69novels Chapter 35 Oh? Is that so?
Chapter 35 Oh? Is that so?
After Shirakawa Yuta and Imai Chinatsu made their decision, they went out for a meal together. Of course, the other person paid, since he was penniless at the moment.
If you really try to impress them by asking them out, you'll likely be eating dirt for the next while.
It was past 10 p.m. when he got home.
Chiba Daio left and returned to the island this morning, and the entire building is now just the two of them again.
Yuta Shirakawa pushed open the door, and thick darkness rushed in from inside, without a single ray of light.
Just as Shirakawa Yuta was wondering where Chiba Sena had gone, a voice suddenly came from the sofa in the living room, startling him.
"Where did you go? Why are you only coming back now?"
Yuta Shirakawa took a step back, and after recognizing Sena Chiba's voice, he gently patted his chest and said:
"You're sitting in the living room with the lights off and not using your phone, are you trying to play the ghost?!"
In the darkness, Chiba Sena secretly laughed; she would never admit that she had done it on purpose.
"Tick-tock~"
Upon hearing Shirakawa Yuta turn on the light, she quickly suppressed her smile and said sternly:
Where did you go this afternoon?
Yuta Shirakawa looked at her, somewhat puzzled. She hadn't done this before, so what was she doing today?
Chiba Sena seemed to read Shirakawa Yuta's mind, and said:
"Have you forgotten what my dad said last night? If you come home late, you should tell him what you were doing."
Yuta Shirakawa chuckled upon hearing this, and said with a smile, "Really? But I seem to remember that Uncle Chiba's rule was specifically for you?"
"Huh? How is that possible! Both of them have to abide by it."
Yuta Shirakawa shrugged: "I don't have a performance tonight, how could it be targeting two people?"
Chiba Sena fell silent, her face flushing red instantly.
He stood up from the sofa, said nothing, and walked straight towards the bedroom.
Yuta Shirakawa laughed heartily as he watched her retreating figure, causing Sena Chiba to quicken her already brisk pace and slam the door shut with a loud "bang."
Yuta Shirakawa didn't rush to wash up. Instead, he sat on the sofa for a while and then took out his phone to send a message to Sena Chiba on Line.
Yuta Shirakawa: I went to Kanda to meet a friend for dinner tonight. I'll let you know in advance next time.
The "read" status appeared quickly, but the reply never came.
Just as Shirakawa Yuta turned off his phone, thinking the other party wouldn't reply, the screen suddenly lit up.
Chiba Sena: Oh.
The other party retracted a message.
Chiba Sena: Okay, be careful!
Yuta Shirakawa smiled faintly after reading the message. He didn't reply, but instead walked to the window and looked out at the vast night sky.
A bright moon hangs high in the sky, surrounded by several stars—one, two, three, four…
Thankfully, everything is just right.
……
The next afternoon, Yuta Shirakawa, Masako Takahashi, and Takeshi Kurosaki waited for another person at the school gate.
However, it wasn't Reina Matsuzaka.
Originally, Matsuzaka Rena was indeed going to go with them, but this afternoon, Takahashi Masako suddenly told them that Matsuzaka Rena was going with the e-sports club and that another friend would be coming to join them.
Yuta Shirakawa and the other man didn't object much; they were just out having fun together anyway, so it didn't matter who they brought.
Yuta Shirakawa was a little bored, so he said to Takeshi Kurosaki, who was constantly peeking at the legs of passing girls:
"Tsuyoshi, don't you have kendo club practice today? Why did you come out so early? I thought I was going to wait for you at the arcade."
After hearing Shirakawa Yuta's words, Kurosaki Takeshi reluctantly withdrew his gaze, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"The Kui Xing Flag competition is about to begin. Captain Hoshino has been leading them in special training lately and hasn't had time to look after us. I'm sneaking out for a day, and no one will know anyway."
Yuta Shirakawa raised an eyebrow and said with a teasing smile, "You'd better not get caught in the end, or you'll be in big trouble if Hoshino Tsukizuru catches you."
Kurosaki Tsuyoshi waved his hand dismissively: "Oh, definitely not. Hoshino Tsukizuru trains until evening every day, how would she find out? Besides, I took a day off, saying I had a stomachache, so even if she did find out, it wouldn't matter."
Yuta Shirakawa then nodded.
Neither of them noticed the somewhat strange expression on Masako Takahashi's face.
"Oh right, it's kind of strange."
Ignoring Shirakawa Yuta's reaction, Kurosaki Takeshi continued:
"The senior who participated in the Kui Xing Flag competition last year has already graduated. Logically, they should have started the selection process for the Kendo Club. Why is there no movement at all this year? Even the special training participants are still one person short. What should we do with the remaining one?"
Yuta Shirakawa raised an eyebrow and said, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I'll fill in the last one."
Upon hearing this, Kurosaki Tsuyoshi chuckled and said, "Yuta, I never expected you to have such a humorous side."
Yuta Shirakawa crossed his arms and asked jokingly, "Why can't it be me? Is it because I'm not strong enough?"
Kurosaki Takeshi shook his head: "No way, your strength is more than enough, far more than enough. Even that girl Hoshino Tsukigen can't beat you, there shouldn't be anyone stronger than you in the entire kendo club."
Yuta Shirakawa glanced behind Takeshi Kurosaki, his pupils contracting sharply before returning to normal. He continued with a playful tone, "Then why can't it be me?"
Kurosaki Takeshi, completely oblivious to anything amiss, grew increasingly excited as he spoke, exclaiming, "What do you think? Don't you know what you've been doing in the kendo club?"
Yuta Shirakawa shook his head, feigning confusion, and said, "Captain Hoshino isn't that petty..."
"She's petty?! I've never seen anyone more petty than her in the whole world. You forgot that last time we were just a little bit late, and she made us run twenty laps around the track as punishment! A full twenty laps!"
Yuta Shirakawa forcefully suppressed the smile that was about to spill from his lips and continued, "How come I don't remember? I remember Captain Hoshino was perfectly fine."
Kurosaki Tsuyoshi scoffed, "She's a good person? If she's a good person, then there are no bad people in the world."
As she spoke, she pulled up her pants and pointed to a bruise that resembled a stick, saying, "Look, this is where you beat me up when we sparred after you left. Knowing we were friends, you took it out on me because you couldn't beat me. That woman, Hoshino Tsukizuru, is so petty and wicked!"
"Oh? Is that so?"