Please be quiet.Creeeeeak...I'm sorry.But, I thought that maybe, if what I feel towards her,Yokoi, huh. I haven't really talked to him much. Are you close?Eh, why only me?EhYokoi, go somewhere else.Mikasa!Now, look at the 2nd example and write it.Well, here's a little, you know...YokoiMikasa... Mikasa!Actually,Don't play around with the ink!Come on!Ok?...Please be quiet.No, it's ok...Eh, you don't, but you still have such good handwriting?I think that was the first time I spoke with Saitou Mai.Mika has something she wants to tell you.I'm sorry...Ehh?They came because they had something to do with you... I'm sorry.What she thinks of me,He's tall, athletic,Huh?That was the first time,Ah, so Yokoi and Saitou are like that.Like that.Thank you.HahahaIt's not really that good...Ok, let's continue.She was quiet and talked softly.Saitou MaiHey, you over there, stop talking!Saitou-san, you have nice handwriting.In 5th grade, just because we went home together, people made fun of us.I think it started during the winter of 5th grade. We started talking like this.Mikasa!GataHer voice was always reliable and honest. Also, it was easy to read.You grew. I can tell.I see.Why only me?You have ink on your face.There are more strokes than in the last character.Just 1 sheet.Wait!Mikasa-kun, when are you done with your committee work? It's already school closing time, so you're finished, right?Ah, ok...!"Believing in people"Sure.Hey, you boys, be serious about writing!Ok.No...Please be quiet."At the same time, means bearing the responsibility."That is the subtext to take from this story.SnickerI don't know, but...But at that moment, she was obviously not happy....Can I please have some paper?So I really... ruined it...No, it's ok. They were actually being loud...I just... Got angry for some reason.She also feels towards me,In our conversations, we usually don't bring up the names of other people.Yokoi is a guy in my class that's in the soccer club.SnickerIt's your fault!But I've got library duty today, so I have to...Because you're the one who messes around the most! You're already 5th graders, so be serious about writing!Mikasa-kun.....We're talking to Mikasa-kun right now.I think he's in the same class, but Yokoi-kun also goes.Popular with both boys and girls.Hah...I guess she liked to read, so she was always sitting in her own chair, quietly reading a book that she borrowed from the library.In 5th grade, the classes were mixed up.She was by herself a lot of the time.Saitou, do you do caligraphy?Mikasa-kun, let me borrow a red pen.Mikasa, you know where Saitou lives, right?Eh?HahahahaYou're real close with Saitou!The next day, her fever broke, and she came to school.Are you scared of heights?Year 1, Class 4
Teacher in charge, TaharaSo maybe it something that would also naturally stop.Mikasa, hurry!Like always, she was only talking to me.But you'll have to stay after school a lot?Let's read quietly.I guess it's hot...No way!Mikasa! That's enough!But during breaks, everyone was moving around.However,I knew where Saitou's home was, but I had never gone there.She looked like her. She seemed like a quiet person.Ok, take your seats.Are you scared of heights?Private conversations are forbiddenIt went from 1 class per grade to 6 classes.Mikasa-kun, won't you join a committee?AhBut she wasn't gloomy, nor was it difficult to talk to her.MathShe passed me in height too.Mikasa-kun, did you grow taller?An automatic door.I walked with her countless times to the front of this apartment building.Yes.I had finally grown 2 cm taller than her.But this wasn't something that we started doing because one of us said "let's do this".Being in different classrooms like this made it difficult even to pass the notebook like we did before.Actually...Her voiceI'm a library committee member too. Because no one else would do it.No, it's still ok.I like books.Library"Exchange" Notebooks Don't Talk
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The word 'exchange' is actually replaced by a homophone that means more like 'shared feelings'.Her handwriting looked just like an adult's.Why? I don't.I was rowdy, and Saitou had bad eyesight, so we were always made to sit in the front.When we entered 6th grade,At that time, I started sitting in the chair behind her.You're close, right?That's right, Mikasa!And she wrote her address on her new year's card.If so, she wouldn't have the time to worry about me.But neither her nor I had one yet.Eh, umm... Nah...You should. There's lots of good things about it.I remember that the teacher often told her that.I had just bought a notebook that day.Saitou, are you all better now?1, Class 3
in charge: MarunoAnd she would make new friends.Mikasa, let's go.Am I too late?Mikasa and Saitou are going home together again~It was fun chatting with her during class.But maybe she didn't think like that.Whoa!It seemed like she didn't feel anything at all.But, you're still taller.That was the first time I've been in an apartment building.But, in the end, our seats were next to each other.So I was reluctant to line up next to her.It seemed like she was sleeping, so her mother answered the door.And so would I...Biology RoomI haven't.Saitou's quiet girl's group,And my boy's group clearly split up.For some reason, I didn't find it funny that we lost our point of contact.We knew a way to talk without either of us catching a cold.In middle school, a problem arose.She's sick today, so bring her these print outs.Rustle rustleI don't like them.Each break, we passed the notebook.I was in class 1, Saitou was in class 6.Maybe she would join a committee or a club.There were people in my class that had cell phones.AhHer lips definitely moved like that.Isn't bringing a cell phone forbidden?I put it in the envelope with the print out.Good morning...Ding dong dingIt felt like I was hearing her voice for the first time in a while.No, I'm not. What about you, Saitou?Then it must be difficult going home.At the lockers, in the desks, at the shoe lockers, in bags,AhAt that time.Ok, I'll take attendance.As our elementary school graduation ceremony grew near, the notebook had turned into 6 notebooks.I liked the trivial conversations I had with her.How nice.It's not like either of us always said something.Or say anything at all.We didn't say anything, though.Eh? Mikasa-kun, you'll be the library committee member?Really? Then, Mikasa-kunLibrary committeeNot many people come.Ah, he's here. Let's go.The time when I wasn't talking to her felt really long.Uh oh, we have to go to a different classroom next.Ok.Is the library committee member...I was forced to become a library committee member. What about you?It's humid.The guidance counseling room has AC, so everyone goes there.What does she think of me?U-Ummm, Mikasa-kun, is now a good time...?Eh... What?In the library,What do I think of her?Yeah, I'm finished... But...Ok?Mika, let's go!W, What?I'm... Not very good at talking.I don't knowBut...It would be nice.Last month, I started going to the cram school in front of station. It would be nice if you came too, Mikasa-kun...Ah...Huh? Disgusting!Creeeak
SlamO-Ok. Mikasa-kun, see you next time...So that's why the protagonist thought that at that point.I wonder... If Saitou is close with Yokoi...Ah! Sorry!
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listening...Whoa, they're talking again. I don't want to go over by them.Yokoi is cool.No, Yokoi being cool doesn't have anything to do with this.SnickerI think he's in the same class, but Yokoi-kun also goes.The athletics festival was over, and it was the calm period as winter vacation drew close.But I'd often catch a glimpse of him talking with Saitou in the hallway.AhBut I couldn't clearly say my own feelings.Mikasa! Are you listening!?Snicker snickerIt...That I saw her smile like that.No, not really... Yokoi-kun is just someone from the same school.I wasn't too concerned about Yokoi,So I guess it was at that moment.I might have misseen, but I'm certain..."Let's get along.""Really?"
"You're ok with me?"
"Thank you."It's just that I'm not cool.Have I just been acting like an idiot?That I knew a feeling that couldn't be put into words.I felt as though I had become something special to her.ContinuedSince I was an idiot,I started avoiding Saitou a little after that day.
