Their Final Situation (Part 1)

　　Since this week, it seems like things have gotten back on track, and it looks like it's starting off on another completely different track right away. Shinichi's daily life runs smoothly.

　　Tuesday morning, Shinichi packed his things and left early. He would be training with Yotsuba today.

　　On the way, he suddenly remembered. If he left early, wouldn't Ichika be able to stop him, so she'd wait until school?

　　In other words, there are too many loopholes in the direct wiretapping method to schools without even making a phone call.

It was just a coincidence yesterday, not to mention that he might catch a cold, suddenly asked for time off and couldn't go to school. Situations like going out in the morning or evening, Ichika doesn't even know when he will arrive, and can't tell the truth when he should go out, and when he should leave.

　　And if it rains or snows? Didn't she still want to wait there until the sea dried up?

　　Thinking of this, Shinichi thought for a moment, then took out his cell phone from his pocket.

　　It is his business that Ichika wants to stop him from going to school. What she likes and the effort she puts into it has nothing to do with him. He didn't have to respond.

　　However, there are many unreasonable things in the world, not to mention that he just agreed to this behavior yesterday, thinking that it would be very lively and not bad.

　　Looking back now, it wasn't bad!

　　The pressure was overwhelming to think that there were beautiful girls waiting for him to go to school every morning.

　　"It's your own fault..." Shinichi was about to send a message to Ichika, he saw a girl in the shade of a tree in front of him, leaning against a tree trunk and taking a nap.

　　As she fell asleep, the two coffee cans in her hands tilted even more, nearly falling from her fingertips.

　　"Wake up."

　　Shinichi let out a loud sound, reaching out to catch the falling coffee.

　　Waking up from her dream, Ichika was slightly unresponsive, shook her head, raised her hand and yawned.

　　"Shinichi-kun? Haha~ I fell asleep…"

　　"Good thing you can sleep on the side of the road." Shinichi said angrily, and shoved one of the coffee cups into his hand, "And haven't you been drinking coffee?"

　　Pressing the warm coffee to her face, Ichika smiled lazily.

　　"Sorry, I was late for the script reading last night."

　　"Why are you apologizing to me? I haven't thanked you for your coffee yet." Shinichi walked straight to the sidewalk.

　　Ichika knew that was a signal for her to follow, she rubbed her sleepy eyes, then patted her cheeks, her smile as bright as morning light appearing again.

　　"Ah~ As expected, I'm still not used to getting up early, so sorry for worrying you!"

　　"Didn't Yotsuba wake you up?"

　　"She left earlier than her. Even if I happen to run into her, I can tell that she has something to do at the office and she has to leave early."

　　"Is it true? I thought you would have said right away that you would come to stop me from going to school."

　　"Ahaha... Besides, I didn't tell them about me... I'd be a bit embarrassed if I found out about you..."

　　"It's more embarrassing for you to say that…"

　　"Anyway, that night I mustered up an unprecedented amount of courage to dare to do that to you. After that, my heart keeps beating…"

　　"Ah, that's enough. You'll be embarrassed after talking about it, but you still keep making dirty jokes. Why are you getting worse..." Shinichi watched her blush.

　　"What's your apartment address?"

　　"Eh? Asking this all of a sudden..." Ichika covered her chest with one hand, and said shyly, "Straight to the door… Isn't that too good..."

　　Shinichi hit her head with the bottom of the coffee cup, then Ichika stopped acting, and reported the address pathetically.

　　Shinichi took out his cellphone, clicked on the map to check.

　　"The distance is... Walking speed is approx. 3.75 km/h ~ 5.43 km/h... The sum of the average women's washing time and the elevator operating time... Use this to calculate the time required, and the allowable error range is..."

Shinichi put down his cell phone.

　　"Come on."

　　"What?" Before Ichika could react, she stared blankly behind the man leading the way.

　　"Go to school. Are you sleepy?"

　　Ichika hurriedly followed, and asked in confusion: "Then why did you just ask my address..."

　　Shinichi contemplates whether to confess or not, and thinks that Ichika will guess anyway, so it would be better to say that he has a clear conscience.

　　"In the future, I will send a message and you only need to wake up again. Get to bed as early as possible. I will only message once. If you miss it, I won't send it again."

　　Ichika stopped in his tracks and looked at him with a surprised look.

　　"It means..."

　　"That means you should ponder over me! You make trouble for others, block me on the street every day, and I still think about you... If I knew about it, I would have directly told you yesterday to make trouble."

Shinichi scratched his hair in annoyance, and said helplessly.

　　"I wasn't planning on going to school with you, but I can't let you wait there alone until you fall asleep... No, forget what I just said."

　　He didn't see Ichika's current expression.

　　"Just didn't want the free coffee to get cold."

　　Confirming that this kind of answer was satisfactory enough, it would not give him the illusion of sounding like a scoundrel, but also soothed his uneasy conscience.

　　Perfect!

　　Shinichi nodded with a smile, and took a sip of his coffee.

　　It took Ichika a moment to catch up.

　　She lowered her head, squeezing the coffee cup tightly in her hand.

　　"I always wanted to ask..."

　　"Shinichi-kun, do you really work part-time as a cowherd? It's still the kind where you get to define your personality."

　　There was a dead silence, Shinichi folded his fingers, and a threatening tone.

　　"If you want to be hit in the forehead by my finger, just say it, don't provoke me in this way."

　　"If that's not the case—"

　　With her other hand against her chest, Ichika smiled and spoke softly as if she was complaining.

　　"If that's not the case, how come you can make my heart beat so fast so easily? If no one was beside me now, I would..."

　　She didn't say what happened before, she just bumped into him with her shoulder, keeping her head down the whole time, not wanting him to see her expression that had lost its disguise.

　　Her ears were red, and her timid appearance was attractive.

　　Shinichi withdrew his gaze and distanced himself, never mentioning snapping again, and hastened his pace.

　　"Excuse me, may I take back what I just said? Please don't get in my way again. This has caused a lot of problems for me. I want to be alone."

　　"Hehehe, too late! Ah, next time I'll wake up earlier and go straight to your house to call you~"

　　"Don't! You really are such an idiot."

　　"Well... This should be weighed carefully..."

　　Shinichi knows that Nino's super straight confession is nothing, but the most frightening feeling is watching a girl who likes him gradually lose her integrity...