"How long are you going to be holding her for?"
Reika's cold voice brought me out of my thoughts.
That was when I realized that I was subconsciously hugging Ayano-san tighter than I thought.
"Oh- I'm sor...ry?"
Ayano-san's face was still buried in my chest, but I noticed that she wasn't trembling nor mumbling something anymore.
Her eyes were closed and her breathing calmed down. It appears that she either fell asleep or fainted in my arms.
"She's asleep." I stated.
"So? leave her on the ground or something. This bitch almost got us killed."
"Language."
Reika scoffed at my reminder.
It seems that Reika is somewhat pissed at Ayano-san.
I shrugged. "I wonder what happened to her.... Anna-chan, how much time has approximately passed starting from when we woke up?"
Anna-chan droopy eyes looked upwards as if she's thinking of something. Quite an adorable gesture I must say.
A few seconds later she answered, "About two hours?"
Hmmmm... did they leave or were they force to leave that room?
With a cold glare while resting her beautiful face on one hand, Reika spoke in a sharp tone.
"Listen Jin-kun, we already decided to move as soon as possible. We can't take care of a fainted person."
"...Are you suggesting we leave her? Cold but understandable."
Reika shook her head. "That depends. Wake her up now and let's find out what happened.
If she can pull herself together without you pampering or simping on her, then she can join us."
This time, she looked at me with a cold unfeeling gaze while speaking in a commanding tone.
"We will abandon her if she can't take care of herself."
I didn't mind her warning but instead, took offense from her previous statement.
"I am not simping on her!" I denied.
Reika arched her brow upwards. "Oh really now. Then why can't you put her down on the ground?"
I answered honestly. "It's because she smells good and her soft large chest is hitting my stomach."
Reika made a disgusted face. "You really are a scum. Taking advantage of a fainted woman? You're the worse."
"Hey, I'm not groping her! She's the one holding unto me."
As they say, if life offers something to you, you must embrace it.
"Shut up scum."
Reika kept looking at me with a gaze that looked like she was looking at trash.
Sheesh... that glare of hers makes me tremble but I can't tell that's in a good way or a bad way.
But a few seconds later, Reika sighed. "Jokes aside, you need to wake her up now."
I know we were doing our usual banter but..
My eyes furrowed. "How'd you know I was joking?"
It's as if she's implying that I didn't have the balls to take advantage of a girl.
But I was only met with a meaningful gaze from her.
Ahh... so we're done with joking around. She's serious. Alright, okay.
I sighed and looked at the sleeping woman on my chest.
"Ayano-san..."
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(Yoshimura Ayano's Pov)
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I think I was having a nightmare.
In my nightmare, the day started normally. I would wake up early, cook bento for me and Souta-kun who is my childhood friend and at the same time, my best friend.
After that, I would head to school and greet every people I meet on the road.
Our kind neighbors would often greet me as well and I would smile and greet them back.
It just makes me happy whenever I smile at somebody and they smile back.
It feels as if we were sharing a positive connection.
Many people would greet me when I arrive at school. Most of them would be strangers and acquaintances but regardless, I would always make sure to greet them back.
It isn't tiring for me at all since I would feel happy whenever I see them smile as well.
The day went on normally and when I arrived inside my classroom, I took my seat which was next to Soiuta-kun.
As usual, he would smile charmingly at me and greet me with an easy going tone.
"Oh, Morning Ayano!"
His voice sounded heavenly and I feel like my heart kept dancing around every time he looks and speaks to me like this.
...I already know... ..That I love this person in front of me.
Thankfully, I was already used to this exchange of ours and I greeted him back without exposing my emotions.
"Good morning to you as well, Souta-kun."
Because I usually act calm and collected, most of my friends would seek out advice from me since I listened to everything they had to say without prejudice.
To me, it felt nice to know that I could be trusted and relied upon which is why everyone treats me nicely and I return in kindness.
Our classmates arrived one after another and everyone greeted me and Souta-kun while making some small talk.
It feels nice to have this many friends and honestly, I'm really proud to say that I'm friends with almost everyone I know.
I say almost because...
I glanced at the back of the classroom. At the furthest back and by the side of the windows, three students were gathered.
If you would look at the classroom from afar, you would think that those particular students were isolated from our class.
...This pained my heart a bit and I genuinely wanted them to join the classroom's circle as well.
Yabuka Jin, the black-haired handsome boy who always had a listless expression. He would often sleep during classes and the teachers gave up on scolding him since he somehow gets perfect marks on every test and quizzes.
I didn't want to be judgemental so I figured that he must be the type to study at home.
But it is amazing to see him get flawless remarks despite showing the lack of motivation when it comes to school.
Because of this, he is often envied by other people. While I've seen some of our classmates try to get close to him, Yabuki-san just flat out rejects them.
I wonder why... if possible, I wanted to be friends with him.
But whenever I tried to get close to him, my friends would pull me back, saying that I shouldn't get close to him.
It hurts me to think that some people are deliberately ignoring and avoiding him. What's worse is that the latter doesn't mind it.
It's as if he had given up on getting along with anyone.
Fortunately, he wasn't completely alone since he seems to be close with two of our classmates who are... also isolated by the class.
In front of Yabuki-san was Annastasiya Dmitrieva. She possessed a small petite body, long silver hair, sapphire eyes and flawless white skin.
Most people would call her Anna-chan and she doesn't seem to mind being called that way.
She's a quiet girl who you will always find reading a book.
Because of her quietness, people tend to forget her presence despite having a very distinctive appearance.
Some of our classmate would try to get along with her but would always end up being ignored by the latter.
It was as if talking to a wall, Anna-chan seems to never speak or respond unless called by the teacher.
Except for our teacher, she would respond only to Yabuki-san and Sasaki-san. Other than them, she would treat everyone like air.
This brings us to the last isolated person from our class, Sasaki Reika-san.
She is a very beautiful woman with long black hair and a gorgeous face which completemented her ever-glaring sharp eyes.
She had a strong and frank personality which is why people found it hard to get along with her. She would speak out her real thoughts or opinion, regardless of the person she was talking to.
It doesn't matter whether it would hurt the person or not. What only matters to her is that she said what she wanted to say.
In a way, I admired her strong mentality since I would always be afraid about what others may say about me.
But to Sasaki-san? Other people's opinion don't matter.
She does what she thinks is right which is why she would always end up in a disagreement with our other classmates whenever there was a group project.
Another fact about her is that because of her supermodel-like proportions and beautiful face, she would end up getting confessed to by numerous guys who despite knowing her personality, still did it anyway.
Her shoelockers would always be filled with love letters but she would throw them all straight to the trash without checking at a single one of them.
I mean, I wasn't all that different from her since I would get confessions every time as well but I tend to at least hear out their confessions before rejecting them.
Honestly, it feels kind of tiring and it hurts me to reject them and seeing their downcasted faces.
Which is why sometimes... I wish I was a strong as Sasaki-san.
So despite being the heart of the class... I actually admire the person who is most hated by the class.
Also, I'm not sure if it's true but Souta-kun was rumored to have confessed to her and was rejected by her.
I didn't want to ask him about it for the fear of getting hurt after finding out that it was true.
If it was, this means that Souta-kun liked Sasaki-san more than me.
So while I admired Sasaki-san... I also envied her at the same time.
Sighing away my thoughts, I looked back in my circle of friends before continuing to listen to their conversation.
Just like that, the day continued as normal.
...Everything was going well... ..until lunch time finished.