"Hey~~" Masaka Yuko smiled thoughtfully, "I had no idea that Sayu-chan would be so easy to talk to?"

"...Is it wrong for the deputy monitor to care about his classmates?"

"You mean, this is the reason that Iwanami-san always talks about, right? That is, the husband sings and the wife goes along?"

"——No, he asked me to do this. If I ignore him, it will become noisy...so..." Sayu's eyes were wandering, and he didn't know what to say.

As he talked, the words in his mouth slowly turned into complaints.

For example, someone always starts a topic unilaterally every time, and then suddenly disappears for a while while chatting, or actively ends the topic. It makes people feel that they are neither up to nor down, but they can't help but miss them all the time.

But the wonderful thing is that the other person always unexpectedly appears in front of her when she needs him most.

Until now, she still doesn't quite understand why someone came to school on Friday and how they rescued them from the truck.

You must know that when she rushed out, she was extremely reluctant, but the other party was able to grab the slim chance of life behind her with the weight of two people.

She knew that someone had good motor skills, which could be seen through his amazing performance in the ball game.

But even that could not explain the situation at that time.

The more I think about it, the more mysteries become.

That person seemed to be always shrouded in a layer of mist.

Whether it was his abnormal persistence towards her or something else, Sayu felt as if she was being manipulated, which made her a little depressed and a little unhappy.

It's like everything about him has been revealed, but the other person is still confused.

It is precisely because of this that she still cannot make up her mind to agree to date him, even though she has no defense in her heart...

As I thought about it, I became a little angry for no reason.

Sayu pouted slightly and tapped the screen of his phone twice with his index finger, as if he was venting his dissatisfaction with a hateful person.

Being immersed in this emotion, she temporarily ignored the surrounding environment. It was not until Masaka Yuko couldn't help laughing that Sayu finally came back to her senses.

"Pfft...ahhaha, I really want Iwanami-san to see what you look like now, Sayu-chan~"

"Eh? No, wait a minute, you can't take pictures!"

"No~ want~"

Yuko laughed and competed with Sayu for the mobile phone, gradually forgetting the unpleasantness of the morning.

As long as these two people are here, I will be fine... She couldn't help but think this, with a heartfelt smile on her face.

…

After lunch.

The two of them packed their lunch boxes and headed back to the classroom.

There was still a short period of time before class, and Masaka Yuko planned to go to the bathroom, so she told Sayu to go back to the classroom first.

The two separated.

Yuko went to the bathroom at the end of the corridor alone, because it was closest to the stairs.

The bathroom, which smelled faintly of disinfectant, was still as quiet as usual.

Since students are responsible for cleaning after school every day, the environment here is very clean, so much so that during the time when she couldn't make friends in the first grade, she even had the experience of hiding here to eat lunch alone.

Although it sounds incredible, Yuko Masaka knows that she is not the only one in this school.

Reality is never so peaceful. Whether you are unsociable or ostracized, people always need a space where they can escape from unpleasant things.

For this group of people, including her, the sports warehouse and toilets, which are rarely visited, have become spaces where they can relieve stress and rest.

While thinking about this indifferently, he shook his head slightly in self-mockery.

"Maybe I was born like this..." Yueko muttered to herself as she entered the cubicle, unable to help but feel a little sad in her heart.

At this time, the door outside was pushed open with a "squeak".

Along with the sound of slight footsteps, the sound of the faucet also rang in the next second.

——Hua Hua.

The sound of rushing water sounded in the bathroom, as if someone was washing their hands by the sink.

Masaka Yuko's heart that had just been raised slowly dropped, and she immediately felt very angry at her own cowardice.

After a while, the sound of water flow stopped.

Yuezi closed the toilet lid, flushed the water, and prepared to leave.

She raised her hand to push the compartment door, and felt the cool touch of wood on her fingertips, but the door did not move at all.

This made her stunned for a moment, and then she pushed the door hard again.

Cock-clop-clop-clop-clop-clop-clop.

The door that was supposed to be pushed outward seemed to be stuck by something. Although it was shaking back and forth, it still could not be opened.

"laugh……"

The almost inaudible laughter floated into my ears so clearly.

The next second...

Oh no!

"Ah——!" Yuuko screamed, and a chill that penetrated her heart quickly poured over her whole body from the top of her head.

Clang!

The metal bucket was thrown on the ground, and a large amount of water overflowed from the cubicle and filled the bathroom.

…

Jingle bell bell—

The crisp school bell rang in the corridor.

The pot-bellied teacher Shibata held the lesson plan under his arm and walked calmly from the front door of the classroom to the podium with majestic steps.

He waited on the podium for a while, but did not hear the greeting that was supposed to come out, so he frowned in displeasure and asked in a deep voice to the window: "Deputy monitor, what are you doing?"

"Teacher." Sayu stood up from her seat with her hands raised, "Masaka-san hasn't come back yet."

"Didn't come back? Where did she go?" Teacher Shibata couldn't help being stunned, and was about to say something.

Tick, tick, snap, snap.

Along with the sound of water drops falling to the ground, the girl's voice sounded as light as weightless at the door.

"...I'm sorry, teacher, I'm late."

The classroom suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

"——Come back so late, where have you been, Ma... Saka...?" Teacher Shibata turned around and his expression became frozen, and the rest of his words were stuck in his throat.

What caught his eye was a "water ghost" soaked from head to toe.

"——Yuko!" Sayu screamed in shock and immediately ran towards the door.

The students whispered and the silence in the classroom was broken.

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Soon after, Yuko Masaka's family came to the school to pick her up.

The next day, Yuko Masaka asked for sick leave from the school...

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(The chapter 352: Being Alone was released after being reviewed. Please go back and read it.)
Chapter completed!