Cunning Fall [Weekly Short-Short Note]

Autumn leaves have begun to turn, and our middle school holds its forest school event during this slightly chilly time of year.

Today is that day, and we have come to a certain campsite.

It is one of the few opportunities for boys and girls to participate in activities together. The boys and girls in my class all seem a bit excited and noisy.

However, I don't have any boys I particularly like, so I'm not really bothered by it at all.

Come to think of it, earlier, when I tried to cross a shallow stream in the campsite, I slipped and fell into the water.

My bottom got a little wet, but I was completely fine, yet the boys immediately gathered around and worried about me.

Then, from the group of girls, I heard things like, 'What a cunning fall,' 'How calculating,' and 'She's just trying to show off being a klutz.'

I didn't intend for any of that at all; I really just slipped.

But perhaps, ever since I enrolled, I have been slipping the whole time.

After all, I don't have a single friend of the same gender.

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I participated in the project by Tarahakani (Tahara Nika).

*I tried writing a short-short story from the first-person perspective of a sensitive girl.

*This article is participating in the following project.