Nyanta & Pomeko

Chapter 51: Chisa Hizaki

[TL: The upcoming 3 chapters are side stories]

"She's being carried away lately, hasn't she?"

"Right. I heard her novel's going to be published."

"I mean, she's a nerd."

'She used to be the goldfish in our group. It's kind of annoying, so don't make it a hub."

"Yeah, thanks."

　I, Chisa Hizaki, thought I was living a normal student life.

　I thought I was a bit reclusive, writing novels was the only thing I was good at, and I thought I was spending my school life quietly.

　There were many mischievous students in my class, both male and female.

　I should have just stayed quiet. ...... I was so happy that my novel was going to be published that I told my group of friends about it. It was a mistake.

"Eh w-what are you guys talking about?　Aren't you looking forward to the field trip the week after next?"

　They had a conversation in front of me that I couldn't understand. my hub?

　The kids in my group, who had been talking normally earlier, didn't even make eye contact. They ignored my words.

　I understood what had happened. This is what I call ...... being an outcast.

　I couldn't do anything about the wall that had been erected in the blink of an eye, and only a feeling of loneliness was born in my heart.

　From that day on, I was considered a nobody by my entire class.

　It was hard for me to go to school. I didn't think that mere ignorance could be so damaging to my heart.

　The group I was in was one that stood out in the class. My classmates looked at me with an opportunity to see me fall.

　I had been talking to them normally until yesterday, but the fear of suddenly being ignored. I was about to be traumatized.

　Even so, I decided to somehow try to update my novel. If I wrote my novel, I wouldn't have to think about anything else.

　The moment I stopped tapping on the keyboard, I remembered my classmate's cold stare that stuck in my brain and wouldn't leave.

　One day, two days, ten days passed, but the exclusion didn't disappear.

　But just before we went on a field trip, I received a message from a girl in my group.

"I'm getting bored, so let's be friends on the field trip."

　It was a nasty message, but I was happy.

　My emotions were all messed up. I was happy even though I didn't like it. I was relieved.

　Now I can have a normal life with my classmates.

　That's what I thought.

　But that was not the case.

　On the day of the field trip, the girls from my original group talked to me. Only the leader of the group, Miyuki Mitobe, didn't talk to me.

　Even though I was only lonely for a few days, I felt happy that she talked to me.

　So I tried not to look at the unpleasant air. I was letting the words and phrases that teased me flow.

　It was more snarky than before, but it was better than being ignored.

　I spent the rest of the bus ride hiding my disgust.

　As we entered the park and were divided into groups, the atmosphere changed rapidly.