Gonoya-kun!

Gonoya! Are you feeling ok today?

Gonoya-kun

...Yeah.

You haven't come for a while.

Ah, I'll lend you my notebook!

You're looking healthier! Have you been exercising or something?

Higuchi-kun

Shiomi-san

Today we have PE in the morning, so don't overdo it.

Thank you.

"Gonoya-kun, how are you feeling today? I hope you show up."

What, you threw away your phone, Gonoya.

"That's right"

"Yesterday, we chose the members of the relay for the athletics festival."

"Gonoya-kun, you're fast so we wanted you to enter it."

"What do you think?"

Pattern 1: Useless Human Last Part

Did you bring your PE uniform?

I did.

I hate how the changing room is so cold.

Today we're splitting up into teams for basketball.

Today, you didn't put up much of a fight. How boring.

"How do you feel? You have such a damn brazen face, so don't run away."

Higuchi, this is bad. Doesn't he seem kind of strange?

Huh? I bet he's just acting.

Ah, seriously, when I see him, I get pissed off.

I got knocked off my feet.

I didn't even do anything.

S... So sudden...

I...

Higuchi-kun...?

Hey, Gonoya.

Uh...

Are you ignoring me?

Hey, are you ignoring me? Get with the program.

Are you ignoring me?

Hey...

Stop...

Boys Changing Room

His wounds healed?

Seriously? That was fast.

Gross.

Gonoya, come over here for a bit.

Eh, what?

What?

What?

Higuchi, something's really off about him.

Let's stop for today.

What?

Well, I'm just checking his acting ability.

Though it's irritating.

Well, today I'll be lenient and only do 1 letter.

What was your first name again?

Gonoya... W-What happened? Those wounds...

No one saved me.

D-Do the teachers... The class....

Do they know about this!?

Everyone around pretended not to see. Of course, that's only natural.

Someone did this to you?

Why didn't you say anything sooner?

We're friends!

Gonoya!

Ah, since it's been such a long time, I'll guess I'll do it to your leg?

I wonder if I can keep living here...

But that wouldn't be right...

Sorry.

You were so depressed,

That I thought that something even worse than what happened to me, happened to you.

It... looked like he was going to do something to my leg...

So I kicked him off and ran away...

Umm, why do you hate going to school?

I...

Your world is messed up...!

No one saved me...

And you're messed up too for being used to it! It's weird!

If you're going to say that, then your world is the weird one!

Why is everyone so pleasant?

When one person is being tortured, a normal class should gang up and attack him!

I...

Those guys in the class... They're always laughing, never complaining or insulting...

I-It's disgusting...

So..

Once...

Once I start thinking that they might actually be badmouthing me behind my back,

And maybe they're laughing at me...

I get scared... And I start not going to school...!

That's just... Seeing people as suspicious because you think they are...

Yeah... I...

I'm a useless human...

I don't know which pattern is right.

But I still think of Higuchi

As a friend...

And "that" Higuchi

Was really worried about Gonoya.

Go to school.

...If it's rough, then take a short break...

...Especially over there...

Ok...

Even though I told him to wake me up at 7:00,

The following day, he didn't come.

Anyway, it was already too late to attend school.

So I took the day off.

I wasn't able to get the perfect attendance reward.

The AC is fixed.

There was no one inside the closet.

I wonder... If he went to school.

After that, about 8 months passed, and it was summer.

It's hot...

Huh?

Huh...!

No way, it stopped...

Is it not working good....

I should have gotten a repairman to check on it...

That moment, I suddenly became aware of the closet.

I had a feeling that a slight coolness

Was leaking out.

Surely, while it's like this,

There must be lots of other worlds that we don't know about coexisting at the same time.

So it's fine, isn't it?

That this pattern exists...

...Eh?

Even if this pattern exists...

Umm, please calm down.

It looks like this will be another busy summer.

You're Gonoya Ichimaru-kun.

I'm not someone suspicious.

Take a good look at my face.

Let's talk.

Pattern 3:

Crossdressing internet idol...

Pattern 1: Useless Human The End

"Pattern 1: Useless Human" turned out pretty short, but thank you very much for reading it!

Pattern 1 is the useless human, pattern 2 is the paralyzed senses, and pattern 3 is the crossdressing boy. I wanted to expand on 3. Definitely. That's definitely true. But this story is fine too.

If there was another me, who lived a separate life in a world different from the one I do, I think it would be really interesting. I wonder how many patterns of me there are. How many patterns there are of me who live their entire life without want, and how many there are that are always lacking things.

Pattern underwent gestaltzerfall.