Chiaki looked at Mika searchingly.
"Alright, I suppose I can accept this." Her tone of voice returned to normal. "Since you’ve said all this, I won’t pry anymore. It’s just that when you’re ready to say it, you should tell me… tell us."
"Okay." Mika nodded.
The conflict between friends disappeared just like that.
‘No,' Seiji thought, 'there was no conflict to begin with. It was simply youth.’
Then, the three of them reached their class, helped open the temporary confectionery store, and then went together to the school entrance to wait.
Before long, they saw Mayuzumi and Saki.
"Good morning, Sensei…" When Seiji greeted the manga author, he noticed that something was wrong.
Mayuzumi’s complexion didn’t seem so great.
Seiji could tell that it wasn’t due to the crowd. There must be some other reason...
"Sensei… your condition doesn’t seem so good?"