Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer, Vol.01 by Aresanzui

Author:Aresanzui [Aresanzui]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tentai Books

Chapter Eight

A Present

The very next morning, Yui walked into the classroom to find Yuuki already seated at his desk. It was a bit unusual, to say the least. Yui had once again opted to walk to school today, but she’d still expected to arrive earlier than him.

She hesitantly approached her seat and propped her umbrella up against her desk, since the umbrella stand by the entrance had been full. That wasn’t unexpected, seeing as the typhoon was drawing near and was probably going to arrive in full sometime between the late hours of the evening and the early hours of tomorrow morning. Of course, that also meant that Yui couldn’t afford to pull any more of her antics with the umbrella like “forgetting” it. That would only make her look silly, after all.

“Good morning,” Yuuki greeted her while she finished setting her bag down on her desk. Yui was understandably alarmed, because this was the first time he’d ever said hello first.

“Morning,” she replied, feigning composure.

“You look sleepy.”

“Same goes for you.”

By default, Yuuki always looked like he could’ve used more sleep, but that was rarely the case for Yui. She couldn’t get any shut-eye yesterday, not after what happened. Besides, the rattling of the wind against her windows was far from a soothing lullaby, and that might’ve been the reason why she looked out of sorts compared to her usual self.

“Here, I got this for you,” he said and extended his arm just as Yui was sitting down.

“Huh? What’s this?”

“A present.”

In his hand, Yuuki held some kind of accessory. It was a small stone on a string the size of a bean, and its color was a mixture of milky-white and a hint of yellow. The stone was luminescent and shone brightly enough that Yui could tell that it wasn’t some cheap knick-knack that could be found around any corner. Needless to say, she was bewildered. She timidly stared at it as she gently took it from Yuuki.

“Wow, it’s so... pretty.”

“They say these crystals have healing powers, too. It’s all yours.”

“Wha—? Are you sure?”

“Of course. My dad is really into these things, so we have tons of them lying around the house.”

“I see. W-Well, thanks a bunch,” she managed to say, still baffled at his sudden change in behavior. The day was full of yet more surprises, though, as Yui was in for another shocker when Yuuki busted out a smile of all things.

That’s not the kind of smile that’d get the heart racing by any means, but... he just really surprised me, that’s all, Yui used such thoughts to try to justify her confusion to herself. “B-But why’re you giving me this all of a sudden? What’s the catch here?” she continued, trying her best to act natural.

“Well, I heard it also helps with stress and soothes your worries, apparently.”

“R-Really now? Well, I guess stress is common enough for this to be super handy.”

At first, she’d been suspicious as to why Yuuki would get her a present for seemingly no reason, but felt reassured when he explained the purpose the stone served.

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