A white car suddenly stopped in front of the door.
The next second.
"——Mother!" Kazusa Ogiwara, wearing a crisp suit, got out of the driver's seat and asked anxiously: "Are you okay?"
There was undisguised eagerness in his eyes. Judging from the fact that he drove by himself without arranging a driver, he probably rushed from the company as soon as he received the news.
Mrs. Ogihara nodded to this, replied that it was okay, and then said: "Thanks to Yusuke-kun's help, Sayu and I are fine."
After hearing this, Ogiwara Kazusa turned his attention to Yusuke and said solemnly: "Although my mother has already told me the specific matter, I would like to thank you again for your help, Yusuke-kun."
"It doesn't have to be like this." Kato Yusuke shook his head and responded with a smile: "As the squad leader, I just did what I should do, so you don't have to be polite, Brother Isa."
"Yisa...Brother?" Sayu on the side frowned slightly, looking between him and Yisa with a bit of doubt in his eyes.
"Can't I call you that?"
"...That's not the case, no, why do you want to ask me such a thing?"
"I won't bark if you don't like it."
"..."
Sayu stopped talking, and his eyes drifted to the side, and he saw the gentle brother looking at them with an incomprehensible expression, and said: "...You guys just chat here for a while, I will take mom in first.
"
Before Sayu could respond, what happened next stunned everyone.
"Yusuke-kun."
Mrs. Ogiwara suddenly said: "If you are willing, you can come in for a drink and let Ichisa take you home later."
It seemed that she was not used to it. Although her words were an invitation, they were still a bit condescending and harsh.
This is a habit that has been developed for a long time and cannot be changed all at once.
But even so, just hearing such words from her mouth is enough to shock those who are familiar with her.
Time seemed to suddenly stand still for a moment.
Sayu: "......!"
Ogihara Kazusa: "Mom...?"
Among the stunned expressions of the two, Mrs. Ogiwara's eyes were very calm, just watching a certain boy quietly, waiting for a reply.
So Sayu and Isa also looked towards someone.
It was under such a situation that the young man suddenly smiled and responded politely: "Then I'll excuse you."
"No, come in." Mrs. Ogiwara said, and took the lead to walk towards the bungalow with the support of Isa.
Kato Yusuke followed the two people through the iron gate a few steps behind, turned his face to the side and looked at Sayu who was still in a daze, and couldn't help but want to tease him.
First, they closed the distance between them without leaving any trace, and then secretly pulled the other person's little hand on his leg.
He whispered: "At this time, it would be cuter if you could say, "This little girl is not talented, please give me more advice in the future." Vice monitor."
As soon as he finished speaking, his hand was pinched hard.
In the peripheral vision, there is a pair of clear eyes mixed with shame, anger and anger.
A beautiful blush appeared on the girl's face.
…
The weekend flew by.
On Monday, Yuko Masaka came to school as usual and found something different.
Firstly, there are no more mischievous graffiti in the shoe cabinet, secondly, the items in the pencil case will not disappear, and thirdly, the menstrual products in the backpack have no trace of being turned over.
The naughty kids who like to play tricks have been warned. Yuzuki, Kaga, and Ebina have collectively asked for leave today.
Under the control of Teacher Shibata, the recording was not circulated in the class. All insiders, including her, were interviewed individually and asked not to tell anyone about the matter.
Yuko has no complaints about this. After all, as long as she can live a stable life, she is actually not willing to make grudges with others despite her weak personality.
Everyone can get along well with each other and spend their high school years happily, which is what she longs for.
Although the recording matter still hasn't helped Yusuke Kato, Yuko feels a lot more at ease when she thinks that the other person will end his suspension and return to school tomorrow.
Everything seems to indicate that life is finally on the right track.
But at the same time, she also noticed something strange.
Those were some classmates with whom she had a good relationship, but their attitude towards her suddenly became cold.
When she takes the initiative to say hello, some people will choose to ignore it, while others will nod as if to deal with it.
After she turned around and left, he would secretly cast his gaze on her back.
It was an indescribable sight that made people feel like thorns on their backs and very uncomfortable.
Not only that.
When she approached some people who were having a good conversation and wanted to join them, they would suddenly become silent for no reason and then disperse very abruptly.
This is not an isolated phenomenon, but almost everyone is keeping a distance from her, as if they are afraid of getting into any trouble.
All reactions seemed to point to one thing - she was alienated by everyone.
Through many actions, Masaka Yuko clearly recognized this fact.
It was like a replay of old times, and the feeling of being outside the collective returned to her.
Yuko felt very distressed about this, but couldn't figure out what was wrong.
I kept going like this until lunch break.
Faced with this situation, she instinctively wanted to confide in her friend, but she discovered something strange.
"Hey, Sayu-chan?"
"Um?"
"Did something happen to you?"
"whats the matter?"
Facing her friend's doubtful eyes, Masaka Yuko nodded affirmatively, and said thoughtfully: "Should I say it's the hairstyle... or the dress? I always feel that your complexion seems different."
"Huh?"
After hearing what she said, Sayu tilted her head in confusion, her silky hair hanging lightly from her ears, floating between her white cheeks and pink lips.
The girl first looked down at the uniform on her body, then turned her face and asked in confusion: "There shouldn't be such a thing. You are overthinking it, Yuko."
Yuko stared at her for a while.
Clear and pure eyes, upright and lovely appearance, snow-white skin as delicate as milk... In addition to being so cute that it would make girls feel excited, other aspects seem to be the same as usual.
This made her a little confused, so she responded uncertainly: "Well, I'm sorry~ That's probably what you said, hehe..."
Shadui nodded, placed the lunch box on his lap, unwrapped the outer layer of flannel, and then opened the lid.
The dishes inside are still exquisite. Although they are just home-cooked dishes, the taste and appearance are not inferior to those of a full-time housewife.
Yuuko, who had tasted her friend's craftsmanship, knew this very well, but what happened next made her confused.
It turned out that the girl did not say "I'm going to do it" while starting to move her chopsticks as she usually did. Instead, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket and took a photo of the lunch box with a "click".
Then he fiddled with the phone for a while, his slender fingers tapping intermittently on the screen, not knowing what he was doing, which seemed quite mysterious.
Masaka Yuko leaned back, stretched her neck slightly, and glanced over there.
Ever since, the chat interface belonging to LINE came into view.
She turned her gaze to Sayu's face, and saw that the girl was staring at the screen intently, as if she had seen something interesting. Her eyebrows were as curved as the moon, and her two thin red lips were slightly upward, with a smile.
.
Although she couldn't see the specific content of the chat, Yuuko understood everything instantly.
He also clearly knew who the other person's girlish expression was due to.
She couldn't help but smile knowingly, and then asked suddenly and narrowly: "Hey, are you dating? You two."
"Eh?"
"That's not true, is it? Aren't you chatting with Iwanami-san?"
There were waves in Sayu's eyes, and he subconsciously hid his phone and said vaguely: "...just because he said he wanted to see my lunch, so he took a photo."
"Hey~~" Masaka Yuko smiled thoughtfully, "I had no idea that Sayu-chan would be so easy to talk to?"
"...Is it wrong for the deputy monitor to care about his classmates?"
"You mean, this is the reason that Iwanami-san always talks about, right? That is, the husband sings and the wife goes along?"
"——No, he asked me to do this. If I ignore him, it will become noisy...so..." Sayu's eyes were wandering, and he didn't know what to say.
As he talked, the words in his mouth slowly turned into complaints.
For example, someone always starts a topic unilaterally every time, and then suddenly disappears for a while while chatting, or actively ends the topic. It makes people feel that they are neither up to nor down, but they can't help but miss them all the time.
But the wonderful thing is that the other person always unexpectedly appears in front of her when she needs him most.
Until now, she still doesn't quite understand why someone came to school on Friday and how they rescued them from the truck.
You must know that when she rushed out, she was extremely reluctant, but the other party was able to grab the slim chance of life behind her with the weight of two people.
She knew that someone had good motor skills, which could be seen through his amazing performance in the ball game.
But even that could not explain the situation at that time.
The more I think about it, the more mysteries become.
That person seemed to be always shrouded in a layer of mist.
Whether it was his abnormal persistence towards her or something else, Sayu felt as if she was being manipulated, which made her a little depressed and a little unhappy.
It's like everything about him has been revealed, but the other person is still confused.
It is precisely because of this that she still cannot make up her mind to agree to date him, even though she has no defense in her heart...
As I thought about it, I became a little angry for no reason.
Sayu pouted slightly and tapped the screen of his phone twice with his index finger, as if he was venting his dissatisfaction with a hateful person.
Being immersed in this emotion, she temporarily ignored the surrounding environment. It was not until Masaka Yuko couldn't help laughing that Sayu finally came back to her senses.
"Pfft...ahhaha, I really want Iwanami-san to see what you look like now, Sayu-chan~"
"Eh? No, wait a minute, you can't take pictures!"
"No~ want~"
Yuko laughed and competed with Sayu for the mobile phone, gradually forgetting the unpleasantness of the morning.
As long as these two people are here, I will be fine... She couldn't help but think this, with a heartfelt smile on her face.
…
After lunch.
The two of them packed their lunch boxes and headed back to the classroom.
There was still a short period of time before class, and Masaka Yuko planned to go to the bathroom, so she told Sayu to go back to the classroom first.
The two separated.
Yuko went to the bathroom at the end of the corridor alone, because it was closest to the stairs.
The bathroom, which smelled faintly of disinfectant, was still as quiet as usual.
Since students are responsible for cleaning after school every day, the environment here is very clean, so much so that during the time when she couldn't make friends in the first grade, she even had the experience of hiding here to eat lunch alone.
Although it sounds incredible, Yuko Masaka knows that she is not the only one in this school.
Reality is never so peaceful. Whether you are unsociable or ostracized, people always need a space where they can escape from unpleasant things.
For this group of people, including her, the sports warehouse and toilets, which are rarely visited, have become spaces where they can relieve stress and rest.
While thinking about this indifferently, he shook his head slightly in self-mockery.
"Maybe I was born like this..." Yueko muttered to herself as she entered the cubicle, unable to help but feel a little sad in her heart.
At this time, the door outside was pushed open with a "squeak".
Along with the sound of slight footsteps, the sound of the faucet also rang in the next second.
——Hua Hua.
The sound of rushing water sounded in the bathroom, as if someone was washing their hands by the sink.
Masaka Yuko's heart that had just been raised slowly dropped, and she immediately felt very angry at her own cowardice.
After a while, the sound of water flow stopped.
Yuezi closed the toilet lid, flushed the water, and prepared to leave.
She raised her hand to push the compartment door, and felt the cool touch of wood on her fingertips, but the door did not move at all.
This made her stunned for a moment, and then she pushed the door hard again.
Cock-clop-clop-clop-clop-clop-clop.
The door that was supposed to be pushed outward seemed to be stuck by something. Although it was shaking back and forth, it still could not be opened.
"laugh……"
The almost inaudible laughter floated into my ears so clearly.
The next second...
Oh no!
"Ah——!" Yuuko screamed, and a chill that penetrated her heart quickly poured over her whole body from the top of her head.
Clang!
The metal bucket was thrown on the ground, and a large amount of water overflowed from the cubicle and filled the bathroom.
…
Jingle bell bell—
The crisp school bell rang in the corridor.
The pot-bellied teacher Shibata held the lesson plan under his arm and walked calmly from the front door of the classroom to the podium with majestic steps.
He waited on the podium for a while, but did not hear the greeting that was supposed to come out, so he frowned in displeasure and asked in a deep voice to the window: "Deputy monitor, what are you doing?"
"Teacher." Sayu stood up from her seat with her hands raised, "Masaka-san hasn't come back yet."
"Didn't come back? Where did she go?" Teacher Shibata couldn't help being stunned, and was about to say something.
Tick, tick, snap, snap.
Along with the sound of water drops falling to the ground, the girl's voice sounded as light as weightless at the door.
"...I'm sorry, teacher, I'm late."
The classroom suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
"——Come back so late, where have you been, Ma... Saka...?" Teacher Shibata turned around and his expression became frozen, and the rest of his words were stuck in his throat.
What caught his eye was a "water ghost" soaked from head to toe.
"——Yuko!" Sayu screamed in shock and immediately ran towards the door.
The students whispered and the silence in the classroom was broken.
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Soon after, Yuko Masaka's family came to the school to pick her up.
The next day, Yuko Masaka asked for sick leave from the school...
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(The chapter 352: Being Alone was released after being reviewed. Please go back and read it.)
Thanks to [Tired Heart], [Araragi], [Xcheng], and [My name is mt23] for the reward.