"I don't want to look in the mirror." Shinomiya Kaguya turned to leave. "I'll go back to my room and rest."
Hayasaka Ai sighed and reached out to stop Kaguya.
"Girls with love-addled brains really do tend to get stupid."
Shinomiya Kaguya reflexively protested, "I'm not stupid."
Hayasaka folded her arms across her chest.
"So you're not denying that you have a love-addled brain, Young Lady?"
Shinomiya Kaguya puffed out her cheeks.
"Hayasaka, that was mean. You suddenly called me stupid. I'm angry."
Hayasaka replied unhurriedly, "We still haven't found the supernatural being, and you're actually thinking of going back to your room alone. If that's not stupid, what is?"
Shinomiya Kaguya: "..."
All right, she really had forgotten about the supernatural being. Her head was full of the student council president.
Meanwhile.
In the bathroom.
After soaking in the tub, Amamiya Natsuki stepped out feeling refreshed and went beneath the shower head to rinse off.
Just then, there was another knock at the door.
Knock, knock.
Amamiya Natsuki assumed it was Kaguya or Hayasaka and said casually, "Come in."
"..."
But the person knocking didn't come in. They continued tapping on the door at an unhurried pace.
"Hmm?"
Amamiya Natsuki raised an eyebrow, wrapped a towel around himself, and went to the bathroom door. He opened it.
To his surprise, the person knocking wasn't Kaguya or Hayasaka, but an unfamiliar young woman he'd never seen before.
"Long time no see."
The unfamiliar young woman greeted him in a hollow voice.
The next second.
Countless memories flooded into Amamiya Natsuki's mind.
The girl before him was named Mei. She was his Childhood Sweetheart, whom he'd known since kindergarten. They'd grown up together, shared everything, and were each other's closest friends. They'd even promised to get married someday... The memories were