, who were still noisy, and smiled, "Your sister and Haruhara have a really good relationship." ”

"Yes," starling nodded with a wry smile as she looked at them, "My sister also cares about Haruhara-san." ”

"Hehe~ yes," I whispered, "but I can't let me hear it." ”

Because, if Xing hears it, she will definitely deny it as much as possible, and maybe she will give me a dictionary attack because of shyness.

In that case, you might as well spare me.

"What is this?"

Xing, who didn't notice our conversation, was attracted by the starfish in Fengzi's hand on the side.

"The carving of the stars?"

"What are you doing with this..."

But halfway through speaking, Apricot and Starling fell silent and said nothing more, frowning at the carving as if trying to remember something.

"Sister, is there anything you can't remember?"

"I seem to feel that way, too."

What's wrong? Could it be that Apricot and Starling also gave Fengzi to their starfish like Tomoyo did a few days ago...

"It's a little wind!" Furukawa, who couldn't help it, hurriedly interjected, "We took classes together!" ”

"Can't you see?" Okazaki couldn't bear it anymore, and grabbed Kazeko by the shoulders and pulled her back to the front, "Look, here it is! ”

"Huh?"

But even in doing so, Apricot and Starling still had an incomprehensible expression.

"Look! You should have the same thing at home! Taking out a carved starfish from his bag, Okazaki said with some excitement, "Go find it and remember it." ”

“… No, I can't think of it," Xing frowned and muttered, then scratched her hair irritably and shouted, "Ah~ It's really irritable!" ”

"Sister, calm down!"

"Xing, can't you really think of anything?"

Looking at the troubled apricot in front of me, I asked her sadly.

"Ah, it feels like there's something, but..."

"Is it," he said, turning his head to look at the starling, who also looked sad, "is it the same?" ”

“… I'm sorry. ”

"No, although I don't know what to say," after a pause, I smiled helplessly and glanced at Fengzi who looked gloomy on the side, "But please remember that it is a very important agreement." ”

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"I didn't expect even the apricots to forget about them."

"yes."

On the way home, looking at Furukawa and Kazeko chatting in front, Okazaki and I were quietly discussing in the back.

"And it's not just Xing and Starling, there are already many students around who have begun to forget about accepting Fengzi Starfish."

"She's starting to be forgotten, but why? This has not happened so far. ”

"Yesterday after you left the ministry, we went to the flower bed," Okazaki unconsciously clenched his bag as if to organize the language, "and met a carver there that had been delivered. ”

"Ever?"

"Do you remember that Mitsui-san?"

"Well... Is that the girl with glasses? ”

"Ah, not only does she not remember receiving a starfish, but she also forgets the existence of Fengzi."

"It's happened before."

I remember that Mitsui-san, who received a starfish from Kazeko during the cultural festival, was also a classmate of Kazeko before he was hospitalized, because a lot of things happened at the cultural festival at that time, and I suddenly forgot that there was such a character.

"Is it because the condition has deteriorated?" Okazaki, who was thinking with his chin in his hand, suddenly said such an assumption, "Everyone is starting to lose memories of her. ”

"Condition? Yes! ”

Wait a minute, it seems like something flashed in my head, but because it was only for a split second and was blurry, I didn't know what it was.

"What's wrong? Spring. ”

"It just feels like thinking of something, something very important."

“…”

Giving me a wordless look, Okazaki continued to look at Kazeko's body, as if comforting himself

muttered the same.

"It's okay, everything will be restored."

yes, I hope so. Because...

Looking at the side where Kazeko happily chatted with Furukawa.

I don't want to lose that smile.