cote react to

part 11

That night, under Kushida's orders, everyone except Sudou gathered in my room. Apparently, Kushida had even invited Horikita, but it seemed like she didn't want to join us.

"So. Has there been any progress, Kushida-chan?"

"There has been progress, yes, but I've also noticed something incredible. Ayanokouji-kun, can I borrow your computer for a minute?"

"Sure," I replied with a nod. Kushida went to my desktop computer, turned it on, and opened the Internet browser.

"Okay. Take a look at this!"

Kushida accessed what appeared to be someone's blog. It was also quite elaborate. Unlike a normal person's website, it had the shine and shine of a full-fledged business.

Huh?!" Airi gasped in shock, Haruka and the others turned to her.

"Are you alright, Sakura-chan?" Haruka asked worriedly.

Airi can only nod before looking back at the screen.

Did you find my blog?'

""Wait, is that a picture of Shizuku?"

";Shizuku?"

"Shizuku?"

"Who is that?"

"Huh? You guys don't know her?" asked Ike surprised.

"She's a gravure idol. She just appeared in a young men's magazine."

There were many photos of her. I certainly couldn't complain about her looks or proportions.

"An idol?!" Shibata yelled.

"Hey, isn't that... Sakura-san?" Matsushita asked uncertainly.

Ibuki, Amikura, Yume, Sato, Shinohara's eyes widened.

"Do we have an idol in our school-class?!" Sato yelled.

"P-please give me your hand!

"I signed my face!"

"Please marry me!"

"You're so cute, Sakura-chan!"

"Oh..."

"Do you recognize her?" Kushida asked.

"Am I supposed to acknowledge her?"

"Look closely."

Kushida clicked on a photo of Shizuku's face.

Ike looked at her for a long time and then...

"She is cute."

"No, not that! This is Sakura-san, isn't it?"

"Kushida-chan, who are you talking about?"

"Sakura-san, from our class."

"Huh? No way, no way. Sakura-san? No, no, no, there's no way that's true." Ike laughed, but Yamauchi's expression stiffened.

"What do you mean? She looks exactly the same without the glasses and with a different hairstyle!" Yume said excitedly.

"Hey, Ike... You know, when I look at her closely, I think... she probably looks a bit like Sakura."

"But she doesn't wear glasses, right? And her hair is different."

“Those are simplistic ways of identifying someone…”

Although I hadn't made the connection at first, I realized that it was definitely Sakura. However, it seemed that Ike still couldn't believe it. He was still struggling from the confusion as he stared at the screen.

"So Sakura is Shizuku? That's a lie, right? I mean, sure, there's a slight resemblance, but they're different people. I mean, look how insanely bright and happy Shizuku is. Right? Come on, Ayanokouji."

"Why are you so intent on denying it? It's so obvious you're being annoying." Shinohara asked annoyed.

"Who asked your opinion?!" Ike stared at her.

"Huh? Are you saying something?!" Shinohara told himreturned the look.

Hirata stepped between them, "Fighting is neither good nor necessary. Let's calm down, okay?"

All the photos she had uploaded were cute, so she seemed used to taking selfies. However, I caught a glimpse of an incontrovertible piece of evidence proving that Sakura and idol Shizuku were one and the same.

"No, Kushida is definitely right. That's Sakura. Here."I pointed to one of the pictures.

"You can barely see it, but her bedroom door is in this photo."

"Uh, now that you said that." Ichinose narrowed her eyes at the screen. Despite knowing it already, she is still dizzy from meeting and shaking hands with an idol.

"It looks like the gates of

our bedroom."

In other words, it was likely that she had taken that photo at school.

"Okay, so Sakura is Shizuku after all... I still don't get the point."

"Me neither".

"Do you have to? She's an idol!"

"Huh?! That's beside the point!"

"Stop arguing with me!"

"For!"

"Good job noticing this,"Good job noticing this, Kushida." I meant it. Although there was a clear resemblance, I wouldn't have noticed it without Kushida bringing it to our attention."

"When I saw Ike-kun reading that weekly magazine, I remembered something. I had a feeling that I had seen Sakura somewhere before," Kushida said.

"OMG, there's a gravure idol in our class! I'm so excited!" Ike exclaimed excitedly, unable to hide his excitement. After such an undignified reaction, I imagined that Kushida would want to get away from him. Although he was kind to an almost reckless degree, she couldn't feel that kind of acceptance from him now.

"But just when Shizuku started to become very popular, she suddenly disappeared."

She  lived a double life as a coin and as a quiet and discreet student in our school. Why had he wanted to create another life? It was like a coin with two very different sides.

"Everyone has a side they don't want others to see." Sakayanagi said, smiling at Ayanokoji in particular.

Ayanokoji narrowed her eyes, 'How much exactly does she know about me and that place? When did you meet me? I don't remember her.

"I'm wrong?" She asked after everyone stared at her.

"No, no. You're right, Sakayanagi-san." Matsushita said.

"Hmm? Do you belong in that category, Matsushita-san?" Sakayanagi asked innocently.

Matsushita tensed, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Is that so? What a pity."