Chapter 7: Daytime Confession
Noon. Lunchtime finally arrived. My classmates, tired from morning classes, showed their relief.
Some of them immediately went to the cafeteria with their friends while the others gathered around their desks to eat their lunch together. To each their own, but for loners like me, sometimes, lunchtime could be a pain, today especially.
“Huh, Maehara-kun, you didn’t bring a lunch today?”
“Mmm, my mom only gave me this.”
I showed Ooyama-kun my shiny 500 yen coin.
Normally, my mother would wake up early to make a lunch box for me, but, if she got too tired because of her work, she would just give me money like this instead.
“Hey, Ooyama-kun, wanna go eat together?”
“Ah… Well, my friends are waiting for me, so I gotta go.”
“Mmm… Have fun.”