"Then that's it for today~" Okazaki stood up and smiled heartily at us, "It's almost time to go home." ”

"Ahh Indeed," I exclaimed, looking at the time on my watch, "that you didn't notice without reminding." ”

"Then let's get home."

"Well, when you walk to the ramp, everyone is all the way."

"Hehe~ I'm so happy to be home with so many people for the first time."

Hey, when did it become such a girly atmosphere? But seeing everyone happy, it feels good.

With that in mind, I opened the door.

As it opened, there was a melodious sound of the piano from outside the door.

"Oh~ that's so nice."

"Is this a violin?"

"It turns out that there is still this person in the school."

Just when everyone sighed at the beautiful sound of the piano, Kotomi didn't say a word, just stood in place, as if listening, but suddenly rushed out of the department when everyone didn't notice.

"Kotomi?!"

"Kotomi!"

Hey! What's going on? Is it to find out where the sound source is?

"Well, let's go with us!"

Okazaki was the first to recover and chased after him.

"Let's go too!"

"Yes!"

Then, Furukawa and Starling chased after him.

"Izumi! What are you doing in a daze, I won't care about you if you're alone! ”

"Wait a minute! Apricot. ”

Just when Apricot was about to chase after her, she was grabbed by my suddenly outstretched hand.

"Ahh What are you doing?! ”

"Uh, I'm sorry." Hurriedly letting go of my grip on her, I apologized, "It's just that something suddenly wants to ask you." ”

"Ask me?"

That's right.,Usually Apricot stays with Starling or there are other people around her.,Now it's the best time for everyone to chase Kotomi... However, I didn't expect that I would suddenly catch the apricots like this.

"Yes." Swallowing my saliva, I brought up the question in my mind, "Is it about... How so? ”

"Huh?"

"Apricot... You like Okazaki, right? ”

"Ahh

Hearing my question, Xing's face turned red.

"I know it's rude, but is it actually so?"

Although I had a vague feeling like this before, I was never sure, after all, it was just a fragment of my idea, so I didn't take it seriously. It wasn't until recently that such doubts began to emerge in my mind, and combined with Apricot's previous strange behavior towards Okazaki (like watching him eat with Furukawa from a distance), I dared to make such a bold conjecture.

"Y-What are you talking about?! Why should I like that idiot! ”

"I'm sorry," I'm still angry when someone says that, "but I really thought you liked Okazaki." ”

“… How so... Like... This kind of thing. ”

"Apricot?"

Looking at Xing, who was muttering to herself with her head down, I reached out and patted her on the shoulder.

"Ahh Don't be scary! ”

"Yes, I'm sorry."

"Alas~ Don't keep apologizing, it's like I'm bullying you." Xing let out a long sigh, exhaled as if to regulate her mood, then raised her head to stare into my eyes and asked, "Say, why do you think that?" ”

"It just feels like this, because Apricot you're always paying attention to Okazaki's every move, right?" Scratching my cheek in embarrassment, I smiled wryly, "I feel like your expression is happy every time you mess with Okazaki." ”

"What, I'm just a fool." Covering her face, Xing lowered her head and muttered some very excessive words, and then after a moment of silence, she raised her head and looked at me as if she had made up her mind, "Then I'll tell you, but make sure I don't tell anyone else to know." ”

"Tell me?"

"Promise me first! If you let me know that someone else knows about it, will you know the consequences? ”

"Of course there is no problem! I promise! ”

Looking at the fist that you have slashed in front of the chest, who doesn't know what the consequences will be?

"Listen, most of your guesses are correct," Closing the door of the department, Xinghuan clasped her hands and nodded, "I did pay attention to Tomoya for a long time. ”

There is no denial, that is to say that Apricot you really did to Okazaki him...

"But! That's because," turning her back to me, Apricot took a deep breath and said loudly, "Because starlings like tomoya!" ”

"Huh?"

Starling? What did Apricot just say? Who does Starling like?

"That kid has been fond of friends for a year, and as an older sister, of course I have to investigate it carefully."

"Could it be that you pay attention to Okazaki all for starling?"

"But I don't know that Starling likes him, and now it's just the child's unrequited love... That's right, just unrequited love. ”

Speaking of the back, Apricot's voice became smaller and smaller.

I feel that the back of the apricot is particularly sad at this time.

"That's right."

I don't know what to say about this, because as far as I know, Okazaki may be interested in Furukawa...

"You don't think you're going to get out of the way after hearing this, do you?" As if the sadness she felt just now was fake, Xing turned to stare into my eyes with a wicked smile on her face, "You know you should do something, right?" ”

"Huh?! Do you want my help? ”

“BINGO！ So in the future, you will also help me match starlings and friends! Xing happily patted me on the shoulder, "Haha, it feels closer to success now." ”

Ha~ Is everything my delusion? It turns out that it's not the apricot but the starling who likes Okazaki, and if that's the case, I feel like I'm really embarrassed and embarrassed... But, apricot, why do you feel that you are smiling so hard? Is this also my delusion?