Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 4] by Kazuki Amamiya

Author:Kazuki Amamiya
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Once classes ended, the atmosphere inside our classroom immediately turned laid-back. There were those who hurried to leave, those who stayed behind and chatted, and those who headed to their club activities. Among all that hullabaloo, I was the only one who had to attend to a different matter—the ball game executive committee meeting.

I knew it. This job’s a pain in the ass. Damn you, Fujiwara... Meh, I don’t have work today, and I’ve got nothing else to do, so I guess it’s fine. Our homeroom teacher had told me which classroom the meeting was to be held in. As I headed over, I saw someone walking in front of me.

“Miori?” I called out to a female student with her black hair pulled into a ponytail.

I’d recognized her correctly; she looked back at me, and her face scrunched into a disgusted frown. “Ugh.”

What’s with that response? That sort of expression brings back memories of the past, so please stop. People used to hate it if I so much as talked to them... No one reacts like that nowadays, though, so I’ve been over the moon.

“Hold on, are you an exec member too?” she asked.

“Yeah. What, did they force you into this too?” I replied.

“It was against my will. I was napping when they were picking who it was, and the job got pinned on me... Dammit.” Miori groaned; she looked extremely displeased.

“Sounds like you brought that on yourself.”

“I’m gonna be late for practice,” she grumbled. “This blows.”

I caught up to her, and we walked down the hallway side by side. That phone call was the last time we’d spoken. We were in different classes, so there weren’t many opportunities to bump into each other, and now that our partnership was over, we had no reason to call one another either. That was why it felt somewhat awkward now.

Unable to bear the silence, I searched for a topic to chat about. “How’s it going with Reita?”

“What do you mean, ‘how’? Does it look like we’re fighting?”

“No, uh, yesterday on my way home, I saw you guys at the station. It looked like things were going well.”

Miori seemed surprised for some reason. “You were there?” she asked.

“Yeah, I happened to be getting off from work.”

“Really? You could’ve said something.”

“No way I could! I can’t barge in on your alone time with Reita.”

“That’s what stopped you? Wow, I’m surprised you could read the room.”

“Shut up. Even I have that much common sense.”

It was a normal conversation, and yet for some reason, Miori felt faraway, even though she was right next to me. Something was off about her tone, expression, and mood. It didn’t feel as if she was trying to be friendly with me like she used to. However, it didn’t feel like she was pushing me away either. Miori appeared to be uncomfortable as well.

Our conversation came to a stop again. Now that we were no longer partners, we couldn’t grasp how close we ought to be.

“So... How about you?” she asked after a while.

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