I moved my chair over and sat down across from Lola, who was lying on the table looking at my face. "Can't just leave it alone?" Then, as if talking to himself, he muttered something quietly. "Can you tell me?"

Then, her expression suddenly became serious.

"What?"

I asked. "What have you been through over there?" Lola adjusted her posture slightly, found a more comfortable position, and asked with some curiosity. "If you don't want to say it, I'm not going to force it—"

After a while, maybe you saw my hesitation, right? So he added. "Nothing, it's no secret. I'm not going to hide it......" That being said, my expression was still a little embarrassed.

"But your expression is the exact opposite of what you said?"

Suddenly, she reminded me. The voice was a little cold...... I don't know if this is my delusion. Then, getting up from his chair, he walked through the middle aisle and the tables and chairs before stopping at the podium. Facing the blackboard, pick up the chalk in the corner compartment—

Turn to face me again.

"If you find it hard for you to say it, how about writing it down?" Suddenly, with a slight smile, she held out a finger and suggested. "Okay." I couldn't help but be a little surprised, and when I came back to my senses, I was already standing next to her.

The two of us were separated by a distance, did not speak, and were silent...... The empty classroom fell silent. After a while, I reached out and took the chalk she handed me and wrote on the blackboard—

The indifferent parts are omitted, and only the important points are singled out.

"Aphonia?"

Between the lines of the words that seemed to ignore the chronological order, Lola's gaze stopped at "aphonia". Turned his face and looked at me with some confusion. "How do you usually communicate?"

"Use a journal."

I explained. Unconsciously, his expression became serious. "She would write down what she wanted to say, what she wanted to tell me." After listening, Lola nodded. "I see." As soon as he finished speaking, he passed me and reached for the switch on the wall—

But I don't know why, she obviously pressed it. But the ceiling lights didn't respond at all. "......" She walked back to me with a slightly unhappy expression. What do you think is going on? ”

"Maybe it's just tripping, right?"

I looked down and thought for a moment, and then spoke my mind. "Anyway, why did you think of turning on the lights?" Lola replied as she tried the other switches on the wall. "Just wanted to try."

"Because there is a light, you can stay here a little longer, right?"

At this time, her attitude was a little cold, and her voice seemed to be a little depressed. "Aren't you going home?" Lola approached me and slipped in through the window, slowly seeing my face in the moonlight lingering on the floor. Then, she shook her head slowly. "Well, I don't want to go back just yet. The topic just now—"

With her slightly lowered gaze, her expression slowly melted into the darkness. After a pause, he said...... "Don't stop in that kind of place!" With that, she took another step forward. I couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Why?"

I couldn't help but ask a little nervously. At the same time, reach out and want to grab something.

"Isn't that more concerning?"

In the moment when I finally managed to stand against the wall, she drowned out mine with her own voice. "I thought you weren't interested—" was interrupted before he could finish speaking. "No, no, on the contrary, I'm too interested!"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but get excited. "So, you're going to tell me everything."

"Why?"

At this time, I also smiled bitterly a few times. Then, wait for her to say that reason. "You see, although the timeline and the world are different, according to what you just described, it should be understood that we are the same person, right?"

"A little bit, it's different, isn't it?"

I couldn't help but whisper in a tone of uncertainty. However, she was still interrupted. "Long-winded! I know that there is a decisive difference, but at the moment I think I am more comfortable with this explanation. Do you have an opinion!? ”

"Nope!"

I blurted out immediately.

At this time, Lola stared at my face with a slightly unhappy expression. "Very well, then don't hide anything." As she spoke, she moved a chair from the corner and then gestured to the chair behind her. Let me sit down too—

I sighed and turned my head to look at a chair that happened to be waiting behind me. "Okay." So, I told Lola everything. She didn't speak until she was all said and said when there was nothing to expand. And just listen quietly......

Then, all sorts of expressions — sometimes happy; Sometimes it's loss, sometimes it's excitement; Sometimes it's lonely. Anyway, in just a few minutes, I saw a variety of emotions. I didn't know what kind of expression to face her in an instant......

"How?"

"It's not ......" At this point, my expression was a little embarrassed, so I had to pretend to look at the ceiling. Did you just see that? Lola's expression was a little annoyed. What do you mean? "But I'm going to keep playing dumb.

Then I heard a sigh that seemed to be extremely disappointed. "What? I'm sorry...... "So, I have no choice but to apologize honestly." She immediately interrupted and said, "I don't mean this—"

"What's that?"

I blinked several times in surprise. "That, like a confession, what's going on?" As soon as the words fell, Lola seemed to be a little shy. She lowered her head slightly, and her voice was quieter than just now.

But I can still hear it clearly. "That's—" So, I explained to her why. But I didn't expect to be glared at as soon as I finished speaking...... "Really?" Suddenly, Lola looked at me like she was looking at trash. I cringed back in fright......

"What's wrong?"

"In other words, you found an excuse to escape without even replying to others?" As she spoke, her eyes became colder and colder as she looked at me, and there was not even the slightest expression on her face.

"That's bad......"

Immediately afterwards, Lola's conclusion, which seemed to sigh, made me freeze on the spot. Looking up at her, I didn't know how to defend myself for a long time. Because she can't refute it at all, what she says is basically the truth.

At this time, Lola sighed again, passed me, bent down to pick up the bag that was placed by the lectern, and walked out of the classroom...... It took me a while before I remembered to catch up. But by the time I got down the hallway, she was almost gone around the corner!

Doesn't look like he's going to wait for me.

"Lola!"

I had to speed up my pace to catch up, and I tripped over the broken ground several times along the way. I finally managed to grab her shoulders. "What?" At this point, she turned around impatiently, and her tone was so cold that I couldn't help but take two steps back, and it took me some time to dare to talk.

"Are you angry?"

"Nope."

After saying that, he kicked away a stone that had fallen at his feet! "I'm really angry!" It was in this conversation that we walked out of school. "If I'm angry, whose fault do you think it's took?"

"My bad, I'm sorry!"

In an instant, I bowed my head again with a sincere expression and apologized honestly. "Alas......" At this time, Lola sighed again in great disappointment, she probably didn't even think it was necessary to refute me, right?

Then, we parted ways at the second intersection, where the streetlights were far away, so there was a lot of shadow. Just to hide her expression...... However, the fact that I don't have to see her expression anymore makes me breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, I've been harshly criticized by her since I left the school, and if I saw her expression again, I might cry...... "Natsume—" came back to my senses, and I had already inserted the key into the keyhole. "Isn't it there?"

There were no shoes in the hallway, but the coat he had worn this morning hung on the hanger. "Did you go out?" Changing into slippers, I went to the living room and reached for the switch on the wall...... Because of the low voltage, after a few flashes, the room finally lit up.

At this point, my eyes fell on a note on the coffee table that was pressed against the bottom of the mug. "For my brother - I still have classes to go, so I'll go out for a while, and I'll probably be back later. I'll bring back the meal, so definitely don't go into the kitchen! ”

After reading Natsume's message, I inexplicably felt a little unwilling. But I couldn't help but laugh again......

"Got it—"

Just as I was thinking about putting the note back in its place, the phone in my pocket rang again, and the number on the screen was from Natsume. "Brother, are you home?" At this point, her voice sounded a little worried.

"Here we are."

"Great, Sister Lola said she would send you back, but I'm still a little worried—"

"Really...... You're too worried, aren't you? ”

I couldn't help but laugh bitterly, overshadowing her voice. "Hate it? I think it's time to be there for you all the time. Please, I'm always a little worried—"But it didn't take long for her to interrupt me again."

Then, I surrendered my body to gravity and took a moment to move from my wheelchair to the couch. Then he continued to listen to Natsume's chatter-like complaints...... "Brother, are you going back over there?" ”

"I'm going to stay here for now—"

"I don't want that...... Brother ......" Suddenly, Natsume's voice was a little choked. Probably, that guy is crying again, right? And, again, because of my ...... I wanted to say something, but I wanted to stop talking. Until, the moment she hung up the phone.

"I don't want to......"