"Near-——! Field"

From behind Kondamura came the angry roar of Asahi Kurako.

The next moment, a heavy shoulder bag came and smashed on his back. The girl wears a neat single ponytail, and her silky hair rises and falls with the action of hammering.

"I was wrong! I'll come down now! ”

The general male high school student who got in the way cleaned up, and Asahi Kurako put the shoulder bag on the table and greeted Narumi Yu as if nothing had happened.

"Good morning, Narumi-san."

"Good morning......

"Weiyang, how is she recovering?"

"I'm going to have a day off at home today." He added Shiina Miyo's Line through Asahi Kurako.

[I may still not be able to go to school tomorrow...... But there's no need to trouble Narumi anymore. ]

Shiina said so.

As for why he didn't add Line directly to Shiina's house, instead of asking Asahi Kurako. Not because of embarrassment, but because he forgot.

"That's right...... Yesterday was not the right time to go, but I just said a few words to Shiina's mother and came back......"

What does it mean to be [not at the right time]?

Narumi has a headache and clarifies the rumors to Asahi.

He's already expected it,

When I got out of school in the afternoon and went to find Yayoi in the autumn morning. I'm afraid I have to explain it again.

……

……

"One bottle less."

In the student council room, Yayoi Aki stopped the pen in his hand early and looked at the orange-flavored marble soda on the table that Narumi Yu paid tribute to and said,

"You didn't come yesterday, so you have to make up for the soda."

"What flavor do you want to buy for the second bottle?"

"Fruits other than oranges."

"Pineapple?"

Yayoi Aki nodded.

After buying it, the girl extended the two straws, then inserted them into the soda bottle and held them in her mouth at the same time. Two different flavors of soda run up the straw and are finally mixed in the mouth.

Although I've heard of this way of drinking, it's the first time I've seen it. I can't help but doubt the taste after mixing,

"Is it good?"

“……”

Narumi Yu gets an answer after each of the two bottles of soda is half drunk:

"It's like someone asks you, 'How does it feel to have two boats on your feet?' The same. ”

The girl's face was calm, and she couldn't see her anger, but she could hear the meaning of "I'm angry" in her tone.

"So it's delicious?" He was cautious and tentative.

“…… It doesn't matter if it's good or not, it's why I got two bottles of soda today. Yayoi Akizao looked at him with some disgust, "Narumi likes to pedal two boats?" ”

"I've tried two flavors of bread sandwiched together before, and it tastes pretty good."

"Bread and soda are not the same."

"So it doesn't matter if the mixed soda tastes good or not, and whether or not I'm stepping on two boats."

"......" Yayoi Aki bowed his head early and stamped the signed documents, "You didn't ask me for leave yesterday, as a punishment, help me finish processing the documents today before leaving." ”

She simply divided a portion and handed it to the air, waiting for Narumi Yu to pick it up.

"Okay."

[It doesn't matter if the rumors are true or not, the important thing is that he was absent from work yesterday but didn't ask for leave. 】

That's why I'm angry.

"So is it delicious?"

"Not bad. Then, sorry......"

The girl put the orange-flavored soda first, and the remaining half drank a separate flavor,

"When I was in junior high school, people always asked me that, but I was laughing at it somewhat, so I felt a little uncomfortable just now."

"It's like all sorts of rumors on campus. The rumor-mongers don't know anything, but they speak as if they were their own personal experiences; Those who spread rumors are obviously just hearsay, but they can easily believe it and even blame innocent victims. ”

"They will embarrass the protagonist of the rumor with a question like the one just now, and watch him embarrass in front of everyone."

"Actually, although I don't know your relationship with Shiina Miyang-san, Narumi-san, at least you didn't have a relationship with me. But in the past two days, although no one has asked me in person, even when I am walking on the road, there will be people pointing fingers. ”

"I hate that vibe."