“Good morning~”

“A pleasant morning to you too.”

Arriving so late was unusual for Sara.

Did something happen? Something must have happened but what could it be…?

“What’s that? It looks a bit soaked.”

Then Sara carefully spreads it across the desk.

A shirt… and it’s of a boy’s uniform!?

She seems to be pressing it with a damp towel to absorb the moisture.

“Eh!? Whose shirt is that… hmm… it can’t be anyone’s but Takanashi-kun’s shirt. What happened?”

There was no need to ask whose shirt it is, was there?

Maybe that’s why she was late…

“Actually, we were on our way to school when a truck splashed us with water… Takanashi-san blocked it for me and he ended up getting soaked…”

Oh my gosh, that’s terrible.

But as expected of Takanashi-kun, what a man.

“It’s been a rough morning, hasn’t it? How is Takanashi-kun doing now?”

“I wiped him in the infirmary and then he changed into his jersey.”

…I don’t think Sara was watching it quietly without doing anything…

“Did you wipe him down thoroughly?”

“Yes, he removed his shirt, and I wiped his head and body thoroughly.”

Ooh, you’re doing great Sara, you made it that far.

And she unabashedly said that. … I guess she just wasn’t aware of it…

And that’s why she brought the wet shirt…

But it’s an incredible sight to see Sara spreading out a boy’s shirt on her desk and wiping it off… I wonder what the people around her will think.

“Good morning, Satsukawa-san… um, that’s a boy’s shirt, isn’t it? Why is Satsukawa-san wiping it…?”

“I have my reason. Right now I’m busy.”

“Ah~, my shirt’s wet too, what should I do…?”

“Mine too. Satsukawa-san…?”

“…”

Well, they got ignored.

But they don’t learn, or at least they don’t know that they weren’t in Sara’s attention.

“Satsukawa-san, that shirt…?

Still, they kept going at it… they’re like idiots that can’t be helped.

“You’re a nuisance. This is a shirt belonging to someone important to me, so please don’t get in the way of my work.”

Ah, if you say something like that…

“Haa!? What- who are you talking about?”

“Wait- am I hearing things!?”

“Satsukawa-san, you’re dating someone!?”

“It’s not true, right!?”

… Well, that’s what they’re going to think, isn’t it?

It’s going to cause trouble for Takanashi-kun, so should I interject?

“It’s Sara’s dearest and best friend’s shirt. Let her focus on it.”

“Best friend? It’s a friend right?”

“Whew, so it’s a friend. I was worried for a second there.”

“Even so, I can’t get past the fact that a boy became friends with Satsukawa-san.”

“I’m sooo jealous.”

“Oh, it’s probably him, that first year who went to school with her in the morning.”

“The aforementioned boy?”

Well, it’s not like they don’t know about it, right…?

“That person should be aware of his position…”

” ‘Not knowing your position’, what an ignorant thing to say. Someone whose name I don’t even know has no business telling me who my friend is right?”

Acha~

This was turning out to be a problem…

“I-I’m in the same class…”

“I have no idea, and I’m not interested. Just so you know, I will never allow you to insult Takanashi-san… you should remember that.”

A~ah, she’s angry.

I didn’t think she was going to be this angry, and all the boys have shut up.

I guess I’ll have a small talk with our class community.

Because there are likely to be more angry boys in the future.

And then the bell rang.

“Sara, the teacher will be here soon.”

“Once I’ve drained a little more water, I’ll fold it up neatly.”

“Come to think of it, I hope Takanashi-kun doesn’t catch a cold from being soaked.”

“I hope so too… I’ll check on him during lunch break.”

By the way, it’s raining today, so where are we going to have lunch?

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Ugh, my head hurts… this is getting really bad.

I think I’m starting to have a migraine.

I wish break time would come sooner… I need some medicine.

At a time like this, every time I try to move, I get a throbbing pain…

I managed to get through PE and took some painkillers, but it still didn’t go away…

And just like that, it was lunchtime.

I was told that the student council room is going to be freed up during lunch today, so we were going to have lunch there.

When I arrived at the student council room with a painful headache, Sara-senpai and Natsumi-senpai were already there.

“Sorry, did I make you wait ?”

“It’s okay, we just got here too.”

“Takanashi-kun, today was a tragedy…”

“Well, that’s right… but it’s fine.”

I don’t want them to worry, so act normal, act normal…

“… I was going to ask you about your condition, but I think it would be better if you lie down first. Takanashi-san, this way please.”

Senpai, who had been watching my face for a while, suddenly pulled my hand and headed for the sofa.

“Eh? Sara, what’s wrong?”

“Sara-senpai?”

“We’ll talk and have lunch later. Please lie down for a while.”

When Senpai sat down on the sofa, I was forced to sit next to her as she pulled me by the hand.

After I sat down, she knocked my body down, and put my head on her own thighs … A LAP PILLOW!!?

“Sara!?”

“Se-senpai!?”

“Don’t speak too loudly and just try to calm down. Everything will be okay.”

With that said, she started caressing my head…

Ah…so soothing…this… I feel like my headache has subsided a bit…

“Fufu… just keep resting your body like this, okay?”

Senpai was holding my head with one hand and slowly stroking my head with the other.

This is bad. I’m getting sleepy… but there’s no way I’m going to…