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part 13

"Hey, hey. Who's this mystery person you mentioned? Some idol?"

Ichinose tossed one of the disgusting letters to the ground, tilting her head in
confusion.

"That's..."

Although I didn't want to hide anything from Ichinose, I hesitated to speak without Sakura's permission. However, Sakura met my eyes and gave me a slight nod.

"Take note, old man! Consent is important!" Haruka yelled but paused. "But never do that kind of stuff with underage people, you hear me? I'll chop of your balls." Haruka threateningly pointed at the boys private area. The boys only gulp before covering their pride and joy quickly. The boys who's sitting close to her also changed seats.

"Sakura over here was an idol when she was in junior high. Her name was Shizuku."

"Huh?! Idol?! That's amazing! She's an entertainer! Ooh, shake my hand, shake my hand!" Ichinose was filled with childlike excitement.

"You looked like a child, Ichinose-san." Kanzaki chuckled.

"It's not like you get to meet idols and celebrities everyday." Ichinose pouted. "Sakura-san was so nice letting me shake her hand."

"No, I was thankful that you and Ayanokoji-kun saved me, Ichinose-san." Airi said to Ichinose with a raspy voice from crying so much.

"But I never appeared on TV or anything..."

"Even so, that's so amazing! I've never thought about becoming an idol or anything."

I didn't know about that. I thought that Ichinose had the face and figure for it... No, rather, I thought she had the necessary qualities.

"Oh, he said that you have the qualities of one." Amikura teased her friend again who went red.

"Please don't be disgusted, Ichinose. I meant that genuinely with no ulterior motive or dirty thought. But I apologize if I made you uncomfortable." Ayanokoji said to her.

"No need to apologize, Ayanokoji-kun. I didn't think that you have any meaning other than a sincere compliment." Ichinose shook her head.

"When did you realize,Ayanokouji-kun?" Sakura asked.

"A little while ago. Sorry. Several other people in class realized, too."

Since she was going to find out eventually, I decided to just tell her.

"I think I'm actually glad about this, though... It's been hard to lie."

If this situation had given Sakura the ability to finally remove her mask, then it was a good thing.

At any rate, you were way too brave. I was going to have to step in if something happened."

"Ha ha... Yeah, you're probably right. I was so scared."

"I think anyone who was in your position would had been scared." Tachibana said.

"If that happened to me, I don't think I'll be able to look at older men the same." Chihiro said.

"Isn't that a bit far-fetched though?" Shibata looked at her confused.

Chihiro just looked at him like he's the biggest idiot she ever met in her entire life.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Shibata cried out. He was creeped out by the way Chihiro stared at him.

"Don't question him, Shibata. Women language is hard to learn, better yet, a complex problem that was meant to never be solve." Kanzaki patted his back.