"I'll just say it directly," Hayato said indifferently, "I don't like talking to people who dislike me either."
"Who—"
Kobayashi Ayaka wanted to say, "Who dislikes you?"
Then the memory of what she had just blurted out without thinking flooded back.
She opened her mouth, but for a long time, she couldn't say a single word.
"That's it," Hayato closed the door again with a bang.
Kobayashi Ayaka stared at the door for a while longer. She raised her hand, wanting to knock again.
But after holding her hand up for a while, she weakly let it fall.
She looked at the wooden door for a moment more, her lips trembling, and finally turned to ask Nanao Akane:
"...Him?"
It's fake, right? ← This was what Kobayashi Ayaka didn't ask.
Nanao Akane stood with her arms crossed, her face serious, in a state of readiness. She nodded very gravely:
"From what I understand, Kobayashi-chan is probably really angry."
After receiving the reply from the official girlfriend, Kobayashi Ayaka felt dizzy for a while. She raised her hand again, but this time it wasn't to knock on the door, but to support herself against the wall.
Nanao Akane saw Kobayashi Ayaka's lips curl up slightly, then she laughed somewhat coldbloodedly:
"Heh, he's angry already? What a useless thing. If he doesn't want to talk, then he doesn't talk. Do I have anything to say to him?"
Then she turned around heroically, continuing to stare at the door.
QAQ, I was wrong, please open the door and forgive me, okay? I'll agree to whatever you ask! Ayaka thought.
Immediately after, she turned around majestically again, sweeping aside the hair draped over her fragrant shoulder.
"Nanao, we'll ignore him. You pack up first, I'll take you to the hot spring later."
"~~Okay~~~?" Nanao Akane sweetly agreed.
No, isn't your boyfriend angry? Aren't you going to comfort him? And while you're comforting him, put in a good word for me! Ayaka's eyes widened, feeling incredibly incredulous.
But after swallowing a gulp, she still nodded, "...Then you prepare first."
"Don't we need to close the door?" Nanao Akane asked.
"You can change clothes in the changing room," Kobayashi Ayaka said.
"Okay," Nanao Akane agreed again.
Then she started to pack her change of clothes. In between her busy tasks, in her spare moments, she glanced at Kobayashi Ayaka out of the corner of her eye.
The latter was indeed leaning against the wall where the door opened, eagerly watching for movement from the opposite side.
Nanao Akane's lips curved upward uncontrollably.
She wanted to laugh.
But she couldn't laugh.
It was somewhat painful to hold it in.
Ayaka-senpai is really cute, Nanao Akane thought to herself.
Open the door, open the door, open the door! If you have the guts to come to a hot spring inn, you have the guts to go to the hot spring! Open the door now!
Kobayashi Ayaka was almost gnawing on the wall with her teeth, muttering repeatedly in her heart.
Why did Mr. Hayashi get angry? He didn't seem to get angry so easily before, did he? Is it because Nanao is in a separate room from him, so he's unfulfilled?
Kobayashi Ayaka couldn't understand, but could the official girlfriend be wrong?
Actually, even if the door opposite had opened, Kobayashi Ayaka hadn't figured out how to apologize to him.
But anyway, just open the door.
As the saying goes, when mountains and rivers end, one suspects there is no road—
Then Kobayashi Ayaka's prayer worked.
The good news was the door opened.
But the bad news was that the door that opened was next door, and Kurashiki Reina walked out of the room in a bathrobe.
She looked at Kobayashi Ayaka, who was clinging to the doorframe, in surprise.
There was also good news: the door opposite opened too.
Kurashiki Reina had initially just glanced indifferently, but after seeing the person who walked out from inside, she stared straight ahead, her surprise even more apparent.
How could he be in this place?
Kurashiki Reina had thought this exact phrase more than once today, and then seeing Kobayashi Ayaka, she understood.
"Oh, Kurashiki." Hayato, holding the laundry basket provided by the hotel, looked like he was going to the hot springs: "How do I get to the hot springs?"
Kurashiki Reina was a bit impatient. She looked at Kobayashi Ayaka again, who was eagerly raring to go.
"Why don't you ask Ayaka-senpai to take you?" Kurashiki Reina asked, clicking her tongue.
"Ayaka-senpai? Who's that?" Hayato retorted.
When mountains and rivers end, one suspects there is no road; that's right, there was no damn road. Kobayashi Ayaka instantly deflated.
Nanao Akane's mouth twitched even more inside the room.
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