<h4>Chapter 420: Short Story 4 : Ichinose Honami (Tapestry SS) – Small heartbeats</h4>


    The time crept closer towards midnight. I''ve been hanging around in the rooms of several boys from ss B before, but staying at a boy''s room at this hour was a first for me.


    Furthermore, being alone together with a boy like now was obviously something I haven''t experienced yet.


    We were done discussing the topic I had to talk about.


    I just have to drink this cup of hot chocte I held in my hands before returning back.


    ?Hey, Ayanokouji-kun?.


    I stared at the cup while calling out to him.


    ?Hmm??


    He replied back with the nk face he always had, or pretty close to it, as I could feel a sense ofposure from it.


    ?Ayanokouji-kun, are you perhaps someone really amazing??.


    ?What makes you think so? Sorry, but that''s something I''m not aware of?.


    ?That''s even more amazing if so. I mean, Ayanokouji-kun...?


    You saved Sakura-san. The actions you took during the special exam aboard the cruiser. How fast you were during the sports festival...


    Yes, that''s right. There''s no doubt about it.


    This person, Ayanokouji-kun is a very intelligent person.


    I can''te up with an example but... I can''te up with words to exin how great he seems to be...


    Isn''t he a person we should be way, way more cautious of than Horikita-san or Hirata-kun after all?


    But if that''s true...


    ?What is it??.


    ?No, nothing at all?.


    I was assaulted with the feeling of something tightening inside me and averted my eyes.


    He will surely be a formidable enemy.


    And then, we will be unable to spend time andugh together like this anymore.


    I have to remember this fact.


    I know. I know that this is inevitable due to the school rules. The fact that we are in separate sses is something we can''t fight. I will prepare myself for that time.


    But now, only for now... I want to talk to him just like a normal girl.


    ?... what''s this, I wonder...?.


    This, strange feeling.


    Even though I was talking to him just recently, just as usual.


    For some reason, I could feel my heart beating softly.


    Tranted by : ??