I Was Unreasonably Dumped By My Girlfriend And Had My Heart Broken. When I Rescued A Beautiful Girl Who Was My Former Classmate And Idol In My Class From A Group Of Yarisa, My Gray College Life Started To Shine - Chapter 28
Episode 28: Deleting Messages from My Ex-girlfriend.
However, there was no way I could sleep, logically speaking.
A female classmate, and moreover, Hikari Aoba, was sleeping right next to me.
That intense fact made it hard to ignore. So, in an attempt to empty my mind somehow,
“Suddenly, there’s Nogami-kun’s scent coming from the futon,”
A phrase like that, which completely ruined my efforts, came from the bed.
It was a disaster.
“W-What are you talking about!”
I involuntarily sat up and looked up at the bed.
Aoba, on the other hand, was lying on her side, with her eyes closed, looking content.
She was probably unaware of the outrageous thing she just said while sniffing the air.
“It’s true, you know~ Maybe it’s the smell of shampoo or something.”
“…I don’t know about that. Right now, you probably smell the same as me, Aoba-san.”
“Oh, right. But, there’s something different.”
Being amazed by her unconscious sniffing, I rearranged the futon once again.
If I continued this, my mental state wouldn’t hold up.
This time, no matter what happens, I will definitely sleep. With an iron will, I’ll win against this unconscious devil.
That’s what I vowed, but…
“Hey.”
“…What?”
If she speaks to me, I’ll respond anyway.
“What do you want to eat for lunch tomorrow?”
“…You’re thinking ahead. Are you hungry already?”
“Bingo~ But, it’s this time already, so I know it’s too early to eat now, but I was thinking about tomorrow.”
“Ah, right. The cafeteria is safe, I guess?”
“Well, yeah. It might be good to try different places, but maybe not yet. Besides, I want to see Seira-chan again. She promised me some homemade pickled okra.”
“Hey, aren’t you making that the main purpose?”
“Haha, just kidding~ I just want to get along better with interesting people like her, you know? Having various people around makes it feel like a university in Tokyo.”
“I get it. It would have been different if you went to a local university.”
“Maybe. Having a close-knit group is fun in its own way, but it’s different. It seems like there would be a lot of troublesome things, or rather, there were.”
“…Like romantic relationships?”
“Don’t pry.”
“You’re the one who brought it up.”
“Well, maybe there was something like that. Well, I was often misunderstood, so…”
“You didn’t seem like that in middle school, though?”
“Well, not on the surface.”
The conversation continued endlessly.
I felt like it should have ended already, but I couldn’t find a stopping point because I also felt reluctant to end it.
Maybe Aoba felt the same way. So, even though her mind wasn’t really working, her mouth kept on going almost on its own.
Conversations kept rolling without needing to think of topics.
This kind of time wasn’t bad once in a while. While thinking that, we continued to enjoy the conversation—
When I suddenly realized it, sunlight was streaming in through the window.
I jumped up and checked the time with my smartphone by the bedside.
…What on earth?
It’s not morning, it’s already past noon. The time was already past 1 p.m.
I frantically looked back at the bed.
Aoba was still sound asleep, breathing softly.
The blanket that was supposed to cover her had fallen to her feet, and her tracksuit was slightly open at the chest, probably because it was hot.
“It’s morning, no, it’s noon.”
While averting my gaze, I called out to her like this, but she didn’t wake up just because of that.
However, it wouldn’t be appropriate to touch her shoulders or arms while she was sleeping defenselessly.
So, I looked around the room and stood up.
Then, I opened the curtains of the large window leading to the wide balcony.
Although there were other buildings in front of me, it was facing south.
At this time, the sun at a high altitude could bring in quite a bit of light.
That’s what I thought, but at most, all I could get was a mumble.
Her peaceful sleep wouldn’t be disturbed. She curled up as if avoiding the light, and,
“Just a little more~”
She even started sleep talking.
“How can she feel so safe… She trusts me too much.”
I sighed as I looked at her face and sat down on the bed.
After thinking for a moment, I covered her with the blanket again and lay down myself.
Even if I went to class now, I could only make it to the fourth period.
I’ve seen on online bulletin boards that skipping classes is a privilege of college students.
When Aoba wakes up, there’s also the big task of dealing with the aftermath of G.
So, it should be forgivable to take a day off today.
I lay on my stomach at the bedside, propped up my elbows, and started playing with my smartphone.
When I opened the screen, the first thing that caught my eye was a message from Asuka.
Yesterday, I hesitated a lot here, but I easily slid it to the right without reading it and pressed the delete button.
Once I do this, the chat history I’ve built up over the years and the photos I’ve saved in the album will all become inaccessible.
But I had no more doubts.