"Is it okay to get any reward?"

The setting sun casts over the benches, casting the last rays of the day.

In the distance, the shouts of the disbandment of the athletics club were heard, and the orchestral ensemble of orchestral instruments in the club building had fallen silent at some point.

Arisa repeated the question she had just asked, and Sunshine worked hard to coat her cheeks with a soft red glow as if she knew she was about to close the curtain.

Hoshikawa Aoi stretched out her slender fingertips, brushed her long black straight hair, and looked at her sitting at the other end with inquiring eyes.

The atmosphere that had been generally relaxed so far was diluted a bit, and although it was expected that this would happen sooner or later after the conversation in the dressing room, it was still heart-pounding when it actually arrived.

Obviously not in the sense of heartbeat.

"If I can do it."

It was as if he had seen the other party smile that his plan had succeeded...... No, Arisa shouldn't be such a person, right?

As if the scales were balanced, Aoi Hoshikawa, who was on this side of the bench, seemed to approve of this modest reply, and waited for her answer with her arms crossed.

"In that case, there's something that fits the current scene and I've wanted to try it once......

Arisa looked down at Li Wu in embarrassment.

Hoshikawa Aoi assessed the spot of her gaze, her face quickly turned pale, and she pulled him away from Airisa in a wary manner.

"I misjudged you, Arisa!"

"I haven't said anything yet?!"

She was so hit that she even drooped her shoulders, which to be honest looked quite pitiful.

In addition, Li Wu was actually very curious about what kind of guess Hoshikawa Aoi made.

She explained: "Even putting aside all kinds of other factors, interpersonal relationships between us, and other issues, it is already something that must not be done outdoors purely from the perspective of public order and good customs, right? ”

"Is it that serious? What exactly does Airisa want to do? ”

Her serious look was so convincing that one couldn't help but want to be convinced, so Li Wu looked to the left side of the scales and asked.

"Isn't it okay to be outside?"

Arisa looked shocked as if she had experienced culture shock, "In all the manga I read, most of the works are set in parks or playgrounds, right? ”

"Park...... And playgrounds? ”

Hoshikawa Aoi was even more reactive than her, and the ruddy blood directly soaked the entire face, "What are you usually looking at?" No, you vampire! You can already be arrested for destroying the city's appearance! ”

"Is the knee pillow a crime that has entered the criminal realm?!"

"Of course, and you don't have to say it directly...... Hey? ”

The two looked at each other.

"So, what does Hoshikawa think?"

Hearing this, Li Wu's envoy looked at her evilly.

"Same as I thought."

The other party quickly looked away.

It's hard to say who usually looks at something strange.

Taking advantage of this time, Arisa approached and continued to ask for the consent of the two: "Is it okay?" ”

Discussing this topic on the occasion of three people really seemed like a public execution, and even Li Wu, whose thickness of his skin had risen greatly after experiencing the tempering of various Shura fields, was a little uncomfortable.

However, there can be no escape.

"It's better not to expect too much, I've heard that it's not very comfortable, maybe it will hurt your neck, and strictly speaking, you're actually talking about a reverse knee pillow......"

"That's okay."

Arisa blinked, summing up the long string of words.

“…… Yes, it's better to let the horses come! ”

"Why this self-defeating tone?! It's not like to launch a duel against Li Wu......"

She looked at Aoi Hoshikawa with a complicated expression.

"Although I was mentally prepared for this to happen, is it too much to make such a request in front of me?"

Arisa looked sad: "If I hadn't misnamed Tanaka-san, maybe I was already playing badminton now, and I wouldn't have bothered everyone anymore." ”

"Woo......"

"Because today's setback completely cut off the motivation to take the initiative to make friends, and since then I have grown up to be a waste person who drinks beer and plasma in my room all day long...... I can only see such a bleak future - ah, of course, this is not to blame Hoshikawa-san. ”

"I know, I know! As a reward for Erisa's hard work, right? Don't do anything superfluous! ”

The magical girl who is generally on the side of justice hugged her head and whispered unwillingly, "This guy even uses his own psychological trauma ......"

Arisa, who had received permission from both parties, said "yes" softly and clenched her fists in front of her.

"Then I'm going to go!"

"You don't have to be so serious to ......"

Seeing her nervous appearance, even he himself was about to be infected.

Slowly, the girl on the bench gradually lost her balance and fell to the right like a tumbler.

Then he slid to the ground.

“……”

It was so comedic that the other two didn't know how to react.

"Isn't it too far ahead?"

There seemed to be a momentary touch in the front of the knee just now, so Li Wu speculated.

Hoshikawa Aoi turned her head and covered her mouth so that the laughter would not leak out.

"Again, try again!"

The girl who got up tried again with a decisive momentum, and this time it was successful.

Feeling like an extra weight that wasn't too heavy to sink but couldn't be ignored, Arisa rested quietly on his lap, staring at the edge of the playground that had turned into a horizontal line in the distance as if she were emptying herself.

When you look down from above, you can see her white face, and the soft hair between Hikari and Hoshikawa flows down the back of her ears, tucked around the shoulders, and can't hide her scarlet neck.

"Reminds me of the old Hiromeran ......"

Li Wu sighed unintentionally, and then attracted two inquiries that almost overlapped.

"Who's that?" "Who is Hiromi?"

"A long time ago, the pet dog that I had at home had the same name as the dog breed, and then I got sick and died, and I like to jump on people's laps when I am alive."

Airisa exhaled reassuringly, and the hot stream passed through the fabric of the garment, creating an itchy sensation directly on the skin.

Then she remembered to justify: "I'm not a dog." ”

"Whoever likes to lie on someone else's lap is."

Hoshikawa Aoi stretched out his fingers and poked at her face, pressing out small pits that quickly bounced back into their original shapes.

Arisa grabbed her hand in protest.

"The view from here is very good, and it looks like the sky is coming from afar."

"It's obviously you who came over."

Li Wu complained.

"Relatively speaking, it is the same effect, for example, it is like if you can't change everyone, you have to change your mentality."

Arisa said something that sounded great as she adjusted her posture as she chrysalis, and Li Wu pressed her head.

“…… Don't move. ”

Friction is a dangerous thing, especially in this case.

She obediently didn't move, still holding a handshake and looking at Hoshikawa Aoi: "So Hoshikawa-san, do you want to try it too?" ”

"I don't understand what the 'so' here has to do with the above......"

She sighed, "No, you're taking up too much space." ”

"Sounds like some kind of discarded furniture."

"It didn't get to that point...... It should be said that I bought a blanket at home during the special sale, but because of the forgotten relationship, it was put in the corner for a long time, and in the end, although it has accumulated dust, everyone also acquiesces that it occupies a piece of household space, so there is no way...... That feeling? ”

"Am I getting in the way of this?!"

Ignoring the tearful Airisa, Hoshikawa Aoi turned her head coldly, feeling a little upset.

Although, as I said before, the showdown conversation from the previous day, whether it was the one she had with them or the one she had with him, since she couldn't make a part, she would face such a scenario sooner or later, and she had already anticipated it.

But when it actually happens, there is still a sense of grievance.

It's more like the isolation of being excluded from a group than jealousy or anything like that.

So she chose not to see the two bad guys who were having so much fun.

But someone didn't let her get her wish, even if she looked away, her shoulders still sank suddenly.

"It's so unseemly Li Jun, generally speaking, boys lend shoulders to girls to lean on."

Although she didn't look back, Aoi Hoshikawa could tell who the approaching person was from her short hair and familiar aura.

She herself is much taller than Rinko Hori or Airisa, the two dwarfs who have lowered the average height of the community, and she is not far from Li Wu's height, so he doesn't have too much difficulty to lean on the girl's shoulder.

Although assuming that passers-by pass by at this time, they will definitely be amazed by the strange postures of these three men now—perhaps they can overshadow the surprise of the relationship between the characters embodied in them.

"Generally speaking, girls give boys knee pillows...... Could it be that Hoshikawa is willing to lend his thighs? ”

Li Wu stretched his hand behind her back, hugged the girl's slightly thin shoulder on the other side, and moved his gaze to the white skin that stretched out from under the short tennis skirt.

"I'll slide down again in that case, please think about it carefully."

Blanket...... To correct it, it was Arisa who spoke.

"I've only heard of the reverse knee pillow, but there is no such thing as a reverse shoulder pillow. And I won't lend it out now. ”

Despite the constant complaints, she still did not break free, but adjusted her sitting position to make it easier for the other party to get closer.

"Hoshikawa-san's character always feels that it is easy to suffer......"

"Haha, Li Jun, I was ridiculed by a guy who couldn't even find someone to play badminton with."

Hoshikawa Aoi immediately shot back, "If you want to say that you are at a loss...... Anyway, I've already collected some of the interest. ”

She glanced at his flank.

"That's just the level of interest?!"

"Hmph, maybe I'll ask Li Jun for the principal at some point."

Erisa, who couldn't understand what they were saying, rubbed her head lonely until she was held down by Li Wu's hand again to prevent her from moving.

He stroked two handfuls of each other's silky hair, and it felt like he was grooming some kind of large dog.

If you continue like this, you may awaken some strange fetish...... That's not good.

"It seems like it's okay to just sleep."

The horizontally visible sky in the distance seems to be connected to the horizon, and the indigo and aka red, which are characteristic of dusk, are mixed together, and I am afraid that they will not be completely separated until nightfall.

Arisa muttered to herself, and eyelid fights generally have a tendency to close.

"Don't really sleep, it's better for you to get up?"

"Wait a minute, it took too much social power to talk to so many people just now, and it takes time to get full."

She bargained with Li Wu.

"What is social power, can it be used to emit light?"

Hoshikawa Aoi wanted to move her body, "Also, when can you let go of my hand?" ”

Her wrist is still firmly grasped by Arisa, and the whole person is in a state of being contained.

"What's the matter, it's not bad to do it once in a while. Isn't Hoshikawa-san happy today? ”

"It's nice to leave the last period behind, especially when you've been rejected so often."

"Is it really with the mentality of watching jokes?!"

"Well, I think there will be such emotions more or less...... Because it's really fun. ”

Li Wu took the initiative to take the blame together, and Airisa showed an expression as if she had been betrayed.

"Still, it's okay, for now."

If you're not careful, you might ignore the past, Hoshikawa admits quietly.

"So everyone should play together often!"

"Not everyone is Arisa, and some people do their best to avoid fighting me."

In response, Li Wu squeezed her shoulders.

"I'll figure it out."

"By paying interest again?"

Hoshikawa Aoi seemed to be smiling.

"If necessary......"

"Not really."

She snorted, "That's the only way I can do it, and I won't allow her to do anything like that again." ”

"That's a problem......

He smiled bitterly and agreed, "It's agreed, I won't do it." ”

"What exactly are you talking about interest?"

Only Arisa was confused.

When the sunset was about to completely hide below the ground, the three people who were leaning together finally separated.

"However, in the end, I still couldn't help Airisa find someone to practice."

Hoshikawa Aoi looked at her apologetically.

"We can come and spend time with her every day."

"Wouldn't that be the opposite of the original intention of improving Arisa's social skills?"

Arisa straightened her clothes and listened to their argument with a smile.

"Isn't that the end of today?"

She looked for the figure she had just spotted during the lap pillow, and the other party was indeed finishing an after-school activity and walking towards the club building with a camera.

Arisa waved at the figure: "Miyashiro-san! ”

Miyadai Liliu stopped and stopped, then trotted in front of the three of them and greeted each other: "Your club activities today have been moved outside?" ”

"Actually, it's to find a partner with whom I can practice badminton...... Can I ask you? ”

"It's okay on my side, anyway, I have to complete the tasks of the department, come to the playground and take photos of everyone's practice, and you can accompany you by the way."

"Great, that's ......"

The two coaches, who had been put aside for the time being, looked at the two who were having a good conversation, and felt that their brains were gradually going blank because they were receiving too much shocking information.

Li Jun...... Did you see that? ”

"Well, I'm afraid Arisa has actually completed a super evolution before we know it."

"I feel like I've been cheated on......"

The vampire girl, who is both a social fear and the glue of everyone, turns around and smiles playfully at her friends.

(End of chapter)