[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
58. Shizuku is a sweet girl

Time passed so quickly, the three of them decided to return because the day was also getting late.

It didn't feel like it was 8pm now, and because of that, Izuna decided to drive the two of them home.

In fact, both of them rejected Izuna's kindness and said if they could go home by themselves. Merely, as a man, Izuna could not leave two girls alone in the middle of the night like this.

Although Japan may be a safe country with a low crime rate, crime can occur because they have the opportunity to do so.

So, just in case, it is better if Izuna takes the two home so that nothing unwanted happens.

"Thank you for driving me home, Miyamura-kun. Shizuku-chan too, this is really a nice day. I wish we could do something like this next time!" Kaori said excitedly. He couldn't help but think about what they were doing this afternoon.

Although it was very short, but their togetherness was so warm that he could not even think of anything else back then. What he had in mind at that time was how to enjoy every moment or how time could go slower so that he could enjoy the togetherness longer.

But, unfortunately time just passed and they had to part ways because it was already night.

He wondered, could they make another named trip next time?

'Looks maybe...'

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After driving Kaori home, Izuna walks with Shizuku as they pass through dark streets lit only by street lights and moonlight to Shizuku's house.

"Hey, Miyamura." Shizuku suddenly opened her mouth without looking at Izuna.

"Izuna" Izuna said calmly.

"Hm?" Shizuku turned her head towards Izuna and looked at her in confusion.

"Call me Izuna. I was quite uncomfortable after all when other people called me to my family" Izuna said as she turned to Shizuku. It's true, most people will call him by his surname, and only a few will call him by his nickname.

Izuna is not a pure Japanese person, and although Izuna in this world is a native Japanese, his soul is not.

His soul is Izuna from another world who died and occupies the body of Izuna in this world. Therefore, he was also quite unaccustomed when others called him by his surname.

But he knew that this was a Japanese custom, and inevitably he had to get used to it. Well, at least he wants people who are close enough to him to call him by his nickname instead of his Family name.

"-so...? Then, Izuna..." Shizuku is quite shy at the moment. This is the first time he has called anyone other than his childhood friends (Kouki and Ryuutaro) by his nickname. But, he secretly felt happy and could not tell why he could feel that.

"Then I will call you Shizuku. Is that okay?"

"U-U.m..." Shizuku nodded shyly.

"Ah, that, I want to thank you" Shizuku said as she looked at Izuna with a genuine smile.

Izuna was a little stunned when she saw Shizuku's smile, not expecting that Shizuku's smile would be this sweet. But, he quickly put away what was on his mind and asked, "Thank you? What's for?"

After all, he felt he didn't do anything worthy of Shizuku's thanks. And also, their meeting was completely unexpected and happened in quite a short period of time. So, Izuna did not understand why Shizuku suddenly thanked him.

"Thank you for making Kaori smile like she used to" Shizuku said as she looked up at the sky filled with scattered stars, "you may not know, but lately Kaori is very worried about something. He also always forced his smile as if nothing had happened. But, as his best friend, he couldn't fool me. I've known Kaori since childhood, and I know how Kaori is well." He sighed ever since, looked at Izuna and continued, "actually, I was also quite surprised when Kaori suddenly invited me to go to Inokashira's garden earlier, but I did it because I thought maybe this could distract him. But, unexpectedly we saw you there and Kaori also took the initiative to greet you earlier. I thought, I might not see Kaori's pure smile again in a long time. But, it seems like my guess was wrong because I can see it again today."

It was true, many problems were facing Kaori lately, and the latest was her being rejected by Hajime when expressing her love for Hajime.

Kaori thought that Hajime would accept her, considering that they were quite close and they also chatted frequently (in Kaori's mind). Only, he did not know that Hajime only considered that Kaori was a troublesome girl.

Because Kaori always nailed it every day, there were many deadly gazes directed at her. Because Kaori also she often experienced bullying by the Hiyama group. Therefore, Hajime did not like Kaori.

Only, could Hajime say that directly to Kaori?

The answer is no!

He still wanted to live, and even though he didn't care about his surroundings, he knew if he said that directly to Kaori, he did, he had no shortage of people to make his life miserable for the rest of his time at school.

Therefore, Hajime remained silent and responded as much as possible to Kaori with little or nothing.

If Kaori were to learn of this fact, she would probably actually be severely depressed. Fortunately, Kaori did not know about it, and Shizuku also did not say anything even though she was a little curious about this.

"I didn't do anything special. It's just, I have one question for you."

"Hm? What'sthat?"

"Do you hate Hajime?" Izuna asked as she looked straight into Shizuku's eyes, trying to see if she would lie or not.

Shizuku closed her eyes, sighing, she then said, "It's true that I don't like Nagumo because he has made my Kaori sad. But, Nagumo is a good boy, and I can't blame him for rejecting Kaori. I also know what happened to Nagumo because of Kaori, and I also regret that. But, one thing's for sure, I don't hate him."

Shizuku looked straight into Izuna's eyes, saying everything in earnest. Izuna smiled when she heard Shizuku's reply. He raised his hand and stroked Shizuku's head.

"Well, thank goodness then."

"Don't stroke my head!" Shizku swept Izuna's hand with a red hue on her face, not only on her face, but her earlobe also had a similar red hue, which signified that she was extremely embarrassed at the moment.

"Yes, yes, Shizuku is a sweet girl."

"Don't call me 'sweet'!"