"Can you go to class?"
Aiya Yayoi, at work, looked at Hayato, who had been lying in her infirmary since the second period, and she sighed helplessly.
The reason he didn't start lying down from the first period wasn't because Hayato liked the subject taught in the first period.
It was because they were both late, and it was already the second period when they arrived at school.
"No."
Hayato lay on the sickbed with his feet propped up, fiddling with his phone: "I'm busy with serious matters."
"Busy with what?"
"Chatting with a girl."
"...Although I mostly guessed it, can you not say it so directly?" Aiya Yayoi's veins on her forehead subtly appeared: "Please, try to consider my feelings a bit?"
Hayato smiled, pursing his lips, and said shyly: "Just kidding, I'm actually chatting with a boy."
"Ugh, I somehow feel like you would seduce boys, that's even more disgusting," Aiya Yayoi said disdainfully.
"It's Sanada Minako," Hayato said, revealing the truth, shaking his phone.
Aiya Yayoi had heard of that name.
"Is that the 'bad woman' you mentioned before?" Aiya Yayoi asked.
No, it wasn't right for her, at twenty-eight, to call a first-year high school student a bad woman; it felt strange no matter how she thought about it.
But when she was with this guy, Yayoi would unconsciously adopt a younger mindset.
"Mm," Hayato said with a smile: "We're talking about me treating her to a meal later."
"Mm," Yayoi nodded, then asked: "Do you have enough money? Do you want me to give you some?"
...…
Hayato was speechless for a moment; he looked at Yayoi strangely.
"What's wrong?" Yayoi looked at him with a mischievous smile: "Do you feel like you're being kept?"
Hayato smiled and made a "V" sign: "Please give me two million yen."
"Go to hell, is your mouth made of gold or is your bottom made of gold?" Yayoi said, putting her hands into the pockets of her white coat, leaning back in the chair, tilting the chair legs at an angle to the ground, and maintaining her balance without falling: "Speaking of which, going abroad must cost a lot of money, right?"
"Yes, it does.
Keep up the good work," Hayato said.
Yayoi also smiled faintly; it might be tough, but she liked the feeling of working hard together.
Then Hayato said again:
"Let Aiwu Guang."
Yayoi: ?
"You want Aiwu Guang to pay for everything!"
"I think he has that potential."
"Be a human being!"
Yayoi complained loudly, but she didn't delve into it; even a fool could tell Hayato was joking: "By the way, the person whose phone number you asked for in the infirmary earlier, was her name Hinata Sae? The dark-skinned sporty girl."
"Yes," Hayato said.
"But it seems it was a failure, huh," Yayoi said with a mischievous smile: "She only asked for your number but didn't give you hers.
Generally speaking, that's what's called 'polite refusal,' right?"
To be honest, Yayoi often saw this guy charming everyone, so it was quite amusing to see him get rebuffed occasionally.
"Actually," Hayato said, "she probably sent me a text message as soon as she left school."
"…Ah?" Yayoi hadn't anticipated her miscalculation.
"That girl probably thought, 'If I give it to him on the spot, it'll seem like I'm too easy, so I'll deliberately delay it.' Hayato said blandly, "It's also possible she thought, 'Menako gave hers right away, if I give mine later, it'll make me seem more noble than Menako'… That's probably it. Three women, they probably created four Line groups; it seems they aren't as united as they appear."
Watching Hayato's smile gradually widen, Yayoi couldn't help but shiver.
How much does this brat understand?
...
After school, Sanada Minako tidied her hair in front of the bathroom mirror, and after ensuring her makeup was perfect, she stepped out with confident strides.
She planned to meet Hayato.
Today was the day she agreed to go to dinner with Hayato.
She recalled her earlier boasting to Nogami Izumi in the classroom:
"It's so annoying, Mr. Hayashi keeps inviting me to dinner again and again, I can't even refuse him."
Izumi's face turned several shades greener.
Sanada Minako didn't intend to deliberately provoke Izumi, but seeing Izumi, who was always so high and mighty, display such an expression, she found it very amusing.
The only thing she didn't quite understand was why Sae was smiling at her.
Sae always wore a silly smile, but this time, Menako felt as if she was mocking her.
Perhaps it was just a misconception.
Stepping out of the school gate, Hayato was waiting in the sunset.
Even though Sanada Minako harbored ill will towards Hayato, she had to admit that he stood out like a crane among chickens.
His tall figure, cool demeanor, and handsome face immediately set him apart from other high school boys.
He stood in the shade of the leaves, seemingly fiddling with his phone.
Sanada Minako smiled triumphantly.
She deliberately didn't reply to Hayato's last message, "Have you arrived?", just to see his anxious expression.
Now, it seemed everything was under control.
Hinata Sae: "Hey, why are you so actively inviting Menako? You haven't really fallen for Menako, have you?"
Hayato: "Hinata Sae, you've misunderstood. I just promised Minako-chan that I would treat her to dinner before. If I didn't, I'd feel a sense of guilt for not keeping my word, that's why."
Hinata Sae: "You're calling her Minako-chan again?"
↑, this was Hayato's actual intention while fiddling with his phone.
Hinata Sae twirled the brown ends of her hair that rested on her shoulders, let out a cold snort, then revealed a gentle smile and waved at Hayato:
"Xiao Lin, you're already here. Sorry to keep you waiting~~~"
"Ah, Minako-chan." Hayato's pale face flushed slightly under the glow of the setting sun, "You, you're here."
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Sanada Minako walked up to Hayato, leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile.
Everyone looked sideways.
Sanada Minako loved such gazes; they gave her a sense of vain inflation.
She was indeed a beautiful girl, and it was true that many people secretly looked at her normally.
But most of those were boys, eyeing her with admiration or lewdness, while girls were mostly contemptuous, and even if jealous, it was only with a sour, "nothing special" kind of look.
This time, however, was different. Walking beside Hayato, Sanada Minako was enveloped by gazes of envy and resentment, like "How dare she!?" and "Why is her boyfriend so handsome!?"
She walked with her head held higher and her chest puffed out even more.
She walked alongside Hayato to the subway station.
Then they took the subway to Shibuya.
Sanada Minako frequently visited Shibuya; it was a good place to find rich boys. But precisely because she came often, there was little left to surprise her.
Until she discovered that Hayato was only taking her to a roadside beef brisket noodle shop, she felt even more speechless.
Who understands, families? That feeling of a clumsy guy taking a girl out for beef brisket rice?
If it were a proper date, a boy of this caliber would have long been cast aside by Sanada Minako.
But Hayato was someone she deliberately wanted to hook, so she could only endure this discomfort.
Such a loser of a guy.
Sanada Minako watched Hayato stride into the beef brisket shop with a speechless expression; besides his decent face, he seemed to be good for nothing.
Ha… Are all Japan boys like this? How disgusting.
She reluctantly followed.
Then her shoulder accidentally bumped into someone.
A collision.
Sanada Minako had a significant burden on her chest, so her center of gravity was unstable, and her body tilted forward slightly. After swaying, her already bad mood became even more furious.
"Who's so thoughtless…" Sanada Minako wanted to curse.
But she turned her head and shut her mouth.
It was a male with an earring and messy yellow hair.
He looked like a high school student, but appeared more fierce and sinister than ordinary high schoolers.
And…
He wasn't alone; four or five followers were behind him.
As Sanada Minako spoke halfway, their eyes uniformly looked at her.
Sanada Minako choked on her saliva.
Her manic disorder was instantly cured like a medical miracle. She lowered her head and walked forward as if nothing had happened.
But, blonde with earrings stepped forward.
He blocked Sanada Minako at the entrance.
Sanada Minako wanted to go left, but the left was blocked.
She tried to retreat to the right, but there was no path.
The back door was also blocked.
Suddenly, Sanada Minako was surrounded on all sides.
She instantly panicked.
Nogami Izumi led her and Hinata Sae to bully the weak and fear the strong, but they had never bullied a tough opponent!
Moreover, this guy looked like a bad person from his appearance.
"Please, please move aside." Sanada Minako said in a low voice.
"Yo!"
blonde with earrings looked at Menako's appearance and was quite pleased: "What a cute little girl, what's your name? Can you give me your contact information?"
Sanada Minako immediately reached for her phone, preparing to protect herself.
The person behind him suggested again, "Anyway, there's nothing to do, Big Brother, why don't we let this girl play with us?"
blonde with earrings thought for a moment, then smiled at Menako, "Do you want to play with your big brothers?"
Sanada Minako was a little flustered, but since she hadn't been beaten yet, it was still fine.
She forced a smile and tried to nod.
"Huh? Minako-chan?" Hayato, seeing that Sanada Minako hadn't followed, turned back to look for her.
As a result, he bumped into blonde with earrings.
Sanada Minako immediately had a plan: why not leave Hayato here to deal with them (get beaten), and she could slip away?
Then, she saw blonde with earrings's body tremble, and he quickly stepped aside, bowing respectfully at the same time:
"Brother Lin!"
Then, all the men who had surrounded her did the same.
"Brother Lin!!"
Sanada Minako was dumbfounded.
Hayato glanced at blonde with earrings, and his thin lips curved upwards.
"Oh, Yamamoto told me you were eating here. I didn't expect to run into you…" he chuckled.
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