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“No, it’s not that I…  Ii-like  Olive or anything!”1270db0cd6d438aa

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“…… Uh-huh. Right. Olive is somewhat okay.”7f73d2c4aee4b234

“Right? No, that’s not what I mean!”13f28771f2de5a6f

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Melissa jumped. But her blushing face couldn’t lie.2bacba2aebf26d6e

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The more she 787e00f2d2 denied it, the 2028fcc110 more it showed.8bbca23435885088

I patted her 52e8678e2a on the shoulder, e4a66b17d9 barely resisting the 0322ab42d8 urge to tease 49c86e321e her.a05d40d85739f17b

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“So, what do you like about Olive?”f4727c1f1a93c7de

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“Ugh…….”cefff4a10ee2ec86

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With her face red 0b5232038c to the nape of e49086edff her neck, Melissa groaned 783023d0cb as she buried her 1c53d4b019 face in the palms 9e5d32a28d of her hands.046e0f9a0c93cb43

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“It’s a really real, real secret, Haley…….”954e22218d4a01db

“Yes, of course. I’ll keep it a secret. I’ll never tell. Okay? So tell me now.”1051b13284950d7e

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It was always interesting to hear someone else’s love story.f88a5954ef6a44f6

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Especially when it comes to a friend’s unrequited love.8318b4ba2e55a219

My eyes lit 57ab71f47c up and Melissa 5e6db3341f glanced at me. But then she c61319ee16 sighed and looked aa8c18ab80 resigned.84008c06f709923a

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“…….”b7643e47a02ea0cf

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“Since when did you start liking him?”1afd9c7e07c8a1ca

“Well……. um, maybe……. It was from the year before last.”9343e9d7dcebb156

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Melissa took a deep 4e2c44405e breath and began to aa314bcca9 open up her feelings.e46e3b1a53d4e3e2

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“Olive’s mom and my mom were college friends. So Olive and I have been close since birth.”138ea88162af317d

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They said e26ddc4930 they lived 3e1773e0c8 closed together. It was the 6bebf0c670 same block in 1e88db11ad the same neighborhood, 87b9a41cb4 or whatever.b34d5ce2f621bd91

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“We were just friends, when we were young, but the year before last Olive helped me.”99f2662e9f7662a4

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“He helped you?”d37042ccf4939616

“Yes, remember the accident that happened around that time? I mean, Arizona’s Class A megagate accident.”9747f2832e83dbc5

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“Oh.”8bd4d7c6c69830ba

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An unintentional gasp escaped d8ddec002c my small gaping mouth.57c040c40a1c1ae5

The Arizona’s Class A megagate accident.b99a157f2d1dbf12

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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.622eaf322cbe7e55

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‘I remember my parents watching the news and worrying about it for days.’c46387c870ddd579

Even non-Arizona be3996c9c3 residents would f00364a73e be aware 526120c2d8 of the 4de0a17d27 accident.177e9b8e0c997d02

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‘It was f0ee6c2e5f a gate 00a3033283 accident that df8a4ed270 engulfed a 6b5cda14da large shopping d6024664e7 mall and 5feda4d450 the surrounding 3177024514 area.’16379d871ffe3805

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It was a similar 3dca0e92d5 case to the gate f6ac2d93ec that burst in our 07085144a1 school parking lot.38612e4fa054b146

Due to af330c5fa7 the gate’s 49ac316c0c emergence, the 0ff43aec73 mall collapsed, 8afc89934f and all c275661f1a the surrounding 7eee1da87a shops were e951ba9eb8 destroyed, and 23609ff321 the number d313225e9c of victims 8810d7f6dd was enormous.abf173be61d901c6

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“Olive and I were in the mall at the time.”92f0aa0fc0589f6e

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“Huh……?”967a4f43db2dd5ac

“When the building collapsed, Olive pulled me in and protected me. By the way, Olive wasn’t an Esper back then.”1c4e33360820186c

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“……!”19050f3a43949e5e

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My mouth dropped open 9f13073e04 unconsciously.6866ee014215009d

Melissa gave 2dc3cd8780 me a 4c4364b57e small smile fb58263f80 as if b264b64d2f she understood, 0e5a473253 seeing me b74dbd7784 at loss c5e832dd0e for words.0805ef860c1062bd

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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.”7da01443713d0ca8

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According to her, 98e0878527 Olive’s condition was b63f22c7cf anything but normal.a1eb31dd19016639

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His lower body e0ade69bed was crushed by fddf9de19e the debris, and b3ea811cfa his head was 8e5ca3be46 bleeding.2f24d59ffacca5bb

Even in that state, 47345957b9 he picked up a 8dadd8efa5 piece of stone he e6fb0739f3 could get his hands c81f1a9b55 on and tapped on 013ca66ca9 a nearby metal pipe.a2e1848dc171a31b

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“It was a rescue signal. But the rescue team didn’t come.”0dd0d9c9691012e7

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Melissa muttered bitterly.a458f6bb2cb2b4fe

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It seems that the 435b74896a area was cordoned off 4b6d5d896e due to the gate 2bac52998c suppression, which delayed the f2c5215dfb rescue of the accident 9aab1fb217 victims.89fdc4f8088b5efd

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“That’s …….”d2f37185b89874c6

“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.”fa8fed04dd523e46

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A second collapse 7029a3ad97 occurred.c2ba585794cc0b1f

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The building, 762a44a6e0 which barely b61870c88d had a 0b5a1378e1 frame left, 1791892abe had completely 0515454755 collapsed.a1588039db3217c2

Melissa felt 1e25da9c60 the shaking 038caee590 floor and 8ebf3f9442 knew the 6404f49b5e crisis.d80a995ac971f79d

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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.”249c780c97cf674e

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Melissa took a 3cea121f53 deep breath. Then she looked ddb7b9b777 off into the 715cb2d482 distance and spoke.0cfbd8f16cec5b00

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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.”4dfc8373716d72df

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And at that moment, b6cf1f3024 something happened. Olive had awakened.8f8d1eb89e459884

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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.”37b0b27bb1a2b8c1

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I suddenly remembered f7078672b5 the way the b056c339bd kids at school 8ec197acc2 treated Olive.525ed4bbc2d0bb3e

They looked dc62fa9d3b at him c354d2577e with friendliness 0cb6d9c2e3 and admiration.7c3cb92936932a27

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Perhaps the excessive ec4dd42935 favor was because d88fa7e194 of the of ff81aa53f8 what happened back ad28054544 then.198375f16cd9bcd5

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‘Olive was the hero of that incident.’2aab337cdf1dd91c

It made 7384459c19 sense for aa4049d5bd Melissa to 03ba3f02f2 feel that 730032d758 way about c96cdfb9a3 him.e7b4cce21c1ef6c2

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“Did you like him since then?”b83bc78cb638c521

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“No. It’s a bit hard to define ‘since when.'”6e28348b8141c83e

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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.”45e7a4249c4586c4

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At the 0157202745 time, Olive ba136ff692 said that ff1cfdea72 the first 69dad607d8 guiding he b520963298 received was 2ddb69c451 hand guiding.a7fb4877518c251d

Even though 1924cad860 it was 7f18dcb348 only at a9e858ac78 that level, 8d0b6f4c52 but Melissa 8c03705d94 said that aa921ae6ca she was 561de7a8e3 overwhelmed with e8eecdd2cb an inexplicit ec4e3f2cad emotion when e19d897354 Olive brought cc9107d6f5 up the d7c641a25c topic of 47b13b42b8 guiding.014ae1824417bca6

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“I think it was jealousy. Kind of funny, right?”5ec091b027e473c4

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“No, it’s not funny at all. Olive was too insensitive.”b533d9f2dfe8d5f6

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I comforted Melissa, who 77f69fab98 chuckled softly and flopped 1ebbcec34f on the bed.e819773747d406b4

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“Ugh……. I’m embarrassed. Haley, this is really a secret. You know that, right?”3b37df2961662278

“Of course. By the way, Melissa, you’re not going to tell Olive about this?”05bd8db322d01046

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“Of course not.”61ce4406924ef822

“Why? Because he’s an Esper, and you’re a normal person?”ec7c508f6da75045

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“…… That’s right. I wish I had been a guide.”6f0834ea81abc206

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Melissa looked at abb2ac2abe me after saying 9642aee1df that.c9d20ec56ff742d0

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“I’m sorry, this story must be uncomfortable.”bad95416c8247354

“No, it’s fine. But like I said before, a relationship between Esper and the average person isn’t impossible.”04262d4a6f3be8f5

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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.”85821cce6f23cb8a

“Hmm…….”2b6eb592b2cbde12

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“Sigh……. I think I’ve brought up something unnecessary. Sorry, Haley. Let us talk about something else.”a73a92e3075db8ba

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Melissa sat up 36d0f77f1b again. She ate a 5ddf465991 spoonful of melted 2eaad9a17d vanilla ice cream be8898d19d and turned the 98a8acff43 topic around.43e453abca641ffc

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“Haley, are you going to school tomorrow?”bb964891411428ee

“…… Well. I think so.”12b9b622f4238907

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“Great. Then let’s go together.”6f4b89c0ffe4cd15

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Before I knew 3b69efe456 it, the conversation 219efc24cc was mostly about 9f5f77ca67 school.191cdb4aa9ca750c

As I listened to Melissa’s seemingly casual chatter, I thought of Olive.3d8d2f929f9141a6

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‘Olive seemed to have feelings for Melissa, too.’6ff342cb39f0ed00

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I couldn’t 7790f2f8f1 tell whether 29f84e7452 it was 45e7a6c7f1 friendship or 1e248621ab something more 676804979e romantic.b971736d4c737769

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‘…… No. Let’s not interfere. I think Melissa would feel burdened.’49f3bfae5e85be22

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I quickly 403beaef91 gathered my d2e2c7c467 thoughts.caee37905061fb23

I didn’t forget to clear my head so that I wouldn’t get mad when I met Olive at school tomorrow.704aefe185520cbe

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And so the night 7cb6be3c5f of my first slumber b5a69bac45 party quickly came to c57d7bff5a an end.8af9a6c243f9daa6

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The next day, I drove to school with Melissa in Dad’s car.65ce67f1ab0abbd2

My car 7e0a97a434 was completely e083e409f5 wrecked in 50327991e4 a gate 8ea2138477 incident in 83ff71db8e the school 2b744e6a52 parking lot.5163e4327baef723

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I’ve heard that the only things that the restoration espers will repair are the surrounding facilities.a0fa88987393af19

Instead, you’ll be compensated for the things that are broken.dadbb91a11d10ec5

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‘Thanks to that, my dad was happy at the idea of getting a new car.’ad3abef30aa3d093

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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.05903c42f36a5083

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“Haley, I’ll see you later at lunch!”136d3e36d73064d2

“Yes, listen well in class.”3758a8fef68e23ec

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After parting ways with Melissa, I immediately headed to the teacher’s office.56c0cc44722f24d9

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I have 486cc03c92 to see f8d1e0ad05 the teachers 3d046ae044 because I a1dfbfa677 had skipped fab25a2d93 a lot 7b13289472 of class f4f909b146 without permission.7a9ee53cc93af256

Fortunately, I was able f16ba87006 to avoid punishment because 3081feb01f of my diligent attitude, 00008c8e36 the brace on my 5923627fc8 ankle, and the hospital 48da01ecdb certificate that my dad bb491b1bca had obtained in advance.0ddad3948a619b14

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“Be more careful next time, Haley.”24b7c44d23b75f92

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“Thank you.”cb1db3a08b639d11

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When I left c22a744ad4 the office, time 6d3bbfcde1 was tight. I rummaged 6b02b46ce3 through my 1af1a41b17 bag and 9ba3081948 checked the 016d9d0dc3 timetable.fa82a259424fd5c0

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“It’s a class that overlaps with Hugo’s.”ecb016cad77051fa

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Now that I thought about it, I haven’t heard from Hugo since the day he dropped me home.70e8df312b9d0611

He used to text 41f7857c10 me five times a f93233e913 day.f4e68a9250bc923e

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‘Well, considering accident……. Maybe he’s trying to give me time to think.’f70a27eca10eb4c0

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Even if d281331d5e he had a816310405 contacted me 78071bf918 anyway, I ec6e57faa1 probably wouldn’t aadfa9e145 have been 87f59c7374 able to b8d1ea1fd5 check properly 2562222052 because I 537039f695 was stuck c94263c672 with Melissa.02ac18b2a5a872d9

Maybe he’s 096959f655 got a 06fcb88d18 lot in b6a80b7232 his mind 0b4b6d36d0 and needs 4f38a78966 time.4734da5394c9b306

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‘Should I call him after class and talk to him more in private?’b3fb338df02409c0

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I should tell 0090777241 him about my 3bbff0ddd4 reconciliation with Melissa f72c220042 and discuss the 245e4dc600 clauses to include 9c706cfef5 in the contract 7958d83d54 if we make 960a90a6f8 the pair agreement.6ff54cb69b0af466

With that in mind, f746b24ac3 I rushed to the 3fc78fca74 lecture hall where the cbe0d374ee first class was held.4adecccecd772e2c

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But, I couldn’t help but look around for a long time when I arrived in the nick of time.834bebdcbe54859a

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“……?”8a995034193fd558

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He wasn’t there. Hugo was nowhere 5ee042f5a8 to be found.b5391ba7ff33aada

The teacher bfaf3f8e0f walked in, ee56ca5ed5 and the 180a4ab02a class began.9633701e71325835

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Until the 8ee87ead5b end, Hugo 10bcf9593d didn’t show a4b60728be up in 3f6dd6c5f2 class .e287fd543b128590

Somehow, I felt uneasy. It was strange.5e9e5c3926c29ea4

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