If she broke down at the moment of baring it all, but he laughed, that would be too embarrassing. Ayaka thought.
"I think friends should at least walk side by side," Hayato said.
"What if we're mistaken for a couple?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked.
I'm fine with it, but if you look embarrassed then, I'd rather die. Ayaka thought.
"It's fine." Hayato chuckled.
Kobayashi Ayaka instinctively reached out to link his arm, but managed to stop herself.
"You, you're fine, but I'm not!" Kobayashi Ayaka said.
...At least, we should become a real couple, right? If not a couple, then lovers... Being fake-coupled, isn't that just being amused and then everything returns to nothing once we separate? Ayaka thought.
Actually, Kobayashi Ayaka wasn't boasting.
She felt that she and this guy, Hayato, were the most compatible when walking together.
Whether it was in terms of height, build, hairstyle, or appearance, they were the most in sync, truly deserving of both having the surname 'Kobayashi'.
They were truly a match made in heaven, a perfect pair of talented man and beautiful woman, standing out like a crane among chickens even on the street... Not to mention 'talented man', even in terms of 'beautiful woman', you'd be hard-pressed to find a beautiful girl with a figure like hers on Shibuya Central Street.
"Ah?"
But then Kobayashi Ayaka paused, there really was one.
At the entrance of a bubble tea shop not far away, a blonde beautiful girl was playing with her long, shoulder-length hair, and the man beside her was saying something to her.
The man also had blonde hair, but it was a deeper shade than the girl's, with a hint of orange.
The man laughed to himself as he spoke, but the girl didn't respond, instead playing on her phone, while her two followers beside her also smiled.
The girl had her long-sleeved jacket tied around her slender, easily grasped waist.
But Kobayashi Ayaka recognized her at a glance, even blurting out her name.
"Damn, Kurashiki Reina, let's go the other way."
"Okay." Hayato said.
As the two were about to turn around, the man seemed to notice Kobayashi Ayaka's gaze and looked over as well.
After seeing the latter's face and figure, he paused.
Ayaka saw some uncomfortable emotions in the man's eyes.
"Reina-chan, are they classmates from your school?" The man spoke in a flirty voice: "They're a cute little couple~~"
His voice was a bit rough but very loud, so even from a distance of over ten meters, Hayato and Kobayashi Ayaka heard him clearly.
"It looks like your school uniform, too."
Kurashiki Reina finally abandoned her phone screen and looked straight ahead.
Then...
She let out a 'tsk' of annoyance, her expression quite displeased, perhaps due to past events, or still bothered by the corridor incident earlier today.
"You two really know each other?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked.
She planned to take a detour because she had heard some rumors about Hayato and Kurashiki Reina before.
When she saw Kurashiki Reina's gaze focused entirely on the young man beside her, Kobayashi Ayaka was even more certain of her decision.
"Not really." Hayato said.
"I heard you used to like her?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked in a low voice.
Hayato was speechless.
How did this matter become so widely known? It really wasn't his doing.
"Uh, yes." But he didn't deny it, even though it wasn't the same person, it was the same history.
"The one next to her seems to be her boyfriend." Kobayashi Ayaka said: "You must be very upset, huh."
Hayato felt that the atmosphere between him and Kobayashi Ayaka was indeed a bit sour.
But first, rule out that it was emanating from him.
"It's fine." Hayato briefly looked at the orange-haired man, who was in his twenties, a bit older than them: "He's not as handsome as I am."
"Heh, conceited." Kobayashi Ayaka said.
Quite self-aware. Ayaka thought to herself.
Kobayashi Ayaka was already starting to wonder if Kurashiki Reina was blind, to abandon such a beautiful boy of the century for such a brute...
To be honest, the person standing next to Kurashiki Reina wasn't ugly, but it depended on who he was compared to.
If it was with Hayato... Kobayashi Ayaka's assessment was, don't even bother!
So the only question left was,
"Do you think I'm prettier or is she prettier?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked blandly, with an air of 'I don't really want to know the answer'.
"You're prettier." Hayato said without hesitation.
"Answering so fast, you must be feeling guilty." Kobayashi Ayaka said.
Yes! Yes! Yes!! Ayaka thought to herself.
Then, with a look of extreme disdain, she hugged Hayato's arm, tucking it between her prominent * *, and leisurely strolled forward.
"Isn't this Kurashiki-senpai? Out for a walk with your uncle?" Kobayashi Ayaka said with a beaming smile.
Kurashiki Reina:?
Orange-haired man:??
Hayato:???
Senpai, isn't your aggressiveness a bit too much?
Does Kobayashi Ayaka care that much?
If Kurashiki Reina had liked Hayato back then, she would be a love rival; if she didn't, then she was blind.
Damn it, Kobayashi also didn't like her even though he liked himself... In short, whether for herself or for Kobayashi, she had to vent this anger!
Plus, the man's eyes had never been decent, and it even made her feel a bit disgusted.
The orange-haired man had originally been looking at Kobayashi Ayaka with an appreciative gaze, but now his face turned pale, then green, desperately holding back from bursting into curses.
"Pfft wwwwwwww"
Instead, Kurashiki Reina's follower couldn't help but laugh first, and only when everyone's eyes fell on her did she quickly straighten her face:
"Um... that, that, I thought of something happy."
Kurashiki Reina certainly knew Kobayashi Ayaka.
Although this school's reputation wasn't as prominent as Miyajima Sakura's, it still had a certain level of recognition.
But weren't she and Miyajima Sakura best friends?
This guy took down both of them!?
The orange-haired man calmed himself down and extended his hand towards Hayato:
"May I ask your name?"
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