Sayu and Yuko were eating lunch together in the classroom.
During the chat, the topic naturally turned to something.
"Speaking of which, that pervert escaped yesterday." After saying this, an angry expression appeared on Yuko's face and asked: "Did you encounter him again afterwards? Sayu-chan."
Sayu shook his head gently and denied: "I went home later. I didn't see him this morning."
"That's it, that's good~ To be honest, that person is really scary. Sayu-chan was kind enough to lend him a handkerchief, but to do something like that is simply too much!"
"Hmm...but I was a little scared. I seemed to have hurt him at that time."
"Why do you say that? It's the person's fault. Sayu-chan was just acting in self-defense."
"Well, although I am aware of it, that person's state is very strange."
"Strange?" Masaka Yuko thought for a moment and said, "Isn't he just a pervert who molests female high school students?"
"Hmm, he seems to be about the same age as us, right? And he calls you and me by classmates." After Sayu finished speaking, he took a bite of the pork chop sandwich and chewed it while one of his cheeks puffed up slightly.
"Ah, could it be a mental patient who ran away from the hospital?"
"But why does he know our names?"
"I remember yesterday morning, didn't we say hello in front of the school gate? Maybe he heard us at that time?"
After hearing Yuko's words, Sayu slowly shook his head.
"Have you forgotten what he called us?"
"How do you call us...Ogiwara-san and Masaka-san."
"Well, but we only call each other by our first names. Don't you think it's strange that he knows our last names?"
Masaka Yuko reacted and speculated: "If you want to say it, isn't "Asahigao's Hero Ogiwara-san" quite famous here?"
"...You did it on purpose, right?" Sayu rolled her eyes angrily.
"Hey, hey, that's obviously a very cool title, Sayu-chan."
"It's so embarrassing...Besides, you're a hero, don't you think this label is too heavy?"
"Well... let's get back to the topic." Yuko said worriedly: "So could that person be the kind of stalker who has investigated us? We should call the police directly next time."
"This... I don't know, and... to call the police, you have to know where he is, right?"
"Maybe it's still in the same place yesterday?"
"Is there someone who has been waiting there, waiting for someone to catch him?"
"makes sense……"
"Ogiwara-san, Masaka-san." A boy came over, "What are you talking about?"
"Ah, it's Izumi-san." Yuko Masaka greeted her and said, "Good afternoon, we are talking about a stalker."
"Stalker??" The boy named Izumi was stunned, with a bit of panic like a small animal appearing on his handsome face. "Why is this? Are you being followed? We must call the police."
Seeing his reaction...
"Pfft...you don't need to be so nervous, right? Izumi-san." Yuko chuckled and asked, "After all, you are not the one who encountered this kind of thing?"
"Even so, aren't Ogiwara-san and Masaka-san very dangerous? Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Izumi-san...you are such a good person."
"Well...because I'm a boy! So I should protect girls!"
A brief moment of silence.
"...Hey, Sayu-chan."
"?"
Masaka Yuko blinked her eyes and said: "...It's so surprising. It's the first time I think that cute Izumi-san has such a masculine side."
"Isn't this too much for me!? Masaka-san!!" Izumi had tears in his eyes, looking cute and cute.
"Ah~ I'm sorry, but the other person is very tall and scary. What are you going to do?"
"Anyway, I will protect you! Otherwise, we can go home together after school!"
"Hey~~"
When the two were joking with each other, Sayu suddenly asked.
"Speaking of which, have you ever heard of the name Iwanami in our school? Izumi-kun."
"Huh?" Izumi turned his eyes, crossed his arms and tilted his head, thinking for a while and said: "...Iwanami, I'm sorry, I have never heard of this name in school."
"So, have you heard of the name Kato Yusuke?"
"...Well, I don't have this either, what's wrong?"
"——Because." Yuko explained from the side: "These two names have been mentioned by the stalker, asking us if we remember them, etc., and he also did very rude things to Sayu-chan.
"
"Hey——! Ogiwara-san? Are you injured anywhere?"
"I'm not injured. Thank you for your concern, Izumi-kun." Sayu shook her head gently, tucking the hair hanging down on her face behind her ears without explaining too much.
"...That's it, you're fine." Izumi breathed a sigh of relief, with a relieved smile on his face, and asked Yuko about the details.
As the person with the best memory in the class, Sayu did not doubt his words and successfully eliminated the last trace of doubt from his mind and stopped thinking about it.
It is in such a situation that time passes slowly...
When school was over, Izumi fulfilled his promise and insisted on sending the two of them home.
Although Sayu didn't think it was necessary, she still agreed after Yuko's persuasion.
Just when they were about to leave the classroom...
"Wait a minute, squad leader, deputy squad leader." Taniguchi suddenly ran over.
Facing the gazes of the three of them, Taniguchi scratched the back of his head and said, "Sorry, there's something wrong with the props team. Can I waste some of your time?"
After hearing what he said, Sayu turned to Izumi and said, "In that case, Izumi-san should go back first."
However, the other party was very insistent and said with clenched fists: "It's okay! I will wait for you downstairs, Ogiwara-san."
After Izumi finished speaking, he ran out of the classroom without waiting for them to reply.
"Huh? That guy Izumi... shouldn't I disturb you?" Taniguchi asked doubtfully, holding his chin with one hand.
"No, let's talk about the prop team first." Sayu announced bluntly.
"Well, actually, one of the members asked for leave today, so please help us confirm the list and count the quantities!"
Hearing this...
"That's it?" Masaka Yuko blinked and asked, "Is it necessary to call two people together for this kind of thing?"
"Ah? After all, don't you two usually get together, so..."
"Usually is normal, now is now, Sayu-chan has to go home early today."
"Huh? But it's about the props team..."
"It's good that I'm here. Sayu-chan, it's better to go home early, okay?" Yuko said so and turned to Sayu.
"Huh? No..."
"Okay, okay, after all, it's not good to run into danger too late, and isn't Izumi-san still waiting? Leave this to me."
"But... eh? No, why did you push me?" Sayu wanted to say something else, but Yuko pushed her out of the classroom without any explanation.
"Anyway, it's decided. Be careful with Sayu-chan on the road, and remember to tell me when you get home."
--boom.
Looking at the closed door in front of him, Sayu couldn't help but feel dumbfounded and frowned slightly. Then he shook his head helplessly and walked downstairs.
Go down from the third floor to the first floor, change into shoes in the shoe cabinet, and then walk out of the school building.
"Ah, Ogiwara-san——" the boy's call came to his ears.
Sayu then looked towards the source of the sound.
What came into view were tall trees with lush branches. Under the trees stood a young man with short black hair, smiling and waving in this direction.
The wind blows the fallen leaves, rustling down, covering the ground with golden color.
She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then stopped and nodded to the running boy, "You're still here, Izumi-kun."
"Ah! That's too much. Didn't we agree? Where is Masaka-san?" Izumi showed a hurt expression.
Sayu smiled inadvertently and said, "Yuzi asked me to go back first, and she stayed to help."
"Hey, that's it, shall we leave too?"
"Well...well, thank you then."
"Yes! I will work hard!"
"You don't need to be so serious. After all, you may not actually meet that person. If there is danger... you should run away and call the police as soon as possible, Izumi-san."
"Even Ogiwara-san said that!?"
Sayu shook her head in a funny way, said let's go, and then took the lead to walk forward.
So Izumi followed.
The two of them just walked and talked, maintaining a certain distance in between.
Walk all the way out of the school gate, onto the main road, and then to the intersection on the nearby river bank.
Sayu stood there and looked around for a while, but didn't find anyone. He couldn't help but feel relieved and nodded to Izumi beside him.
"It doesn't matter, that person doesn't seem to be here, you can go."
"Is that person the stalker you met?"
"Yeah." Sayu nodded gently, and the two of them moved forward again.
Izumi nodded as if he understood, then took out his mobile phone from his pocket as if he remembered something, and said: "Ah, by the way, I have asked people in other classes about the two names you mentioned at noon. There is something that may
You'll be interested."
"What?"
"Although there is still no news from Iwanami, the name Yusuke Kato seems to be the champion of the National High School Track and Field Competition some time ago."
"Tokyo?"
"Yes, look here." He said, moving closer and placing the phone in the middle. Sayu looked down.
What appeared on the screen was a handsome-looking black-haired boy with a medal representing victory hanging on his chest.
"That's this guy, do you know him?"
Sayu's eyes were fixed on the screen, blinking several times, and murmured: "Black hair...?"
at this time……
"Who are you--?"
Accompanied by a cold voice, a figure wearing black sportswear suddenly appeared in front of them.
The two people who were focused on their mobile phones didn't even see where the other person came out.
"Eh? You are..." Izumi murmured, and immediately opened his eyes wide, and took a step forward to block Sayu, entering a state of alert.
"You are the stalker that Masaka-san said! As long as I am here, I will not let you hurt Ogiwara-san!"
As he spoke, he turned around, reached out to hold Sayu's hand, and tried to take her away.
Kato Yusuke's eyes instantly turned cold, and he raised his feet and stepped forward.
"Izumi-san! Be careful!"
"Eh?"
Izumi, who had just held Sayu's hand, was slightly startled. Before he could react, a powerful force came from behind.
Immediately afterwards——
"Aww!"
His feet lifted off the ground, and his whole body was lifted up into the air, like a cat that was caught by the back of the neck, with its hands and feet flapping wildly in the air.
"Izumi-san!"
"Leave me alone and leave quickly! Sayu-san!"
Kato Yusuke's eyes burned with fire, and an uncontrollable anger suddenly rose from his chest, prompting him to raise his right fist and swing it towards the boy's face.
--boom!
A dull sound of hitting came from under the fist and cheek.
"Uh-huh!" Izumi's head suddenly turned to the right, and the left side of his face was burning.
"How dare you call her that!" Kato Yusuke's face turned cold, he growled almost ferociously, and threw him to the ground with his hand.
Izumi rolled around on the ground, stirring up a cloud of flying dust.
"Izumi-san——!!" Sayu screamed and ran to his side.
"... Sayu-san... run..." Izumi muttered vaguely. His originally delicate face was covered in dust, the left half of his cheek was completely swollen, and there was a trace of bloodshot eyes hanging from the corner of his mouth.
Looking at Izumi who was still trying to persuade him to leave despite being injured, Sayu couldn't help biting her lower lip, her body trembling slightly with anger.
Yusuke was still dissatisfied with this, he felt as if his whole body was on fire, and all he could see was the man lying on the ground.
He let out a heavy breath from his mouth and nose, and then raised his feet forward again.
Sayu took a deep breath, stood up angrily from the ground, turned to face Yusuke, who was walking towards him, walked quickly towards him, and finally stopped in front of him, raising his right hand.
Swung it down hard!
"Sayu...classmate...!" Izumi, who was behind, put his hands on the ground and shouted muffledly.
That was a momentary thing.
Snapped--!!
A crisp slap resounded in the ears, breaking the tranquility on the river bank.
Facing the girl's slap, Kato Yusuke silently accepted it.
He slowly raised his head, a pair of ink-like eyes looming between the scattered white bangs.
"……Why?"
"... Huh... Huh..." Sayu glared hard, not giving in, and shouted: "People like you! The most - - annoying!!"
The girl's slightly shrill, but still clear and beautiful voice echoed.
Kato Yusuke's body trembled slightly, his eyes swept over the boy not far away, and then stared at Sayu in front of him for a moment.
"Do you like him? This boy." He asked softly.
Sayu answered without hesitation: "At least compared to strangers, Izumi-san is more trusted by me!"
The girl who said this had her face soaked with angry tears, and her eyes were filled with hatred.
Without those shared memories and experiences, Sayu would no longer be the Sayu he knew.
At this moment, the days he spent in this city and the time he spent with the girl in front of him rolled in like a turbid current, drowning him.
"Sa, Sayu-san——!"
During this period of silence, Izumi, who had fallen to the ground, also got up and rushed between them again. Although his body was trembling, he still protected Sayu behind him.
His face was full of fear, and he looked at Yusuke like a frightened cat.
"Izumi-kun..." Sayu murmured, as if surprised by his courage.
There was deathly silence in Kato Yusuke's eyes, and he turned and left without saying a word. His staggering back looked like a walking corpse that had lost its soul.
The way forward has been decided, and what must be given up has also been decided.
This is the turning point of life.
Saw this scene.
Sayu couldn't help but frown slightly, and an indescribable emotion suddenly surged in his heart. He felt a little sad for no reason, and then shook his head mockingly.
"Sha, Sha Sha Sha Sha Sha Sayu-san..." A confused Izumi said tremblingly: "He, he he he he seems to be gone!"
Sha Yui nodded and checked his injuries, "I'm sorry, Izumi-san, how is your face?"
"Huh? Ah, it hurts...!"
"Sorry! There is a clinic nearby, I will send you there now!"
"Hmm, please..."
"Don't say that. I'm sorry, it was me who put you in danger."
"No! There is no such thing at all. Rather, I am really happy that I can protect you! So..." Izumi's voice suddenly became smaller: "Can I still protect you in the future...?"
"Eh?"
After hearing this, Sayu was suddenly startled and looked towards him.
And the other party looked at her without hesitation, with a serious look on her face.
"Although I'm not the kind of boy who feels very secure, but...are you willing to date me? Sayu-san." Izumi summoned up the courage to say.
In a daze, the scene of him standing under the tall tree suddenly appeared in front of Sayu's eyes, making her slightly absent-minded.
There was a moment of silence.
"...Sayu-san?"
"Sorry, Izumi-san..."
"Huh?"
"I'm very grateful for your kindness, but I can't accept it...I'm sorry."
"Is that so...yes, I'm sorry, did I bother you?"
"No, I'll be at that clinic soon."
"Um."
The two walked forward silently.
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ps. The author already knows about Sayu and will arrange it later, so don’t make any noise.