Heroine Regret 80
by TINY FAN FICTIONHeroine Regret 80
Edited by: Tiny Fan Fiction
Nanami, I’m here!
It was just a regular argument that gradually escalated into loud quarreling and finally turned into rumors about Kanda Yoru’s affair, spreading throughout the classroom.
Aoyama Nanami didn’t know, had no idea why, it all mysteriously became like this.
She originally didn’t want to get involved with Sorata Kanda, she was extremely disgusted by him, but he spoke ill of Yoru Kita right in front of her.
The usually kind and pure Aoyama Nanami found it hard to accept this, so they started arguing.
“Why… Why did I become the affair girl～”
“I and Kitagami-san are just ordinary friends… Why do they all think like that?…..”
“Sigh… Huh… Hummph…”
On the stage, the teacher started a multimedia lecture. The usually very attentive Aoyama Nanami found it impossible to focus on her lesson.
She put her hands on the desk, bent over with her elbows supporting her body, burying her face in her arms, feeling extremely wronged inside.
Her heart clenched tightly, her eyes slightly reddened, she quietly sobbed.
In class.
Poor helpless Aoyama Nanami still didn’t know the power of rumors.
Spreading rumors can kill a person, casually destroy a well-known top company or even become the talk of the town.
Years ago, when this new product called “Flavor” hit the market, it received great praise and entered every household, becoming popular overnight.
The moment rumors spread…
School is like a small semi-closed society.
Students’ minds are not yet mature, they speak without thinking, their desire to share gossip is extremely strong… and the ones who get hurt aren’t even themselves….
Just within a few minutes of break time, the rumors had already spread throughout the classroom and into every person’s ears.
What happens next……
The teacher is teaching seriously, explaining problems.
Aoyama Nanami is frustrated and annoyed that she can’t find a quiet place to herself.
Finally, she lifts her head up.
Her eyes are slightly red, clearly having cried.
“All of this……”
Aoyama Nanami rubs her eyes and straightens herself, looking at Kanda Sorata with anger.
She finally understands.
If she hadn’t spoken up just now, everything wouldn’t have turned out this way.
But, she doesn’t regret it.
Aoyama Nanami doesn’t regret helping her friend and speaking up for Kitagami Yoru, even if it means confronting Kanda Sorata.
“Sigh…….”
She gently takes a breath, then opens her book to distract herself from the clutter in her mind and the sinking feeling.
This moment.
From an unknown corner of the classroom, a piece of paper draws a beautiful parabolic trajectory in mid-air.
It was quite accurate to throw it.
The paper actually hits Aoyama Nanami’s head right on target.
Looks like it was thrown directly at her.
Aoyama Nanami instinctively feels that, she reaches out to touch her head and hears the sound again.
She also immediately notices that the paper has fallen onto her desk.
“Who is it?”
Aoyama and Nanami were thinking in their hearts, turning around angrily to look around.
Most students were focused on class and didn’t notice her.
A few students noticed Aoyama’s gaze and turned back to face her, all with looks of shock, disdain, and mockery.
It was Aoyama herself who admitted that Kitagami Yoru is a friend.
Normal people would be friends with such criminals, right?
Do you think you can look up to this kind of criminal?
In prison, they are the lowest class of criminals, except for those who traffic in women and children.
Even other prisoners in the jail look down on such people.
Aoyama is still a pretty girl to be friends with Kitagami Yoru?
Plus everyone’s one word and my one word, Kanda Sorata’s reaction…
Aoyama has been working hard all along, looking like she’s short on money and very poor.
Being with Kitagami Yoru makes it hard not to think of prostitution…
To these people who don’t know the truth, Kanda Sorata discovered that Aoyama might be involved in a relationship. He went to comfort Aoyama, and she made up an excuse saying Kitagami Yoru is her friend to cover up for her involvement.
But the excuse was too lame…
“Everyone remember this question.”
The geography teacher on stage suddenly spoke up and knocked on the desks.
Aoyama slightly jumped in fear, glanced at the multimedia projector, and then gagged as she unfolded the paper.
This is a small note with messy elegant writing that seems to be from a girl’s handwriting.
Aoyama only glanced at the content of the note, but suddenly became angry and her face turned red.
But is there a way to explain this?
It says here that it costs as much as a night’s worth of questions!
When you’re crushed by the fat pig, are you out of breath?
Besides these two questions, there are several more haha～
Represents laughter.
The words on the piece of paper seem to have come back to life in this instant.
From the piece of paper, it pops out and bounces into Aoyama Nanami’s ears, continuously reverberating, choosing to play a single track!
“No…..for…..”
“No……isn’t that…..”
For a few seconds, Aoyama Nanami’s mind goes blank, her facial expression squishes together and then relaxes, completely losing control of her facial muscles.
Her mouth is half-opened, her eyebrows locked together, almost on the verge of crying out.
But at that moment, she’s in class. She quickly crumples up the piece of paper and tosses it away, then promptly collapses back down.
Her head sinks into the sand like a startled ostrich.
Why do these people go so far out of their way?
Just because they’re from Osaka? Mixed up with the wrong crowd?
Or is it that they hate Kitagami Yoru, and by extension, themselves too?
“No…..I have to stay strong….”
“It’s not like that…..sigh…..”
She gently blows her nose, Aoyama Nanami bites down hard on her lower lip, determined not to cry anymore.
As long as…
Once Kitagami-san’s matter is settled…
When Kitagami-san comes to school, everyone sees her appearance at that time, everything will be fine!
Rumors will crumble by themselves!
“About… about!”
“It’s like this!”
Aoyama Nanami’s helpless and desperate eyes, regain spirit and brightness at a visible speed.
“Once Kitagami-san comes over, everyone will see, won’t the misunderstanding be cleared up?”
Aoyama Nanami gradually breaks into laughter, lifts her head to wipe away her tears, feeling less painful inside.
She doesn’t know…
This time Kitagami Yoru is coming back, he will also take the blame for the thief!
In the classroom, many students are secretly looking at Aoyama Nanami, seeing her strange change, they can’t help but feel puzzled.
…
The calming down Aoyama Nanami picks up her pen and quickly copies the topic on the multimedia projector.
But time for one class is running out.
Several minutes later.
The dismissal bell rings, the teacher packs up their books without any delay and leaves the classroom.
Taking advantage of the next class not starting yet, Aoyama Nanami wipes her nose while quickly copying.
After the teacher leaves, the classroom immediately becomes lively and bustling again.
Simultaneously, Aoyama Nanami senses being ignored and looks back at herself.
“These people are at it again…”
A grunt of dissatisfaction, and Aoyama Nanami’s handwriting speed increases, even trembling slightly.
Psychological trauma, low spirits, not easily treatable, can recover in an instant.
Just then.
Several high-ranking girls in the class exchange a few words and approach Aoyama Nanami together.
Witnessing this scene.
Many curious or needing to use the restroom students gradually gather here too…
“Aoyama-san, are you really friends with that Kitagami Yoru?”
The person asking Aoyama Nanami is the class president, with a hint of concern.
“Is there some kind of misunderstanding?”
“There’s no misunderstanding…”
AoyamaNanmi pauses her pen and says without lifting her head.
The crowd gathers around, her emotions that had just calmed down start to become agitated again.
“What’s the big deal…? Is it because you’re short on money for a favor?”
“Yeah, yeah! Being with that dead fat guy, what else could it be but a favor?”
“Hey hey… Why would you want to do a favor and think of suicide? Hahaha…”
“That’s right, just so Kanda-san finds out you’re doing favors, that’s why you said you two are friends, isn’t it?”
The others aren’t as kind, and they all start throwing stones at Aoyama Nanami.
They also find fault with AoyamaNanmi’s recent “arrogant” response, feeling displeased for no reason, thinking she’s just pretending!
“Do you deny it now, that there’s no relationship between yourself and Kitagami Yoru? Maybe it was just a misunderstanding.”
The class leader, a young girl, leaned close to Aoyama Nanami’s ear and whispered.
She herself also had some doubts.
Aoyama Nanami really looked poor; everyone said so, maybe she was actually receiving aid…
“What?”
There were tears welling up in Aoyama Nanami’s eyes.
She gasped, wiped her nose, and lifted her head.
Surrounded by many people giving her pressured looks.
Aoyama Nanami suddenly became panicked and afraid; her mind was a bit slow as she tried to understand what the class leader was saying.
“Cut it out, receiving aid is just that—”
“If you don’t have money, go for aid. Isn’t this cheapening yourself enough, this tramp…”
“Won’t she spit on that disgusting fat guy after the aid?”
“Are you crazy? You earn money like this; you can charge high prices……”
“Kanda-san, did you see her with that fat guy yourself?”
Suddenly, the conversation turned to Kanda Sorata who had been quietly sitting.
Most of the classroom’s dozens of eyes turned towards him.
“Ah?”
Kanda Sorata’s expression was clearly stunned; he didn’t respond, but it conveyed some issues.
“So it is about receiving aid, looking down on you, Bi Chi, lightly—”
A sassy girl suddenly approached and almost pressed her face against Aoyama Nanami’s; she stuck out her tongue and made a scornful devil face.
“Really, how disgusting. Have you not had enough of Wu Wei?”
“Suffering, is it this stimulating?”
“Walk away further; I can smell her stench. It’s so disgusting…”
The girl’s actions caused a stir. Others, both male and female, immediately started making funny faces at Aoyama Nanami, showing their disdain and mockery…
They all burst into laughter.
Aoyama Nanami gathered these people around her in the middle, just a helpless little girl with tears welling up in her eyes, continuously streaming down.
Outside the classroom.
Passing classmates saw this situation and stopped to gawk curiously.
“Aoyama-san, you say…”
The class representative urged Aoyama Nanami to speak up.
“What are you talking about? I don’t believe a word of it……”
“She cries when she’s caught with an affair, laughs happily while taking money. Isn’t that disgusting…”
Suddenly someone poured a cup of water directly onto Aoyama Nanami.
It seems they thought Aoyama Nanami was always pretending to be cool. When her affair is exposed, she cries and pretends to be innocent again.
Watching everyone bullying her, Aoyama Nanami didn’t dare to fight back. She got so excited that she splashed the water out.
The water was ice-cold…
There’s no danger at all……
But for Aoyama Nanami in this situation now, it is undoubtedly the last straw that breaks the camel’s back.
This cup of water directly covered Aoyama Nanami’s face.
“Slap……” one sound.
She stood there dumbfounded, her eyes wide open.
No one reacted to it; someone threw water?
The clothes were soaked all over, her face and chest dripping with water, her hair sticking visibly to her forehead!
“Ah!”
Aoyama Nanami suddenly stood up, screaming like she was going mad, using all her strength, her lungs expanding rapidly, blood flowing fast!
Her heart pounded relentlessly.
The people surrounding here and even those gathering outside the classroom moved back in pain and discomfort.
Aoyama Nanami’s scream reached all the way to the third-year students’ Teaching Building.
“Huff…..huff…”
After shouting, Aoyama Nanami’s face and neck turned red all over, her neck seemed to have thickened by a circle!
Taking advantage of the people around covering their ears, Aoyama Nanami took in one last breath, biting down with anger, her eyes bloodshot, she circled these people one by one and shouted:
“You……you all are talking nonsense, bastards!”
“I don’t have a relationship with him; I don’t! No, no, no!”
“And besides, Kitagami-san and I are just friends. I don’t find him disgusting; I even think he’s not bad-looking, alright?”
“Whatever you think, just move away from me!”
After shouting this, Aoyama Nanami paused for a moment, trembling as she turned around, and directly picked up her chair, raising it high above her head.
Tears streaming down her eyes wildly, she screamed again with all her might: “Get away from me!”
The cute girl who was known for being simple and easy to get along with had turned into a maniac.
A few girls who were close by felt a chill in their hearts, scaredly retreating backward.
The boy who called himself brave couldn’t help but shiver at the thought, his eyes tense with fear.
After Nanami yelled, Aoyama flopped out of her chair and slammed it down with a loud thud!
Her eyes were already misty with tears.
Aoyama wiped away one tear, pushed through the crowd with both hands, and ran crying out of the classroom.
As her feet stepped out of the classroom door, she finally couldn’t hold back from sobbing uncontrollably……..
Actually.
When Nanami was asked by the class rep what happened to her, she could have lied and said some bad things about Kitagami Yoru. She didn’t want to admit that she needed help from a friend, so she chose not to speak up.
After all… saying something like that… would prevent this situation from happening.
No matter how much she says it, even just denying being friends with Kitagami Yoru is definitely better than admitting!
Aoyama knows that too.
But she absolutely won’t deny it.
First of all, that’s a lie.
Second, she and Kitagami Yoru are indeed friends. Would you sell out a friend to hurt them?
Aoyama would rather be scolded, be seen by everyone as a cheap flooz, than do that.
She’s an obstinate and kind-hearted person.
She has received many helps from Kitagami Yoru before, feeling guilty and remorseful. Now she can sell out Kitagami Yoru, even speak ill of him?
The Kitagami Yoru who considers herself a friend knows how sad it is to look at oneself.
Absolutely impossible!
She has no hesitation whatsoever!
Aoyama Nanami and Nanami run out of the classroom, crying as they rush out of the Teaching Building, not knowing where they’re running to…
Goodness, if Kitagami Yoru comes to school.
All these problems can be solved just like that…
Inside the classroom.
After Aoyama Nanami runs away, these students also scatter like birds and beasts.
Of course, the gossip in their mouths is disdainful and has no intention of being contained.
“Private Marseille (Private Marseille), what’s going on with your class?”
A curious boy from a neighboring class comes over to ask someone.
“Oh, it’s our classmate Aoyama Nanami, the girl who helped Kitagami Yoru return the stolen silk stockings and padding.”
“Ha? Helped with what?”
At the same time.
The people in the class disperse, but they also take out their phones to share the juicy gossip with their friends and club members.
A girl who has heard most of the rumors, suppressing her excitement, quickly runs back to her classroom.
She finds a few friends.
“Did you guys hear about this? The class upstairs, there’s a girl named Aoyama Nanami who is helping someone with something!”
“Helping with what?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah…”
“And the person she’s helping, it’s even that disgusting fat guy from our school, Kitagami Yoru!”
The rumor of Aoyama Nanami helping Kitagami Yoru spreads like a virus and is hard to kill!
Next to them, a boy curiously leans in and asks surprisedly: “Wait, who’s helping whom?”
In a moment, he received the message and rushed to the boys’ group, showing off energetically with an expression full of pride.
It’s as real as seeing it himself……
Meanwhile.
Aoyama Nanami ran and came to the vicinity of Shuchiin Academy’s sports hall, too tired to stop.
Constantly bending over coughing, breathless with pain in her lungs, she couldn’t even stand steady.
After a while, she lifted her head, and the sunlight directly shone on her tear-streaked face, exceptionally blinding.
She was like an emotionless robot, turning her head to look around dully.
It’s very quiet, no one is here.
Shuchiin Academy is too damn big!
“Sigh……I’m not just a…not just a helper girl……”
Aoyama Nanami strained to wipe her nose, tremblingly stepping towards the wall of the sports hall.
Just a few meters away…
Her mood plummeted, and Aoyama Nanami, unable to control her body after falling from grace, almost fell again.
Eventually, she sat down with her back against the wall, legs trembling continuously.
Today’s events not only shattered Aoyama Nanami’s strong sense of self-respect but also exploded all the hardships and injustices she had endured since leaving home!
Explode completely!
This is something she buried deep in her mind to prevent herself from thinking about these unhappy things, allowing her psychological state not to collapse…
“Ding-dong…..ding-dong……”
The bell for class rang at this moment.
Aoyama Nanami, hands clasped around her knees, lifts her pale, bloodless face after a few seconds and gets up supporting the rough wall.
“Nanami, you can do it, it’s nothing…..”
“Don’t mind what these people say, it doesn’t hurt you at all…..”
“And Kitagami-san is just a friend, not… that.”
But with a strong sense of self-respect, deep down Aoyama Nanami still feels inferior. How could she possibly not care?
……
At the same time.
Sakurajima Mai’s house.
Kitagami Yoru wakes up.
Exercising for an hour in the bedroom, then comes out to make breakfast after taking a bath.
Carrying a bowl of nutritious salty porridge, enters Sakurajima Mai’s room.
“What’s your body temperature?”
Kitagami Yoru puts the porridge by the bed.
“38.5°C, it’s getting hotter again, you need an injection and IV.”
Sakurajima Mai has no color in her face at all, looks very weak with no spirit.
“Eat up, after you eat I’ll take you to get the shot.”
“Tomorrow it should be fine.”
Kitagami Yoru picks up the thermometer that carries Sakurajima Mai’s body heat and looks at it before putting it down.
Sakurajima Mai sits up, as if she didn’t hear what Kitagami Yoru said or took any action.
“What if I feed you?”
Kitagami Yoru waited a while before speaking to the unmoving Sakurajima Mai.
He casually mentioned it, and surprisingly, Sakurajima Mai nodded.
Kitagami Yoru clicked his tongue, picked up a bowl of warm porridge with a spoon, and offered it to Sakurajima Mai’s lips.
It was like a dream.
I found a beautiful celebrity at the hospital that needs care for fever.
Cooking, feeding…
“Ah… hmm…”
Sakurajima Mai slightly opened her mouth, took the spoon into her mouth, and sipped the porridge clumsily with her tongue.
The taste of saltiness was activated in her mouth, a perfect blend of salty and savory flavors.
“It’s delicious…”
Sakurajima Mai lifted her eyelids and looked at Kitagami Yoru.
“I wonder how school is doing.”
Kitagami Yoru murmured softly, not in a hurry.
“He’s handsome…”
Sakurajima Mai swallowed the porridge in her mouth and waited for the serving, lifting her head because Kitagami Yoru was slow.
“The food you cooked is delicious too.”
Kitagami Yoru snapped back to reality and spooned another portion of porridge into Sakurajima Mai’s small mouth.
After breakfast, Sakurajima Mai looked visibly better and regained some strength, directly opening the blanket.
“I’ll accompany you through the hospital visit. I have to go to school now～”
Kitagami Yoru looked at the bowl that only had a bit of soup left and said,
“Two days’ worth of needle water, you’re about done.”
Kitagami Yoru then looked towards Sakurajima Mai.
Hanging on for two days’ worth of liquid is a course of treatment. Once the needles are removed, Sakurajima Mai won’t be in bad shape anymore.
Then just rest and take your medicine slowly to recover.
She’s not Sakurajima Mai’s nanny, nor is Sakurajima Mai her pet dog. You need to take responsibility as the owner and care for her carefully.
Unless…
Sakurajima Mai was taken aback at first but quickly sat up straight, indeed hesitating before speaking:
“Is it not possible tomorrow?”
“Just observe for two more days… I…”
Just that moment, she was so panicked she didn’t even notice her own heartbeat had stopped.
“Ah?”
Kitagami Yoru’s face showed hesitation as he seriously considered it.
Sakurajima Mai’s expression gradually turned tense, and she even knotted her hands.
“Alright then, you rest for a bit. Let’s go to the hospital for the needles.”
Kitagami Yoru thought about Sakurajima Mai’s miraculous abilities and how they could help him too much, so he agreed.
“Good～”
Sakurajima Mai’s tension instantly disappeared and turned into a light smile.
“You’re putting it on?”
Kitagami Yoru flinched.
“I won’t tell you, hmph.”
Sakurajima Mai let out a soft sigh and rolled off her bed.
As an actor?
Performing is normal, isn’t it?
The delicate white feet stepped on the icy floor, Sakurajima Mai bent down to put on slippers.
Suddenly, Yoru noticed Kitagami still standing by her bed, not having moved.
She lifted her head and met Kitagami’s gaze, eyes wide with embarrassment.
“What are you looking at? My feet have no smell…”
“It’s just your nose that’s sensitive. Go die…..”
Sakurajima Mai felt like she still wasn’t enough.
She gently pressed her foot against Kitagami Yoru’s slippers and stomped hard on his toes.
“Sakurajima-senpai, I don’t believe you didn’t secretly sniff them…”
Kitagami Yoru forced a barely-there smile and looked down to admire her beautiful feet.
Soft and tender, with a small bone structure, she was curling up the pinkies of her delicate feet, constantly stomping on Kitagami Yoru’s toes.
These are indeed beautiful feet.
Unlike Satania, Eriri, or even Gabriel’s.
All three girls’ feet were slightly small and cute, with a hint of roundness.
“What are you looking at?!”
Sakurajima Mai saw Kitagami Yoru fixating on her feet, his gaze burning hot enough to melt them.
A natural shudder struck him; bashfully curling up his feet, he lay back on the bed.
Kitagami Yoru’s line of thought was interrupted; turning away abashedly.
“Surely you didn’t think I’d have some perverted, disgusting thoughts about my feet, did you?”
“Ah?”
Sakurajima Mai sat up in surprise at the thought; mortified.
She didn’t wait for Kitagami Yoru to respond.
She directly extended her slender legs, kicking her feet towards Kitagami Yoru’s stomach area, toes poking through clothes, aiming to pinch the soft flesh.
“Don’t do that!”
Kitagami Yoru was startled by Sakurajima Mai’s action.
“Oh?”
It seemed Sakurajima Mai was completely unaware, or perhaps didn’t realize.
Instead, she became even more persistent.
Seeing Kitagami Yoru’s intention to dodge, she directly stepped on him with a light kick.
The delicate soles of Sakurajima Mai’s feet are well-preserved; her foot sole is snow-white and smooth as ice.
…..
…..
“Stop kicking me……”
Kitagami Yoru had been kicked a few times; he simply grabbed hold of Sakurajima Mai’s feet, gently massaging her foot soles.
“Ah…….ha ha ha……”
“Ha… it’s so itchy… no, please don’t…”
“…can’t… won’t do!”
Sakurajima Mai couldn’t help but burst into laughter. It seems her soles are sensitive points, reacting more than usual.
She must be quite afraid of the itchiness herself.
“Are you going to kick me again?”
“Really is…”
Kitagami Yoru frowned and said.
“Ssssttt… sssh.”
The sound of the quilt being pulled back echoed in the room. Sakurajima Mai withdrew her foot and burrowed into the blankets.
“If I get hurt any more, you’ll regret it, Sakurajima-senpai.”
Kitagami Yoru left the room with a series of forced smiles.
The room became quiet.
A few minutes later, Sakurajima Mai cautiously poked her head out. Her face was completely red, and she kept whispering.
It’s like she is cursing someone.
Noon.
Sakurajima Mai came out of the room as if nothing happened. She approached Kitagami Yoru, who was eating fruit and asked: “Can we go now? Let’s head to the hospital.”
“Let’s go.”
Kitagami Yoru turned off the TV.
Sakurajima Mai put on a pair of short white cotton ankle socks, laced up her sneakers, and had a fever patch on her forehead.
“After I’m done with my drip, can you come shopping with me? I want to see the sea…”
“Can do.”
Shuchiin Academy.
Midday break.
At the sound of the bell, Aoyama Nanami immediately stood up and ran out of the classroom quickly.
She could feel that all her classmates were looking at her…
So fast….
The cafeteria.
“Did you hear? There’s someone trading favors in our school!”
“Who is it?”
“It’s a girl named Aoyama Nanami, she’s really poor and desperate for help!”
Men’s restroom.
“Is Kitagami Yoru the object of the favor?”
“What are you talking about, junior? Tell me…”
“The people from that class?”
“What do you mean? You’re saying it’s a top student from the first fifteen grades of Osaka, that can’t be real!”
“She’s an Osakan, her family is very poor, and there are proofs? Let me see!”
All day long.
Until dismissal time.
Aoyama Nanami felt immense pressure.
As soon as the bell rings, there will be people passing by Classroom just to catch a glimpse of themselves in the midst of the commotion caused by rumors.
The rumors are spreading far and wide; almost half of the 2nd Year’s students have heard them.
It is still spreading to the 3rd Year…
And getting more outrageous by the day.
She has become a girl infatuated with vanity, being kept by Kitagami Yoru at a price of 300,000 yen per month.
Once saw her standing in the streets near the geisha town (town).
“I don’t have that!”
Aoyama Nanami is holding her backpack, comforting herself as she swiftly escapes from Shuchiin Academy!
After leaving the school gate, she takes a big sigh.
Glancing back with a bit of fear at the grand entrance of School, she quickens her pace.
Aoyama Nanami, feeling restless and downhearted, really wants to go home and collapse on her bed, hugging Tora next to her and crying!
……….
Sky observation deck in Inokashira.
Kitagami Yoru seems like a single person, slowly boarding the elevator.
Actually, Sakurajima Mai who has disappeared to others is tightly following behind him.
After lunch at the hospital, Sakurajima Mai’s condition gradually improves; her fever has completely subsided now.
Having seen the sea, she comes here again.
The patient’s emotions are very important as they affect various bodily secretions.
Unable to resist Sakurajima Mai, Kitagami Yoru accompanies her for a stroll in Inokashira.
In the afternoon, there aren’t many people on the observation deck.
“Wow, it’s so beautiful!”
Sakurajima Mai couldn’t wait and left the elevator. After running a few steps, she spun around in place for Kitagami Yoru to see.
“Are you sure it looks that good?”
What Kitagami Yoru said wasn’t about scenery.
“Hahaha～”
“Oh, wow! That’s amazing!”
With a gentle breeze, Sakurajima Mai couldn’t hide her excitement and jumped up again.
Accompanying the patient, they shopped at the supermarket until evening. Kitagami Yoru and Sakurajima Mai bought lots of ingredients and went home.
“What should I cook for you?”
Lying on the sofa, Sakurajima Mai rested her hands under her chin, eyes sparkling as she looked at Kitagami Yoru.
“You’re a patient and can only eat light food.”
As Kitagami Yoru spoke, he casually reached out to feel Sakurajima Mai’s temperature.
She has a slight fever.
Interrupted by the sudden intimate gesture, Sakurajima Mai pursed her lips and admired Kitagami Yoru’s stunning beauty.
No matter how many times she saw it, she thought he was incredibly handsome.
Especially when, without realizing it, Kitagami Yoru made a close gesture or smiled slightly.
Sakurajima Mai’s heart rate would shoot straight up!
“Go drink some water and put on a fever-reducing patch.”
Kitagami Yoru took the bag and left, walking towards the kitchen.
“Oh…..”
Sakurajima Mai has been in a daze for quite some time before finally mumbling something.
With her feet clad in short cotton white socks, stepping on the icy floor, Sakurajima Mai returns to the room.
She takes a sip of water and after sticking a cold compress on her ear, sits down on the bed.
Her mood is good, but now she doesn’t know what she should be doing.
In boredom, Sakurajima Mai lifts up her white socks feet and takes a light sniff of them, letting out a relieved sigh.
Suddenly, blushing in her heart, she recalls the events from this morning—her own feet stepping on and poking…
“Right, I’ll cook dinner later. I’m going home for a bit.”
Kitagami Yoru’s sweet voice comes from the doorway.
“Why go home?”
Sakurajima Mai stands up nervously.
“I’m going home to change and then I’ll come back. Don’t worry, it’s really close.”
Kitagami Yoru is cooking.
“No, I have sports clothes for that. You shouldn’t leave.”
Sakurajima Mai tightens her heart and rushes out of the room in a hurry.
“Where are your underwear?”
Kitagami Yoru turns his head towards Sakurajima Mai.
“I’ll just order them for you! I’m buying you the biggest size!”
Sakurajima Mai’s fingers tightly grip the edge of the door.
Kitagami Yoru helplessly shrugs his shoulders and counts.
“Good…..”
Sakurajima Mai responded with a nod.
A fragrant aroma wafted from the kitchen…
Kitagami Yoru made simple dishes, ladled a bowl of soup in front of Sakurajima Mai and said:
“Drink this, corn and trotter soup.”
“How fresh it is……”
Sakurajima Mai took a sip, savoring the delightful taste.
“I’m going to take a bath.”
Kitagami Yoru was nibbling on a piece of corn, glancing out at the expansive windows that opened up their view, as night fell.
Sakurajima Mai knew Kitagami Yoru had entered the shower room and spit out the bones in her mouth, taking a light rinse;
“You’re going to take a bath, why talk to me?”
Aoyama Nanami worked at a hamburger shop.
Because she worked there, every night had plenty of leftover food. The store owner allowed employees to take some home.
This way, they could save money on dinner and breakfast for the next day.
Today’s customers were quite numerous.
Aoyama Nanami was wearing a work apron, with a bib, as the fries in front of her were quickly turning crispy.
But she was daydreaming.
She got distracted and remembered what happened today at school.
Just looking at the fries made them seem ready to pop.
An aunt next to her energetically slapped her shoulder, reminding her.
“Watch out for the popping.”
“Ah? Oh!”
Aoyama Nanami panicked and shouted, rushing to pick up the fries.
But because she was in such a hurry, when she picked up the popcorn filter, one drop of hot oil splashed onto her arm.
“Ah!”
Aoyama Nanami closed her eyes with pain, sighed softly, feeling her skin burning fiercely.
It hurts so much.
But she endured the discomfort to save the fries.
“Luckily, these big bags of fries didn’t burn, otherwise we’d have to re-fry them…”
“Just a little more.”
Aoyama Nanami was relieved for a moment before she could focus on her arm again.
8:30 PM.
After work.
Aoyama Nanami got two abandoned hamburgers, one abandoned chicken wings, and ate while heading home.
Just to save time.
9 o’clock plus a bit.
Aoyama Nanami only just got back home. She put the key in the apartment door, then locked it from inside after entering.
Taking off her little leather shoes, she placed them neatly and headed straight to the kitchen.
Putting the remaining hamburger into the fridge for tomorrow’s breakfast.
Aoyama Nanami opens the shower curtain, takes a brief rest, and goes to take a bath.
“Thump…thump…”
She presses the switch.
The lights are out; that’s bad!
“How did this happen?”
Aoyama Nanami complains impatiently, so she uses her phone light to illuminate while quickly washing up.
The whole process takes just five minutes.
Back in the room, she turns on the bedside lamp and completes simple homework, reviewing and pre-studying.
Her academic performance always comes down to this.
Ten thirty.
Aoyama Nanami turns off the bedside lamp, takes out her second-hand laptop, connects it with headphones, and grabs the dubbing script.
She drinks some water to moisten her throat and diligently practices dubbing.
Ten o’clock.
Aoyama Nanami stops practicing, her voice hoarse, and gathers her laptop and headphones.
She goes to brush her teeth and wash her face before turning off the lights and burrowing into bed.
Holding Totoro in her arms, she closes her eyes.
In the pitch-black room, only Aoyama Nanami’s faint breathing can be heard.
Suddenly, with tightly furrowed brows, she opens her eyes and cannot suppress her emotions any longer; she buries herself in the bed and cries bitterly…
She can’t fall asleep…
When I close my eyes, Aoyama Nanami will think of what happened at school that day.
I’m not your love letter!
No!
……..
She cried until Yoru/night, and because she was too tired, she fell asleep.
In the morning, the sky is slightly bright.
Aoyama Nanami’s biological clock starts working; she wakes up and gets out of bed.
Washes her face, brushes her teeth, heats yesterday’s hamburger, fills water…
She finishes her simple breakfast on the way, comes to Shuchiin Academy Commercial Street bookstore, and starts working!
Today’s task is to adjust the bookshelves for light novels.
Because some people just flip through them, they won’t put them back in their original place. They just randomly shove them.
8:15 AM.
Aoyama Nanami leaves work, carrying her backpack and rushes to School.
On the first floor, near the shoe rack.
Aoyama Nanami opens her own shoe rack; a piece of paper quietly falls…
“Asshole!”
This seems to be the most vicious insult this innocent girl can come up with.
Again…
Asking her for prices again…
Early reading class.
Aoyama Nanami carries an anger and frustration with nowhere to vent, entering the Classroom.
In that moment of stepping into the Classroom…
She can feel it, all the students’ gazes are fixed on her.
Just like yesterday.
Taking a deep breath, Aoyama Nanami puts on a strong expression and returns to her seat.
Pool… Slut… Whore… Bitch… Little bitch…
Different colored marker traces, crooked handwriting, various lewd drawings, all covering Aoyama Nanami’s desk.
Even the ink hasn’t dried yet.
This is definitely someone leading by example; others who don’t draw feel itchy and more people join in…
Aoyama Nanami’s chest heaves, staring for a long time before sitting down.
Putting her backpack down, she takes out a tissue angrily and wipes vigorously.
The calm expression is terrifying…
The Classroom fills with murmurs again, reaching Aoyama Nanami’s ears.
For several minutes.
Defeated, Aoyama Nanami lays a book on her desk and lies down on it.
The sleep-deprived her can’t control another yawn.
She usually likes to catch up on sleep during reading classes and lunch breaks.
“Did you go out again last night? Didn’t you sleep well?”
“That’s right, did you go out again last night?”
“Ugh, how disgusting! He’s actually pretty good-looking, but he’s going to prostitution for money, and the person he’s meeting is a fat corpse!”
Aoyama Nanami directly plugs her ears, pretending not to hear, but she can only pretend so much.
Pretending to others is easy, deceiving oneself is impossible.
……..
Teacher’s Office.
Hiratsuka Shizuka stands in front of a boy from her class, waiting anxiously for a response.
“Alright, get out now, and remember not to mention this again.”
Hiratsuka Shizuka takes out a cigarette, waves it away.
After the boy leaves, she takes a drag from her cigarette and sighs deeply.
“What kind of situation is this?”
“Kitagami Yoru, how did another scandal happen with you? And you’ve also asked me for leave?”
Hiratsuka Shizuka exhales the secondhand smoke.
Just now.
She heard about prostitution… Kitagami Yoru’s words from a student in her class, who was just that boy.
Heard him say…
Let the other person come to Teacher’s Office Building and ask for clarification myself.
There is a rumor circulating among today’s students.
A girl named Aoyama Nanami has been involved in prostitution, with Kitagami Yoru as the object from her class.
“He hasn’t come to school; he doesn’t know about this.”
Hiratsuka Shizuka thinks of this and calls Kitagami Yoru.
In the taxi.
Kitagami Yoru looked out the window, his curiosity piqued and dialed in.
Sakurajima Mai immediately perked up her ears.
“Hey, Kitagami Yoru is mine.”
“Hiratsuka-sensei, do you have something to tell me?”
Kitagami Yoru didn’t open the ride-hailing app, letting Sakurajima Mai’s curiosity itch.
“How long will it take for you to come to school?”
“Right now at school, there are rumors about you…..”
Hiratsuka quietly held a cigarette between her rosy lips, and an image of a deceased, plump slob surfaced in her mind.
“What do you mean?”
Kitagami Yoru was a bit puzzled; could it be Eriri?
“Do you know a girl named Aoyama Nanami?” Hiratsuka asked calmly.
The phone rang with Kitagami Yoru’s voice on the other end.
“It reached school again, it spread really fast. They’re saying she’s into sugar daddy dating, and the target is you….”
“And they say you pay 1 million yen a month to keep her.”
“Ah?! What! No way!”
“Why would there be such rumors? Why are there rumors like that?”
Kitagami Yoru exclaimed into the phone.
Sakurajima Mai’s post was getting closer and closer.
“Get closer and stick to Kitagami Yoru’s body.”
Even the driver couldn’t resist glancing through the rearview mirror.
“How is it that our fuel consumption is going up so fast?”
Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was already prepared, had her phone far away but still got hit by noise.
“I don’t know the specifics yet, I just found out why.”
Hiratsuka Shizuka will respond later.
“Let’s leave it at that for now, see you later.”
Kitagami Yoru politely hangs up the phone and glances at Sakurajima Mai without a response.
Send a message to Aoyama Nanami immediately.
Class time.
Aoyama Nanami, struggling hard, hears her phone in her backpack ring softly; she can hear it.
“Kitagami-san?!”
Seeing the person who sent the message, Aoyama Nanami instinctively feels at ease and is very eager for Kitagami Yoru to come to school quickly and stay by her side.
She desperately needs comfort and help.
“Rumors from school? What’s going on?”
“Are you okay?!”
Aoyama Nanami glances at the teacher on the stage, lightly biting her lip and thinking.
Although I really want Kitagami-san to come over immediately…
Actually, this isn’t his problem; it’s me who’s causing trouble for him….
How did he even find out?
He has something to do, he must be busy, right?
Can’t let him worry!
Aoyama Nanami took a light breath and typed back.
“It’s fine, I’m clearing it up.”
“Don’t worry, just do your thing…”
Her fingers trembled as she clicked to send. Aoyama Nanami saw the insult picture on her desktop…
She had no hope for Kitagami Yoru to come over quickly.
Because she didn’t want to distract Kitagami Yoru, delay him…
Kitagami Yoru didn’t take leave as expected. Aoyama Nanami naturally thought that Kitagami Yoru’s matter was important and inconvenient.
She still felt her reasons were valid, letting Kitagami Yoru become the center of attention again, becoming a target for everyone to curse and despise with guilt…
“Really, it’s fine?”
Kitagami Yoru continued asking skeptically.
He was sensitive about rumors; he didn’t believe it, right?
Aoyama Nanami typed back firmly, her words as light and cool as a common cold…
Actually, almost everyone in the grade knew.
Now who knows where it’s coming from, whispering about their own rumors of being an escort…
The situation is extremely serious!
Even cyberbullying has appeared!
Kitagami Yoru slightly relaxed and comforted Aoyama Nanami, his heart filled with anger towards Eriri.
Dismissed.
Aoyama Nanami holding her phone, quietly responding to Kitagami Yoru without anyone else around.
Completely unaware, a girl sneaks up behind her, peeking at what she’s doing.
Suddenly, the girl snatches Aoyama Nanami’s phone right out of her hands.
Holding it high up, displaying it inside the classroom.
Many people have been watching this place…
“Look quick, solid evidence, this exchange student is chatting with that fatso!”
The girl smirks and shouts loudly while also showing the phone screen to her classmates.
“What…what are you doing?”
Aoyama Nanami jumps up, angrily trying to snatch back the phone.
The girl had already prepared, tossing the phone…
It ended up in someone else’s hands; a look at it: “Really, chat history!”
“No way? I still don’t believe it, this is legit evidence!”
“Let me see, let me see!”
Countless people gather around to check in shock.
Some even take out their phones and snap photos, intending to post it on SchoolForum for attention!
“Don’t look at it, give it back to me!”
Aoyama Nanami goes completely berserk and rushes forward to snatch her phone.
The person is scared out of their wits, hurriedly throws the phone onto the table, retreating far away.
But it’s too late.
Dialogue content, it’s so catchy!
Although just a few simple lines of dialogue.
But it proves that Kitagami Yoru and Aoyama Nanami really do have a connection, right?
Kitagami Yoru cares about Aoyama Nanami, doesn’t he?
“I’m not an escort, I don’t do that!”
Aoyama Nanami picks up her phone like yesterday, crying and rushing out of the classroom after a fall.
But this doesn’t work.
These people are still happy to have found evidence!
Aoyama Nanami is really into escorting, isn’t she?
Such a pity, a cute beautiful girl.
….
“What’s wrong?”
Kitagami Yoru receives the phone and Sakurajima Mai curiously asks.
Shaking his head, he gives a glance.
Kitagami Yoru questions Aoyama Nanami, friends won’t deceive each other.
He repeatedly asked five or six times in Aoyama Nanami’s statements that there was an impatient tone.
Even, he lets Aoyama Nanami question herself, not believing a friend?
What else can Kitagami Yoru do?
He comes to the hospital.
Stealing medicine, giving injections, all in one go.
The dosage of the medication must have decreased.
Half an hour later.
Sakurajima Mai and Kitagami Yoru head home with a refreshed look.
It’s temporary, of course.
She needs at least two weeks to properly recover.
The Sakurajima Mai residence has a luxurious entertainment room.
Both are bored watching the movie; more accurately, Sakurajima Mai is dragging Kitagami Yoru along.
“What do you want to ask me to do?”
The movie’s climax has passed. Sakurajima Mai turns her head towards Kitagami Yoru.
“You’re a student at Shuchiin Academy, so you must know Shinomiya Kaguya, right?”
Kitagami Yoru looks at the movie screen.
“Hmm? I don’t go to school much, but I do know her.”
Sakurajima Mai nods with curiosity.
A young lady from one of Japan’s four major financial clans.
Her identity and background are noble; she is envied by everyone.
She is also an excellent target, looking quite lovely herself……
“I want you to investigate her thoroughly, as well as the Shinomiya clan.”
Kitagami Yoru spits out a core; a simple reply.
Upon hearing this, Sakurajima Mai is taken aback.
There was no response; Kitagami Yoru just looked over with a flawless profile.
Maybe he likes Shinomiya Kaguya and wants to rise above the rest, turning into a phoenix…
Should I investigate him?
Feeling somewhat bitter inside, Sakurajima Mai turned her head away.
This afternoon, at Shuchiin Academy Student Council.
Shirogane Miyuki, Shinomiya Kaguya, Ii Nezuko, Fujiwara Chika, and the guy named Ishigami Yuu were all together.
“Regarding this matter……what do you guys think?”
Shirogane Miyuki slowly spoke up, showing what was supposed to be evidence of a tryst on her phone.
“It’s fake…”
Fujiwara Chika decisively said.
Although she doesn’t know Aoyama Nanami, she is very familiar with Kitagami Yoru.
“We still need to clarify the specifics; looking at it from Kitagami Yoru’s perspective, there’s nothing wrong with finding a tryst…”
Shinomiya Kaguya doesn’t believe in Kitagami Yoru, but she trusts Aoyama Nanami more.
After saying that, her eyes flickered with a faint hint of disgust.
“Is this a rumor? We still need to clarify the specifics; I’ll go check.”
The Shuusei Committee’s Ii Nezuko said.
“Not not, Kitagami-san wouldn’t do that. It must be a misunderstanding…”
Fujiwara Chika shook her head at the people around her.
“Secretary Fujiwara, you seem so confident; do you know something?”
Shirogane Miyuki asked the question on everyone’s mind.
“Yes, so just deny it outright.”
Fujiwara Chika nodded vigorously.
“Can you explain in detail?”
“And I can tell from your tone that you seem very familiar with Kitagami Yoru, right?”
Shinomiya Kaguya looked strangely at her friend.
“Kaguya… “
Fujiwara Chika called out affectionately, not knowing what to say.
Maybe Kitagami Yoru is too handsome…
Since a month before school started, she had seen Kitagami Yoru three times a week and even opened her mouth for him to feed her delicious heart-shaped breakfast.
Fujiwara Chika’s expression was directly awkward, while also recalling that Kitagami Yoru seemed to have great opinions about Shinomiya Kaguya.
The same goes for Shinomiya Kaguya too.
“So what? What’s going on?”
Shirogane Miyuki questioned with suspicion.
“No no no, there’s nothing, just let me handle this.”
Fujiwara Chika shook her head repeatedly and patted her chest.
Shinomiya Kaguya found it strange that her friend was like this and reminded everyone: “That Kitagami Yoru never came to school after we started.”
“Is that so? I know now.”
Fujiwara Chika was astonished for a moment but continued: “I’ll go handle this matter right now, see you later!”
She waved her hand and left the Student Council to ask Aoyama Nanami for clarification.
But missed the shot, so had to go back to Student Council and debunk rumors with Ai Jingnengzi.
Plan to check out the situation tomorrow and look for Aoyama Nanami again.
…….
Accompanied Sakurajima Mai to watch a movie, then laid down on bed to rest due to fever.
“Just stay with me for the night, and leave in the morning tomorrow?”
Sakurajima Mai is very afraid of being alone again after that.
After a bath.
Kitagami Yoru was exercising at home, catching up on news, and then fell asleep.
The next day, Sakurajima Mai slept in until almost 9:30.
After breakfast, Kitagami Yoru directly came to her place to administer IV drip.
The IV fluids were brought back yesterday, so there’s no need for another trip.
“I’ll leave in the afternoon, take good care of yourself.”
Kitagami Yoru reminded her.
“I want to eat sushi at noon…..”
Sakurajima Mai nodded.
“What do you plan next?”
Kitagami Yoru asked Sakurajima Mai instead, and he’s not dumb.
Realizes the importance of Sakurajima Mai to him.
“Take care of yourself, go see your mom and sister, as well as your dad…….”
“Give me some time, and I’ll help you again…..”
Sakurajima Mai thought about it, she couldn’t contact her own family, but at least she could see them, silently accompanying them.
“It’s okay.”
Kitagami Yoru’s gaze was gentle, he spoke softly.
“Hmm…..”
Sakurajima Mai shrank her neck, secretly biting her lip lightly, feeling a little shy inside.
Kitagami Yoru had almost lost weight, just that his body fat was slightly higher.
Charm and allure, were nearly at their peak…..
If the body fat could go down a bit more…
Leave the room.
Kitagami Yoru ordered Supermarket Delivery food to come over.
Made a lavish lunch.
After eating, he was resting on the living room sofa.
Suddenly, received information from Fujiwara Chika.
“Aoyama Nanami is in trouble, it’s a serious issue, you better go check SchoolForum”
“I’ll sort out the cause and effect later, send it to you afterwards”
Fujiwara was accompanying Aoyama Nanami, understanding the situation.
The matter is really serious!
The denial completely failed!
Despite Aoyama Nanami’s obstruction, he still forcefully sent a message to Kitagami Yoru.
“Fujiwara-san, I didn’t say that to disturb Kitagami-san; he might come to school tomorrow.”
Aoyama Nanami and Chika were still upset, expressing their concerns.
She was afraid of influencing Kitagami Yoru.
She didn’t want Kitagami Yoru to be distracted.
“They splashed water on you, threw paper at you, and even vandalized things. Isn’t that bad enough?”
Chika inhaled sharply.
“It’s okay, I’m not hurt anyway……”
Aoyama Nanami shook her head confidently.
“One day at a time! That won’t work either.”
Chika shook her head just as she received a reply from Kitagami Yoru.
As soon as Kitagami Yoru arrives.
Both of these girls know the current situation with Kitagami Yoru.
It looks too good to be true….
Do we need to pay for a sugar baby?
Gossipers, aren’t you just disdainful of Aoyama Nanami and disgusted by the fatso in love with her as if treating Aoyama Nanami like a sugar baby?
Sakurajima Mai’s house.
Kitagami Yoru understood clearly, replied back, then went to check the forum and was furious!
In a hurry, he said goodbye to Sakurajima Mai and had to go to Shuchiin Academy.
Chika called him over without explaining why.
Kitagami Yoru doesn’t know if being cool by himself is enough to easily crush rumors.
In his eyes, he’s just a little bit cool… like Sakurajima Mai said.
Having an overweight friend is like dating a fat guy.
So if Kitagami Yoru, who’s super handsome and has a high cheekbones that make girls’ hearts race, becomes your friend, does it still count as dating?
Kitagami Yoru walks in such a hurry.
Sakurajima Mai doesn’t know what happened, but she knows enough not to hold him back and follows along.
“What happened?”
In the elevator, Sakurajima Mai holds onto Kitagami Yoru’s hand to comfort him.
“There are rumors about me at school. I’m so pissed.”
Kitagami Yoru takes a deep breath and gradually calms down.
“Why?”
Sakurajima Mai looks puzzled.
“Because I’m an awful fat guy!”
Kitagami Yoru clenches his fist.
As soon as the elevator opens, he strides out.
Sakurajima Mai follows behind, realizing that Kitagami Yoru has been working out since summer break.
The classmates at school still don’t know about Kitagami Yoru’s current transformation.
“You’ll scare the living daylights out of people if you go to school looking like this!”
Sakurajima Mai thinks exaggeratedly in her heart.
Even she dares not look at Kitagami Yoru too much, but when he smiles at himself, she can’t help but blush.
And what about those shallow girls from rich families who spend their days thinking only of eating, drinking, and playing?
Sakurajima Mai followed closely behind Kitagami Yoru, eager to see how the students at Shuchiin Academy would react to him.
They hurriedly arrived at the station. Kitagami Yoru anxiously waited for the train, as if time was running out.
Sakurajima Mai caught up with him later.
“You’re a patient, go rest, do you want to go to school?”
Kitagami Yoru had forgotten that others couldn’t see Sakurajima Mai. Luckily, there weren’t many people at the station.
“I’ll follow you home and see where you live.”
Upon hearing how anxious Kitagami Yoru was, Sakurajima Mai secretly felt happy for him.
“I want to beat up the person who’s spreading rumors!”
Kitagami Yoru loosened his fist and then clenched it again.
Actually, everyone is a spreader of rumors…
Even Aoyama Nanami didn’t know who started spreading the rumor about their exchange.
After a while.
Kitagami Yoru took Sakurajima Mai’s hand and sat down in a corner of the car.
He looked at the time…
The anxious wait continued until they returned home by running after getting off the train, then changed into their Shuchiin Academy uniforms.
“You live here, huh…..”
Sakurajima Mai sat on the small sofa.
“Take care of yourself and call me if you have any problems.”
Kitagami Yoru picked up his backpack, quickly zipped it up, and ran to school.
Afternoon.
During the first class, Kitagami Yoru entered Shuchiin Academy and headed towards the classroom building.
Is this possibly Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei’s class?
“Wait, is this all in session?”
“I’ll enter the Classroom and announce a report; won’t everyone suddenly turn to look at themselves?”
Kitagami Yoru slightly slowed his pace.
“Forget it, let them have their reaction…”
Shaking his head, Kitagami Yoru took big strides and dashed to the Teaching Building, running all the way to the Classroom.
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