After saying goodbye to Tomoyo, I followed the path pointed out by Tomoyo and arrived at the school smoothly.

But as the saying goes, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck, and when I just stepped into the school gate, the weather suddenly turned from sunny to rainy, and it was raining upheavily.

Hey, hey! There's no such way to play!!

While complaining about the weather, I hurried to the school building, because in my memory, I remember forgetting the umbrella in the classroom.

To be honest, sometimes I have a pretty bad memory of myself, and I often forget what I need to do or use. But now, I can only describe it as "Lucky", who would have thought that the umbrella forgotten in the classroom would now become your life charm?

With my umbrella in hand, I hurried out of the classroom. When passing by the basketball court, although the view was quite blurry due to the rain, a figure could still be seen standing under the basketball hoop.

What is that guy doing there? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold in such heavy rain?

I don't know what I think, but I have the idea that I can't let the other party go. To put it bluntly, I just want to be nosy.

Although I was thinking about it, I still held my umbrella and approached the figure step by step.

"Hey! Are you okay with this classmate? "When I walked up to the other person, I held the umbrella over so that I could cover them under the umbrella as well, but when I saw who the other person was, I couldn't help but be surprised.

"Ancient, ancient?! What are you doing here? ”

In front of me was Furukawa, holding a basketball and standing under the basketball hoop with a lonely face. However, it is better to say that she is not so lonely than a loss of consciousness.

"Well... Oka and Izumi-kun? ”

Furukawa looked up as if he had been woken up by me, but when he saw that it was me, the smile on his face couldn't help but be replaced by disappointment.

Hey, did I disappoint you like that? I'm really sorry...

"What are you doing here? If you continue to stay here on such a cold day, you will catch a cold. ”

"Well... I know, but I made an appointment with Okazaki-kun. ”

"Okazaki?" I looked at Furukawa with my head down and holding the basketball in surprise, "Are you waiting for Okazaki to play basketball?" ”

"Yes."

"Hey~ It's raining now, and the current venue is not suitable for basketball at all, maybe Okazaki won't come."

"But if Okazaki-kun had come while I wasn't there, he wouldn't have met me."

Looking at Furukawa with such a wry smile, I sighed.

Really, there is no shortage of fools wherever you go...

"Then I'll wait with you."

"Hey!" Furukawa raised his head and looked at me in surprise, "There's no need for Izumi-kun to accompany me!" And also helped me clean the yard today, can't bother you anymore. ”

"It's okay, who made me idle?" Standing beside Furukawa, I smiled helplessly at her, "And Furukawa, you are my "benefactor", and I will help you teach him a lesson when Okazaki comes later." ”

"That, Izumi-kun, it's not good to fight."

"Eun, I'm kidding~"

I tried my best to talk to Furukawa in order to liven up the current dreary atmosphere, but I don't know how long it took, and there was no response from my side just now, and with a "bang", Furukawa, who was standing next to me, suddenly fell to the ground.

"Hey! Furukawa, what's wrong! ”

Although I jumped, I still reacted quickly, and hurriedly leaned down and touched her forehead with my hand.

Uh~ It's hot!

Damn, I didn't expect a high fever to come at this time, there is no way, I have to send her home first, and staying here may worsen her condition.

Just as I was about to carry Furukawa back to her house on my back, Okazaki's voice came from the other end of the basketball court.

"Furukawa !!"

Damn, aren't you kid here too?!

Looking at Okazaki running over, I stood up and waved to him with the intention of asking him to help me send Furukawa home, but as Okazaki got closer and closer, he lifted my collar with me.

"Why is this happening here!"

Looking at Okazaki, who was already overwhelmed with anger in front of me, my anger was suddenly raised.

"What do you mean I'm here?" I glared back at Okazaki, "Don't you know who Furukawa is here for!! ”

"I..."

"I don't care how many reasons you have, at least keep your word! Don't put all the blame on others, you come on time like a man!! ”

“… I'm sorry. ”

Shouting these words in one breath, looking at Okazaki, who should have been deflated in front of me, I helplessly squatted down and picked up Furukawa, who was lying on the ground.

"Because you're friends, I understand you, and you have your own reasons." Looking down at Furukawa, who had fallen into a coma in his arms, "I hope you can apologize to Furukawa after she wakes up in a while." ”

"Yes, I know."

“… Ah, wouldn't that be enough? Okay, hurry up and bring me an umbrella, don't you think Furukawa's body can withstand this rain until he goes home? ”

Okazaki, who heard my words, hurriedly picked up the umbrella on the ground and propped it up.

The two of us ran in the rain with Furukawa in our arms, and when we arrived at the school gate, I asked Okazaki, who was holding an umbrella beside me, "Hey Okazaki, do you know how to get around Furukawa's house?" ”

"Well, it should be fine once you've been there."

"Then please lead the way in front."

"Haven't you been to Izumi too?"

"If you're not afraid to walk a few more circles, I'll have no problem walking in front."

“… I'll take it in front. ”

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Under Okazaki's leadership, we successfully arrived at Furukawa's home, which is the bakery.

As soon as I entered the door, Aunt Sanae, who had greeted us with a smile, immediately screamed when she saw Furukawa in my arms, and the uncle, who was originally an invisibility faction, didn't know where it came from, took Furukawa from my hand and ran into the house, and Aunt Sanae, who had recovered, also hurriedly dialed the ambulance phone, and after calling a doctor for Furukawa, she thanked me and Okazaki and ran into the house like an uncle.

It seemed that it would not be good to disturb people like this, and that even if we stayed here, we would not be able to help, so with such negative thoughts, we walked out.

"Don't worry, Furukawa will be fine." Looking at Okazaki, who was depressed in front of me, I tried to comfort him.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"See you tomorrow."

"Ah, goodbye."

Looking at the back of Okazaki leaving, I felt that his figure was several times smaller than usual.

Sure enough, he still cares a lot, after all, he is also one of the parties.

Looking up at the sky slowly clearing up because it stopped raining, I couldn't help but smile bitterly.

I've only been in this town for a few days, and I didn't expect so many things to happen, and I think of what my eldest brother said to me before I came again, is this the so-called youth?

Thinking back to Furukawa, who was now battling the disease, I consoled myself and said it was okay. Although she looks weak and can't help herself, she is a person who has the will to not lose to others, and such a person must be fine. By the time Furukawa recovers, that Okazaki guy should be able to cheer up.

No matter what happens, I still have confidence in myself. Such a natural super-optimistic personality can be regarded as one of my few advantages~ I am really grateful for passing on such genetic factors to my parents.

But now, I'm faced with a troublesome problem that I can never get over.

Looking at the familiar streets, the streetlights that are always a mold, and the unfamiliar shops that I occasionally walk by, I even have the heart to cry now. At that time, he shouldn't have been handsome and let Okazaki go first, so that he ended up where he is now.

That's right, my biggest problem right now is—————— where is this!!

In the light of the setting sun on the street, my elongated shadow seems full of vicissitudes...