“Thinkin’ about getting a discount book for yourself now?”
“I’m seriously considering it!” She propped her cheek on her hand and looked at me. “You really know how to enjoy time by yourself, Yashiro-kun.”
“That doesn’t really feel like a compliment.”
“What? It’s totally a compliment! I think it’s great! I...” Her eyes looked drowsy all of a sudden. She was totally half-asleep. “...want you to...show me even more...fun things...”
“You need to start figuring things out for yourself.”
“Whaaat? C’mon, Master...teach me...”
“Students with no ambition should be expelled.”
“Zzz...”
Ah, she fell asleep. She’s so careless. If you come here alone, you gotta hold your belongings close when you take a nap. But I guess I’d have to tell her that after she wakes up. I’d just chill and read my manga until then.
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Monday morning, Hanamizawa-san ran over to me the moment I sat down at my desk. “Morning, Yashiro-kun!”
“Morning,” I answered.
She laced her fingers together and started fidgeting. “H-Hey. Um... You know how I, like, fell asleep yesterday?”
“Yeah?”
“You didn’t take pics of my face or anything while I slept, did you?”
“I wouldn’t do something that weird.”
“R-Right! Good!” She sighed with relief. “I thought I was gonna have to destroy both your phone and your memory.”
“I get how you’d destroy my phone, but how would you destroy my memory?!”
“A baseball bat?”
“If you whacked me with a bat hard enough to erase my memories, I’m pretty sure you’d kill me!” I quipped.
She giggled. Apparently it was just a joke. “Let’s have another ‘how to spend time solo’ class together again soon.”
“That’s a contradiction, you know. Go by yourself.”
“Aww, don’t be like that! We’ve already taken a bath together and slept together!”
“Phrasing! Besides, you’re the only one who fell asleep, Hanamizawa-san!”
“You know, you can just call me Kanon, Master.”
“No!” As I tried to hold back Hanamizawa-san, who was suddenly acting strangely attached to me, I thought, “Ugh, how did this even happen?” with a sigh.
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Huh? Taking baths together? Sleeping together? A girl suddenly perked up when she heard those words from across the room. Those words she had heard her friend say kept echoing over and over again in her mind. Now that she thought about it, Kanon had been acting a little weird lately. Kanon... Did that guy do something to you? Because in that case... She glared at the sullen boy her friend was talking to.
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