
"Oga-kun, good morning."
Sorata who was chatting with his classmate in class, suddenly saw Shishio who was walking to class with Nana. He could see that Nana looked very happy, and Shishio's expression did not change too much. He raised his eyebrows, but he did not think too much about it because Nana and Shishio might meet each other by chance, but when he greeted Shishio, he showed a tired expression after what happened last night.
Last night, Ritsu wants to look for Shishio for something, and Misaki is the same as well, but unlike Ritsu, Misaki was looking for Shishio because of the hot pot two days ago because it was probably the most delicious food she had ever eaten.
In fact, not only Misaki but everyone who has tasted Shishio food is probably the best food they have ever eaten.
However, last night, Shishio did not return and Chihiro told them that she was visiting her grandfather's friend, which somehow made them feel very disappointed that they could not taste the food.
"Good morning, Kanda-kun." Shishio nodded at Sorata.
Nana did not speak to Sorata because she did not know much about him, and after saying goodbye to Shishio, she rushed to Mea and Maiko because she was so excited back then.
Shishio was also about to sit in his chair, but he stopped when Sorata wanted to talk to him about something.
"Pulse... Oga-kun, Kawai-senpai was looking for you for something last night, and it seemed like it had something to do with Shiina-san. Then Chihiro-sensei also asked me to tell you to meet him in the teacher's room when I met you," Sorata said.
"So that's it." Shishio nodded and said, "Thank you, Kanda-kun." He did not think too much and sat down in his chair.
However, Sorata who was looking at the extremely indifferent Shishio, gritted his teeth, after all, yesterday, when Ritsu was looking for Shishio, he was there too. He thought it was his chance to get closer to Shiina Mashiro by taking advantage of Shishio's absence, but reality made him unable to accept it.
Recalling what happened last night, Sorata's face began to turn moody.
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Last night.
"What's up, Kawai-senpai?" Sorata and Mitaka, who were sitting in the dining room, were shocked when they saw Ritsu coming while holding Shiina's hand, looking around for something.
"....."
Ritsu looked around and found that other than Sorata and Mitaka, there was no one else there so he decided to leave, but he found that Mitaka's expression was very unnatural.
"What are you guys doing?" Ritsu looked at Mitaka with a strange expression as Mitaka held the cabbage in both hands, sitting there blankly.
"Miss..." Mitaka looked at the cabbage in his hand, sighed, and said nothing.
Ritsu looked at Mitaka for a bit with a question mark over her head, but she suddenly remembered that this scene was quite familiar, and after a while, she suddenly recalled something.
"Mitaka-senpai, is today your birthday?" Ritsu looked at the lethargic and tired Mitaka with a strange expression on her face because she knew there was only one person who could make Mitaka like this. He had also been living in Sakurasou for a long time and he knew most of the things that happened in Sakurasou.
"Kawai-senpai, do you know what happened?" Sorata looked at Kawai in surprise.
"Yes." Yeah." Ritsu glanced at Sorata, but there wasn't much contact between the two, so communication between the two was very limited, after all, she was also not used to talking to unknown people.
"Is that Misaki-senpai again?" Ritsu thought about what happened on the same day last year when she had just moved in. She accidentally sees Misaki and Mitaka being together, but the problem is Misaki is just covering her sensitive part with cream!
Ritsu thought they were both perverts, so she almost called the police back then, even though she had heard Misaki-senpai's explanation, she put her phone in her hands suspiciously.
As expected, after a few months of living in Sakurasou, Ritsu knew that Mitaka was a pervert and she was a playboy, giving a very poor judgment in her mind.
"Yes, when I had just returned, I saw a street made of cabbage at the entrance of the dormitory and according to Mitaka-senpai, Kamiigusa-senpai always did this kind of thing for her birthday every year. I heard that she put herself on cake and cream last year and she was almost arrested by the police. This time Kamiigusa-senpai wrapped herself in a ribbon and handed herself to Mitaka-senpai, "said Sorata with a red hue on his face, especially as he remembered it. Misaki's body was covered in ribbons a moment ago.
When Sorata returned after school, he happened to see Misaki who had just come out of the box, exposing herself to the world, Mitaka, who saw what happened, said the source, he quickly reacted by locking her in his room.
After that, the two of them came to the dining room and sat there until now, and by the way, they cleaned up the cabbages that Misaki had brought.
"I was the one who almost called the police last time," Ritsu said with a blank expression on her face.
"...."
Sorata threw his face away and felt a little embarrassed because he did not expect Ritsu to be a witness last year.
"A pervert!" Ritsu looked at Mitaka with disdain.
"That's not what I asked for!" Mitaka quickly explains because it wasn't her fault, and that's also the reason why she immediately returned to Sakurasou because she was afraid Misaki would do a lot of exaggerated things that got her arrested by the police.
Mitaka was really scared, after all, she had a lot of bad memories about Misaki since her childhood, and every year on her birthday, she would do something special, she said, it was so special that no sane person would understand it.
Although Mitaka knew about Misaki's feelings, the gap between genius and mortal was too great. He knew that he might be a genius in the eyes of others, but he knew that after a lot of hard work and dedication, he could barely keep up with Misaki.
What Misaki could do casually, was something Mitaka needed to do at the expense of her blood and sweat, which was why she felt inferior towards Misaki and she did not dare to accept her feelings.
Mitaka could only shake his head, sigh, and stop talking again.
Ritsu looked at the silent Mitaka and said nothing.
Basically, anyone who had lived in Sakurasou for a long time knew what happened between Mitaka and Misaki, but no one could help them with this kind of problem. In particular, Mitaka had problems with her pride, especially when she compared herself to Misaki, however, none of them were a problem for Ritsu, or rather Ritsu did not want to get involved in the matter, she turned her head and looked at Shiina behind her because she had something more urgent.
"Kanda-san, you should be in the same class as Oga-kun, right?"
Ritsu looked at Sorata next to Mitaka. In fact, she did not have much of an impression of Kanda Sorata, and she did not even say a few words to him. In his eyes, Kanda Sorata was similar to all the boys he had met, and nothing attracted his attention or special attention from him.
"Ah, yes, Kawai-senpai."
Sorata was also not used to talking to Ritsu, though, he felt that Ritsu and Shiina were somewhat similar, Ritsu was sometimes quite intense, especially in her eyes, when she was serious, the light in her eyes, it made people afraid to stare straight at him, which was why he was not good with Ritsu.
"I'm looking for him, do you know where he is?" Ritsu turned his head and glanced at Shiina next to him, and looked at Sorata again.
"Hmm. I'm not sure, but she's been dating Sunohara-san before."
"Sunohara-san?" Ritsu looked at Sorata in confusion.
"She's a girl from our class" Sorata said.
Mitaka quickly looked at Sorata and raised his eyebrows, and then, looked at Shiina and Ritsu, who showed wrinkles on their faces. He shook his head again and did not say anything because he also did not want to get involved.
"A girl?"
Ritsu raised his eyebrows, but he did not think too much because it was only the second day for the new students to enter the school so it was impossible for Shishio and Sunohara-san to be a couple, no matter what, but at the same time, she wonders why she needs to think too much about it and why she feels uneasy at the moment when she finds out that she is dating a girl somewhere.
"Mashiro, what do you think?" Ritsu ignored these feelings and asked Shiina.
"....."
Shiina simply lowered her head in frustration.
"What's? Shiina-san has something? If you're in a hurry, then. if possible, then I can help."
Sorata looked at Ritsu and Shiina, and he finally understood that it was not Ritsu who was looking for Shishio, but Shiina who was looking for Shishio.
Shiina turned her head to look at Sorata who was standing up suddenly. He was quite confused, and he didn't say anything. She looked at Ritsu next to her again, and gently pulled the end of her clothes.
"Shishio's."
Shiina shook her head at Sorata and said to Ritsu without hesitation.
"Alright, then let's wait for Oga-kun to return." Ritsu nodded when he heard Shiina's request, grabbed Shiina's hand, and left the dining room.
Sorata looked at the departing Shiina, and his figure did not look at her from beginning to end. He clenched his fists tightly, his expression filled with unwillingness, and jealousy.
'Why always Shishio?'
Sorata and Shishio met Shiina the same day, but Sorata met her more often, but why did he never look at her?
Mitaka looked at Sorata in silence and sighed helplessly. He could understand the feelings in Sorata's heart to some extent, but this was not the reason why Sorata should be jealous of Shishio, and if Sorata continued like this, Sorata would go crazy later.
However, Mitaka then showed a self-deprecating smile as she also did not have the qualifications to judge someone because what she did was the same thing, she said, and she is also worse because she became a playboy to make Misaki hate her, but she knows for herself that she can't let Misaki get away from her.
Mitaka sighed and felt tired. He looked at the cabbage in his hand and felt a pain in his heart.
Looking at Sorata, who was beside him, Mitaka realized that the two of them were a pair of losers.
Mitaka stood up and patted Sorata on the shoulder, and left the dining room without saying anything.
"....."
Sorata looked behind Mitaka and wondered why Mitaka showed such an expression to him earlier. He looked at the empty dining room, and suddenly he was shocked, his face was bleached, sweat was pouring down his forehead, thinking about Mitaka's departure just now...
"Did Senpai know what I was thinking?" Sorata panicked, became nervous, and involuntarily bit his lips.
"What kind of expression did I just show you before? What does Mitaka-senpai know? Why didn't he tell me anything? What does Senpai's last expression mean?"
Sorata's brain was messed up, and his heart was beating very fast.he finally woke up and remembered what he said earlier.
"What does Mitaka-senpai know? Will he tell Chihiro-sensei? Will he tell Kamiigusa-senpai? Will he tell Oga-kun? Will he tell... Shiina-san?"
Sorata's brain was completely empty, he was leaning against the table with both hands, his head was full of sweat from excessive panic and nervousness.
Sorata felt that the secret he had been hiding for a long time had suddenly been revealed. Her current feeling was like when she ran naked with a mask on her face, but her face was removed, and she was surrounded by acquaintances, which made her panic and nervous.
"I..."
Sorata's face became increasingly ugly.
"Hanya~~"
"....."
Sorata instantly woke up, he broke out in cold sweat again, felt something rub his legs, and looked down.
"Hikari (the Sorata cat)!"
Sorata was surprised, then let out a long sigh. "Are you hungry?" He lifted Hikari at his feet, slumped on the chair as if he had lost his strength. He had to admit that after he moved to Sakurasou, he started to change, and he felt that he was not himself anymore, perhaps, it was really a mistake for him to come here.
Thinking of this, Sorata saw a small light in his hand, and the memories began to drift.
"Maybe I should listen to Aoyama..."
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Sorata, who recalled what happened last night, looked at Shishio with a complicated expression, but what could he do?
No. gabe.
Somehow Sorata wants to get away from Sakurasou as soon as possible now.
Shishio did not know what Sorata was thinking, or rather, he did not think too much about it because he thought it was better to open his gift now that the class would be boring.
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