Chapter 393: Being Too Handsome Seems to Be a Flaw Too
In the morning, Sakurai Saki sat in the dining room, listening to the news from the living room.
[The eldest son of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Oko, was in a car accident and is currently being treated in the intensive care unit...]
"You did something like that, I don't know what Kaguya will think."
Hayasaka Ai spread jam on her bread.
A few days ago, the plane ticket into the Shinomiya household for Sakurai Saki was bought with her help. After Sakurai Saki returned, he briefly told her about what happened that night.
"She said she wanted those people to go to jail, but I feel going easy on them like that is too light. Being half-paralyzed and then going to jail is what truly satisfies my anger. Shinomiya Oko is the one who caused the trouble from the start, so I definitely can't forgive him."
In Death Note, Sakurai Saki only wrote that he would get into a car accident, life or death unknown. As for whether he would die afterward, Saki felt that could be left to quantum mechanics.
Life and death keep cycling endlessly.
It's not considered going against Kaguya's intention.
In the Shinomiya household, besides Kaguya, the person Saki currently has the most favorable impression of is her father. As for the others, he doesn't hesitate at all to kill them.
"You only care about the people you care about."
Hayasaka Ai put the bread into her mouth. Her soft lips touched the layer of jam, looking so sweet that it made others want to lick it.
"But compared to two years ago, you've improved a lot, boyfriend-kun~"Ai-chan rested her right hand against her cheek, chewing her bread, her eyes looking at him filled with feelings on the verge of overflowing.
That alone was enough.
If he were gentle with everyone, Ai-chan would instead get jealous.
'If only you could like just me, that would be even better.'
Sakurai Saki slowly stood up and reached out his hand.
"It's stuck."
He put the bit of jam at the corner of her mouth into his own, then returned to his seat, leaving Hayasaka Ai with her fair cheeks flushing red.
"Why are you suddenly silent?"
"We've been dating this long, you should've gotten used to this."
"You still get embarrassed!"
"Sorry, I'll use a tissue next time."
"No need, that's troublesome, just use your hand."
"You're really cute today. Though yesterday you were also very cute..."
Their disjointed lines drifted out through the slightly open window, and an irritated crow flapped its wings, flying off the power pole.
The cheesy lines of couples seem like they could go on forever.
Even the crow couldn't stand it.
...
"Crows are really lucky, huh. They don't need to worry about exams."
Rain was falling outside the window, the rainy season endlessly gloomy, the past few days all dark.
Ishigami Yuu held his forehead, complaining in the student council room.
"Why!!! Why can't my grades stay up!!"
Not long ago, in the midterm exam, Ishigami Yuu's grades dropped quite a bit.
He had originally wanted to gain the confidence to confess to Koyasu Tsubame. Under the special training of Shinomiya Kaguya, he raised his rank to the top 40 of the year, yet this time he dropped to 46th place!
"If you stopped going on dates with Tsubame-senpai, wouldn't you have time to review? Also, I was gaming last night and saw your account online."Iino Miko said without even lifting her head.
Right now, only the two of them were in the student council room.
The atmosphere could be said to be extremely terrible.
"If I'm online, doesn't that mean you're online too?"
"That's right. I was playing with Fujiwara-senpai and Sakurai-senpai."Iino Miko didn't hide anything.
"Hah? You get to play, so why can't I?" Ishigami Yuu raged.
This girl was the type who allowed officials to burn fires but forbade commoners to light lamps.
"46-kun, what kind of nonsense are you spouting at me — the person who ranks first in the year?"
"46-kun? That nickname is too much!"Ishigami Yuu wanted to argue, but his grades weren't as good as hers, so he had no face to fight back.
The main character in anime, if he wants to start a verbal fight, must at least find himself a decent reason.
Even if it's extremely vague, he still has to make one up!
[xx-kun, why do you want revenge?!]
[Because he killed my father! I'm not wrong!!!!]
[But… but, why do you show such a pained expression?]
[…I… I (silence)]
[Stop it already! xx-kun like this is not the xx-kun I know! Wake up!]
[Why are you saying that? I don't need you to save me! You should continue living your shining life, not sink into the mud with me…]
[Because xx-kun is xx-kun, if you do this, your tamashii will cry!]
[I… uh, fine then, for this tiny little father-killing grudge, I'll forgive him.]
Ishigami Yuu shook his head, throwing out all the nonsense that could stretch 2000 words in a light novel chapter.
He needed to find a reason to verbally fight with Miko.
"Back then, I studied hard to gain the confidence to stand next to Tsubame-senpai. And now…"
"You don't need to anymore?" Miko countered: "Last month you even took the train to Kanagawa to meet her. If she knew you skipped reviewing and exams to go see her, do you think she'd be happy?"
"She… would be happy…?"
"Use that brain of yours that only ranks 46th and think, Tsubame-senpai — who cares about you so much — would she be happy?"
Ishigami Yuu sighed: "She wouldn't…"
Wait, wasn't I the one who was supposed to start the verbal fight?!
How did I end up getting countered by Iino?!
Also, "that brain of yours that only ranks 46th"? She can actually say something like that? She should at least apologize to the 150 students ranked below me!
"I know boys at this age only have yellow-colored garbage thoughts about romance in their heads, but…"
"Stop!"Ishigami Yuu raised his right hand: "Don't tell me you don't like Sakurai-senpai?"
Where does this person get the confidence to preach at me?
"So what if I like him? I'm not allowed to like Sakurai-senpai? Out of 300 girls in our school, 200 of them like him." Miko huffed.
"..."
"I think you're really childish. Your feelings for Tsubame-senpai before were shallow."Miko lifted her head to look at him."You forcefully projected your own emotions onto her and stayed stuck in place. In my eyes, you put Tsubame-senpai on too high of a pedestal. To you, she wasn't a girl, but a flawless perfect goddess."
"Of course, that was half a year ago. You're much better now."
Ishigami Yuu nodded: "I understand. That's why I won't stay still anymore. I want to understand her true self more."
If both sides see each other as gods, or in other words, as idealized images—
Then when they get closer and see the real person, the gap from that ideal will destroy all previous affection in an instant.
"You found Tsubame-senpai's flaws?"
"When she's drunk she gets messy, very cute. She's not very good at cooking, but she works hard, and that's also very cute." Ishigami Yuu said, face turning red.
"..."
Is this guy's head broken?
Miko shook her head lightly. She no longer wanted to talk to this idiot.
"What about you? Have you found any flaws in Sakurai-senpai?"
Miko turned her head away, her voice weak: "Too handsome, makes me want to be held in his arms forever."
"Hey! You're even worse than me!"
What right did she have to judge my views on love?!
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