NOVEL NEXT chapter 75
75 Uramiori’s Day Off ③
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Outside the window. The same scenery just kept flowing by and disappearing.
Since I was on a bus, my view was slightly higher than in a normal car, and I could see slightly more.
There weren’t many people around, and most of the information I could see wasn’t very important.
That’s why I think it’s only natural that my consciousness was drawn to the scene I had just witnessed.
Now, let’s organize some information.
What I saw was a man and a woman. Neither of them had dyed hair, and I think they were around my age.
Their faces… I honestly couldn’t tell for sure. I hadn’t been paying attention to the outside, and I had only happened to notice the profile of the boy who had entered my field of vision.
There were no particular features, and there was a good chance that they were just similar to someone else.
Yes, I should think of it that way.
I had even warned him. I know full well that he doesn’t listen to what I say, but I also know he isn’t the kind of person to act without taking his time.
Therefore, I should think that the probability of the person I saw earlier being him is very low.
Logically, I should come up with an answer not with my emotions but with my reason, and accept that this is correct.
The main character of the mystery novels that Mio would have come to the same conclusion, wouldn’t she?
Yes, Mio would have convinced herself that she had made a mistake, that she had made herself believe something that wasn’t true—
“Next stop.”
I heard the automated voice while I was thinking all this.
I prepared to stand up. Why? Because I was the one who had pushed the stop button. Isn’t it more like a detective to reveal the truth after it’s all over?
“Sorry, but I’m not that patient.”
The intelligent and beautiful Mio, who had cooled her head while killing time until the bus stopped, jumped off the bus at the bus stop and ran toward the cherry blossom-lined path where the couple had been.
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“So, in the end, they’re gone.”
I knew it. Yes, I knew it.
It had taken at least 5 minutes for the bus to reach the next stop.
Even if she had come running, Mio wasn’t very good at sports, so she would have been slow.
It was still early spring, so it was a bit chilly. No matter how beautiful the cherry blossoms were, there was no reason to stay there.
I didn’t want to be there either, and I quickly decided to leave.
“What a waste of time.”
I muttered it without thinking, but I didn’t regret it.
It was better to act than to keep worrying about unnecessary things.
I know how important that is.
“Ugh… I’m stressed. I think I’ll go to karaoke.”
Knowing that it’s not good to use my phone while walking, I took out my phone and put it to my ear.
“Oh, hello? Yes, it’s me. Yes, I’m in the city right now. I have something to do, so it’ll be a bit difficult to see a movie, but do you want to go to karaoke after I ‘m done? …Okay, that’s decided then.’
I ignored the jarring sound of Kijima’s high-pitched voice and quickly told her what I wanted to do before hanging up the phone.
Stress relief and improving my popularity. I’m very efficient and calculating when it comes to doing both at the same time.
But that’s fine. That’s who I am.
Mio couldn’t do that, so I should do what Mio can’t do.
“Yes, what Mio can’t do.”
I hope I can get rid of this stress by the time the break is over.
Like I said earlier, I’m not patient.
And I’m not that logical either. I’m aware that my very existence is a bit occult.
That’s why I believe in my intuition, what you might call a girl’s sixth sense.
“Seriously, this is so annoying.”
I wish I hadn’t seen them. It would have been better for both of us.
But I also think this: Beniya-kun and I are still connected somewhere.
“I must seem like an idiot.”
Even though I’m always being rejected, and he’s with other girls, I still feel a sense of destiny and get excited.
I really am an idiot and a nuisance. But that’s just who I am.