After the lunch break, there are two classes in the afternoon.
Sayu didn't know how he finished school. He just felt that in a blink of an eye, time came to the end of school quietly.
I packed my things neatly as usual, and together with Yuezi, I carried my schoolbag and came to the school gate.
Watching the students from the Homecoming Department walking out of the school in twos and threes.
Chatting absentmindedly with Yuko.
Waited on the roadside outside the gate for a while.
Tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap.
Accompanied by the sound of light footsteps, the young man quickly walked out of the campus and looked around.
"Iwanami-san, here."
Masaka Yuko waved hello and called someone over.
"Sorry to keep you waiting for so long, let's go home together." Kato Yusuke walked over and said, naturally standing next to Sayu and trying to hold hands.
However, it was avoided...
The girl looked at him slightly for a few seconds, said "Let's go", and then stepped forward.
The brown plaid skirt floats lightly, the lines of her legs are very well-proportioned, and she wears a pair of small dark brown leather shoes, which gently tap to a tapping rhythm.
Kato Yusuke couldn't help admiring it for a few moments, and then he also chased after it.
"Iwanami-san is indeed a boy." Yuko said meaningfully, obviously seeing what he looked like just now.
"I'm past the stage of being called a boy. Besides, girls actually pay attention to the beautiful girls around them, right?"
"That's true, but it seems different from Iwanami-san."
"How do you say this?"
"If you are an ordinary person, I think everyone would look from top to bottom, but Iwanami-san..."
"Well, sometimes pretending not to know is a virtue, Yuko-san."
Masaka Yuko chuckled, "It's strange. I only started talking to Iwanami yesterday, but I feel a familiar feeling in you."
"familiar?"
"Yes~~ If you want to say it, it's like the feeling Sayu-chan gives me. I always feel that there is a part of her in you."
"That's the so-called husband and wife relationship, right?"
"Pfft, haha, I don't dare to say this. Iwanami-san is indeed very...well, confident."
"——Yuko." Sayu, who was walking alone in front, suddenly stopped, turned around and called: "Come here, let's walk together."
During this period, I ignored someone, as if I ignored his existence.
Seeing this, Yuko put her hands together, made an apologetic gesture to Yusuke, and then trotted to the right side of the girl.
"I'm sorry, Sayu-chan, I ignored you just now."
"No, let's go."
Looking at this scene, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but feel a little confused, and then he also stepped to the left side of the girl and walked side by side with them.
"Are you deliberately ignoring me, Ogiwara-san?"
"No."
"Then why don't you look towards me?"
Sayu was silent and walked a little faster, so Yusuke also speeded up.
As if she was racing, the girl walked faster and faster, but she couldn't get rid of anyone.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Messy footsteps trampled the streets, as if they were going to a place further away than Hokuriku.
The two of them were always moving forward together, but they ignored the other person.
"Wait, wait a minute—Sayu-chan, Iwanami-san!"
The physically weak Yuko Masaka was left behind by them.
Sayu realized this and stopped immediately.
"I'm sorry, Yuko!"
“—Hmm,—ha,—huh,—huh!”
Yuezi bent over slightly and asked breathlessly: "Why do you have to walk so fast?"
"Sorry, I accidentally..."
Rested in place for a while.
"——About what happened just now."
Yuko wiped the sweat on her chin with a handkerchief and continued to ask: "Sayu-chan, why are you ignoring Iwanami-san?"
After saying that, he tilted his head and looked at her, very confused.
Kato Yusuke also looked at her and nodded.
"I didn't ignore him..." Sayu said silently, "I just don't know how to speak."
Yuko Masaka:?
Kato Yusuke:?
The two couldn't help but look at each other, and then continued to focus on the girl.
Sayu thought for a moment, breathed a sigh of relief, and asked someone: "Iwanami-san, did something happen between you and Yuzuki?"
"What happened?" Kato Yusuke raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"... Yuuko and I met Yuyue during lunch break, and we accidentally bumped into her, but her reaction at the time was very strange."
As soon as these words came out, even Masaka Yuko couldn't help but ask: "Eh? Does that matter have something to do with Iwanami-san?"
"Because I don't know, that's why I want to know." Sayu shook his head gently, his eyes falling on the young man's face, waiting for his answer.
"Didn't I tell you all the details?" Yusuke's expression remained normal, "I was just disliked by her and was given a few warnings. There was nothing else."
"Is it really?"
"Will lying do me any good?"
a long time.
"That's it." Sayu looked away, as if seeing through his secret, and stopped asking questions. He just said casually: "But I still want to thank that person. This kind of boy who gives silently is very gentle."
An extremely soft smile bloomed on her face for an instant, overlapping with the orange-yellow sunlight, and reflected in someone's eyes, making her look very familiar.
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but was slightly stunned and asked: "What do you mean by this? Are you excited?"
"It's just that I prefer this type to boys with frivolous behavior."
"I heard that girls sometimes have to listen in reverse, so I guess you like it, right?"
"...Now I'm very arrogant again."
Kato Yusuke reached out to hold her hand, but the girl ducked back lightly and put her hands behind her back.
"And he's very cheeky."
Yuezi on the side intervened in the conversation, "You two, your relationship has improved."
"There is no such thing." Sayu blushed slightly while denying it. He walked up to her, took her arm and said, "Let's go."
Then he walked forward slowly.
Masaka Yuko's eyes switched between the two of them, covering her mouth and snickering.
Looking at this scene, Yusuke thought for a moment and said, "Have you ever thought about changing your image? Yuko."
"--Eh?"
Kato Yusuke pointed to his eye area and gave an example: "For example, if you change to contact lenses or put on makeup, it might look cute."
Hearing what he said, Yuezi was a little stunned at first, and then seemed to realize something, and lowered his head sadly.
"...As expected, am I very rustic?"
His tone was full of depression and inferiority.
"——There is no such thing!"
Sayu hurriedly spoke out to comfort: "Yuko, you are not rustic, because your heart is kinder than anyone else!"
After saying that, he glared at someone, his eyes full of reproach.
"Why do you say such things?" - Yusuke saw this meaning from her eyes, but he did not stop and continued to speak.
"If you're asking about appearance, it's undeniable that I think most people would probably feel that way."
Masaka Yuko's body trembled but she said nothing.
"Stop talking...!" Sayu's eyes turned angry.
"I didn't mean to belittle her intentionally by saying this, I was just discussing the matter."
Kato Yusuke turned his gaze to Yuko and considered his words.
"Although I don't think it's unreasonable, it's a pity that the world is like this, and the only thing we can change is ourselves."
A brief silence.
"but……"
Yuko shook her head and whispered: "...I don't have an outstanding appearance like Sayu-chan and Iwanami-san, so even if I change, it won't make any difference."
"This is a wrong idea."
"Huh?"
"External image is just a stepping stone to socialize with others. Although good-looking people do have some advantages, in fact, it is enough to be clean and tidy on the outside. Only in this way will others be willing to understand your inner self."
Kato Yusuke spoke eloquently.
His voice was very calm, like a friend who was seriously helping his friend with advice. Even Sayu didn't know how to retort.
"Is this saying that I am not neat enough?" Masaka Yuko murmured, her eyes constantly looking at herself uneasily.
"It doesn't matter if you don't have to listen to him, Yuko, I think you're already fine." Sayu comforted her in a gentle tone.
"Although that's true, you can actually do better...I'm not talking about your clothes being untidy, so don't look any further, Yuko."
"Then... why...?"
"To put it simply, your problem is that you lack self-confidence, which makes people feel weak and bullyable."
"No one asked you to say such things, Iwanami-san!"
"Sorry, Sayu-chan, I want to hear Iwanami-san say...and this is also true."
Yuko raised her head, took a breath, and said, "But I'm sorry, I don't know how to change my personality, Iwanami-san."
"Isn't this a simple thing?"
"Eh?"
Kato Yusuke suddenly laughed and nodded, "As I said just now, if you are willing, how about you try to change your appearance first?"
"Appearance...you mean contact lenses?"
"There are also hairstyles and makeup. I don't know much about these girls' things, but you can ask Ogiwara-san."
"Do you want to change so many places?"
"Feeling uneasy?"
Masaka Yuko remained silent, but nodded her head slightly.
"Do not worry about it."
Yusuke pointed at himself with a smile and said: "We will all help you, just think that you have been teased by me, relax and change."
"But, will that kind of thing really work...?"
"It depends on what you are pursuing. At least I am personally looking forward to your changed appearance, and so is Ogiwara-san."
"I don't think so. Yuko is my friend. I think she is fine no matter what." Sayu retorted.
"What? Are you worried that I will fall in love with Yuko after she becomes cute? Don't worry, there is no one better than you here."
"You are this person...!"
"I'm wondering if it's time for you to change your attitude toward me. Wouldn't it be better to call me Yusuke?"
Kato Yusuke said, and took the opportunity to grab the girl's soft, boneless little hand, and played with it and kneaded it comfortably, earning an angry glare from the other party.
"Please let me go."
"Stop struggling, you know I won't do it."
An angry little fist hit his chest.
Yusuke laughed it off, put his hand behind Sayu, and then hooked her hard.
"...!"
Her body, which was as warm and fragrant as soft jade, fell into his arms.
The young man quickly lowered his head and approached her face, stopping at a distance of about ten centimeters. His eyes seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he said with a hint of toughness: "Don't move around. I'll deal with you after we finish talking."
Unknowingly, someone's fingers gently pressed on a sensitive spot on her soft waist.
"ah!"
Sayu let out an exclamation, feeling as if his body was losing strength and suddenly couldn't exert any strength.
Kato Yusuke held her slim figure with one hand, turned to look at Masaka Yuko who was blushing, and said:
"In short, that's it. If you also have ideas that you want to change, just do it slowly and little by little. As friends, we will all stand behind you."
"Iwanami-san...are you also my friend?"
"certainly."
"That's it..."
Yuuko took a deep breath, a smile slowly appeared on her face, and she nodded in response: "I know, although I still don't have much confidence, but I will consider it..."
"Well, that's good."
"Speaking of which, shouldn't you let go of Sayu-chan? Iwanami-san."
Faced with Yuko's teasing, Kato Yusuke lowered his head and asked: "Strange, did you hear anyone talking? Ogiwara..."
Before he finished speaking, a foot stepped on his instep.
"Hurry up and let me go...!" the girl said through gritted teeth, with two groups of moving red clouds flying on her fair and beautiful cheeks.
Yusuke smiled and let her go.
Sayu, who regained his freedom, immediately took a few steps back cautiously, stood with Yuko, and looked at someone with a complex expression.
The strange feeling just now still vaguely lingered in her mind, making her feel very uneasy. At the same time, she also felt as if someone had analyzed her weaknesses.
Although I wanted to say something, considering that my friend was still around, I finally resisted the urge and stopped thinking about it.
Sayu turned to look at Yuko and asked: "Changing something...is this really okay? Yuko."
Masaka Yuko nodded seriously, raised her hand to touch her braid, and replied: "Well, if it's just to this extent, I'm willing to give it a try."
"That's it, I understand."
Sayu said, half worried and half sighing: "Then I will also support you. There is no need to force it. If you encounter difficulties, remember to tell me at any time."
"Yeah~ I understand, thank you, Sayu-chan."
Kato Yusuke watched this scene quietly from the side, then turned to look behind him.
Students in uniforms walked scatteredly on the streets, walking leisurely and leisurely.
I hope Yuko Masaka can become stronger in her heart and not go to extremes.
He couldn't help but think sincerely.
…
Thanks to [Bookworm at Work], [Yiwen World's No. 1], and [Heaven and Earth are as strong as the sky] for their rewards.