Chapter A11 – Nia’s Melancholy
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[Kusanagi Elementary School: Class 5-5]

Nakamura Nia sighed in her seat.

She looked at the empty seat in front of her with a complicated expression. The owner of the seat went somewhere as soon as the teacher declared self-study in the first period.

Nia didn't even have time to talk to her and she was already gone.

"Rimu-chan, where are you now?"

Recently, the behavior of her best(?) friend, Nekomiya Rimu, has suddenly changed.

Now she has often been busy with something and it has become difficult to socialize with her like before. Not to mention that she was also wearing something strange under her clothes, so that when Nia hugged her, it didn't feel as comfortable as before.

Kouta was also the same, he's now somewhat turned into a money grubber.

He created a service business to copy notes and homework for a certain fee based on the length of the writing. Copying notes was rather cheap, while writing homework was a little more expensive, because to write homework, Kouta has to imitate the customer's handwriting so that the teacher doesn't get suspicious.

As for the accuracy of the homework... haha...

Not only that, Kouta also started secretly selling Riku's photos at quite high prices. The photos he sells are photos of Riku's personal life, which were clearly taken secretly, without permission. 

    • Photo of Riku when he wakes up from sleep,
    • Photo of Riku when he is eating,
    • Photo of Riku when he is concentrating on playing PS2 games...

As a true fan of Riku, of course the first thing Nia did was immediately buy all the photos and frame them in her room!

'I admit that the photos are absolutely amazing! I'm looking forward to the photos for this week... (*´▽`*)'

Regarding the origin of the photos, she can guess how he got them.

These photos were taken directly at Riku's house, so there's no way Kouta could have taken them. The person who could have taken these photos was most likely Rimu.

'Did they conspire in this matter? This is very suspicious... (≖_≖ )'

Nia couldn't help but feel a sense of suspicion.

She herself still has a secret agreement with Kouta to support each other's romance with their respective targets. Nia will support Kouta in wooing Rimu, while Kouta will support Nia in wooing Riku.

It seems that the first one has already been fulfilled?

If that was true, then she had to ask Kouta to fulfill the second part of the agreement!

'Speaking of which, I don't think I saw Kouta at all today. His backpack is there, so he should be at school too.'

While Nia was busy thinking about this, she stood up from her seat and decided to leave the classroom. Anyway, there will be no lectures today for the rest of the school hours.

"Nia-chan, where are you going?" (Asahi)

"Umm, I'm going to pick flowers (toilet)..." (Nia)

"I see, take your time." (Chitose)

Some of her female friends who were chatting noticed her movements, but Nia only answered with pleasantries.

After leaving class, she didn't go to the toilet as she said, but just wandered around the school without a definite destination. She found a vending machine in a corner near the stairs and decided to buy a can of cold soda.

Having only been in 5th grade for a month, she was still not very familiar with the 5th floor of the elementary school building. The layout was similar to the 4th floor, but the atmosphere was not the same.

"I just realized that I'm in 5th grade now, and everything has changed."

She suddenly felt a little melancholic, there was no Rimu, Riku, and Kouta to play with.

Riku has moved to class 5-1, so there isn't as much time to meet him as before.

Meanwhile, Rimu and Kouta were busy doing something with a purpose she didn't know about. Even though they were still in the same class as her, she couldn't help but feel that they were slowly drifting away.

'Is this the price of growing up? Why can't everything be the same as before?'

Thinking about this, Nia couldn't help but feel a little afraid and anxious.

Of course, she has the desire to grow up, but at the same time, she was still afraid of change. Even if she grows up in the future, she still wants everything still the same as before, such as molesting Rimu and chasing Riku.

As she opened the soda can and took a sip, she saw someone familiar walk past her.

"Akina-san?" (Nia)

"Hmm? Do you have business with me?" (Akina)

It was a girl with a twintail hairstyle who was her former classmate from 3rd grade.

And also her biggest love rival who was often seen with Riku.

 

Backstory:

Previous Class Placement

From Chapter 35:

  • 3-3 : Akina, Riku, Rimu, Nia
  • 4-3 : Riku, Rimu, Kouta
  • 5-5 : Rimu, Nia, Kouta

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