Chapter 313: Ishigami Yuu Lost His Brain
"The graduation ceremony is over, this semester only has a few days left."
"Finish up the remaining work and then we can enjoy spring break."
Shirogane Miyuki asked Sakurai Saki:
"Do you have any plans? Spring break lasts a whole two weeks."
"Probably going to the aquarium? Or Disneyland? The other day Chika even invited me to go, saying that last time it was just her and Moeha going to Disney, and it was way too boring." Sakurai Saki said pensively.
This was something he still hadn't told Hayasaka Ai.
In his eyes, the idea of Ai-chan agreeing to let him go out with Chika was impossible.
Like seeing a polar bear in the South Pole – the possibility was almost zero. No, precisely 0%.
A boy bringing up going out alone with another girl was no different from stripping himself bare, it could even be considered a suicide attack.
Hayasaka: ( ＾◡＾)っ✂╰⋃╯
"Let's stop talking, we're almost at the student council room."
The two quickly pushed the door open and stepped inside.
Entering.
"Everyone, this semester only has a few days left, let's give it a bit more effort!" Shirogane Miyuki encouraged everyone.
"Yes!" Iino Miko nodded seriously.
"Alright!" Fujiwara Chika also smiled brightly.
"Ababa~" Ishigami Yuu just sat there with a blank look.
Ishigami: ꉂ(˵👁 ᗜ 👁˵)
"Hehe~ ababa, Ishigami-kun really is…" Shinomiya Kaguya covered her mouth, giggling twice.
Sakurai Saki leaned in closer to Shinomiya Kaguya, asking softly:
"His confession failed yesterday?"
I even buffed him with my ability, and he still failed?
Kaguya leaned close to his ear, whispering:
"It can't really be called a failure… it's just not a complete success yet."
That's still a failure, isn't it?! What nonsense are you spouting?Sakurai Saki cursed inwardly.
"Ah~ that's so nice~ Shinomiya-senpai and Sakurai-senpai are so close~ I also want to meet a new girlfriend, start a new love." Ishigami Yuu tilted his head back, staring at the ceiling, looking like a zombie without a brain.
Were the aftereffects of Ishigami's heartbreak perhaps a little too severe?
"See? He's turned into this." Shinomiya Kaguya still didn't notice the strange gazes of everyone else – gazes filled with gossip.
This was the first time Shinomiya Kaguya and Sakurai Saki had been so intimate inside the student council room.
Face to face, just a little more and they might kiss.
"Koyasu-senpai never saw him as a romantic partner from the start. She refused quite decisively at first, then when Ishigami straightforwardly confessed, she hesitated for a moment."
"And the result?"
"She ran away." Kaguya added: "Because she was too embarrassed, she ran off…"
"Wait! So what's the answer?"
"Ababa~" Ishigami Yuu tilted his head, not looking smart at all.
"She rejected him, right? But I'm not sure either." Shinomiya Kaguya said, then pushed Sakurai Saki away, pouting: "Idiot, you leaned too close again. Outsiders might think we're really close."
"Let's be friends first… let's be friends first… ababa~" Ishigami Yuu mumbled.
Sakurai Saki more or less understood.
'Be friends first?'
Isn't that the phrase girls usually use to gently reject someone?
If you keep pushing further, you'll probably get hit with critical strikes like:
["Are we even that close? Don't cling to me.",]
["Did I make you misunderstand something?",]
["Are you getting too greedy?"…]
A guy should know when to step down gracefully.
"Ishigami, maybe it's not as bad as you think." Shirogane Miyuki sat down in the president's chair.
"That's not it, Shirogane-kun! If a girl answers like that then it's already NG! Complete! Complete! Total! Total! NG!!!" Fujiwara Chika, though she found Ishigami Yuu pitiful, disliked even more the idea of having to say comforting lies.
In this situation, one must ruthlessly pierce the illusion, so Ishigami-kun can face reality!
"Miko-chan, what do you think?"
"Probably hopeless already, right?" Iino Miko covered her mouth, giggling softly.
Seeing Ishigami in this state, though pitiful, was somehow also a little funny~
"Deep-fried pudding~" Ishigami Yuu continued rambling: "Pandas on the Himalayas have black skin and red fur, white crows have blue feathers… ababa~"
Ishigami: ꉂ(˵👁 ᗜ 👁˵)
He's beyond saving.
In this situation, what kind of miracle doctor could possibly cure him?
"Don't say unlucky things like that. The phrase 'be friends first,' the problem isn't with the 'friends,' it's with the word 'first.' If there's a 'first,' then naturally there will be an 'after.' More accurately, this time in Koyasu-senpai's eyes, Ishigami has changed from just a kouhai into someone who can be seen as a potential romantic partner." Shirogane Miyuki rubbed his chin, speaking with conviction:
"In this situation, saying the confession was successful isn't wrong."
Hearing that, in Ishigami Yuu's gloomy eyes a few rays of light suddenly appeared:
"Re… really?"
Ishigami: (๑•̀ㅁ•́๑)✧
"Really!!!" Sakurai Saki affirmed.
Even if it's a lie, you still have to say it's true!
He had had enough of watching Ishigami Yuu heartbroken!
"Aiyaya, so my confession succeeded after all? Haha, I thought it was a failure~" Ishigami Yuu stood up, stretching his arms.
…Aren't you being a little too optimistic?
Fujiwara Chika immediately poured cold water:
"No way, Ishigami-kun."
"Do you know how hard it is to make the person you like remove the label of 'friend'?" Fujiwara Chika held her face, speaking sorrowfully:
"All of my confessions were ignored, even when I invited him to play board games I was only treated like a child… clearly I was the one who came first…"
"Uuwuuu~" Chika-chan whimpered softly.
(⊃ ˃̣̣̥ ᴖ ˂̣̣̥ ⊂)
She had suffered so much!
And in the end, even the sweet fruit was snatched away by Ai-chan!
Where's the justice in that?!
Hearing this, Ishigami Yuu glanced at Sakurai Saki.
Sakurai Saki only blinked at him, looking extremely innocent.
"You mean only Sakurai-senpai, huh? Hey hey hey!! Why is Sakurai-senpai acting like he has nothing to do with it? But thinking about it, why didn't you choose Fujiwara-senpai back then?" Ishigami Yuu suddenly recalled half a year ago.
Back then, he really thought Fujiwara Chika would win!
After all, she had the after-school time advantage to be with Sakurai-senpai, yet unexpectedly, the final winner was Hayasaka Ai.
"That's right. Fujiwara-senpai could even smile while getting through a love triangle, so why should I be sad over my relationship – which hasn't even truly failed yet?"
Haha, being just about to win, only to have someone else snatch away the sweet fruit, pfft, that's hilariously pathetic.
Ishigami Yuu held back laughter and said: "Thank you, Fujiwara-senpai."
Though it was a bit mean to laugh at someone else's failed romance, it was just too funny.
"No need to thank me." Chika didn't see herself as the loser at all.
On the contrary, those secret little intimate moments with Sakurai Saki gave her the strange and amusing feeling of secretly putting a green hat on Hayasaka Ai.
Just like that, Ishigami Yuu broke free from his heartbroken state.
…
The time left until spring break was only a few days.
Sakurai Saki returned home. That evening, in the living room, he called Nakano Maruo.
He wanted to inform him of his resignation.
The Nakano quintuplets no longer needed his tutoring.
"Hello, this is Nakano Maruo. Sakurai-kun suddenly calling me, is there something you want to say?" On the other end of the phone, Nakano Maruo's mood seemed rather good.
Lately, in the final exams, all five daughters had achieved high grades. As a father, he was naturally pleased.
"Nakano-san, though it's a bit presumptuous, starting next term, I'd like to resign from the tutoring job."
On the other end, Nakano Maruo was silent for a moment.
Then he replied: "Alright."