Ghost School

Fruit Eaten by Caterpillars

"Then... Izumi didn't say anything about you either. And you know everything about me. But I don't know about you at all. Isn't that unfair?" Much

"Well..." I flinched

"What did I say?!" Thought

I glanced towards Izumi.

"Wine! I said something sensitive to Izumi!"

Izumi's face looked flat with her dreamy eyes. Seeing Izumi like that makes me even more creepy.

"Ah, um... The sky is beautiful, yes. I wanted to look out" I panicked and switched the conversation.

"Let's get out. I haven't seen the neighborhood in a long time either"

I immediately walked to the balcony door and stood behind the fence staring around my house.

"Hmm?"

"Izumi, look, there's a ripe fruit. Looks good"

I also picked fruit that dangled beside the balcony of my room. The fruit is red and looks sweet.

I split the fruit in half to divide it into Izumi. But...

"!!!"

"There's a caterpillar! The fruit looks good and fine"

Izumi looked at the fruit in my hand with a blank look.

"If the fruit has feelings and can think, what does he think of the animal perched on his body?" Ask Izumi

"Eh? Ma'am... The fruit thinks the animal sucks?" My answer is confused

"really. He will be angry at the animals that eat him. But when compared to the animal, he will be more angry at himself because he can't even do anything to the animal that eats it even though he knows it"

"But what can fruit do? The fruit is not even allowed to move arbitrarily and move if there is a wind that blows. What can he do to the animals that crowd him?"

"Fruit can only hope if the animal goes away from him. But in reality, the more delicious the fruit is, the more animals swarm around. The fruit hates animals that eat it. It is the animal that destroys the fruit's life until it becomes rotten"

Izumi took the fruit that was in my hand.

"Outside it looks smooth and looks sweet. Who would have thought there were so many caterpillars eating this fruit?"

"Isn't this fruit very pityful? He looks delicious in the eyes of other fruits that can make other fruits envious, but in reality, this fruit is even worse than other fruits"

Izumi's eyes that had been focused on looking at the fruit were now looking into my eyes.

"If you think, what's the fault of this fruit so that he can experience it?" Ask Izumi

"Ti.. doesn't exist?" My answer is getting confused

"The fault of this fruit is only one, that it is too sweet and tasty to tempt the animals to swarm it"

"Had the fruit been ordinary, the animals that swarm it wouldn't have been this much"

"That's why this fruit is not even worth eating" Izumi said and immediately threw the fruit away.

"And sliced it, the fruit doesn't even expect to be a good-to-eat fruit"

"...."

I'm speechless. I don't understand what the reason Izumi said something strange like this.

Then Izumi looked back at me.

"Eh, what? Is there something?" I'm just nervous

"Nothing"

"Em, what do you mean talking about that fruit?" Much

"No intention whatsoever" Izumi said and turned her back to me.

"I just want to say, don't be too trusting and hope in something that looks good. It's possible that behind it there's something you can't even imagine before" Izumi said and walked in.

"Unlike you usually are. Usually you always get to the point. But now you're saying such convoluted things. It feels a little weird"

"I also feel like there's another point Izumi wants to convey from that story" I thought

"What does this have to do with what you said in our previous conversation?" Much

Izumi ignored my words and continued walking.

Izumi's lower body had also started to disappear as if it was removed by the wind around her.

"Wait!"

Izumi turned her head towards me and her teleportation failed. The wind that was around Izumi disappeared and his body also returned intact.

"What's wrong?"

"Where are you going?"

"Back to school. You know I'm the leader? I also have to take care of my territory"

"Ah, so is it. If you really want to come back, at least say it first and say hello to me. When you want to just leave?" I said scowl

"alright. I went back to school, Her Highness Princess Kintsuki Asahi Yurin. I'll come back here again later" Izumi said with her head slightly lowered towards me, her right leg crossed back, then her right hand held her chest and her left hand bent back. His speech and style were very similar to a prince greeting the princess.

After that, Izumi disappeared in a pose that remained that way.

"What's that very formal saying? And then his style too. I am not the princess" I murmured

I was silent for a while and laughed a little.

"But, seeing Izumi like that is also funny" I thought

*

In the evening.

I was half asleep and was about to enter a deep sleep on my soft bed.

However, I woke up because my bed was slightly swaying.

"aaah... Why does he come at night and disturb my sleep?" Thought

"What's up, Izumi?" I asked in a quiet voice and still closed my eyes

"Why are you awake?"

"That's because you came"

"I didn't mean to wake you up"

I looked back, looking at Izumi who was sitting on the edge of my bed.

"If you didn't mean it, I'd still wake up because of you!" Mutted

"So, what do you need to do here? You can't come here for no reason, can you?" Much

"What other reason is there? because you are bound to me, and I am also bound to you" Izumi replied

"That's all?"

"Yes"

"Basic... I thought what the hell was wrong..." I muttered and then prepared to go back to sleep.

"Hey..."

"What's wrong?"

"You want to just sleep?"

"Of course" I said and lay down. But Izumi immediately held my hand.

"What else is it?" Much

"Let's talk to me!"

"Well?!"

Although it was dark because the lighting was only on the sleeping lights, but I could see Izumi's hopeful expression. I was astonished to see Izumi who usually looks cold suddenly act cute like a child who invites her brother to play.

"Me... What do we want to talk about?" Much

"Whatever doesn't matter"

"What's the reason she came here because she was lonely at school, and then decided to see me?"

"I feel sorry for him. Tomorrow if I wake up a little bad luck is no problem, right?" Thought

I got up and turned on the lights, and sat opposite Izumi on the bed with a blanket covering my back.

"All right, I'll keep you company"