After that, we chatted about the topic of non-nutrition and savored the dessert in front of us, and the clock hand on the wall turned round and round. It's as if you've completely forgotten the time...... We had a great chat in the way Lola asked questions and I answered.

"Well, Natsume is important to you. In other words, did you come back this time for her too? Lola picked up the drink she had in front of her, took a sip of it, and asked me. That's one of the reasons! ”

I looked away from her face with some embarrassment and said in a somewhat nervous voice. "One of them? Could there be another reason? Suddenly, Lola, who was a little surprised by my words, suddenly became interested.

"That's right, while not wanting Natsume to feel lonely is one of the reasons, but it's more important that you—" I said, my expression becoming serious. "Me?" Lola couldn't help but let out a voice of surprise and surprise.

"Why?"

She stared at my face with an incomprehensible expression and blinked several times. Rather confused...... "Because there's something I want to ask you." I looked her in the eye earnestly and continued. What's up? ”

Lola put the spoon to the side, and her expression became serious. The voice was completely different from just now...... "Since we all received that text message, do you have any ......?" ”

At this time, my voice became a little hesitant and wavering because of nervousness. "Did I go with you over there?" As a result, as I watched Lola's reaction with an expression of wanting to speak, she helped me say everything I wanted to say.

"You're trying to ask that, right?"

In an instant, I was stunned. I was so flustered that I didn't know what to say. I had to reach out and pick up a piece of cake in front of me and take a bite. "If you're wondering this, then my answer is probably going to disappoint you, right?"

"Huh?"

Suddenly, I let out something strange. "We met at this café that day, without a doubt, for the first time. Even today, it's only the second time. With that, Luo stretched out her hand and picked up the water glass next to her and drank some.

At this time, my expression was also a little embarrassed, and in order to hide it from Lola, I also picked up the water glass and took a few sips of it. "Not what you think?" I nodded a little disappointed. Then, put the cup back into the coaster.

"Really? I'm sorry. ”

"No need to apologize...... You didn't do anything to be sorry for me. I hurriedly waved my hand and said. I know. It's just that your expression now seems to be very lonely. Could it be that I guessed wrong? ”

Lola asked, observing my reaction.

"Lonely? Do I look like this? Suddenly, I couldn't believe it, and I was stunned for a while before muttering to myself. yes, it's okay, right? At this time, Lola leaned out slightly and looked at my face with some worry.

"It's nothing, just a moment."

My expression was delayed for a few seconds before it slowly began to change again, and it was more natural than before. "Or did I tell you something over there?" I shook my head, though I was a little surprised. "Nope. It's just that I think it's a possibility. ”

Then explained. "Because I asked the same question over there, but I got a negative answer."

After saying that, I couldn't help but laugh. "I thought you should know me—"

At this point, Lola nodded as if she finally understood.

"That's ......"

As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed too. Then we were silent for a while, and then we came to our senses...... Outside the window, you can already see the sunset. Cumulonimbus clouds slowly rise from below, forming huge clouds like marshmallows.

"Almost, go back?"

Then, at Lola's suggestion, we went to the counter to pay and get ready to go home. "Well, do you want me to send it to you?" As she walked to the steps in front of the store, Lola suddenly turned her face as if she remembered something. I didn't react for a moment, and I was stunned for a moment—

"Why?"

"It should be said that it is...... Don't worry, right? With that, Lola sighed and said the reason. You see, Natsume is not here after all. So I want to send you back in her place. With that, she paused, then approached me. Isn't it possible? ”

"I didn't say no."

So, I couldn't help but be a little nervous and a little shy, and I hurriedly turned my face to the place where she couldn't see and whispered. "Let's go!" Then, Lola told me to sit still, and she went around her back and expertly pushed the wheelchair—

"Why are you so skilled?"

After passing an intersection in front of me and turning left and walking forward for a while, I finally couldn't help but ask. "Huh?" Lola tilted her head, leaking out some strange sounds. I don't seem to understand what I mean.

He asked as he walked with a somewhat confused expression. "Skilled? What do you mean? ”

"Operate this—" I said, gesturing to the wheelchair with my left hand. "Is this the case? Isn't that a matter of course? After all, I've watched it twice, huh? In an instant, Lola said confidently.

"Just pay attention to how Natsume operates!"

At this time, we passed a path surrounded by a lawn and came to a small hillside. "Really? That's please. As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt that I had asked a stupid question, and I couldn't help but sigh a little depressed.

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's nothing!" In an instant, I quickly shook my head. With an embarrassed expression, he looked away from her face. From here, you can see the school not far away. "Why don't we go and have a look?" Maybe it's a whim? Lola suddenly pointed to the school down the hill and proposed.

"Why?"

Strangely, I turned my face to her, who was lying on the lawn, most of her body submerged. "Didn't you say we were classmates over there? It's been a long time since I've graduated, but it's good to visit the school once in a while, right? ”

"Just go back to your student days?"

"Shall we go then?"

Looking down and thinking about what she had just said, I couldn't help but laugh again. So, we walked towards the school. Because it was a downhill slope, Lola controlled her speed more carefully and carefully than before. It didn't take long to get to the school gate.

The door is definitely closed. But there was a small narrow door not far away. You can get in from here. "Luckily—" So, we came in through the small door. "Where's your classroom?"

Lola asked as she pushed me past the fountain pool in front of me. "There—" I said, pointing to the second-floor window. She looked in the direction I was pointing, her expression a little embarrassed. "I'm afraid it's a little difficult to get there."

"yes."

I naturally echoed her.

"The first floor is fine, right? —”

Then, before I could react, we were slowly walking forward in the hallway on the first floor. By this time, it was so dark that I couldn't even see my feet, and all that was left around was the faint moonlight that came in through the cracks in the windows.

The only sound of our footsteps remained in the dark hallway.

We passed from classroom to classroom, and finally stopped in front of the one before the end of the hallway. Walked in...... "It's pitch black, you can't see anything......

"Wait a minute—"

As she spoke, Luo stretched out her hand to light the light on the wall, and after flickering a few times, the whole room finally slowly lit up. Then we pointed out our seats to each other. It's just that Lola wasn't as fast as me, so it took a little time.

It wasn't until we sat down that we realized it was the next table. — She sat in the penultimate row in the middle, and I sat near the window, which also happened to be the penultimate row. After a while, she was lying on the table and turned towards me...... Stared at my face for a long time.

Suddenly, I was a little embarrassed. "How?" So, to ease the embarrassment, I asked. "I'm just thinking—" Lola said after a moment's thought. "Wouldn't it have been different if we had met earlier?"

Her words made my face full of doubts. But she didn't pay attention to it, and went on. "After all, you should have spent more time with me over there than I spent with over here, right?"

I nodded.

"That's right—" At this point, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but I couldn't refute it, because what she said was the truth. "Honestly, a little jealous......" and then at the moment when such emotions had not calmed down, I heard something like this.

"Is it really sympathy?"

I froze for a moment, then shook my head. "No, it's just because I can't leave it alone......"