For Kii Kanade, it's easy to quickly get close to someone; just by looking into his affectionate eyes, almost no one can refuse his request.
However, these deliberate tactics were completely ineffective against Willy. Sometimes, before he could even react, Willy would turn around in accordance with Willy's intentions.
The hypocritical words transformed into colorful candies, and Kii Kanade crumpled the brightly colored candy wrappers with a rustling sound.
He silently tossed the candy into his mouth.
"...It's really bitter."
The setting sun cast its slanting rays into the classroom, making the afterglow appear like blood.
At this point, everyone else, including Willie, had started their journey home from school, leaving only Yukimura Masashi and Kii Kanade behind.
Masashi Yukimura's pen scratched across the paper.
He seemed completely oblivious to the implication in Kii Kanade's words.
"If you find it bitter, you don't have to eat it."
Kii Kanade's response was to bite the hard candy into several pieces with her teeth.
After a moment, he shook his head.
"No."
As he finished speaking, Masashi Yukimura removed his frameless glasses, pinched the bridge of his high nose, and closed his eyes, saying:
“He is very special, but you have already spent too much time on him.”
"For the sake of our friendship, don't blame me for not warning you."
He stood up, picked up his bag, and walked straight into the aisle.
The light and shadow divided his figure in two, his face shrouded in shadow, making it impossible to see his expression.
"Your methods are useless against him."
"Unless you give him your heart, you won't get any response from him."
"But once you start, you don't have a say in when it ends."
"..."
"True feelings for true feelings? I never knew that the president, who has always been known as an unattainable beauty, actually believed in such a theory."
"Saying something to me will do you no good."
Even though he sensed the sarcasm in the other person's words, Masashi Yukimura's expression remained unchanged, as if nothing could affect him.
"...Has that guy, Ju Huang, not come to class for a week already?"
Instead of continuing, Kii Kanade abruptly changed the subject.
The atmosphere between the two relaxed, and Yukimura Masashi knew that this meant a truce. He walked towards the door, and Kii Kanade followed him.
"He seems to be looking for someone. A while ago, he even came to the student council and took away the files of all the first and second year students."
"Who has offended this young master again?"
Kii Kanade's voice was full of interest and laughter.
"This time it doesn't seem to be about revenge."
Masashi Yukimura remained silent for a few seconds.
He said he was looking for his lost lover.
Kii Kanade: ?
Now he was genuinely interested.
He walked quickly to Yukimura Masashi's side.
What kind of person is he?
He wanted to pray for the other person in advance at the shrine.
Masashi Yukimura shook his head.
"He himself didn't seem to know either, only saying that he was a very handsome young man. His name, age... he knew nothing about him."
"Very beautiful..."
Kii Kanade felt as if something flashed through his mind, but the next second he saw a familiar figure. He subconsciously raised his voice and ran over.
"Unanswered!"
Willy had returned after finishing his meal because he realized he had left his textbook in the classroom, but he didn't expect to run into someone he didn't want to see, so he turned away.
Despite being dressed in a kimono that restricted movement, Kii Kanade moved quickly, and almost instantly blocked Vili's path.
"What a coincidence."
He laughed.
"...It's not a coincidence at all."
If it weren't for seeing him walking with Yukimura Masashi, Willy would have suspected that this man was following him.
"Is there something you need?"
Willy's lips curled down slightly, he frowned and crossed his arms, exuding an air of displeasure.
Kii Kanade, however, seemed oblivious to his rejection, her smile remaining unchanged.
"Can't I say hello if there's nothing wrong?"
"unnecessary."
Vili took a step to the right front, but was blocked by Kii Kanade. The once elegant young nobleman now looked like a persistent leech.
"sorry."
Kii Kanade also noticed Willy's displeasure, and he shook the phone in his hand.
“I’ve been reflecting on myself lately… This behavior was indeed very bad, and I apologize to you.”
"But you can't just stop joining the class group because of me, right? The teacher will use it to announce things like activities or holidays."
"I'm the group admin. Add me as a friend first, and I'll add you to the group."
His words were sincere, and he bent slightly, unfolding his LINE interface in front of Willy.
"..."
With some skepticism, Vili entered the other party's ID and, sure enough, found himself added to a group chat called "[Still Alive Today]".
As soon as the message popped up that he had joined, the other members in the group sent a variety of welcoming emojis.
Although he didn't know who came up with the group name... but thinking back to his own experience when he first entered university, Willie found it quite fitting.
"alright."
As if afraid of offending Vili, after finishing all this, Kii Kanade quickly straightened up and stepped back to a safe social distance.
It leaves only a faint woody scent in the air.
"Then I'll take my leave now."
As he said this, he actually walked back to Yukimura Masashi's side and walked away with him past Vili.
"Host, he must be trying to get your attention by playing hard to get!"
The system flipped through the book in its hand with a rustling sound.
"This is page twenty-four of 'The Emotional Controller: The Psychology of Controlling Men'!"
"...Didn't I throw away all of the original owner's books?"
"hey-hey……"
The system closed the book sheepishly, as if afraid that Willy would take it away and hide it away.
"By the way, aren't you afraid he'll recognize you as the one who confessed to him before school started?"
The system quickly changed the subject.
"If he finds out, he'll definitely turn around and be smug!"
The system felt like it was about to explode with anger just thinking about it.
"Of course I've thought about that. This account is one I created myself."
Although he saw through the system's purpose, Vili still offered a defense for himself.
After all, he does have some image to maintain.
More importantly, if Kii Kanade were to find out about this... Vili had no doubt that the other party would take the opportunity to accept his "confession".
Wouldn't that mean he's back to his old ways?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
No matter how close Kii Kanade gets to him, he will definitely refuse!
...
"Il, I really can't refuse this."
Looking at the new message from Kanade Kii on the chat screen, Vili gripped his phone tightly.
[Empty Cicada: You must have a lot of homework this week, right?]
[Kuzen: If you don't mind, I can finish it for you.]
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