I'm at school again and taking a math test.

Hitomi keeps looking over at me like she wants to tell me something.

Wait until after the test, Hitomi...

She drops her pencil on the ground and bends down to pick it up.

I see her quickly slide a note over to me.

I catch before anyone can see it and read it under my desk.

I'm sorry, Kouta. For lying. For trusting him. For hurting Noriko when she didn't need it.
Besties for real?

I looked over at her and nodded yes.

I saw a tear slip out of the corner of her eye.

She wiped it away and smiled.

Then she mouthed "Thank you."