In the morning, when I arrived at school, I found a white envelope in my shoe box. Could this be, looking over the envelope in my hand, "Yuu Manaka-sama" was written on it, and on the other side was a heart-shaped sticker affixed to the mouth of the envelope. I may be dense, but even I could tell this was a love letter. Thank you, G.o.d. At 16 years old, it seems that spring is finally coming for me, who was cheering on love. I moved to a less used staircase, after confirming that no one was around, I opened the envelope. I took out the letter inside and slowly unfolded it
[To my angel.]
And closed it after seeing the beginning of the sentence. Yup. I didn"t see anything. There was never an envelope. When I was about to put the letter back in the envelope, I felt a gaze from behind me. I turned around slowly and saw half of Takatsuki-kun"s face peeking out from behind a pillar. He"s definitely watching me. He"s checking to see if I"m reading his letter properly. Haaa, heaving out a sigh, I looked at the letter again.
[To my angel. Yuu Manaka-sama, today after school, please come to the second science cla.s.sroom. Ryou Takatsuki.]
Takatsuki-kun. For someone wanting to reveal these hidden feelings. Takatsuki-kun, definitely -kun, shouldn"t you be politer[1]. To write something like "my[1]". I don"t think I can even tolerate you calling me "angel" either. Also, isn"t it a little crusty around where you wrote "Yuu Manaka", don"t tell me that"s what I think it is. Was writing my name really enough to get you excited. No, I don"t want to think about it too deeply, let"s stop this train of thought. Letting out a deep sigh, I returned the letter to the envelope, and headed towards the cla.s.sroom while Takatsuki-kun kept his gaze on me.
The cla.s.ses for the day sped past, and it quickly became after school. After HR, Takatsuki-kun ran out of the cla.s.sroom ignoring the girls and friends that were calling out to him. He likely went to the second science cla.s.sroom. What should I do? I don"t want to go. Honestly, I want to ignore his calling and go home. Because Takatsuki-kun was the owner of those dangerous thoughts that were about kidnapping and confining me. But on the other hand, if I leave, he might fly into a rage and end up kidnapping me in a more forceful way. So-what should I do, what can I do?
"Hey- Manaka, let"s head home?"
Maeda-kun came up to my side and invited me to go home. Ah, this is it!
"Maeda-kun. I need you to do something for me."
"Hm. What?"
"I, I need to go to the second science room right now, so if you"d be willing to wait for a bit."
"Oh- that"s all? I"ll wait, I"ll wait."
"Thanks!"
"Oh- you"re buying crepes on the way back."
"Yes, sure, sure!"
Telling Maeda-kun that I"ll see him later as I leave the cla.s.sroom, Maeda-kun responded with take care - and waved me away. Even if Takatsuki-kun starts acting suspiciously, "Maeda-kun is waiting for me," should be a sufficient enough reason to escape.
Alright, now let"s head to the second science room.
Takatsuki uses "ore" in the letter, which is apparently used when people are close. Manaka"s saying that he should"ve used "boku", because they aren"t.