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part 11

The students who were confused nodded in understanding.

"So you're considering taking the day off from school?"

Sakura nodded slightly before collapsing and putting her forehead on the table.

"Ahhhhh. God, why am I so completely useless?!" She shrank in on herself, clearly embarrassed. It was the first time he had seen her like this.

"You don't need to degrade yourself,
Sakura-san!" Haruka smiled.

Miyake agreed, "Yes. Being the witness and knowing that you control a student's future at school is hard after all, especially since Sudo-kun is a classmate."

"The important thing is that you are doing your best for Sudo-kun." Yukimura added.

"Sakura, you're surprisingly nervous, huh?"

I felt the gap between the person I was seeing now and her usual behavior, and was a bit taken aback. Or rather, I was surprised.

"Huh?!"

,Sakura, realizing that she had let me see this side of her, blushed and shook her head.

"N-no! I'm not like that at all."

So that she could be encouraged. I had no idea, considering his usually depressed look.

"Hey, can I just ask you one thing? Why did you call me?"

Kushida or someone else would have been friendlier, easier to talk to.

"That's because I'm not afraid of your eyes, Ayanokouji-kun..."

"His eyes?"

The students looked confused.

"What does that have to do with
nothing?" Kamuro asked.

"Uh...a...well-" Airi stammered. "I can tell if someone has an ulterior motive or if they are a good person or not." He explained quietly.

"Oh.."

"What a great skill!"

"I wish I could do that too." Yume pouted.

Airi breathes in relief.

Hey? What did that mean? He certainly didn't have scary eyes or anything, but…

"If you're looking for someone to talk to, Kushida is a much warmer and more outgoing person. She also has a lot of friends."

"Oh no. I don't mean the eyes you've seen me with. I mean the pupils, way back in the eyes... If you look deep into someone's eyes, you'll understand. I'm sorry, I really can't explain it well."

So,  it like an insight into a person's true self? When someone looked at me, would they see that I am insubstantial and lacking in ambition? This was a bit tricky.

"Seriously, what a useful skill." Amikura sighed.

"I know right?" Sato agreed.

Karuizawa pouted, her fingers playing with her hair. "I want that too. It must be cool to know if someone like you knows evil and stuff."

"Well, it's just that…When I see a man…even if he seems nice…I'm suddenly scared."

Maybe that came from a woman's point of view. It might have been natural for her to feel uncomfortable around men, but Sakura had an unnaturally terrified expression on her face. Speaking of which, I remembered the day we went to repair his digital camera...