(Heartfelt thanks to 'Lei Xiang', 'Yume no Shouyou', 'Silent Pants', and 'Yuezuki Tatsuha' for their rewards!)
Itogami City, Ayahama Academy Middle School Division, Class 3-C...
There was still some time before class began...
Most third-year middle school students were around fourteen or fifteen years old. At that age, they were generally still playful. Before class started, they usually disliked staying in the classroom, and even if they did, they did not want to remain at their desks. Thus, Class 3-C had a rather lively atmosphere.
The students chatted among themselves, excitedly discussing all sorts of interesting gossip. A teacher had gotten married, a student had fallen in love, a friend had caused trouble, an upperclassman had made a fool of themselves—there was practically everything. They enjoyed the leisure of their free time.
Among them, the most active was a cute girl with her hair tied into a small ponytail and a pair of red eyes. She was Akatsuki Nagisa!
In just a short while, Akatsuki Nagisa had already darted back and forth through the classroom countless times. Whenever she saw people gathered together chatting, she would surely find an opportunity to jump right in. Her mouth never stopped moving, and she was so lively that she hardly seemed like an ordinary middle schooler—yet nobody could bring themselves to dislike her.
After all, Akatsuki Nagisa was an incredibly cute girl as well.
Just because Akatsuki Nagisa had seemed exceptionally frightened in front of Wu Yan that day did not mean she was timid. Quite the opposite—Nagisa had an extremely lively and cheerful personality. She was a cheerleading club member, excelled academically, could handle all kinds of housework, and was the same inside and out. Though she could be especially terrifying when angry and could not keep a secret to save her