Lonely Rock for the Blind.

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"Then?"

"Then she forgot..."

Daikoku Oni had a sorrowful expression on his face.

"I know I spend most of my time on my phone and don't talk, so my presence is relatively low... but you've already mentioned my name..."

"I see... I feel like I've been ignored."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded, then asked.

"So, Pa-san, what's your name again?"

"?!"

Dahei Yin's eyes widened.

"Wait, wait, wait! You knew, didn't you?! Even though the manager told you without my permission, you should still know!"

"Just kidding, right, Ooku Otomi? I haven't forgotten."

Nekoyashiki Haru gave a mischievous grin.

"Don't make jokes like that, Nekoyashiki-kun!"

Dahei Yin was somewhat annoyed.

Nekoyashiki Haru was slightly taken aback.

"What did you call me?"

"Nekoyashiki-kun!"

"... "

Nekoyashiki Haru thought for a moment.

"Although Pa-san, you..."

"Wait, wait, wait! Don't call me Pa-san, I'm afraid you'll forget my name!"

Dahei Yin quickly interrupted.

"...Okay, then, Miss Big Black?"

"Nekoyashiki Haru asked tentatively."

"This one... isn't quite right either?"

"I speak softly," Dahei Yinyi said.

"...Miss Otomi?"

"Nekoyashiki Haru said."

"I don't want this one either! So childish!"

Dahei Yin reacted violently.

"You're such a pain, Pa-san!"

Nekoyashiki Haru sighed.

"I won't forget your name, so I'll continue to call you Pa-san... never mind, I'll just call you Pa from now on."

Nekoyashiki Haru's purple eyes met those of Daikoku Otomi.

"Then continue what I was saying when you interrupted me."

"Ah good."

Staring at those purple eyes, Da Hei Yin felt inexplicably afraid to move.

"Although you complained that you were lonely and that everyone didn't seem to know you very well... you just called me Nekoyashiki-kun, right?"

"what…"

Daikokuon had realized something.

"This way of addressing someone feels quite distant."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

“You usually call other people by their first names, but you only use this honorific when you call me. We’ve known each other for quite a while now.”

"Should I just call you by your name?"

Dahei Yin had already probed.

"nice."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"clear?"

"Yes, that's my name."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded, and then continued.

"Maybe it's because you always have this subtle sense of aloofness that people don't get so close to you."

"Me? A sense of alienation?"

A sense of alienation?

"I dare to smell Xiao Xiduo's hair directly!"

"Dahei Yinyi is excited," he said.

"...I really don't know, but I don't mean what it seems on the surface."

Nekoyashiki Haru continued.

"Think about it, even I, who am blind, can feel the sense of alienation around you, which means it's not just a matter of superficial behavior."

Dahei Yin was slightly taken aback.

"What I usually say?"

"Not at all."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook her head.

"Actually, I feel like you and I are a bit alike, Pa. We don't actively seek interaction with others, although it's because I'm blind... But the main difference is that I don't feel lonely about it, but you do, Pa, right?"

"... "

"So you can take a little more initiative to approach others, not as a social task, but to communicate with them genuinely out of your own free will. What do you think?"

Nekoyashiki Haru smiled at Okoro Otomi.

Dahei Yin slightly turned her head away, avoiding direct eye contact with the smile.

"Okay... I'll give it a try then."

Chapter 203 Anxious Snow

"The snow came so early this year."

"Yes, yes, let's go see the snow over by the bridge after school!"

"Okay!"

At school, Goto Ichiri, who was hunched over his desk, heard the discussions around him and buried his head even deeper.

She was still thinking about the dream she had that morning.

Or rather, it was a quote from Yamada Ryo.

It's quite difficult... exactly what makes it so difficult...?

Why don't we just go ask Liang?