"Uh, I'm sorry!" I hurriedly turned around and bowed to the student who stopped me, "Because I'm in a hurry, and before I know it..."

"Huh... Spring?! Seeing me turn around, the owner of the voice said in a somewhat surprised tone, "Why are you?" ”

"Hmm... Chiyo?! ”

When I looked up, I saw Tomoyo carrying a schoolbag and preparing to go home.

"Tomoyo, are you going home?"

"Ah, it's not too early after all," Tomoyo walked over, sighed a little tiredly, and then raised his head to stare into my eyes and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Ah, you said I..." Oh no, you must not take your eyes off at this time, and freeze and freeze, "I plan to leave later." ”

"Well~ that's it."

"Eun!"

"That's... Is it a person to go back today? ”

"Huh?"

"Why don't I accompany you back to the dormitory?"

"No, no!" Hearing Tomoyo say this, I hurriedly waved my hands and said, "I'm going to go back with Haruhara in a while... You—Look! Don't we all live in the same place, just by the way! ”

It's better to ask the girl to escort me back, how to say it, it's too embarrassing. Ordinary people are boys escorting girls home, how can it be that I am the other way around? I'm a man who can stand on my own!

"Is it really okay?"

"When, of course!" Anyway, I must convince Chiyo here, because I still have something to do in a while, and I can't involve Chiyo, who has always helped me, "There is absolutely no problem with the words of two people!" ”

"That's right," Tomoyo sighed with some regret, waved his hand at me, and walked past me, "Anyway, it's better to be safe." ”

It seems that Tomoyo is believing my words, which is great! … But what about this spontaneous guilt? I couldn't be happy at all... Tomoyo, I'm sorry!

Looking at the back of Tomoyo leaving, I apologized to her.

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I hurriedly ran to the school gate, looked at the table below, and the time was just about 5 o'clock, so I planned to run down the ramp like this, but unfortunately...

"Yo ~ Izumi!"

… As I stepped out of the school gate, I was stopped by a voice that I didn't want to hear.

“… Ah, apricots. ”

"Why do you have a 'terrible' expression," Apricot walked up to me, staring at my face unhappily and asked, "Do you feel so bad to see me?" ”

“… No, you're mistaken. ”

"Then look me in the eye and say."

"Hahaha, Xing, are you going home?!"

Oh no, might as well change the subject as soon as possible?

“…”

"What, what? Stared at me with pity. ”

"No, it's okay if you think it's good." Xing looked at me with a meaningful expression, shook her head and patted me on the shoulder, "Well, that's it." ”

It feels like you're caring about me, but why is it so upset?

"Yes, then I'll go first."

With that, I stepped forward on my feet.

Da Da...

Dysphoria.

Da Da...

Irritability, irritability.

Da Da...

"I say!" I couldn't help but turn my head to the person behind me and ask, "Why are you following me like this?!" ”

"Are you an idiot?" On the contrary, Xinghui gave me a wide roll of the eyes, stretched out her hand and pointed to the ramp in front of the school and said, "If you want to go home, you have to walk this road first, don't you?" ”

"Ahh ”

"Why, do you care so much that I'm walking behind you?" As a result, instead of getting rid of the apricot, he blinded himself with a suspicious title, and the apricot stared at me with his hands folded and squinted, "Na, do you want to do something bad for a while?" ”

"Haha, haha, what are you talking about?" Woo~ I scratched my head and laughed dryly, "How could I do something!" ”

"If I mess around because I'm not there, I'll sharpen your elbows with a whetstone."

Belch! Wait a minute, apricots! Don't say these scary things with a smile on your face!

"No, no, no, you're overthinking."

I accidentally even used honorifics.

"Well~ that's it." Apricot glanced at me distrustfully, then walked over and grabbed my tie and walked forward, "Then to prove it, we'll go together before the station." ”

"Eh!!"

“… Dissatisfied. ”

"No, that's not what it meant."

What to do? I can't get out of the posture, so why don't you try to shake off the "claws" of the apricots and run away? I'm still a little bit confident about my steps.

"By the way, I'm carrying some new dictionaries today."

"Ha, haha, that's it."

… It's better to give up, I don't want to become a hornet's nest for a while.

However, I don't want to miss this opportunity today.

"That apricot," I measured, and I hesitated to stop Apricot who was walking in front of me and pulling my tie, "Can you listen to me?" ”

"Hmph~" Unexpectedly, Apricot turned around and gave me a bright smile, "I'm finally going to say it." ”

Huh! Difficult、Did you plan to do this in the first place?