Dusk had passed, and it was pitch black outside the window, and the branches and leaves in the deep woods were rustling in the wind, and the stereo of the pre-prepared test of courage began to play those terrifying elements.

Every now and then, the call of the spirit, the incomprehensible murmur, suddenly became sharp again, like the sound of a coin scratching the glass, followed by a scream of terror.

"Wow... Although it was arranged by a layman, it was unexpectedly very infiltrating..."

"Did the staff at the hotel also help?"

After dinner, the students gathered at the entrance to the mountain, looking at the dark and deep road and the faint red light inside, everyone laughed and sighed.

"Okay, when it's time to draw lots, everyone will come to my side to get the number first, and then after the lottery is rounded, go in groups of two to try their courage, remember not to stay on the way for more than thirty seconds, otherwise there will be monsters chasing you~" A girl in class A wearing a hideous ghost mask held a microphone and threatened the students.

It's just that her tone is soft, and it doesn't make people feel nervous at all.

"It's not scary at all~"

"I'm looking forward to a monster chasing me, I hope you Class A can give you a little more strength~"

Half of the students in class A go to play ghosts, and the other half can participate in the test of courage, but in their plan, the half of the students who choose to participate in the test of courage can actually be regarded as werewolves, and they will cooperate with the scary class A actors at any time, so as to increase the changes in the whole test of courage.

Imagine that the boys and girls who talk and laugh with you turn their heads and become ghosts...

Well, it should be a pretty good experience, right?

At this time, Mao Himekawa, who put on makeup and changed into a shabby white robe, grinned.

It was her idea!

"Alright, then let's get into the lottery!"

"Let's come up one by one! Then, according to their respective numbers, find the corresponding partner! ”

Murayama glanced at his number.,And then immediately began to confirm the number of his childhood friend in the chat window.,After finding out that it wasn't a group.,I urgently found the person who got the corresponding number.,Exchange on the spot.。

And there are many people like Murayama who are upright and upright exchanging numbers, and everyone obviously has a strong sense of purpose in this test of courage.

If it weren't for the sake of falling in love, who would have come so actively to participate in this so-called test of courage conference?

For these careful thoughts of the students, the teachers who watched from the sidelines also said that they were accustomed to it. After all, as a public high school, they definitely won't do anything to restrict students from falling in love.

With careful thoughts, Komura Yuka and Asada Ako looked at the number in their hands, and then glanced at Saionji Akino, who finally got the number.

19… 19…

"Ah......" After seeing that it was Asaba Oriyuki from Class B who got the 19th, the two girls frowned slightly.

"Is it such a coincidence? Black-box operation, right? ”

"It seems that that Asaka Oriyuki is also quite scheming."

"Tsk..."Komura Yujia has lost interest in this test of courage, "Are you still going to join in the fun?" ”

"I don't want to go." Asako Asada said.

"That's... I'm the 25th, Komura classmates, please advise..."An ordinary boy who was a little cringe, timid, and the same height as Komura Yujia walked over slowly, and his eyes were obviously full of anticipation and shyness when he looked at Komura Yujia.

It's so lucky.,I didn't expect to meet a beautiful girl in class D.,Although I heard that the temper is not very good? But being able to team up with a beautiful girl, even if it's worth being scolded!

"Hello, I'm No. 39, Takadai Ishikawa from Class B, Asada-san, it's a pleasure to team up with you." On the other side came a relatively handsome, clean and refreshing boy with a height of 180, his eyes were very confident, obviously thinking that no one would refuse him.

Komura Yuka and Asada Ako glanced at each other, and they wanted to reject them in a mocking tone, but, on second thought, they thought of the past, the period when they had a bad attitude towards Saionji Akino.

If it is said that it is the same when facing other people now, only when the attitude of facing him has become better, then in fact, the two of them are no different from before, and they can't be called any changes.

Komura Yujia pursed her lips and turned to a coquettish smile: "That, I actually want to go to the courage test with Yazi, can we exchange number plates with you?" ”

"Well, please, I want to leave a memento with You Jia." Asako Asada also chuckled and said in a sincere tone.

Both boys were stunned for a moment, and then the boy from Class B politely handed them the number plate.

"Thank you~"

"Thank you, you are such a good person~" Komura Yuka smiled and took the number plate, then took Asada Ako's hand and walked quickly to the entrance of the test of courage.

At the moment when he walked in, Komura Yujia suddenly smiled and said, "Na, Yazi, I feel pretty good, as long as you have a better attitude towards others, in fact, many things are easy to solve." ”

Asada Ako also smiled, "Indeed." ”

…

Asaba Oriyuki took the number plate and came to the side of Saionji Akino, "Saionji-kun, what a coincidence... I'm going to ask you for more advice tonight. ”

The girl still had a smile as shallow as a lotus flower on her face, but Saionji Akino was keenly aware of something, and... The way of speaking also has a more pronounced sense of distance?

"Asaba-san, are you not feeling well?" Saionji Akino thought back to what happened today, and felt as if nothing had happened, so he asked with concern.

"Huh? No..."Asa Ha Oriyuki subconsciously dodged Saionji Akino's gaze, and replied with a smile: "Saionji-kun, let's go in quickly, or we will be the last group." ”

"Well, okay..."Saionji Akino was still puzzled, but he still took the first step.

The two entered the woods.

"Asaba-san, don't you follow?" Saionji Akino thought it was strange why it suddenly became like this.

The girl who used to be generous in everything she did was suddenly... Becoming very scared of yourself?

"Ah, well, okay..."Asa Ha Oriyuki even used her sister's "ah" tone, which shows that she is indeed abnormal at this time.

Subsequently, the two only got a little closer, but compared to walking side by side in the past, there was still half the distance of their arms.

The demons and monsters that pop up from time to time, the sound and lighting effects, and the intimidation made by the actors of Class A have not received any feedback from the two of them.

Mao Himekawa, who was about to pretend to be a female ghost and jump out to scare them, was even more puzzled, she looked at Makoto Fukuzawa, who was sitting next to her eating cookies and watching the play, "What's the situation?" ”

"Shh Fukuzawa Makoto continued to watch carefully, but didn't reply, and didn't even eat the biscuits.

Asaba Oriyuki didn't expect that she would be so troubled by this, the best thing she did in dating was to control the distance, so this could make many people like her very much.

But it is precisely because she is thinking about the problem of controlling distance all the time that for so long, no friend can really come to her heart.

Apart from... Outside of the three original branches encountered in elementary school.

For Saionji Akino, she also feels that this is a friend who can go to her heart, but at present, she feels that it still takes time, too fast, too easy to get, even if he is really good, but Asa Ha Oriyuki instinctively still feels a little empty in her heart.

After knowing that Kaoru Kijima wanted to confess to Saionji Akino, she was suddenly troubled by a nameless anxiety, she was not ready to let her relationship with Saionji Akino change, but she couldn't stop others from confessing to Saionji Akino.

It's someone else's freedom.

So I couldn't help but start thinking about how I should deal with this good sense of distance between friends after Saionji Akino and Kaoru Kijima were together.

Knowing that Kaoru Kijima was going to confess to Saionji Akino tomorrow night, she couldn't continue to maintain a happy mood and talk and laugh with Saionji Akino as usual.

Because if Kaoru Kijima is really with him, then what is it if he deliberately approached him tonight?

So, she chose to distance herself and become cold for the time being.

She didn't have the courage to move forward, so she could only choose to retreat, although this might temporarily affect her friendship with Saionji Akino, but she could only ...

After Asaba Oriyuki came back to his senses, he saw a spider that suddenly popped out in front of him, and his hair stood on end, and he was so frightened that he instantly took a step back. Because I didn't look at the road very carefully when I came here, and I kept thinking about these things.

The soles of Asa Haoriyuki's feet hit the rocks behind her, causing her feet to break due to the slight unevenness of the ground.

"Shhhh It hurts..."Oriyuki Asaba immediately lowered her voice, but even so, she was discovered by Saionji Akino in front of her.

Saionji Akino immediately stepped forward quickly, his tone was gentle, and his eyes were concerned about trying to help her up.

As a result, the girl could feel a warm big hand behind her back, and her originally crooked and fallen body was slowly straightened, and she was so close all of a sudden, that Asaba Oriyuki's eyes could only see his neck under the red light, and the Adam's apple that many girls liked.

A fiery breath whipped into the hair on her head, a dangerous and fluttering sensation that soon made Asaba Oriyuki shy.

This feeling can make her a little intoxicated, but it also makes her even more scared of the change, the possibility that she may lose when she gets it.

So, before the girl could sit down, she pushed away Saionji Akino with all her might.

Feeling the strength of the other party, Saionji Akino was stunned, and quickly let go of his hand, and at the same time began to retreat.

"I'm sorry... Asaba-san, I shouldn't have touched you directly..."Saionji Akino thought he had offended the other party, so he immediately chose to apologize.

When Asaba Oriyuki heard this apology, she slowly regained her senses, she looked up at Saionji Akino and was a little stunned, innocent eyes, her heart suddenly became sour and sad, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only continue to sit on the ground.

After a minute or two, Asa Yu Oriyuki slowly got up and said to Saionji Akino, "I'm sorry Saionji-kun, I didn't mean to push you away just now..."

"Ahh Well... You okay? Why don't you go back the way you came? ”

"Well, I'm sorry, Saionji-kun......"

"Well, it's fine." Although he apologized and seemed to have solved the misunderstanding, the atmosphere at this moment was obviously dozens of times more embarrassing than just now.

Saionji Akino began to reflect on himself, when did he subconsciously feel that touching Asaba Oriyuki was an acceptable thing?

Everyone has their own acceptance, and maybe they should pay more attention to it in the future.

And Asaba Oriyuki's mind at this time is full of the picture of herself pushing him away just now, at this moment, compared to those so-called ideas of controlling the distance before, she is now more... Regret.

I regret it very much.

Why did you push others away?

Still so hard?

He was kind enough to help me...

What am I doing?

What the hell was I thinking?

…

At this time, Fukuzawa Makoto, who was hiding behind the trees and secretly observing, sighed, "Oriyuki messed up herself. ”

“… I don't understand... Why did you push away the Saionji-kun? ”

Fukuzawa Makoto shook his head, "Don't pretend to be a ghost, go out and help Zhixue and help Xiyuan Sijun out of the siege, now they can't get up or down, and they look embarrassed." ”

"I'm going out now? Okay, okay..."Himekawa Mao turned into a fluttering female ghost, and soon came to the two of them, resolving the wordless embarrassment this time.

After watching Himekawa Mao help Asaba Oriyuki leave, Fukuzawa Mao found that Saionji Akino was standing in place, his head turned to the other side, and he seemed to be in a daze.

She hesitated for a moment, then walked out slowly and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

"Fukuzawa-san... Do you have a cell phone with you? ”

"Huh? Brought, what's wrong? ”

"Lend me!" Saionji Akino's tone became eager.

"Good..."

And when Fukuzawa Makoto didn't know what the situation was, he looked in the direction of Akino's line of sight in Saionji just now.

It's about northwest, a hundred meters away, and there's a red...

"On fire?"

Saionji Akino began to call the emergency line given to him by the firefighters today, quickly explained the situation, and then returned the phone to Makoto Fukuzawa and ran in the direction of the fire.

(End of chapter)