Chapter 34 Shinomiya Saya's Past (1)

Shinomiya Saya’s Past (1)

My life was ordinary and unremarkable. I didn’t have any outstanding talents, and until elementary school, I was just an ordinary girl who played with other girls.

Even when I entered junior high school, I was still the same, scoring a little above average on tests and looking a little above average.

I was really just that, an ordinary person with no special characteristics.

But it wasn’t until I met someone in the student council that I changed.

When I became a sophomore and was on the student council, my life took a turn for the worse when I got involved with Hagiwara-kun, a member of the soccer club who was famous among the girls for his good looks. …

“Hello, we’re sitting next to each other. What’s your name?”

“Hello, my name is Shinomiya Saya.”

“My name is Hagiwara Mitsuki. Nice to meet you.”

I think our first conversation went something like that.

At first, we only talked a little because I was sitting next to him, but gradually we had more and more opportunities to talk about our daily lives.

As for me, I liked talking to Hagiwara-kun, and I certainly felt a little superior because I was friends with the cool Hagiwara-kun, but nothing more than that.

Besides, I had a clear reason for not having any further relationship with Hagiwara-kun, so I tried to keep him away from me a little.

The reason was that I had heard that a woman named Amane Kazusa, who was at the top of the girls’ caste, liked Hagiwara-kun.

I was an ordinary person, so I thought that if someone like that noticed me, I would never be able to enjoy my school life.

However, as I became involved with Hagiwara-kun, I was sure that my feelings for him were growing, and I didn’t know what to do.

I wondered if I could talk to my friends about these feelings, but I couldn’t trust them because I didn’t want them to spread, and these feelings kept smoldering and eating away at me.

I couldn’t help it. I was caught in the middle. My feelings were so confused between my helplessness and the conflict between the girls that I couldn’t think clearly.

But time didn’t wait for me, which caused me even more trouble. …

“Hey, Shinomiya-san. Can I talk to you for a second? I want to ask you something.”

“Uh, yeah. What’s it?”

“Not here, let’s go over there.”

So I was summoned by Amane Kazusa to the quiet science lab. I couldn’t say no because of the pressure from the girls around her, so I had to smile and laugh and follow her.

I got closer and closer to the quiet science lab, and when I was out of sight, Amane-san, who was leading the way, turned to me and approached me step by step with an eerie smile on her face. …

“Hey, I want to ask you something. You and Mitsuki-kun have been getting along well lately, haven’t you, Shinomiya-san?”

“Oh, well. Yeah, we were just talking about the student council thing.”

“I see. I like him, Mitsuki-kun. Did you know that?”

She stares into my eyes.

Unlike me, this woman, Amane Kazusa, who has an evil appearance, looked at me as if she was testing me.

In retrospect, I probably knew that I would be like this the moment I got even a little involved with Hagiwara-kun. I should’ve been colder and asked someone else to switch seats back then, but maybe I got a little carried away.

I’m such an idiot. Really idiot.