Let's Laugh at This Beautiful Day

It smells like a special kind of air. It obviously doesn't have any impressive fragrance, nor does it stimulate people's senses. Most of the time, I just feel like the air has become fresh when I stay by Kato's side. If you are particularly aware of the difference in the smell of the air, the difference is quite obvious...

...This smell comes from behind, it smells really good...

Turning around as he felt, Izumi Akira, whose vision was dark, sank his mind into the fragrance, opened his hands and swayed toward the place where the fragrance came from, and then, unknowingly, bumped into something.

——It’s that thing, that smells this fragrance.

"...Well, it's so soft." The open hands unknowingly embraced the thing, and the touch between the arms was intoxicatingly soft.

"Not only fragrant, but also very soft, what is this..." Izumi Ming, who had forgotten his purpose, was immersed in this wonderful feeling, he murmured and moved his hand to "that thing"'s head, gently touched.

"There's still hair... Could it be a human-shaped pillow? I really want to take it home..." The ecstatic Izumi Ming gradually opened his eyes, trying to see what was in his arms. What, if it's an item that doesn't have an owner, I'll take it home secretly myself.

Then when the world regained its clarity, it was a young girl who caught his eye.

A girl with blank eyes and expressionless face.

"I'm sorry, Izumi-san, I'm not a humanoid pillow, so you can't take me home."

"Ka, Kato!? Why are you here?" Izumi Ming said in disbelief with his mouth wide open.

"I've always been here, but you just didn't see it." Kato Megumi's tone was frighteningly flat.

"So, so you didn't leave from start to finish?"

She nodded: "Well, I can hear the conversation between you, Satania and Gabriel. Well... that should be called Shura Field, right? I didn't expect Izumi to deal with Shura so easily. Field, I heard that people like this are called scumbags—so should I call you scumbag Ming?"

"Of course not! Who is the scumbag? Both of them are just pure friends!"

"Hey...Is that so? Well, it doesn't matter if what you say is true or not, it's none of my business anyway. I just hope Izumi-san can be a little more careful and don't get caught with a hatchet?"

"So where did you learn this strange knowledge from!"

"I just checked it with my phone when I had nothing to do."

"Don't use traffic for me to check such a nameless thing!"

"Eh? But I'm using WI-FI?"

"Who cares about you!"

"...Then, the happy time for ranting is over, Izumi-san, can you let go of your hand?" Megumi Kato said indifferently, pointing to the arm still holding her.

"...Oh, sorry." He smiled awkwardly, and Izumi Akira let go of Kato Megumi in his arms and took a few steps back.

The soft and fragrant touch disappeared, and there was an inexplicable feeling of emptiness in my heart. Izumi Akira tried to make his expression look normal, but the keen Kato Megumi found the clue.

She tilted her head and said, "Huh? Why does Mr. Hequan look lost? Do you want to hug me again?"

--Yes I do!Amazing!I really want to hug you so hard!But I'm not a pervert!

With such an angry roar in his heart, it was impossible for Izumi Akira to say such a thing directly to Kato Megumi, so he changed his words: "Well, it's a lie to say that I don't want to, after all, I'm also a boy, Kato, you are a beautiful girl. ...but you're my friend and you're not a pillow, so I won't do that again!

Then he put his hands together and bowed his head: "I'm so sorry just now! I hugged you and touched your head without noticing! Forgive me!"

"I don't care too much... Didn't Izumi-san just say it? It's enough to say thank you among friends."

"No, it's not something to be thankful for..."

"Ah, roar too..."

"Anyway, as compensation, I'll treat you to dessert next time!"

"Then first, thank you Izumi-san..." Kato Megumi didn't refuse, but accepted it plainly.

"By the way, don't call me classmates among friends, just call me Izumi! I'll still call you Kato."

"Well, Izumi-kun."

"No need to add you, it sounds very polite."

"Okay, Izumi-kun."

"...Forget it, do whatever you want."

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On the way back to the classroom, the two chatted one after another, as if they didn't take the accident that happened just now to heart.

"By the way, I called your name several times in the corridor, why didn't you answer?"

"I wanted to answer at first, but I didn't want to say anything after hearing "Xiao Huihui, Huijiang"."

"...Well, my fault."

"However, Izumi-kun, you are really amazing. You can find me behind you even with your eyes closed. How did you do it?" Kato asked curiously.

Izumi-kun turned his face a little embarrassedly: "Oh...this...are you sure you want to listen?"

"Eh? Is there any reason why I can't say it?"

"It's not so much that I can't say it, it's more embarrassing to say it... Don't be angry when you hear it?"

"I shouldn't be angry. I've forgotten when was the last time I was angry... After all, have I ever been angry?" She tilted her head in confusion.

"Okay, what shall I say?"

"Ah."