Thus, the number of their group increased to four as they walked together to the school.
“Hey, Shirogane-san is in the home economics club, right? That’s a waste since you’re so athletic.”
“Well, I’m not really good at athletic club activities…”
“Is that so? I wish you would have joined our volleyball team.”
The two girls were walking together and chatting cheerfully. However, while Yui was excited, Koyuki seemed a bit confused and had a slightly stiff expression. Nonetheless, it didn’t seem like she disliked talking altogether as she awkwardly replied and showed a faint smile.
Therefore, Naoya chose to observe from a distance and quietly followed behind the two girls. Beside him, Tatsumi made a perplexed groaning noise.
Of course, because he was confused as to what Koyuki was doing with Naoya when she clearly was throwing toxic words on him yesterday.
“I heard it yesterday, but seriously, how did you become friends with Shirogane-san and ended up walking to school together in the morning?”
“Well, there were many things that happened.”
“Various reasons… don’t tell me you used your usual mind-reading skills to find out Shirogane-san’s weakness…!?”
“No way. What do you think I am?”
“Hmm, some sort of yokai?”
“At least choose a more beautiful word like magician.”
Like Yui, Naoya had known Tatsumi for a long time. Therefore, there were no reservations, and he also knew Naoya’s personality pretty well.
As they talked, Koyuki secretly looked back at them and whispered something to Yui.
“Um… that guy’s name was Kono-kun, right? Is it true that Natsume-san is dating him?”
“Ah, yeah. That’s right.”
Yui nodded in agreement and then playfully winked.
“So don’t worry, Naoya isn’t interested in me at all.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Huh? Is it not true that Shirogane-san is dating Naoya?”
“Hehe, that’s a funny joke.”
Koyuki pushed her hair back and smiled mischievously.
“I would never date such a weirdo. I’m just teasing him because he’s an interesting person.”
“I see.”
Yui gave a rough nod and grinned.
“By the way, I guess I mentioned that Naoya and I are childhood friends.”
“Yeah, so what?”
“Well… I have a lot of Naoya’s old photos from our childhood and other stuff as well.”
“Wha—…?!”
“There are pictures of him dressed up as a rabbit for the kindergarten play and while he was running in the elementary school relay race… and lots of other things. Do you want to see them?”
“Hmph… I’m not interested in that kind of thing.”
Coolly dismissing the offer, Koyuki whispered in Yui’s ear in a mosquito-like voice.
“…But, I want to see them later when we are alone together.”
“Okay! I’ll bring them tomorrow!”
Yui grinned in response as Koyuki agreed for a secret meeting.
‘Heh… Yui handled her quite easily. I can’t believe she could be bribed with those things.’
Naoya secretly felt impressed.
He had said that he hadn’t talked to her much before, but there seemed to be no need to worry now.
Beside Naoyuki, Tatsumi could only shake his head.
“What’s going on? I hear you guys talking but I can’t hear anything.”
“I don’t know.”
“Don’t lie. With your hearing skills, you should be able to hear them from here.”
Tatsumi glared at him as he was left out in the conversation.
Looking back at their exchange, Yui shrugged her shoulders as she couldn’t do anything about this situation.
“But, Shirogane-san had it tough too. He’s such a weirdo that he must have teased you a lot.”
“Well… in various ways.”
“Hahaha, that’s true.”
Yui laughed loudly. But then, she suddenly narrowed her eyes and looked up at the sky.
“But even we had a tough time dealing with Naoya. After all, he’s the Cupid who brought us together and then we started dating.”
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