(Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's PoV)
It's been three days since I have arrived in Advanced Nurturing High School, a government funded high school with its speciality being isolation from the outside world.
"Horikita—"
"Can you not disturb me?"
Getting rejected by Horikita for a conversation, I looked around for another target.
Just as I was about to poke the back of the guy sitting in front of me, he got up and left.
...Making friends is surprisingly difficult.
I glanced at Horikita, who was scoffing at my failed attempt.
"Ayanokoji, my best friend! Let's go to the cafeteria! My treat!"
"No way! It's my treat! Ayanokoji is my best friend!"
Ike called me his best friend. Yamauchi was fighting with Ike for treating me.
What's this? Ike and Yamauchi are competing over who is my best friend?
Didn't they call me gloomy yesterday?
Are they luring me out to bully me?
I cast aside those useless thoughts and instantly got up from my seat.
It seems that my popular phase has arrived. I wouldn't let this opportunity to make friends slip by.
"Haha, now that I think about it, you are quite handsome, Ayanokoji. Right Yamauchi?"
"Yeah! You are a bit inferior than me, but I guess I will help you out in finding a girlfriend."
Ike and Yamauchi showered me with praises along the way to the cafeteria, and even I, who doesn't know anything about social interactions, was getting suspicious of these two.
Why are they being so nice to me?
"Ayanokoji, order whatever you like! It's on us!"
"Ah, sure."
Still, I decided to order the most expensive meal set. I wonder how will it taste?
They also ordered the same thing, and we went to a seat to eat together.
Eating together makes us friend, right?
Still... they are eyeing me rather intensely.
And as soon as I took the first bite, they put their hands on my shoulders.
"Ayanokoji, let's exchange numbers."
"Sure."
My contact list grew from Kushida to Yamauchi and Ike as well.
I can call an entirety of three people now.
Maybe now they will include me in their plans for the weekend?
Both of them were peeking over my contact list, and were confused for some reason.
"Eh? You haven't saved your sister's number yet?"
Yamauchi blurted this nonsense.
"I don't have any sister."
"Why are you lying, Ayanokoji? We are your best friends. Why don't you share her number?"
"You must have misunderstood something. I don't have any sister."
I couldn't help but feel disappointed. So they are just acting as my 'best friends' to approach my supposedly sister?
Still, I am curious.
"Who are you talking about? Can I see her?"
They suddenly grabbed my arms.
"Let's go! You are very bad at joking, hahahahaha! So you will directly introduce us, right?"
"Let me first finish the meal—"
"It's best to not waste time!"
But wasting food isn't good either, right?
I looked back at my abandoned food in regret as they dragged me towards another class.
Class 1-B.
And just as I was at the door, I saw her.
Sitting on the first seat in the second column from the door, long brown hair, purple eyes, a huge rack, and a 90% same face as me.
She was eating her bento by herself, but as she looked at me and our eyes met, she froze.
I instinctively knew, that she is indeed, my twin sister.