★ Takai Yumi’s viewpoint, Part ① :

When I arrived at school in the morning and opened the shoe box, I found what looked like a white envelope.

It reminded me of the harassment against Uehara-san that had happened the other day.

——Was it my turn today?

I thought about it long and hard without a sense of crisis.

I took the white envelope out of the shoe box and put it in my bag, not wanting to open it now.

I had plenty of time before homeroom, so I headed to the bathroom to check the contents of the envelope.

In the private room of the restroom, I took the envelope out of my bag and checked its contents.

Inside was a sheet of white letter paper and two photographs.

——!

One of the two photos was of Yuuki and I together at the station. Apparently, they had been secretly filmed on their way home from a karaoke night with everyone.

And to my surprise, it was the second picture.

What was shown in the photo was a picture of Yuki and a girl hugging each other.

The girl was in the back, so it was hard to tell who she was from the picture, but from what I heard the other day, I am sure it was Nakamura-san.

And Yuki’s face was fully visible because it was shown facing forward.

——Is it any wonder whh Aizawa-san was angry?

That’s what I thought when I saw this picture.

But I was also voyeuristic and thought I couldn’t speak for others. I guess that means Yuki and I are after all very much alike.

Then, I opened the folded letterhead and read through the contents.

『I would like to talk to you about this picture. I will be waiting for you after school today in front of the gym equipment storage behind the school building.

P • S

There is another photo of the two of them entering Takai-san’s house with Tōyama.』

The letter that said so did not have the sender’s name.

I was so careless that I didn’t notice it when I was followed home. I regretted my lack of vigilance.

If Yuuki had only entered my house first, I might have any excuse. However, this may cause some people to begin to question my relationship with Yuuki.

The school would ask a lot of questions if they suspected us of having impure heterosexual relations. It will cause trouble for Yuki, and Uehara-san will be sad. I want to avoid that.

——I guess I have no choice but to go there after school.

I would have ignored it if it weren’t for the existence of the photo of Yuuki walking into my house.

What should I do? Should I consult a teacher? No… The school is not going to cooperate with something like entrapment, and if I go with the teacher from the beginning, they will just mislead me appropriately.

We are the ones who are suspected of impure heterosexual relationships due to the existence of the photo of Yuuki hugging Nakamura-san and the photo of Yuuki and me going into my house together.

It seems that I have been beaten by a partner who thought it would be a good idea to prevent me from reporting the incident to the school.

「I have to go to class now, homeroom is starting.」

In the end, the class started without a conclusion on what to do.

〜 Lunch Break 〜

I was reading a book after lunch as usual. However, I couldn’t concentrate on reading because I was worried about what would happen after school.

「Yumi, can I have your attention?」

Aizawa-san unusually approached me during lunch break. During lunch break, I was seldom approached because everyone was very careful not to interrupt my reading.

「What’s wrong, Aizawa-san?」

「I just heard from Tōyama that his hug with Nakamura-san was caught on tape. But I heard that Nakamura-san went out of her way to apologize to Tōyama. So he got a video of her testifying that she asked him for a hug.」

I know because that picture was in his shoe box. It seems that Nakamura-san really liked Yuuki. I’m glad it wasn’t a trap or anything, but I’m a little bothered when I remember the pictures of him holding girls other than me.

Yuki and I have a physical relationship …… so I don’t think of tying him up.

I took it to heart as a warning to myself.

「I see… Then it wouldn’t be a big deal, but if the school finds out, they might both get a warning.」

Now, the photo over here is no longer as effective as a story to bring Yuuki down.

If they had hugged each other consensually, I think it would have been enough to become a bit of a topic of conversation in class. If the school were to find out, the two would just be warned by the teacher.

「But Tōyama really doesn’t have a sense of urgency. I’m glad that Nakamura-san testified this time.」

What a bunch of assholes… and Aizawa-san is angry, but I can see that she is worried about Yuuki.

「Aizawa-san is also worried about Toyama-kun, isn’t she?」

「I–It’s not like that. It’s like… uhm, I can’t leave him alone? He’s like a bad brother.」

Aizawa-san, who spoke shyly, was the smallest among us, but she seemed like a reliable older sister.

「Hey, Aizawa-san… this morning…」

I was about to confide that I had been called out after school, but I stopped myself and stopped mid-sentence.

「This morning? What’s wrong?」

——I knew it was no good, they would find out that Yuuki is coming to my house. Besides, if I tell her now, she will stop me from going to the warehouse.

Besides, it might put an end to this whole affair. Thinking this, I made a fool of myself.

「No, it’s nothing. It’s not a big deal.」

「Well, I hope so. Yumi… if something’s wrong, consult me.」

「I understand.」

Aizawa-san said so, but I made up my mind to go alone. I want to end this matter for the sake of Yuuki and Uehara-san.

——Aizawa-san, I’m sorry.

〜 After School 〜

「Takai-san, are you going to the library now?」

As I got out of my seat to head to the gym equipment storage, Uehara-san approached me.

「I’m going to go to the bathroom and then to the library.」

Today Yuuki is already at the library for after-school library committee duties. Uehara-san always came to the library when Yuuki was a member of the library committee. She must like him that much.

「I have some errands to run, so I’ll catch up with you later.」

With that, Uehara-san left the classroom.

I also left the classroom without my luggage and headed for the gym equipment storage.

On the way there, I stopped at the shoe box to change into my underwear.

I was lost. I wondered if I should really keep quiet to the two of them.

I thought about it for a few seconds, tore the top half of the letterhead that was in my shoe box this morning in half from where it said P・S, and threw the top half into Aizawa-san’s shoe box.

Then I took out my phone and sent a message to Uehara-san.

『I can’t go to the library today. Sorry.』

I changed into my loafers and headed for the gym equipment storage room behind the school building.

On the way there, a little before I could see out of sight of the gym equipment storage, I stopped and pulled my phone out of my skirt pocket. I made sure the phone has enough battery left and launch the voice recorder app.

——Here I go.

I headed for the gym equipment storage and took a step forward.

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