"Ling ~ Nai!

When you're ready to drop out of high school, there's a call from dancers who are no longer everyday when they take their seats to get home from high school. I thought you were the usual inviter to come home with me... but what's wrong with Yuki in the back?

"Are you coming home with me?

"There's that too....."

……

Apparently, we're not just going home together. Was Masaki-san's invitation to buy food the other day? Or is it an invitation to shop because my mother said "JK shopping is adorable"?

"Why don't you come home today...?

"Are you a dancer?

It wasn't either, was it?... even so, going to a dancer's friend's house is kind of like... "normal friendship" and something comes to mind. I have to report this to my mother later, and I've come this far.

"... can't I?

"It doesn't matter. Is Yuki coming too?

I suppose that's because I've been keeping it behind the dancer for a while now... but you feel like you're deliberately diminishing your shadow? I'm still surprised to be spoken to.

"Well, that's right, but you don't have to think of me as air!... I don't need a man in the space between the girls! (whispering)"

"Air?"

Why do I need to think of one of my friends as air to go to his house?... rather, Yuki, I'm surprised you can intentionally erase the signs even in real life.

"Hey Oda! You don't have to worry about it, and I told you to come with me because I don't know your sect!

"Yes, but... gu, gu...?! I can't believe I'm imitating a man like Move between lilies...!!

……

Uh-huh? What's embarrassing about the dancer? Mr. Yuki seems to be holding his chest and conflicting, right? I don't think anyone cares so much about this time of year... is it so brave to go to a friend of the opposite sex?

"Enough! Lina-san, let's go!

"Right? Right?

In the meantime, Yuki with her face tapped on her cheek and made up her mind to do something, and the dancer pulled her hand back home... rather than go to the dancer's house.

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"... is this the dancer's house?

When I look at it, it's a normal two-story Japanese house... it's my first friend's house, so it looks a little... a little special.

"Yes, that's right!

I don't think it's the first time Dancer has ever invited a friend to the house... but you seem nervous and rubbing your voice, right?... and what is that?

"... oh? Next door is Yuki's house."

"Huh?!

"Ah...."

Looking around, I noticed that the plaque of the neighboring house was "Oda", so I mentioned... the expression of the dancer solidified, and Yuki was distracted, right?

"... Lina-san, really? Dancing hides the same nerd that I'm used to..."

"... oh, I see, I understand."

After all, relationships seem to be complicated and cumbersome... It seems like there is still time to understand what my mother calls "normal" and pseudo-state things.

"Whoa! For now, please come in!

Well then, if you'll excuse me.

Sorry to bother you.

Encouraged by the resurrected dancer, Yuki and I go up to the dancer's house together. You'll climb the stairs to the second floor, which looks straight in front of you, and you'll be guided to the room on the right edge... this looks like the dancer's room.

"Now! This is my room!

This is the dancer's ─ ─

After all, the dancer who was welcomed by a smiling dancer, Yuki smiled and pushed his back from behind, and there was a draping curtain in the dancer's room, where...

─ ─ "Cheers! Happy birthday, Izuna!

Ah, I see... things are different from usual, and this is what happened when I suddenly got invited home without any premonition... fufu.

─ ─

"Hey, what's wrong? Will you celebrate?

All of a sudden, it stopped moving at all, and when I prompted the two of them with their dumb expressions... but my cheeks kept moving red because they were illuminated.

"... Lina-san, did you just laugh?

"That's right! You laughed... right?

"? Am I...?

I suppose there are times when I laugh too... but speaking of which, I haven't really moved my facial expressions in school. Even if there is, it is a cookie laugh.

I don't feel like laughing myself... but on the contrary, you must have been surprised that it was such a natural smile.

"... is that right, did you laugh?"

"… (Gokurik)"

Touch your cheeks to the corner of your mouth and think. When was the first time I could laugh naturally... no, before that ─ ─

"─ ─ I've never been celebrated except by my mother, so... I think I was happy...?

"─ ─?!

What do you think...? You don't know who you are. I guess that means that I wasn't "normal", that I only knew (didn't know) about myself when I was having fun "playing", and I didn't even stare...

"No, Lina-san!

"Ah, yes... really? Suddenly shout."

I'm a little surprised because suddenly the dancer suddenly calls out in a loud voice... is there something wrong?

"Cake! Let's eat a birthday cake!

"That's right! I have some sweets too!

"Until Yuki... I see. Shall we eat?

Did you want to eat sweets so quickly? You both love cake and so on. Shall I put it in next time?

"Come on! Lina-san, I made 17 candles, so please blow out the fire!

Phew!... is this it?

The candle fire on the cake placed on the table is blown gently to extinguish... it's kind of a very nostalgic move.

"" Happy birthday, Lina-san!

"Fufu... thank you for taking the trouble.

I didn't expect you to have such a surprise for yourself... I see, my mother said, "Friends are good? You're going to tell me."

Ah, see you later.

"You laughed after all, didn't you? I see!"

Yeah, that's right.

This time, did you really realize...? I still think it was a natural smile... even for myself.

"I laughed because you two were funny."

"Eh! It's Oda that's funny!

"No, dancing is pretty funny, too.

".................. ah"?! "

My birthday hasn't changed, has it? Do you want to observe how long you will notice that you are 'playing' without me?

"Oda no Bhaka! Doskebe! You know, under the bed and in the second drawer on your desk, you're hiding an erotic eBook device!

"You?! What a revelation in front of Lina-san!! If I say that, I know it too! The fact that dancing always involves chest exercises!

"No! Oda pervert! How dare you look at my chest! They're attacking us!

"Haah?! I like binbin bin more! A dancing toddler is the only thing Lolicon likes!

".................. ah"?! "

Fufu... today is going to be a fun day in the middle, real... that's also unusual in "normal" "play".

Baaa! Baaaaaaa! Bukka!! "

Looking out at the lively interaction between the two, I'm going to eat the cake prepared for me... like a dancer's handmade, inferior to what I always eat, but overwhelmingly different in satisfaction.

"" Muki!

While eating such a delicious cake, it's time for me to open my mouth.

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