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After changing into his indoor shoes and separating from Eriri, Kaede arrived at his classroom.
After greeting his classmates, Kaede sat down in his long-unvisited seat.
Patting the desk he hadn't touched for over a month, Kaede softly said, "Although it's a familiar seat, I still wish I was in the same class as Eriri in my second year of high school."
Toyosaki rearranges classes every year. According to Kaede's understanding, it's not based on grades or anything like that, but completely random.
That would be more troublesome. Should he ask the teacher in charge of class assignments then?
Kaede started to scheme in his mind.
"Asakura, sitting alone without a sound, what are you thinking about?"
Takasu Ryuji, who arrived in the classroom a step after Kaede, walked over and asked, patting his shoulder.
Looking at Takasu Ryuji, Kaede said, "I'm thinking, when classes are rearranged in my second year, should I talk to the teacher and ask not to be in the same class as you?"
"Hey, hey, hey, no way?"
"What do you think?"
Punching Takasu Ryuji's arm, Kaede said with a smile, "I'm just thinking if I can be in the same class as Eriri next year."
Kaede had used a bit of force with that punch. Takasu Ryuji grimaced, rubbing his arm, and said, "You, can you stop flaunting your affection everywhere? I can't take it."
"It's fine, we're neighbors after all, you should be used to it by now."
He glanced at Kitamura Yusaku's seat on the other side. His school bag was there, but he hadn't returned yet; he was probably busy with Student Council matters.
"By the way, you usually come to school quite early, don't you? How come you're later than me today?"
"Making lunch boxes took some time."
Takasu Ryuji spread his hands, saying with a helpless expression, "My mom's job is stable now, so I naturally have to make lunch boxes. Plus, there's Oosaka Taiga's, so making three lunch boxes definitely takes a bit more time than usual."
"You even made Palmtop Tiger's lunch box?"
Kaede said in surprise, looking at his school bag, "Where did you put it? Let me see?"
"She already took it on the way."
Takasu Ryuji said straightforwardly, without any hint of shyness on his face. It seemed this guy really hadn't realized what kind of consequences his actions would lead to.
Kaede's previous prediction of White Album 2, was it going to come true?
Interesting, interesting, omoshiroi!
The dark side of human nature was fully displayed at this moment. Kaede didn't point it out at all, but instead smiled and said, "By the way, since you've already made three portions, why don't you make two for me too?"
"Do you want me to die?!"
"Hahahahaha~~~~"
...The start of the new semester, of course, began with a school-wide opening ceremony in the auditorium. The old principal once again went on stage and spoke for a long time, making many people yawn.
Although Kaede wasn't sleepy, it was honestly quite boring, so in his free time, he started looking for Eriri.
After a short while, he finally found Eriri in the middle of the A-class girls' line.
As if by telepathy, just as Kaede looked over, Eriri seemed to sense it and turned her head, meeting Kaede's gaze.
Seeing Kaede wave at her, Eriri's cheeks couldn't help but blush, and she was immediately noticed by her classmates next to her.
"Eriri, Eriri, Asakura-kun is looking over!"
"You two really have a good relationship! Did you have a very 'dense' summer holiday?"
Eriri's cheeks turned even redder. She lowered her head, not daring to look at Kaede, and whispered, "Stop talking, the teacher is going to look over!"
With so many people around and such a quiet environment, even if Eriri was used to it, she would still feel a bit shy.
However, when girls gossip, they don't care about such things and continued to quietly press her with questions.
For example, how far they had gone.
Of course, Eriri wouldn't answer at all, and certainly wouldn't say that she was already living with Kaede. If she said that, it would definitely explode.
After the opening ceremony, regular classes began.
Compared to the previous semester's coursework, Kaede didn't have as much time to pre-study during the summer, but with his accumulated knowledge and having flipped through some of the second-year textbooks, he still had no problems as long as he listened carefully in class.
After the first math class, Takasu Ryuji immediately collapsed onto his desk.
"So tired... I feel even more tired than when I'm working part-time."
Kitamura Yusaku, however, didn't feel that way. He pushed up his glasses and said with a smile, "Takasu, you didn't spend all your summer working part-time and didn't review your courses, did you?"
"I looked at some things two days before school started, but not much."
Sitting up and rubbing his face with both hands, Takasu Ryuji said, "It seems I was right to reduce my part-time work to just weekends. I really need to study hard in the coming time."
No, I don't think you'll have that much time to study.
Thinking this, Kaede looked at Kitamura Yusaku and whispered, "Kitamura, is your next goal to become the Student Council President? By this time next year, Kano Senpai will be stepping down from her Student Council President position, right?"
"Oh, right!"
Kitamura Yusaku said with a smile, "Although I won't give up Softball Club activities, I will definitely not give up the Student Council either!"
As soon as he mentioned this, the image of Student Council President Kano Sumire appeared in Kitamura Yusaku's mind, and his eyes immediately changed.
Kaede naturally saw it at a glance, thinking to himself, was it because of his intervention that the original timeline had changed too much? This Kitamura guy immediately fell for the Student Council President.
But this was good too. Moving directly from a love triangle to White Album, Kaede was even more interested in watching the drama unfold.
Ah~~ is this not good?
"Hehe, isn't it quite interesting?"
At noon, Eriri, eating lunch with Kaede, said this.
"Didn't Kaede-kun say that in matters of love, outsiders can only offer suggestions and can't play a decisive role? If that's the case, then let's just watch from the sidelines!"
"Being like an OMO.jpg?"
Eriri, hearing this, looked at Kaede with an expression of having seen through him and said with a smile, "Hehe, we won't do anything treacherous. We'll just watch the drama. And if things really get out of hand, Kaede-kun, you wouldn't really ignore it, right?"
Eriri had indeed hit the nail on the head. After all, Kaede didn't have many friends, and Takasu Ryuji was one of them. He couldn't let him end up like Kitahara Haruki.
Suddenly, Eriri's phone rang.