Ashita,Boku Wa Shinu. Kimi Wa Ikikaeru Volume 1

8/19/2019 Ashita,Boku Wa Shinu. Kimi Wa Ikikaeru Volume 1

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1 | B o k u s h i n u2 | B o k u s h i n u3 | B o k u s h i n u4 | B o k u s h i n u

5 | B o k u s h i n u6 | B o k u s h i n uPrologue

The bleeding would not stop.On that day, a girl died in ront o !e.

"aindrops were alling while the body, da!pened by the grey rainwater,

inally stopped #on$ulsing.

This s!all tragedy, whi#h happened in so!e unknown pla#e in thisworld,su#ked in people who were li$ing their daily li$es.

The #rowd, ull o #uriosity, was wat#hing the s#ene while thedark

raindrops on the a!bulan#e were $aguely rele#ting the silhouetteo the

poli#e #ar.

The siren was #o$ering up the ba#kground noises, aggressi$elyswaying thedeep sea this world is #o!parable to.

%hortly ater, the non&stopping rain lushed away e$erything.Only a tra#e o that girl's blood was let.

Only this tra#e o blood would not disappear, as it was drying up.(, who #ould ne$er go ba#k to !y nor!al lie, pi#ked a dropped

booklet ne)t

to !y eet.* | B o k u s h i n u(t was a booklet #o!pletely soaked o a deep, red li+uid.

The photos inside were so ruined that it was i!possible to seeanything.

Only the na!e #ould be barely de#iphered.


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ikari -u!esaki.The na!e o a girl who was not li$ing in this world any!ore.

This is a na!e gi$en to so!eone destined to seie the light o herdrea!s

and uture./ uture that would yet ne$er #o!e to her.

/ story whi#h has already ended that #an no longer #ontinue.Be#ause she&&

0('ll take hal o your liespan.( lited !y head, eeling uneasy.

(t was on the dark sidewalk in ront o !e.

/ shady person, wearing bla#k #lothes ro! head to toe, wasstanding there.That person, e$en without holding an u!brella, stayed dry ro!

therainwater.

owe$er, like a de#aying dead tree... | B o k u s h i n u

0se hal o your liespan to sa$e her.

...that person said, with the tone o so!eone who's suppressing itslaugher.Thus, ( replied.

0Bring it on, bastard.( wanted to ask her so!ething.

/t the $ery !o!ent she disappeared ro! this world...what didshe think o

this #ruel world

| B o k u s h i n uCUT 1

Today, I was in a Watermelon field. I lost my

memories0( lost !y !e!ories.

0-ou spent a passionate night with your girlriend until you lost


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your!e!ories ow this is why you7re a delin+uent.

08isten to !e seriously9 ( really lost !y !e!ories90/lso, why are you not #alling !e :iss ow this is why you7re a

delin+uent.0:iss, please don7t ;oke around here. (7! serious. ( really lost !y

!e!ories.0 | B o k u s h i n u

...(t see!s. :y !e!ories indi#ate this is the irst day ( #a!e tos#hool this

week.?learly, we7re in the inir!ary o !y high s#hool, and (7!

#hatting with the

s#hool nurse. This is the only a#t ( #an be #ertain on, and theother partsare still uy to !e.

0/nd so @hen did you begin to lose your !e!ories, /kitsukiThe s#hool nurse igu!o speaks to !e with #larity, #alling !e

rudely by!y na!e.

(t7s already spring, and yet this e!ale tea#her is dressed in a

light blue!uler o$er her white #oat. ?learly, she7s out o tou#h with theseasons.

%he7s the sub;e#t o beauty a!ongst the !ale students withsensual #ur$es

and pretty a#e, and and at this point, she sla#kened her #ollar


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and #rossedher legs like an e)hibitionist, appearing to be teasing !e.

owe$er, it7suseless to !e sin#e ( don7t like any or! o disorderly. That7s

why youshouldn7t bother leaning your #hest to !e sin#e a while ba#k, and

don7traise your legs again. (7! a guy, you know

The spring breee blew through the window, luttering !y longhair as it

illed the nurse's oi#e with a rereshing s#ent. o, wait, this

isn't the ti!eto talk about those things. (t7s not no !u#h o that.0( ha$e no re#olle#tion o !y !e!ories ro! :onday. ( don't

re!e!beranything ro! when ( slept on %unday night till when ( woke up.

11 | B o k u s h i n u0@hat happened when you woke up

0( was on a water!elon ield.

0...OokkaayyA$en ( thought what ( ;ust said by !ysel was +uite weird. (t7sthe truth

though, so there's no helping it.lus, this isn7t e$en the weirdest part.

0( wanted to go ba#k ho!e to take a shower, but when ( realied( was

#o!pletely late, ( #hanged !y !ind and de#ided to #o!e to

s#hool. @hilenot noti#ing that today is a#tually Tuesday.08et !e think, did you !ean that you wanted to bathe a!ong the

water!elons08ike hell ( said that9

/ter alling asleep on %unday, ( woke up in a water!elon ield.


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/ter#o!ing to s#hool, ( noti#ed that it was Tuesday or so!e reason.

( ha$e noidea what ('! saying, and ('! also inding it dii#ult to e)press

!ysel.0ey, you o$erslept, didn't you /s e)pe#ted ro! the nu!ber&

onedelin+uent at s#hool.

0?o!pletely i!possible912 | B o k u s h i n u

0Then you got drunk, didn7t you /s e)pe#ted ro! the nu!ber&one

delin+uent at s#hool.0( didn't.

0Be#ause you ha$e a pretty !ena#ing a#e. /s e)pe#ted ro! thenu!beron&&

0Anough already9 Or (7ll hit you.C( glared angrily at the s#hool nurse, who was blabbering nonsense.This idioti# ro! her was apparently popular a!ong the students,

and (ha$e no idea why. To be honest, ( didn't really want to #onsultsu#h a

non#halant tea#her, but nor did ( ha$e the #ourage to go to so!ebig

hospitals and tell the do#torsD 0@ell, ya see, ( kinda lost !y!e!ories.

ehe. ( it were possible, ('d wish this was si!ply a huge

!istake.0h!, howe$er, ro! a serious point o $iew, the !ost plausibleidea is that

you si!ply #onused %unday with :onday Though it wouldn't be+uite

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0(ndeed.( understood what she !eant, but it7s deiniti$ely not it.

(t7s e)a#tly be#ause o that ( ha$e #o!e to #onsult this ri$olouss#hoolnurse.

13 | B o k u s h i n u0lease listen #areully. This !orning, ( heard ro! !y !other

that ater (got up yesterday and looked at the !irror, ( suddenly let out a

weird s#rea!and ran outside, and !y whereabouts were unknown sin#e then./pparently, ( was still wearing !y pa;a!as. ( don7t re!e!ber

that in anyway howe$er, whi#h !eansE

0...0...

%ilen#e des#ended upon us.0(t's be#ause you look s#ary thatE

0Anough o this9 Fo you really lo$e !entioning it that !u#h

igu!o lets out a giggle, and inally de#ided to a#e !e seriously.0@ell, ( guess what you ;ust said was true.%he #rossed her legs on#e again, her inde) inger on her lips as

she says to!e,

0This is a #ase o !e!ory loss.C/hh.C

:e!ory loss.

( don7t wish to ad!it it, but there7s no other possibility.14 | B o k u s h i n u0-up, !e!ory loss, huh

igu!o !uttered while twirling her long hair, see!ingly thinkingaboutthis.


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0@hile it's deinitely !e!ory loss, there are !any kinds o it ,$arying ro!

the 0@here is this pla#e @ho a! ( retrograde a!nesia that!any are

a!iliar with, to 0( re!e!ber e$erything until the !o!ent (pushed down

:iss igu!oE. (n this #ase, it's that you're unable to re#all aspe#ii#

episode o your !e!ory. The span o your !e!ory loss #an bepretty large.

( guess your situation is the latter, right

0h&uh, ('! pretty sure it's like that.0%o you're ad!itting the a#t you pushed !e down, eh08et's get ba#k on topi#E

( ha$en't lost all !y !e!ories, as pro$en by the a#t it'd bepretty easy or

!e to do a sel&introdu#tion.:y na!e is /kitsuki %aka!oto.

( a! attending %akurahi!e %enior igh, #urrently a se#ond&year

there.( a! the eldest son o a a!ily o our, and ( ha$e a youngersister.

( a! 1.5 !eters tall and weigh *> kilogra!s.:y birthday #oin#ides with !y a$orite so##er player.

15 | B o k u s h i n u:y hobby is to $isit shrines during su!!er and winter.

( was born with a s#ary a#e, and be#ause o that, ( ha$e the

reputation obeing a delin+uent.Thus, ( ha$e not a single riend. lus, e$eryone in !y #lass was

keeping a#ertain distan#e with !e. A$ery ti!e we were to swap seats, (

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girls beside !e aterwards show an e)pression o grie. (thappened so

!any ti!es ( got used to it.


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1 | B o k u s h i n u0The #urrent situationE

@e didn't resol$e the proble!, but it was true that there wasnothing we

#ould do.Tsk, so there's no way out.

Fesperate, ( stood up ro! the olding #hair.0Bye then. :aybe ('ll #o!e ba#k again.

0/h, by the way, /kitsukiE! earing igu!o's weary $oi#e, ( turned ba#k towards her.

0-our hair is pretty long, don't you think (t's against s#hoolregulations.

/nd i you #ut it shorter, you'd look !u#h #ooler.0('! a delin+uent, it doesn't !atter.

0/s e)pe#ted ro! a delin+uent. -ou are wel#o!e to #o!e ba#khere at any

ti!e.%hit, why would ( #o!e ba#k here

The se)y tea#her had her ar!s olded, and ( #li#k !y tongue

beoresla!!ing the door uriously.(7! walking down a hallway that basked in sunlight.

1 | B o k u s h i n u(t7s a ni#e weather, #ertainly as i the stor!y day yesterday did

not o##ur.@ait, !y bad. ( !eant the day beore yesterday . ( ha$e no idea

whether the

sky was #lear yesterday or not.(t7s so hot (7ll sweat prousely i ( run, and the #orridor7s illedwith students

#hatting #heerully as during lun#h break.(t7s been a ew days sin#e ( be#a!e a se#ond&year student.

There were the usual #li+ues on the hallways ro! the pre$ious


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years, andnew #li+ues or!ed.

O #ourse, this had nothing to do with !e. ( i ha$e to sayso!ething, it7ll be

about not yawning while walking on the hallway.( gloo!ily let out a sigh, and silently opened the #lassroo! door.(!!ediately, al!ost e$ery #lass!ate o !ine o#used their eyes

on !e.owe$er, beore our eyes would !eet, they would all look away.

0aaa...:y seat was pla#ed in the the !iddle o the ba#k row.

( rested !y head on the pal! o !y hand as ( waited or ti!e topass. @hois going to talk to !e

0ey, was what :ariko said true2> | B o k u s h i n u

0-eah, see!s like it is. /pparently, she got harrassed up by ?lass37s

delin+uent.

owe$er, ( know that nobody will #o!e and talk to !e, so ( endedupea$esdropping on what e$eryone was saying.

0That7s pretty reaky. ( only the tea#hers would pay !oreattention.

0(t7s useless. This s#hool7s tea#hers would only shi$er in ear./ter all, our

#lass&&

/t that !o!ent, she started to lower her $oi#e unnaturally.:e (s she talking about !e8et !e say this irstD (7! not #ausing any trouble by ;ust be#ause

(7! being#onsidered a delin+uent.

?an it be that !y e)isten#e itsel is a bother Or that (7! ;ust a


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burdenbeing ali$e.

( that7s the #ase, ( #an7t help you. aha, dieCTsk.

( sub#ons#iously #li#ked !y tongue and in an instant, ( realiedthat ( did

so!ething bad./s e)pe#ted, the girls started to shi$er, suddenly stood up and

ran to the#lassroo!7s #orner.

21 | B o k u s h i n u%ho#ked, these girls #a!e #lose to ea#h other while ti!idly

looking in !yway, as i they7d like to apologie.

:y eyes then !et a petite girl with braids, but that girl a$ertedher eyes

+ui#kly, and this al!ost !ade !e break down in tears.0Fa!nE

( let out a sigh, leaned o$er !y desk and #losed !y eyes. :ay

s#hool end as soon as possible.

%ulking sin#e #lass started, ( #ontinue to re!ain prone on thedesk, but no

one, in#luding the tea#her, #alled out to !e. ( #an7t ;ust get up atthis point,

so ( #ontinue to endure the a#hing o !y shoulders until s#hoolended.

/hh, ('! tired.@hen ( got ho!e, !y !other said 0@here the he#k did you go yesterday

/nd so ( answered 0%hut up, it's none o your business9 like whata

teenager would say during a rebellious stage. :o!, this is a


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!isunderstanding, ( want to be !ore o a good boy too, but (#an't see! to

ind the right ti!ing.0Oh.

0@oah.( was about to enter !y roo! in the se#ond loor, and bu!ped

into !ysister, dressed in her s#hool unior!, as she walked out ro! her

roo!.22 | B o k u s h i n u0-o, you're ba#k.

0@hat7re you doing Fon't talk to !e, you pie#e o shit.:y sister said with a #old $oi#e as i she was $enting her anger at

!e. %hehas a bob#ut, her eyes beneath her bangs staring at the end o

the hallway,not e$en gi$ing !e any attention.

This is !y sister, -ukiko %aka!oto. %he7s graduating ro! !iddles#hool

the ne)t spring.er petite body rese!bles !y !otherG we don't look like siblingsat all

sin#e her beautiul a#e is ar dierent ro! !ine. %he would be!ore

popular i she was li$elier. nortunately, she shares the rudeway o

speaking like ( do.

0 -ou better not sla#k o again today, you pie#e o s#u!.0!ph Today0Fon't a#t du!b ater the proble!s you #aused yesterday.

0AhE.-esterdayE @ait.

0-ukiko9 -ou saw !e yesterday9


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0uh /#tually&&&023 | B o k u s h i n u

0@hat did ( do yesterday9 @hat was ( like to you yesterday( shook the shoulders o !y skepti#al looking sister.

(t see!s she !et !e yesterday.0-ou ask !e what did you do9 That7s so!ething you should be

asking yoursel9C

0Hust tell !e already9 ( want to know what you think o !e90uh @h&what ( think o youE This&&&&0

0( beg o you9 lease tell !e honestly9 @hat do you think o !e90 EE9

( pressed the issue with a serious a#e ( ne$er had. Ior so!ereason,

-ukiko's a#e was lushed red, her lips slightly opened.0@h&what do ( think, th&that, well, ( ind you #o&E..

0!%peak loudly here, please

08ike ( said, (&( ind you #o&E..

0ey, what's wrong Fo you ha$e a e$er24 | B o k u s h i n u-ukiko #ontinues to sta!!er, and so, ( !o$e her bangs aside and

laid !yhands on her a#e.

:aybe it's be#ause ( agitated her that !y sister ga$e !e a tearya#e as she

pushed !y hand away.

0ey, d&don't tou#h !e, you s#u!9:y sister yelled as she went ba#k to her roo! ne)t door, shuttingherselinside.

:o! looked up ro! the stairs and shouted 0@hat are youdoingC.0%hut


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up, old hag9 ( yelled ba#k, and ( lo#ked !ysel inside !y roo! aswell.

@hat7s with -ukiko @hy didn't she ;ust tell !e what ( did yesterday

0/hh, goodnessE.( threw !y ba#k to the #orner and laid down on the bed.

Anguled by the silen#e o !y roo!, drowsiness stru#k !e.But ( i!!ediatly re#alled re!e!bered that in#ident, and pi#ked

up the bag( threw aside

08et !e see, ( re!e!ber it being this one

( took out the newspaper ( bought on the way ho!e, and lippedthe pagesin order.

/h, ound it.25 | B o k u s h i n u

Takiou Highschool's emale !tudent died in accident.

The title was !ade up o large, gothi# words, ( double #he#kedthe title.

This obs#ure news is lo#ated in the #orner o the lo#al news. (don't usuallyread the news or wat#h the TJ #olu!ns, but this was an

e)#eption.0%o her na!e is 0-u!esaki ikari huh.

( !u!bled the na!e o the girl that passed away.( pulled the desk drawer, and took the tattered student

handbook ro!

within. ( #areully opened the book to pre$ent da!aging it, andound thena!e on the torn photograph to to the sa!e.

( re!e!bered what happened yesterday, no. ( !eant the daybeore

yesterday.


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The girl who died during the rain.onestly, ( don't want to re!e!ber su#h an in#ident. Thankully,

( didn'tsee her a#e. ( don't want to see the a#e that so!eone !akes

during the!o!ent o their death, espe#ially one o a girl7s.

&&&&by using hal o your lie span.That #old $oi#e stru#k !y !ind like the rain. The setting sun

pier#edthrough the #urtains and stung !y a#e.

@ho the he#k was he.26 | B o k u s h i n u

That shady person in bla#k robes./n e)isten#e akin to a !irage #reated by the #old rain.

:y !e!ory was so hay it elt as i the drea!s ( had when ( wasa kid were

suddenly reality.Bring it on, ( said to hi!. But logi#ally thinking this isn't possible.

The news

now ha$e reported broad#asted her death without e!otion.That girl died.That shady person was ;ust a !irage #aused by the rain.

( was so trau!atied by the girl's death that ( lost !y !e!orieson %unday.

But, is that allEE0/! ( the weird one0

The words ( sub#ons#iously said de$astated !e. That's not it.

( sighed on#e !ore ater laying !y eyes on the student handbook.0(...need to return thisE..( there7s no !istake on the news, this handbook should be

returned to hera!ily. ( #an7t do anything with it anyway.

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2* | B o k u s h i n u( don't ha$e the guts to return it.

Be#ause, this student handbook&&&&0EE tsk.

( don't know how !any ti!es ( #li#ked !y tongue at the orangesunset. (

ad;usted the #urtains so that no sunlight would leak through andlay on the

bed.( don7t know, and ( don't #are any!ore.

%urrounded by silen#e, !y breath and heartbeat +ui#kly rang in!y ears.

0Fied in an a##ident, huh.( !u!bled on#e !ore as ( #losed !y eyes.

( ( sleep now, ( won't be able to wake up, ( suppose.Or ( !ight lose !y !e!ories again.

0(t should be ine, right( said so #asually, see!ingly #o!orting !ysel. :y #ons#iousness

soon

aded within the thin $eil o darkness./s i ( was es#aping ro! today.(t7s ine, (7ll deinitely be ine.

2 | B o k u s h i n uC(t7s not ine.C

0@ait, ('! pretty hyped now, This girl ga!e is pretty interesting.(t7s @ednesday.

o, wait, that's not right, it's Thursday.

ope, it7s IridayE. Ah, it7s Thursday /rgh, ( don7t #areany!ore9(t was around a!, in the !iddle o the irst irst period, and

(7! in the the(nir!ary right now.

O #ourse, the reason is to be e)pe#ted.


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C:iss, things got worse here. ( lost another day o !y !e!ories...Turn o

the TJ irst90@&wait9 This #hara#ter looks ;ust like you, /kitsuki. is looks&&&0

0Fo your ;ob, you idiot9( snat#hed the re!ote #ontrol and swit#hed o the TJ. ( then

ga$e ahideous glare a#e at igu!o in response to her sullen look, and

slu!pedinto the seat.

COh #o!e on. By the way, ;udging ro! the dirt on you, did you

sleep in thewater!elon ields again0-eah, ( slept there again.

2 | B o k u s h i n uThis ti!e, ( woke up in the water!elon ields again, and the

#alendarE0(t's Thursday.

0-eah, it's Thursday.

( lost another day o !y !e!ories.0Oho. -ou were going at it too intensi$ely, didn7t you ( guess youhad to

lose you !e!ories ater all be#ause o that. /s e)pe#ted o adelin+uent.

0@hat should ( do This doesn't look goodE.0h, huh, where7s the pun#hlineEC

This terriying thing happened again. ( lost !y !e!ories, and ind

!yselwaking up again in the water!elon ields.0Tea#h, seriously speaking, what do you think o this Things are

prettybad, rightE.

0-eah. ('$e ne$er heard about losing !e!ories e$ery alternate


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day. Fo youha$e any idea 8ike you're a#tually !an&!ade9 Or so!ething like

that.0:an&!ade, huh. ( see, it all !akes sense nowE.

0h, huh Fid you ;ust gi$e a senile lookE.0aha, so that's it. ('! not hu!an huh.

3> | B o k u s h i n u0%orry. ('! paying attention. lease return ba#k to nor!al,

/kitsuki.igu!o straightened her !uler, and and took a book out ro!

the!etalli# shel.

0/ter you let, ( began to look into a!nesia. But there aren7tany #ases

where people lose their !e!ories e$ery alternate day.0( know right. That !eans ('! !an !ade.

CAr!, (7! really sorry hereE By the way, ( ound anotherpossibility.

0/nother possibility

igu!o nodded as she opened a page in the thi#k book.The ter! written there wasE.0Fisso#iati$e identity disorder

0-eah, also known as 7:ultiple ersonality Fisorder7.:ultiple personalities.

This ter! e#hoed in !y !ind like a gong.0This is what is written about :FK :ultiple ersonality Fisorder.

To

prote#t their !ental state, hu!an #hoose to seal up their sad !e!ories.

?ases like this are rare. Furing #ases like this, the sealed !e!ory

would 31 | B o k u s h i n u

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and this

sy!pto! is #alled E.0:F huh.0That's it.

igu!o nodded on#e !ore as she took up the !ug on the table. (laid !y

eyes on the words printed on it, %utera huh @hat a #ute na!e. ( ;ust added

an unne#eessary !e!ory..0Fo you ha$e any idea

0ah.

( ( did ha$e any, ( would ha$e gladly sealed up the !e!ories othis pastweek and the unne#essary things ( ;ust learned.

0(s that so But i this situation goes on, you'll need to stay alert.The book

states that they are #ases when the alternate personality wouldappear !ore

re+uently and take o$er its host.

0&&&& huh( was du!bounded by these terriying words.@ait right there.

@hat7s going on here Ah, what7s that about32 | B o k u s h i n u

Ah0This !ight still be wrong. -ou better go to the hospital.

0EE

C/kitsukiC0EE ('! E..0/kitsukiE are you #rying

0E.trashE.CAhC

0( still ha$e a lot o thingsE let undoneE


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0Ior e)a!ple0( want to tou#h girlsE

0-ou'll need to #ontrol your urges as a delin+uent.0


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she7s alittle atter.

0@h&what7s wrong with you, looking at !e like that -ou7redisgusting.

%top looking9C0-ukiko, ('! glad that ( got to be your brother.CAh...( don7t know what you7re talking about9C

0('! sorry or e$erything ( ha$e done up till now.0@hat are you saying&&&&&&&&9

( suddenly e)pressed !y lo$e to !y sister, ully prepared to behated. /h, it

eels so war! and tender.C-ou idiot9 @h&what are you doing now9 Br&brother9C0Thank you, -ukiko.

( e)erted !ore or#e in !y e!bra#e.CBr&brotherEC

( hugged her or about 2> se#onds, and then let go o her gently..:y sister7s

drooling as her eyes sparkled, and she returned to her roo!.

35 | B o k u s h i n u0(&('ll need to write that on !y blogE o, ( better write a dratirstE.

/nd then, !y sister $anished behind the door.Blog @hat's that

@ell, let's orget about that irst. :y sister7s words #aused !eto ha$e athought.

0"ight, a diary( entered !y roo!, and lo#ked the door.( pulled the #urtains down, sealing any gaps to !ake sure. "elying

only onthe table la!p pla#ed on the wooden desk, ( took up !y pen in

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roo!.( opened a new note book on the side o the table. ( stared on

the blankpage or a while.E...AhhhEEE.ahE.

( #an't think o what to write. (n #ases like this, the !osti!portant thing is

to write so!ething, anything, and ollow the low.( wrote e)a#tly what ( thought, with the pen sliding on the paper

as theba#kground !usi#.

To the other !e.36 | B o k u s h i n uThese !ight be !y last words.

"o, how are you# How does it feel like in my $ody during

%onday and Wednesday# It seems like you took o&er my

$ody.

Well, I dont care anymore.

!orry, I didnt mean that. This is too ridiculous.

ut I&e gi&en u(. This $ody can only cause trou$le for myfamily

and society) "ou can ha&e this $ody.

ut, I ha&e one last wish.

Please (rotect my sister, she is more im(ortant than my life.

*lso, greet my (arents, and thank them for raising me u(.

Thats all, Ill lea&e the rest to you.

Well, there's something like a gift for you. There's a hidden

*nime folder in my com(uter, do whate&er you want with it.The (assword is +okiihaseigi. ig is -ustice

ye, the other me.

rom *kitsuki !akamoto

Chew.C3* | B o k u s h i n u


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On#e ( was done writing, ( pla#ed the notebook in the !iddle othe desk,

where it would attra#t attention. / sigh then leaked out withenthusias!.

( ha$e no regrets.( don't regret anything at all.

( told !ysel as ( laid down on the bed.o, ( should at least ha$e a last !eal with !y sister.

a$ing #hanged !y !ind, ( kno#ked !y sister's roo! door,re+uesting her

to ha$e dinner with !e.

( took a bath, and it7s already bedti!e on#e !y body and !indentered adrowsy state.


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ha$e to read it.( don't ha$e the ti!e to think any!ore.

/ weird sense o duty propels !e to be an)ious, and ( open thebook

uriously.The thing written inside is&&&&

C......That bla#kloaked bastard.C( ound out what was going on.

The real identity o the rain sounds that has been in !y !indsin#e that

day.

0This is what he !eant by hal.3 | B o k u s h i n u( #ollapse down on the bed li!ply, like a puppet se$ered o its

strings.( don't know i ( should laugh or #ry.

( grab !y head, not knowing what to do on#e ( saw the wordswritten in the

notebook.

To *kitsuki !akamoto*re you the other me#

Hikari "umesaki4> | B o k u s h i n u

CUT /

"esterday, you carried out se0ual harrassment,

and I

got arrested.

0/! ( going to be lateE..( was woken up by the alar!, and while !y #ons#iousness is in a

!ess, (#an only sigh with regards to this situation.

(t's already past a!.


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There7s 2> !inutes till #lass starts. !inutes.

0That idiotE..?o!plaining won7t !ake !atters any better.

( hurriedly grabbed !y bagE. Ah @here is !y bag0@hy is it at a pla#e like this

( sa$e !y bag ro! being stued in the s!all spa#e between !ybed and the

wall, and #he#k the #ontents.0%he didn'tE do !y ho!ework

41 | B o k u s h i n u0or did sheE. /rrange !y ti!etable.

0:y s#hool unior!E. 8et !e seeE. @here the he#k is it( growled uriously. ( later ound it on the ground or so!e

reason. /rgh.0/kitsuki, breakast is ready.

0/h ('! not eating90uh -ou said you were going to eat breakast yesterday9

:o! said, sounding so!ewhat !ad. :o!, that person yesterday

wasn't!e9( #hange into !y s#hool unior!, grab the notebook on the table

and stu itinto !y bag. reparations are #o!plete.

0/h da!n it9 ( ( get punished by the tea#her, it's your ault9( !u!bled to no one in parti#ular, and #ontinued to !ake haste to

s#hool

while the !orning sun rains down.The wind #aressing !y body is still a little #old, but the hair#o$ering !y

ears and ne#k eel !ore #o!y than usual.( guess (7ll ha$e to be grateul that ( ha$e to rush to s#hool 2

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( enter the #lassroo! panting while #lass is still underway, and !y#lass!ates o#used on !e as usual. 0Ar!, ahE.about that ( take a

gulp o42 | B o k u s h i n u

breath ( de#ided to apologie, but the tea#her apologies to !eirst. K@hy

did heL /nd so, ( sit at !y desk, still wondering what is going on.The

pea#eul at!osphere in this #lass is gone with !y arri$al. ('!sorry

e$eryone.On#e the surrounding stares ha$e see!ingly redu#ed in nu!bers,

( take outthe notebook ro! !y bag. ( wanted to read it at ho!e, but

thanks to thatidiot, ( didn't ha$e ti!e.

( open the notebook #areully, and there7s the !essage let byher.

oes that mean I $orrowed %r Hosoi's ! (owers and

(ossessed %r !akamoto#%ay$e. *nyway, who the heck is %r Hosoi# KoteD >M, thena!e,

#an be gi$en as a pun on NF, skinnyL( wrote !y reply on the line without any sense o tension.

On that day, that rainy day.0@ill you sa$e her with hal your liespan( was #oer#ed by the !an in bla#k robes.

Iro! what he said, it sounds like ( was to oer hal !y lie tosa$e ikari-u!esaki. That was what ( thought, and this is what any ordinary

personwill think

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But it wasn7t the #ase.( don't know what happened to ikari -u!esaki, but now we are in

asituation where we e)#hange personalities e$ery alternate day.This !eans that there are two souls residing in !y body, and we

take turnsin taking #ontrol.

@hen the personality isn't in #ontrol o the body, the personalitydoesn't get

the !e!ories, so that does e+ual to hal o !y lie span. This iswhat the

!an in bla#k !eant by hal. (sn't this s#a!9 (t really is hal huh8iterallyhal, hahahahahaha, ha, ahE.

a$ing noti#ed this the pre$ious %aturday, ( wrote it down on thenotebook.

('! worried i ikari -u!esaki won't belie$e !e, but its alreadytoo late,

she doesn't ha$e a #hoi#e but to belie$e. (n the end, -u!esaki

ikari didn'teel suspi#ious about the situation but instead wrote +uestionsre+uesting

or answers. One o her +uestion was the one earlier regarding:r osoi,

probably reerring to the guy in bla#k robes. ( guess she #alls hi!that is

be#ause 7that skinny guy wearing bla#k robes...7

By the way, today is @ednesday./ter e)#hanging diaries or a ew ti!es, we ha$e a rough graspo the

situation.But ikari -u!esaki surely ha$e !any !ore +uestions to ask.

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Puestions like what happens in s#hool, !y riends, how do (nor!ally a#t in

s#hool, !y tone o talking and su#h. @ell, it7s nor!al or her toask these

+uestions sin#e she7s suddenly stu#k in a !ale's body.@hile answering her +uestions with a red pen, ( wonder.

0( guess ( should introdu#e !ysel./nyways, we7$e been reporting the situation these ew days, so

it's !yresponsibility to write down what7s #urrently going on.

But i this keeps up, we need to e)#hange inor!ation !ore

re+uently.( need to let ikari -u!esaki understand !y #urrent situation,and let her

a#t like !e. /ter all, i ( say 0@hat#ha say with a delin+uenttone today,

and say 0(s that true Q with a highs#hool girl tone the ne)tday, !y lie

would surely be o$er.

0But, what shall ( write( wrote down whate$er that #a!e through !y !ind.( look hideousG and ('! not good at so#ialiing.

Thanks to that, (7$e been labelled a delin+uent, and ( don't ha$eriends nora girlriend.

The last ti!e ( talked to a #lass!ate was probably 5 years ago.( don't get along well with !y a!ily too, sin#e ('! (n a rebellious

stage45 | B o k u s h i n u!, what7s wrong with !e ('! eeling !ore depressed as (

#ontinuewriting. ( ( ha$e so!e riendsE

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(t eels $ery $e)ing, but ( still re$ised !y words beore writingthe! inside

the notebook./ter a while, it's already 11p!G it's about ti!e to sleep.

Try going to school tomorrow.

( ga$e her te order to stay at ho!e beore this, but this #an7t bea long&ter!

solution. ( guess ( should try letting her go to s#hool to!orrow./nd so, ( arranged !y ti!etable or her, did a little re$ision, (

set !y alar!#lo#k earlier or the ne)t day.

( e$en hung !y s#hool unior! on a hanger, and let !y ironed T&shirt onan ob$ious spot.

O #ourse, ('$e already written what to take note o, and the#onta#t !ethod

in the notebook. (t should be ine now.0EE

/nd then, ( wonder.

%he see!s like the person who would laugh and !ess around allday, but('$e ne$er asked anything about her.

46 | B o k u s h i n u@hat does she think about the a#t that the person #alled ikari

-u!esakihas died

"egarding her death, I see. I died in an accident, did I23

$ecauseno one sa&ed me4 laughs ut nothing can $e done a$out5 I&e

already forgotten a$out it5 *lright, this to(ic is ta$oo from

now

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about this nor!ally, this isn't so!ething to be happy about.%he #an no longer approa#h her a!ily and riends as ikari

-u!esaki,only as /kitsuki %aka!oto instead.

There7s also so!ething ( ha$e to ask no !atter what."ight when (7! about to write it down&&&&

0EEe$er !ind, ( guess.( !uttered, see!ingly seeking appro$al ro! so!eone as ( #losed

thenotebook.

8et's not do anything unne#essary. %u#h a lie like this is already

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iron rule is that any i!portant topi# is to be spe#ii#ally!entioned using a

pi#ture drawn with a #olor pen. Ior e)a!ple, go to s#hool usingthis route,

to walk to s#hool with the route today, or the +ui to!orrowwould ae#t

your o$erall result, so good lu#k or so!ething./t the sa!e ti!e, we7re setting the rules or our #ohabitation K (

#an say so,rightL is being set.

( wrote the rules in the last page o the notebook, as long as we

ollow therules abo$e, we #an deinitely li$e this strange lie pea#eully.EEOr that is what ( thought.

4 | B o k u s h i n u0That idiotE..

( don't know i e$eryone #an eel how ed up ( a! ro! this sigh,but now

the !ira#ulous #ohabitation lie o !e and ikari -u!esaki is in

deeptrouble.There7s only one reason.ikari -u!seaki hersel.

( didn't think that she is su#h a person ( want to pun#h.( lip ba#k the pages o the notebook, re#alling what happened

these ewdays. %u#h a situation is really. (t7s really a rare sight to behold,

so ('llintrodu#e what was wrtten on the notebook to e$eryone so thate$eryone

#an see what an idiot she is./nyways, this is what was written in the diary on that #ertain

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Im sorry.

0uh@hat's wrong @hy is she apologiing

EEAh

@hen ( woke up and opened the notebook, this is the only line (saw on it.

4 | B o k u s h i n uA$en i ( want to ask why, ( #an only ask her to!orrow, and ( #an

only getthe reply the day ater.

e more s(ecific there...

There was nothing ( #an do, so ( ga$e up, pa#ked !y stu, andwent tos#hool.

/nd then ( got arrested.( didnt know what they are talking about, and ( was #o!pletely

labbergasted.@hen ( got to s#hool, the poli#e said, 0/nyways, let7s ha$e a talk

irst. Theyborrowed a roo! in s#hool, and started +uestioning !e.('ll su!!arie what ( was +uestioned or e$eryone.

&&@hy did you enter the girls #hanging roo!

&&/nd e$en #al!ly stripped in there

&&/##ording to the $i#ti!s, when you were #hanging, you e$en said

so!ething like That bra is so #uteQ9 8et !e see, let !e see9 or

so!ething.

&&(n the end, you e$en said eheQ These are sotQ while tou#hing a girl.

&& -ou e$en showed the girls your tights and said This luy

eeling is

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&&@ell, enough with that. @hat you did #an only be des#ribed as

spee#hless. A$en us #ops elt e!barrassed by itG we a#tually ha$e

to

prote#t the #ountry with su#h a teenager around.

&&(t see!s that ater you did all those stu, you also said, /hh9

This is

bad9 This is a bad thing, isn7t it9C

&&They said that beore you let, you e$en ga$e a weird

e)planation

saying, 6o, ( si!ply orgotten. (ts be#ause (! used to it9, and

then you

ran away.&&-ou say youre used to it, does it !ean that you do this oten

@hat a

lu#k&&per$ert9

&& Hapan is in de#line be#ause o delin+uents like youS.

&&Fue to all o these, (ll arrest you. /ny ob;e#tions

That's it./nd then, ( s#rea!ed.

0That idiiiiooooottttt999/nd now it's ti!e to deend !ysel.But ( #an't tell the! the truth. The poli#e!en were like, 0Anough

already, you bastard.

51 | B o k u s h i n u(n the end, igu!o #a!e to !y res#ue0Oh ho, you boys sure ha$e

guts to

trouble on this delin+uent. ( you guys arrest hi!, the#onse+uen#es will bereally terriying, you know e has so!eone really a!aing

ba#king hi!upG ;ust look at his a#e. Be#ause o this a#e, ( too was

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so!e intense...sobs. or it see!s the #ase anyway. /s she liedabout what (

did to her, the girls e$entually re$oked their report.-ou're a tea#her, you should be !ore #onser$ati$e. ow !y

standing in#lass, already so s!all, is pra#ti#ally non&e)istent9

/nd thus, the irst rule regarding our #ohabitation was born.6ule 7o.18 "ou need to know that youre mo&ing around in a

males $ody5 ont $e a (er&ert5

O #ourse, #ausing proble!s is against the rules too.@hen ( opened the notebook in the !orning again, the words

written were,6ecord the drama for me and Ill treat you to tem(ura5 +fcourse, if it's recorded in lu36ay, Ill treat you to ramen5

/t least tell !e what kind o dra!a it is. ( inad$ertently sighed.( pass by !y sister as ( !ake !y way to the bathroo!, and or

so!e reason.0ii.

:y sister let out a weird shriek, and blushed as she let.

52 | B o k u s h i n u%he usually a$oids !e, but she see!s dierent this ti!e around.@hat7s

going on now, ( wonder/nd that night, an in#ident o##urred.

CB&brother, !y (C:y sister kno#ked on the door, and entered the roo!.

Ior so!e reason she was e!bra#ing her bath towel in her bu#ket,

her eyesswi!!ing like an indi$idual swi!!ing !edley #ha!pion..0(&('ll lea$e it to you again today, b&brother.

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( asked ba#k #uriously./nd then, !y sister looked thunderstru#k, and ga$e a pani#ky

look.0&how #an ( e)plain so!ething like that9 (t's what we did

yesterday9 /nanyway, prepare yoursel9C!, yesterdayC

ow a! ( supposed to know what happened (t's all that idiot'sault or

not writing it inside the notebook.08&like ( said. 8ike what we did yesterday. A&er!E

C!C

"ight when !y !ind is preparing or a Fe!psey "oll, !y sistershouteduriously, her a#e lushed red,

0@h&whate$er9 -ou liar9&&B/:I

:y sister ran out o the roo!.0@hat did that idiot do

/nyway, ('ll write %y sister is acting weird, do you know what

ha((ened# on the notebook irst. The day ater to!orrow sherepliedwith e)#eptionally round words.

55 | B o k u s h i n u9uhehe, it seems your sister has learned the (leasure of a

woman. How $eauiful it is slur(s

0-ou bit#hE/nd then, another rule was added.

6ule num$er /8 ont mess with my sister5 Its still too earlyfor

her to e0(erience the (leasure of a woman5

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This wo!an always set the alar! at a ti!e where ( #an barely!ake it to

s#hool on ti!e, does not do !y ho!ework, throws !y shirte$erywhere,

does not dry !y uton, nor does she #harge !y phone, lea$es theTJ on

when she sleeps, loads !y sa$e ile and ad$an#e the ga!e, alwaysstays up

late to wat#h !idnight ani!e, #ausing !e to be sleep&depri$ed,and puts

the #hara#ter ihan K:U?aV0. %in#e we7re talking about ani!e,

!yguess is that it7s :aki ro! 8o$e 8i$eL as !y #ellphone s#reensa$er. %he

also walks into the girls washroo!, whi#h #auses trouble to !ethe !o!ent

( step into s#hool. (t's about ti!e you got used to it, and stopwearing bra

and panties. A$eryone got sho#ked seeing you like that when you

#hange#lothes or A.( $ented all !y anger onto the notebook.

The day ater to!orrow, she wrote,56 | B o k u s h i n u

I dont feel safe without my underwear5 !akamoto little thing

down there is swinging too much. I feel uncomforta$le5

Hust what are you talking aboutE.

?ontinued by. "ou're su((osed to $e a delin:uent, !akamoto, $ut yet younag

me as if youre my ste(mother saying, Hikari, there is still so

much dust around, clean it again (ro(erly this time5 or

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( got !ad ater reading that, so !ad that ( o$erwrote the dra!ashe

re#orded by a su!o show. /nd then, !y sister woke !e up the dayater

to!orrow with a shriek.( looked around, and ound !ysel in her roo!, on her bed too. :y

sister,ha$ing ;ust woken up, looked as sho#ked as ( was. ( ound !ysel

dressedonly in !y underwear, so ( +ui#kly e)plained, CThis is an

!isunderstanding9 (t is ;ust a biologi#al pheno!enon9 But e$en (

!yselind this reason unbelie$eable. 0This #hildE. :y !other lookedli$id as she

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say,

don't you find that your fetishes regarding your hidden anime

is

leaning towards watermelons# If you treat me to a week

worth of

=oala's %arch, I may consider returning it.

0Fa!n it9( hurriedly swit#hed on !y #o!puter, and tried to open !y ani!e

older,only to see a pop&up 0@rong password. Fa!n it, she a#tually did

it9

(n !y desperation, ( bought a large a!ount o 7oala7s !ar#h7#andy ro!the #on$enien#e store.

/nd two days later, the ollowing words were in the notebook,5 | B o k u s h i n u

0%o su#h things were hidden inside the "e#y#le Bin9 This kind o ;erking o

won7t a!ount !u#h sin#e you se)ually harass girls in su#h a

#reati$e!anner9 lease don't use so !u#h tissue9Fa!n it, looks like ( got tri#ked. @hy did you end up in the

water!elonields anyway

6ule num$er >8 e careful when handling your desires, only

once (er day5

C-ou look tired, /kitsuki.C

0-eah, ('! dying.0Oho, was yesterday too intense0@hat happened yesterday9

/ter so !u#h #o!!otion, the weekend passed by, and it7salready

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the #hanging roo! was #aused by ikari -u!esaki. ( e)plained toher that

it was be#ause o !y alternate personality. ( wasn't e)a#tly lyingba#k then,

be#ause it really wasn7t !e.O #ourse, the thought o telling igu!o about ikari -u!esaki

did #ross!y !ind, but ( didn't do so e$en till this point. %he won7t belie$e

!eanyway.

6> | B o k u s h i n u0But it see!s like you7re pretty happy re#ently. The tea#hers in

the a#ilityroo! were talking about how a#ti$e you were re#ently. The s#hool

e$enga$e us a !anual on how to treat students who bring weapons to

s#hool. ('lllet you ha$e a look at the guide.

0ey don't do that9

( lip through the book, browsing briely. @hat the he#k is this0Fon't agitate the student. Iirst, talk to hi! about his a!ily!e!bers to

#al! hi! down. (t will be better o you are able to say, ( you#ause !ore

proble!s and ha$ to be #ounselled, your FF will also bein$estigated7.C

@hy are you guys treating !e like an indoor terrorist

But its nor!alG #ertainly, the s#hool would be alert when anobedientdelin+uent suddenly be#a!e radi#al. ( didn't think ikari would be

su#h a#ray person, but sin#e she7s dead, ( guess it #an be e)plained as

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sad. @hat reason does she ha$e to en;oy another person7s lie0EE..

( elt a #old wa$e o water lushed through !y !ind.-es, surely su#h a thing was to be e)pe#ted.

%he did this be#ause she7s sad.%he7s sad be#ause 7ikari -u!esaki7 is gone.

61 | B o k u s h i n u(t7s a nor!al rea#tion. O #ourse it is.

(t's not that she doesn't #are about her death, she7s pretendingthat she

doesn7t #are."egarding her death, ( ha$e nothing !u#h to sayG nothing, in a#t.(t !ight not be an eternity, but i she7s going to #ontinue li$ing

whileenduring her e!otions, (7! not going to ask her +uestions.

But, there7s so!ething ( really want to know.0ey tea#h.

C!CA$en ( think that the +uestion ( a! about to ask is unusual.

0( one day, you7re thrown into an unknown world be#ause o a#ertainperson, what will you do -ou don't know anything about that

world,nobody will #o!e and sa$e you, and it7s not a sure thing that you

#an returnba#k to your own world. ( that7s the #aseE you7ll hate that

person right

The !o!ent ( inished this +uestion, ( regretted it,@hy a! ( dis#ussing this proble! with so!eone who li$es so #are&reely

like a swaying seaweed %he7ll ;ust say, 0-ou said so!ethingpretty

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But the words ha$e already let !e, ( #an't take the! ba#k.62 | B o k u s h i n u

/n unnatural silen#e illed the at!osphere in this roo!.0!!E.. igu!o showed a troubled a#e. 8et7s hope that she #an

gi$e !ea de#ent answer ater showing su#h an e)pression.

C!, i it7s !e.C0@hat will you do

0(7ll en;oy !y new lie +uite a bit (t sounds like a lot o un to!e.

0E.. is that so.( let down !y shoulders slu!p, holes see!ingly pun#tured in the!.

igu!o7s answer is as #areree as she usually is.@ell, ( guess that7s the #ase indeed. A$en i she does say so!e

#orre#tanswer, (7ll be #onused by that.

Cowe$er.CC!C

The bell rang, indi#ating the end o #lass.

iku!o #ontinued as i she was ra#ing with the bell.0( you are so #on#erned, why don't you ask that person yourselot that (

know what7s going on though.63 | B o k u s h i n u

099( looked up, only to see igu!o staring at !e.

%he looked like she7s s!iling at !e.

0Fon't be araid. -ou are a kind guy. / kind guy gets orgi$en no!atterwhat he does.

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0Be#ause you are always #on#erned about stu like this, ( guess.0E..

( ignored her sin#e ( #ouldn't understand what she was trying tosay.

But those words #ontinue to linger in !y !ind. /hh seriously, it7sun#o!ortable.

0Bye, ('ll head ba#k.( get up ro! !y #hair and lea$e this roo! to es#ape ro! her

words./nd !ore words were said to !e ro! behind.

64 | B o k u s h i n uC/kitsuki.C

C!C0-ou're not going to tri! your hair

0%top being su#h a busybody.0Oho, your hair looks tidier today. Iinally parti#ular about it

0E %top being a busybody.@hy is su#h a person popular with the students

( think (7! starting to understand.

/nd on that night, ( write the neatest words ( #an into thenotebook.But the !ore ( tried to be, the !essier it be#a!e.

( did not erase what ( wrote howe$er. ( ( write it, ( won7t ha$ethe !ood to

write it again.o you hate me#

0A$en i you hate !e, ( #an't do anything about it.

/ter ( was done writing, ( put down the pen silently.%he #an7t return to her world any!ore.65 | B o k u s h i n u

o !atter what her wishes are,, she has to li$e as /kitsuki%aka!oto ro!

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A$en i she has things she wants to do, she #an7t, and no !atterhow

unbearable she inds it to be, she #an7t es#ape. (7! the onelo#king her in.

/t the sa!e ti!e, ( thought that it was a good idea to let her li$ein !ystead.

But, she !ight not think so.Be#ause&&&&

0EE.( !ight burn the notebook i ( #ontinue, so ( lay down on the bed,

see!inglyrunning away ro! reality.Then ( bid arewell to !ysel today.

RRRRR( woke up in the !orning, and it7s still dark around !e.

:y grey ootsteps sink in the world de$oid o #olor as ( head orthe

notebook.

( lip it open, and see the words on it.0ahE66 | B o k u s h i n u

( sighed or so!e reason.A$en in the bluish darkness, ( #an #learly see the words.

Thanks for sa&ing me. eing de(ressed now won't hel( matter,

$ut my life now is sur(risingly amusing. eing a $oy isnt $ad

either5 Please treat me well from now on, (artner5

The words she wrote are prettier than !u#h./nd then, she #ontinues,Im glad its you who sa&ed me, !akamoto.

There7s a bo) with a pretty ribbon pla#ed on the table. ( ha$e noidea why (

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does thisha$e to do with the bandages ( ha$e on !y let inde) inger.

/ter air!ing what she wrote, ( rub !y swollen eyes, and #o$er!ysel

with the uton on#e !ore.0Treat !e well too, ikari -u!esaki.

( said to !y partner, who! ( will ne$er !eet( set !y alar! ba#k to the usual ti!e, and head ba#k to sleep.

6* | B o k u s h i n uCUT ;

Today, !e0y ream fought. "ou $ecame a hero.

( had a drea!.(t7s a drea! o !y #hildhood, when ( was still at ele!entarys#hool.

(7! sure it was su!!er. -eah, su!!er.(t was a #a!psite or a!ilies. A$eryone was barbe#uing at the

ri$erside.Besides us, there were other a!ilies with other #hildren around.

ot long later, all the #hildren naturally gathered together,

playing togetherlike riends who played together or years.There was a ri$er, so us #hildren naturally thought o playing in

the ri$er.But there were always #hildren who were alone

They either #ould not swi!, or they were abnor!ally araid o thewater.

On the other side o the shallow ri$er was a ti!id girl who was

#rying.%he #ould ha$e #rossed the ri$er i so!eone helped her.The ti!id girl's eyes were illed with tears, idgeting and

hesitating.6 | B o k u s h i n u

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#learingunbeitting o a #a!p trip.

The girl had long, silky hair, holding a panda doll in both hands,#learly

looking $ery pitiul.( #ould only re#all su#h a uy i!age, and all ( #ould re!e!ber

was thatshe was a $ery #ute girl.

/nd that there were other lonely #hildren.%o!e o the! were a#ting #ool, so!e o the! were idiots ooling

around.

/nd there was !e, being an idiot.0olaris rin#ess9 @ait right there, (7! #o!ing to sa$e you9 (pro!ise this

in the na!e o (n the na!e o /utu!n :oon9( i!itated the transor!ation poses used in ani!e and yelled

those linesproudly.

olaris rin#ess was the heroine o the /ni!e ( was addi#ted to.

/s or /utu!n :oon, well, /utu!n :oon KTD a dire#t translationo/kitsuki7s na!e, WLE yeah, that7s the setting

8et's put this topi# aside.o !atter the !oti$e, /utu!n !oon is a hard&working hero that

helpsanyone in trouble.6 | B o k u s h i n u

owe$er, ( !ade a ool o !ysel.( slipped, and got dragged by the water #urrent without puttingup a ight, (

was drowning.A$en now, the sight o the girl with the panda wat#hing !e get

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( woke up and s#rea!ed on a weekend.Fa!n it9 ( got !ade un o9

0/utu!n !oon K8O8O8O8O8O8O8O8O8O8O8LThis was written on the notebook, and there was a letter pla#ed

ne)t to it.0/h shitE.this is badE. ( orgot to hide itE.9

@ith a bitter look, ( pro#eeded to read the diary.I checked underneath the $ed and found such an incredi$le

treasure5 !akamoto, you're actually e0changing letters with a

girl. How cute44444*1 | B o k u s h i n u

0That was a long ti!e ago9 Fon't be su#h a busybody9( pi#ked up the letter and gru!bled.

This letter was ro! the girl ( !et at the BBP.Iro! the girl with the short hair#ut and the /li#e headband who

sa$ed !ero! drowning ba#k then.

%he and ( are get on with ea#h other well, so we spent ti!etogether at the

BBP playing with ea#h other the entire ti!e. ( do realie thate)#hangingletters is not e)a#tly trendy nowadays, but we used this !ethod

o ;oys andsorrows to keep in #onta#t.

( too elt that ikari -u!esaki will deinitely laugh at !e i sheinds it, so (

kept the letters in a #ardboard bo), and hid the bo) in the

#eiling. owe$er,it looks like ( took it out on#e and orgot to pla#e it ba#k. Fa!nitE by the

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%toking up past !e!ories within !e, ( was stru#k by loneliness.( #an't e$en re#all how she looks like now, that girl who shone like

the sun.This uy !e!ory7s buried in the #orner o !y !e!ories. (t7ll

be be a lie i( say ( don7t eel nostalgi# at all.

But let7s orget about itG it's all in the past now.( #o$er the bo) o !e!ories and stu it into the deepest part o

!y desk'sdrawer.

ikari -u!esaki didn't !ention anything about the letters

aterwards.ot sure i it7s related to this, but re#ently, she started a ga!ewithout !y

a#knowledge!ent./ ga!e o her playing hero.

RRRRR0@hy did ( wake up with sore !us#les0-ou #an only bla!e the you yesterday.

*4 | B o k u s h i n u0The !e yesterday wasn't beha$ing, it see!s.0!

0(t's nothing, hand !e a wet #loth.0('ll apply it on you, re!o$e your top.

0Fon't say that while pla#ing your hand on !y belt9The #alendar states that today is the Tuesday ater


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(7! #urrently in the inir!ary, whi#h ( re#ently got a!iliar with.ikari -u!esaki used !y body as and when she wanted, at her

own whi!s,and (7! now troubled by #hroni# !us#le pain.

I finally o$tained a delin:uent's $ody I always wanted5 I now

fear nothing5

This is what she wrote on the notebook ew days ago.@hat did she do %he e$en registered a gy! !e!bership #ard

without !eknowingG there were also two new wounds on !y a#e. lease, don't

#ause*5 | B o k u s h i n u

!e any!ore trouble. /lso, your te#hni+ue in applying the band&aidis bad,

please #onsider the angle beore you apply it.0But you were so aweso!e yesterday. ( was sho#ked.

0!ph, what did ( do yesterdayigu!o's words troubled !e

0-our lower body #ould !o$e so rapidly, as e)pe#ted ro!

-ankee&kun.0uh 8ower body90The girl on the bed was sho#ked.

0Bed&&&9@ait, this&&&

0-ou ran ho!e so +ui#kly, ( #ould e$en see you ro! here, were you in ahurry

0Ah. /h, wellE%o that7s how it was. %he really s#ared !e.ikari -u!esaki's a#tions were as beore, and has be#o!e !ore

ridi#ulousea#h day. 8i$ing together sure is a pain.

*6 | B o k u s h i n u


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@hen ( woke up two days ago, there were pa!phlets about petsall o$er the

roo!, If you dont let me raise one, Ill take a &ideo of youwearing cat ears and (ost it on 7ico7ico5 and there were

nonsensi#al threats written on the notebook .That said, not e$erything she did was bad. :y sister started

#alling !e 0bigbrother, there7s a point #ard or a !aid #aX in !y wallet, and by

theway, !y s#reensa$er be#a!e a photo o !e and a !aid. ( deleted

it right

away, the !e!ory o it is still resh in !y !ind. @ith ikari-u!esakis+uandering !oney e$erywhere, !y roo! begins to o$erload with

all kindo stu, whi#h is the sour#e o !y troubles. Ior e)a!ple, the

shel is neatlyilled with blue ray dis#s o !oe ani!e and dou;ins. ( ( ha$e to

!ention

other e)a!ples, it7ll be regarding a white pule let in a #ornero the roo!,an original pule where words and pi#tures #an be drawn on the

whitepule.

/t irst, she atte!pted to #o!plete it by a little day by day, butater a while,

she started to ignore it, and so ( inished it or her o$er the

ne)t ew days. (twas hard at irst, but ( got addi#ted by how interesting it is lateron, and

when ( inished it, ( elt ;oy, !y #hildhood e)#ite!ent awakeningwithin

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ont com(lete it on your own5

-u!esaki ikari got angry. -ou7re the one who didn7t asse!ble it yoursel.

By the way, no !atter how !u#h !oney she s+uanders, ( wouldne$er need

to worry about !oney. They are still !oney ro! what !y sisterspared !e.

** | B o k u s h i n u! @hy does -ukiko ha$e so !u#h !oney

8et !e tell you so!ething sho#king9 :y sister, -ukiko %aka!oto,is only a

!iddle&s#hooler, but she7s #ontra#ted with a publisher as a lightno$elist9

%he didn7t tell !e what she7s writing, but (7! not e)a#tly $erya!iliar with

it, but it see!s to be selling well. There7s a lot o !oney sent toher e$ery

!onth in lu!p su!s, but she doesn7t ha$e a bank a##ount, so she7sbeen

using !ine all this ti!e. KIor so!e reason, !y sister doesn7t wantourparents to know that she7s a no$elist, so ( ha$e to pretend to be

an adult nda##o!pany her when she signed the #ontra#t with the publisher.

/nyway,it7s a lot o troubleG we will talk about the details so!e other

ti!eEL

To thank !e, !y sister let !e spend her prie !oney ro! a#ertain awardwinning no$el she wrote. ( re;e#ted, o #ourse. But!y sister said,

0(t7s thanks to your hard work in the no$el that ( #ould do !ybest and win

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worry9(t see!ed weird, but sin#e ( got !ysel !oney to spend, why not

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aren7t stopping. @hat7s going on0(t see!s like he7s been $isiting the gy! oten.

0The gy! @hy0( heard that he is going to a#e so!e gangE

* | B o k u s h i n u0%peaking o whi#h, he has band&aid on, no.

0%#aryE( pri#ked !y sensiti$e ears to ea$esdrop on the girls who !o$ed

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/ter su#h a rando! opening, it7s probably her thoughts about aTJ Fra!a.

%in#e the #ontent doesn7t see! i!portant, ( si!ply browsedthrough it.

%uddenly, !y gae stopped at the last senten#e.Hey, why arent you making friends#

0@hy indeed( re#kon that ikari -u!esaki has ne$er a#ed proble!s in

so#ialiing.That7s why she asked su#h a +uestion.

By the way, this isn7t not her irst ti!e asking this +uestion, but

the si)th.The irst ti!e,Why arent you making friends# But ( ignored her, and she

probablygot !ad at !e.

Why arent you making friends# and she #ontinued,ont ignore me5 %ake friends5 and then it was an order

Wait# Instead of making friends, you (refer to make $a$ies#

"ou (er&ert5 and then it was this,Per&ert (er&ert (er&ert (er&ert5 It is still too early for youto

make $a$ies5 9o make friends51 | B o k u s h i n u

/nd last o all was this line that7s beyond her usual ra!page. (#an tell that

she7s li$id ro! this senten#e. This girl probably only uses the

word 0heywhen she is in a oul !ood. A$en i it is ;ust words, you #an tellwhat she7sthinking.

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there7s any interesting reason.onestly, e$en ( eel bad ha$ing to li$e with this awkward

at!ospheree$ery day. /ll ( want is a riend to talk to, let alone a #lose

riend, but realityis always #ruel.

0( there7s an opportunityE/ passi$e person like !e wouldn't su##eed anyway. ( #an7t get

!ysel into it.( a$ert !y gae away ro! the sun while it see!s to be staring at

!e, and

#losed !y notebook without writing anything.0EEE.@hat shall ( do That girl would deinitely pull so!e kind o stunt

again.On#e #lass ended, ( let s#hool in a hurry, tottering ba#k to ho!e

withtrepidation.

But today7s dierent ro! usual.

There7s so!eone tailing !e.2 | B o k u s h i n uAh, wait, wait. @hat7s going on

( you're looking or trouble, please spare !e already. A$enthough ( look

$i#ious, ('! a#tually a #oward, and (7! naturally bad at ights.There was

on#e when ( was taking !y bath, and !y sister #a!e in and ga$e

!e a rightstraight whi#h al!ost !ade !e aint. 0Tell !e i you're bathing9:y sister

said in a hu as she let, but (7! still ra#king !y head o$er it.That girl

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Ba#k on topi#, there7s so!eone stalking !e right ater ( lets#hool.

That person pani#ked on#e ( stopped. A$ery ti!e ( !ake a#rossroad, ( #anhear ootsteps

#at#hing up to !e. That person deinitely la#ks e)perien#e instalking.

( #an ;ust run away i ( want to, but that doesn7t satisy !e.(s it ti!e or !e to turn ba#k.

(t7s ine, right( things turn out bad, ('ll ;ust show !y ero#ious a#e and s#are

that persono. :y a#e is s#ary ater all. aha, ( don't ha$e a #hoi#e./ter #o!orting !ysel with su#h a pitiul reason, ( turn around,

standstill, and ready !ysel

3 | B o k u s h i n u/s e)pe#ted, this rookie stalker who pi#ked !e as the target

starts to #hase

ater!e. ow, take a deep breath./nd wait or the right !o!ent=0@ho7re you99 Fo you want to get beaten up99

0yah&&&9( re$eal !y usual ero#ious e)pression and the s#ariest $oi#e (

#an !uster tointi!idate the stalker.

The stalker shrieked shrilly like a swallow sneeing and got

kno#kedba#kwards. The stalker's bag ell on the loor as well, se$eralorange #andy

balls starting rolling out ro! the stalker's bag.Then, ( saw the !ost #riti#al thing. The identity o the stalker

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0/ girlThe stalker7s a petite girl.

/nd she see!s a!iliar.That braided girl is !y #lass!ate.

4 | B o k u s h i n u5 | B o k u s h i n u

%he7s so petite that i not or the high s#hool unior! she7swearing, she #an

disguise hersel as an ele!entary s#hool student. The girl ell onthe loor,

her braids tied at both sides o her hair swaying !essily. erpupils are

rather big #o!pared to her s!all a#e, and her eyes are teary,her !ilky

white skin so!ewhat reddened. To a passer&by, su#h a s#ene willbe seen as

a delin+uent bu!ping into an ele!entary s#hooler. The best proowould

the glares o the old lady that passed by. %hall ( run (s es#aping!y bestoption

0/h, are you alright0/h9

( was startled by her shriek./lright, let7s run. The old hag7s already !aking a phone #all. This

is bad./lright, irst ('ll help her get up, stu the bag into her ar!s.

a$ing done allthese, ( turn around, intending to lea$e&&0Ah

But ( i!!ediately stop.( elt a weak resistan#e ro! !y #lothes, and when ( turn around

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it, ( see a s!all, white hand grabbing the he! o !y shirt and sawa air,

s!all hand grabbing !y shirt.( look down the ar!, and see the girl looking up at !e, shi$ering,

6 | B o k u s h i n u0EE.

%he7s not speaking up, what does she want( #an7t es#ape e$en though ( want tobe#ause she7s grabbing !y

#lothes. 8etwith no #hoi#e, ( #an only take out !y handker#hie to wipe the

tears o thebraids girl. %peaking o handker#hies, ( re#all ikari -u!esaki7s.

* delin:uent that $rings a handkerchief with him gi&es off

&i$es

of a (rince

This #riti#is! is way o point. %ee (sn7t it working now Thegirl with

braids show a bit o a s!ile, her shoulders shi$ering&&huh (s sheholding in

her laughter Fid ( ;ust do so!ething stupidCAr!, what do you want with !eC( #autiously ask her. Besides, this girl ;ust stalked !e and burst

into tears inthe irst pla#e. (t7s not !y ault.

/nd at that !o!ent, the girl, withstanding her laughter, lookse)tre!ely

tense again.

C/h, well, er!, how do (...put thisECC...CC@ell, ye&yesterdayE

-esterday* | B o k u s h i n u

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dashed o.%he ran oE

"unningEE

| B o k u s h i n uC@OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO///////////////9C

/nyway, let7s s#rea!./nyway, let7s s#rea! out loud.

"eeking o altering and #onusion, ( ran o towards !y ownhouse.

Th&this is bad. @ait, eh, no, huh, what9@h&wh&what ;ust happened9

/h, what7s with that war! breath that approa#hed !y a#eThe ragran#e o a girl.

/n into)i#ating breath and graed past !y a#e.The sot tou#h.

The orange sweetness seeping in.

/nd the !oist war!th tri#kling in&&C | B o k u s h i n u

/nyway, ( howled as ( dashed through the streets, running

straight orho!e.sing this !o!entu!, ( did so!e push&ups at high speed,

#ontinuing tohowl 7a!eko a!eko a!eko a!eko a!eko a!eko

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ollowed by a !inutes.( then !uttered to !ysel as ( opened the notebook.

C@hat did the !e yesterday do9Cor!ally, ( would write !y words neatly within the lines o the

notebook,but this is the one day ( didn7t #are that !u#h as ( pi#k up the

#olor !arkersbeside !e, s#ribbling all o$er it.

C-ou got to be kidding !e, that idiot9 That7s ridi#ulous99C

/nyway, that ikari -u!esaki will deinitely lea$e behind asudden!essage, C(7! trying to pro$e the #han#es o a delin+uent

bu!ping into apretty girl and getting kissed.C

The !essage let by the !e yesterday ga$e !e the worstheada#he.

(t begins with a !ysterious opening ( didn7t understand at all.

?9uhahahaha. "ou're en-oying yourself, right# +&ercome $ymoe, right#?

1 | B o k u s h i n u:oe

E8ike hell it is99

CThat bird&brain9C/nd at night, the in#ident about the orange #andies during the

day #ontinueto run ra!pant in !y !ind. Thanks to that, (7! all !entallytortured, and

so worn out ( end up sleeping early.@hen ( woke up, it7s Thursday. /s usual, ( !issed a day.

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The rules...;ust keep in#reasing in nu!ber.RRRRR

/nd so, it7s the ollowing :onday. ( don7t want to go to s#hool.@hy, you ask (t all started with %aturday.

3 | B o k u s h i n uOn#e ( woke up, ( began !y habit o #he#king the notebook, and

written onit was,

?I told =asumi 'why didn't you choose a# 7ormally, anyoneho(ing to thank will choose a, right# o you know how much I

was looking forward to en-oying it# on't you think this

ignites

my imagination as a &irgin# I'll wait for you in the morning

ne0t

week, 'kay#' *nyway, that's (retty much ne0t %onday,

right#

Write me a (iece of reflection >/ words $y ;> lines

com(osition

(a(er, write B to 1; (a(ers of them.?

/nd so on. @hat words o hopeless idio#y she wrote there. (s sheasking !eto write a light no$el

( look or a girl #alled au!i in the #lass register, and ound thena!e

7asu!i %anada7. /hh, yes, ( do re!e!ber this na!e. But lea$ingthat

aside, it eels like that ikari -u!esaki is hoping that ( get

e)pelled orso!ething.CThis brat7s deinitely bullied when she7s youngerEC

/nd written below it is,C/nyway, this girl is soo #ute99 8arge breasts too99 (t7s alright

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trap, rightC( win#e as ( look at this line, and sluggishly prepare to g out.

The weather7s ine, and the #louds are air.4 | B o k u s h i n u

(t7s too late or !e to walk slowly as ( ha$e no ti!e, so ( ha$e no#hoi#e but

to run towards the #a!pus. (t7s not that (7! about to be late,but ( ;ust ha$e

the eeling that she ne$er did any re$ision or ho!ework, and (7lldeinitely

regret it i ( don7t hurry.olding !y breathe, ( rush up the stairs, but ( sure wonder i

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Co, well, that aECCaC

CAh uh (t7s not aCC@h&what7s thatC

asu!i7s #o!pletely baled at !y utter bewilder!ent.%hit, (7$e been had. That girl lied to !e.

asu!i7s a#e reddens urther as she shyly lowered her head.%he probably

re#alled what a !eant, and !uttered blankly, CThat7s per$ertedECThat7s!oe9

CAr!, ( did !y best already, but this is all ( #an go...anyway,here9C/nd so, she handed !e a photo.

(t7s a nor!al, so!ewhat #rude looking photo, and looks like it7staken with

a #ellphone and printed with a ho!e printer.6 | B o k u s h i n u

(t7s a sel&shot, and the girl #o$ers hal her a#e with her hand.

The se!i&long bla#k hair is !oist, and gi$es the i!pression thatshe ;usthad a bath.

The photo looks like it7s looking down, and the way the un#o$eredright eye

is looking up !akes it look alluring.But what (7! not sure is&&

Ca;a!asC

The petite girl was wearing orange pa;a!as./nd se$eral o the buttons were unhooked, so ( #an see thewhite, a!ple

#hest ro! the loose pa;a!as, the a!ount shown al!ost at theli!it&&

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CAh9 This is you9C( pani#k, !y shoulders stiening, the photo nearly alling out o

!y hand.The hairstyle7s #hanged, and her a#e is hal #o$ered, #ausing !e

to beunable to re#ognie her a#e. ( ( look #losely howe$er, it7s

deinitely her.There7s no !istake about the sie o her breasts.

CAh, but you said 'I want the (hoto of your $iggest limit,=asumi'EC

C/h, well, that7s.C* | B o k u s h i n u

T/T (F(OT9C8&let !e say this beorehand. ( nor!ally will ne$er do su#h a

thing. (t&it7sbe#ause you sa$ed !e that (7! willing to do this, %aka!oto.

lease don7tshow this to anyone elseEC

8ea$ing aside the a#t that you7re saying this, e$en i it7s

nor!ally, don7te$er agree to su#h re+uests, okay9CBut ( thought it7s ine to oblige to a single re+uest. To do su#h a

thing, and,to be seen like thisEC

/nd then her $oi#e got teeny&weeny sot/ll ( #an tell here is that that girl has been bullying this poor girl.

This isn7t a good thing ater all, right

(t7s unbe#o!ing to !ake her take su#h a lewd photo ater sa$ingher. Thisphoto is really outrageous, outrageous.

Cu...er!, please keep it +ui#klyECCa9 %o&sorry9C

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( hastily stu the photo into !y bag. (7ll ;ust go ba#k and thinkabout this

alluring photo later. Think about it slowly. | B o k u s h i n u

C/h, yes. ( ha$e the photo o 7%e)y Frea!7 you ga$e !e as !y#ellphone

s#reen sa$er, %aka!oto. @h&what do you thinkCC%e)y Frea!C

( do $aguely re!e!ber hearing o su#h a ter! re#ently, and while(7!

ra#king !y head o$er it, she shyly shows !e the #ellphone s#reen.%hown on the #ellphone s#reen is are the basi# appli#ations at the

top o thes#reen, and shown in the ba#kground is a per$ert dressed in a

spunkytightsuit and a butterly !ask. That guy7s gi$ing a radiant s!ile

with!ysterious poses, looking silly all o$er.

/rgh, is that idiot doing all these ;ust to annoy !e

C-ou7re une)pe#tedly like a kid there, %aka!oto, sa$ing !e insu#h a getup...and ( ind it #ute or so!e reason.Casu!i7s holding ba#k her laughter as she looks ba#k and orth

between her#ellphone and !y a#e.

C/h, sorry. -ou were %e)y Frea! when you7re dressed up likethat, not

%aka!oto.C

Hust #all !e %aka!oto. (t7s %aka!oto no !atter how ( look at it9@hat did you do there, %aka!oto9

:y hands are on !y knees, and asu!i7s looking at !e while (7!eeling

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| B o k u s h i n uC/h, got to return ba#k to #lass. (&(Cll be heading o irst. Bye

bye.C%he wa$es her s!all hand at !e and runs o at high speed ;ust

when ( wasabout to #all out to her, C/hhEC, and ( ollow her slowly.

@hat was that all about( ( don7t hurry and do so!ething, so!ething7s going to happen.

@ith a lethargi# a#e plastered on !e, ( head o the to#lassroo!, the

re!aining students on the #orridor !aking a way or !e./nd i!!ediately aterwards, (7! illed with regret.

The in#ident happened during lun#h break.C?O:A OT O@@@99C

/ beast&like howl e#hoed through the #lassroo!, and !y#lass!ates, #hit#hatting away, look up in surprise Kwhile (7!

sprawled on the table likeusual, pretending to sleep to run away ro! reality.

C(t7s usual to hide now, %e)y Frea!9C

Barging into the #lassroo! and #ausing a ru#kus are a trio odelin+uents,and speaking out is a gri! looking !ohawk head, glaring at

e$eryone in the#lassroo!.

@ahhQlooks like trouble7s #o!ing looking or !e. ( do know $erywell how

the appearan#e o a delin+uent is a burden to e$eryone. /ha.

1>> | B o k u s h i n u%peaking o whi#h, what did that guy ;ust sayC@h&what7re you doing here, you guysC

The short&haired girl shorted near the door rushes towards that!ohawk

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/nd the delin+uent glares ba#k ater hearing her eyes, #ontinuing,CThere7s been a %e)y Frea! guy looking or a ight with us, and

he7s in this#lass9 1 | B o k u s h i n u/nd as ( think about this, ( eel a pier#ing stare, and so ( look

o$er at thatside, seeing asu!i looking $ery suspi#ious, staring intently. Fon7t

look at

!e now9 ( this usually +uiet delin+uent7s to suddenly stand upand say,C/hh, looks like ( got e)posed. o #hoi#e but to ad!it it9 (7!

%e)y Frea!9C,surely e$eryone7s going to be perturbed right Try i!agining su#h

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Or !aybe not.C@&wait. Fo you ha$e proo that %e)y...e)ists in this #lassCFisturbed by that ridi#ulous sounding na!e, the ponytail girl

opposite theshort with short hair protested with a serious look.

/nd in response, that !ohawk bastard hissed,C%e)y Frea! hi!sel said, 7(7! ro! ?lass 2&2 o %akurahi!e

igh %#hool9( you want re$enge, #o!e look or !e to!orrow, three days

later or i$edays later97 got any words about thatC

o no no./re you sly Or way too honest here Aither way, you guys arereally

pun#tual.( #an only i!agine the delin+uents #ir#ling the dates on the

#alendar andplotting their re$enge, and in #ontrast to !e, the #lass7

at!osphere got

worse at the !o!ent.1>2 | B o k u s h i n uThat !ohawk bastard is #o!pletely inuriated as he sta!ped at

the loorwith his toes, but nobody stood up to gi$e the!sel$es in. @ell,

that7s to bee)pe#ted.

@hat do ( do now Fo ( turn !ysel in

To !e personally, this really is too troubleso!e and tooe!barrassing, so (intend to #ontinue playing du!b. owe$er, that !ohawk head

doesn7tintend to gi$e up.

/h, goodness, guess ( got no #hoi#e but to say !y na!e out&&


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C3 | B o k u s h i n u

-eah, ( lost the #han#e to gi$e !ysel in.C%hit, hurry up and get out&&h!C

The !ohawk head looks around the #lassroo!, and his stare landsat a

#ertain pla#e.C/ren7t you the #hi#k who was with %e)y Frea!C

C/, ah, ahhEC

e was looking at none other than asu!i.( thought she7ll be a bra$e girl, sin#e she dared to talk to !ewillingly.

owe$er, she7s still terriied o a delin+uent ater all, and at thispoint, her

body7s all shrunk, her eyes not daring to !eet the delin+uent7s.CFo you know what %e)y Frea! did Iess up9 Or (7! going to

take a twoshot wih you9C

/ter gi$ing su#h a ridi#ulous threat, that !ohawk bastard #losedin onasu!i.

The surrounding girls tried to pre$ent hi! ro! approa#hing,C9C but

ater an inti!idating bellow by hi!, they ba#ked down.


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Cey9 /nswer !e now9 @hat did %e)y Frea!&&CThe !ohawk bastard rea#hed his hand out as he threatened, and

the!o!ent he was about to pla#e his hand on her shoulder,

1>4 | B o k u s h i n uC&&Fon7t tou#h !e99C

asu!i yelled as she hugged her shoulders.That $oi#e7s illed with anger.

The entire #lass is silen#ed, and e$eryone7s looking at her./nd in the !idst o this tense at!osphere, the teary asu!i said,

her lipsshaking,

CTh&the only one who #an tou#h !e is...%e)y Frea! hi!sel99C/9 That was really dangerous9Ah, what, what happened...ehhh

C@&@h&@///C/nd asu!i, see!ingly trying to shake o the lustered !ohawk

head Kand!eL, #ontinue to rattle,

CB&be#ause, %e)y Frea! sa$ed !e, and e!bra#ed !e tightly, andlet !e goater ( #hose Y, and, andEC

The #lassroo! was illed with a tense at!osphere./nd

C/n&and he said, that (7! #uteEC1>5 | B o k u s h i n u

.../h, this bad.

That won7t do.er a#e is basi#ally a !aiden in lo$e.That idiot girl...toying with su#h a pure girl.

C, uuu...that %e)y Frea!E.9C(n response, the !ohawk head in ront o asu!i #an only groanregretully. /yway, there7s no tension in his words, and ( guess


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e$erything7s all o$er, noThere7s an awkward at!osphere, silen#e illing the spa#e.

/nd the one breaking this tense at!osphere is an une)pe#ted#hara#ter.

Cey :orishita. (s this kid %e)y Frea!7s girlCThe one babbling is a delin+uent standing behind the !ohawk

bastard.C(n that #ase, the girl7s phone probably has %e)y Frea!7s

nu!ber, rightCCOh, ( see. %o there7s still this wayC

The !ohawk bastard sneers, brings his a#e towards asu!i, and

yells,Cey, hand o$er your phone9 (7! going to #all %e)y Frea! rightnow9C

1>6 | B o k u s h i n uCAh, ah, no&no way9C

C%hut up and hand o$er now9CThe !ohawk head ignored the teary asu!i as the latter shook

her head,

grabbing her bag.asu!i tries to resist, but the dieren#e in ar! strength is too$ast. e

easily snat#hed the bag away.Ah. @ell, this is a bad thing, right

C&hey, stop it9 Fidn7t asu!i say not to do it9CC"eturn it right now9C

The lustered girls try to stop the !ohawk head, but o #ourse,

thedelin+uents don7t #are about that.e opened the bag i!!ediately, and browsed through the

#ontents.This is bad, this is bad. This is a bad de$elop!ent.C@a&wait, don7t9 ( ha$en7t entered his nu!ber9C


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Cu!ph9 ( #an tell that you7re lying right ro! the get&go9 ( you7re this

an)ious, there7s deinitely so!ething going on9CThe !ohawk bastard then ru!!aged through the stu in the

bag.1>* | B o k u s h i n u

This is bad, bad, bad9 ( don7t know she does ha$e !y nu!ber, butthat girl

has %e)y Frea! on the s#reen sa$er9 (7! re$ealed now, noCey, stop it, ( said, don7tE9C

asu!i7s breaking into tears as she says this.ow this is getting really bad. ( he sees !e on the #ellphone,

C/h, ound the #ellphone9C/hE

C%top...uuEC@aE

C!, er!, how do ( use this thing againC....%hitE

C:orishita, you !a#hine te#hbane. Hust slide this to unlo#k.C

...@hy a! (.COhh, is that so (7ll ;ust unlo#k&&C... | B o k u s h i n u11> | B o k u s h i n u

( suddenly let out a howl without thinking.( howled.

The #lass!ates in the roo! start to pani#, !ore than when thedelin+uent

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This is a!aing.The !ost dangerous ti!e&bo!b o #lass 2&2, whi#h usually

re!ains silent,suddenly e)ploded. owe$er, ( ha$e no #hoi#e but to stand up. (

#an7t allow!y identity to be re$ealed.

C&hey, you !ohawk head bastard9 %&she told you to stop already,so...er!,

;ust stop already, you shitty pigs9 Fon7t tou#h her...with yourilthy hands,

y&you idiots9C

Cuuuh @h&what7s with you, you bastard9 %#ra!&&CC-ou7re the ones who needs to s#ra!, you sw&swine bastards9 (7!going to

beat you guys up i you don7t lea$e9CCuh9 -&you dare to shout ba#k at !e

C-&you wanna ight, 9 (&(&(7ll send your head lying9 @annatry !e9C

(7! not used to saying su#h taunting words, and so (7!

sta!!ering all thiswhile.111 | B o k u s h i n u

But ;ust when ( thought ( !essed things up, it see!s ( lookrather urious in

this $olatile situation. This is super ee#ti$e.C...%orry.C

The !ohawk head, now the o#al point o e$eryone7s attention,

suddenlyapologies.( a#tually !ade su#h a delin+uent tre!ble. /! ( that a!aing (

guess itreally is, in a bad way.

(7! ha$ing #onli#ted eelings right now, but ha$ing snat#hed


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ba#k the#ellphone, ( take a hea$e, and let out a inal roar.

CFon7t you e$er let !e see you again9 ( you dare do anything toanyone in

our #lass, er!, well...(7ll !ess you up real good9CC-&yesss999C

/nd so, those delin+uents s#a!per out o the #lassroo!./nd the stares in the #lass gather on !e.

/nd then, there were !y silent #lass!ates./nd then, and thenE

C...ow, a! ( going to dieC

8ea$ing these words behind, ( dash out o the #lassroo!.112 | B o k u s h i n uThis is bad. This is bad.

There7s no sal$aging this situation now, is there The at!ospherein the

#lassroo! is really awkward. (7! doo!ed9 :y lie7s going to end9yaha9/hhE9

a$ing gi$en up on this shitty !e, ( ;ust put in the #ray wordsCyaho9%pina#h9C that appeared in !y weird !ind inside the notebook,

and in !yeuphoria, ( start playing ighting ga!es so uriously that ( end up

sleepingwithout realiing it.

%orry, ikari -u!esaki.

The ar!or o %e)y Frea! is too hea$y or !e.RRRRRTwo days later, the day arri$ed !er#ilessly.

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CFon7t #hange the alar! on your own will like thatEC/nd at the sa!e ti!e, the !e!ories two days ago awoke in !e.

( #hased away the delin+uents who barged in so terriyingly, andthis #hain

o e$ents sho#ked e$ery one o !y #lass!ate.113 | B o k u s h i n u

Thinking about that alone #auses !e to blush. (7! really doo!ednow.

@ahahaha.( #ollapse on the bed, burying !y a#e in the pillow, and #li!b out

o theblanket like a lay, wilted garli# #hi$es. ( then spotted that this.

CFa!!itECThe notebook7s standing upright on the desk.

/nd there7s a useless ribbon tied around it, e$en a lower added.Hust seeing this alone is enough or !e to i!agine the sight o

that girlsni#kering away as she pla#ed the book.

?!akamoto wwwww !akamoto wwwwwww !aakaamootoo

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww?CThis bit#hE9CThe !o!ent ( open the notebook, ( see the words that !ade !e

an)iousright ro! the beginning.

?I heard e&erything from =asumi there, and (osted on the

internet '*h, he came out45 +ut comes the true nature of the

delin:uent who gets ostraciDed $y his classmates5' *ll that's

leftis to wait for the res(onses5?

114 | B o k u s h i n uThat bit#h7s now showing how happy she is, and it7s all inuriating

words atthe ba#k. Ieeling #o!pletely enraged, ( sla! the book shut.


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( swit#hed on the #o!puter, and ound that she really postedsu#h a thing,

la!ing and #ausing +uite the intense dis#uss. aha, C@here7s theOC,

there was su#h a response. Hust wait or it, she7ll be ba#kto!orrow.C

C%pare !e already. (s !y lie going to be su#h a !ess e$erydayEC

( wonder what happened to the awkward at!osphere in #lass thepre$ious

day

8ooking at how agitated she is, (7! deinitely in$ol$ed in so!erustratingsituation.

@hile on the way to s#hool, ( try to #heer !ysel up, thinking+uietly,

C:aybe nobody !inds at allC or C!aybe e$eryone orgot about itater a

day.C On#e ( rea#h s#hool howe$er,

C/ li$ing delin+uent is ;ust trash9C( got the abo$e #on#lusion, and trudge o$er to the #lassroo!unhappily.

@ell, whate$er. (7$e been ostra#ied

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