Tokyo Ghost Diary

Happy time is always short-lived. If time is like slowly falling gravel in a funnel during school days, then the weekend weekend is like opening the bottle cap and pouring mineral water on the ground. Not much. The time passed by completely.

Shimizu Yu almost spent the entire morning of Monday in a state of half-asleep and half-awake. It wasn't until lunch break that the smell of various bento boxes gradually filled the classroom, finally waking her up.

After lunch, Yu Shimizu was about to hang out outside the classroom with Suzuki Sawami, but class monitor Oguri Aoino suddenly came to her seat and invited Yu Shimizu to go out alone to talk with a slightly complicated expression.

Although Shimizu Yu was confused, he still followed the other party out.

At the end of the corridor outside the classroom, Yu Shimizu tilted his head slightly, looked at the mysterious and hesitant Oguri Aino, and asked strangely: "What on earth is going on, Aoi-chan?"

"...Xiaoyu." Aoi Oguri seemed to be thinking of words. She paused for a moment, then lowered her voice and whispered: "On Saturday, Hirota and I saw you and Hoshino together in the cinema..."

"Huh?" Shimizu Yu said in surprise: "Was Aoi No-chan there at that time? I didn't even notice."

Of course, she was also curious as to why Oguri Aoino didn't say hello to them since she saw them at that time.

However, what Oguri Aoino said next made Yu Shimizu go from being surprised to confused.

"When I went to the toilet during class in the morning, I heard Hirota talking about this matter to others." Aoi Oguri looked at Shimizu Yu who still had a puzzled look on her face. She sighed and said directly with a bit of hatred: "Some people are already talking behind your back about you knowing that Hoshino has a fiancée and you deliberately got so close to him!"

"Ah?" Shimizu Yu blinked his beautiful almond-shaped eyes and said blankly: "Are he and I very close? It has always been like this. I work for him and we are still friends..."

"It's a friend of the opposite sex!" Aoi Oguri emphasized: "Going out alone with a friend of the opposite sex and watching a movie together is a date! If, I mean if, if Hoshino is your boyfriend, can you accept him being with someone else? Do girls go out alone and go to the movies?"

"..." Shimizu Yu suddenly opened her eyes wide. When Oguri Aoino didn't say anything, she thought it was nothing. After hearing what she said, she came to her senses.

I gradually came back to my senses and realized that I seemed to have crossed the line a bit. If he was not engaged or had a fiancée, then it would be nothing. I didn’t like that guy, and it was impossible for that guy to like me. The two of them were normal friends. Asking questions No shame, it doesn’t matter what others say.

But, even though it just happened not long ago, and I didn't even realize that she would often ignore or forget it, that guy did have a fiancée... In this case, it seemed that I shouldn't go too far with him. Although she doesn't care about other people's rumors, if... that guy's fiancée finds out, she will definitely be very unhappy, right?

"But..." Shimizu Yu, who finally came back to his senses, explained in a panic: "But I don't like him, and there is no possibility between us..."

Oguri Kuino looked at her with complicated eyes, and suddenly interrupted: "Xiaoyu, do you really not like him?"

Shimizu Yu was stunned.

Oguri Aoi sighed, stepped forward, and gently hugged Yu Shimizu: "Xiao Yu, no one will unknowingly get close to someone they don't like."

......

If Yu Shimizu spent the morning in a daze, then she spent this afternoon in a state of confusion.

I went to class in a daze, finished school in a daze, and followed Gen Hoshino to the antique shop in a daze...

Until he finished cleaning mechanically and sat down at the desk to help Gen Hoshino do his homework, Yu Shimizu's mind was still in a mess thinking about the last question Oguri Aoino said at noon.

Do I like him?

What exactly is like? What does it mean to like?

Shimizu Yu raised his head and glanced at Gen Hoshino, who was sitting there with his cheek propped up while reading a book. He didn't feel that kind of heartbeat.

But why does it make me feel so uncomfortable thinking about deliberately keeping a distance from him in the future?

She lowered her head and looked at the homework book with unfocused eyes, without writing at all.

Why do I want to be close to him so much? I want to hang out with him like before, eat together, watch movies together, stay together all the time...

Do you really not like him?

What does he think of himself? I was a fool and didn't realize or react that the two people were too close to each other before, but he was so smart, he should have noticed it, right?

Others said that they knew he had a fiancée and still deliberately got so close to him. They must all feel that they are shameless, right?

And, most importantly, what did he think? Will...

Do you think, like others, that you are a frivolous girl who knows someone else has a fiancée and deliberately approaches her? Could it be that you feel like you are deliberately pretending not to notice the problem?

But, but... she just didn't notice, and they had gotten along like this before. It was obvious that he only got engaged later, and the person he was engaged to was also someone he had just met not long ago.

The mess in his mind was gradually sorted out, but Yu Shimizu's thoughts continued to fall towards the negative level.

An indescribable emotion mixed with grievance came to my heart. My nose was so sore and I wanted to cry. No, my eyes were hot and tears were about to burst out.

No, no, no! Don’t cry, I...

Pat, pat... No matter how Qing Shuiyu tried to stop her in her heart, the large teardrops still carried the scalding temperature across her cheeks, fell on the homework book, and broke into pieces of more fine tears.

Hearing the noise, Gen Hoshino turned to look at Yu Shimizu and found that she was crying. She wiped her left and right hands with her two little hands, but she couldn't stop her tears.

Hoshino Gen raised his eyebrows. In fact, he had already noticed that this idiot was in a very bad state today. It was fine before at school and he didn't pay much attention to it, but on the way to school, he would always chatter endlessly. She was unusually silent today.

Later, when I started working in an antique store, it was the same. When I was cleaning, my movements were as stiff as a machine. When I was doing my homework, I held my pen without any movement for a long time.

Now even tears are falling.

Gen Hoshino thought this idiot might be in trouble, so he frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

Hearing Gen Hoshino's voice, Yu Shimizu raised her teary little face. She opened her mouth, with a cry in her voice, and said aggrievedly: "I...I don't like you anymore..."

"..."