Chapter 24: That Person

Since there was nothing else to do, Fisa and I decided to go back to Mr. Smith.

Looking at the time now, maybe the sports lesson was still going on.

"Fisa, can you walk normally?"

"Not really, I can only walk slowly."

"Is that so? I hope you can take the athletics exam later."

"I hope so too, but what if I can't?"

Fisa spoke in a rather sad tone.

I'm sure she was feeling sad.

Should I comfort her?

Well, that's not really worth asking anymore.

"Fisa, are you okay?"

"I-I don't know."

"If you don't mind, can you see my face?"

This time, I tried to smile and comfort her.

Then I slowly lifted the skin of my face to a certain extent.

"Pftt..."

As Fisa was looking at me who was trying to smile, she immediately covered her own mouth with her hand afterwards.

"Hahaha! What's with that stiff-looking face of yours? Really, what's wrong with you? You're so cute! Hahaha!"

Then she laughed.

Well, this is pretty good, I thought.

I managed to make her smile again, even laugh.

Now, her face was full of smiles from laughing.

And as usual, I felt strange again when I saw her like this.

Fisa does look very cute when she smiles, that's what I thought.

"What do you think?"

"Hah... hah... your face does look weird, but it's also cute."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, then, let's go back to see Mr. Smith!"

"Yes, I see."

Since we had been going to the infirmary for a while, Fisa invited me to go back to Mr. Smith.

We didn't talk about anything else on the way to the sports field.

For some reason, the situation became awkward.

Well, never mind.

I shouldn't think about it too much.

When we got back, it turned out that the sports lesson had already ended.

There were only a few people left on the sports field, even Mr. Smith was nowhere to be seen.

"Fisa, how are you?!"

Then with great concern, Cika came over to Fisa along with Lina.

"I'm fine for now, thank you for worrying about me!"

"When I saw you fall, I panicked. But luckily Satomi acting like a prince relieved me a bit."

"Don't worry, I just sprained my leg."

"Thank goodness for that!"

After being calmed down by Fisa, Cika now started to face me.

"Satomi, thank you for taking her to the infirmary! Also, what the heck are you doing! You're so cool like a prince!"

I thought Cika had calmed down, but she still looked excited.

"Cika, calm down!"

Lina, who had been silent, now spoke up and calmed down the excited Cika.

"Fisa... next time, you have to be careful!"

Then Lina also warned Fisa to be more careful next time.

As a friend, I think Lina gave Fisa the right words.

I understand a bit now.

So this is what friends are like.

They'll worry about each other, and maybe they'll also share their difficulties and give advice to each other.

I'm a bit unsure, is such a friend really necessary in my life?

If yes, why?

If not, why?

I don't know, I don't know the answer.

It confused me even more.

I've never made friends before.

Or maybe I have?

Unfortunately I couldn't remember.

As time passed, more and more questions grew.

What should I do now?

Ah, that's right.

I don't need to rush to get the answer.

For now, I think I just need to focus on Fisa and the problems she's facing.

"UHH!!!"

No, why does it have to be now?

My head hurts like hell.

"UGH!"

It seems like I thought too much about it and ended up being attacked by an extremely painful headache.

Gosh, this hurts too much.

Even though I held my head with both hands, the pain didn't lessen.

Slowly I could no longer support my own body until I finally fell to the ground.

My consciousness began to fade.

"Satomi, what's wrong with you?!"

"Sa-satomi?!"

"Are you okay?"

Faintly, I could hear the voices of Fisa and the others.

I can't make Fisa worry, so I won't faint just because of this.

Do it slowly, I can definitely take the pain away.

I just need to think clearly, without thinking about anything, and most importantly keep breathing so that the brain can still receive oxygen levels without any obstacles.

Empty, everything is empty.

No need to imagine anything, no need to think about anything.

Well, this is good.

Slowly the pain started to subside, and now I got my consciousness back.

"Satomi! Satomi! What's wrong with you?!"

I could hear Fisa's voice, which seemed to be worried.

"Uhh..."

Still holding my head, I slowly started to stand up as usual.

Luckily I was able to do so without any pain.

"Satomi! Are you okay?!"

"Want to go to the infirmary?"

"What's wrong with you?"

Now I could hear the words of the three of them, and perhaps they were all worried about me.

Am I considered a friend by them?

No, don't think about that.

"Sorry to worry you guys, I guess I just didn't get enough sleep."

I didn't know what to say to calm them down, so I could only say that I was sleep deprived.

"Are you sure?" (Lina)

"Yeah."

"But you don't look good, Satomi." (Fisa)

"You'd better go to the infirmary to get checked out." (Cika)

Go?

Ah, I know.

When Cika told me to go, I thought it was a good opportunity to talk to her.

I wanted to talk to Cika about something, but I didn't want Lina and Fisa to hear.

"Cika, are you free?"

I just need to ignore Lina and Fisa and talk to Cika, this is all I can do.

"Yes, I am indeed free. But why are you asking me that?"

"Because I want to talk to you about something."

"Is it something important?"

"I don't know, I don't know either."

I wanted to find out about the person who peeked at me and Fisa in the infirmary earlier, and I thought Cika was the right person to give me a clue.

This is still my guess.

That person had a relationship with Fisa, and she had also made Fisa violate some school rules that led to a point deduction.

In the past few days, Fisa's attitude may have changed a bit, and I'm sure that person is the cause.

So after I suspected a few things, I felt that I could only talk to Cika for clues.

"Yeah, it's up to you. Where are we going to talk? Then can the two of them come?"

Fortunately, Cika accepted my invitation to talk.

"Maybe at H's Cafeteria. Then I want to talk to you one-on-one, do you understand?"

"Why? Are you going to confess to me?"

"Confess? No, it's not about that."

"Oh, then... should we go now?"

"Yes."

While talking to Cika, I actually heard some voices from Fisa and Lina, but I decided to ignore them.

I felt that this was the best option, so without waiting for a long time, Cika and I went to H's Cafeteria leaving Fisa and Lina behind.

They would probably follow behind, so I had to get straight to the point without wasting too much time.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

By now Cika and I have arrived at H's Cafeteria, and we've also been seated facing each other at the very back table.

I hadn't felt Fisa and Lina's presence since leaving, it seemed like they hadn't followed us.

Deep inside me, I felt guilty for doing something like this, but what can I do, I will do everything for the sake of the people I love.

"I'll get straight to the point, how has Fisa been lately do you think?"

"I don't think there's been any problems, she's been pretty normal."

I don't know if Cika is lying or not, but the most important thing is that I have to get a clue about that person.

"Is that so?"

"So what, are you worried about her?"

"Yes, I do. But the real thing I want to talk to you about, it's about someone I'm looking for."

"I don't understand what you mean."

"Cika... when Fisa fell earlier, why do you think there were so many people approaching?"

"Maybe they were worried or something? Then Satomi, what does Fisa falling down have to do with the person you're looking for?"

"You know what? If I act a split second too late, then Fisa will cry."

"Uh, why?!"

I don't know whether to believe it or not, but she looked shocked.

Actually, it's just a guess on my part.

If that person manages to reach Fisa, then Fisa won't be seen again today.

Then Fisa will return tomorrow under different conditions and circumstances.

"That's not something to think about. Alright, last question. When I was carrying Fisa to the infirmary, was there anyone else who wasn't in gym class?"

"Really, Satomi. I didn't understand the topic from the start, and now you want to shut it down?"

"Just answer. Whether you understand or not depends on your mindset."

"You're strange. And I don't want to talk to you for too long either, so I'll answer."

"Yes, then who is it?"

"After you and Fisa left, the lessons still continued. I think everyone was following, umm... maybe only Charles had permission to go to the toilet at that time."

"Charles, is he the one who got first place in the academic exam?"

"Yes, who else would it be?"

"Oh, is that so?"

"Are you satisfied? I want to leave now!"

"You can go, thanks for the answer!"

Then when I let her go, Cika immediately left me.

The two of us were inside H's Cafeteria, but we only ordered water, which was unnecessary at this point.

I think I should leave now too.

Alright, I've got one clue now.

Although it was only one clue, it was a very important one, because I was able to find out the culprit myself right away.

It turned out to be Charles, the person who got first place in the academic exam, and also the person who had made Fisa feel uncomfortable.

I think Charles was the same person back then.

If he was indeed the same person, then he would have planned something to get back at me.

Not only that, there was actually something else, and I thought there was a possibility that he had seen Fisa who was kissing me at that time.

He was too slow in carrying out her plan, probably because he needed the right timing to execute it.

Now that I know a few things about him, I'll move to speed up his plan.