[DROP] Horimiya: Izuna Miyamura
9. Shayu Ogiwara (1/2)

Izuna and Yui were about to head to a cafe, but suddenly Izuna realized that if it got dark, she took her phone and looked at the clock on her screen, and sure enough, she had just, it's almost 6 p.m.

Looking at the day leading up to night, Izuna then asked Yui, "Kotegawa-san, what if we go to the cafe tomorrow?"

"Huh ... Why?" Yui was somehow a little disappointed when she heard Izuna's words.

Izuna just looked up at the sky and said, "Well, it's almost night, and soon dinner time is coming. You better go home or your family will find you. You don't want something like yesterday to happen again, do you? But if you're worried, we can go tomorrow after school if you want."

Yui then realized that they were chatting a lot from earlier and forgot about time. She was a little disappointed at that time, but since Izuna would take her tomorrow, what could be done.

"True, can I ask for your number and phone and email address?" Izuna suddenly asked.

"H-Huh?! W-Why should I give you my number?!" Yui asked with an unpleasant expression, but her flushed cheeks made her look cute somehow.

"If I don't have your number, how can I contact you later?" Izuna tilted her head and it was as if she was confused.

Yui felt a little embarrassed, this was the first time she would share her phone number with a man except her family.

"Well, it doesn't matter if you don't want–" before Izuna finished her words, Yui interrupted him.

"No, No, No... That's not what I meant..." Yui quickly interjected while waving her hands rapidly.

Yui is a beautiful girl and is admired by many students at her school, not even a few who envy the beauty of Yui. He is very strict, but because of that he is admired by many people for his disciplined nature.

"So..." Izuna tilted her head, "Can we exchange contact info?"

"... Sure do. Uh! But Bu-Not that means I want to exchange numbers with you okay?! So don't get me wrong!" Yui said with a slight increase in her tone, but her face still blushed with a red hue adorning her cheeks.

Izuna then smiled and pulled her phone out of her pants pocket and Yui also pulled out her phone.

They exchanged numbers and emails, and Izuna then sent him a message to ascertain whether the number was correct or not..

Izuna: "Hello Kotegawa-san, please help!"

Yui looks at the message received on her phone and smiles before finally typing the message and sending it back to Izuna.

Yui: "Yes, please help her too, Miyamura-san."

After exchanging numbers with Yui, Izuna drove Yui home. But even so, Izuna only drove her close enough to her house because Yui refused to be delivered to her front.

And, Izuna just nodded and did not bother about it.

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After driving Yui back home, Izuna walked back to her apartment when the sun was about to set.

Walking under the lights of the street, Izuna then saw a Beautiful Girl in a school uniform sitting under the street lamp post hugging her own knees and burrowing her face between her legs.

Feeling quite strange with the girl, Izuna approached her to confirm her condition. Besides, which girl wears a school uniform and sits on the street under a light pole these nights?

"Hey, why are you sitting here? Why not go home? Didn't your family look for you?" Izuna asked when she was in front of the girl.

The girl who had been looking down then looked up and found Izuna who was in front of her was asking her.

"... I can't go back home" The girl said in a sad tone.

"I don't understand... Can you tell me why it's like that?" Although Izuna thought the question was like meddling in the affairs of the girl, but she did not want to see a beautiful girl just sitting quietly under the street lamppost.

"... I ran away from home, but I've rented an apartment ... But, because I don't have any more money ... I was kicked out of that apartment ..." The girl explained with a slight weakness.

"So, when did you get kicked out of your apartment?"

"About half an hour ago ..." The girl replied while bowing limp.

Izuna sighed and thought hard about what she was going to do with this girl.

"Well, before I explain again... My name is Izuna, Miyamura Izuna. What's yourname?" Izuna says.

"Eh? ... S-Sayu ...?" sayu.

"All right, Sayu? Can I call you that?" In Japan, calling someone else's name by his first name was a disrespectful act, which was why Izuna asked the girl first to be able to call her first name.

"... Yes, "Sayu nodded slowly.

"Alright Sayu, you can also call me Izuna" Izuna looked at the girl then nodded and continued, "Do you want to stay with me for now?"

"Hmmm..." The girl named Sayu looked at Izuna in confusion.

Sayu is a beautiful young girl with a pretty cute face. Her hair was brown close to black and had brown eyes with long gaps. She has a pretty nose line with rounded ends.  Her face could be considered as something between "beautiful" and "cute." 

Due to a problem, Sayu was forced to run away from home a few weeks ago, but the money she brought was not too much. Even though his sister had given him some extra money, it was still not enough to support his daily needs.

And finally, he ran out of money and could not pay the rent and was eventually evicted from there.

She finally left her apartment weakly while hungry manahan gripped her. When he was no longer strong enough to walk, he sat down and hugged his own knee under the street lamppost confused as to what to do.

"What if for a while you stay where I used to be?" Izuna asked again.

Sayu's mind was very simple, because she had lived a gloomy life, all she wanted was someone who noticed her presence.

His mother was always very strict with him, then his sister... Although her brother cared about her, but she did not interfere too much with his affairs.

And, because of her beautiful and cute face, she became very popular with the boys at her school.

And finally, the girls stayed away from him and no one was friends with him.

He was always alone, and alone...

He wants to have friends, a normal life and the affection of the people around him...

And, when one day...

There was a girl who was friends with him, Sayu and the girl became good friends.

They are often together when they are at school, chatting and doing other things.

At that time, Sayu seemed to find something she was looking for until now. But...

"I'm happy to be friends with you, and have no regrets about meeting you, Sayu..."

On the roof of the school, Sayu sees her friend jumping off the roof and sliding down.

And finally, the girl died ...

Sayu then realized something. When the girl befriends him, the girls at his old school end up bullying the girl every day, as they are friends with Sayu.

He doesn't understand, why do they do that? Why do they hate him so much?

Finally the news of the girl's death spread, and Sayu was also involved and accused of being the cause of the girl's self-hunub.

Her mother is angry with her, and wants Sayu to explain what really happened to the public so that her image is not bad.

That day, Sayu realized that she was not needed by this world...

He eventually escaped from his home in Hokkaido.

And now....

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"What do you think?" Izuna asked Sayu. She obviously did not want to leave a beautiful girl like her alone by the roadside like this.

"... Is it okay?" Sayu asked with a little complicated in her heart. He did not think too much about complicated matters, and did not think that Izuna would take advantage of him.

"Well... Besides, I can't leave a pretty girl like you here alone." Izuna said while nodding.

"But...." Sayu was still worried about whether she should accept Izuna's kindness or reject her. But...

Grukk....

The sound of her tummy rumbling rang out which made her face flushed red with embarrassment.

Izuna who heard that couldn't help but laugh, "Pfft, Hahahah.""

Sayu who heard Izuna laughing grew even more embarrassed by her tomato-red face. He then said with a frown, "Ja-Don't laugh!"

Izuna held onto her stomach and wiped the tears on the corner of her eyes with her finger. "Sorry, but it's funny, hahaha....."

"Hmmm!" Sayu turned her face the other way. And this action was very cute according to Izuna, and if she could, she wanted to directly hug him and pinch both of his cheeks.

"All right, all right, now what if we go to my apartment first. Ahh, and of course you don't have to worry, because there's also my mother." Izuna explains to Sayu, she does not want Sayu to think that it is not about her that makes misunderstandings.

"But, if I accept your help, I don't know how to repay you ..." Sayu said in a low tone.

"Hmm, so ..." Izuna held her chin as she thought, "in that case, what if you help my mother in her shop? That way, my mom will be helped too. Well, let's just say you're working there, and staying where we are is the pay. How's it?"

Sayu did not reply, she pondered for a few minutes, and after that she raised her head, looked at Izuna but did not change her facial expression much, "Alright ... I'll accept your help."