Kageyama slowly closed the door.The room inside was messed-up.The atmosphere was also completely messed-up.The storm named Kageyama Kage had completely demolished and destroyed the environment of this room.“H-Hey, can you get up?”In all that silence, Tanaka was the first to speak.He got up and extended his hand to Miyamoto who was still on the ground.Miyamoto, who was cradling his head, looked up.“Ah, thank you very much.”He, with the help of Tanaka, slowly got up.He led him to the sofa and by that time Matsushita had already started prepping for the tea. It didn’t take long for the usual delicious aroma to fill the room. She, as usual, made four cups of tea and served the four students present.“That guy, I really hate him!” Tanaka balled his fists and slammed the table hard. That startled Aina, and she barely saved the contents of her cup from spilling.<

It was a weekday.I was alone in my home.With my arms spread wide and my legs hanging loosely from the end of the sofa, I looked up at the ceiling. I had nothing to do. In other words, I was bored.“Aaaah~I want to die~”I wonder how many times I have repeated this. Even now, I had this strong urge to jump off this building. No doubt I will die if I were to jump fourteen floors down.“No.”I scolded myself. I can’t be selfish. The voyage that we swore to undertake. We had promised we would die together. She can’t die before me and I can’t die before her. She had said she will come to get me. She would appear before me. And no matter how long, how excruciating and how painful living is for me, I will wait for her. I will keep falling down as long as I don’t reach where she was. But, still…“Come fast, Hayami. Don’t make me wait any longer.”I stretched my

I had stopped going to the student council for more than a week now.The atmosphere between me and Aina had become awkward. We sat next to each other so there were times when I really wished I could sit somewhere else. It would benefit Aina more so she could feel less uncomfortable in class.It was the last day before the start of the golden week. Starting tomorrow, from April 29 to May 6, we will have a week off.I had contacted Kaya earlier today if she could come to meet me but she said she was busy so wouldn’t be able to catch up. That was the only thing I was planning to do during my golden week. But my only plan was now down the drain. So now I had nothing else to do for the whole week. I will just laze around in my room doing absolutely nothing. That is one way to spend your holiday. Maybe I should buy some books to read? Suddenly, I found the perfect way to spend my days enjoying every second.With that decided, I parted ways with Yamamoto a

I took a left and the person following me did the same.After walking a short distance, I used the skywalk and went to the other side. The person behind me did the same.I continued walking. That person was still behind me. I could feel their presence.That person, whoever they were, was following me and they were not even trying to hide that fact. I could ascertain that by hearing the light and relaxed footsteps of the person behind me.As I passed by another junction, I, as naturally as possible, looked to my right. Although I wasn’t able to look at the person’s face, I caught a glimpse of their short skirt. That cleared the gender of the person that was following me. Although that wasn’t the pressing issue here.She was still following me.Just a few meters ahead, I could see the tall, towering apartment that I lived in.I could still feel her presence behind me.On the pavement just in front of the road th

I went straight for the door of my neighbor and rang the bell. Through the intercom, I spoke.“Hey, are you alright?”There was a long pause before she answered.“K-Kageyama-san? Why? Did something happen?”“Don’t try to dodge the question. I just heard you scream. What happened?”“Oh, it was just a cockroach. It came flying out of nowhere. Really, these days I feel like I will die because of these little flying evils.”A cringe excuse. One used too often by women. I knew that a lot of women get scared by cockroaches and maybe Nakamura is also scared of them. But, I wasn’t buying her excuse.“Is that so? Then, why don’t you let me come and purge that evil? You are scared anyway to approach it and there’s a chance it will appear and scare you again.”“N-No. There’s no need for you to go that far?”“I don’t thi