The time is half-past six in the afternoon. Eiji, Shuta, Jiro, and Nanase immediately packed up their books and their respective equipment, after the material explained by Eiji was successfully understood by the three, and because of that, they became sure that they would pass the repetition test which would be held sometimes. closest to that day.
"Nanase-san, which way are you going?" a question asked by Shuta who at that time had already packed up his things now turned to look at Nanase who immediately turned to look at him,
"Oh! I was picked up by my father, don't worry Shuta-kun" explained Nanase to Shuta who is now smiling and nodding his head after knowing that Nanase's father will come and pick him up to go home, and now Shuta's gaze turns to Jiro.
"How about you Jiro?" Shuta asked now taking turns asking Jiro who was now smiling and nodding his head as he said,
"I'm not far from here, you two go first! … won't you guys miss the train if you worry about us here first?" Jiro asked back after he answered Shuta's question, and now he turned his gaze to Shuta and also Eiji who now nodded his head in unison as if to confirm and agree with what Jiro said.
"Then let's go first, Nanase-san ... Jiro-kun" Eiji said goodbye to the two before finally Shuta and Eiji left the school and walked towards Eki Mae.
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"Oi… Eiji!" The call made by Shuta made Eiji turn to look at him who was walking behind him at that time, making Shuta, who was originally walking, now run to keep up with the footsteps of his one little friend.
"Hmm?" Eiji asked Shuta,
"Do you think that Nanase is just making excuses to come study with us?" The question asked by Shuta at that time made Eiji who heard it suddenly frown and then turned to look at his friend.
"Nanase-san?? what do you mean?" replied Eiji asked Shuta who was now shrugging his shoulders upwards, indicating that he wasn't sure about that either.
"I'm just guessing… Nanase's a smart girl, and I don't think there's any way she'd get a bad grade in math which she clearly won last year in that competition!" Shuta said, which in the end made Eiji also feel confused about it.
"You're right… how come she can repeat math, when she Nanase-san was the one who won last year's math competition?? is it possible for people to change that fast??" asked Eiji while turning his eyes to look at Shuta with a confused face, only given an annoying grin by Shuta who now stopped his steps after hearing the response from Eiji who continued to walk away from him.
"Eiji! Just be a little sensitive,… maybe Nanase-san likes you!" Shuta's ejection returned to balance his footsteps with Eiji who currently looked surprised when he heard it.
"Hey! Please don't come up with things that aren't necessarily true, Shuta! It's possible that he really doesn't understand the material given by Mr. Yuta!" said Eiji evading Shuta's guess, and walked into Murayama station after they had passed Murayama Eki Mae.
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"Oh… Eiji! Have you heard the news about the oddities experienced by the ninth-seventh graders??" a random question given by Shuta to Eiji, made Eiji who was looking for the Naruto movie show schedule that he had been waiting for on his smartphone now turn to look at Shuta briefly.
"About what??" asked Eiji briefly, making Shuta immediately shift his body to then face Eiji,
"Sis Yama, a senior at my basketball club… a few weeks ago, he was reported to be sick right??" Shuta asked Eiji who was now nodding his head curtly in response, "In reality, he only slept for five hours! No one has been able to wake up sis Yama for that long, and not even the doctor can do it!" Shuta said telling Eiji, and from the tone of voice used by Shuta, Eiji felt that his one friend was responding to the news very dramatically, which made Eiji now sigh in response to Shuta's words.
"But… after that, he woke up didn't he?" asked Eiji, as if the matter should have been resolved by the time Yama woke up, but not Shuta.
At this time Shuta quickly shook his head and said again, "But…., listen to me first Eiji!!" Shuta protested after he felt that Eiji was no longer focused on himself but focused on his smartphone again, seeing Eiji not focusing on him made Shuta feel annoyed because Eiji chose to ignore his little friend who was talking beside him.
Hearing Shuta protest against himself, Eiji finally turned his head back to look at Shuta who was now continuing the story he had cut short, "When he woke up, Yama sis acted like someone who had a mental breakdown! He even told me that he was taken by something to a place where people started hurting and killing each other!" Shuta explained as he looked at Eiji immediately to catch the reaction given by Eiji as if Eiji's reaction was very important to Shuta.
"Hmmm ... maybe he dreams and remembers all his dreams, Shuta ... that's a normal thing," said Eiji responding to Shuta casually.
However, that's not the kind of reaction Shuta wanted, who was now protesting against him again. Their friendship has always been like that, Eiji always acts uninterested in stupid stories or silly gossip that Shuta always says so that his other friend is no longer interested in the gossip circulating. However, in fact, Eiji always listens and thinks about all these things when he is in his room alone, he thinks about it to wait for his sleep.
Like now, he lay on his bed and stared at the ceiling of his room while thinking about the story he had just heard from Shuta a few hours ago, about their upperclassman, Yama.
"How can be like that?? can dreams make him depressed until he goes to rehab??" Eiji muttered to himself, he thought and kept thinking about it, but he didn't get the answer and finally fell asleep because the drowsiness that he couldn't hold back anymore brought him to his subconscious.