After finishing his work in the student union, Kato Yusuke went to the art department for the first time in a long time, and then went to the car storage shed on campus to pick up his mountain bike.
After waiting in front of the school gate for about half an hour, when the number of students in the school became fewer and fewer, the petite figure finally arrived.
"...it's in the way, can you please stay out of the way?"
Yusuke turned around when he heard the sound.
Yinglili was standing there with an unhappy look on her face, her blue and white sailor suit wrapped around her petite body, her legs sticking out from under the skirt were particularly slender, and she was wearing black knee-high socks that looked like her personal logo.
.
The thighs restrained by the edges of the knee-high socks are slightly fleshy. Although not much, it makes a difference visually.
Coupled with the absolute realm like the golden ratio, the whole person looks cute and full of youthful vitality.
Although the girl was talking to him at the moment, her eyes were on the ground at her feet, her lips pursed tightly as if she was still brooding over what happened yesterday.
Kato Yusuke lifted his legs and straddled the mountain bike seat, then pointed to the back seat with his thumb and said, "Get in."
"ha--?"
"Sit in the back and I'll take you back today."
"Who asked you to give it away! It's inexplicable!" Yinglili stamped her foot angrily, and then walked forward.
"What happened yesterday was my fault, and I apologize to you."
The steps he took stopped.
"...I don't care about that kind of thing."
"Don't you care a lot?"
"I don't care! I've forgotten that kind of thing a long time ago! No matter what you want to do, it has nothing to do with me, I don't care!" Ying Lili said this, but she hesitated to take steps.
Kato Yusuke looked at her expression, thought for a while and said, "Anyway, sit down first. I also have something to do to visit Aunt Sayuri and buy you a cake on the way back."
"I'm not a kid—!"
"I know, but I don't know how to choose souvenirs, so can I ask for your help? Yinglili."
After hearing this, Ying Lili wrinkled her nose and said: "What, why do I have to be ordered by you?"
"It's not a request, it's a request. After all, you know more about this, so I think it's more reliable." Kato Yusuke said in a sincere tone.
reliable……
Yinglili blinked her eyes after hearing this, her expression slightly unnatural, and finally she turned her face to the side and coughed.
"real……?"
"Um?"
"Just, you just said that I am very reliable..."
"It's not special, but comparative, right?" Yusuke Kato nodded calmly and said without blushing, "It's very reliable."
"..."
The corners of Yinglili's mouth slightly curved upward at first, but then they immediately dropped.
She turned back to her face nonchalantly, her eyes falling on the back seat of the mountain bike. Finally, she nodded reservedly and said with disdain: "You are really useless... I can't help it, so I'll help you this time."
After saying that, he emphasized: "Say it beforehand! It's just this time, right?"
Kato Yusuke nodded slightly to show his approval, moved the mountain bike next to her, and said: "Thank you, then sit on it."
Ying Lili agreed coldly, lifted the shoulder bag up a little, then raised her feet to "sit" on it.
"alright."
A light weight pressed on both shoulders.
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but look back and glanced down, and saw the girl stepping on the two short sticks installed between the rear wheels - that is, the rocket launchers.
"Aren't you going to sit down?"
"What are you doing? Aren't you just installing a rocket launcher so that people can step on it?"
"Do you know that you are wearing a skirt? Don't you worry about being seen when you stand like this?"
"There's no one here?"
"To be precise, there is no one except you and me, right?"
"I'm talking about you! This kind of complaint is completely unnecessary. Besides, why does your way of speaking sound like Hui?"
After finishing speaking, Yinglili stretched out her hand and pointed forward, regardless of his reaction, and said majestically: "Let's go!"
"..."
Kato Yusuke stopped talking and started riding his mountain bike forward.
"ah!"
Yinglili, who was standing behind, let out a scream.
It was obvious that she was the one making the fuss, but as soon as the mountain bike started, she hugged Yusuke's neck tightly as a reflex and kept looking at the surrounding scenery excitedly.
It was as if he was worried about falling, but also couldn't help but want to step on the rocket launcher. His jerky movements were obviously his first time.
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but smile, and felt a lot more relaxed for a moment.
"How's it going? Do you want to sit down?"
"I don't want to! How about you ride faster?"
The emotions coming from behind were filled with excitement and innocent vitality.
The sweet fragrance hits your nose, and your incredibly smooth hair gently tickles your cheeks.
Kato Yusuke stepped on his mountain bike leisurely and headed towards the road leading to Gakushuin University. At this time when the sun was about to set, there were almost no other students from the school on the road.
"Hey, when did you buy the mountain bike?" Ying Lili asked in her ear.
"The afternoon before yesterday, when I went shopping with my friends."
"So you still go shopping?"
"I didn't want to go at first, but I was forced to go there to buy things for off-campus teaching."
"I knew it...but then again, you actually have a back seat on a mountain bike. You have such a taste."
"I am the type who values practicality, and the store clerk told me that it would be more comfortable to sit with a bazooka in the back seat, so the height of the back seat was also raised."
Kato Yusuke explained casually.
Yingli was dubious about this, and she was a little tired from standing, so she slowly sat down on her seat and stepped on the rocket launcher with her feet as he said.
"Ah, so comfortable!"
"right?"
"However, it seems very inconvenient to wear a skirt."
"You can put your schoolbag on your lap, or sit on your side instead. Do you want me to stop?"
"No."
Ying Lili said, putting her shoulder bag in front of her to hold down her skirt. After hesitating for a moment, she put her hands around his waist.
Through his uniform, Kato Yusuke could feel the soft cheek pressing against his back, but he didn't take it to heart.
…
Cycling all the way to the vicinity of the study center.
The two bought raw cheese and chiffon cake from a cake shop on the national highway, and then continued on their way.
When he came to Detective Slope, Kato Yusuke stopped his mountain bike.
"Just walk up from here."
When he said this, Yinglili immediately retorted.
"What, you are too useless, aren't you? I usually just rush up to you when I ride a bike."
"dash forward?"
Kato Yusuke first glanced at the steep slope of nearly 45 degrees in front of him, then looked back at Eiri who was sitting in the back seat, and said: "Let's not put it aside whether it is true or not, don't you think that is very dangerous?"
"What do you mean by that look in your eyes? I'm not lying, and it's not dangerous at all?"
"Then you continue to sit, I will push you up."
"Humph, you said you wanted to apologize. You said it so enthusiastically, but the key points are so useless. I can't feel that you are serious at all!"
Yinglili looked at him with disdain and refused to get out of the back seat.
Kato Yusuke tilted his face slightly and asked, "Do you mean to ask me to take you up on a bicycle?"
"Basically, that would be more sincere!"
"Is this some kind of punishment game?"
"Oh~ If you really want to say it, aren't you the one who took the initiative to apologize? Then this level of things is the most basic sincerity, right?"
"...The question is this slope, won't you fall?"
After hearing this, Yingli rolled her eyes at him, and while telling him to keep the status quo, she moved and jumped out of the back seat.
"Well... I want to say that this worry is unnecessary, but since you think so, I will just sit in front and give way."
So, with a slightly red face, Yinglili squeezed into his arms as if nothing had happened, and sat down on her side on the horizontal bar in front of the mountain bike.
"...Okay, now you have no excuse, right?"
Some indistinct mutterings floated into my ears.
Kato Yusuke looked at the girl with her head lowered in front of him, opened and closed her mouth, and finally swallowed the words that came to her lips and sighed.
"...That's not the case, but you have already talked to this extent, so let's do it."
"Hey! What do you mean?"
"Sit tight and be careful not to fall down."
Kato Yusuke grasped the handlebars with both hands, raised his feet to the pedals, and stepped on them hard.
——Zhizhizhi~
Tire smiled softly.
The mountain bike began to accelerate gradually and rushed over the steep slope without hesitation.
The breeze blowing in front of her began to get stronger, blowing the girl's long, silky hair, as if a halo of light enveloped her.
Ying Lili raised her hand to hold her hair, her pure eyes looked directly at the high slope, her delicate little face was filled with excitement.
It was under such circumstances that after passing through a short flat acceleration section, the mountain bike began to climb upward at an oblique angle.
After traveling a little distance, the vehicle speed began to naturally slow down under the action of inertia.
"Too slow, too slow!"
"Because it's uphill."
"You should be faster!"
"The weight of two people will slow down the car, so don't force it on others."
"I'm not that heavy! And my appetite has been reduced today." Ying Lili grabbed his tie and spoke in a coquettish tone.
Kato Yusuke warned him to let go while riding his bike.
"So... you said! Your speed has slowed down again, so you can even walk faster than you?" Yinglili giggled very happily, as if she was very happy about teasing him.
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but feel speechless. After all, the speed of his bicycle was not slow at all, but maintained at a steady and even speed.
Although it is not impossible to speed up, because of Eri's sitting position, it is easy for him to touch the opponent's legs when pedaling, which is somewhat inconvenient.
"If you want to go faster, put your legs forward a little, which will affect my speed."
Yinglili did as he was told, but she said mercilessly: "You already have a girlfriend, it's a shame you can be in love with other girls."
"If the target is you, it won't work in every sense of the word."
"What? What does it mean in every sense of the word!?"
"Various meanings mean various meanings. After all, they are bean sprouts."
"I will never forgive you——!"
"Don't pinch your neck, sit still and don't move, I'm speeding up."
After finishing speaking, Kato Yusuke began to pedal harder, and the speed of the car suddenly increased! It rushed forward with a momentum like a drag racing car.
The scenery on both sides quickly recedes.
"ah!"
Yinglili screamed excitedly, her face turned red, and she leaned into his arms, holding on to his shirt with her hands to maintain balance.
She didn't let go until the bicycle rushed to the top of Detective Slope. Kato Yusuke saw that she was in high spirits, so he didn't order her to let go.
Since the purpose of today is to apologize, making the other person happy can be considered as achieving the goal.
While thinking about these, he continued to move forward in an orderly manner, heading towards the top of the hill.
The scent of high-end shampoo comes from your arms, mixed with the fragrance of lilies, which makes people feel very relaxed.
"anyway."
At a certain moment, the girl suddenly said: "Why did you suddenly come here to apologize so honestly today?"
"is there a problem?"
"Who told you that you were the same smelly and hard-assed bastard yesterday, and why would you suddenly come here to apologize today? Anyone else would be surprised, right?"
"Didn't you run to seek help because of this?"
"--That is!"
Eiri was speechless for a moment, but she immediately said, "It's not because you refused to tell me what happened, and Kasumigaoka Shiu was like that, that I had no choice but to go find Kei!"
Kato Yusuke nodded without comment.
Yinglili was very dissatisfied with his reaction, she couldn't help but frown, grabbed his shirt a little harder, and asked in a low voice:
"Also, why do you want to date that dark girl? You two are not suitable at all..."
"Why do you say that."
"Because! Characters with long black hair are very heavy in the work and will make the male protagonist fall into misfortune."
Kato Yusuke couldn't help but glance at her and asked: "Have you played any strange games recently? Remember to distinguish reality from games."
"Well...I've obviously said it every time, what I hate the most is that part of you!"
"Okay, got it."
"Don't deal with me, and don't treat me like a child!"
"You think so?"
"Otherwise, just tell me, why did that dark girl cry yesterday?"
Kato Yusuke's eyes became a little deeper, "...Even if you know, what do you want to do?"
"It's nothing, I just don't mind knowing one more of her weaknesses." Ying Lili said as calmly as possible.
In the silence, only the tires of the mountain bike were squeaking.
after awhile.
Kato Yusuke sighed softly and replied: "It's too early for you to ask this question. Let's talk about it later."
After hearing this, Yinglili pursed her lips and whispered unhappily:
"Although I hate her very much, I still know that she won't show that expression easily. If you really date her, don't do such excessive things again..."
Kato Yusuke nodded silently and said nothing.
After that, the two of them arrived at the mansion on the top of the hill without talking.
After learning from the maid that Sayuri Sawamura was out on business, Yusuke Kato did not choose to enter the house, and left on his bike after saying goodbye to Eri.
After returning to her room, Yinglili walked out of the balcony, supported her arms on the outer railing, and just watched the figure on the ramp fading away.
The setting sun gathered the last trace of its afterglow on the horizon, blooming into a deep blue entrance to the night.
The girl silently offered her blessings in her heart and lowered her head sadly.