"I lost."

"The scores are the same."

It's just that the collation causes him to be below.

Yayoi Aki was in Class A, and he was in Class C. If it is arranged in the order of pronunciation of the name, it is his name on it.

"That's why I lost, and we weren't betting on scores."

“……”

Narumi Yu roughly swept the ranking scores corresponding to the other names.

Shiina Miyo and Asahi Kurako's rankings remained stable at around 30, and Okita Muraichi was lucky enough to improve a lot and reached more than 90 in the exam.

When he went to the class and sat for a while, Kondamura, who had just arrived at the class, was eager to tell the world the news of his progress.

Although he was still the worst of the four, he was at least at the middle level in his class.

If you keep this momentum going, you can also get into a good university.

"Yo Xi! I'm in for a treat at noon today! Narumi Yu has to come, too! ”

The male high school student who did well in the exam sat in his seat humming a small tune, and he was extremely excited all morning.

"Cheers to our youth!" Only Okita Muraichi was shouting.

The four cans of drinks bumped together, and a certain boy was so excited that he spilled a few drops of Coke in his hand.

"Speaking of which, Narumi-san's birthday is coming soon, right? On June 16, there are less than twenty days left. ”

"It seems to be ......," Narumi thought for a moment.

"Hey...... At least it's a birthday, so even if you forget it, you have to find a way to remember it. ”

"It's just a birthday."

The lack of memory prevented him from resonating with this festival where everyone only had one day for themselves.

"Envy...... There will definitely be a bunch of girls coming to give you gifts. Omada Mura sighed inarticulate as he picked up his meal.

"Why do they know my birthday?"

Asahi Kurako saw that Kontamura's mouth was stuffed with rice, and she couldn't explain it at all, so she took over the topic, "I heard from Natsume-sensei...... As soon as one girl inquired, it immediately spread throughout the school. ”

"Even if I knew, I wouldn't necessarily send something, after all, I don't know them at all."

"You don't understand~!" Kondamura swallowed the rice in his mouth and looked at him with a serious expression, "They are watching you fiercely, and they want to take you away from me." ”

"My sexuality is normal, please don't cause unnecessary misunderstandings." Narumi hurriedly waved his hand to refuse, moved a seat to the side, and kept his distance from Kintamuraichi.

The four of them, who were originally Z-shaped seats, are now trapezoidal, and Narumi is now sitting opposite Shiina.

“…… Yu doesn't love me anymore. Kinda Muraichi covered his chest and expressed his grief.

Asahi Kurako looked disgusted, and had the meaning of changing positions with the plate like Narumi Yu, "Don't be like this, it's normal, it's disgusting." ”

"Alas......"

Kondamura, who lost his "love", sighed, then coughed twice and returned to normal.

"Ahem, actually, I've got something ready for you."

"What?"

"If there is any surprise in saying it, you will know it on the same day."

“……”

Asahi Kurako also learned from Kondamura to sell Sekiko, "Mine too, Narumi Mulberry will know that day." ”

Shiina Weiyang, who was sitting opposite Narumi Yu, kept his head down, glanced at him secretly, lowered it again, and didn't speak.

……

The topic of test results was quickly washed away by the dull campus routine, and in less than a week, no one talked about it again.

Between classes, boys and girls get together and discuss topics that have nothing to do with their studies, as they do on weekdays.

Which singer has released a new album;

Which light novel writer has released a new book;

Who cleared which game......

Narumi sat in his seat and watched them, yawning as he listened quietly.

From time to time, I can still hear girls talking about themselves, discussing Yayoi Autumn Morning who goes to school with him every day.

They all said they were already dating.

said that they are talented and beautiful, and they are quite a good couple.

The boys who pay attention to the news on campus always grit their teeth when they mention him, first with Shiina Weiyang, and then with Yayoi Autumn Morning, there is always no shortage of beautiful girls around.

said that he stepped on two boats, he was a scumbag, why is he so liked by girls.

There are also more boys and girls who take the initiative to come and talk to Shiina Weiyang.

The boys who come often try to do wrong, but they also haven't been able to talk to the girl in a trance, just take advantage of his absence to criticize his scumbag behavior and there is no follow-up.

The sympathetic girls came to comfort her, and all they got was "I'm fine." "Thank you, don't worry. and so on.

Time passes unhurriedly with the rainy season that wets the whole of Tokyo.

Like the rain that falls on the ground, it disappears silently as soon as the sky clears.

June 16.

It's the day of Narumi Yu's birthday.

Perhaps because the rumors between the girls about his relationship with Yayoi Akihaya spread too widely, Narumi Yu did not receive a large number of gifts as Okita Muraichi said.

Quietly on his desk, there were only two postcards with words written on them and a packet of cookies.

One of them and the bag of biscuits were sent by the girl he went to the shoe cabinet to stuff love letters and he accidentally bumped into, and I remember liking to tie a pair of low double ponytails, and her voice was very weak, and her name was Yoko Fukawa.

The message on the postcard is roughly wishing him a happy birthday, followed by guilt in his heart, wanting to get his forgiveness, and then being friends.

It's a postcard of Mt. Fuji, so it's good to use as a bookmark.

The other one is from Yayoi Autumn Morning.

On the front of the postcard is a congratulatory picture of the first volume of "The Demon King and the Angel", which sold more than 20,000 copies, I don't know where she got it.

On the reverse side, only neat and delicate handwriting is written with a blessing and a simple instruction.

[Happy birthday.] ]

[Today, the student union has no work, and the Classics Department will stop its activities for one day and go home early...... I ordered a cake and it was from Kumagaya. ]

Narumi Yu took two glances and put it away, so as not to be seen by Shiina Weiyang and cause misunderstanding.

Regarding his and Yayoi Akizao's cohabitation, Kinda Muraichi and Asahi Kurako probably knew about it that night.

I haven't asked him all these days.

I don't know what Yayoi Autumn said when she opened the door and saw Kinda Muraichi.

Shiina walked in from the back door of the classroom with a picture book that was thinner than the previous one and handed it to him.

"Narumi San...... That one...... Happy Birthday......"

The voice was small, and it seemed that it took a lot of courage to say it.

"Hmm."

"In the album...... It's what happened these days after Narumi-san returned to school...... I drew them all. ”

It's heavy.

It was as heavy as the album that was twice as thick.

Narumi held it in his hand, not knowing what to say.

Although there is no longer that layer of tulle, if you want to solve the problem, only the girl can muster up the courage to take the initiative to reveal her heart.

Now it seems somewhat shameless to push all the hard choices onto the other side.

It upset him.

"Yo! Good morning! Birth~Day~Happy! ”

Omada Village, who came in noisily, was empty-handed.

"Well, good morning."

"Good morning Narumi-san and happy birthday."

This time is a little special, and Muraichi Konda and Asahi Kurako are in the same class.

Kondamura glanced at Asahi Kurako, as if he was playing a code. Then he came over with a mysterious face, gestured to him with the number nine, and threatened him in the tone of a gangster.

"At this time of the night, I'll see you in the Sumida River Shore Park, and if you don't see anyone at the end of the day, I'll carry you over even if I call someone to carry you."