In Guangyou's view, this is a good thing: Ayumi is a lovely girl. She is innocent, lively, simple, cheerful, and full of love.
With Ayumi as Ai's friend, Kōyū thinks Ai will be influenced by Ayumi and become more cheerful.
This change in Ai is something Kousuke wanted to see.
Admittedly, he likes Ai as she is now, but to be honest, Mitsuyu hopes that Ai can show more of the vitality and energy that a girl her age should have.
This cannot be changed overnight, after all, Ai's current personality was formed after living in that environment for eighteen years.
But Kwang-yu firmly believes that this situation will improve in the future.
By agreeing to let Ayumi call her by her nickname, Ai Haibara's desire for "friend" has been fulfilled.
Just as Kōyū was lost in thought, the excited voices of Mōhiko and Genta pulled him back from his reverie.
"Then, we can also..."
Before they could finish speaking, Guangyou quickly came to his senses and decisively refused them.
"Ayumi is okay, but neither of you are."
Upon hearing Kouyu's refusal, Mitsuhiko and Genta's smiles instantly froze. They then slowly withdrew their smiles and gave a weak reply.
"yes..."
"What is this, Mitsuyu..." Ayumi blinked, somewhat puzzled, but she quickly understood.
"He's actually jealous of a kid..." Conan glanced at Kouyu and thought to himself.
He hadn't considered how he would react if another boy called Xiaolan "Ran-chan".
"You actually want to call her by her nickname?" Kōyū was satisfied with their responses. "No way."
Looking at the jealous Kouyu beside her, Ai's face flashed a smile.
“Kuyou…” Ayumi suddenly remembered the goal she had set before setting off. After hesitating for a moment, she called out Kuyou’s name.
Before setting off, she discovered that only Ai and Mitsuyu in her yearbook did not use nicknames.
Ai's nickname has now been approved by Ai herself, and Ayumi has decided to change Ai's name in the yearbook when she gets back.
Guangyou is the only one who doesn't have a nickname yet.
Normally, being able to call someone by their first name without causing offense indicates a close relationship.
But Kuang-Yu is a special case.
He didn't deliberately hide his past. Not only did the girls who were close to Guangyou know about his background and experiences, but everyone in the class also knew about it.
Therefore, when calling out to Guangyou, people usually call him "Guangyou classmate".
When Ayumi and the others call out, they simply call out their names.
It seemed fine, but Ayumi still felt something was off at first.
The reason is that the relationship spans too wide:
They went from being ordinary classmates to becoming close friends, like Sonoko and Ran, who had known each other for many years.
At that time, they had only known Kōyū for a short time, so it wouldn't be appropriate to call him anything else. Ayumi even struggled with what to call Kōyū.
Later, when she called Guangyou's name, she wondered whether to drop "classmate" and add the honorific "kun" instead. So she paused and only called Guangyou's name.
Before she could even utter the honorific, Guangyou responded with a casual reply, seemingly unconcerned.
So, gradually, Ayumi and Genta started calling Kousuke by his name directly, omitting the honorifics that followed.
To outsiders, the fact that they call Guangyou by his name directly without any honorifics is a sign of a good relationship.
But only Ayumi and the others knew that their relationship with Kousuke wasn't actually that good; it was more like that of ordinary friends.
Under normal circumstances, given their relationship, she would at most call him "Kuyou-kun," while calling him by his name would be Ai's privilege.
She and Guangyou have known each other for some time now.
Compared to when they first met, their relationship has improved a lot.
Therefore, Ayumi thought she could try calling him by his nickname.
Take "Kuangyou-kun" for example.
However, the name "Guangyou-kun" requires five syllables, which is not easy to pronounce.
So Ayumi is still considering how to address Kousuke if he agrees.
Perhaps Ai's previous approval gave Ayumi a little more confidence, and after some internal struggle, she finally asked the question.
"Kuangyou, um... um, can I call you by your name?"
Even though she had asked the question, Ayumi was still a little nervous.
She only asked if she could call him by his name, not by his nickname.
However, based on what had just happened, Kōyū guessed what Ayumi wanted to ask.
He didn't care much about how he was addressed.
Aside from the intimate terms of address between lovers, whether it's "Sang" or "Jun," he felt they weren't that different.
His name requires four syllables, which is fine when read directly, but if you add "Sang" or "Jun", the number of syllables becomes five.
It feels a bit awkward.
But if Ayumi wants to shout, let her shout; he doesn't mind.
“Ayumi, no need to explain, I know what you mean.”
Seeing Ayumi trying to explain herself, Kōyū smiled and said, "If you want to shout, then shout."
Really?
Upon hearing his words, Ayumi's furrowed brows, which had been furrowed due to her slip of the tongue, immediately relaxed, and a smile appeared on her cheeks.
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