A scapegoat.

I run and on my way to the restaurant, when I take a turn and see that everyone is waiting for me, I immediately wave at them. They're all staring at me with dissatisfaction and I immediately unlock the door while giving them an excuse.

We all get inside the restaurant and then Erii looks at me while tilting her head.

"Oh, by the way, Aze. We saw Kyouko-chan and she was here earlier."

I raise my eyebrows pretending that I'm surprised about it.

"What? Really? How is she?"

Erii sits down at the counter while I walk behind the counter.

"Well, she said that she just came back from Yokohama yesterday. As for your question, she's fine and she's still the same Kyouko-chan that we saw last time. She said that she will come back as our homeroom teacher on the next term so she has a lot of things to do to catch up on where she left off. She also mentioned that she missed teaching our class and all the students from our class."

I'm humming with understanding while wiping the counter.