| Kazunari | ...... Haa... Sorry... It was a little tough earlier. |
| Tsuzuru | Miyoshi-san...? Wait, sorry. |
| Kazunari | ...... |
| Tsuzuru | ! Hey, aren't you running a really high fever!? |
| Kazunari | Sorry... Go ahead of me first. |
| Tsuzuru | ......! |
| Tsuzuru | ... There's no way that I'd leave you alone, is there. |
| Kazunari | ... Tsuzurun? |
| Tsuzuru | Get on my back. |
| Kazunari | But... |
| Tsuzuru | Just do it. |
| Kazunari | ...... |
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| Kazunari | ...... |
| Tsuzuru | There. Hold on tight. |
| Kazunari | ... Tsuzurun, aren't I heavy? |
| Tsuzuru | It's fine. Well, it'd be a lie if I said that you were light though. |
| Kazunari | Haha... Well, that's true. |
| Tsuzuru | ... Honestly, you should have just told us if you were feeling unwell. |
| Tsuzuru | Or so I'd say but that's not something I should be saying after taking that attitude. Sorry. |
| Kazunari | Not at all, I'm sorry too. |
| Tsuzuru | ... Speaking of which, we're not arriving at the destination at all. I wonder if the arrow really pointed this way... |
| Kazunari | ... Haha. |
| Tsuzuru | What are you laughing about? |
| Kazunari | No, it's just that... I remembered the time I first met you, Tsuzurun. |
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| "Kazunari, see you tomorrow!" |
| "See ya—!" |
| As usual after school. |
| I waved my friends goodbye. |
| A jolt of pain shot through my heel even though I had thought that it had been relieved. |
| "Ouch..." |
| When I took off my shoes lightly, blisters had formed just as I thought. |
| I wonder if this happened because I'd just bought these shoes and wasn't used to it yet. |
| "Uwah— Seems bad... But well, all that's left is just to get home." |
| A voice had suddenly called out to me when I had tried to walk, albeit knowing that it was somewhat awkward to be doing so. |
| "Um, are you all right?" |
| "Eh?" |
| When I turned to reply, I saw someone who I had never seen before. |
| He still had a little of the features left from when he was little. With the brightness of sunshine, he was probably a year younger than me. |
| "Your foot. Is it blistered?" |
| "Oh, yeah." |
| "As I thought. I have a band-aid with me, so please use it if you don't mind." |
| "But—" |
| "Please don't worry about it, we have to help each other when troubled. See you then." |
| After I had been handed the band-aid, I hurriedly tried to stop him as he turned away with his retreating back in sight. |
| "P-Please wait!" |
| "Yes?" |
| He looked back in reply. |
| "Thanks for this. Err, your name..." |
| When asked that question, he smiled with a friendly face. |
| "Minagi. Minagi Tsuzuru." |
