LMLCG – Episode 33 – Sara’s Wrath

“Morning.”

“Good morning.”

It’s unsual for Sara to come this late.

Did something happen…? Wait, is she carrying something?

“What’s that? It looks kind of wet.”

Sara carefully spreads it out on her desk.

A shirt… a boy’s uniform shirt!?

She presses it with a towel to absorb the moisture.

“Eh!? Whose shirt is that… I mean, it can only be Takanashi-kun’s, right? What happened?”

There was really no need to ask whose shirt it was.

That must be why she was late…

“Actually, on the way to school, a truck splashed water on us… Takanashi-san shielded me and got soaked instead…”

Oh no, that’s terrible.

But as expected of Takanashi-kun. Such a man.

“Sounds like a rough morning. Where’s Takanashi-kun now?”

“He’s in the infirmary, drying off and changing into his gym clothes.”

…Yeah, no way Sara just stood by and watched that happen…

“Did you help him dry off?”

“Yes. I asked him to remove his shirt, and I thoroughly dried his head and body.”

Ooooh, that’s so like Sara. She really went that far.

And without hesitation… or maybe she just wasn’t conscious of it.

So that’s why she brought his wet shirt here…

Still, it’s hard to believe that Sara is wiping down a boy’s shirt on her desk… I wonder what the others will think.

“Good morning, Satsukawa-san… Umm, that’s a guy’s shirt, right? Why do you have it…?”

“I have my reasons. I’m busy right now.”

“Ahh, my shirt’s wet too, what should I do…”

“Same here. Satsukawa-san, could you—”

“…”

Yeah, completely ignored.

But really, can’t they tell she doesn’t even see them?

“Satsukawa-san, that shirt?”

Still going at it… some guys are just hopeless when it comes to reading the room.

“You’re being annoying. This is the shirt of someone important to me, so please don’t interrupt me.”

Ah, if you say that…

“Huh!? What? Who are you talking about!?”

“Wait, what do you mean by that?”

“Satsukawa-san, are you dating someone!?”

“You’re kidding!”

…Well, yeah, of course they’d react like that.

I should probably step in, wouldn’t want Takanashi-kun to get caught up in this mess.

“It’s the shirt of Sara’s best friend. Let her concentrate, okay?”

“Best friend? You mean just a friend?”

“Oh, so they’re just friends. I was worried.”

“Still, I can’t ignore that a guy is friends with Satsukawa-san.”

“I’m jealous enough already.”

“Ah, it’s that guy, the first-year who walks to school with her in the morning.”

“That one, huh?”

Yeah, no way people wouldn’t have noticed by now.

“He doesn’t know his place…”

“You’re awfully noisy. I don’t recall giving someone I don’t even know the right to speak about my friend like that.”

Whoa, that was fast.

This might get bad…

“But I’m in the same class…”

“I don’t know and I’m not interested. Just so you know, I absolutely will not tolerate anyone insulting Takanashi-san… Remember that.”

Aaand, they made her mad.

All the boys went silent. They probably weren’t expecting her to get this angry.

Might be worth mentioning this in the class chat later.

More guys are probably going to cross her line from now on.

Just then, the warning bell rang.

“Sara, Sensei’s going to be here soon.”

“I’ll fold it neatly after I soak up a bit more water.”

“Still, I hope Takanashi-kun doesn’t catch a cold from getting soaked.”

“Yes… I’ll check on him during lunch break.”

Now that I think about it, it’s raining today, so I wonder where we’ll eat lunch.

Ugh, my head hurts… It’s getting pretty bad.

Feels like a migraine’s coming on…

I hope break time comes soon… I need to take some medicine.

And of all days, we have P.E. today… My knee throbs and hurt every time I stop moving.

…

I somehow managed to get through P.E. and took some painkillers, but it wasn’t enough…

Then it was lunch time.

Apparently the student council room was free, so we planned to eat lunch there.

I made my way there, enduring the headache, and found Sara-senpai and Natsumi-senpai already waiting.

“Sorry, am I late?”

“It’s fine. We just got here too.”

“Takanashi-kun, you’ve had a rough day, huh…”

“Well… I’ll be okay.”

I don’t want to worry them, so I have to tough it out…

“…Forgive me, I was going to ask how you’re feeling, but I think it would be best if you lie down first. Takanashi-san, this way please.”

After staring at me for a moment, Senpai suddenly said that and took my hand, leading me toward the sofa.

“Huh? Sara, what’s wrong?”

“Sara-senpai?”

“We’ll talk and eat later. Just lie down for a bit.”

Senpai sat down on the sofa, and since she was holding my hand, I had no choice but to sit beside her.

As I did, she gently guided me down and placed my head on her lap… wait, lap pillow!!??

“Sara!?”

“S-Senpai!?”

“Please don’t raise your voice. Just calm down. It’s alright.”

She said that, and started stroking my head…

Ah… this is calming… I feel like… my headache is easing, just a little…

“Fufu… please rest like this for now.”

Senpai had one hand supporting my head and the other slowly stroking it…

This is bad… I’m going to fall asleep… but I… can’t…