"Hey, did you hear that? There is a first-year student who is going to compete with Ishikawa from the baseball club!"
"Eh? Is that the genius pitcher?"
"Hmm~! They said they were going to decide the winner after school. Do you want to go and see it?"
"Ah~ it sounds so interesting, go ahead and go."
…
The matter spread faster than expected, and gossip rooted in human nature made everyone curious about the matter.
In just half a day, it was as if all the students knew about it.
After all, as a popular candidate for the student council and a genius in the baseball club, Ishikawa's actions will naturally attract people's attention.
As the only candidate in the first grade, Kato Yusuke is now facing Ishikawa, which is indeed an eye-catching thing.
Class E, first year, classroom during lunch break.
Yamaguchi Takamasa kept grabbing his hair: "Ah ah ah ah, a head-on confrontation with that Ishikawa or something, are you serious?"
Kato Yusuke responded with a normal look: "Don't you know everything about being serious or not?"
"No, no, no, that's why it's weird."
Yamaguchi waved his hand horizontally and said to him: "Because you have never played baseball before, right? Why did you make that decision?"
The tone was somewhat crazy.
Takei Ichiro also nodded in agreement.
"About this." A cold female voice suddenly sounded next to my ears, "I'm also very interested in knowing, Kato-kun?"
She has outstanding appearance, slightly curved long black hair, and her chest area strongly expresses her body posture. Instead of comparing her words and actions to Cinderella, she is more like Snow White...the thick black beauty of the witch in the story.
Turning around, he saw that the person who appeared there was none other than Kasumigaoka Shiu, the flower of the high mountain from Class D of the second year, who was firmly sitting at the top of the private Toyosaki Academy's grade.
"Senior Shiyu?" Kato Yusuke looked at the visitor with some surprise, "Why are you here?"
The girl did not answer, but just said to the two people beside her: "I'm sorry, could I trouble you to move?"
"Eh, ah, ah, yes." Takei, who felt inexplicable pressure from being stared at, immediately pulled up a stool and moved to the side of the mountain pass, with a completely surprised expression on his face.
So the long-haired beautiful girl pulled up another stool and sat down on the right side of Kato Yusuke.
A faint fragrance filled the air, like a fantasy on a spring night.
Putting the black coffee and red bean bread in her hands on the table, Shiyu said to Yusuke in an intoxicating whisper that teased the ears: "Because you didn't come to me, so I had to come by myself?"
Both her tone and movements were very natural, and she didn't seem to feel the discomfort of invading other people's classes. Rather... with her aura, the girl had the ability to easily turn an away game into a home game.
Kato Yusuke smiled helplessly, "...No, even though you say so, senior, there's no way to have lunch in the library, right?"
Shiyu responded easily, "That's why I said I came to find you."
"Generally speaking, no one will come to other classrooms to eat. I think seniors should consider their own reputation."
"...I don't care what other people say." Shi Yuhun said nonchalantly, "However, I am still very happy that you have such thoughts for me."
As he spoke, he raised his white fingers and pointed towards the other person, as if he wanted to poke the other person's cheek.
As if anticipating this, the young man had already picked up the drink at hand to block it.
"If you don't mind, please use it." Kato Yusuke said.
Oolong tea found its way into the girl's hands.
Shiyu's beautiful dark red eyes blinked twice, and she curved her lips and said, "Have you ever drank this...?"
"No, it's brand new."
"...Tsk"
The girl clicked her tongue in displeasure.
Kato Yusuke just pretended not to hear.
Opposite the two tables put together, Yamaguchi and Takei's mouths had opened into an O shape.
Whether it was the intimate words between the two people or the facts revealed in them, they were greatly shocked in their hearts.
"Uh...although I don't want to think so."
Takei, who swallowed a mouthful of saliva, couldn't help but ask: "Um, could it be said...Kato, are you and Kasumigaoka-senpai dating?"
"No, not at all."
Kato Yusuke denied it without hesitation, and then introduced to the girl beside him: "This is Yamaguchi Takashi and Takei Ichiro, my friends."
Shiyu's identity was not introduced. After all, there are very few people in this school who don't know him.
Although he himself was once one of them...
So Shiyu looked up at the two of them and said hello to each other.
Yamaguchi and Takei also replied "hello" in a slightly reserved manner using honorifics.
In exchange, the girl who took a sip of the oolong tea in her hand also placed her own black coffee in front of Yusuke.
Then he opened his bright red lips and asked, "So, why did you confront Ishigami from the baseball club?"
"Well... I think Kasumigaoka-senpai is talking about Ishikawa, right?" Yamaguchi corrected carefully, and then said to Yusuke Kato: "But to be honest, no one knows what you are thinking about, Kato?"
Facing Yamaguchi's inquiry, Kato Yusuke just said in a calm tone.
"Free to think, free to think, free to think less, free to choose my own life, choose myself. I can't say 'become myself', because I am just a piece of plastic dough.
But it simply refuses any mold."
"Well……?"
"I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds like it's powerful?"
Yamaguchi and Takei both looked puzzled.
However, Kato Yusuke didn't mean to explain, he just lowered his head and ate his lunch box.
In response, the corner of Shiyu's mouth raised a beautiful arc.
"Hello, Sorrow" by Françoise Sagan?"
A clear voice came from the girl's mouth and answered their doubts.
While the other party was not paying attention, Shiyu leaned her body next to Kato Yusuke and breathed softly into his ear.
She looked at the boy ducking away due to reflex, and looked at the expressions of the two people opposite her who widened their eyes at her bold move.
Shiyu said in a long voice: "It's very cunning, but you still didn't tell the reason why you did that, Kato-kun?"
Although he said this, his eyes were filled with admiration.
Without waiting for the other party to speak, she changed her words again: "But from what I heard, it seems that you did this for a certain girl?"
Hearing this, Kato Yusuke paused briefly.
Then he said to the girl: "It should be said that under the circumstances at that time, I would have done that even if it were another person."
Shiyu stared into his eyes, and Yusuke did not avoid looking at him.