Today is Monday, and now is my most hated day of the week. This is the first time that I lack freedom in my life. The subsequent Mondays will be the same.

I'm not too lazy to go to school today. I can’t face people after what happened last Friday. I literally became the one thing I must avoid, a popular person.

I became popular but not in a good way. My eyes are filled with a void as I eat my breakfast with my bowed head. Risano grimaces at me with narrowed eyes.

“Are you really Ritake?”

“I would be happy if that wasn’t a question.” That’s right. I want to become another person.

“I would be happier if an idiot like you weren’t my brother.”

Just hearing the harsh truth from her makes my heart sting.

After I left the house and walked my way to school, I saw Rimi in the same spot where I first saw her. Even if her hair was cut off, her posture is still the same.

I tried to chase her so we could go to university at the same time.

“Rimi!”

She turns around without trying to escape.