'To celebrate the new toy coming, today I'll... reward myself with ten rounds!'
'But I absolutely can't let that slip out. If the admins catch it during a stream, I'm screwed.'
'Mm... I should get electrolyte water ready ahead of time so I don't get dehydrated...'
'I mentioned that on my last stream, and somebody called me a wellness-type shut-in girl streamer. Lol, that's hilarious.'
'Speaking of which, why was that boy looking at me during class...'
Lost in her idle thoughts, Nonohara Yuzuka suddenly remembered, for some reason, the gaze that had been cast her way during class.
She quietly turned her head to look in the direction it had come from.
'Huh... that boy's surrounded by so many girls. Talking with that many pretty girls at once, he's amazing...'qq
'If I filmed this scene as a stream clip, I've already got the title: "A Campus Heartthrob's Daily Love-War." Views guaranteed.'
'He's really popular. Looking at how they are, they must have so much fun when they're together...'
'I wonder what it feels like for those girls to be with a handsome guy like that.'
'If I asked that on stream, I bet it'd set off eight hundred love-advice posts from the little mice.'
'Sigh... Not like me, who can only entertain herself...'
'I knew it. A gloomy, damp bug like me can only watch humans talk in secret, then go home alone and comfort myself...'
'Even though everybody calls me a bubbly sweetheart or Mommy when I stream...'
'A wildly popular handsome guy like that will never have a single conversation with a female mouse like me in his whole life...'
'Huh? Why's he suddenly walking over to me?'
'Oh no, oh no, I forgot every emergency line I use on stream!'
'What's his name again?'
"H-Hikari?"
Seeing a boy walk toward her, a rare thing, Nonohara Yuzuka's heart pounded like a drum, its rhythm a total mess.
She tried to prepare in her head ahead of time, imagining how she'd greet him in a moment.
Or, if he greeted her first, how she should respond.
Line after line of pre-planned replies bounced around in her head, but her lips only trembled more and more as her body shook.
She was so flustered her throat felt tight and she was nearly drooling, never mind holding a normal conversation.
By then Hikari had already reached her desk.
He greeted her in a soft voice, "Hello, Nonohara-san."
Nonohara Yuzuka jerked her head up, then dropped it again as if she'd been shocked, her cheeks burning hot.
She clutched the hem of her school skirt with all her might, her fingertips pressed white, forcing herself to squeeze out a reply.
"Y-you... he-he-hewwo!", Nonohara Yuzuka answered, forcing herself through the nerves.
But the reply was nothing like what she'd rehearsed in her head. Her tongue was tied in a knot, her voice was thin as a mosquito's whine, and her stammering was so bad she wanted to crawl under the desk on the spot.
She wanted to ask what Hikari wanted with her too.
But Hikari had shown up so suddenly, and she was far too nervous, so after saying 'hello,' the rest of her words were blocked tight by the nerves in her throat, and not a sound would leak out.
For no reason she could think, Nonohara Yuzuka's eyes turned red, a thin mist spread over her big watery eyes, and the glint of tears showed faintly in them.
Looking at this twin-tailed girl of contrasts, so flustered and so cute, Hikari found it a little funny.
But to keep her from getting even more worked up, Hikari made his expression calmer still and spoke in a very flat tone, "Nonohara-san, are you free right now? Could you come out with me for a moment?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Hikari's sudden, proactive invitation, Nonohara Yuzuka froze on the spot.
Her whole system crashed, and her mind went blank.
And the girls at the nearby desks all had looks of disbelief on their faces.
They all turned to look at once, their eyes full of undisguised envy and jealousy.
They couldn't figure out why Hikari, the handsome guy who was always so popular, would suddenly invite Nonohara Yuzuka, a girl with no presence on the edge of the class.
Nonohara Yuzuka herself hadn't figured it out either.
Her face was flushed red, and from who knows where she'd found some courage.
Suddenly she wasn't stammering anymore, and she asked Hikari in a small but fluent voice, "Um... Hikari-kun, wh-what do you want with me?"
Hikari didn't explain. He only repeated himself once more, "Just come out with me first."
That question a moment ago had used up all the courage the introverted Nonohara Yuzuka had.
After agonizing in her seat for several seconds, she still nodded silently and accepted Hikari's invitation.
After all, for a shy, introverted person like her, the courage to refuse was too hard to come by.
That question just now had been her last line of defense.
And as for Hikari, who was good-looking and very popular in the class, it wasn't as if she didn't harbor a tiny bit of a daydream about him...
Seeing Hikari turn and leave, Nonohara Yuzuka also stood up quickly.
She kept her little head tucked down low, almost sinking into her full chest.
Like an ostrich, and like a well-behaved little tail, she followed right behind Hikari, step for step.
And they'd only gone a few steps out of the classroom when the twin-tailed, big-bosomed girl's mind began to run wild, helplessly, 'Hikari called me out so suddenly. Is he going to confess to me or something?'
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