For some reason, as soon as I went out in the morning, the starfish had a feeling of restlessness.

The weather hadn't changed, the wind and snow were still there, and she hadn't seen the guy yet, but everything in front of her seemed to have changed, and she could only explain that she was a little too sensitive.

When I came to the bus stop, Kazuha, Naoko, and that guy had already arrived.

"Good morning."

"Good morning......

After saying hello, the three of them looked at her with a strange look in their eyes.

In the end, Naoko opened her mouth, "Did Starfish wear these glasses to school today?" ”

"Huh?"

Starfish was stunned for a moment, raised his hand and touched it.

"Huh-"

She put out the black-rimmed glasses that she basically only wore at home!

No wonder I always felt wrong......

"Did you really forget?" Naoko smiled.

"Wouldn't these glasses fit perfectly?" Kazuha said.

And the guy just smiled and looked away again.

The starfish faltered.

These glasses are too ugly......

She wanted to go home and change into contact lenses before coming out, but when she turned her head, the Takigawa sisters looked left and right and came from the other side of the county road.

“……”

As soon as they appeared, it meant that the next bus was about to arrive.

"-Starfish isn't thinking about going back and changing into contact lenses and coming back, even if it's a little late, right?"

Yiye pushed the pair of black-rimmed glasses that were similar to her, and the eyes behind the lenses looked directly at her.

“…… No. ”

"That's good. If you wear contact lenses all the time, it is not good for your eyes. ”

"I have that ......"

"—even with the so-called contact lens eye drops."

“……”

Starfish opened its mouth, speechless.

Two minutes later, the bus appeared on time at the other end of the county road, opened its mouth and swallowed all the passengers on the platform, and ran again without bothering to chew and swallow slowly.

Crowded all the way to the school, and then into the classroom of Class E, Starfish couldn't help but look back at each look, noticing the expressions on each other's faces.

But gradually, she found that the focus of others' eyes was not her, but Morimi next to her.

Along with this, there are some whispers that are not really heard.

The two parted and walked to their respective seats, their gaze suddenly decreasing, and the starfish became more determined.

Because of something she didn't know, Kazuha received too much attention.

And Kazuha himself didn't seem to notice it.,It's still the same as usual.,Pick up the book as soon as you arrive in the classroom.。

Starfish pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, a little glad, but more concerned.

Seeing that her previous hot girl friends seemed to know something, she hesitated for a moment, found Nanazi, the only one who had been paying attention to her recently, and asked why.

"Don't starfish know."

"I don't know?"

After going to a tanning shop in Aomori City a few times, Nanako's complexion became darker and darker, and when she rolled her eyes, the contrast became more and more obvious.

"Your childhood sweetheart's honor student friend is better with the first grade."

Starfish was stunned for a moment, the old ideas were deeply rooted, and in her mind, these two titles still belonged to Yiye.

She reacted quickly.

"Kazuha and ...... Spring Sea? ”

"Looks like you don't know."

Nanako's gaze was both sympathetic and mocking.

"Starfish don't mix well with them either, so let's come back and be a hot girl. I've broken up with Shota, and we can be friends again. ”

“……”

Starfish didn't bother with her, and looked at a leaf by the window, only to think it was ridiculous.

Everyone stayed together after school for the past two days, and if something really happened, she couldn't have been ignorant.

"Who did Nanako listen to?"

"I don't remember."

Nanako shrugged, "I heard about it on Line last night, and when I came to school in the morning, everyone said that. ”

Did anything special happen yesterday?

Starfish are not impressed.

On the other hand, rumors finally took the initiative to reach Morimi's ears.

“……”

Raising her gaze from the exercise book and looking at her curious friend in front of her, she suddenly smiled.

“バカ…… How could it be true. Who is so boring. ”

"But everybody says so." Ogasawara said, gesturing with his eyes to the other students in the class.

"That's a lot of boring people."

Morimi lowered his head again, "Tomorrow is the final exam, and there is still time to spread such boring rumors......"

She paused, but didn't say anything more unpleasant.

"It's just a bunch of boring people who can't get into the top ten in their grade."

“……”

Ogasawara wandered his gaze and was silent for a moment.

Morimi quickly realized, "You can't be one of the communicators too. ”

"I just had a little discussion with the girl next to me......

Morimi raised an eyebrow.

"Okay, I'll correct: it's the one who can't get into the first grade."

Ogasawara rolled her eyes, "You're so annoying." ”

The two looked at each other and laughed again.

"Really, there's no such thing?"

"Hmm."

"Aren't you familiar with each other, and it's not impossible to go any further, right?"

He ...... When I get back to the first place in my grade, I'll take a few minutes to think about it. ”

“…… What if you don't get in? ”

Morimi sneered.

"Hehehe......"

Ogasawara was so cold by her laughter that she rubbed her arms on both sides and stood up.

"I can't pass the exam anyway, so whatever."

She turned to go back to her seat when Morimi grabbed her again.

"The rumors just say that I'm dating Naruse, and there's nothing else?"

"Well, that's all I heard."

"I see."

Seeing Ogasawara return to his seat, Morimi glanced at the rest of Class E again, and couldn't figure out why this inexplicable rumor came from for a while.

After thinking for a while, she shook her head at her when she saw that the starfish was also looking at her.

Her gaze fell back on the workbook, and she looked at the question, but it was difficult to immediately retract her divergent thoughts.

"Since there are so many rumors in Class E, it should be the same on his side......"

Next door next door, one year C class.

“…… What? ”

Naruse looked at the boy in front of him, the other party's words were ridiculous and sudden, and he thought it was a joke.

"I'm dating Morimi?"

"That's what everybody says."

"Who are you?"

"Uh...... It's everyone. ”

The boy turned to look at the rest of the class, "You ask yourself, everyone knows." ”

Naruse glanced around the classroom, then looked at him again, raising her voice.

"No, don't listen to their nonsense."

"That's ......"

Just by looking at his expression, Naruse understood that he wasn't completely convinced.

And there are still a lot of eyes looking at him, with curiosity and inquiry, or simply wanting to see the excitement.

"-Chunhai, are you dating Kazuha?"

“……”

He turned his head and looked at Hikaru Takikawa, who had just returned to the classroom, "Do you think I seem to be dating her?" ”

She smiled and gestured to the students in the back of the classroom who had just left, "I heard that I was here." ”

"Are there so many boring people?" Naruse was even more surprised by the spread of rumors.

"During exam week, club activities have stopped." Hikaru Takikawa guessed the possible cause.

"But I don't want to be a topic of discussion when people are bored."

She nodded, "Anyway, if someone on my side asks, I'll help Haruhi and Kazuha explain." ”

Naruse looked at Naoko again, she hadn't spoken since just now.

"I'm more concerned about where the rumors come from." Naoko said.

Naruse was a little helpless, "I want to know too." ”

"Don't Chunhai have a clue either?"

"It's spread so widely, everyone in the other classes knows about it, and everyone has the opportunity to talk nonsense."

Hearing him define this as nonsense, Naoko showed a slight smile, "Hmm. ”

Hikaru Takikawa put his hands on his cheeks, "And Harumi and Kazuha usually seem to be relatively close, so it's not surprising that they were misunderstood." ”

“……”

The two looked at her at the same time, with different expressions.

"Huh?"

Hikaru Takikawa looked at them.

"It's the same relationship between Haruhi and Naoko, as well as with me and the starfish, isn't it?"

Naoko smiled and didn't speak, and glanced at Naruse.

Naruse wiped the fine sweat from his forehead.

"Don't talk half the story...... I now have some suspicions that the rumors are coming from you. ”

(End of chapter)