Final day of the yr with Sendai-san — 233

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「Can I name you Shiori? I’ve wished to fulfill you for a very long time.」

She known as me out inside a minute of assembly her.

It’s too quickly.

I feel it’s the shortest file.

I had by no means been requested earlier than by somebody whose identify I didn’t even know if I may name them by their identify.

Suppressing the urge to run away from the moderately crowded night café, I search for Sendai-san, who is meant to be working part-time right here, utilizing solely my eyes. However I can’t discover her.

「Ah, was I being chummy with you? Nicely then, can I name you Shiori-chan? You possibly can simply name me Mio.」

Although the identify of the café waiter, who launched herself as「Hazuki’s good friend,」was midway revealed earlier than I may place my order, I wasn’t comfy with being known as Shiori-chan as soon as she knew my first identify.

Judging from the phrases “I’ve been wanting to fulfill you for a very long time,” this particular person was the school good friend of Sendai-san’s who launched the part-time jobs to Sendai-san.

I may say that she’s the one who took away Sendai-san’s winter trip from me.

Irrespective of how I take a look at it, getting alongside together with her appears to be a tough job in itself.

I set free a small breath.

I shouldn’t have come all the way in which right here, alone, on New 12 months’s Eve.

I can’t assist however remorse coming to Sendai-san’s part-time job.

I didn’t need to become involved with the waitress who known as me Shiori-chan and insisted that I name her Mio, and he or she would abandon her responsibility to ask for the order and stored speaking to me one-sidedly with questions like,「You’re Hazuki’s good friend, proper?」 or「You share a room together with her?」

「Mio-san, might I place an order?」

I take a look at the menu, not at Sendai-san’s good friend who’s taking a look at me with a pleasant smile.

She is a waitress at a café, so so long as I place my order, she ought to go away. I don’t suppose she would keep right here even after listening to my order.

「No, not like that! I advised you to name me Mio.」

A shiny voice descends and I look on the troublesome waitress.

「…Might I ask your loved ones identify?」

「Komatsu. Komatsu Mio, so name me Mio.」

「Komatsu-san. Cheesecake, with tea, please.」

I name her by her household identify, which supplies me a pleasant environment.

I ought to name her by her first identify and pressure myself to order.

「Ehh. Why don’t you name me Mio?」

Komatsu-san, whose hair shade is lighter than Sendai-san’s, says in a shiny voice.

I actually shouldn’t have come.

If I may rewind time, I’d inform the me of an hour in the past to not go away my home.

I swallow the sigh that just about comes out and stare at Komatsu-san, whose bob minimize fits her effectively.

It didn’t matter that she wished to see me, and I didn’t need to see her. I simply got here to this café as a result of it was boring to remain dwelling alone, and I believed it could be good to exit someplace from time to time anyway.

However I feel I used to be an fool to contemplate that.

This Komatsu Mio particular person doesn’t appear to be a nasty particular person, she seems to be shiny and bubbly like blue sky, however she’s not the kind of particular person I’m superb at.

「Shiori-chan, strive saying “Mio”.」

They are saying the dangerous shopkeepers don’t like to surrender.

And by the way in which, past pleasant, her distance is bugging me.

Why is it that every one of Sendai-san’s buddies appear to imagine that nobody hates them?

「Uhh, Mio-san. How do you know my identify?」

I’ll take her opinion and name her by her given identify, however keep away from calling her by her household identify. If I name her Mio even as soon as, she is prone to name me Shiori, and I ought to deflect the dialog.

I do know that she most likely is aware of my identify as a result of Sendai-san advised her, and he or she should know my face as a result of she confirmed her an image or one thing, however there may be nothing else to speak about.

「As a result of I heard it from Hazuki.」

The phrases got here again as anticipated, and I resent Sendai-san.

If Sendai-san had not advised me about Komatsu-san—— err, Mio-san within the first place, this may not have occurred. No, I didn’t come right here as a result of I care about her. It doesn’t matter what Sendai-san mentioned about Mio-san.

「Shiori-chan, you don’t need to name me Mio that a lot?」

Mio says ruefully.

「We’ve simply met.」

「Is that so? Then, simply name me Mio-san for now. I’ll name you by your identify after we get to know one another higher. Oh, however let’s not use honorifics. Let’s not use honorifics, Shiori-chan.」

I don’t need to say I perceive, and if I say I perceive, she’ll say it’s an honorific.

What ought to I say then?

Caught for a solution and trying to find Sendai-san with solely my eyes, I hear a barely low voice.

「Hey, hey, don’t bully the client.」

「Ah, Senpai.」

As if being adopted by Mio-san, I regarded on the proprietor of the voice, and the reminiscence of after I got here to this café with Maika got here again to my thoughts.

This particular person was a barely scary trying buyer who was speaking with Sendai-san.

She is an everyday buyer right here, and I’m fairly certain that she is the senior who launched Sendai-san to the part-time tutoring job.

What I remembered was not humorous, and my forehead nearly wrinkled. I tug my bangs deceptively after which drink from a reasonably glass of water.

「So, Miyagi-chan. Are you residing with Sendai-chan?」

Mio-san additionally abruptly says one thing that she by no means mentioned.

Huh.

Unusual.

I’m not shocked that this senior is aware of my identify, however I’m not shocked that the wrong phrases got here out.

I’m wondering what Sendai-san is telling this particular person about our scenario.

「Huh? I heard from Hazuki that Shiori-chan is her roommate, however do you reside collectively?」

「Miyagi-chan, how was that?」

I hear a really light voice.

However I’m scared as a result of she seems to be at me with narrowed eyes.

「We’re simply sharing a room.」

My voice was quieter than I believed it could be, however I corrected the mistaken notion.

「Miyagi-chan, I’d like to listen to extra fascinating solutions.」

「I don’t know any fascinating solutions…」

「Senpai. You’re making Shiori-chan really feel troubled. Let’s ask one thing simpler to reply. For instance, why you share a room with Hazuki, or about Hazuki in highschool. Was Hazuki well-liked in highschool, in spite of everything?」

My ears twitched on the sound of Mio’s voice and my coronary heart pulsated.

Even in highschool.

Meaning Sendai-san is well-liked in faculty as effectively.

I knew it could be so, however till now I had been in a position to simply think about it. And but, Mio-san’s phrases have confirmed that that is so, and I start to fret about varied issues that I’ve pretended to not see till now.

I puzzled what sort of person who particular person was and the way she responded to them.

Issues that I didn’t need to take into consideration come up from the again of my thoughts and I discover it arduous to breathe, as if the oxygen has develop into thinner.

I look down on the menu and breathe out and in quietly to drive away the nonsense that occupies most of my ideas, however the oxygen remains to be skinny and I maintain my throat.

Café latte.

Cafe mocha.

Matcha latte.

As my eyes adopted the menu in an try and distract myself, an fascinating voice rang in my ears.

「Mio, the supervisor needs to see you. Please return to your seat, Noto-senpai.」

I eliminated my hand from my throat, seems to be up lazily, and sees Sendai-san standing there with a stranger’s face.

「Hazuki, oops. You bought horns.」

When Mio-san was exaggeratedly scared, Sendai-san snapped again,「It’s mot rising.」

「Lovely waitress, you may a minimum of tolerate the transfer.」

「I can’t. Senpai, please return to your seat shortly.」

「No selection then. I’ll return.」

Noto-san, her senior, reluctantly returns to her seat.

「Shiori-chan, you need cheesecake and tea set, proper?」

When requested by Mio-san, who appeared to have remembered my order, and I answered「Sure,」and her cheerful voice replied,「Roger!」

「Then, see you.」

I don’t know what it was once more, however Mio-san mentioned fortunately and disappeared into the again of the shop. Then, Sendai-san, who was the final one left, stared at me and set free a lower-than-usual voice.

「…Miyagi, you let her known as you “Shiori-chan”?」

「I don’t know. She simply began saying it on her personal. She immediately needs to name me Shiori, and it’s exhausting.」

「Did you make her name you Shiori?」

「I didn’t make her name me Shiori, so she known as me Shiori-chan…… I didn’t say that was okay both.」

「And now?」

「What about now?」

「Concerning the Shiori.」

「I wouldn’t let her name me that. Generally, Sendai-san’s buddies are——」

I don’t care what I say to Sendai-san, however it’s not good to talk ailing of her buddies. I do know that a lot, so I swallow the phrases I’m about to say and gulp down a glass of water.

「You possibly can go on and say it.」

「It’s not an enormous deal, so it’s fantastic.」

「I need to hear and find out about your impressions of Mio and my Senpai.」

「…They’re too sociable.」

In case she’s questioning, I’ll give her my impression of the 2 of them in an indirect method.

「Mio is just a little an excessive amount of, however not that loopy.」

「…I don’t suppose they’re often like that.」

I feel she lives in a unique world from Sendai-san, who’s all the time round folks and might speak to anybody in a pleasant method. We don’t appear to agree with one another.

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「I’m wondering. I imply, it’s regular to speak to buddies of buddies in a pleasant method, even when it’s solely to various levels.」

「Some folks on the earth aren’t regular like that.」

「Nicely, possibly that’s true. Oh, proper. Miyagi, what did you ask for?」

Sendai-san places a interval on the pointless discussions which have been happening parallel strains and adjustments the topic.

「Cake.」

「I see. Nicely, whenever you’re finished consuming that, wait right here for a minute.」

「Why?」

「I’m ending early in the present day, so let’s go dwelling collectively.」

「It’s fantastic. I’ll go dwelling alone.」

I had heard earlier than I left dwelling that her part-time job would finish early, however I didn’t come to the café as a result of I wished to go dwelling together with her. In addition to, if I stayed right here leisurely, I’d be requested numerous questions once more, and I don’t suppose I need to keep lengthy.

「It’s alright. It’s the top of the yr. It’s best to go dwelling with me.」

「If these folks come once more, it’s going to be hassle, and I need to go dwelling first.」

「Don’t fear, I’ll deal with that.」

「Completely?」

「Completely. I promise you.」

I can hear Sendai-san’s highly effective voice, however nothing is absolute. Specifically, Mio-san is so near those who one can solely assume that she has no private area in any respect, and Noto-san can be very acquainted with folks. I really feel that Sendai-san would simply transcend the phrase “absolute” and speak to me.

However in the present day is the top of this yr.

I can provide Sendai-san an opportunity.

「…I’ll go away as quickly as a type of two arrives.」

「I’ll be sure that to cease them.」

Sendai-san chuckled as she mentioned this.