"Don't worry about her."
Nakano Yuu said, his attention drifting toward the window.
"Her dream's been shattered. Chabashira-sensei was hoping I'd help the class move up, but yesterday I told her outright that I wouldn't. I also told her Class D was beyond saving."
"She took it pretty hard, more or less."
Nakano Yuu said.
"I see."
Horikita nodded. Nakano-kun had told her a long time ago that he wasn't going to do this or that for the class.
He believed in flying solo, not leading the class as a whole.
At least, not with Class D.
He'd probably be able to make it on his own before long, too.
Yeah.
At this point, Horikita Suzune had an inexplicable sense of trust in Nakano Yuu. That trust came from the 800,000-point card he'd given her yesterday.
Just as Nakano Yuu sometimes put points above all else and felt that having points brought him warmth, Horikita was also moved by his gesture.
There was a huge gap between 800,000 and 20 million, but at least she could see the progress bar now, couldn't she?
So Horikita was in a pretty good mood.
"But you've been acting strangely today, too."
Horikita added.
At that, Nakano Yuu turned to her at once, surprised to discover that Horikita had learned to read people's expressions.
"Was I really that obvious?"
Nakano Yuu asked.
"Yes. You sighed twenty times in class and spaced out eleven times."
Horikita said.
"..."
Nakano Yuu quickly studied Horikita. A model student like her usually paid no attention to what he did during class.
The proof was that she never reacted when he secretly looked at her.
"Sakura told me," Suzune said. "She didn't think she could ask you directly, so she told me."
I see.
But Nakano-kun couldn't help wanting