He smiled again.
“I don’t know why everyone assumed we were together,
We’re still in 5th grade. Isn’t it too early for that?”
Both Michiyo and I stopped for a minute.
“Wait, you weren’t together?” I asked, very curiously.
“I heard you two were all lovey-dovey!” Michiyo added.
“She has some problems right now, and I sort of wanted to help her.
And well, our parents know each other I guess.”
Oh. I know what he meant, the problems part.
~*~
Kujou Fuuka-chan.
There were rumors about her mom when we started 5th grade.
But one day, she told me the whole story
when I unexpectedly met her in the playground again.
“Mom has breast cancer,
We don’t know how serious it is yet, so maybe she’ll be okay you know?”
“Don’t worry, she will! I remember she was really fun to talk to!”
“Yeah. Mom’s really energetic, especially when you came around to play back then.
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Aiko's Courage「愛子の勇気」
RomanceKondou Aiko has liked the same boy since fifth grade. But ever since the summer he found out, she was determined to hide her admiration and simply love him from a distance. But when things involving Hatori Taiki, the boy she likes, starts to in...
