Young Chabashira Sae POV
"Sae-chan!"
"What, you again Chie . I want to be alone during lunch break."
"Ah, I'll say that again... We're in the third year, right? It's too late, but shouldn't you get along with your classmates?"
"I don't need them. I'll will reach class A all by myself . At this moment,I'm in close competition with other classes by myself ."
10 years ago.
I was a 3rd year D-class leader in high school.
Hoshinomiya is of the 3rd year B class who is talking to me in this way.
She was a popular person in rank like Ichinose and Kushida in the current year of Ayanokoji, and was the opposite of me.
We were leaders of different classes, but also close friends.
Originally, I wasn't convinced that I was assigned to the D class, so I immediately led the class and set up a game against other classes.
That's where I got in touch with Chie.
"If he knew that we were in an alliance, would Mashima-kun be afraid of us?"
"Well, Mashima is also a cool man. No matter what we do, we should deal with him soon."
And the leader of A class at that time was Mashima. He is now a friend of mine, but he was a man who prevail's in the year and used to overcome every difficult obstacle when he was a student.
If Katsuragi had become a leader without being disturbed by Sakayanagi, he would have grown into a type like Mashima.
The current class point is like this.
A class ‥‥‥ 701 points
B class ‥‥ 662 points
C class ‥‥ 619 points
D class ‥‥‥ 599 points
Depending on the result of the next special test, the situation can be overturned.
"Hey Chie. Can I ask you a question ?"
"What?"
"Why do you get close to me like this? Even though I and you are too different in personality and standing position."
"Well, Sae-chan is a leader, but some people in your class don't like it."
"Answer me properly "
so.
At this time, I think I'm almost the same as the standing position of Suzune Horikita.
Students who have the ability and leadership but are not cooperative. That's why I realized that I was assigned to the D class at the end of the year.
"Sae-chan is cute, isn't she? That's why I wanted to get along."
"I said you to answer me properly "
"Ahaha. I mean, am I a popular person?"
"You said it yourself?"
"Well, that's true. So, even when I am around other people I am treated like a guest. I don't like being treated like special or idol treatment."
"..."
"So, I'm a leader in another class, but when I'm with Sae-chan, who treats me on an equal footing, I don't have to worry about anything."
At that time, I frankly thought that she was pure, for better or for worse.
The fact that I treat her on an equal footing does not mean that I care about Chie.
It may be because I had a feeling of superiority somewhere in my heart that I was not inferior to Chie.
"That's why I don't resent Sae-chan when she goes to class A. Because she's my best friend."
"... So nice of you."
Although she is a leader of other class, she enjoys eating and chatting on the same desk.
It was also true that I also thought she wasn't bad somewhere in my heart.
"Chie. Your cell phone is ringing."
"Hmm? Oh, sorry ."
After apologizing to me once, Chie took out her cell phone and answering the phone .
"Ah, yeah. That's right! Yeah, then next Sunday, Keyaki Mall!"
I don't know who the caller is, but when she was talking to someone on the other side of her cell phone, Chie seemed very happy.
When she talks to me, she seems to have fun as a "friend", but she was really happy to talk to her cell phone partner.
After finishing the call, Chie apologized and returned to me.
"The person you are talking in the phone is he your boyfriend?"
"Right!?"
"... Is that so?"
"How did you notice?"
"Your cute reaction says everything."
"Stop it~ It's embarrassing."
She poked me while her face was red.
From that reaction, it can be said that my assumption was correct.
"Ah, that's right, my first boyfriend in my life. I'll introduce him to Sae-chan next time, so Sae-chan should also make a boyfriend soon?"
"It's bothersome . I would like spend my time in class battle, I can't afford to have romance."
"Don't say such a thing. It's a student's privilege to be free to love, isn't it? You have to enjoy it while you can."
"..."
Chie struck me with a star and kept silent.
Certainly, I often hear that people who couldn't have a romance when they were students find it difficult to have a romance when they grow up.
I'm ashamed to say that I had no experience of falling in love with or being loved by someone at this time. I could understand Chie's point, but I couldn't understand her.
Chie is a popular person regardless of year.
Naturally, jealousy and jealousy also come out.
Just as Ichinose was once withdrawn after being rumored by Sakayanagi, Chie had such a time.
"Is that person Mashima?"
"Eh? No! It's not! Mashima-kun is cool, but he is a straight-laced person, so I don't think he suits me."
I agree that Mashima is a straightforward man.
"Well good. Lunch break will be over and I'll finish lunch early."
"Okay"
At this time, I was unaware that Chie's boyfriend was a D-class man.
If I had noticed it first, that wouldn't have happened.
♢
"..."
The way home.
At that time, I was being stalked by someone.
I don't know him, but the footsteps of a mysterious man who comes from behind.
A large number of confession emails sent to my free address but I didn't care about them.
All of them were creepy.
The damage is exactly the same as Sakura in the first year.
I thought I'd talk to my best friend Chie about this, but I didn't want her to get involved her in my troubles, so I didn't say her anything.
I regretted that I shouldn't have been alone.
When I saw the man behind me, I ran away at a glance.
The man notices that he started running and follows me.
"... Get lost!"
"Huh, huh, wait! Why are you ignoring me all this time!. You should have replied my messages "
I got a reply from the other party for the first time.
Rattle voice, obviously not student voice.
If so, it would be a school official other than the students.
Is it a clerk at some store or a janitor at this school ?
"Hmm ...!"
I'm running
The other person is also out of breath and chasing me.
I regret it for the first time.
I should have consulted with Chie from the beginning.
I should have depend on more people.
I should have made someone more reliable.
"Huh, huh, don't run away! I've always thinking about you ...!"
"Get lost...! I don't care ...!"
The stalker man chases me without stopping.
"Don't run Sae-chan . You also thinks of me ..."
I don't know where he looked it up, but he seems to know my name .
I intended to escape to a place with people, but it seems that I have come to the other side.
I saw him steadily moving away from the school road.
The destination I arrived at was a dead end.
"Well ..."
"Hah ... hah ... I've finally caught up. Sae-chan ..."
The stalker grinned and looked at me.
I'm familiar with this guy.
He was undoubtedly one of the school janitor . Perhaps he had been aiming at me for a long time, wiping his greasy forehead, his eyes were distorted by lust.
The man's gaze was so vulgar that I could immediately understand what he was going to do.
"It's okay ... it's your first time, So I'll be kind to you ..."
"... I'll call the police!"
"Call . Anyway, no one will come here. Rather than that, we're finally one. Come on, take off your clothes and come over here."
Well, on the contrary, I was surprised that such a creepy line was something that could be spit out.
At this time, if I was as good at martial arts as Horikita and Ibuki, I would have been able to beat such a man.
"Get lost... I won't say it again."
Not frightened by my anger, the man grinned and turned his gaze on my chest.
"It can't be helped. Sae-chan it's your first time, so I'll take the lead."
"Don't touch!"
The moment the man grabbed my arm, I slapped him.
But the man didn't move an inch because he was too different in physique.
On the contrary ────.
"... what?"
"Hah ... hah ..."
"Now, Sae-chan, did you hit my cheek? What are you doing? We love each other."
"── No"
The man's eyes changed from expressionless to me, and angry gaze turned toward me.
"We love each other !!"
"No!"
The man suddenly pushed me down to the concrete ground with momentum.
There was a slight pain in my back, my whole body is restrained.
"I've been watching you all the time ... During physical education and exams ... The way you are organising the class ..."
"... Stop, no..."
A man pulls the ribbon to force it off.
I've never regretted being alone, it's horrifying .
It was the next moment.
"What !?"
"A school janitor is violent against a girl student. Tomorrow will be breaking news, and a lot of media will rush to your parents' house."
"What the hell are you!"
"Ah, you seems a little over 30. An adult harassing a high school girl. You will be sent to jail , which means your life is over."
"Oh, it's a misunderstanding ... we're dating ..."
"She's injured and her eyes are teary."
Then the security guys approached.
"Security guard. Thank you for your cooperation."
The man got arrested by two guards who rushed and taken that man into custody .
At the end the stalker man was yelling at me.
"Are you alright "
"yeah ‥‥"
That said, it was my neighbor in the same class as me who reached out to me.
"Don't hurt your leg. Wait a minute."
Perhaps Soitsu ( oc character) was on his way home, he opened his school bag.
And he took a handkerchief and moisture it with water bottle and gently layered it on my painful knee.
"Why are you here‥‥"
"You lost your student ID when you ran away from that man."
"... So that's why ?"
This guy is my neighbor, but he's not in a very prominent position in class. He has an intermediate ability in everything.
Although I was a neighbor, I looked down on Soitsu, who had poor communication skills.
I was saved form this dangerous situation because of him.
"More than that, I've already contacted the teachers and the police. They will be hear anytime soon . I guess I will be explaining the whole situation but it's worth it if you won't get stalked anymore , right?"
"... Are you such a kind of person?"
"What?"
"No ... I thought you weren't interested in your classmates ..."
"Even I have the heart of a person. I have the ability to distinguish between right and wrong."
With that said, the man gently reached out. I stood up slowly.
"... I'm sorry, my legs are still shaking ..."
"... I understand. Let's take a little more rest before going. So Chabashira is also girlish."
"Excuse me. I'm a girl."
If you think about it, it may have been this time.
And I didn't know that this neighbour of mine was Hoshinomiya Chie's lover.