I was on my way from the corridor to the exit.
âYo!â
The person who greeted me as I was looking at the black screen before the phone turned on, was a student of Class 2-B, Ishizaki Daichi, who had a smile plastered on his face. Had he encountered some good news?
âI tried to contact you through your cell phone, but there was no response, so I came straight to you.
âSorry about that, my phone happened to run out of battery.â
âThatâs nothing! Need some of your time right now, alright?â
âAm I going to be threatened?â
âWhat, thatâs an interesting joke. Does a guy who can intimidate you really exist in this school?â
Ishizaki responded to my joke with his own.
âDonât tell me youâre busy after this?â
âNo, Iâm just about to go back.â
âReally? Then thereâs no problem. Come with me!â
With a smile that didnât give me any chance to speak, Ishizaki beckoned with his hand and strode forward.
If I watched him go like this, Iâd lose track of him in the blink of an eye.
Causing a commotion here would only attract everyoneâs attention.
Since I was free, I decided to follow Ishizaki.
But as I turned around the corner, an impossibly large wall appeared suddenly before my eyes.
No, it wasnât a wall. It was Ishizakiâs classmate, Yamada Albert.
He was wearing sunglasses, and he put his right hand, which had an air of intimidation about it, on my shoulder.
âHey.â
â⦠Hey.â
I wasnât quite sure what was going on, so I just tentatively replied to him with the same word. What on earth was this all about?
The threat which I thought was a joke, actually had a touch of reality to it.
âHi, Ayanokouji-kun.â
Next to the wall-sized Albert, Hiyoriâs figure appeared.
âWhat a rare combination.â
âMaybe so.â
I thought Ryuuen would be here too, but that didnât seem to be the case.
âItâs not a good idea to talk here, letâs go somewhere else.â
âGo? Go where?â
âWellâ¦yeah, I havenât thought about that yet.â
Ishizaki rubbed his left index finger under his nose, laughing sheepishly.
âI have a bad feeling about this, so could you let me go?â
No matter how I looked at it, I had a feeling of unease, so I asked for their leave.
âWhatâs the matter, youâre free, right? I wonât let you go back.â
âWonât let me go back⦠what are you doing?â
Albert, who was standing behind me, grabbed me with his immense strength, and wrung me firmly. Then, Hiyori also pulled my arm into her chest. Together the two of them had captured me.
âSorry, Ayanokouji-kun, but weâre not letting you escape.â
âHuhâ¦?â
At the end of the day, this was intimidation, plain and simple.
â¦This joke has already gone too far.
Anyway, it looked like these three were going to take me away from here.
âWe stand out here a lot. We should move, Ishizaki-kun.â
âYeah. So, where to?â
âHmm, then⦠how about Ishizaki-kunâs room?â
Hiyori suggested casually.
âHuh? Myâ¦my room? No, no, thatâs a bitâ¦! Never, never!â
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When Ishizaki heard that his room had been suggested, he refused, flustered.
âWhatâs wrong? Are there any inconveniences?â
âThat, thatâs⦠because, there are various reasons. Even if you asked me, you said that completely out of the blueâ¦â
âWe wouldnât mind if your roomâs a bit messy, right?â
Albert, who was asked for his opinion, slowly nodded.
â¦I can assume that he understood Japanese, right?
He surely needed to use it in exams and lessons, but I wanted to hear him speak Japanese.
âYeah, yeah. Not just a little bit, itâs extremely messy! Thereâs nowhere to put your foot! Aiya, what a huge shame!â
âDonât worry. If you need it, Iâll help you clean up.â
âNononono! Tissues and stuff, I canât let a girl clean them up!â
He couldnât help but blurt out what he had scattered all over his floor.
âTissuesâ¦? What does that mean?â
Hiyori tilted her head in confusion. What was that all about?
âAnyway my room is a bitâ¦! Yes, thatâs right, letâs go to Albertâs room!â
Ishizaki changed the topic in a panic.
âRight, isnât Albertâs room great? Right? Right?â
Ishizaki suggested, as if running away from something.
âOK.â
So he understood Japanese after all. Albert gave his approval with a brief response.
After that, he started moving while carrying me.
âButâ¦Am I going to just be carried away like this?â
âItâs okay. Yamada-kun is very strong.â
No, that wasnât the problem.
It just felt like weâd become unusually conspicuous.
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âNo problem. In a way, itâs a kind of dissemination for those watching.â
After saying that, Hiyori, gently smiling as usual, walked ahead, leading the way.
âI see, as expected of Shiina! Great idea, great idea!â
What did you want to do by taking me away?
With that question in mind, I was taken to the dormitory.