chapter xxxix.

I heard a commotion

... in the hallway.

I just came from the restroom.

When I heard somebody is fighting.

Tch. 

So early this morning.

I stop.

There.

I saw her.

Yamada Akira.

She is with the girls who have always bullied me.

"What is she up to this time?"

Looks like they are middle of the fight.

"Mind your own business, Yamada. "

"I told you, don't bother again her again."

"News, who are you for me to listen to you?"

"I'm warning you, Igarashi. Don't bother her again. If ever I saw you lay down a finger on Tachibana. I swear you'll regret it. "

I hide faster to the wall.

.
.
.

Is she protecting me from those bullies?

We are not friends or close enough for her to go that far.

I always push her away.

I...

Something in my heart melted.

The wall I built slowly crumbling down.

.... when I started attending this school.

I promised to make a friend.

But no one

Came.

Instead.

They bullied me.

But,

Her.

Is it okay?

To open

My heart

And accept her

To be my friend.

My very first friend.
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