The bell rang, and break time was over.
Everyone started to go back to their seats.
Just as I was about to move,
there was a gentle whisper in my right ear.
After school, in the back.
When I turned my head slightly, it was Kurosawa-kun.
As if he didn't say anything to me,
he walked back to his seat,
acting normally.
Ah, but he remembers.
My chest felt as if I held my breath for the longest time.
My next gasp of breath came like a shock,
as if my body just came out of being drowned.
Slowly I walked to my seat in the back,
Hatori was looking straight at the board.
And when I sat down,
he took a glanced at my zoned-out expression,
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Aiko's Courage「愛子の勇気」
RomanceKondou Aiko has liked the same boy since fifth grade. But ever since the summer he found out, she was determined to hide her admiration and simply love him from a distance. But when things involving Hatori Taiki, the boy she likes, starts to in...
