For those who don't know, Beautiful Days is a published anthology of fanmade stories/comics/illustrations, similar to the comic anthologies except centered around short stories. It is strictly non-canon, but it can be fun too!
Translation by Kamase...
When I opened the door to the classroom that evening, no one was there.
The students of Hope's Peak Private Academy all excelled in their Super High School Level talents, and just this morning everyone had been noisily chatting in this very room, but now that class was over, everyone had probably gone off to practice and brush up on their respective talents.
"Haahh..." I sighed, shivering slightly from the chilly air in the room.
The divine blessing of a single talent. I was jealous of everyone else who was able to refine theirs. There's no way I could do the same with my own ability. Super High School Level Good Luck, Naegi Makoto. That's me.
Just getting accepted into this school in the first place was "Good Luck". But I wanted something else–I didn't just want good luck for myself; I wanted the power to help and encourage other people, like everyone else.
I reached out with my empty hand and closed it tightly, as if grabbing onto something.
That's when it happened.Suddenly, a clattering sound caused my back to tense up. Cold sweat running down my skin, I timidly searched around the classroom. Doing so, I saw long black hair swaying out from under a seat in the very center of the room.
–Wh-Who's there?!
I shrunk back without thinking, starting to run away, but the sight of a hairpin stopped me in my tracks.
"...Maizono... san?"
"Oh, Naegi-kun."
It was my classmate, Maizono Sayaka, whose face peeked out from underneath the desk. It looked like she was searching for something under there. But the Super High School Level Idol's expression was unusually dark, unlike the smile she always wore.
"What's wrong? Did you lose something?"
"Mm, this morning I swore I put something in my desk, but now I can't find it..." Maizono-san looked like she was barely holding back tears even now. It must have been something very important.
"Can I help you look for it?"
"Huh? But..."
After Maizono-san's slight surprise, I hastily continued, "Ah! Only if you want me to, though!" Maizono-san and I had attended the same middle school before coming to Hope's Peak Academy. But I was an extremely ordinary middle school student, so there was no way I could talk to a popular idol like her, and even though now we were normal classmates at this school, I still hesitated to associate with her.
But Maizono-san said, with equal haste, "No, that's not it! I would just feel bad if you were busy."
"Oh, no way. I don't have anything to practice... I'd like to help you out if you'd let me."
With just those few words, the smile returned to Maizono-san's face, and she no longer looked like she was about to cry. My shoulders relaxed in relief. "So what can't you find?"
Maizono-san looked a little embarrassed, and her gaze dropped to the floor as she opened her mouth. "Well, you see..."
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