Classroom Of The Elite 2nd Year - Full Volume
Chapter 4 Chapter 2

"That's true but .. uuuu--- I asked her, do I have to confess personally ....." Finally, even within Yamauchi, a single conclusion seemed to have been formed.

"... Ayanokouji-kun is?" For a moment, I thought I had heard faint footsteps from behind me and a voice seemed to be calling out to me.

"Sakura is here! I'll leave the rest to you!"

It seemed like Yamauchi had already tried to stir up some courage, but ever since Sakura arrived sooner than expected, she became panicked and hung up the phone. As for me, since I have already made contact with Sakura, there is nothing else I can do. All that was left was to hand over the letter that Yamauchi had entrusted to me.

"It's a coincidence, isn't it?"

"Ahh, no, you were asked here by Kushida, right?"

"Y-Yes, she said she wanted to talk to me about something .. She said it was something important" I looked around, but obviously, there was no one else but me "Actually, there was no one else, I asked Kushida for help and asked him to send you here". Actually, it's not me, but how else. Although it confuses him here.

"Ayanokouji-kun did it? I-i understand. It was a relief, usually I didn't talk much with Kushida-san so I was afraid of doing something to anger her" She patted her chest in relief. It seemed that Sakura who promised Kushida was no longer feeling uneasy. Looking at Sakura, I decided to face her with a simple question.

"Although, you came too soon, there were still about 30 minutes until the promised time"

"That .. I was feeling anxious, so I got here earlier today" Still confused, she explained it to me.

"But I understand, it's Ayanokouji-kun, the one who wants to meet me, I'm very relieved" As he patted his chest after feeling relieved from the bottom of his heart, the nervousness felt earlier unraveled and his expression regained its usual calmness.

"But why? If you need me, you can just ask me to see you in person"

"Ahh, no, that's a little, there's a little tricky situation going on"

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"A complicated situation?"

 How do I explain this? In this matter, I also feel a little confused. Biologically, I've learned a lot about the differences between men and women academically, but when applying that knowledge in reality like this, I've never learned any strategy. And here the problem is not only the differences between our sexes but I also need the factors of Sakura's individual personality and feelings as well.

It is the complexity and strangeness of a society built by human intelligence. Time passed when I considered it. The longer the silence lasted, the more prudence he rose.

"The problem is .. I told Kushida to call you because I want to hand this over to you" The letter that Yamauchi entrusted to me, I gave it to Sakura.

"This...?"

"I want you to accept it without asking too many questions. If you read the contents, I'm sure you'll understand" I told Sakura. If the sender himself explained it, the meaning behind the letter would decrease. I handed it over like that.

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"Well" I felt something similar to guilt and so I turned my eyes away. On the other hand Sakura kept looking back and forth between me and the letter to try to understand the situation.

"S... urat ... behind the school building ... men ......" Sakura who received the letter, while gazing to a distant place, weakly whispered something to herself. Woah, but as I just said, it could mean that I was the one who wrote the letter. It's critical.

"This letter was entrusted to me from a man in hiding. The sender said that you'd understand if you read it. Maybe the writing is bad, but it looks like he gave it his all to write this letter" I straightened out to make sure that there wouldn't be a misunderstanding.

"A, Awawa ..... this .. awawa !?"

Perhaps this was a confession letter from a boy, such a prediction had already grown inside Sakura. He had already lost his composure and his gaze seemed to start imagining the day after tomorrow. Even if he opened the letter and read it here, his reaction would be a problem for me so I better hurry up and leave this location.

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"And so I gave it up. All that's left is for you to make the right decision. If you find it difficult to give an answer in person, you can send it by chat or by phone. That doesn't matter. "My word is on him. In Sakura's matter, there was a possibility that she could not say 'Yes' or 'No'. I should have helped him.

"Co, kokoko, kokoko"

"Are you a chicken?"

"N-no, it's not. T-this is the guy who sued....."

"True, this is a love letter" I said.

"Kyuuu !?"

"Woah" I quickly moved to support the woman who quickly fell backwards.

"Are you okay?" Just by touching his back with my hands, I could make sure his body was on fire. It must have been a shock, after all, he was probably trying to figure out who the sender of the letter was in his head.

"Umm, umm umm!" Suddenly opening his eyes, he moved his body with incredible force. After I confirmed that she was now standing on her own feet, I removed my hands from her back.

"Horikita ....-san, do you think she'll be angry !?" Ask Sakura.

"Hmm? Horikita?"

There was no reason why he should be angry. If he happens to see me deliver the letter to Yamauchi's place, he might desperately complain when he says something like, "You got yourself involved in something useless again. Haa~" At least it wasn't something that would make him angry.

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I thought that he had mistaken me for confessing, but when I handed him the letter, I actually said "I was entrusted by a man in hiding". He shouldn't have misunderstood me.

"U, uwa .... uwa ....."

But Sakura's face became more red and red and from nervousness, it seemed like she was about to faint. Merely, I don't think that this was a reaction when I received the letter. This felt like a situation where the man who handed over the confession letter was right before his eyes.....

If it was like that, regardless of his confession, it would not be strange if Sakura became panicked. Even I can cause panic if I am in such a situation. If so, now I can also understand the reason why Horikita's name is mentioned.

"Sakura, I will explain about myself....The letter was entrusted to me by someone else, can you understand?" After I said it once more, Sakura's shoulders trembled.

"Ehh-- ahh, this is not from Ayanokouji-kun ....?"

"I told you that, right? I was just told to send it"

"..... I-i understand. Of course it's like that. There can't be anything like it, maybe...**but, what should I do with this !?"

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"There is nothing to do but read it and give your answer" I tried to leave because I was just an intermediary, but I was pulled by the shackles in my clothes.

"Ehh --! No way! No way! I can't do it ..."

"Have you confessed before?"

"Never!" Sakura answered me quickly like that. It seems like he would be shot many times considering that he is this cute, but that is only because I have such an opinion to Sakura at the moment. The story will probably be different from the previous Sakura.

"This letter ..... do you want to read it, along with me .....?" In tandem... From the beginning it was written according to my direction. If Sakura doesn't have the courage it takes to read it alone, that doesn't mean I can't cooperate with her but.... A scene like this, Yamauchi probably did not want such a thing.

"All right....."

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Since Sakura was not at all happy with this, I decided to follow up a bit.

"There's also a possibility that it's coming from someone you like" I told him.

"It may no longer exist ......"

"Hmm?"

"Ahh, um, it's because I don't have someone I like. I-I'll try to read it!" Nodding, Sakura slightly adjusted her gaze, lowered her head, and returned to the dormitory. He would probably go back to his room to read the letter Yamauchi wrote.

"W-how did it go!? How does she feel! Does she look happy !?"

After it was confirmed from a distance that Sakura had already returned to the dormitory with a letter in hand, Yamauchi rushed over and asked me that matter nervously. I understood his desire to ask various things, but if it was like that, he should have given it up himself from the beginning.

"He hasn't read the letter, his decision will come from now on, I think"

"The decision? do not use scary words. I believe it'll be fine!"

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"I'll ask just in case, but what is the basis of your reasoning?"

"That, judging by his attitude as he spoke to me, I guess"

"That way?"

"How do I say it, he who shyly cat averted his eyes, isn't it because he realized that he is not able to look directly at me?" No. ... I think it's because Sakura sucks when it comes to dealing with people directly.

“Not just that. Whenever he talks to me, after that he always sighed a little, isn't that what you call ****** love? Isn't that what happened? Think of someone you love and do ‘Haa ~’ *******. I could feel such a sign" Yamauchi said.

I think it's possible, because he's fretting after dealing with someone like Yamauchi who talks to him using high tension ..... But obviously, when it comes to someone you like, they will be blind to something like that.

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At midnight, while being a little worried about Sakura's response tomorrow, I made preparations for sleep. My phone shook once.

"Are you still awake?"

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Short and simple sentences. It's from Sakura. I stared at my phone screen for a while without touching it, but the continuation of that sentence didn't seem to be coming. He probably thought I was asleep and was considering it. I opened the chat screen and marked it as a read message. And when I did, another short message was sent.

"Did I wake you up .....?"

"Sorry, I wash my clothes. Don't worry" I replied with such a small lie. As I did, maybe he felt relieved, because the next sentence was a little longer.

"Tomorrow at 5 am I have to meet with Yamauchi-kun.. can I see you before that .....?" Such a message came in. I could have refused, but for Sakura, there was no one else she could rely on.

"Where are you going to meet him?"

"At the same place behind the school building as yesterday" I did already know, but I was basically confirming it once again when I promised to meet with Sakura. Since I didn't want to trouble Sakura, I decided to meet her at the same place behind the school building.

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Now, it's time for bed. Quickly completing the remaining tasks, I turned off the power and put it down. And, my phone vibrated again.

"Umm .. sorry for bothering you so many times, does it matter if I call you?" Anxiety channeled to me through messages. It's better if I don't go to sleep and let Sakura just like that. And when I called her, Sakura replied in a low voice.

"You can't sleep?"

"Yes .... thinking of tomorrow, I just got nervous ... haaaaa" That is a sad. His anxiety was also transmitted by phone. He was probably thinking of an answer to that confession.

"I - I know nothing about Yamauchi-kun ....."

"I understand....."

"Liking someone or hating someone, I just realized if it comes with a big responsibility" For Sakura who hasn't paid too much attention to the distance between her and her surroundings until now, I just realized that, this must have been too much stimulus. But the extent to which outsiders could intervene and help itself was limited.

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T/N: Stimulus is a term used by psychology to describe something that stimulates a particular response.

The one who decided everything was Sakura and the one who accepted it was Yamauchi. Patterns like this alone cannot be disputed. It was something that even a beginner in romance like me was able to understand. I have no right to tell Sakura to reject him or accept him. I could do nothing but just listen to what he said.

"Yamauchi-kun didn't make a mistake, but I just thought I didn't want it. But I also feel bad about her liking someone like me ....."  I was well aware that love was definitely something complicated.

"..... when I keep thinking, I don't know what to do ....." It was understandable, even though over the phone I could understand how she always felt confused.

"Why am I. I think why should I suffer like this, I end up thinking about it" Rather than being happy, instead, it seems like she dislikes or at least is bothered by it.

"Ayanokouji-kun, you, umm ... ahh, you may hear something unimportant but ...."

"Ask me anything if it's something I can answer, I'll answer it" I said.

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"Umm ..... Now, are you dating someone ....... like that?" For some reason he asked me that in a formal tone.

"No, not at all. Right now and of course, right up until now"

"W-really!?"

"If you sound so happy, it makes me feel like if you're blunt” It hurts so much when he feels so happy with that guy Jones is.

"Waahh .. No, I didn't mean to mock you! I'm just happy, 'cause you're just like me"

"I was just kidding" I told him.

"Mou .....!" It was just a light laugh, but it seemed like it had already messed up Sakura's hardened heart.

"Then umm, have you ever been shot by someone, or confessed to someone, something like that?" He looks like he'll handle it a little bit. But I have nothing to hide so it doesn't matter.

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