Let's Laugh at This Beautiful Day

The two just sat there and stared at each other intently, their eyes filled with the joy of meeting each other, the noise of the classroom had long been out of their ears; the breeze came suddenly through the open classroom windows, Gently brushing Kato Megumi's long hair.

——Until now, Akira Izumi discovered that Kato Megumi's shoulder-length black hair had unknowingly fallen to her shoulder blades and spread over her slender back, like a layer of exquisite black veil.

However, when he was concentrating on the flying hair, he suddenly seemed to see Kato Megumi's lips moving slightly, and after saying something, he showed a slightly lonely smile.

"—Well, that's fine, my friend..."

He Quanming was stunned for a moment: "Did you just... say something?"

Kato Megumi shook his head with a smile, and stroked the hair that floated in front of his eyes: "No, I didn't say anything."

"...No, I seem to have seen it just now..."

"Okay, don't worry about such small things——" Kato Megumi suddenly stood up, interrupting his question, "Next, Ming-kun should be prepared to have three legs with Chang Mu-san? Because I'm not very good at running. I'm good at obstacle running, and I probably won't get a good ranking, so please join me in cheering!"

After finishing speaking, Megumi Kato turned and walked towards the door of the classroom, and Akira Hequan couldn't help asking.

"Kato? Where are you going?"

Kato Kei replied without looking back: "Go pick flowers. Mingjun, you can't ask girls this kind of question casually." (Note: Picking flowers is a euphemism for women to go to the bathroom)

He Quanming immediately apologized with a smile.

"Ahaha, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... But, are you really okay?"

Hearing this sentence, Kato Megumi paused, and she turned around suspiciously.

"Eh? Do I look like something is wrong? What is Mingjun worried about?"

"...No, actually I don't know. It's just...although it's not obvious, but I still feel like you're trying to be strong."

He scratched his cheek uncertainly. Even though the erratic intuition in his heart was elusive, Hequanming still refused to ignore it. He looked at Megumi Kato seriously, not letting go of the change in her expression for a moment.

"It's no exaggeration to say that you are the most important person in my mind besides my family. So even if it's just a clue, as long as there is a possibility, I don't want you to have anything to be brave about."

"If it's not something big that you can't talk about, then tell me... As a friend, I hope I can do something for you, even if it's just being a trash can, it's okay, as long as you don't be brave by yourself, don't show your shame alone. An expression that hides everything in the bottom of my heart."

He Quanming smiled self-deprecatingly: "...This is the only thing I, a guy who can only talk, can do."

"..."

Kato Megumi slowly lowered her eyes, her white fingers were unconsciously clenched, and she lowered her head so that her expression could not be seen. Slowly, a voice with little ups and downs sounded, with indistinct tremors.

"...That's not the case...I can't count how much happiness and smiles Mingjun brought me...Because of Mingjun, I know that I can talk so happily; because of Mingjun, I Only then can I make friends like Gabriel and the others; because of Mingjun, Megumi Kato got to know myself, and saw myself who is different from before, full of laughter and color...Why, should I say that..."

Akira Hequan looked at Megumi Kato who was trembling slightly with concern: "Kato..."

Suddenly, she stopped trembling.

"...No, it's okay. It's really okay. Forget what you said just now! You don't have to worry about me, Mingjun."

Kato Megumi raised his head and smiled nonchalantly as usual, but that smile seemed to hold something in his eyes.

"It's just a sudden complicated feeling in my heart, it's not a big deal... For a girl, there will always be a time to hide her feelings and try to be brave. At this time, please let her sort out her emotions well?"

"As a friend."

The words with a smile, calm, but with a sense of alienation that shut him out.

...Brave yourselves, don't you?

Akira Izumi knew from before that under Megumi Kato's calm expression, there were richer and more delicate emotions hidden than ordinary people.

Although I have never seen her cry, nor have I seen her obvious angry expression, but Izumi has seen her various smiles several times, and they are deeply engraved in the bottom of my heart——

However, it was the first time he had seen this smile that forced him to support himself.

... She said she wanted to hide her feelings, but what kind of feelings did she need to cover up, and she needed to be brave enough to hide it from her friends?

He Quanming didn't know, he said to himself: "I don't know."

Before he fully understood Kato Megumi's mood, he didn't want to make random guesses.

Not only because he was not ready to lift the tulle between the two, but he also felt a little unconfident that he was only Kato Megumi's friend after all.

Not to mention that he also knew that several other people also had a faint affection for him. Under such circumstances, he did not dare to act rashly, for fear that the friendship he finally obtained would undergo chemical changes because of his choice.

Therefore, he could only remain silent again, just like the choice he made just now.

"...Then, I'll go first, and see you in class."

Seeing his drooping brows and eyes, and tight lips, Kato Megumi turned back with a light smile, and left the classroom without hesitation.

Only Akira Izumi was left watching her with worried and powerless eyes.

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Kato Megumi, who was walking in the corridor, was expressionless, and she couldn't even maintain a smile. Her heart was in a mess, and she bit her lower lip slightly.

"...What an idiot."

Speech without a subject, floating in the air.

Knowing that she would not attract attention, Megumi Kato didn't care about other people's eyes, just let the troubled emotions float on the surface, even though she still couldn't put on a complicated expression, but the way she was full of thoughts was very obvious.

"...what a fool."

A little sigh leaked from the corner of her mouth, and she began to force her chaotic mood not to interfere with the thinking in her mind. In order to continue to treat the people around her with normal emotions, she needed to calm herself down.