Chapter 7 Milk Pudding: Beware of SNS Harassment
When Akina Amaho woke up again, she rubbed her temples and noticed that there were two people sitting neatly next to her hospital bed.
She was confused: "Thank you for bringing me here, but don't you need to go back to training? I'm fine."
Yes, sometimes it happens at home too. I get so engrossed in drawing that I forget to eat, and when I wake up I realize I've actually fainted.
"Sorry, we ate your rice ball at lunchtime," the twins said in unison, then glared at each other.
After saying this, Miyaji took out two rice balls, while Miyayu took out a box of pudding.
Akina blinked, her brain, still conscious, clearly unable to process such a complex situation.
She took the pudding and picked up the two rice balls, which were still warm.
Clearly, these two people had finished their meal and then rushed over with some things to find me.
"Ah, it's okay. I often have low blood sugar and faint, so even if I brought those two rice balls, I might not remember to eat them..." At this point, she suddenly felt guilty, and her voice became lower.
"How can you skip dinner?" Gong You frowned, unable to understand.
Even if he loves playing volleyball and is obsessed with training, he will never miss mealtimes.
"Tenho-kun, you don't usually eat dinner on time, do you?" Miyaji also crossed his arms.
"Sometimes when I get carried away, I feel like it's okay to be hungry for a while, and then I faint from hunger. This time was the same." Akina Amami put a rice ball in her mouth and nibbled on it.
The taste was so-so, but it was enough to fill our stomachs; they probably just bought it from a convenience store.
Gong You and Gong Zhi exchanged a glance.
“We’ll make sure you eat dinner for a while, since the volleyball team finishes training around dinner time.” Gong Zhi took a deep breath.
“Yes, if you don’t eat, you won’t have the energy to paint anymore,” Gong You muttered, frowning.
He clearly still remembered what Akina Amaho had said to him at noon.
"Or... is it that you just don't want to draw for me, which is why you rejected me like that?" Gong You slowly widened his eyes.
"No, it's just that when I'm hungry and have no inspiration, I can't draw at all. But when I have inspiration, I don't want to waste time eating while I'm creating."
"Because doing other things will interrupt my inspiration," Amaho Akina said, still a little troubled.
She never managed to reconcile the two issues.
“If you faint from hunger, it will only further interrupt your inspiration, which would be counterproductive,” Gong You said.
Miyaji found it rare that Miyayu's words made some sense.
When Akina heard this, she was speechless. She could only pretend to be busy and stuff the other rice ball into her mouth and eat it.
She also admitted that Gong You's words didn't sound wrong—although when she woke up after fainting and faced the drawing board, there were still remnants of memory reminding her what kind of drawing she should make.
"Okay, I'll remember to eat dinner. I don't need anyone to remind me." Akina Amami waved her hand and started eating the box of pudding.
After eating two rice balls, my previously hungry body was filled with energy again.
She still didn't want to see the twins any more often at other times.
After all, their relationship was just a simple model-trade arrangement from the beginning.
Akina Amane is somewhat afraid of having too many connections with others, so this level is enough for her now; going any further would make her feel strained.
Gong Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"I'll be keeping an eye on you, at least for the time you've been in the volleyball team."
He sensed that Akina Amaho was somewhat resistant, so he took a step back.
"I'll remind you on social media at other times too—you bastard Osamu, why did you cover my mouth!" Miya Yu had barely uttered her first sentence when Miyaji covered her mouth.
He struggled back a couple of times, shifted his focus, and began to question Miyaji's behavior.
Akina Amako frowned in distress.
She... clearly doesn't like people who are too overly familiar; she always feels like her personal space is being invaded.
"Didn't you realize she didn't want the two of us bothering her?" Gong Zhi whispered into Gong You's ear.
If it weren't for the fear of being overheard by Amaho Akina, Miyaji wouldn't have wanted to do such a disgusting thing.
"Why would Tian Sui think that way? Wouldn't she be happy to get in touch with us?"
Gong You uttered a questioning sound.
He still remembered that last semester, almost all the girls welcomed him and Miyaji, although this semester seemed a little different.
"Oh, that's probably because you're too popular, so I don't want to have much contact with you." Miyaji pushed Miyayu away expressionlessly, not lowering his voice at all.
Upon hearing this, Akina Amane, who had been somewhat hesitant, found a way out and quickly nodded, "Yes, because you have a lot of fans at school. I don't want to attract too much attention."
Gong You's behavior at noon today had already attracted a lot of attention. She didn't even dare to think about what people would say tomorrow. This afternoon, everyone was talking about it.
Well, she wouldn't care anyway; she's long been used to it.
"Is that so... But, social media communication is still possible, right?" Gong You had been feeling down, but she perked up again after remembering social media.
"I can, but I'm not used to looking at my phone."
This was a tacit rejection, at least Miyaji understood that.
Gong You seemed completely oblivious to what was going on, and simply waved his phone happily: "Then, I'll still send messages, as long as Tian Sui can see them."
Anyway, if she can't see it, I'll just repeat it again the next day.
"Oh, by the way, we also brought over the few drawings you left behind while you were resting." Gong You pulled out a few sheets of paper from behind him and handed them to Tian Suimingna.
Akina was somewhat surprised, not expecting them to bring her artwork; she had originally thought she would have to go back to the volleyball hall again.
"I saw it. Besides me, there were other people's manuscripts for Tian Sui today." Gong You pouted.
He was happy to see his handsome figure copied inside, and he was also very touched that even when Akina Amaho fainted, she was still drawing his image.
But why is there still gynecology in it?!
He manually ignored the photo of Kita Nobusuke that was mixed in with the others.
"Yes, because the others are also references, but Yu-kun's performance today was particularly outstanding, so I drew a few more of him."
Akina Amaho nodded, ignoring Yu Miyako's words that implied dissatisfaction, and simply gave a fair assessment of her research target for the day.
Amamiya's reaction now seems very calm, as if she has no extra emotions. Miyaji vaguely feels that Amamiya is not quite right in this state.
Hmm... it seems like it's activated some kind of auto-play mode.
It seemed she didn't really want to answer Gong You's question, since he had brought it up many times before.
Miyako didn't expect that what was supposed to be an accusation would turn into a compliment from Amaho Akina.
"Is this a compliment? Yes, yes." His eyes widened.
Akina Amane responded with a soft "hmm".
"Osamu, did you see that? Tensui only praised my performance." After receiving an affirmative answer, he nudged Osamu with his elbow.
"I heard you, so what?" Miyaji didn't care about him at all.
"She didn't even praise you, Zhi lost." Gong You's voice was a little shaky, and Gong Zhi's forehead veins bulged out again as he had hoped.
He clenched his fists, took a deep breath, and told himself that he was in front of Akina Ama, who had just woken up, and that he couldn't do anything to her.
"Damn it, but you also drew other people. Isn't that too unfair to me?" Miyako, who was feeling smug because of the praise for her performance, snapped back to reality and started questioning Amaho Akina.
"Ah, what's wrong with that? What's wrong with drawing other people?" Akina Ama's pupils slowly focused as she looked back at Yu Miyako, who appeared serious.
"You promised to be my model! Why are you drawing other people too?!"
Miyako was speechless at Amaho Akina's words. He really had no reason to ask Amaho Akina not to draw other people, but soon he started arguing about the previous incident again.
“It’s perfectly normal to find other people to be models,” Miyaji interjected.
Having spoken her mind, Akina Amaho slowly nodded.
Gong You slowly revealed an expression of disbelief, as if he had been struck by lightning.
"What the hell, I knew I shouldn't have dragged Tianhui to the volleyball club..." he muttered to himself.
Akina Amako couldn't bear it any longer, so she lowered her head and looked at the empty box.
Okay, consider this a way of repaying this box of pudding.
"I'll give Yu-kun two extra drawings this weekend."
She took a deep breath; clearly, parting with two paintings was an extremely painful decision for her. If she could, Akina Amagi wouldn't even want to give the paintings to anyone.
I only gave Miyaji a drawing last weekend out of courtesy.
She was actually quite insecure about her own skills. If Miyako hadn't expressed her appreciation for her paintings, Akina Amaho wouldn't have agreed to give her two more.
Gong You's eyes widened, clearly not expecting such a good thing to happen.
"Yay!" he cheered, raising his hands.
"By the way, don't ask Osamu to come with you that day, and I won't ask him either." He glared at Osamu, still holding a grudge about what happened last weekend.
"Whether I go or not is not up to you to decide," Gong Zhi sighed.
Isn't it only up to me and Akina Amaho to decide this kind of thing?
"Alright, Tianhui should be able to walk now, right? It's getting late, let's take you home." Miyaji looked out the window; it was already pitch black.
As winter approaches, it gets dark early. When Amaho Akina fainted, it was already dinnertime. There was no one else in the infirmary, and they had promised the doctor to lock it up.
At this time, it might be dangerous to let the girl go home alone.
"Okay, thank you then." Akina Amamiya clearly understood this as well, and without being coy, she readily agreed.
Akina Amane stood up and watched as Miyaji picked up the key and locked the infirmary, placing the key under the carpet at the infirmary door.
Miyako followed closely beside Amiho Akina, taking a few steps slightly to keep up, watching her carry her bag and walk towards her home.
They remained silent the entire way.
Akina Amagi had just woken up and her brain wasn't fully operational yet, while Yuu Miyagi felt a bit awkward and didn't know what to say. Miyagi also remained silent, refraining from disturbing Akina's momentary solitude.
The atmosphere among the three wasn't awkward at all; rather, it was an atmosphere where no one else could get in.
Before she knew it, she had arrived at the door of Amaho Akina's house. She turned around and said goodbye to the two of them: "Thank you for today. I'm home now. You should go home soon too."
After saying that, she opened her own door, turned on the light, and walked into the cold and deserted house.
Gong You then came to his senses, realizing that they had already arrived at their destination.
"Let's go back quickly, or Mom will worry," Gong Zhi reminded him.
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