Edited by JFantasyBooks

  The morning of the third day since school began .

  I was eating toast and coffee for breakfast, the TV on in front of me .

  “This morning, we received information of an international terrorist organization that was able to infiltrate and hide within Japan-“


  The audio came in and out as I listened, trying to fight against the sleep that threatened to take me .

  “Disturbing news…… Be careful, Yato,” my mother warned; her expression was filled with unease .

  “Hn……” I grunted by reflex, not really taking full note of her words . I was practically half asleep, and so, paid more attention to sipping my coffee .

  A terrorist organization lurking in Japan didn’t mean that I would encounter them, anyway . There was no need to be worried .

  “Well then, I’m off . ”


  “I’m off too . ”


  “Be careful, you two!”


  Leaving my mother behind, Karen and I headed to our respective schools .

  With a cup of coffee and the dazzling sunlight, that onset of sleep that plagued me had waned, and I could finally think properly .

  It was then that I began to think more about this terrorist organization .

  Terrorists…… . If this was a light novel, then they should be attacking our school…… but that’s not gonna happen in reality, I guess .

  There no way such an unrealistic event would . Out of countless thousands of schools, the chance for ours to be picked up was considerably low .

  “I’m going this way . ” Karen said, bringing me from my thoughts .

  “Hm? Ah, I see . later then . ”


  I guess it’s pointless to think about it too much .

  And with that thought, I continued onward to school .

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  I entered my classroom to find out that at least half of the students were gossipping .

  Everyone have already made or joined a group so so no one among them bothered to speak with me .

  “Ah, Kamiya-kun, good morning . ”


  “Good morning, Kamaishi-san . ”


  Right when I took my seat, Kamaishi who was sitting in front of me, turned her back and offered a greeting .

  She was the only one in this class who spoke to me .

  I wonder if she’s made friends already .

  “Kamiya-kun, did you hear today’s news?”


  “Yeah, about the terrorist organization, right?”


  “Mhm . They are already in Japan . I wonder where are they hiding . ”


  “Who knows? They might be right by your side, for all you know . ”


  “Eh? S-Stop saying scary things!”


  I chuckled seeing Kamaishi jump like that, and adding to that, her face showing such embarrassment .

  “Um, Hey, Yato, if it’s okay, can we eat lunch together today too?”


  “Hm? Lunch…… Sure thing . ”


  “Yeah, of course, you wouldn’t…… n? Wait . Yeah!?”


  Kamaishi jumped completely out of her seat and ran up to me . She looked into my eyes, and I could feel her breath upon my skin…… . Too close .

  “Y-Yeah, sure . ”


  “I-I’m relieved . I made too for just me to eat, so I panicked when I thought you may have refused . ”


  So that’s why she invited me . I’m grateful to have another chance to taste her lunch box, though, at the same time, a question leaped in my mind .

  “Kamaishi, do you have friends?”


  “Eh?”


  “No, I thought that if you had some friends it would be better if you asked them instead of me, you see . ”


  “Hee…… a…… Th-That’s because…… um～I…… I still don’t have any friend……”


  “That’s, pretty unfortunate . ”


  I could tell I just stepped on a landmine asking her that . Her voice gradually thinned when she replied . Her expression has also turned downcast . I feel kinda bad for asking that . Although she should make an effort to make friends, it wasn’t my place to inquire .

  And then the bell rang . It was time to start our lessons, giving an end to this awkward moment .

  As a matter of course, I slept the entire time . There were some moments when the teacher woke me up, but I instantly make him step off with a perfect answer or two . And like that, noon came .

  As the fourth bell tolled, I was roused from my sleep, giving a heafty yawn .

  “I’m impressed that you can sleep this much . Do you sleep at night?”


  Seemingly getting all accustomed to my behaviors, Kamaishi didn’t scold me for sleeping .

  “of course I sleep at night, though it’s not sufficient . ”


  “I wonder why your body requires this much sleep . ”


  “Honestly, I don’t even know myself . No matter how much I sleep, I seem to shake it . I wonder why .

  “Anyway, lets’s move quickly; we don’t have much time . ”


  “R-Right . Wait for me . ”


  Kamaishi hastily followed after me as I headed to the roof . And like that, it was the start of lunch .

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  We arrived at the roof and sat on the same bench as of yesterday . Kamaishi took out one of the two lunch boxes she made from her bag .

  “Here, Kamiya-kun . ”


  “Thanks, Kamaishi-san . ”


  Without further ado, I opened the box to find a wonderful home made lunch inside . The main dish was croquettes and tamagoyaki, as for the side ones, wieners, cherry tomatoes and potato salad . All of them looked incredibly appetizing . To top it off, the rice wasn’t just plainly made, but was cooked with everything else . It really brought out my appetite .

  “This looks great,” I said .

  “Hehe, I ended up making too much because I was chalk full of spirit at the time . ”


  “Full of spirit? Did something good happen?”


  “Eh? Unn, don’t worry about that . C’mon now, eat some before it’s too late . ”


  “Well then, let’s dig in . ”


  Taking a pair of chopsticks, I picked and carried a good amount of cooked rice to my mouth . .

  “How is it?”


  “Mhm mhm…… Hm, it’s delicious as expected . ”


  “Really!? That’s a relief . ” Kamaishi sighed, clutching her chest slightly, showing an eased expression .

  It was truly good . Given my pallet and having tasted my mother’s cooking for years, it wouldn’t be hard for me to guarantee it . She doesn’t need to be nervous to this point .

  In the end, I emptied Kamaishi’s lunch box .

  “Thanks for the meal, Kamaishi . It was delicious,” I said as I licked my lips

  “Fufu, Glad to hear it”


  As I gave her back the empty box, Kamaishi looked happy .

  Okay now, Let’s onto the next one . This time, I took out my lunch box .

  “Wait…… are you still going to eat ?”


  “Yeah, I shouldn’t leave it untouched . ”


  Actually, I was already full, but I just couldn’t leave this one untouched . My mother was quite strict when it came to diets . What would she think when she noticed I didn’t eat it?

  She was a cuisine researcher, after all . That means her cooking is professional and delicious, however, despite all, she’s the type who was terribly severe about leaving something on your plate .

  My mother wasn’t the kind to get angry, but once she does, she was simply……frightening .

  I still remember when I had once left some food on my plate . Yeah……I was traumatized in the end .

  That’s why I should not leave this lunch box as it is . Else, there will be no tomorrow for me .

  “Did I perhaps do something unnecessary? . ”


  “No, don’t worry about it . It was my choice in the first place . ”


  With that last word, I began eating once again . It’s pretty delicious . Though, no matter how tasty it gets, it can not change the fact that I’m full . My stomach doesn’t accept it resulting in my hand that was holding the chopsticks to halt .

  “Is it fine if I eat it with you?”


  Kamaishi offered me help .

  “Are you okay with that?”


  “Yes, it’s my fault, to begin with . besides, I want to try your mom’s cooking again . ”


  Honestly, her offer is appreciated . I guess it was impossible for me to finish it alone, after all .

  “Well, then please . ”


  “Yes, leave it to me . ”


  “here, take a bite . ”


  I grabbed one of the side dishes using my chopsticks and carried it to Kamaishi’s mouth .

  “Eh? I-Isn’t that……”


  Maybe because she understood something, Kamaishi stopped her moves and switched her sight between me and the chopstick while looking all shy .

  Don’t tell me, did she realize that this would be an indirect kiss? Even though she didn’t notice anything yesterday, why now? How troublesome; I guess I will press her to eat it .

  “What’s wrong? C’mon, hurry up . ”


  “Eh, Aa, yeah . ”


  Kamaishi resolved her feelings and opened her mouth while her face was bright red .

  Good, let’s continue this way .

  “Here, another one . ”


  “Y-Yes .

  Kamaishi, with a red face, kept acting blind to that fact as she resumed eating my lunch .

  I was somehow able to eat some of it as well until we finished the whole box . When I was eating from it, Kamaishi looked like she wanted to say something, but instead remained silent as her face turned even more red . Of couse, I turned a blind eye to that .

  As I was taking a long breath after finishing lunch, Kamaishi who was sitting next to me was feeling exceedingly embarrassed .

  “Uuu, who thought we would be doing it today too……”


  “Well, I think that it is indeed embarrassing to do something like that . ”


  “Of course it is…… wait, Kamiya-kun, you knew about it?”


  “Well, I mean……”


  Rather, there’s no way I wouldn’t know about such an obvious thing .

  “Since you didn’t realize it yesterday, I thought it would be fine to do it today too, but apparently, my judgment was poor . ”


  “Anyone would realize it normally!”


  “You didn’t yesterday . ”


  “Th-That’s because…… uuu, you bully . ”


  Kamaishi almost dropped in tears from the embarrassment . She seemed pretty cute, however, I didn’t want to ruin the mood by saying so .

  It was when I turned from her, that my eye caught something . Turning, I noticed several black cars enter from the school entrance .

  “What’s that?”


  “What’s wrong?”


  Hearing my mutter, Kamaishi followed my gaze to turn and look at the same direction .

  An armed group wearing masks left from the cars and rushed inside the school building .

  Their movements were fast and agilem resembling that of a well-trained soldier .

  Wait, wait, don’t tell meーーーー

  PAAM!!

  KYAAH!!

  Just when I started having a bad feeling about the current state, I heard a gunshot and shriek coming from below .

  Following the gunshot, I could also hear something similar to an angry voice as well .

  I recalled the morning news .

  You gotta be kidding me…… terrorists?

  Discerning the situation, I blamed the thoughts that I had while heading to school .

  Seriously, my words were a flag!