Chapter 194 School starts

September 1st is the first day of school.

On the morning of the first day of school, the moment I woke up, my mind was extremely clear.

The air was quiet and cool, and the sunlight filtered through the gauze curtains and filled the room. Even the dust reflected by the beam of light had an inexplicable softness.

咚咚
There's a knock on the door.

"Rinka! It's time to have breakfast~ School starts today, don't oversleep!"

"I know, I know."

"What? The voice is too quiet."

"I know, I know!"

That's right.

a new day.

New January.

New semester
Rinka Hiiragi ushered in a new beginning from this state.

Put Xiaoqing and Xiaobai, who had crawled into the bed, back to their snake den;

Confused about whether to choose a bunny hairpin or a flower hairpin;
I started to worry about whether I should wear summer or autumn uniforms in September;
Finally, I didn’t have time to eat breakfast. When I was about to leave home, I remembered that I didn’t bring my student ID card. I ran out of the house amid my mother’s complaints while washing dishes and my father’s concern as he read the newspaper.
"Remember to eat your lunch box at noon! I made you your favorite meatballs and broccoli!"

"Yeah! I'm going out!"

"Rinka, be careful on the road!"

"Ok!"

"Rinka! Remember to go to Sapporo with your dad after school this afternoon! Bandai has just received a new batch of Gundams!"

"Why are you thinking about your toy again!"

".This is my only hobby."

Rushing out of the house and into the streets.

Biting the bread, I desperately chased the bus whose doors were about to close in front of the platform.

On the bus, students from the same school who had already boarded the bus were enthusiastically sharing their summer vacation travel experiences with each other because they were meeting again after a month.

Ah~~
The September sun is so dazzling.

Even the sweat dripping from the forehead onto the arms was so shiny and noble.

Is this youth?

There are many adults in this society.
Adults envy and miss the memories of youth like my dad.

Hiiragi Rinka faced the mottled sunlight casting through the leaves and felt that she felt it.

This is youth.

[We have arrived at Inaho 2-chome. We have arrived at Inaho 2-chome. Please pay attention.]
Rinka Hiiragi was enjoying the beauty of youth, but at this moment, she felt a slight chill.

There were two more people beside her.

The two men even glanced at each other.

"Hey, bad luck."

"Although it is not my wish to speak to Xiaoyue like this, it is also my misfortune to meet Xiaoyue at this time."

This, this, this, this!

Like a frightened little rabbit, Hiiragi Rinka instantly shrank her head, even closing her eyes, leaving only her right hand to hold the ring.

She, she, she. She almost forgot!
Inaho 2-chome is where Satsuki and Kokoharu live!

Rinka Hiiragi looked left and right, and then she noticed Jiuhuayue and Matsumae Shinchun, one on her left and the other on her right.

Both of them are top-notch beauties with shining figures and looks.

But at this moment they were all looking at the scenery outside the window, without looking away.

The atmosphere seemed to have reached freezing point.

Hiiragi Rinka realized an embarrassing fact.

I was caught in the middle of them.
The beauty of youth disappears in an instant.

What to do now?
The quarrel between the two lasted less than a week!

They must still be at war right now!

自己
How should I face the friends who have become my enemies on both sides?
Rinka Hiiragi stood between the two of them, feeling uneasy and sweating profusely.

"Good morning, Rinka."

Kokoharu, Kokoharu is talking to me!
How should I reply to her?
If I respond to her actively, Xiaoyue will be angry on the other side, right?

But it won’t be like not replying, right?
Rinka Hiiragi's heart was surging.

She took a deep breath and managed to force out a cute smile. She raised her hands to her shoulders and said hello to Matsumae Shinchun:

"Good morning, Kokoro-chan."

"Cough cough." Jiuhuayue coughed inexplicably.

"Of course! Xiaoyue too, good morning." Hiiragi Rinka turned her head in an instant.

"Well, good morning."

Jiu Huayue put down her hands, raised her head confidently and closed her eyes. She held the bus hanging ring, and her face with plaster on it looked cold and arrogant.

"But, Rinka, from now on... no, from now on, just say hello to me. No need to greet the person on your right who broke her promise, good morning. She won't remember anyway."

Matsumae Shinharu's etiquette was ingrained in her bones.

Even though her childhood sweetheart now commented on her like this, she remained calm.

Her charming eyes with teardrop moles were slightly sad, and she stared at the ground and said:

"Xiaoyue, good morning or something, I will definitely remember it. I just think there is nothing wrong in working hard to pursue the one you love."

"Humph, since you already knew what I thought about uncles, why did you deliberately hide it and come here to say you want to be friends with me? I think you are just being friends with me again to piss me off even more, to make up for the resentment I had for ignoring you before."

"Not really, Xiaoyue."

"You think I'll believe it?"

"Xiaoyue, I didn't lie to you."

"Rinka, Rinka, tell me who is right."

"Ah? Ah? Me, me, me?"

Hiiragi Rinka suddenly became nervous, and the hand holding the handbag tightly grasped her skirt, and her face turned red in an instant.

"I don't know too well."

"Xiaoyue, don't make it too hard on Rinhua."

"Don't worry! I-I'm fine."

"How can it be okay?"

Jiuhuayue frowned unconsciously. She noticed that Xinchun's expression of concern for Rinhua was exactly the same as the expression she had when she came to her and did good things before. The feeling of disgust in her heart suddenly rose.

".hypocritically."

She turned her head away and stopped looking at Matsumae Shinchun, and just spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito.

Rinka Hiiragi heard it, and Matsumae Shinharu heard it too.

Matsumae Shinchun just looked at her for a moment longer without any further reaction.

Jiu Huayue stopped talking after that, and there was complete silence among the three of them.

In this atmosphere, Rinka Hiiragi felt inexplicably sad.

It was clearly a wonderful first day of school.

this.
Is this also part of youth?
Can Xiaoyue and Xinchun, two of his good friends, reconcile?

Or you can treat everyone to some candy. Eating some candy will warm your heart.

Rinka Hiiragi didn't know what to do, she really didn't know.

When I arrived at school, I sat back in the same seat as last semester and began to listen to my classmates excitedly discussing topics related to the holidays, waiting for Teacher Fujii to arrive.

The first day of school seemed to be the same as before.

The opening ceremony is essential at the beginning of the school year, but because she has not been able to reveal everything to Satsuki and Kokoharu in the past, Hiiragi Rinka is absent-minded.

Perhaps it was because Trouble had never figured out how to resolve the relationship between the two of them, and Hiiragi Rinka was trapped in guilt the entire morning.

She didn't even pay attention to the new course and arrived at noon in a daze.

She seemed to feel embarrassed to have lunch with everyone, so, like she used to, she took the lunch box her mother had made, walked into the cafeteria alone, and ate lunch alone.

Even though the corridor was illuminated by sunlight, it was still deserted.

"Rinka."

"Xiao-Xiao Yue?!" "Go have lunch with me."

"But Xiaoyue, Xiaoyue is not——"

"Come on! Stay with me."

Jiuhuayue had a resolute expression on her face, and she dragged Hiiragi Rinka towards the cafeteria.

"Xiao Yue, slow down!"

After arriving at the cafeteria and ordering the student set meal, Hiiragi Rinka saw Jiuhuayue stuffing food into her mouth.

The more it's stuffed in, the faster it's stuffed in.

Hiiragi Rinka was stunned.

"Xiaoyue you"

"Rinka, I'm really pissed off!"

"What.?"

"Didn't you notice? During the two Chinese classes this morning, Xinchun used her position as class monitor to get close to Mr. Fujii. Not only did she talk to him with a smile, she also carried his briefcase and homework books for him!"

Hasn't Xinchun always been like this?
Hiiragi Rinka wanted to say this out loud.

But seeing Jiu Huayue gritting her teeth and poking the barbecued pork on the plate with chopsticks into minced meat,
It’s better not to say this.

"That's fine, but when she was with the uncle, she deliberately looked at me for a second, then turned her head away and ignored me. This is simply... This is simply a provocation!"

Maybe Xinchun doesn't want to argue with you, Xiaoyue?

"I'm so pissed off! That vixen!" Jiu Huayue stuffed a meatball into her mouth.

"Ah, Xiaoyue. That's the meat in my lunch box—"

"I should have seen Xinchun's true face earlier. Really, she cursed me twice when I was a child, why didn't I see it this time? Why did I agree to reconcile with her?"

Jiu Huayue was angry and picked up two more meatballs from the lunch box in the middle of the table.

My most favorite meatballs are leaving me one by one.

Hiiragi Rinka could only watch helplessly.
"Xiaoyue——"

"Ahhhhh. I, I'm so stupid!"

I wanted to speak, but seeing Jiu Huayue venting her anger, I didn't know what to say.
Jiuhuayue swallowed the meatball in her mouth with great effort.

"Come to think of it, why did that girl Xinchun take the initiative to propose to reconcile with me last time? And she even said that she wanted to be friends with me? In my opinion, she did that on purpose to piss me off. Rinka, let me tell you, that big-breasted fox has always been very scheming. Some of her things may really be unintentional, but she is very thoughtful, so you must be extra careful."

Jiuhuayue kept eating while she was talking.

Hiiragi Rinka didn't know how she did it, but anyway
meatball
Only the last one is left.

Hiiragi Rinka stared at the bento in the middle, and while Jiuhuayue was talking nonstop, she secretly reached her chopsticks towards the middle.

20 cm, 10 cm, 5 cm
It's almost there.

Three centimeters. One centimeter
The next moment, Jiu Huayue picked it up with chopsticks and put it directly into her mouth. The girl didn't even have time to open her mouth to stop him.

Hiiragi Rinka's entire hand was petrified in mid-air.

"Rinka, are you listening? Rinka."

"Yes, I am."

"I didn't lie to you, Rinka. You must be careful of Xinchun. It's obvious that I knew her first, but now Xinchun is getting closer to her. She's a vixen, definitely a vixen."

Sad, sad, sad, sad——

Jiu Huayue's face was dark, and her chopsticks were scratching in the plate. If the chopsticks and the plate were made of metal, there would definitely be some harsh sounds of steel friction.

As for the barbecued pork in her lunch box, it had been broken into pieces and disappeared without a trace.

Hiiragi Rinka could only put down the chopsticks in her hand and smiled bitterly:
"Xiaoyue, I think it's true that Xinchun wants to be friends with you."

"Huh?! Rinka, why are you speaking for her?"

Hiiragi Rinka quickly waved her hands and explained: "I'm not speaking for Kokoharu, but I just felt it."

"You felt it?"

"Yes, Xiaoyue, you see, when Xinchun knew that you returned to Otaru, she always wanted to get to know you again and get back together with you. She always wanted to reconcile with you, and this idea was established before you liked Mr. Fujii."

"." Jiuhuayue pondered and nodded, "It makes sense."

"In summary, Kokoharu sincerely wants to reconcile with you, Xiaoyue. I think Kokoharu must be very conflicted and painful right now. After all, on the one hand, she is your childhood sweetheart, and on the other hand, she is the person you love."

"Will she?"

"Of course!" Hiiragi Rinka emphasized, "Xiaoyue, why don't you think about it, how many choices will Xinchun have in this situation?"

"."

Jiuhuayue looked at Rinka Hiiragi and chose to listen patiently.

"There are only two options. One is to give up your love for Mr. Fujii and instead promote the relationship between you, Xiaoyue, and Mr. Fujii."

"Isn't this bad?" Jiu Huayue asked.

Hiiragi Rinka shook her head. "If I do this, I will be able to live up to the friendship between me and Xiaoyue, but if I do this, I will be sorry for myself and her feelings for Mr. Fujii."

"why?"

"Relationships are not something that can be pushed or given. They require both parties to agree and then go forward together. If Xinchun starts to push the teacher towards you, Xiaoyue, because of sisterhood, this is not only irresponsible to her own feelings, but also irresponsible to the teacher. I think Xinchun absolutely does not want to promote such a situation, so she can only choose the second method.
"That is to say, I will present the facts to you, Xiaoyue, and fight you openly."

"."

Jiuhuayue was quiet.

She pondered over Rinka's words carefully.

It does make sense.

"Okay," Jiu Huayue breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I will temporarily believe in Xinchun's partial sincerity."

Hope ignited in Hiiragi Rin's eyes: "Then Xiaoyue——"

"There's definitely no way we can get back together! Rinka, you've made it clear. Indeed, feelings aren't something that can be achieved through giving and taking. Feelings are something that you gain through your own efforts! In other words, you should try even harder to show yourself in front of the person you like!"

There seemed to be power in Jiuhuayue's words.

At this time, Hiiragi Kana noticed that she still had a large mouthful of broccoli in her mouth.

"Xiao Yue--" She wanted to interrupt her.

"I admit that now that I know some of Xinchun's thoughts, my disgust towards her has decreased a little."

"Xiaoyue, my——"

Rinka Hiiragi noticed that the broccoli in her lunch box was getting less and less.

"Yes! Only a little bit! I still remember clearly how that little fox Xinchun tried to behave around uncle today! She disguised herself as being very well-behaved, and disguised herself as being sensible and pitiful."

brocoli.
"If Xinchun hadn't gotten involved, uncle and I would definitely be together now!"

".Huh?! Teng"

Hiiragi Rinka quickly covered her mouth and lowered her voice before saying, "Did the teacher... promise you, Xiaoyue?"

"No."

"."

"Although not, we actually get along very well. Simply put, even though we haven't started dating, it's better than being in a relationship." Jiu Huayue stood straight with confidence on her face.

But
Still haven't started dating, right?
And, Xiaoyue.
You're going to eat all my broccoli again.
"Soni, oh Soni! Xinchun, that vixen Xinchun is so annoying. Without her, without her——!"

Jiu Huayue closed her eyes tightly, gritted her teeth, and ate the broccoli hard, her words becoming unclear.

My mom made me cauliflower.
But cauliflower isn’t really the point now, is it?

Hiiragi Rinka thought to herself.

The point is that Xiaoyue's disgust for Xinchun-chan has obviously decreased a little.

Although only a little
But
This is also proof that the two may still be able to reconcile in the future.

"What are you going to do next, Xiaoyue?"

"What should I do? Shouldn't we take advantage of the start of school soon..." Jiuhuayue swallowed her food hard and continued, "at the end of summer, hold a sports festival? I must show off myself."

Sports Festival

"That's right, I will participate in whatever Xinchun participates in. I will definitely suppress her and put a good suppressant on her arrogance."

"But this has something to do with the relationship between you, Xiaoyue, and Mr. Fujii."

"It doesn't matter. It's okay. The opportunity has come. What we need to do now is to defeat our opponent."

Jiu Huayue said this confidently, even though there was a piece of gauze of moderate size on her face.

She was full and wiping her mouth, when she suddenly noticed that the food in front of Rinka Hiiragi was untouched.

"Hmm? Rinka, I've already finished eating, why haven't you started eating yet? Don't you like your lunch box today?"

Hiiragi Rinka: “.”

(End of this chapter)