“Haaah…”
Even though it was morning, Tadayana was strangely listless. The reason was the woman beside her, who had one arm slung over her and weighing her down. That hand, especially, had been anything but well-behaved. It hadn’t stayed in one place properly the entire night.
“You really are a terrible sleeper…”
As if she’d heard that, the other girl rubbed her eyes and shot back unhappily, “You’re one to talk. Say my sleeping posture is bad again and I’m kicking you off the bed. I really should’ve hardened my heart and made you sleep on the floor last night.”
“…You say that like I haven’t slept on the floor before…”
Tadayana didn’t really care where she slept at night.
After freshening up their sleepy but still undeniably pretty faces, the two of them finished breakfast and headed from the Isshiki house to school.
The whole way there, the time passed in the same quiet peace as always. And yet those plain, unadorned days were exactly what made them feel so precious.
But just as they reached the school gates, Tadayana saw something unbelievably rare—Yukino Yukinoshita was actually walking together with three or five pretty girls.
Which meant that girl wasn’t some hopeless iceberg beyond salvation after all. It was more like she was perfectly capable of fitting in, but simply too lazy to bother.
Tadayana stared so intently at that cluster of girls that she stopped walking altogether, and Iroha Isshiki walked straight into her back. The impact made the bridge of her nose ache sharply.
“What was that for…? Ow… that hurt like crazy. What’s up ahead, is it a zombie outbreak? The apocalypse? For something to actually stop you in your tracks like that—seriously, if you were a guy, I’d have slapped you already and dumped you on the spot, I swear.”
Iroha grumbled in outrage over her unexpected suffering.
Only after she caught sight of the black-haired beauty surrounded in the distance did she continue, “Oh, so that’s it—you were staring at that icy beauty senpai who’s popular with everyone. Then that makes sense. Someone that perfect and pretty is bound to have people flocking to her no matter what. An aura so flawless it turns girls into fangirls and guys into simps. But don’t worry, our looks and natural assets aren’t bad either. As long as we work hard, then—”
“True. Someone like that not being able to fit in would be weirder.”
Faced with the stream of nonsense spilling out of Iroha’s mouth, Tadayana only gave that cool, detached reply—and kept walking.
“Hey, were you even listening to me? Honestly, you really are… I can’t with you. Your self-awareness is so overblown. If you’re not gentlemanly enough, no girl is ever going to like you. Hey—”
“If you keep muttering nonsense back there, next time we sleep together I’m pinching you.”
“Wha—”
Seeing that Tadayana didn’t slow down at all, Iroha’s face flushed and her heart skipped a beat—then she stamped her foot in frustration and hurried after her anyway. She was definitely going to find a chance to get revenge on Tadayana for this. Definitely!
…
“Yahallo! Is Tadayanan around?!”
The moment break time started, a certain peach-colored senpai had already come all the way to the doorway of Class 1-C and started blocking the entrance.
“Hm? You are…? Are you here for Tadayana?”
“Yep, yep.”
Tadayana hadn’t arrived yet, but Iroha Isshiki had. She recognized this woman at a glance—the one she’d caught secretly talking with Tadayana before.
“So the stinky fox came swaggering up here in heat.”
With a perfectly pleasant expression and not the slightest change in color, Iroha calmly said something utterly terrifying.
“Eh??”
Coming from such a sweet-faced underclassman, that one opening line was so vulgar that Yui Yuigahama genuinely started questioning reality.
What—what was going on? Could somebody please explain? Why was it that these past few days, everyone kept insulting her? What had she done wrong? First Hachiman Hikigaya had called her a [stupid skank] to her face, and now this underclassman opened with “in heat.”
Dear God, was Yui Yuigahama simply born to live a life of torment?
But why?!
“Um… are you friends with Tadayanan?”
“Yes. She mentioned you last night. Said you’re some flashy little temptress who specializes in seducing people.”
As she spoke, Iroha leaned close to Yui’s ear and whispered in a volume only she could hear.
“…W-wait… I’m not some kind of temptress… I have a name. I’m Yui Yuigahama.”
As nearby people started turning their attention toward them, Yui looked seconds away from bursting into tears and running off.
Good thing Tadayana showed up just then.
“Yuigahama-senpai. Did you need something?”
Coming back from the school store downstairs, Tadayana tossed one bottle of mineral water to Yui and one to Iroha as she spoke.
The moment she saw Tadayana return, Iroha immediately turned her face away with an innocent look.
“I just got paid yesterday. Consider it a gift.”
“T-Tadayanan…”
The instant she saw Tadayana, all of Yui Yuigahama’s helplessness and pent-up misery finally seemed to find somewhere to pour out.
Thankfully, she still managed not to break down crying right there.
“What happened? Iroha? Did you do something to Yuigahama-senpai?”
“No, no, no, absolutely not. I didn’t do anything. This has nothing to do with me.”
…
Some time later~
“Oh, so you came all the way here just to give me these homemade cookies as thanks.”
Looking at the charcoal briquette in her hand that could no longer really be called a cookie, Tadayana finally understood the whole story.
Yui Yuigahama had made homemade cookies and given one each to everyone who had helped her last time. Yukino Yukinoshita and Hachiman Hikigaya had gotten theirs too. Naturally, she was no exception.
“Yeah, yeah… and then your friend just… just started insulting me out of nowhere…”
Yui had only gotten that far when—
“What exactly did she call you?”
“Uh…”
Yui choked up.
There was no way she could repeat it herself, right… Dear God, please spare her…
—
T/N: isshiki is soooooooooooo jealoussss she wants tadayanan soooooooooooo bad
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