Seeing Hayato's naturally Sima face, Kobayashi Ayaka froze, and her arms, which were hugging her two prominent advantages, relaxed: "You! You did it on purpose!?"
If she hadn't forcibly restrained herself, she would have wanted to grab Mr. Hayashi's collar.
"...Mm." Hayato pursed his lips and smiled: "Why wouldn't it be?"
But honestly, for a moment, Hayato really did suspect that this senior, secretly working and refusing to meet him, might actually have a boyfriend.
However, due to certain reasons, he quickly dismissed this idea.
When he asked the question, there was no intention of deliberately annoying Ayaka. He really felt that it was possible... After all, theoretically speaking, tomorrow could still be the end of the world.
He just didn't expect this senior's reaction to be so strong.
"Really not?" Hayato asked again with a smile.
"...Shut up." Kobayashi Ayaka clicked her tongue, letting out a crisp "tsk."
Hayato smiled slightly, "Why did you decide to become a model?"
"It's a hobby, none of your business?" Kobayashi Ayaka said lightly. Before she earned enough money, Ayaka had no intention of being frank with the young man in front of her.
Surprises are meant to have both surprise and joy.
If she told him now, whether there would be joy was hard to say, but the surprise would definitely be completely lost.
"You, if you're in a hurry for money, I can scrape some together." Hayato said, although he had almost spent the inheritance from Brother Miyajima, the debt from the Snow Woman had been renewed. All things considered, Uncle Hei was still shining brightly.
"You have a..."
"P-money" ← Kobayashi Ayaka originally wanted to say this. Because she had learned about the person in front of her from Sakura, and compared to him, Spider-Man had both parents. But precisely because of this, she couldn't say the words. She swallowed again, feeling a bit touched.
But she didn't show it; her tone was already firm:
"I'm not so desperate that I need you to support me... We'll talk about it later, X Magazine's salary is still very high."
"Alright." Hayato smiled, then asked, "But since you're already in Yaso Inaba, why didn't you tell me?"
"Oh, I forgot you were here." Kobayashi Ayaka said lightly: "You only mentioned it once, right? It's normal that I didn't remember."
"I see..." Hayato nodded.
Seeing his expression, Kobayashi Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed she had temporarily fooled him.
...Why do I feel inexplicably empty when this should be something to be happy about?
"Then you were hiding from me?" Hayato continued to ask.
"N-no, I wasn't hiding, I-I just..." Oh no, on this point, Kobayashi Ayaka had absolutely no excuse.
Damn it!
If I had known things would progress so smoothly, I wouldn't have hidden. Isn't it that if there's a problem, you tackle it, and if there's no problem, you create one to tackle?
I'm an idiot. Ayaka thought to herself.
"Don't worry." Hayato, however, pursed his lips and smiled: "I won't disturb your work."
Kobayashi Ayaka's eyes lit up:
"...R-really? Th-that's good..."
Hahahahaha, it's a good thing Mr. Hayashi, though handsome, seems a bit dim-witted; he actually gave himself an out. Ayaka thought to herself.
Alas.
Hayato sighed leisurely; if he didn't give her a way out, this senior would probably suffocate.
"A Condolence Gift."
Hayato said, he jogged back to where he was playing on the horizontal bar, grabbed the bottle of Coca-Cola he had casually placed as a decoration, and then lightly tossed it towards Kobayashi Ayaka: "Drink slowly, don't choke on the carbonation."
"..."
Kurashiki Reina, off-screen, was suddenly cued and clicked her tongue in extreme displeasure.
"Oh."
Kobayashi Ayaka wasn't a hot girl whose combat power was basically negative like Kurashiki Reina; although her heart was in turmoil, she still popped open the can with one hand. Her opening technique was truly astonishing.
Since they were meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land, Hayato decided to wait for Kobayashi Ayaka. After she finished her work, he could ask her questions like where she was currently staying.
The models' break time seemed quite long. Hayato was about to chat a bit more when he suddenly remembered something.
He turned his head.
The forgotten Shiina Chizuru was puffing out her cheeks, glaring at him intensely.
"—You!"
Actually, until just now, Shiina Chizuru hadn't had this expression.
She was still confused about the relationship between Hayato and the beautiful model who had rushed over.
But when she saw him throw that can of Pepsi, all her frustration surged up at once.
Although it was just a can of drink, I bought it for you! I! Bought! It! For! You! You threw it away without drinking it! How can you give it to someone else!?
And it's another woman!
And it's another beautiful woman!
Have some shame! Giving away borrowed flowers isn't done like this!
When Shiina Chizuru saw Hayato turn his head, her first instinct was to look away.
But after less than a second of thought, the stubborn little donkey still maintained her gaze,
After several rounds of glaring, Hayato finally scratched his head.
I want to see what you have to say. Shiina Chizuru thought, give me a reasonable explanation!
"I'm quite busy right now, so you should go back first."
Then Shiina Chizuru heard Hayato say this.
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