It was still snowing outside, and Naruse was pulled out of the classroom by a couple of boys and headed straight for the gymnasium.

"It's not the first time again......"

For their exuberant curiosity, Naruse was a little helpless.

In the semester that he transferred from, Hikaru Takikawa has been asked by boys or girls to go to the rooftop or behind the gymnasium and confess more than a dozen times.

"But for some, it's a very important first!" Someone said.

Naruse looked at him, "Kobayashi seems to be particularly positive. ”

“…… It's okay, I ...... You can see that several of them are also very positive! ”

Naruse looked at the boys next to him and found that this was indeed the case.

"There are some things that you don't feel like you're ...... Ahem, I won't be ashamed of the people who have done it before. Another boy said.

Naruse was stunned, vaguely understood something, smiled, and didn't say anything more.

Follow all the way to the gymnasium, and the agreed place is behind the gymnasium.

Hikaru Takikawa, who was being followed, was unconscious and walked around from the right, and the boys immediately chose the left.

Towards the end, several people slowed down again.

They were walking too fast, and Hikaru Takikawa hadn't gotten around this side yet.

Naruse leaned against the wall, looking at the snow on the ground next to him, listening to the movement over there, but was pushed all the way to the front.

"Naruse, let's see if Takigawa is here."

He had to look at it, then he was stunned for a moment, and looked back at the boys behind him.

"It's Naganuma, isn't it?" Kobayashi asked.

“…… Sure enough, you already know. ”

The person behind the gymnasium about Tatakigawa Mitsulai is Naganuma from Class C, so it's no wonder they have to come over to watch.

Naruse was about to take another look, when Hikaru Takikawa's voice came from the other side of the corner.

"Hey, it's Naganuma."

"Takigawa-san......"

"Do you have anything to do with me?"

"The ......"

Like several boys beside him, Naruse also subconsciously held his breath.

"From the first time I met Takikawa-san yesterday......"

"Huh?"

"That's not right! It was after talking to Takikawa-san for the first time that I found that we had a good conversation, and I was the only one left in my heart. ”

Naruse took a look.

Hikaru Takikawa's expression was calm, and his tone didn't change much when he spoke, "Is that so?" ”

"I mean...... I like Takigawa-san, so please get along with me! ”

Hikaru Takikawa didn't react yet, and a neat whisper came from behind Naruse at the same time.

"Really said it......"

"Cherish these last moments."

Naruse ignored them and looked at Hikaru Takikawa, and she just smiled.

"Sorry, no."

“……”

Naganuma was obviously quite devastated, and at the same time as being embarrassed, the whole person was visibly languishing.

"Can you tell me why?"

"Why, how can I say it......"

Hikaru Takikawa thought for a moment, "Although I've been confessed many times, I'm still not interested in this kind of thing." ”

"Could it be...... Is Takikawa-san fond of girls? ”

"Who knows."

"Huh?"

"Because I'm not interested, it doesn't matter if I like a boy or a girl." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

“……”

Naganuma was speechless.

Rejected by her in this way, he didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.

"Don't worry too much."

Instead, Hikaru Takikawa comforted him, "Go back, Harumi's study meeting has begun." ”

Seeing the expected result, Naruse also turned his head and urged the boys behind him to go back.

"Wait a minute—what do you think of Naruse, Takikawa-san?"

The boys, who had just taken two steps, immediately turned around and came back and looked at Naruse together.

“……”

He rolled his eyes and stopped.

"Chunhai? He's my childhood sweetheart. ”

"Is that all?"

"Huh?"

"If Takikawa-san is interested in love one day, he will still choose Naruse, right?"

It's really tangled......

Suddenly mentioned by him, Naruse only felt bored.

They were all rejected, but do you still have to ask for a result?

And Hikaru Takikawa smiled, still the same sentence as before.

"Who knows."

Naruse wanted to see Naganuma's reaction, and looked at it again.

“……”

On the other side of the corner, Hikaru Takikawa's eyes widened and he looked at him with some surprise.

"Chunhai? …… It's too much to eavesdrop. ”

"No, that ......"

The footsteps behind him were messy, and Naruse turned around, and the boys had already run away.

"Huh? Anyone else? Hikaru Takikawa walked over quickly.

And seeing Naruse who suddenly appeared, Naganuma was more embarrassed than him, didn't say anything, turned around and went back from the other side.

"Wow...... There were so many people here. ”

Hikaru Takikawa only had time to see a few backs, and when he turned around, he saw that Naganuma had already left, and he didn't bother to catch up.

The remaining two looked at each other.

"Eavesdropping is too much."

"I'm sorry." Naruse immediately apologized, but still explained to himself, "They pulled me over." ”

Hikaru Takikawa smiled and didn't ask who it was.

"I'm not mad at Harumi."

The two leaned against each side of the wall, not in a hurry to go back.

"It's just that if it's a girl today, in this case, she might cry."

"Really...... You think about it a lot. ”

"Considering it, I should actually say that I have experienced a lot of situations in the past two years. The first time I was confessed by a girl, I didn't know how to refuse. ”

"I'm pretty good at it now."

"It's alright."

She laughed, "But if you can, I still hope they don't confess, because some people disappear after being rejected, and they can still be friends before." ”

Naruse pursed her lower lip and did not comment.

"Let's go back to the classroom."

The two walked back.

"Anyway, how much did they just overhear?"

"They're coming faster than you."

"Wow, boy......"

"Let's go back and teach them a lesson."

She smiled, "Okay." ”

Back in the C classroom, the boys were still sitting around Naruse's seat, and Naganuma was nowhere to be seen, probably too ashamed to stay in the classroom any longer.

Kobayashi and the others dodged their eyes, trying to pretend that nothing had happened and continue to receive counseling.

"I have something to announce." Hikaru Takikawa suddenly spoke.

Naruse stood nearby, ready to see how she taught them, but she suddenly grabbed his arm and leaned in.

"After what happened just now, Chunhai and I decided to date."

"Hey ......"

He was just stunned for a moment, and the boys reacted much more violently.

"Huh-"

The rest of the room looked over.

"Because among the people who eavesdropped just now, only Chunhai stayed and didn't escape."

“……”

The boys who had focused their eyes on him began to look at him again.

Of course, they also quickly understood that the so-called interaction was just a joke.

Naruse glared at her and struggled again, and Hikaru Takikawa smiled at him, letting go of his arm and staring at the boys.

"Xiaolin, were you there just now?"

Xiao Lin was turning his head to look to the side, "That ......"

"I remember when you confessed to me last semester and was rejected, you seemed to be crying, right? The next time I eavesdrop, I'll tell someone about it. ”

“…… Haven't you already said it! ”

Naruse shook his head and returned to his seat.

Takikawa Hikaru warned the few people who had been eavesdropping just now, and only after getting their assurance did he smile slightly, "Let's continue the study meeting." ”

And just a few minutes after continuing, Naoko hurriedly appeared at the door of the classroom.

Glancing at Naruse, she looked at Hikaru Takikawa behind him again, and before she could come over, she was pulled by a girl in the front row.

She whispered something, and Naoko was stunned for a moment, and a little helplessness quickly flashed on her face.

“……”

Seeing that Naruse was still looking at herself, she pursed her lower lip and pointed outside, indicating that she was going back to the ministry.

He nodded, raised the textbook in his hand and waved it twice.

Other than that, the two did not communicate more.

Hikaru Takikawa sat in the back, taking in the movements of the two of them.

"Why did Naoko come and go?"

“…… Let's see the excitement. ”

"What's the excitement?"

"It's over."

(End of chapter)