The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜 - Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Left on Read

A few days after the camping trip, the date for the fireworks festival that Saeki and I would attend together was set.

It was late August, nearing the end of summer.

The words Tamari had said still weighed on my mind, but even so, I was heading to the fireworks festival.

The thought of going to a fireworks festival alone with Yukine Saeki, the enigmatic beauty, would have been unimaginable for me just a few months ago.

It all started with that one meddlesome Lime message, and since then, we served together on the cultural festival committee, went out for yakiniku, and even had a takoyaki party at home.

It’s almost like we’re friends… No, technically, Saeki and I are friends, right?

Apparently, Saeki has some sort of interest or sympathy towards me.

I feel the same way, but… I won’t say that out loud.

When I arrived at the meeting spot in front of the station where I was supposed to meet Saeki, I watched as the crowd headed towards the fireworks festival.

Couples in yukatas passed by.

I wasn’t wearing a yukata myself, but I wondered what Saeki would say about that.

“Even so, Saeki… is late.”

The meeting time had come, but Saeki still hadn’t arrived.

Normally, she’d show up a few minutes early and say, “You’re late, Okami-kun,” but…

I thought I’d send her a Lime message asking, “Saeki, are you okay?” and then wait. But the moment I sent the message, I saw that she had already read it.

“Huh? So she was looking at Lime?”

Maybe she was just writing a message about being late.

I waited for her reply to come… but…

“…She’s not coming.”

After reading my message, Saeki hadn’t responded at all.

“Is this what it means to be left on read?”

Saeki, who had never left me on read before, suddenly did.

Why did she leave me on read out of nowhere?

“…Could something have happened?”

I immediately started running from there.

[Afterword]

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