The sun was shining in the atrium, and people were coming and going around, making it noisy, but it couldn't be said to be noisy.
Kirino Akane sat on the bench, bathed in the light, and couldn't help but close her eyes slightly. She liked this comfortable and leisurely feeling.
"Akane."
A call reminded her that she was not here to bask in the sun.
Akane Kirino opened her eyes and turned around to see a boy of neither height nor short standing next to the bench, his face looked familiar.
She couldn't remember who the other party was for a moment, but he called her name directly...
Is it someone I met before?
"You really don't remember?"
Seeing her confusion, the other party smiled helplessly, "I am Kenji, Okura Kenji. When I was in elementary school, I was in the same class as Akane."
"Ah, Okura!"
Hearing the name, the face in front of her corresponded to the memory in her mind. Kirino Akane suddenly thought of him, "So you have also passed the Dangao examination."
"During the entrance ceremony, I said hello to Akane...and Kirino, have you forgotten?"
Not impressed at all.
Akane Kirino smiled stupidly and passed by.
"A few years have passed, and Kirino is still the same as before..."
Okura Kenji said and pointed to the bench, "Can I sit down?"
"I'm waiting for someone."
"I know." He glanced at the letter in her hand, "I am the one who asked Kirino to meet here."
Kirino Akane blinked, "Really?"
She moved aside to make room for him, and then opened the letter.
"Okura, what do you mean by 'exposing Soya's true face'...?"
Okura Kenji looked at her, "Is it really because of Soya-san that Kirino decided to meet?"
"Of course." Kirino Akane said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Otherwise, why would I agree to the invitation of someone who didn't even leave his name?"
"..."
Okura Kenji was speechless for a moment, "Anonymity is because...it is because..."
He said "because" for a long time but still didn't get any answers. Kirino Akane continued:
"Okura is an ordinary person, and what he's talking about shouldn't be about that world, so I'm even more curious about what 'Soya's true face' you mentioned in your letter. Please tell me."
Ordinary people?
That world?
The unexpected factor made Okura confused for a few seconds, but her curiosity was exactly what he expected.
He regained his composure and asked, "What is the relationship between Kirino and Soya-san?"
"Does it matter..."
Kirino Akane thought about it and found that her relationship with Soya was quite complicated.
Are they landlords and tenants, colleagues who occasionally work together, or spiritual awakeners who know the other side of the world...
But it can also be summed up simply: "They should be friends."
She summarizes the complex relationship that is difficult to explain as friends, while Kenji Okura interprets it as ambiguous.
"Just friends?"
Kirino Akane smiled.
"It's a little more complicated than friends..."
it is as expected.
Okura Kenji calmed down and continued:
"As far as I know, Soya-san is from Miyagi Prefecture and only came here to attend high school in April. How much does Kirino know about him?"
"No, Soya came here at the end of February." Kirino Akane corrected, "Then he stayed at my house."
"Live at Kirino's house?!"
Okura Kenji was immediately shocked beyond measure, "Is this the kind of relationship you have?"
She smiled and nodded, "Yes."
"In this case……"
He gritted his teeth, "I want to expose Soya's true face to Kirino!"
Kirino Akane's eyes lit up, "Yeah, tell me quickly."
"Soya and Yoshikawa Anko from Class A are dating in private!"
"..."
Snap.
There was a sound of something falling to the ground behind me.
While stunned, Kirino Akane did not forget to look back.
Behind is a flower bed more than half a meter high. On the other side, two people are bending down to pick up things on the ground, with only their backs exposed.
She turned back again.
"What... Soya and Anko?"
"Yes, I saw this with my own eyes!"
Okura Kenji has forgotten that his original plan was just to let Kirino Akane realize Sotani's true nature, and then take advantage of it... No, he used his tolerance to soothe her emotional trauma.
"I also heard from other boys that Soya is also having an affair with second-year senior Kyoko Sugawara. Someone saw them walking together late at night a few days ago, and senior Sugawara was still wearing Soya's clothes!"
Kirino Akane's reaction to this was indifferent. She was more concerned about what he just said and saw with her own eyes.
"What I saw?...Yes, I saw it. Just the night before yesterday, I saw Yoshikawa Anko leaning on Soya on the train, looking very intimate. I even took a photo."
"..."
Kirino Akane said nothing, Okura Kenji took out his cell phone and showed her the photo.
In the carriage, Yoshikawa closed his eyes and leaned on Sotani's shoulder with a calm expression. The two of them really looked intimate...
"——Isn't this a candid photo?"
The two of them turned their heads at the same time. Sogu, who was behind the bench, looked at each other and pointed at himself on the screen of his mobile phone.
"Is it a candid photo?"
"..."
Kenji Okura opened his mouth and was speechless, but Akane Kirino smiled.
"Is Soya eavesdropping?"
"No."
He straightened up, "We just happened to pass by, right?"
"..."
Behind him, Yoshikawa held a lunch box with a few scratches on it, but did not respond.
"This is a candid photo."
Kirino Akane looked at Okura Kenji again, "It's not allowed no matter what, right Okura-san?"
"..."
He looked at Sotani and Yoshikawa, and after a moment of silence, he changed his story and said that someone else had taken the photo and sent it to him.
"...But, this is a fact, right!"
Zong Gu nodded, "I'm not denying it either."
"As expected, you and Yoshikawa Anko..."
"No, I'm talking about this photo."
Soya looked at Akane Kirino, "This is on the way back from Nishi Asai Town after settling the commission the day before yesterday."
"I see."
She nodded, enlarged the photo and moved it to their feet.
"Hey, these vegetables..."
Soya took a look and said, "These are the vegetables I asked Tsukiko to deliver to the izakaya. After completing the request, Kurihara-san insisted on sending some thank you gifts."
She immediately raised her head, "I thought it was Hongzi who gave it to Soya!"
"Hmm...didn't I tell Kirino?"
"No!"
"Really? These three big bags of vegetables were so heavy that Yoshikawa and I almost broke our hands."
Kirino Akane looked at Yoshikawa again, "Why didn't Anko tell me?"
Sotani also said: "I remember you said you wanted to call Kirino."
Yoshikawa opened his mouth.
"I was so tired... I went home and took a shower, and then I fell asleep."
Kirino Akane laughed and was about to say something when Okura Kenji stood up suddenly and left quickly without looking back.
Watching him go away, Soya and Yoshikawa also sat on the bench.
Kirino Akane took out the letter and handed it to Soya.
"I thought Okura had some secret about Soya."
"Almost all my secrets have been told to Kirino."
He glanced at it quickly and handed it to the side.
Yoshikawa took the letter and just after reading a line, he stood up with the lunch box.
"You guys chat, I'll go up first."
Soya left, Akane Kirino and Yoshikawa sat in the atrium for a while.
"It starts again."
Kirino Akane sighed, "I just went to the shoe cabinet and found several more letters in it."
"Even in high school, boys are still like that." Yoshikawa said.
"Why didn't Hongzi receive it?"
She was stunned for a moment, then explained using what Soya told her just now: "Because they think I like Soya."
Kirino Akane was also stunned.
"Why would anyone else know about this?"
"It seems...it's because of a misunderstanding?"
...
Sizzling——
The radio hanging in the corner of the classroom suddenly sounded a burst of electricity.
Fushimi glanced back, and then asked Soya to guess whether it was the principal or the dean who wanted to inform the matter.
"Principal."
"I think it's the dean of students."
Both guessed wrong.
Sizzling——
"Hey, I'm Akane Kirino from Class B of the first year..."
Zonggu immediately took a breath.
"This Golden Week, I'm going on a date in Kyoto with Soya from Class A of the first year! A date! A date——"