Fate: Emiya the Host

After Shirou picked up the scattered documents and placed them in her hands, he realized the height of the documents already exceeded the height of the girl.

"Carrying so many documents at once, is it really okay?"

He spoke while also acting, "If you don't mind, give me half. Just treat it as compensation for bumping into you."

Sakura was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head shyly, "C-can I, senpai?"

"...", Logically speaking, Sakura and he were in the same grade, so she shouldn't be calling him senpai.

Sakura smiled and explained, "Actually, I should be one year younger, but I didn't want to be separated from my sister when I was little, so I insisted on entering school together."

"I see," Shirou took all the materials from Sakura's hands.

'Heavy!'

"Ah, senpai," Sakura was surprised, "Didn't we agree on splitting it half and half?"

She really intended to carry half.

Shirou stopped her and smiled, "Don't worry, it's light. Let's hurry and go."

"Then... okay," After hesitating for two seconds, Sakura put her hands behind her back and smiled.

"Where are we delivering them?"

"Foreign language building."

"Fuji-n... I mean, Fujimura-sensei requested them?"

Regarding foreign language classes, the one teaching Sakura's class was her.

"Yeah."

"That's too much, making you do all this alone."

"No, I volunteered," Sakura shook her head, hands behind her back, smiling cheerfully, "Because I didn't really have anything to do, so..."

"Even so, it's not right to make a girl do everything alone."

Carrying a stack of documents, even Shirou felt going up and down stairs was inconvenient.

Sakura chuckled lightly, then embarrassedly curled a lock of hair near her earlobe and asked, "Senpai… do you really see me as a girl?"

"Uh, isn't Sakura one?"

"No, I am!", The girl expressed her happiness all on her own, "Then senpai, next time... if I run into something like this again, can I ask you for help?"

"Sorry, I probably won't have that much time," Shirou wouldn't agree just because he felt awkward.

Giving her hope and then disappointment, that's what's truly wrong.

"I see," Sakura didn't look disappointed either. She just thought for a moment and smiled gently, "Then, as thanks for your help this time, can I treat you to a meal? Just the two of us."

"That's not okay either," Shirou answered seriously, "This is me repaying you out of guilt. After this, you and I are unrelated. We should interact fairly. Moreover, in the archery club, I heard you took good care of Miyu, if anything, it's me who should be thankful."

"If senpai is really thankful, how about coming to the archery club when you have time?"

Before Shirou could refuse again, she stood in front of him, tilted her head, and smiled brightly, "That would make me really happy, senpai."

"Alright then," Shirou agreed.

'Just a look, nothing too serious.'

Besides, regarding archery, he also needed a place to properly train.

After delivering the documents to the foreign language building, Fujimura Taiga was indeed there.

To save her face, Shirou pulled her into a corner and told her about Sakura.

"Sakura again?", The tiger rarely showed thoughtfulness. After a while, she said with some headache, "Such a pain. That girl Sakura is always like this, no matter how many times I tell her, she doesn't listen."

"By the way," Fujimura Taiga looked suspiciously, "Why would she let you help her?"

"I bumped into her," Shirou explained.

"You?", Fujimura Taiga looked even more suspicious, sizing up his not-so-burly frame.

Shirou wasn't polite either, replying with a cold face, "What, I don't look the part?"

"Hehe," Fujimura Taiga seemed to have seen through him and grinned mischievously, pounding his shoulder hard, "Sensei doesn't hate kids who act all tough."

'That's it!'

His fists clenched.

'Indeed, for the King of the World to grow, being mocked is an unavoidable path, especially by women.'

Nietzsche once said, "Walk your own path and let others talk."

Now, Shirou was walking that very path.

One day, he would become incredible.

But before that, he had to first learn not to care about others' gazes.

Leaving the foreign language building, Shirou hurried to the rooftop.

If it were a normal girl, being stood up, especially by a boy, whether or not she got mad, she would definitely have left.

But if it was her, he had a feeling that if she didn't come up during lunch break, she'd definitely block the classroom door in the first period of the afternoon.

So he couldn't afford to take chances.

The school building had six floors.

Five floors were classrooms, and the sixth floor was the rooftop.

Because safety nets were installed, and the rooftop was built near the port, the academy didn't stop students from going up to the rooftop.

The rooftop had a beautiful view.

The moment the door opened, you could see the azure sky and the sea. And the clouds, like waves, animals, insects, and various things one could imagine them to be.

If you didn't have many friends, wanted to feel like a romcom main character or just liked being alone, eating your lunch here during break was a kind of enjoyment.

Even if a top teacher visited, they'd praise it: a perfect haven for ultimate solitude.

Passing through the open rooftop door, Shirou's gaze was first captured by the blue sky and sea.

Only afterward did he see a pair of legs, suspended in the air, with nearly perfect length and slenderness.

Tohsaka Rin sat in a very curious spot. She probably knew no students would come up at this time.

Somehow, she had climbed to the top of the rooftop door's structure. Sitting on the edge.

By the time Shirou had enough of looking at the sky and clouds, all it took was a turn of the head, less than a second, and before seeing her face, he first saw her legs.

Shirou wouldn't call himself a saint. But when it came to things that weren't his, his interest lessened.

Coincidentally, Tohsaka Rin was both a rich young lady and the school beauty, not his. So Shirou quickly averted his eyes.

Tohsaka Rin didn't particularly mind either and took the initiative to speak, "You really are hard to meet, Emiya-kun."

Thud!

The girl jumped down, clicking her heels against her indoor shoes.

"What's the matter, Tohsaka-san?"

The two returned to using normal honorifics.

Who knew Tohsaka would squint, hands on hips, "You went to the cafeteria?"

"Hmm?"

This was a strange concern, which made Shirou realize, 'Something bad might be coming.'

Sure enough, after confirmation, the young lady glared and said in disbelief, "Are you serious? A normal person, when invited to the rooftop at noon, should understand that it means 'let's eat together', right?"

"That's true," Shirou reflected on his mistake.

Before judging right or wrong, he first identified his own fault.

And in the end, he concluded, "Sorry, Tohsaka-san. You walked too fast, and I didn't get the chance to say I was going to eat at the cafeteria today."

Actually, he did say it, maybe Tohsaka Rin didn't hear it clearly.

But that still wasn't a valid excuse for standing someone up.

"No!"

To his surprise, she grew even more agitated, to the point of clutching her head with both hands.

She paced back and forth, then deflated after a few seconds, "The way you are, I can't even stay mad! Who apologizes immediately even when they aren't at fault?"

"So you do admit it's not really my fault?", Shirou's expression vanished.

"Ahem!", The girl's cheeks reddened slightly, "It really was my mistake. I didn't clearly say it was an invitation before asking you. But still,"

She stared at him, "At times like this, it wouldn't hurt to come up and check, right? I even prepared two lunchboxes as thanks."

"Yeah," Shirou nodded, "That's why I think I didn't do well enough, and I apologize for that. Of course, I'll also eat the lunch you brought."

"Huh?", Tohsaka Rin glitched a bit.

'Did this boy just say.... he already ate his fill in the cafeteria… and now he's going to finish my lunch too?'

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