Satoru sneezed and Friend B took notice
'Must be chilly up here.'
I looked at the clouds, in a funny way they looked like sheep and I unconsciously started counting them.
'1 sheep, 2 sheep-'
Tired, I yawn-
"Are you sleepy?"
"Buwah!"
My yawn was cut off when Yasuko asked me if I were tired or not. She scared me because I didn't even feel her presence. What does she want with me? Oh, she's probably hungry.
"Do you want any food Yasuko-san?"
"H-huh?"
"Oh, you don't have to be shy. Here's half of my sandwich. I don't eat much so, the other half is enough for me."
"Uhm… Thanks?"
Accepting the offer of half my sandwich, she seems like she wants to say something else. Is she really that hungry?
"Uhm, d-did you see the note I left you yesterday?"
"Oh! You left that note?"
"Y-yes."
"You have very pretty handwriting."
Yasuko blushes and mutters under her breath
"…Thank you."
Satoru in between Kohaku and Kei, sees this and shouts
"Boyfriend-kun! Should I start calling you Playboy now?"
His eyes turn into crescents, he looks at me deviously.
'Has my son's head emptied out completely?'
While I was taken aback by his comment
Yasuko took the initiative
"I-it's not like that…"
Her voice is like a whisper, but Satoru's superhuman ears intercept her comment. Satoru eyes smile and he cryptically says
"Ok, I understand."
'I don't think he understands.'
Satoru goes back to talking to Kohaku and Kei again.
"Sorry about that Yasuko-san."
"Nh, it's alright. Hey, what was that about in class?"
Suddenly she becomes very inquisitive.
"Huh? What happened in class?"
"You called Teacher 'Yuki-san'"
"I did? When?"
"Today. You don't remember?"
"I guess I m-must have been sleepy today, haha."
I scratch my head. I mean, what am I supposed to say, 'She told me to call her Yuki-san'?
I think she said, 'call me Yuki-san when we are alone.' But that's beside the point.
Man, my memory must be getting worse, they say that a human brain can hold up to 2.5 million gigabytes. Yet, compared to most humans, I have lived far longer than they have. So, it must seem like I reached my limit and newer memories are harder to remember. It must work something like deeper memories like trauma take more space in my head, thusly causing newer memories to be forgotten to keep those memories. However, it is also apparent that those traumatic memories have delved into my subconscious meaning that I have no way to overwrite them-
"This sandwich is delicious."
Yasuko stuffs the sandwich in her mouth, making her look like a chipmunk. She has a small body so it really does seem like her spirit animal might be a chipmunk or something. It's cute, nonetheless.
"Huh!"
"W-what?!"
Suddenly Yasuko jumps in shock.
"Y-you said I was cute?"
"I-I did-, What!?"
She turns her body to face away from me and she looks at me cautiously.
"You spoke out loud! And you said 'Cute'!"
Her chipmunk like cheeks flared up, and I had no other choice but to acquiesce.
"Sorry Sorry!"
"Hmph"
She faces away from me, and I am left to wonder what I did wrong.
The bell rings for lunch to end.
We make our way back to class and I happen to see out the window that Sango and Sumiko are talking, which isn't in the script. However, the script is so far from being useful at this point that I don't tend to worry anymore. But something about them seems off. Terribly ominous.
"Hey, Boyfriend-kun, what'cha looking at~?"
"Eh, w-what?!"
"Ooo~ looking at your girlfriend? Lovesick, eh?"
"N-no, I'm not her…"
I trail off as my mind is short circuiting.
Satoru grabs my shoulder as he says something, but I'm not processing. He walks us into class, and I regain my bearings.
"-So anyways, has she ever done the 'Do you want dinner, a bath; Or. May-be. Me?'"
I ignore him and go sit down.
I enter deep thought. What could my first comrade possibly be doing with Sumiko? I will have to convene the first meeting of 'Friends'.
'Maybe, she's trying to convince Sumiko to join 'Friends'? Whatever it is, we need to talk.'
I look at Satoru, at this point in the regular script he would already have had Sumiko, Kohaku, and Kei to be swooning.
But here he is without a care in the world that he doesn't have any heroines. This almost feels like what a normal high school student should be like.
'Am I finally experiencing what it is to be normal?'
A tear forms in my eye as I think that I have made it. Something inside of me starts to relax.
'Maybe I don't need to see the end of the script if things continue like this. A normal life is relaxing.'
The second bell rings to signal that class has begun.
I look at the door and Sumiko and Sango are walking in and whispering something while looking at Satoru. That's good, at least things will go by the script for once in this repeat. I look around the class and see everyone else in their seat. I continue looking and Friend A who sits behind me matches my stare.
I silently jump, at least this guy hasn't changed that much; although I don't really focus on him all that much since he is a side character like me.
Mrs. Yuki enters and I enter my sleeping stance.
'Eyes forward, sitting up right, and book open.'
Dreamland here I come!