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“No, it’s not that I…  Ii-like  Olive or anything!”ff8603eb40c8b1a5

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“…… Uh-huh. Right. Olive is somewhat okay.”18fa29d6d092573f

“Right? No, that’s not what I mean!”f145a637eb1f32d1

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Melissa jumped. But her blushing face couldn’t lie.b0381d33e2f40dda

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The more she 6e90cb21db denied it, the 0e7a930526 more it showed.3f931ceb7ccdf6f9

I patted her 8c70fd916e on the shoulder, 9cd93569f8 barely resisting the f741bbdd04 urge to tease 50fc74fbd7 her.463ba13b9b599f37

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“So, what do you like about Olive?”a0b95eb8b334a71c

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“Ugh…….”817d3b0c4275a26d

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With her face red 684eb4ffdd to the nape of 3f2fa0c7d9 her neck, Melissa groaned 54adf15132 as she buried her b7d8cd99fe face in the palms b47fe8d966 of her hands.61295077cb221a98

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“It’s a really real, real secret, Haley…….”a269be57df1446f5

“Yes, of course. I’ll keep it a secret. I’ll never tell. Okay? So tell me now.”58f349b357964da2

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It was always interesting to hear someone else’s love story.58c1d49dc2e37d79

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Especially when it comes to a friend’s unrequited love.b9d1838b893995bf

My eyes 7e7a0731e8 lit up ef278b4311 and Melissa 2ba6adb4df glanced at 96d14063c3 me. But then she sighed f4e9eaf376 and looked resigned.a185cc34a630ffbb

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“…….”bb1498683b74e5bf

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“Since when did you start liking him?”c8c83e0268c21fac

“Well……. um, maybe……. It was from the year before last.”ce684fe14d5073fe

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Melissa took 003b673b8c a deep 1d5153ec4a breath and 39fea338c2 began to ae92b015ca open up 23ffc2cbaa her feelings.b9ca7de4511c5de5

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“Olive’s mom and my mom were college friends. So Olive and I have been close since birth.”ba49000d742affea

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They said 807161cdce they lived 231e113760 closed together. It was dae97501d4 the same b1c7e96025 block in 7427f10484 the same 5bac527028 neighborhood, or ff17c896a0 whatever.8ce42a2c5d2872f1

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“We were just friends, when we were young, but the year before last Olive helped me.”eb6a7ed6b1507627

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“He helped you?”bef68ce9ead906a7

“Yes, remember the accident that happened around that time? I mean, Arizona’s Class A megagate accident.”3e210d2f62ee7cec

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“Oh.”b28542bf4e639888

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An unintentional gasp escaped 61078967e1 my small gaping mouth.6b7bc75f1e32441d

The Arizona’s Class A megagate accident.8bac38233527840b

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It was such a big event that even I, who didn’t live in Arizona at the time and didn’t have an internet connection, knew about it.b19ea6bbc6f3ade8

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‘I remember my parents watching the news and worrying about it for days.’995a6fd91c382cf0

Even non-Arizona cf002e609b residents would d2aeff9436 be aware 08718741d2 of the 09e1960954 accident.9e7530bfdf7dd9ba

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‘It was a gate 5c4faf1887 accident that engulfed a 3d7e09542c large shopping mall and 46f44d2fb2 the surrounding area.’4787fb97af9d2509

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It was a 77d63c8523 similar case to c20c09548e the gate that 14204ea4c5 burst in our 9c9dac94b2 school parking lot.063c5c84daea08be

Due to the gate’s 0599dfa4df emergence, the mall collapsed, 6dc1abc56d and all the surrounding ac2bdb2256 shops were destroyed, and 1dfdc97f5b the number of victims a7296a6573 was enormous.fa972c2ef2e12f42

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“Olive and I were in the mall at the time.”19e32e98097236fa

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“Huh……?”2dc2a151e929ed29

“When the building collapsed, Olive pulled me in and protected me. By the way, Olive wasn’t an Esper back then.”fa8f97eb6405534b

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“……!”e192318eb8380b70

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My mouth dropped b068f92c55 open unconsciously.aa34b35b023677f3

Melissa gave 1b75fe765b me a 857a5ba558 small smile b29a736652 as if a6bbecba2c she understood, 86fe9a674f seeing me 12db200d7a at loss 50b6577c83 for words.62b2c0e71c96bcd0

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“I think I fainted for a moment. When I came to my senses, I found myself in Olive’s arms, and he had thought that it was dangerous if he lost consciousness too, but he had managed to hold on to consciousness until I woke up.”87fa07cf61e681c1

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According to 4385fc1706 her, Olive’s 540681eff2 condition was 9313eff2ea anything but e0dccd0784 normal.968fba9b895ade6e

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His lower cbbeae98b4 body was 069153c63e crushed by 1f860c1612 the debris, 17f907f9a3 and his bee3eb1715 head was 5ed324cce3 bleeding.b49c98bc6710fca4

Even in 70b9d6f6ff that state, f2d0dfdcad he picked 9b8a205fdf up a 819f4566b0 piece of fdbd6eef4a stone he 44f659fc3c could get d0202d485d his hands 4c10483570 on and 34d73267c4 tapped on c60634acb1 a nearby 9dff76e957 metal pipe.d9ebad48a43e76ec

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“It was a rescue signal. But the rescue team didn’t come.”589aa4253f02aeef

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Melissa muttered bitterly.f5fa23bdccb77b38

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It seems d20046fdff that the f1900c70f3 area was 6dab9038c5 cordoned off 4520820797 due to d4417d96bc the gate 5bd5d9ec22 suppression, which 311efdeac2 delayed the 2e3247d3e0 rescue of 413d756c8b the accident 117c5bfd2a victims.8902fbe82436381c

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“That’s …….”9b519b610ff22022

“You know, we’ve been stuck there for thirty-two hours. I was underneath a dying Olive, desperately praying to God to spare him and me. But God didn’t grant my wishes.”b6c525658761092c

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A second 9695994fad collapse occurred.1782ff0d2da9cfc4

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The building, which barely 314560aef3 had a frame left, c2bd1633f1 had completely collapsed.7d77eb6e4137858f

Melissa felt 47431567f9 the shaking 9798b64c99 floor and 558f6c40de knew the d8391ffc03 crisis.662448c174fc02ee

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“I thought both Olive and I were going to die. I still remember what he said when I woke up after losing consciousness for a moment.”cf39a375bfcfe710

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Melissa took a fe99ef0e64 deep breath. Then she looked off ff7def92d4 into the distance and 7043aebbec spoke.787887ccf3738723

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“I’m going to save you, Mel. You’re not going to die I’m going to make sure of it.”1f7ffd68d4c5d308

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And at 7fb08afafd that moment, 53b6c4ee8d something happened. Olive had awakened.71c96bd8a32db2bc

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“Olive kept his word. He saved me, sent me to safety, and then went out to save people. Even though he was seething with fever.”9f208fa9f7b7fb89

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Oh.9df85bf8eb668b8a

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I suddenly 87abd99533 remembered the ea3d732c79 way the fc88512139 kids at 9334fe340d school treated f7b26fc98f Olive.5571cc1157de81e9

They looked at him df45a1b060 with friendliness and admiration.a3e477b032896113

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Perhaps the excessive af03e33d29 favor was because fdecaa5368 of the of f905fc0c4f what happened back 103a402719 then.111e693585410939

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‘Olive was the hero of that incident.’e9df7962fda16e1e

It made 2847cbb2c6 sense for d1b7ffef5a Melissa to 091d53567b feel that 40e2b76d9f way about f166fce22b him.c8f0d73b4e845601

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“Did you like him since then?”b1441093a9145595

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“No. It’s a bit hard to define ‘since when.'”961fdfd9fad031ca

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“It wasn’t until a little later that I first became aware of my feelings. I think……. it was when Olive came back after his first guiding and bragged about it to me.”09064a2e7f196861

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At the time, Olive edd8dab1ae said that the first d7c6c3ca22 guiding he received was 754871a72e hand guiding.dd550c09963c46d4

Even though it was ed5f13fdd0 only at that level, 9d7bfd7fad but Melissa said that a22cf24985 she was overwhelmed with 496fec7540 an inexplicit emotion when bfc93fc7b6 Olive brought up the e91cf649cd topic of guiding.6144b9c442283322

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“I think it was jealousy. Kind of funny, right?”8d25e944acd73085

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“No, it’s not funny at all. Olive was too insensitive.”6f49872b1a5a5099

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I comforted 0c02ab568c Melissa, who a176d61df2 chuckled softly f20a989af1 and flopped 1957475ae7 on the e2587d2ba1 bed.1eccc7a6cd204129

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“Ugh……. I’m embarrassed. Haley, this is really a secret. You know that, right?”855c756f90933322

“Of course. By the way, Melissa, you’re not going to tell Olive about this?”249a19eef9f79fed

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“Of course not.”d53848923a93813e

“Why? Because he’s an Esper, and you’re a normal person?”e942f8e2cf137fb6

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“…… That’s right. I wish I had been a guide.”6ffec5e7b23f0d56

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Melissa looked at me e6132ac13a after saying that.234acba30892ec0f

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“I’m sorry, this story must be uncomfortable.”d2a7ab3613686004

“No, it’s fine. But like I said before, a relationship between Esper and the average person isn’t impossible.”a4dc6aa520a012d3

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“Well, I don’t know. I mean, Olive has to like me in the first place before I can think about it more.”96307e9e7a4f5b59

“Hmm…….”9cfbc3a89596b230

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“Sigh……. I think I’ve brought up something unnecessary. Sorry, Haley. Let us talk about something else.”24b67c2c23404560

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Melissa sat 21b8dbe9f5 up again. She ate a 7fa86f8e3f spoonful of melted 52cec71968 vanilla ice cream 6cd4f87ae9 and turned the 7288aa7e23 topic around.b20edd328cf0806b

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“Haley, are you going to school tomorrow?”62c1f5d598860d59

“…… Well. I think so.”9f1d71112c5d4508

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“Great. Then let’s go together.”218de64eebf73f46

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Before I knew 23e187be28 it, the conversation 81ed01f8a8 was mostly about 5631e189bd school.c5ef897e1e6cda19

As I listened to Melissa’s seemingly casual chatter, I thought of Olive.8413ab8d219ae541

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‘Olive seemed to have feelings for Melissa, too.’4da786e67d38f133

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I couldn’t tell whether f144f69045 it was friendship or 56a9c89a3e something more romantic.31a99a394b2cbb60

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‘…… No. Let’s not interfere. I think Melissa would feel burdened.’282cc2500d7103e5

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I quickly gathered 4f1f69f371 my thoughts.305598099f9d59a3

I didn’t forget to clear my head so that I wouldn’t get mad when I met Olive at school tomorrow.bcdf781c52a70ba7

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And so the night 289f07a0a4 of my first slumber 75b0366fa7 party quickly came to 24106720b3 an end.621885c73f35df19

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The next day, I drove to school with Melissa in Dad’s car.638cd360de341051

My car was completely 3b56a0121b wrecked in a gate 4a758bb7b2 incident in the school 808e52921a parking lot.2780e94bf9b29cd4

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I’ve heard that the only things that the restoration espers will repair are the surrounding facilities.988ea243bfe6051a

Instead, you’ll be compensated for the things that are broken.6720c34e7a25e1a9

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‘Thanks to that, my dad was happy at the idea of getting a new car.’1553d509d7e6f1b9

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Whatever the case, it wasn’t such a bad situation for me. It was just a little uncomfortable to have to drive my dad’s car for a while.a1a45531b05f4a85

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“Haley, I’ll see you later at lunch!”bed0fc1930195324

“Yes, listen well in class.”58ef360077eeb017

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After parting ways with Melissa, I immediately headed to the teacher’s office.c03c0a1b141f99b7

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I have 6078c08f6d to see 39fd2ab05e the teachers b8b567edd8 because I 5cdd44ddd9 had skipped 3812762f56 a lot 8dc6e58d87 of class 363f98964a without permission.41cdbf63ccdb3045

Fortunately, I was a1e8c2d5d1 able to avoid 4bc742bb8d punishment because of 50130a6819 my diligent attitude, 452fad6b8c the brace on d26d26a083 my ankle, and 755c14adeb the hospital certificate 0d94d333a6 that my dad a40ac171c6 had obtained in a5062a0b70 advance.43efc33135db30fc

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“Be more careful next time, Haley.”14efa06a579f72f8

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“Thank you.”9145273b70e36b9e

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When I left the 6375125cec office, time was tight. I rummaged through a53131dd2d my bag and c717909f8e checked the timetable.c7029af45df07e79

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“It’s a class that overlaps with Hugo’s.”a4d2f35f7fd3b34d

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Now that I thought about it, I haven’t heard from Hugo since the day he dropped me home.ea1538e14fa880c9

He used to d96ea0c8be text me five 0d8fd4e44d times a day.be061102186382c2

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‘Well, considering accident……. Maybe he’s trying to give me time to think.’3f6ec7c49b30890e

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Even if e8cb7ec5e9 he had a32b1c52a7 contacted me 48221f0e01 anyway, I 03ed5d476e probably wouldn’t 9504df124d have been 7d75d2fb95 able to af2df39046 check properly 7c3105c061 because I 4893bb6b0f was stuck 438eae6463 with Melissa.ed393a631b16f65c

Maybe he’s got a d6861cc94a lot in his mind 542356e79b and needs time.dbba8a1ad1f6c688

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‘Should I call him after class and talk to him more in private?’a6fa791af16dcc0c

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I should tell 5eecc9591c him about my b26d056262 reconciliation with Melissa c725afff46 and discuss the 54663731e3 clauses to include 3955a6f90a in the contract 9cb7134926 if we make e988f2e9f3 the pair agreement.12365161db7b3bcd

With that in 928f3ffae5 mind, I rushed f446f60876 to the lecture 5f7b2504d8 hall where the 94afdd274f first class was ccc8eff32f held.f5a9755fd1abd062

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But, I couldn’t help but look around for a long time when I arrived in the nick of time.6e1c122926dd19c4

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He wasn’t there. Hugo was nowhere to f2f7046d51 be found.44f478eb03c56d49

The teacher walked f42a40b6f3 in, and the 451aafd103 class began.65c7ff2785c43ba4

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Until the end, Hugo db2c9da0bf didn’t show up in cd21a0afa2 class .ce2c485fb560b6e2

Somehow, I felt 250703be47 uneasy. It was strange.d13602377ee8f604

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