This morning I rode to K Station to buy the latest book in the Cosmos collection.

Between Yamayurikai and club activities I"ve been going to school everyday, so the neighborhood bookstore was already sold out.

I ran into Tanuma Chisato-san in front of the school. She was going to one of her cla.s.smates" house to do homework or something. I stopped and chatted for about five minutes before leaving. I"m always impressed with the enthusiasm she shows in the kendo club.

After picking up the book I wanted from the bookstore at K station, I continued on to my favorite cafe to pick up the coffee beans mom had ordered.

Since I"d gone all the way to the station, I thought I"d get some of Yoshino"s favorite candies so we could eat them together later, which meant coming home by a different path.

As I was pa.s.sing the local park, I spotted Torii Eriko-sama"s figure. I hadn"t seen her in a while so I was going to call out to her but she was with that bearded teacher from Hanadera Academy (can"t remember his name) so I decided not to.

For some reason, I wasn"t amused. Was that jealousy?

Pondering this I sped up on my bike and completely forgot to go to the candy store.

"What are you angry about, Yoshino?"

"Dunno."

Yoshino had kept her back turned for some time now. Rei-chan had tried her hardest to cheer her up, but she wouldn"t turn to look at her.

"Well which part of that diary entry has got you mad?"

Oh, so she"d caught on to the fact that the diary entry had caused this. But she still hadn"t worked out where she had blundered.

"Figure it out yourself."

Her anger still hadn"t subsided, so Yoshino thought she"d push her away for a little while longer. Rei-chan should use her head more.

"I"m asking you because I can"t figure it out."

"You can"t figure it out. Hmm. So I guess that means you don"t know me all that well after all, Rei-chan."

"Yoshino."

Her voice called out pitifully, things finally reaching a head.

Poor Rei-chan, despite loving Yoshino so much she couldn"t understand her feelings.

She"d tease her just a bit more, then tell her.

That she hadn"t liked a single thing about that day"s diary entry.