Chapter 19: Yuihara Kaoru, who recovered from her eight boyfriends
"Fortunately, it's just a bruise!" sighed Sakurai Rika, who had taken a leave of absence from club work.
Yuihara Xiangcheng munched on an apple, swallowing the sweet bite. "Yeah, I'll be fine after a few days of rest. Luckily, I didn't break any bones."
Putting down the X-ray film that she couldn't understand, Sakurai Rika sat down on the edge of the bed: "I wanted to see you yesterday, Yukimura said you didn't want to be disturbed."
"No???" Yuhara Xiangcheng sat up and then fell back onto the support frame with a "hiss": "I am innocent!"
Sakurai Rika stared at her as if she knew everything, Xiangcheng, you still say that there is nothing between you and him!
Yuihara Kaoki burst out laughing again: "But we discussed the grudges between you and Yagyu-kun yesterday."
"You two? Talking about me?" Sakurai Rika's heart was pierced by arrows. Are you kidding me? Not only did you not let me come, but you also talked about me behind my back!
"It is said that it was one afternoon in the second year of junior high school..."
Sakurai Rika expressionlessly used her hand to stuff a piece of apple into her mouth, ignoring her "wooooo" accusations.
"I'm beginning to understand you now, Xiangcheng."
"ha?"
"Men only slow down our sword-drawing speed! If Yagyu hadn't disturbed us these past two weeks," Rika gritted her teeth and said, "I would have performed better the day before yesterday! Maybe... you wouldn't have been injured!"
Don't put the blame for the failure on poor Yagyu-kun! Xiangcheng swallowed it hastily: "It has nothing to do with Yagyu-kun! Don't think too much, it's just bad luck!"
Sakurai Rika was still in a gloomy mood: "Actually, it's all my fault... If I had reacted faster, or stopped trying to let Abe-senpai play earlier, maybe we could have won the game."
"Well, it's a competition! There are winners and losers, and besides, we're a respectable opponent like Shonan. Losing won't be a big deal. We just need to keep working hard."
"Rather than being depressed after a loss, I think it's more important to keep moving forward. But if you blame it all on Yagyu-kun, that's not fair. I honestly think the last month has been the most diligent and effective training you've ever had since I met you."
Sakurai Rika raised her head: "You are really good at comforting people."
Yuihara Kaoru puffed out her chest proudly.
"So let's continue with the previous question - what were you and Yukimura doing yesterday?"
The Yuihara orange wilts.
Someone who disliked hospitals came on Sunday morning, carrying homework, extracurricular books, and a pot of "Endless Summer" that had just opened its buds. She had somehow persuaded her parents, who smiled and told her to listen to Yukimura-kun and left.
The legendary top succubus! Controlled her parents!
Without waiting for Yukimura to make a "stay put" gesture to her parents, Yukimura placed the flower pot on the windowsill where she could see it at a glance, then pulled out the bedside chair, adjusted it to the same height as the hospital bed, and sat down.
This process is so familiar! Seeing the shock in her eyes, Yukimura paused and said, "In the second semester of my second year in junior high school...when I was sick, this was the first hospital I went to."
The kind-hearted Xiangcheng finally swallowed the words "don't bother".
——Because he was so familiar with the procedures, Yukimura was more dedicated than the nurses in reminding her to take medicine. When she needed care, he would go out to call the nurse and wait outside.
Some of the nurses who still remember Yukimura joked with her when she was applying medicine to Xiangcheng, saying that Yukimura-kun was a very good boyfriend.
Even if she earnestly explained that she wasn't, the nurses would still advise her to take advantage of the opportunity.
It kept her awake all night last night.
When she heard Lixiang ask this question again, she didn't feel shy at all. Instead, she felt deeply confused - if this was love, then why?
Her personality isn't very likable; she only gets along with people she's familiar with. She's not a top student either, and judging by her performance over the past few weeks, she might even fail physics. Her only real strength is volleyball.
I can't... just face volleyball for the rest of my life just to attract Yukimura?
There are so many outstanding girls around her - she is often proud of their shining points, and often tries to learn those excellent qualities, such as Tianyan's optimism, Mizunoe's self-discipline, Rika's liveliness or Buchou's elegance.
But she is who she is. She likes to play games secretly and has no self-discipline at all. She is also pessimistic about the future of her beloved volleyball. She lacks grace and has trouble connecting with strangers. Sometimes she thinks she is pretty good, but most of the time... she also has a bit of low self-esteem and hopes to be better.
So she had been observing him constantly. Compared to the socially anxious, overly mature Hei, who was born into a family, Yukimura... had qualities that were hard for her to describe, yet they matched perfectly. Those qualities made it difficult for her to face Yukimura with both determination and composure.
Occasionally, she would look at herself in a torn manner. On the one hand, she was getting closer and closer to Yukimura, and on the other hand, she couldn't help but want to escape with a trembling soul.
I'm so annoyed... Why is my "single-threaded" brain thinking about all this? Does it have anything to do with her playing volleyball? Should I just give myself another slap?
Yuihara Kaoru rolled her eyes: "Just because you're in a relationship yourself, don't think you have the right to advise others on relationships!"
Li Xiang made a face: "Really?"
"That's right," Yuihara Kaoru recalled her bold words. "I promised my family that I would consider this issue after I stopped playing volleyball in college!"
“Huh???”
As if foreseeing a bright future, Xiangcheng didn't notice the figures flashing behind the half-open door. "When the time comes, I will definitely manage my time well~"
Li Xiang felt that she would hear something terrible next -
"Talk to seven or eight people at a time!"
The door was pushed open with a bang, revealing Yukimura with a bright smile and several other people who were trying hard to hold back their laughter.
Yuihara Kaoru won the ostrich-pretending competition by hiding under the quilt in just one second.
Oh my God, she only remembered to worship God after studying in a church school for several years. At this moment, she hoped that time could go back even 10 seconds.
Let her take that back.
Sakurai Rika could no longer control her laughter, causing Niou and Yanagi to burst into laughter as well.
Sanada, who was still trying to hold it in, was shaking and twitching strangely. Yagyu, who had come to pick up his girlfriend, silently dragged Rika away...
Xiangcheng suddenly recalled the lingering Latin language used by the nun teacher when she talked about poetry. It passed through the slowly turning steps of time, passed through the steel forest of Tokyo, and was brought to her side at this moment, where she was almost suffocating, by the cool summer breeze of Kanagawa.
She felt someone sitting down beside the bed.
After a while, she heard Yukimura's voice, full of evil amusement, from very close to her through the quilt: "Xiangcheng-san, you have eight boyfriends, aren't you afraid of suffocating yourself to death?"
"Just let me die." She could even hear the sound of her nerve called "embarrassment" breaking under the heavy burden.
Then the quilt was gently lifted, revealing her red face, which was not only caused by embarrassment but also by covering it up. Yukimura Seiichi laughed out loud, unable to contain his good mood.
Xiangcheng simply sat up with a desperate look.
Soon, her mouth pursed and a few tears fell in the sound of Yukimura's laughter.
"You're so annoying!" Xiangcheng's voice was filled with tears, and Yukimura's expression suddenly softened.
He stretched out his right hand—instead of wiping her tears, he scratched her nose.
"Stop saying things like that," he said. "You don't even want one boyfriend. You can't even care about one boyfriend, so how can you want eight?"
Xiangcheng fell headfirst onto the quilt and sobbed, "Yukimura Seiichi."
"Hmm?" Yukimura's eyes fell on the top of her chestnut hair.
"You're so annoying."
Yukimura couldn't help but touch the top of her hair. It was soft and had a faint citrus scent.
The nun's voice still echoed faintly in my ears.
"If you were snow, why would you burst into flames?
If you are fire, why are you so cold?"
"I'm sorry," Matsumoto Genon held her hand: "You tried so hard, but we still didn't win the game..." It even took her two days of mental preparation before she dared to come to the hospital.
Yuihara Xiangcheng scratched the back of her head with one hand. This is not right! She is not the leader, why is she in charge of the report?
"Senior, please don't say that!" Yuhara Kaoru was terrified: "Don't bring personal behavior to the team!"
Only when you get close can you see that Matsumoto's pupils are amber, like a kitten, with sparse, jagged edges. This makes Minister Matsumoto as interesting as a kitten when his emotions change.
For example, right now, her pupils are round and round, and she looks extremely aggrieved. So when she usually looks stern, will her pupils also become vertical?
If that's the case, it's too cute! Yuihara Kaoru couldn't help but rub against the cute minister.
"Volleyball is a team sport! If you have to apologize to one person after losing, it means the team is not united at all!" Yuihara Kaoru rested her head on Matsumoto Genon's shoulder: "But I think we are already great~"
Matsumoto Genyin also gently leaned her head on her shoulder: "Well... we are already great!"
"That's right! I was afraid you'd look at me with guilt, but I really think my save was awesome. If anyone can take a picture, I'll definitely print it and post it!"
Matsumoto Genyin relaxed. "I'll ask for you. If there is one, I'll post it on the club's wall first..."
"Yeah!"
After a week of recuperation, Yuihara Xiangcheng was finally released from the hospital! This was mainly because her extremely nervous father delayed the treatment for a few more days, fearing that it would affect her bones.
This beautiful campus! This wonderful bell! This beautiful Miss Kinomoto! This... physics has become completely divine...
Stretching to catch her breath, Yukimura and Rika stared at their physics textbook. They'd never mentioned their progress taking off when they'd been tutoring her! She imagined herself locked up in a dark room for failing physics, and with a weary heart, she opened the door to the clubhouse.
With a few "pa pa pa" sounds, ribbons flew and fireworks fell on people's heads.
"Congratulations to WS Yuihara Kaoru for returning to the team after recovering from injury!"
The author has something to say:
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(Poem from Gonzales Prada's "To Love")
There are super sweet cookies today! I am so sweet that I am going crazy!
We've finally reached the stage where we can secretly send out sweet messages! (Applause)
I've played it in my mind eight hundred times already!
Don’t miss it if you pass by~[Lop-eared rabbit head][Lop-eared rabbit head] End my single-player life with loving collections and comments!
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