Yomei Ichinen no Kimi ga Boku ni Nokoshite Kureta Mono

Chapter 1 Transfer student out of season

Part 1

Mizuki had a dream. It was a cloudless winter day, but very cold.

Mizuki knew that this wasn't her, but someone's memory. Now I share my senses with someone. Somehow he understood such a thing.

And now, the person who shared his consciousness with himself was on the verge of life and death.

The intense heartbeat and chest pain made him stop sitting up, and he couldn't even open his eyes, his eyes closed painfully, and he fell onto the fallen leaves and struggled.

However, at this moment.

"Hey! Are you okay!?"

A voice came from beyond consciousness, and I felt my body being supported.

The owner of the body opened his eyes slightly, and there was an indistinct figure in his line of sight. As if someone wanted to help this person, he raised it.

The owner of the body panted heavily and tightly held onto the hand that was reaching out to him.

From the shared senses, I could feel the owner of the body holding that hand with all his strength. Mizuki also realized this person's strong desire to survive.

"It does not matter! Wait a moment!"

The voice of the person who had come to help him was heard again. At the same time, Mizuki felt her body lift.

"Someone, please come quickly! Please help this child!"

In my shallow consciousness, I faintly heard screams for help. Then, the body that was lifted was moved somewhere.

Ah, then, the owner of this body must be saved.

Thinking of such a thing, Mizuki's consciousness was swallowed into deep darkness.

*

- Jiriririririri!

The high-pitched alarm clock rang in his ear.

"Hmm..."

Mizuki let out a groan and slowly opened her heavy eyelids. Turning off the alarm clock while yawning, glancing at the clock. 6.30 am. This is the usual wake-up time.

Lifting her eyelids, which would close again if she was careless, Mizuki opened the curtain.

It was sunny outside, and today was like a sunny rainy day, the sun was already hanging in the sky, emitting a fiery glow.

While it may make one not want to go out on a rainy day, the sun is also very depressing. Once summer really begins, the weather will become even hotter, and one cannot hold one's breath just by imagining it.

"I am very sleepy..."

I just washed my face in the bathroom to wake myself up. After picking up the towel, he glanced in the mirror and met the face in the mirror he was used to seeing. Mizuki felt a little inferior to the appearance of her face.

Still, staring at his own face was boring, so he rushed to the kitchen.

"Uncle, the next time he comes home is the end of the month,"

Mizuki muttered, glancing at the calendar installed on the fridge.

Now the only person living in this house is Mizuki. My uncle, the landlord, spent about half a year abroad because of his job. It's a pity that he now has a nice house inherited from his late parents-Grandpa Mizuki.

Under such circumstances, Mizuki now felt like living alone. As for homework and the like, among his friends, he is quite capable.

"Breakfast... you can order whatever you want."

He took the natto, yogurt, and milk out of the fridge. Add the rice to the bowl, add the well-stirred natto, and breakfast is done. Put yogurt and milk on the same plate, and take breakfast into the living room.

After breakfast, Mizuki brushed her teeth in the bathroom, and gently smoothed the messy hair with a hairbrush. Put on your uniform, grab your school bag and walk out the door.

At the same time, the body sweats in an instant.

The energetic sun made people tired, Mizuki walked towards the station along the road in the scorching sun.

Mizuki, who left the house at the usual time, arrived at class calmly before the preparation bell rang. Since she didn't have any male friends who could talk to each other, she took a book out of her school bag and spent time reading books.

After reading about twenty pages, the homeroom teacher came into the classroom when the class bell rang.

After making sure everyone was seated in their seats, the homeroom teacher cleared his throat loudly.

“Ah——, even though I said it at the class meeting yesterday, starting today there will be a new transfer student in our class.”

The homeroom teacher's words made the class noisy, from here and there, I heard voices like “What kind of kid is that?” - “Boy? Girl?"

Moving in July of the second year of high school was quite the off-season. Maybe a student with special circumstances.

Amidst the noise of the classmates, Mizuki contemplated such a thing.

"Then it's not too late. Let me introduce him to everyone. …You can come in."

"--Yes"

Signaled by my homeroom teacher, a female student entered the classroom.

She was slender and had shoulder-length hair. The uniform skirt is not folded, and the style is very serious.

A child with a calm impression. That was Mizuki's first impression of the transfer student.

"It's so cute. It's so beautiful."

"She's the pretty type. Will you talk to me later?”

The boy next to Mizuki quickly started discussing the transfer student's appearance. However, from the start, this kind of thing had nothing to do with Mizuki.

At this time, he met a transfer student who was looking around the class.

At that moment, he smiled gently. His smile was somehow friendly.

...No, wait a minute. It was just her own illusion that she would smile when she met his eyes. It just happened as it seemed.

The reason why he was looking at Mizuki and smiling was simply unimaginable. Maybe Mizuki just read too much manga and anime. Too charming.

However, compared to her smile, this transfer student's appearance always felt familiar.

“Nice to meet you, I am Fujieda Misaki. Even though the transfer period is a bit awkward, but please take care of me.”

Mizuki felt a little strange. While feeling déjà vu, the transfer student had finished his self-introduction.

Under the homeroom's instructions, Misaki walked over to the seat that had been prepared. It was the very back seat on the side of the corridor. As soon as he sat down, the girl next to him immediately started talking to him.

Mizuki saw her figure from a distance and couldn't help but think.

For a moment, he thought of some strange things and became anxious, Mizuki had never been in contact with girls at all since he entered middle school. And after that, there probably wouldn't be a chance to get in touch with him.

However, Mizuki didn't notice one thing.

Misaki silently looked at him thinking she would have nothing to do with him anymore.

~

Sweet bells ring in the classroom.

After the class meeting ended, sighed with a "yes...". Next week is the final exam, so I don't dare to relax in class.

“Hey, Akiyama-san, I will hand you over to the task tomorrow.”

“…Ah, yes. Thank You."

I took the daily journal of the girl in the previous student number and placed it on my desk shakily. Even though it took her a long time to endure, Mizuki was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground when she was suddenly approached by a girl. ...even he himself was embarrassed.

After all, Mizuki quietly left the classroom among the classmates who were chatting while preparing to leave school.

However, Mizuki left alone from the crowd rushing towards the entrance.

"Excuse me. I want to borrow the library key.”

Enter the office, greet the teacher next to him, pick up the key, and write his name in the library column on the blackboard.

This is daily routine, so Mizuki was used to such a move.

Mizuki who got the key, walked along a different corridor from when she came. In front of him is a library. However, instead of entering the library, he turned the corner there and stopped in front of a room at the far end.

Unlike the library, which became noisy with students running around to study for the exams, there were only a few people here. Just turned a corner, these are two completely different worlds.

Open the door with the key, enter the room and turn on the light. And when you enter the door, a dusty air makes your nose very uncomfortable.

In this room lit by light, bookshelves were lined up in the narrow space, and there were many books inside.

This is a library for storing books that don't fit in the library. Therefore, this room is full of old books that no one will read....

Because of that, no one other than Mizuki would enter this room.

Pass between the bookshelves and into the room. So at the end of the bookshelf, a four-seater table and chairs appeared in the corner of the room.

By the way, next to the table was a book cart full of books.

Put things on the chair and plug the laptop and printer on the table.

"Let's continue what we did yesterday."

He relaxed his shoulders, took a few books from the book cart, and piled them next to the laptop.

So what was Mizuki doing in this library, which was inaccessible and only had a fake name——?

The answer is doing behind-the-scenes work in the library.

Be prepared for the newly purchased book to be borrowed normally. Repair tasks such as repairing damaged books and re-labeling books. Apart from other things, almost all of this was done by Mizuki herself.

Mizuki started working behind the scenes, exactly a year ago. It started just to help the librarian's work.

Since there is no full-time school librarian in high school, so the teacher is fully responsible for the library. However, the busy schedule of teaching and consulting for club activities meant teachers really couldn't take time off, so naturally, not much time was spent on library matters, and even teachers had a hard time registering newly purchased books.

The teacher was working in the library with a tired face, and Mizuki who was a member of the library committee couldn't keep quiet anymore when she saw the teacher's appearance.

“Teacher, I have to enter a newly purchased book into the system via the computer, then paste a barcode sticker on it, right? Please tell me how to do it. In that case, I can help you too.”

So, Mizuki proposed to replace the teacher to do the work of inserting books.

Mizuki intends to lighten the teacher's burden through his own help.

However, Mizuki's contributions to the library and the library committee did not stop there.

Since I started doing the work of putting in books for teachers, even if I don't have to work at the library counter, I spend a lot of time in the library on other days.

So soaking in the library like this made Mizuki more aware of one thing.

Mizuki herself was like this, but because there were always a lot of students visiting the library, the library committee members on duty were always very busy. Receiving at the library counter and sorting out summer vacations, as well as the work of returning books that were returned to their original places, was also extremely difficult. This way, trivial things like repairing a broken book would be out of reach, so——.

Mizuki said this——

"Teacher, please tell me how to repair a broken book. Also, can I reassemble books with spine barcodes disabled?"

So, Mizuki also started taking care of the "out-of-reach parts".

Later, it evolved into this system where one person does the work behind the scenes.

Of course, Mizuki didn't need to carry out such a heavy workload alone. In fact, the librarian teacher was more worried about Mizuki than grateful.

But even so, Mizuki who persists in doing this work is actually trying to practice the "lifestyle that makes her late mother proud" that she swore two years ago.

In fact, Mizuki didn't particularly like books, nor did Mizuki have any special feelings towards libraries. Becoming a member of the library committee is the result of a lottery. Even so, when she thought that she might be able to make the situation a little better, Mizuki couldn't give up halfway no matter what.

What's more, Mizuki was steadfast in her belief. ...However, being too blunt can also be said to be a lack of understanding.

By the way, this space for the library exists because Mizuki wanted a quiet and comfortable work environment, so the teacher lent it to her. Then, because Mizuki was doing this behind-the-scenes work every day, the library counter duty was also reduced. For Mizuki who wasn't good at interacting with people, this was really a very good concern.

Alright, I'll leave the reasoning aside for now. After turning on the computer, Mizuki was about to enter the title of the first book——

"Eh. This is what the school's library is like."

Mizuki was startled by the sudden voice. Mizuki fell off the chair.

In a library where no one has to come, why is there a voice other than yourself? However, judging by the voice he heard, it seemed to be a girl's voice.

Mizuki's brain was in a mess, and she turned her head towards the bookshelf in the direction of the voice.

And standing there was the transfer student who became today's classmate—Misaki.

“Oh, hello! You're in the same class as me, right?"

Seemingly aware of Mizuki's presence, Misaki smiled and spoke to her.

I just transferred schools today, do you remember the appearance of the whole class? Mizuki, who couldn't remember human faces, greatly admired Misaki's extraordinary memory.

"Ah? Are you at work? Am I disturbing you? Umm..."

"Ah—uh—, I'm Akiyama Mizuki. Uh, I, I'm not at work, so you're not interrupting or something…”

"That's it, it's fine."

Mizuki answered hesitantly, and Misaki's smile returned.

“Since it's the first day of changing schools, I was exploring the school, and I came here because I was a little worried. This room isn't bad, it's like a secret base.”

Misaki didn't ask him, and Misaki looked at the books on the shelf, I explained myself.

On the other hand, Mizuki, who had not spoken seriously to a girl in years, didn't know how to answer at all. He could only agree with "Oh, that's right.".

Misaki suddenly came and peeked at the computer screen on the side.

“Then, Mizuki-san, what are you doing in this secret base?”

"Wow!"

Misaki looked at the computer screen and turned to Mizuki from a very close distance. And suddenly called his name.

On the other hand, when Misaki turned to her side, Mizuki groaned and ran towards the wall.

And his fast running and screaming made Misaki dumbfounded.

"Ah... No, I'm sorry. It's not just you, I'm like this whenever I talk to girls, don't take it to heart."

"Well, I'm nothing... That? Mizuki-san, are you gynophobia?"

"Gynophobia? Ahaha. No. I've just been alone for too long and I don't know how to deal with my friends. I haven't been friends since high school. except for my classmates who are looking for me for something! By the way, being called by my classmate by name is also the first time since elementary school!"

"Why are you able to speak so easily and fluently only when you make a lonely statement? Mizuki-kun, you actually have a very strong inner world, right?"

Misaki looked at Mizuki's gaze. It's like seeing some impossible creature.

Then, he sighed with a tired "ah".

“So what are you doing here, Mizuki-kun?”

“Um…preparing books to borrow normally, doing simple repairs, all sorts of things. I do behind-the-scenes work in the library."

"In a place like this, and you do everything yourself?"

Besides, I basically have things to do every day, so I borrowed this."

“You have to do this kind of thing every day alone, is this bullying? Wouldn't it be better to let everyone do it!"

Facing Mizuki's answer, Misaki raised her eyebrows in anger for some reason.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Mizuki immediately shook her head and said, "That's not the case."

"Not bullying. Not because anyone forced me to do this work, but I did it myself. The reason is as I said earlier, because I am alone, so I am very busy.”

“So it's like that…is that so? But, why would you want to do such a thing? Even if you say it's because of your free time, it's really hard to do it every day."

"After about an hour, if I really have nothing to do, I'll go straight home. After all, am I not just happy to be able to help other people? Should be enough to use this as motivation..."

Mizuki wasn't faking it, she was just saying it in a real way. It was an expression of confidence in what he had to do.

Misaki was slightly taken aback, then laughed softly with a hint of understanding.

"I see.... you're still the same, you're still like an "ally of justice"."

"Still the same? Sorry, what are you talking about?

"Yes, nothing."

In the face of his meaningful words, asked back, while Misaki mocked him lightly.

“By the way, I know what Mizuki is doing hiding in a place like that.”

“Your statement is a bit strange. it does not matter."

Mizuki's misunderstanding made me feel like I had gone crazy. Seeing this, Misaki said "Ahaha, I'm sorry" in a relaxed and apologetic tone.

“Hey, Mizuki-san. Is that book on the table you want to operate now? How do you want to operate it?”

"This is a recently purchased book, so register it in the library system and place a barcode sticker and spine label on it."

Just like that, Mizuki took out a book he had worked on yesterday from the book cart and handed it to Misaki.

Misaki took the book and looked at it.

The barcode sticker on the cover and the spine label with the dialing number on the spine is neatly attached without being skewed.

The same goes for the other finished books on the cart. Misaki looked at the basket of books and knew that not only was the back label of none of the books stuck at an angle, but that even the height of the back sticker was exactly the same. I took it out and took a look, and the barcode on the cover was also neatly positioned.

Misaki put the book back in the cart and sighed in admiration.

"Well, Mizuki-san is really amazing. In general, it's impossible for someone to do behind-the-scenes work alone. Not only that, but just by reading these books, you can see how seriously Mizuki-san works. normal."

"Well...thank you"

Mizuki looked away embarrassed at Misaki's compliment. This is the first time his behind-the-scenes work has been so positively praised, which makes him very embarrassed.

“Can I help with this work too?”

"...Hah?"

Misaki put her hands on her hips and said something strange while Mizuki was confused.

Facing Misaki's sudden suggestion, Mizuki made a dull sound without even being shy.

“I am moved by Mizuki-san's courage and conscientious work attitude, so I also want to help Mizuki-san with her work!”

Misaki looked into the eyes as if she had made a good proposal.

So, this time. It was Mizuki's turn to look at Misaki as if she saw something unbelievable.

"Um... I'm glad you have this heart, but I just started doing it because I like it... So there's no need to help me. And the final exam is coming soon"

Mizuki quietly answered Misaki with the hidden meaning of "please come back".

To be honest, Mizuki wanted to do her best to avoid coexisting with the girls in the library. In his view, this kind of state was a kind of punishment game for him.

"I only helped you because I wanted to. And I said that the final exam is coming, isn't it the same for Mizuki-san? Let's do it together, hurry up and study after finishing it. Mizuki-san!"

"No, no, even if you do it together, it might be faster... But, no matter what, it's not good for you, Fujieda-san..."

“Don't talk this nonsense! I really don't care. Not good.”

After saying that, Misaki grabbed Mizuki's hand and pulled her towards the table.

On the other hand, Mizuki, who was suddenly grabbed by the girl's hand, was in chaos. It would be better to say that by then, he was already unconscious. Therefore, he was completely unable to resist, and was placed on a chair in the blink of an eye.

“Come on, Mizuki-san! Hurry up and get to work!”

Misaki took advantage of the situation and sat in the front. He gave her a look of anticipation.

This didn't seem like a problem Mizuki's communication skills could solve. He had absolutely no confidence that he could persuade her with words alone. Mizuki also didn't dare to forcefully refuse the other party's request.

"...Ah, alright."

Mizuki replied with a sigh of relief.

After all, Misaki wanted to help out on a whim, so it should be enough to let her work for a day.

Mizuki thought so, pulled out his laptop, and started to prepare the work that would be handed over to Misaki.

“In that case, I will be responsible for entering data into the system. Fujieda-san, you will be in charge of sticking the barcode and back label on the book while looking at the book list.”

Just look at the list of books, confirm the title of the book, then label the book. Stick it in a fixed position. If that's the case, even if I leave it to Misaki, who's still a rookie, it shouldn't be a big deal. Even if the location of the sticker is a bit odd, it will not affect the borrowing of the book. If it still didn't work, Mizuki would do a second check later and it would be done.

"Okay-! Leave it to me. I'll stick it tightly."

Mizuki thought that this person was a bit strange, but at the same time, he also felt that he was somewhat enjoying the situation.

It might not be a bad thing to have days like this once in a while.

Despite feeling that her condition was a little wrong, Mizuki started to do her own thing.