Chapter 34

"Continue this…"

"Don't you want to continue?"

"No, it's not like that. I mean, it's a public place, isn't it."

"It doesn't matter to me, you know? Because instead of that, my love for Sorata-kun is way bigger after all."

It doesn't matter… Moreover, I think doing this in public is definitely dangerous. First of all, It's really embarrassing, and secondly, people will think we are someone without common sense.

I know I am still calm. I haven't turned into a beast left only to their instincts. I am still able to endure, with my conscience still working.

The problem here is Mai-san. She had become entirely conquered and dependent on her instincts.

I guess living beings swallowed and controlled by their instinct can start acting this strangely.

I was still trying to come up with a roundabout strategy.

If I agree with her, I will be skipping school. And later, if I run into Hoshino-san or even Nee-chan, this will eventually develop into a much, much larger problem that may never find a solution.

I must absolutely avoid it.

I don't know how, but I have no choice but to think about it asap.

Frantically working my brain as the highest center of my brain works and spins faster than ever to solve this problem…

And after thinking about it quite a bit, I came up with the only plausible idea that was left to me.

That was;

To RUN.

The only finest decision that was left available to me.

I am a boy, while Mai-san is a girl. There must be a visible physical difference between our capabilities.

I was not particularly fast on my feet, but I'm not particularly slow either.

At least I can guarantee that my leg strength would not lose to that of a girl.

I gently distanced myself from Mai-san, whose eyes and hearts substitute for her pupils.

Then, while looking away from Mai-san, I turned around and started to run.

"Ah, Sorata-kun!"

Mai-san shouted my name loudly, but I just apologized in my heart and ran away without looking back.

After a few minutes of running, I found myself to be just some distance from the school.

Looking at the number of students from my same high school walking around me, I thought I was able to arrive at a place where I could feel exceptionally safe.

Good, good. With this, I should have averted that crisis.

Somehow, I was able to survive the assault from Mai-san (in fact, probably not), but even then, I was still a short distance away from school. There is still plenty of potential dangers before reaching school.

I'm feeling so tired right from the morning that I wish not to encounter any more disasters. However, it's just that life doesn't go as you want it to go anyways.

Right… To tell what was happening was… in front of me, Hoshino-san was walking towards me from the opposite side.

This situation was just horrible.

It was still okay because Nee-chan and Mai-san, in her previous condition, weren't here yet. However, even so, in my very inner depths, letting aside Nee-chan as she can't be helped, I don't want to meet Mai-san and Hoshino-san just now, no matter what.

It's because I have the feeling of getting into some weird trouble because of that.

I'm almost sure that something will happen.

That's why I was extremely unpleasant to have Hoshino-san coming towards me from the front right now.

What should I do here?

Should I slow down my momentum?

But, if I slow down, Mai-san may catch up to me, following up from behind.

I wonder what Nee-chan was doing at this moment.

She must have gotten out of the house by now. And about Kanade…

Haaaaah, what should I even do now?