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⌗ 43:

Dear Diary,

She replied. Iwaizumi-san replied.

I saw that she texted the group chat first before replying to my private message. She sent a picture of some tofu and said that it reminded her of me, accompanied by a simple Christmas greeting with some emoticons.

I didn’t notice that I was smiling until Grandma pointed it out. She even asked me if it was from my girlfriend, and I had never felt so embarrassed to say it wasn’t—that it was only from a friend.

She just looked at me meaningfully before smiling and patting my head.

I didn’t know why, but I could feel my neck heating up at that moment.

Yours truly,
Shinsuke.

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