“Because I’m not supposed to exist after 4:30.”
AOI (second year, art club, stays late to clean brushes) Aoi is the only one in the fourth-floor bathroom. The windows face west — sunset paints the sinks orange. She washes red paint from her fingers. gakko no monogatari 0.25
Aoi tilts her head. “Why would I?”
She notices: the third stall is locked from the inside. But no shoes under the door. “Because I’m not supposed to exist after 4:30