Chapter 14 Nearest Station

Nearest Station

“Ha-ha-ha… If we made it this far, it should be okay.”

With her hands on her knees, the tanned girl Manami breathes heavily.

“Ha-ha-ha… I wonder? Maybe it’s okay.”

Also breathing heavily, Sou nods his head and looks around, searching for Ishii.

He sees a man and a woman in Seidou High School uniforms. But Ishii is nowhere to be seen.

It might be obvious. After Manami kicks him in the crotch, it’s practically impossible for him to catch up with Sou and Manami right away.

Sou and Manami are standing side by side in front of the station closest to Seidou High School.

Meanwhile, a large number of students from Seidou High School are streaming into the entrance of the station after catching a glimpse of them. They are probably trying to catch a train.

Sou and Manami go to a vending machine near the station entrance and have a brief conversation.

“Ha-ha-ha… Maybe it’s time to take a breather.”

Manami lets go of her knees and looks up. In Manami’s purple field of vision, the students of Seidou High School enter the station.

After a few seconds, she shifts her gaze to Sou.

Influenced by Manami, Sou meets her gaze. Sou and Manami’s eyes meet naturally.

He can clearly see Manami’s moderately tanned, healthy skin.

Sou thinks that Manami’s skin is artistic.

By the way, pure white skin and yellow skin, which are unique to the Japanese, are attractive.

But tanned skin has a different charm. The number of high school students with tanned skin is generally small. Therefore, considering the ratio of high school students to the total population, she is a rare presence. This also makes Manami’s tanned skin more valuable.

“Thank you. You saved me. Thanks to you, I was able to kick that hated guy in the crotch.”

Manami smiles innocently and seems to be in a good mood.

Manami’s expression reveals a childishness that is hard to imagine from her long, slit, slightly piercing eyes. There was a different kind of moe-gap from Haruki.

“No, I didn’t do anything special.”

He wasn’t modest. He was honest. He didn’t really do anything.

“That’s not true. You helped Manami more than enough. Thanks to you, I was able to kick that guy in the crotch.”

Manami grins maliciously. She seems satisfied. Maybe she was still basking in the afterglow of kicking Ishii down there.

“Ahaha….”

Sou couldn’t help but smile wryly.

It was true that Manami’s kick to Ishii’s crotch was refreshing. Ishii, who had an arrogant attitude, fell to his knees sloppily due to the pain in his balls. His expression was really funny.

But at the same time, Sou remembered how he imagined the pain of being kicked down there and felt a strange fear.

That’s why he smiled wryly.

“I used to like that guy, but then he broke the promise. I don’t care anymore.”

Looking into the distance, Manami mumbles to herself. Her vision doesn’t catch Sou in front of her. She stares far away.

A promise.

Ishii’s childhood friend Mizuki said the same thing. Sou had no idea what this promise was about. But questions kept popping into his head. He just couldn’t find an answer.

“No! The train is about to arrive. There are only three minutes left.”

Manami turns on her smartphone and lets out a cry of surprise. It seems she had checked the train schedule online.

“Sorry. Manami has to get on the train soon. And thank you for today. It was a wonderful experience.”

With a quick smile, Manami runs into the station.

“Oh! I forgot! Tell me your name! Name!”

Just before passing through the ticket gate at the station, Manami stops and looks back.

“Amane. It’s Amane Sou~”

There is a moderate distance between the vending machine and the inside of the station. So Sou tells Manami his full name in a louder voice than usual.

“I see! Amane Sou. I’ll remember that. Manami is Miyagi Manami~ (宮城愛海). Remember that, okay~ See you later~ Amanecchi~~”

After passing through the gate, Manami calls Sou by his nickname in a friendly manner and waves to him with her right hand.

Sou responds by waving back.

The train Manami wants to take is already parked in front of her. After going through the ticket gate, Manami enters the train with the doors still open.

Two minutes later, all the doors close, and the train leaves the station with a mechanical sound. In about 10 seconds, the train was out of sight of the station.

Meanwhile, Sou followed the train from the station entrance until it was out of sight, even though he didn’t have to.