Book 5: Chapter 1: 19th of October (Monday) – Asamura Yuuta
Another week began. I woke up on Monday morning, roughly around 7 am. Upon opening my eyes, I was immediately notified that I had received a LINE message while I was asleep. I turned my phone’s night mode off and ran my eyes over the message. It was a message from Narasaka-san. She sent it at 2:07 am…Hold on, after 2 am?
“She was up late, huh?”
I definitely don’t think I’d be able to get up on time if I stayed up that late. Anyway, moving on to the actual message she sent me…
An important notice from Maaya.
Attention! The upcoming 21st is actually the day Narasaka Maaya has been blessed upon this earth! In other words, I’ll be holding a birthday party! I know this is pretty abrupt, so you don’t have to worry about a present or anything like that! I just want you to participate, that’s all!
Sooo…she’s inviting me to her birthday party, right? And she’s planning her own birthday party? I rarely ever hear of people doing that. Most of the time it’s just surprise parties thrown by other people. Well, I’ve never held a birthday party of my own, so I’m not exactly one to talk…nor have I ever been invited to one. What bothers me most is that Narasaka-san and I aren’t even all that close. If anything, the only connection the two of us have is Ayase-san. And we rarely ever talk at school, let alone run into each other. So she invited me because I’m a friend’s friend? Oh wait, there’s still more to the message.
Saki is coming, too.
Upon spotting Ayase-san’s name, my heartbeat accelerated ever so slightly…Err, why is she emphasizing that? Did she catch on to the faint change in our relationship or something? No, relax. When we planned the trip to the pool, Narasaka-san invited me because I’m Ayase-san’s older brother. She’s the type of girl who sees everybody she’s talked to once as a friend, too, so there might not be any hidden meaning behind it. But that still left me thinking.
“There’s bound to be a lot of other people, just like back at the pool.”