Lonely Rock for the Blind.

"... "

Kita Ikuyo's pupils trembled.

Kikuri Hiroi reached out her hand to Ikuyo Kita.

The woman smiled, revealing her shark teeth.

Kita Ikuyo hesitated for a moment.

If... if that's the case... if the probability of being with a senior is higher...

Then...

Kita Ikuyo reached out her hand…

...

……

.........

I can't sleep...

I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep at all...

Nekoyashiki Haru lay on the bed.

My heart is at peace.

He began to force himself not to think about it so much.

Go to sleep, it's already very late.

Stop thinking about it so much.

How about we count the stars?

But I can't see the stars either.

How about we count sheep?

He muttered to himself.

A sheep.

The sound of Yili's mother thanking him rang out.

I'm grateful to myself and Ryo for getting Goto Ichiri, who was almost unconscious, home.

But... I almost fainted because of me...

Two sheep.

Liang said goodbye to himself at the station.

She didn't say anything, only softly saying "Goodbye".

Just like any other day.

So much happened today, yet all I got were these two words.

Sometimes, Haruto Nekoyashiki really had no idea what Ryo Yamada was thinking.

But... the responsibility doesn't lie with her.

Yes…it’s not hers.

Three sheep.

Why do I…

Why did it turn out like this?

From the very beginning, I was just prepared to quietly accompany them as they grew up.

When did everything start to seem different?

It seems like it started when Nijika and Ikuyo had a fight?

From when Liang ran away and I chased after him?

Does it start with the perilous live performance at the campus festival?

Or should we start from the rainy day when I decided to stay?

But... without a doubt.

I am the cause of all these changes.

What should we do? How can we satisfy everyone? How can we make everyone smile?

The seemingly unsolvable problem lodged firmly in Nekoyashiki Haru's throat.

The blind man began to have difficulty breathing, like a silly cat stuck in a wire mesh.

Four sheep…

He covered his face with the blanket.

He was holding his breath.

I don't know how much time passed.

Until all thoughts in my mind became blurred.

My body instinctively pulled the blanket away.

He was breathing heavily.

Nekoyashiki Haru's lips parted slightly.

Sleep...sleep...

I'm so tired...

Nekoyashiki Haru closed her eyes until she fell silent.

...

……

.........

I can't sleep...

Ichi Nijika tossed and turned in bed.

What Yamada Ryo said to himself during the day.

That night, the terrible truths that came to mind.

Ichi Nijika thinks she might be the kind of person who is very, very hypocritical.

Just like when I was little, my older sister would sometimes say she would take me out to play.

They would say to themselves that they don't want to go, that they don't want to go.

But actually... I really, really want to go.

My sister will ask me questions for a very long time.

I will refuse many, many times.

Until my sister lost patience and left home.

I started hoping she would drop something.

That way, when she comes back to get it, I can be frank with her.

I want to go.

However, my sister didn't come back back then.

But I wasn't that sad.

Because he has always been by my side.

"kitten…"

But it's different now.

He won't always be by your side.

Things are different when you grow up.

He remains immersed in the past and the present, waiting for others to discover him and then steal him away.

"... "

He will disappear, he will leave, before you even realize it.

The kitten will disappear from Xiao Hongxia's side.

The person I used to be would be all alone.

It's like me, who will be alone in the future.

"!"

Ichi Nijika suddenly sat up in bed.

"don't want…"

Her hand trembled as she reached for her desk.

"No...that kind of thing..."

The girl took the key out of the drawer.

I don't want that to happen...

He was uneasy.

Nijika quietly opened the door and stepped out of her house.

Walk up the stairs, walk down the street.

Waiting in front of the elevator in the apartment building.