The next morning.
"Then I'm heading out."
As she opened the door and stepped outside, Mizuki Saya, dressed in a clean and tidy school uniform, turned around with a happy smile on her face.
Today, she looked so sparkling and radiant.
"Okay, be careful on the road."
However……
In stark contrast to her at this moment was Lorraine, who stood in the entryway waving goodbye to her, her face covered in dark circles, looking utterly listless and dejected.
After watching the water goddess Sayo leave.
Lorraine closed the door and, still half asleep, walked back into the living room. She collapsed onto the sofa, yawning widely as drowsiness overwhelmed her.
Last night, I really gave him a hard time.
He had agreed to keep her distance, but Lorraine didn't know if Xiao Ye did it on purpose or by accident, and ended up using him as a sleep aid to pass the time all night.
She, on the other hand, slept very soundly.
Lorraine suffered greatly.
A battle between reason and desire.
The struggle between responsibility and belief.
The interplay between the present and the future.
Combined, it results in a whole night of insomnia.
...
Lunch break.
Inside the lively classroom.
As always, Haruka Hanabishi, Kaoru Amakawa, and Sayo Mizukami sat together eating their bento boxes.
but……
Hanahiko and Kaoru Amagawa exchanged a subtle glance, then looked in the direction of Saya Mizugami, both wearing strange expressions.
Hanabishi Haruka asked first.
"Xiaoye, you seem a little different today. Did something really happy happen?"
Kaoru Amakawa also asked curiously.
"Since early this morning, I've seen you with a constant smile on your face. What happened to make you so happy?"
However.
Faced with the questioning looks from both of them.
"Huh?"
After a brief moment of surprise, the water goddess Xiaoye instantly reverted to her usual cheerful and sunny demeanor, replying casually, "Nothing special happened."
Kaoru Amakawa laughed herself to death.
"Nothing could make you this happy? You rascal, who are you trying to fool? Come on, tell me the truth."
"Really, no, hehe~"
"Although I don't know what happened to you, I know very well that you are inexplicably infuriating right now."
I don't know why.
A strong urge to punch her welled up inside Kaoru Amakawa.
Fortunately, Hua Lingyao quickly stopped her and comforted her.
"Alright, if Xiaoye doesn't want to talk about it, then forget it. We don't need to pry into other people's privacy."
“I’m not interested in her privacy right now, I just want to beat her up.”
The words of Kaoru Amakawa.
Instantly, the smile on the face of the water god Xiaoye disappeared, and she protested loudly, "Kaoru, what do you mean by that? I haven't done anything to offend you, so why are you trying to beat me up without even asking what happened?"
"I don't know, but I get angry just seeing you."
Just how much of a problem do you have with me?!
Water Goddess Xiaoye felt that the other party seemed to be becoming increasingly unreasonable lately.
But it's okay.
She is broad-minded and wouldn't hold such grudges.
——
but.
Amakawa Kaoruko was just joking; she couldn't really just go up and beat up her best friend for no reason, could she?
However, the feeling of displeasure was real.
Ever since Amakawa Kaoru learned that Lorraine and Saya were living under the same roof and that the two of them were able to spend every night together very intimately.
She felt extremely envious, jealous, and resentful.
So much so that...
Every time she saw Xiaoye looking happy, she would subconsciously feel like she was being shown off.
It cannot be repaired.
Damn it, when will her Lorraine be able to come back to her?
Perhaps Lorraine had wanted to leave for a long time, but Xiaoye had secretly found some leverage over her, and because of the other party's threats, she had no choice but to stay at the other party's house.
Poor Lorraine, she must be in so much pain right now.
don’t worry.
I will definitely rescue you from the den of evil at the shrine!
Kaoru Amakawa silently made a vow in her heart.
...
Then.
While eating, Hanako took out her phone to check it and looked up at her two friends, saying, "Kaoru, Yoru, Wazu sent a message!"
"What did Waz say?" Kaoru asked.
"Who is Waz? Ah, oh, it's Waz, hahaha, sorry, sorry, I accidentally spaced out again." Water Goddess Xiaoye's mind was still full of Lorraine's image. The super blissful sleep last night had a strong aftereffect, so much so that even now, in the middle of the next day, she still hadn't recovered.
Hua Lingyao said.
"Waz reminded us that we have a photo session to attend around six o'clock this afternoon."
——
A photo session?
Upon hearing this, Kaoru Amakawa's face immediately fell again, and she muttered to herself in annoyance, "Why is it always this kind of troublesome thing? Haha, can't I just not go?"
"Of course not, Kaoru, don't say such lazy things, really." Hanabi Haruka gave him a stern look, as if he were scolding a naughty child.
Shuishen Xiaoye also said, "It feels like I'll be participating for a long time. I need to tell Luo... ah no, I need to tell my family first."
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