“Yes, I’m sorry!
Sato Yuno!” Early the next morning, as soon as Sato Yuno arrived at school and stepped into the classroom, she saw the people who used to bully her kneeling there.
Most of them were wrapped in bandages, with casts on their arms or legs, as they prostrated themselves to apologize to her.
“Th-that…” Sato Yuno instinctively took a half-step back, but this half-step seemed to trigger some kind of chain reaction.
Even though those who had bullied her appeared to be seriously injured, they scrambled and crawled forward on all fours, continuously apologizing to her.
While Sato Yuno was at a loss for what to do, one of the people who used to bully her finally let slip who had caused this situation.
“I’m sorry!
I’m sorry, Sato Yuno!
Please forgive me!
I don’t want to be beaten by Kaslana again…”
Hearing the tearful voice, Sato Yuno only focused on the word “Kaslana.” That was Kiana’s surname.
In other words, the reason these people who bullied her were in this state and apologizing to her was all because they had been beaten by Kiana after school yesterday.
“Senior Kiana…” Sato Yuno felt some kind of emotion breaking through the surface of her heart.
Ignoring the people who had bullied her, she rushed up the stairs at the edge of the corridor, eager to see Kiana and tell her how grateful she was.
“Kiana, good morning~ This is breakfast I made for you.”
Just as she arrived at Kiana’s classroom, Sato Yuno saw an atmosphere between Raiden Mei and Kiana that seemed filled with pink bubbles.
Sato Yuno, who had been emotionally overwhelmed just a moment ago, instantly calmed down as if doused with cold water.
‘Sato Yuno, what are you thinking?
Senior Kiana only helped you because she is kind.
How could you be so conceited as to think you are special…’
While Sato Yuno was feeling dejected, the classroom door in front of her suddenly opened.
Kiana and Raiden Mei were standing at the doorway, having appeared from who knows when, and were watching her quietly.
“Se-Senior Kiana??” Sato Yuno stepped back a half-step upon seeing Kiana, her voice stuttering.
As for Raiden Mei?
“Did they apologize?” Kiana looked at Sato Yuno’s uniform.
There were no stains, and her expression didn’t look like she had been bullied again, which meant the people she had taught a lesson to yesterday must have already apologized.
“Yes…
they apologized to me.” Sato Yuno shyly tucked her long gray hair behind her ear, her face flushing slightly.
She looked as bashful as someone seeing their crush, which made Raiden Mei feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
‘Strange…
why do I feel so uncomfortable inside?’ Raiden Mei frowned slightly but suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and turned to ask Kiana: “Kiana, who is she?”
“Sato Yuno, she’s also a junior in the second year.” Kiana introduced Sato Yuno to Raiden Mei with a grin.
Upon hearing that the other girl had also suffered from bullying, Raiden Mei’s eyes filled with empathetic pity.
“It’s okay, you won’t be bullied ever again.” Raiden Mei held Sato Yuno’s hand and comforted her softly.
She glanced at Kiana, and after receiving a supportive look, continued to say to Sato Yuno: “If you don’t mind, why don’t you join us for lunch break?”
“I don’t mind!” Sato Yuno answered quickly.
She couldn’t ask for anything better than having lunch with Kiana.
It was just that Raiden Mei…
she felt a bit like an eyesore, but since it was her suggestion, and Sato Yuno wasn’t lacking in emotional intelligence, she certainly wouldn’t say anything out of line.
“Thank you, Senior Raiden.” Sato Yuno said this sincerely.
At least regarding this matter, she was truly grateful to Raiden Mei, though she couldn’t help but worry if a three-person friendship would be too crowded.
“Then we’re friends!
You don’t have to call me Senior anymore, just call me Kiana.” Kiana smiled and reached out to Sato Yuno.
Even though her name meant the Moon Goddess, she looked just like a little sun warming everyone else.
“You can call me Mei, too.” Raiden Mei smiled as well.
Sato Yuno looked at the two people who seemed to be glowing, and felt emotions surging in her chest.
Her eyes turned red involuntarily, and her nose felt inexplicably sore. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
“Can I really be your friend?
My grades aren’t excellent, I’m not pretty, and even my physical education is—”
“Shh~” Kiana raised her index finger and pressed it against Sato Yuno’s lips, interrupting her self-deprecation.
Those sky-blue eyes gazed gently at Sato Yuno as she asked a question: “Do you want to be friends with us, Yuna?”
“I do!” Without needing to think, Sato Yuno’s body shouted out her thoughts before she could.
Hearing this answer, Kiana smiled—a very happy smile.
“Isn’t that enough?
Friends don’t need to worry about whether you’re excellent or pretty; as long as you’re happy, that’s enough.
Yuna, may I ask you to be my friend and entrust the rest of your life to me?”
Kiana’s words carried an inexplicable weight.
She looked at Yuna seriously and explained her view on friendship: “Becoming friends means we will never be separated for the rest of our lives.
Even if the seas dry up and the rocks crumble, even if heaven and earth collapse, we are a Community of Fate for life.
If anyone wants to quit, even if I have to break her limbs, I will bring back the person who tries to end this friendship on their own.”
“Breaking limbs or something…” A drop of cold sweat rolled down Raiden Mei’s forehead.
Why did she feel that wasn’t necessary?
The young girl didn’t know it yet, but in the future, she would truly have the thought of wanting to break Kiana’s limbs, preferably poisoning her mute, and tying her up in a basement to take care of her for the rest of her life.
“I’m willing!” Sato Yuno grasped Kiana’s hand.
Although Kiana’s words were a bit scary and heavy, they gave Sato Yuno a sense of complete security.
This was what she wanted: friends who would never abandon her.
“Then I declare, the Senba Academy Trio is officially established at this moment!” Kiana hugged Raiden Mei and Sato Yuno, smiling happily.
It was just that…
a certain duck who hadn’t arrived in Nagazora City yet would raise a strong protest after hearing about this in the future.
Of course, at least for now, the friendship of the three had been established.
As for that certain duck…
by the time she arrived in Nagazora City, it would also be time for Cocolia to die.