In the morning, when I arrived at school, I found a white envelope in my shoe box. Could this be, looking over the envelope in my hand, "Yuu Manaka-sama" was written on it, and on the other side was a heart-shaped sticker affixed to the mouth of the envelope. I may be dense, but even I could tell this was a love letter. Thank you, G.o.d. At 16 years old, it seems that spring is finally coming for me, who was cheering on love. I moved to a less used staircase, after confirming that no one was around, I opened the envelope. I took out the letter inside and slowly unfolded it

[To my angel.]

And closed it after seeing the beginning of the sentence. Yup. I didn't see anything. There was never an envelope. When I was about to put the letter back in the envelope, I felt a gaze from behind me. I turned around slowly and saw half of Takatsuki-kun's face peeking out from behind a pillar. He's definitely watching me. He's checking to see if I'm reading his letter properly. Haaa, heaving out a sigh, I looked at the letter again.

[To my angel. Yuu Manaka-sama, today after school, please come to the second science cla.s.sroom. Ryou Takatsuki.]

Takatsuki-kun. For someone wanting to reveal these hidden feelings. Takatsuki-kun, definitely -kun, shouldn't you be politer[1]. To write something like 'my[1]'. I don't think I can even tolerate you calling me 'angel' either. Also, isn't it a little crusty around where you wrote 'Yuu Manaka', don't tell me that's what I think it is. Was writing my name really enough to get you excited. No, I don't want to think about it too deeply, let's stop this train of thought. Letting out a deep sigh, I returned the letter to the envelope, and headed towards the cla.s.sroom while Takatsuki-kun kept his gaze on me.

The cla.s.ses for the day sped past, and it quickly became after school. After HR, Takatsuki-kun ran out of the cla.s.sroom ignoring the girls and friends that were calling out to him. He likely went to the second science cla.s.sroom. What should I do? I don't want to go. Honestly, I want to ignore his calling and go home. Because Takatsuki-kun was the owner of those dangerous thoughts that were about kidnapping and confining me. But on the other hand, if I leave, he might fly into a rage and end up kidnapping me in a more forceful way. So-what should I do, what can I do?

"Hey- Manaka, let's head home?"

Maeda-kun came up to my side and invited me to go home. Ah, this is it!

"Maeda-kun. I need you to do something for me."

"Hm. What?"

"I, I need to go to the second science room right now, so if you'd be willing to wait for a bit."

"Oh- that's all? I'll wait, I'll wait."

"Thanks!"

"Oh- you're buying crepes on the way back."

"Yes, sure, sure!"

Telling Maeda-kun that I'll see him later as I leave the cla.s.sroom, Maeda-kun responded with take care - and waved me away. Even if Takatsuki-kun starts acting suspiciously, "Maeda-kun is waiting for me," should be a sufficient enough reason to escape.

Alright, now let's head to the second science room.