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Junichiro slept in the infirmary during his first day in high school.
He promised Naomi he'd make friends and get along with everyone and his stomach ruined his first impression. He groaned.
He was feeling better after Yosano gave him a strange medicine, but he had spent almost the entire day waiting for it to work.
There was no point in showing up for the last period.
The door opened up. Someone with a terrible coughing fit entered.
He considered opening the curtains, but he settled it was best to leave them be. Judging by the form they moved around, and the sound of the cabinet's lock opening, they knew what they were doing.
Or it was someone who stole the key. Junichiro decided to believe it was Yosano or someone she sent.
He'd wait until they were gone to go home.
The curtain next to him opened and closed. He heard the sound of an exhausted person falling on the mattress.
His arm reached on its own. He moved the fabric enough to see a guy with black hair and pale skin passed out. The faint snores served as proof he was alive.
He let go of the curtain, but it remained drawn, leaving him with a first-class view of the sleeping beauty.
It was time to leave.
The door opened.
He'd have to wait a little more.
He sat up so the new guest wouldn't see him.
"Idiot," the stranger said. He had a nice voice, husky and throaty. "If you were feeling sick you should've come here sooner."
Junichiro's curiosity got the better of him, and he tilted to the gap he left between the wall and the curtain. It was a short redhead who wore a black choker and broke the hair regulations of the school. Due to the red pin on his collar, he knew he was on his fifth semester.
The redhead moved a chair to the bed's side and took the sleeping beauty's hand in his. He planted a kiss on it. "You could lean on me a little more."
Junichiro looked away and shifted away from the gap. He didn't want to interfere with the couple.
He ended up waiting three hours for them to leave. After witnessing that he couldn't reveal he was there the whole time. He could've lied and said he had taken a nap, but he felt the redhead would see through him in a split second.
Atsushi and Lucy spammed their groupchat asking him how his first day was, wondering if he felt lonely without them and if he met anyone interesting.
Naomi left a note for him before going to school. She waited for him to get home so they could see each other at least once during the day.
Honestly, why did everyone he knew went to the afternoon shift?
He changed and ran to the gymnasium. He was late for practice.