The day after I was spotted walking around with my younger sister by the ice queen from my class, something has been strange about the ice queen.

"H-H-hello, Kushizaki! Good morning!" "……………" "Oh, Kushizaki, your skin looks so smooth today! I'm mesmerized!" "……………" Kushizaki, known as the Ice Queen, is a popular figure in class among both boys and girls today as well. She has such an absolute beauty that it wouldn't be strange to find her in the dictionary under "a woman of peerless beauty." That much is certain. Yet Kushizaki responds to all her classmates' greetings with her usual expressionless cold shoulder. And yet everyone says things like "That's exactly how Kushizaki should be!" or "Ah, Kushizaki's piercing, cold gaze... it's wonderful..." with enraptured expressions on their faces. Does our class contain only masochists? Well, I'm fairly normal, so I don't have the guts to greet someone when I know I'll just get coldly ignored. So when Kushizaki sat down in the seat next to me, I just glanced at her once before turning my attention back to my smartphone. ——But then, "……………" "——!?" For some reason, Kushizaki glared at me silently with a sharp look once again today. Did I do something wrong again?? And so, that Sunday at the end of that week. My younger sister Michiru half-forced me to go shopping with her, and as the two of us were walking through town, I happened to run into Kushizaki. But for some reason, when Kushizaki saw the two of us, her face became filled with despair...!? ※Also posted on Kakuyomu.