#4
Mew, who seemed to be troubled by putting her elbow on one arm, raised her eyebrows at the pretense of popularity she felt nearby.
“Ah, Eddie… … ”
When he turned his head to meet a friendly face, it was Mew, whose face quickly turned pale.
‘… … Why are you with him?’
As if they had met in a completely unexpected place, their faces hardened quickly as they looked at Rubia and Yuri, who were next to Ezio, who had a surprised expression on them, like bridesmaids.
“Hello, Mu. What’s going on here?”
“Oh, hello. Ezio. uh… … ”
I had a brief greeting with Ezio.
“… … ”
“… … ”
Mew continued to lick her dry saliva-drenched lips, and kept her eyes on Rubia’s eyes.
After work at the hospital, the two never really talked. Even that was cut off vaguely due to a small accident in the middle, so the relationship between Rubia and Mew wasn’t even close yet.
However, he did not take an openly hostile stance in front of others. First of all, there was Ezio here more than anyone else. Mew stared at Rubia without saying a word, but Rubia opened her mouth with a small smile.
“Hello, Mu. See you here again.”
“… … ”
On the outside, she was advocating for a pleasant smile, but Rubia’s gaze toward Mew had somewhat complicated emotions.
This is because he clearly remembered Ezio and Mew, who were having a friendly story on a bench in the empty lot the other day.
At that time, Rubia herself watched it quietly from behind, and was surprised by the appearance of Iris, so she fell and was discovered. I don’t know if Ezio and Mew are still paying attention to that or not. Maybe I just wished it wasn’t.
Besides that.
Rubia was in a position where she couldn’t appreciate the existence of a person named Mew, Ezio’s ex-girlfriend, so she had no choice but to say hello in the same way as before.
When Mew responded by nodding her head, Yuri, who was next to Rubia, cautiously spoke out.
“Hello, me too. music.”
“… … ?”
“that… me, you know me It’s called Yuri von Artina… … ”
The tip of Yuri’s words were trembling with tension.
To put it plainly, Yuri and Mew are not close. Before that, I hadn’t had a conversation a few times before.
Although they are aware of each other’s existence, Yuri is already friendly with Rubia and Stella, and has already formed a group. So, I didn’t have much opportunity to talk personally with Mew, who usually travels alone.
Yuri’s impression of Mu was very good, but unfortunately, Mu had little interest in anyone other than Ezio, so the interaction between the two could not be achieved in the first place.
Seeing Yuri’s stiff hand greeting, Ezio smiled broadly and helped out with a word.
“What is that awkward greeting? It must be a machine.”
“Bye, isn’t that awkward?!”
“Aren’t your eyes telling lies?”
“Sigh, noisy… … ”
it’s cute Ezio continued.
“Do you want to be friends with Mew? I can help.”
“What, what? I don’t need blood… !”
“… uh? no need Are you saying that Mew is not suitable as your friend now?”
“… … ! It’s not like that… … ! No, don’t keep making fun of me! You are doing this on purpose!”
As he watched Yuri screaming and trying to slap Ezio on the back, for a moment, a thought occurred in Mew’s head.
‘We’ve become close enough to go together… … ?’
Rubia is… … Even so.
That girl named Yuri.
He seems pretty close to Ezio.
She’s a friend of a girl so close that she even jokes around… … How did such a relationship come about?
I don’t know what Ezio thinks of Yuri, but Mew, who has already been running fifty thousand thoughts in his brain with the ‘possibility’ in mind, finally responded.
“… ok, hello to both. You seem to be very close with Ezio. As long as we’re together late at night.”
Yuri felt the excitement of being greeted by Mew, who said that it was difficult to properly engage in that conversation, or even felt a slight flutter. Of course, if Ezio wasn’t here, Mew would have ignored Yuri as well. Yuri, unaware of that fact, was just rejoicing inside.
Ezio looked at the group and said.
“I met them by chance here. He said he came to the Student Union to apply for membership. So do I.”
“… okay?”
“yes. Why did you say you were here?”
“I haven’t told you yet.”
Mu then said:
“I am the same.”
“… … Did you come to join the circle?”
“yes.”
I wonder if that was the case, but Ezio’s expression, who had just turned to the place where Mew’s gaze was headed, was dyed with a strange look for an instant.
“no way… Are you here to join too?”
“Are you here?”
When Mew tilted her head, her hair fluttered.
“There is a travel circle called “Exodus”. I saw that I was standing still in front of this door… … ”
The first time I saw him, he looked like he was thinking about something. A face as if contemplating whether to go inside or not. It seemed certain in the circumstances. To Ezio’s question, Mew gave a predictable answer.
“I don’t know if that was his name, but he must be right. But the door seems to be locked——”
and.
“… … Uh, you too, Rani?”
Mew’s eyelids curled up, realizing only at that moment that a fact hinted at by Ezio’s words. Mew’s purple eyes, which opened wide at a very slow speed, contained a sign of great surprise.
‘… no way?’
Come to think of it, I never had a detailed discussion with Ezio about the circle to join.
I thought we’d talk about it sometime.
I had no interest or interest in circle activities, so when I heard that they were forced to join, I just picked something at random, so I never thought that maybe I could join the same circle as Ezio and work as a team.
I did——.
“right. We were going to join here too.”
“!”
Mew opened her mouth slightly.
It was almost like putting your name on the list and paying your dues and not attending regular meetings at all.
But when things go like this.
The story changes 180 degrees.
By the way, the purpose of the circle is ‘travel’.
Ezio.
Ezio and Travel.
Until now, while dating Ezio, Mew had never been outside the continent or visited a famous tourist destination, so the word travel full of such romance had no choice but to harbor a pounding emotion with anticipation.
… … In the cabin of the magic train on the railway that leads to a distant resort, or forgetting the packed lunch we prepared from early in the morning on the day of the trip.
After a long wait, on the sandy beach at the destination where I finally arrived with a fluttering heart – Wearing a straw hat while the cool sea breeze blows, dipping your feet in the clear water and taking a walk together.
After leaving the camera to a traveler who was walking around just in time, they put their arms around each other and raised the letter V with a wide smile, leaving the moment as a memory and recording it forever.
After a busy day, quietly clinking with a glass of wine that makes you feel moderately intoxicated on the balcony of a luxurious room located on the top floor of a luxury hotel.
It was possible to recreate romantic scenes that often appeared in my favorite novels, perhaps with Ezio.
‘In the past, I would have asked to go right away.’
… … Now that a considerable amount of time has passed and many things have happened, it may not be possible. The most important part was that even the smallest feasibility had arisen.
But.
It was only for a moment that he had eyes to see, barely maintaining a dull expression, and inside, he was running a happy circuit of various bright lights.
Again, Mew unearths a fact from Ezio’s words.
This time, the news was not welcome at all.
“… … Me too, Lani?”
nope
I wish it wasn’t
I thought.
“Literally.”
The reality has not changed.
“They say they are in the same circle as me.”
When Ezio turned to Rubia and Yuri and pointed to them, Mew fell into a pit in an instant and had to face a complicated situation.
I’d rather not know if it’s another kid.
‘At least… Rubia… ‘
I knew what was going to happen between the two of them. Can you comfortably watch the two of you spending time in the same place?
Moreover, as a child, Ezio said that he often traveled with Rubia.
Hearing this, Mew, who was a bit grumpy, insisted on going on a trip with her for a long time, but in the end, Ezio and I did not plan to leave for a vacation somewhere.
So, I don’t know how things will turn out later, but if it was possible, it was Mew who wanted to spend some time alone with Ezio.
‘This could be… … ‘
As long as Rubia joined the circle, there was no way that could ever happen. For some reason, Mew could not erase the feeling of being unintentionally disturbed by Rubia.
‘Side… It seems to be getting better.’
It was clear that the relationship between the two was gradually recovering from the fact that their behavior was not so unnatural even while they were walking together.
That was not very pleasant for Mew.
Even though they broke up, it was Mew who still had Ezio in her heart. If a close friend of the opposite s*x existed by his side, of course he had to be concerned. Above all, if that person has been a deep concern for Mew for a long time.
Since we don’t do activities at all, I’m concerned about what the two of us are doing. However, if we want to work together, we have to see the two of us in the same place.
Although he wasn’t the kind of person who looked at anyone, he was Mew who wanted to show his true self only when he was with Ezio if possible.
‘What are you going to do next? … ‘
I was thinking about that, but…
It wasn’t just Mew who was having trouble with the presence of a concerned person in the circle he would be working with from now on.
‘Murang, Ezio, same circle… … ‘
After talking with Yuri until late at night, Rubia finally decided to join the travel circle.
She, too, had complicated feelings inside her.
It’s a little good that Ezio and I happened to join the same circle, but on the other hand, I’m worried, but it is said that Mu is also added to that.
Rubia didn’t know how to express this feeling right now. I felt like I wanted to roll even my feet. Why are things like this-.
It’s tempting to cancel the subscription even now, but when that happens, Ezio goes on a trip with Mew and his ex-girlfriend to a place he’s not sure of.
It was somehow difficult to open my eyes and see.
‘Maybe you don’t know.’
Although the relationship had already been broken once – as Rubia had seen last time, the two were getting closer and closer again.
I guess they dated because they got along well.
Then, even the feelings that were gone can reappear.
Perhaps, through the turning point of travel, you can succeed in completely restoring the relationship. Rubia did not want to continue living with that small anxiety. Because of that, I couldn’t do this or that and just bit my lip.
Moreover, after seeing Ezio and Stella together recently, Rubia’s unfamiliar feelings were accelerating even more.
Because of that, for some reason, a sense of urgency that she couldn’t be left behind was also a part of Rubia’s heart.
Anyway.
I don’t even know why I should be worried.
I didn’t want to leave it like that.
“… … ”
and.
Finally.
‘… Fuck this.’
In this chaotic situation, where a childhood friend who has a history of being teased, and an ex-girlfriend who had been in a close relationship for some reason and then broke up for some reason became a member of the same circle- Ezio calmly passes the present moment. I had to do my best to do it.
#5
“Is the door locked?”
“yes. I tried to knock, but it didn’t open, so I was thinking about going back.”
Ezio grabbed the handle of the door with the “Exodus” nameplate on it and turned it around. Of course, since I didn’t touch the card key, of course, it wouldn’t open.
After a while, I brought my ear to the door and pressed it close to the door, but I couldn’t hear anything from the inside. I just mentioned Mew, but I knock on the door just in case. smart-. There was no answer after the knock.
“… There seems to be no one there.”
There is no rule that there is always a member in the circle room, but there is usually at least one member at this time of the day.
“Should I come back tomorrow? … ”
As the street recruitment period has ended, you will need to contact the person in charge of the circle to apply for a job.
If the person in charge is not present, he has no choice but to come back later. Or you can go to the Circle Association meeting room to get a list and then visit the president in person… … It was too late right now, so it was impossible to apply today.
“Isn’t today the deadline?”
“Is that so?”
At Yuri’s question, Ezio stroked his chin. Maybe the homeroom professor Tyler said so, maybe not. In any case, it wouldn’t hurt to sign up as soon as possible.
If you’re not there, there’s nothing you can do. Ezio turned from the door and shrugged lightly.
“Then, for today… … ”
That was the moment.
“… What are you guys doing there?”