Book 3: Chapter 5: 26th of August (Wednesday)
It was like any other Wednesday morning, with the end of summer break slowly but steadily approaching. I matched my alarm clock with the time Ayase-san would usually wake up, and succeeded in getting up in time. It was barely 6:30am, and I was as tired as could be.
When I walked into the living room, Ayase-san was already preparing breakfast. Upon seeing Ayase-san working like that, I was entranced for a moment.
“Good morning. Ayase-san.”
“Asamura-kun. You’re up early today, huh?” She turned around for a moment and gave me a brief response.
“I figured today would be busy after all.” I said and sat down in my seat.
Tap tap… tap. Ayase-san’s hand cutting the carrots suddenly stopped, and she turned around with a somewhat worried tone of voice.
“Busy? We only switched shifts, right? Or did you have other plans today, Asamura-kun?”
“Ah. No, no, no.”
She must have been worried that I actually had different plans today but ignored them all for the sake of going to the pool with her, I guess.