[Maehara: Nitta-san.]

[Nina: Yes. I’m done with my interview a while ago, so I can move around.]

[Nina: I’ve heard the story from the Asanagis]

[Nina: Anyway, let’s split up the search.]

[Maehara: Got it, let’s do that.]

Out of 5 of us, Nitta-san was the one who was at all times messing round and by no means took something significantly. However, at instances like this, she was at all times probably the most reliable one.

Anyway, since Amami-san ought to nonetheless be in class and there weren’t many locations she might go to.

Contemplating the state of affairs, she was most likely alone in a secluded place, so all we would have liked to do was to seek out that place.

Nitta-san would cowl the college constructing whereas I’d go across the faculty grounds. Though there have been lots of buildings within the faculty, turning this into a reasonably large disguise and search, there actually weren’t many locations for her to cover.

We might most likely discover her in round twenty minutes… No, most likely somewhat greater than that.

“Ah, Maki! What are you doing right here?”

“Nozomu?”

After I modified my indoor sneakers to outside ones and exited the college constructing, Nozomu out of the blue referred to as me out from behind. Because it was nonetheless the parent-teacher interview interval, he was exempt from collaborating in his membership actions, but it surely appeared like he didn’t take that probability to slack off. From the best way he seemed, he most likely had simply completed working.

“Hm… Ah, proper, your interview was right this moment, huh? So, how was it? Nicely, understanding you, your grades are loopy good, so I don’t suppose you had that a lot bother, eh?”

“Yeah, however..”

“Huh? However…?”

“…”

For a second, I hesitated whether or not to inform Nozomu about Amami-san or not.

He was an essential buddy of mine. If I have been to ask him, even when he have been in the course of a apply, he’d depart all of it behind and assist me out with out hesitation.

If Amami-san simply went lacking, then I’d positively inform him with out the necessity to ponder about it, however the present case wasn’t that easy. The second I requested for his assist, I additionally needed to inform him the small print in regards to the state of affairs.

“Mm.”

Nozomu patted me on the again and headed in the direction of the sector.

In our group, he was usually overlooked due to his membership actions, however he was nonetheless an essential buddy to me.

I knew that it could be not possible to get a physique as massive as his, however I needed to have a coronary heart as massive as his.

“Thanks, Nozomu.”

I muttered to his leaving again earlier than persevering with my seek for Amami-san.

Since Eri-san and Nitta-san hadn’t texted me, that meant Amami-san most likely wasn’t within the faculty buildings. I didn’t want to take a look at the fields since they have been crowded with individuals who have been training like Nozomu.

“…Which means…”

A sure place got here to my thoughts, so I moved my legs there, all whereas trying across the secluded locations on the best way, simply in case.

Since we turned second years, we had virtually stopped going there anymore. However, again after we have been first years, our group usually got here to that place to eat our lunches.

The place I had in thoughts was the previous instructor’s smoking space. Positioned in a secluded place behind the old-fashioned constructing, with solely a single bench there, it was a spot that neither the scholars nor lecturers frequented anymore.

After I handed the old-fashioned constructing and went to the again, I hid my footsteps.

There, I discovered a sure somebody’s lonely, hunching again.

Maybe as a result of it was a dimly lit place, however her normally dazzling hair seemed somewhat uninteresting.

“…Sniff…”

“Amami-san…?”

“M-Maki-kun…?”

Listening to my voice, she instantly reacted and circled. A single drop of tear ran down her cheek and stained her blazer.

She was an expressive individual. On account of that, this wasn’t the primary time I’ve seen her crying face.

…Nonetheless.

This was the primary time I’ve seen her carrying such a tragic face.