◆Hiyori◆
"Ah, hello-hello? Where are you~? ...Okay, I'm heading there!"
Run-tatta, run-tatta~.
Up the stairs, one, two, three! I've arrived at our classroom!
"Excuse me~! Oh, there you are—Rila-tan."
Rila-tan was curled up in a ball in the corner of the classroom. What is this girl, a squirrel?
"Ri-la-tan♪ Well, well? Did you hear? Man, the speaker function is so convenient. It felt like I was delivering our voices right to you♪"
"............"
"...Rila-tan?"
"............"
Oh my, she's really not moving.
Becoming worried, I sat down in front of the huddled Rila-tan.
Then, she squirmed a little. It seems she's awake.
"How was it? Were you surprised by Sana-tan's true feelings?"
"............ (nods)"
Rila-tan nodded while remaining curled up.
...This girl has been silent for a while now.
"Rila-tan? What's wrong~?"
I grabbed Rila-tan's head from both sides as she sat there hugging her knees and forced her to face me.
"Ah..."
"----"
Her face was as red as an apple.
Steam was practically rising from her head.
Her eyebrows were lowered, and her eyes were moist with tears.
Her mouth was hanging open in a daze, trembling weakly.
Usually, Rila-tan has a sharp or pouting expression.
But the Rila-tan right now... was so cute and lovely that anyone who saw her would fall in love. She had the face of a girl in love with love itself.
"...What are you going to do about this..."
"Eh?"
"I can't even look at that guy's face properly anymore..."
Is this girl too cute or what?
I sat down next to Rila-tan, hugging my knees in the same way, and looked up at the ceiling.
"Still, the plan was such a big success it's surprising."
"Wasn't it you, Hiyori, who proposed the plan?"
"Nahaha~"
It's true that I, Hiyori, like Sana-tan.
If possible, I thought about wanting to marry him. That's how much I love him.
Even when I saw the Red Thread, those feelings didn't disappear.
Because I was always following the person I love so, so, so much with my eyes, I noticed it.
Sana-tan and Rila-tan are connected by a Red Thread.
The way they interacted and the way their gazes met were connected in a way that was incomparable to before.
Since I, who loves Sana-tan and wants to be all lovey-dovey with him, am saying it, there's no mistake.
Of course, it was a shock. I resented God, wondering why it wasn't me.
But more than that, I was frustrated and irritated by the sluggish reactions of those two.
Even though she obtained the right to be by Sanada Akito's side—a right I wanted so badly I could taste it—she didn't take any action. That's unacceptable, unforgivable!
That's why I acted.
If those two were going to be so sluggish, I decided I would give them a push.
I can't be so mature as to say, "As long as Sana-tan is happy, it doesn't have to be me by his side."
The feeling of "If only it were me..." still hasn't disappeared.
But this is reality.
I decided to support the two of them.
"Rila-tan, you like Sana-tan. There's no doubt about it, right?"
"............ (nods)"
"Then, you know that I like Sana-tan too, right?"
"............ (nods)"
Mmm~. Every single one of her reactions is like a small animal! So cute. Nuhehehehe... Whoops, careful, careful. I almost got sidetracked.
"I'm entrusting all of my feelings to you, Rila-tan. You have to make Sana-tan happy."
"...Yeah. I'm sor— mgh."
"Whoa there, apologizing is definitely off the table! If you do that, I'll really look like a tragic heroine. Fufufu... Rila-tan, look at this!"
Left hand, ba-bam!
...Well, I'm the only one who can see this thread, though.
That doesn't matter!
"Just as Rila-tan has Sana-tan as a fated person, I have a fated person too. Everyone in this world is definitely connected to their fated person. There are no tragic heroines. Everyone is happy, and everyone is a protagonist."