Book 3: Chapter 5: Part 6
I was waiting 15 minutes in front of the boys' tent for Horikita to come out. She stood stock still for a while, laying her eyes down to check up her condition. She then slowly raised her head looking around. When her eyes met mine, her pupils swayed for a moment. Her figure approaching me with heavy footsteps didn't seem to be frail.
“… Ayanokouji-kun. Could you come for a moment…”
I turned around once again to check if Ibuki lined in front of the shower room.
“What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
“Follow me… We can’t talk here.”
With only uttering this, Horikita left the camp moving towards the forest.
“What happened? Are we going to enter the forest searching for food again?”
Horikita kept on walking without answering my calls. She stopped once we couldn’t see the camp anymore. Horikita turned back wanting to say something, but hesitated for a moment as if having second thoughts.
“… It was my negligence. I wanted to say to you after I realized it was a mistake. Is that alright?”