Scene #4 (Minju's POV)

As soon as I entered our classroom, I saw Hitomi already there, sitting straight and in complete uniform. She always had this aura of a model student and she was always diligent when working, that even our teachers would often praise her.

But at that time, there was one thing that I couldn’t bring myself to ignore. She was holding this very familiar looking umbrella which was colored mint.

I realized who it belonged to because it was too obvious to be a coincidence.

But before I forget, I looked around to see if that one group was not present in the room at that time. And when I confirmed it,

“Hitomi-ssi”

I called on to her in a wary manner. She had this surprised bunny-like expression and asked if I really was referring to her on which I nod with a smile.

“The pretty girl in blue hoodie wants you to wait for her here after class. That’s what she told me…”

“Ah! Yes, thank you.”

And when the urge to feed my curiosity kicked in again, I pointed,

“… that umbrella…”

“It’s hers. She lent it to me yesterday.”

I automatically chuckled at what she said, which made her seem confused. To nonverbally tell her to ignore what I did, I waved a hand, while I subconsciously used the other one to scratch the back of my head.

So that was