The light above Amakawa Kanade's head only had a few thin black lines, but that of Tachibana Yui was ten or even a hundred times darker and denser.
If Amakawa Kanade's crisis might only be triggered a few days later when watching a movie, ten the density of the black radiance above Tachibana Yui's head now indicated that her crisis was very likely to be triggered today.
'Baseball Club manager… Tachibana Yui… that high ponytail with neat bangs, and a childhood friend who's also the ace of the Baseball Club… kind of familiar…', Hikari stared at Tachibana Yui's fair and delicate face, vaguely having some impression.
While Hikari was pondering, the handover between Tachibana Yui and Akane on the other side was almost finished.
They each held some documents in their hands and walked out from behind the desk.
"Almost done, Hikari-kun, sorry for making you wait~", Akane stuck out her little pink fragrant tongue at Hikari and blinked cutely as she spoke.
Hikari smiled and waved his hand, "No problem, it hasn't been long."
Watching the two's ordinary conversation, which seemed filled with the air of affection, Tachibana Yui couldn't help but feel sour again.
She wasn't jealous that her best friend Akane had such a handsome boyfriend, she was just purely envious of that kind of freedom in love.
Just when Tachibana Yui's heart was sour and astringent, a voice suddenly entered her ears.
"Yui-san, recently the atmosphere in school hasn't been good. Just a reminder, it's best to be cautious around the boys or teachers around you. Try not to be alone with any male, regardless of who or what their identity is. If threatened, it's best to report to the police as soon as possible…"
Tachibana Yui turned her head slightly stunned, finding Hikari looking at her calmly.
There wasn't a fourth person here, clearly that sentence was spoken by Hikari.
Tachibana Yui had to admit, this boyfriend of her best friend was indeed very handsome, just his face alone could make people's hearts race uncontrollably. But Hikari's sudden words really left her baffled.
After a few seconds of daze, Tachibana Yui squeezed out a slight smile on her delicate face, and politely nodded to Hikari in reply, "Mm… okay, tha… thank you, Hikari-kun, for your reminder…"
Though her mouth expressed polite thanks, Tachibana Yui inwardly felt a bit speechless.
'Totally baffling…'
Tachibana Yui completely couldn't understand why Hikari suddenly said such a strange sentence to her. Be cautious of the boys or teachers around her? What the heck?
She and Hikari didn't seem to be very familiar.
They had just met for the first time today, and Hikari couldn't possibly know about her interpersonal relationships, right?
This sudden warning, what was that about? It was simply inexplicable.
'Could it be… he wants to hit on me, or use this as an excuse to get my attention?'
Tachibana Yui suddenly thought of a possibility.
Although today was her first time meeting Hikari through Akane's introduction, she had heard of Hikari's reputation before, and had quite an impression.
Tachibana Yui's impression of Hikari, from the rumors she'd heard from others, was that besides Akane, Hikari was also entangled with several other beautiful girls at the same time, said to be a frivolous guy playing the field.
And such frivolous guys basically wouldn't let go of any opportunity to flirt when they saw a beauty, and usually pestered girls relentlessly, not giving up even when rejected.
And things like best friends of girlfriends were said to excite those frivolous guys even more.
She heard those frivolous guys would even say disgusting things like, ["Good best friends, one bed together."]
'Could it be that Hikari, Akane's boyfriend, is eyeing me, the best friend?'
Originally, brought over by her good best friend Akane, Tachibana Yui hadn't thought in that direction.
After all, he wasn't her boyfriend. Just her best friend's boyfriend.
Even if Hikari was really a frivolous man, it had nothing to do with her. It wouldn't be polite to overthink and show it.
But upon hearing Hikari's seemingly inexplicable words, Tachibana Yui began to reaffirm and even deepen her impression of him as a frivolous man.
Thinking that Hikari, who was clearly her best friend's boyfriend, might be trying to hit on her or get close, Tachibana Yui felt a chill in her heart. Even the forced smile on her face was hard to maintain. Her expression was now rather unpleasant as she looked at Hikari…
Seeing the smile on Tachibana Yui's face that looked worse than crying, Hikari could vaguely guess what she was thinking.
But Hikari didn't really care. After all, he and Tachibana Yui indeed weren't close.
It was normal that she didn't believe his sudden words or take his warning to heart.
Hikari had already anticipated this before speaking.
If it were someone else, Hikari wouldn't have bothered to give a reminder.
He just saw that Tachibana Yui was Akane's best friend and the two seemed quite close, so he casually gave a reminder.
As for whether Tachibana Yui herself listened or not, Hikari didn't care.
At this moment, Akane also noticed the strange and awkward atmosphere between her sweetheart and her best friend.
Hikari's words just now had also entered Akane's ears.
Given her understanding of Hikari, she naturally knew he wouldn't speak without reason.
So Akane turned her head and reminded her best friend Tachibana Yui, "Yui-chan, you should remember what Hikari-kun said. You really need to be careful these days, okay?"
Hearing even her best friend say that, Tachibana Yui could only smile and nod in agreement, "Mm-hmm, I will…"
Although she agreed on the surface, Tachibana Yui didn't take it to heart at all. Instead, her dislike for Hikari grew stronger.
At this moment, in Tachibana Yui's view, Hikari's sudden and baseless words were clearly just a pretext to strike up a conversation with her.
And her best friend being flirted with right in front of her face, yet Akane still helped Hikari speak? Tachibana Yui really couldn't understand to what extent Hikari had enchanted her best friend, was she completely smitten?
'Could it be that Akane-chan is a love-brained girl?'
Tachibana Yui really couldn't comprehend.
Could she really accept something like "good best friends, one bed together"?
Anyway, the atmosphere among the three was now somewhat awkward and strange.
So after saying those words, and finishing the handover of the Baseball Club manager's tasks, Hikari followed Akane out of the Baseball Club office.
But just as Hikari walked out holding hands with Akane, he saw a male student in a baseball uniform walking toward them.
This male student holding a baseball bat should be from the Baseball Club. His skin was extremely dark from long-term sun exposure, and his forehead had not a single hair, his whole head looked shiny.
His facial features were fairly proper, but with that big bald head, he just looked weird no matter what.
At the same time Hikari saw him, the other party also looked over. Upon seeing Akane, this bald boy's eyes immediately lit up.
"Akane? Why are you at the Baseball Club? You came back and didn't even tell me, seriously."
Takanashi Kou, the Baseball Club's ace with a brilliant bald head, rubbed his bald scalp while excitedly speaking to Akane.
"Takanashi?", Hearing Takanashi's overly familiar tone, Akane frowned slightly and looked displeased.
"I came to the Baseball Club to see Yui-chan for something. As for telling you… was there any need? We're not very close, right?", While speaking, Akane wrapped her arm around Hikari's and leaned her head on his shoulder.
Hearing Akane's cold and distant tone, Takanashi was slightly stunned. With her action, he finally noticed Hikari beside Akane.
Seeing Akane not only holding hands with Hikari but also leaning her head against his shoulder so intimately, Takanashi's expression turned a bit ugly.
"Akane… classmate, who is this classmate?", Takanashi couldn't help but ask.
"He's my boyfriend, Hikari," Akane didn't bother wasting words with Takanashi and simply introduced him with one sentence, then ignored him.
Instead, she leaned her delicate body closer to Hikari, half-reclining in his arms, even rubbing her head against Hikari's chin like a well-behaved kitten, very affectionate.
Seeing this scene, Takanashi's expression grew even uglier.
Takanashi was Tachibana Yui's childhood friend. Akane was Tachibana Yui's best friend. But in fact, Takanashi had some thoughts about Akane, his childhood friend's best friend.
After all, both Tachibana Yui and Akane were top-tier beauties and best friends.
His childhood friend Tachibana Yui didn't need further mention. Even though they hadn't held hands or anything, Takanashi had long considered her his woman.
And Akane, previously another goddess of the Baseball Club, even more beautiful and better-bodied than his childhood friend Tachibana Yui, was once the number one goddess of the Baseball Club.
Just like other Baseball Club boys, Takanashi inevitably had thoughts about Akane.
Especially as the ace of the Baseball Club, Takanashi had always been confident that he had an advantage over the others.
As the ace, Takanashi had always felt that only he was worthy of Akane, the Baseball Club goddess.
It was just that due to pride, and because Akane had previously seemed close to Shouya of the same club, he hadn't made any moves, not wanting to lose face.
But since the last time Akane came to quit the club and he happened to run into her, and after learning that Akane and Shouya had completely fallen out, and seemingly no longer had any contact, Takanashi set his sights on Akane, planning to claim both Tachibana Yui and her best friend, the two Baseball Club goddesses, for himself.
Because in Takanashi's view, as the ace of the Baseball Club, he was better than 99% of the school's boys. Other boys couldn't even compete with him. He was more than enough for both Tachibana Yui and Akane.
And since Akane was his childhood friend's best friend, the logic of "the closer the water source, the easier to get the moon" was clear to Takanashi.
So ever since Akane left the club last time, Takanashi had considered her a must-win target. He had been secretly trying to get information about her from Tachibana Yui, but unfortunately Akane always seemed busy, and Tachibana Yui didn't give him any useful intel.
Still, Takanashi firmly believed Akane would return to the Baseball Club, and would eventually become his woman.
As expected, today Akane really returned to the Baseball Club.
Upon seeing her, Takanashi was extremely excited.
He had already planned how to win her over. With his blood boiling, he couldn't help but greet her directly.
But Akane treated him just as coldly and distantly as last time.
And that wasn't all.
Takanashi also saw Hikari. Seeing Hikari and Akane holding hands tightly stunned him.
And once he came back to his senses, he saw Akane leaning into Hikari's arms, their bodies closely pressed together, showing intimate affection.
This scene, for Takanashi who had already considered Akane his woman, felt like getting cucked, and his face turned terribly ugly.
Since Akane didn't introduce Hikari, and wanting to learn more about his "rival," as well as hoping to leave a good impression in front of Akane, Takanashi forced down his inner discomfort, squeezed out a smile, and greeted Hikari cheerfully, "Hello, Hikari-kun, I'm Takanashi from the Baseball Club. This should be our first time meeting, right?"
"Hello, Takanashi-kun," Hikari glanced at his shiny bald forehead and replied casually. His tone was lukewarm and indifferent.
Takanashi's expression and thoughts were all clear to Hikari at a glance. This kind of hormone-driven boy was far too easy to read.
So Hikari naturally didn't bother putting on a friendly face.
However, Takanashi seemed to still be a normal person. After activating his aura-vision, Hikari didn't see any threatening black aura representing cuckoldry traits on Takanashi's head.
Instead, it was mostly the white light of an ordinary person, with a few strands of faintly drifting green glow in the midst of that white…
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Regarding Takanashi Kou, this kind of hypocritical, pretentious, and self-important guy, Hikari naturally also did not like.
If it weren't for Akane and Tachibana Yui being present, and the fact that Takanashi Kou should be a normal person without the symbolic black light of a cuckold floating above his head.
Hikari wouldn't have minded finding any excuse, directly making a move to teach him a lesson.
But looking at those few strands of green glowing light above the other's head, Hikari didn't even feel like moving. After all, hitting him probably wouldn't bring any rewards, and there were also people watching around.
And Takanashi Kou, as the ace of the baseball team, seemed to care quite a bit about saving face. Although inwardly he was extremely jealous and sour, on the surface he still appeared quite polite.
After seeing Akane and Hikari intimately sticking together, he also forcibly resisted looking at Akane, instead kept smiling at Hikari, engaging in polite small talk with him, even mainly flattering.
Actually just wanting to extract some useful information from Hikari's mouth.
After exchanging a few words with Takanashi Kou, suddenly a burst of footsteps came from behind Hikari.
The three turned around to look, and it was Tachibana Yui walking out of the office, coming this way.
Seemed like she heard their conversation.
"Kou-chan," Walking to Hikari and Akane's side, Tachibana Yui greeted the newly appeared Takanashi Kou at this moment.
"Yu… Yui-chan," And the moment he saw Tachibana Yui, Takanashi Kou also hurriedly adjusted his facial expression, he didn't want his childhood friend to see through any clues.
When Tachibana Yui greeted him, Takanashi Kou had also slightly adjusted, now smiling with a sunny face and waving to Tachibana Yui, "Yui-chan. I just finished training, I'm exhausted, was planning to come have a drink of water, and by the way, see you."
Hearing this, Tachibana Yui rolled her eyes, "Why don't I see you like this normally, how come I feel like you rushed over in a hurry because you knew Akane was coming?"
"No, no! Yui-chan, you misunderstood!"
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