I became the best friend of the heroine in Love Tour

Chapter 427 Ayano needs to work harder
"How's the shrine going? Are we going back early today as well?"

Looking at the ringing cell phone in Date Jujuro's clothes placed on the grass, Akimoto Yoichi asked casually.

"Yeah, let's practice for another five minutes. It doesn't matter if we're a little late."

A look of dissatisfaction appeared on Date Jujuro's face, but he did not stop throwing the ball and let the phone continue ringing.

"What's going on? Is the shrine still very busy? Is there endless work to do?" Akimoto Yoichi looked at Date Jujuro who looked a little tired.

"After all, my father and the uncles are all old, and one of them sprained his waist. There are more things to do next." Date Jujuro sighed.

The already busy work has become even busier now because of the lack of manpower.

The closer it gets to the New Year, the busier the shrine becomes.

This is also because the Date family's shrine is indeed large enough, and all kinds of decoration and painting require a lot of effort.

"Are you okay? Your broken finger hasn't healed yet. Is it inconvenient for you to work?"

Akimoto Yoichi looked at Date Jujuro whose fingers were still wrapped in gauze. The seeded player is currently recovering from his injury, but he still has to help out at the family shrine on a daily basis.

"I can't help it. Even if I only have one hand, it's better than those uncles. Besides, there's still that auntie here."

When talking about that "auntie", there was a slight fluctuation on Date Jujuro's face.

"Aunt? Oh, you mean your stepmother?" Akimoto Yoichi recalled the cheerful and burly woman during the school festival.

“I don’t really like being called that.”

Date Jujuro shook his head, and Akimoto Yoichi knew that he'd better not continue this topic.

Aunt Ida was very enthusiastic towards Ida Jujuro during the school festival, but Ida Jujuro seemed rather cold towards Aunt Ida and the Ida Twin Lolita.

It goes without saying that the relationship between a stepmother and stepson is naturally more complicated.

However, Aunt Ida obviously didn't care about this matter. The Ida twin lolita were very cute, and the lolita didn't care much about the ugly face of their half-brother Ida Jujuro.

The relationship between half-sisters or siblings is rather complicated and troublesome. Ikeda Yuri and Kudo Kokoro are also half-sisters.

However, Akimoto Yoichi felt that Date Jujuro's situation should not be as complicated as that of Ikeda Yuri and Kudo Shinyu.

At most, Date Jujuro is not close to his stepmother, right? That's Date Jujuro's personality. Date Jujuro has his reasons for not being close to his stepmother, and Akimoto Yoichi chose to change the subject and not ask further questions.

Don't ask too much about other people's affairs, especially someone with a personality like Date Jujuro.

"If the shrine really needs help, just call me. You should pitch more often and take good care of yourself. Don't let a rookie like me make a fool of myself by going on the field."

Akimoto Yoichi joked.

But Date Jujuro's reaction was a little special.

He was stunned at first, then his expression gradually became serious as he answered.

In fact, the shrine is very busy every year, but Date Jujuro has no friends. No one has ever expressed their desire to help Date Jujuro. At this time last year, he was still isolated by the team in junior high school.

Now Akimoto Yoichi actually offered to help him, which made Date Jujuro a little uncomfortable.

He had become friends with the yellow-haired guy in front of him. Only then did Date Jujuro realize this.

Whether it was the practice match for the school festival, the ramen before, or the daily practice together now, he and Akimoto Yoichi have unknowingly become much closer.

Indeed, no matter how you look at it, they both look like friends.

"I'm so sorry to bother you with my own family matters."

Date Jujuro's reaction is very interesting, just like a socially anxious person who is making friends for the first time.

He pulled down the hat on his head to cover his face. By the way, the hat that Akimoto Yoichi was wearing now was a symbol of friendship given to him by Date Jujuro.

"It's my duty to play, so it can't be considered a thank you gift or a thank you."

"Then let me go to your shrine to broaden my horizons. I'm more curious about your shrine's kuchikamizak." Akimoto Yoichi still couldn't forget the kuchikamizak of the loli shrine twin sisters.

"Kuchikanshu contains alcohol, and you need to be twenty years old to drink it."

Speaking of things he was familiar with, Date Jujuro suddenly became very calm and reminded.

As expected of a shrine owner, he wasn't at all shaken when hearing people talk about Kuchikamizak.

What he cares about is exactly what a normal person should care about.

"It's okay, I'll just take a look, I won't drink." Qiu Benyang waved his hand.

Think of Asuka Date and Shizuka Date, the strawberry-flavored kids, the way they gurgle and then spit out wine in their tiny cheeks, with drops of water dripping from their little pink tongues.

Thinking of this, Akimoto Yoichi felt a little excited.

It’s nothing, he’s just curious.

"Really? I don't think there's anything good to see. Not many people want that kind of thing now. At most, it's only used for ceremonies. After all, there are issues of hygiene and so on." Date Jujuro couldn't understand the beauty of it.

Looking at Akimoto Yoichi who was standing there stupidly and letting the baseball fall on his head, he just felt strange.

How disgusting is the stuff in a woman's mouth?

Even if Date Jujuro stuffed a baseball into his mouth, he would not touch what was in a woman's mouth.

"Huh? Disgusting?" Qiu Benyang's body trembled, and a terrible picture emerged in his mind.

I was careless. Who said that chewing sake must be made by young girls?

Just in case, Akimoto Yoichi still asked a question.

"Um, you wouldn't let Aunt Ida make the Kuchikamizak at your shrine, would you?"

Aunt Ida's tanned skin and the solid body of a rural person cannot be considered beautiful. It can only be said that it is the appearance of a real laborer.

Compared to Aunt Ida, who is like a peasant woman, Akimoto Yoichi would not say against his conscience that discrimination is not allowed.

Naturally, he would choose the fair, tender, quirky and very cute Ida twin loli. It seems that the twin loli and Ida Jujuro should have inherited their father's good looks.

But Aunt Ida is also a member of the shrine, and the Kuchikamizakō does not require virgins to come.

In some places, any woman can make kuchikamizakami, but Akimoto Yoichi doesn't know what the situation is at the Date family's shrine.

If Aunt Ida also participated in the making of kuchikamizake, then Akimoto Yoichi would have given up on appreciating the kuchikamizake, because she was his classmate's mother, and it would be disrespectful to watch his classmate's mother making kuchikamizake.

Unless they are members of the three mothers' alliance, Suzuran Mari, Nishida Chizuru, and Takagi Kana, you can ask them to prepare some kuchikamaku-shu. It doesn't matter whether it is authentic kuchikamaku-shu, what matters is that it has been chewed.

"It's not that old lady. She's not good at doing this kind of delicate work. It's the young miko of our shrine and those two annoying sparrows who are doing it."

Fortunately, Date Jujuro's answer made Akimoto Yoichi feel relieved.

As long as it wasn't the kukimi-zukuri that came out of Ida-oba-san's mouth, Akimoto Yoichi would feel at ease.

Even if the young shrine maidens in the Date family's shrine, whose appearance is unknown, also participated, they were at least young, even if they were not beautiful.

As for the annoying sparrows, they are referring to the loli twins, Asuka Date and Shizuka Date.

Yoichi Akimoto never denied that he was a face lover.

If you are not a face lover, then go and give Ai-chan a French kiss.

"Okay, I should go back, otherwise the phone calls won't stop."

Date Jujuro stopped throwing the ball, feeling a little unsatisfied, but the phone kept ringing.

"It's okay. It's almost time for me to rest." Akimoto Yoichi picked up the clothes he had taken off the ground, and then he noticed that his cell phone had the same flashing indicator light as Date Jujuro.

On the screen of his mobile phone was a message that Kana Takagi had sent more than ten minutes ago, saying that she would come to pick him and Shiraishi Wakane up to go to the idol company soon. They had to go to their part-time job today.

The two greeted Coach Kikuta in the training ground.

Date Jujuro then left first, while Akimoto Yoichi walked towards the rest area.

Sitting in the rest area were still old acquaintances Suzuran Ayano and Kudo Kokoro.

Usually after school, there is no work for the discipline committee member, so Suzuran Ayano has been accompanying Akimoto Yoichi like this. Kudo Shinyu has not joined any department and is completely idle.

Shiraishi Wakane was pulled into the literature club, and if Nishida Yuki didn't have anything interesting to do, she would just peek at the surveillance cameras and wouldn't be there in person.

With the appearance of Ikeda Hanori, Kitamura Mao no longer has to take care of Kudo Shinyu.

"I have to go to work today. Ayano, you go back first. I will come home as soon as possible." Akimoto Yoichi just finished speaking.

Outside the fence of the baseball club's practice field, the figures of Shiraishi Wakane, who was also pulled to the literature club today, and the tall and majestic queen Kana Takagi also appeared in the field of vision.

Looking at Shiraishi Wakane and Takagi Kana waving at him, Akimoto Yoichi gave instructions to Suzuran Ayano beside him.

"If you have dinner, please save it for me. If I don't come back to eat it, I can use it as a midnight snack or as a lunch box tomorrow."

"Thank you for cooking today, Ayano."

"Mari said this morning that she wanted to eat some salad, but we don't have any salad dressing at home. Ayano, remember to buy some when you get home."

There are a few days every week when I have to accompany Shiraishi Wakane to the idol company, not for anything else, simply to earn money and to appease the addicted Shiraishi Wakane.

Suzuran Ayano had no objection to this, as she had already become accustomed to it.

Akimoto Yoichi is still homeless so far, so he has to make money.

"I understand. Akimoto-kun, you've worked hard today." Suzuran Ayano took the towel that Akimoto Yoichi used to wipe his sweat, folded it neatly, and put it in her pocket to go home and wash it, as if she were an already married wife.

The girl in the wheelchair next to him was not willing to be left behind and hugged Akimoto Yoichi's waist.

"Take me there, Akimoto Dad. I want to see where you work part-time, okay? I'm curious about how you work, Akimoto Dad. I promise I won't disturb you."

This guy now calls Akimoto Yoichi "Dad" in front of Suzuran Ayano. He is the kind of person who doesn't even want to act.

Although Suzuran Ayano had some complaints about this, she did not express any opinion considering Kudo Kokoro's physical condition. It can only be said that Kudo Kokoro's level is still tolerable.

However, Akimoto Yoichi remained silent and did not respond to Kudo Shinyu's request.

If Akimoto Yoichi had been troubled by Kudo Shinyu's entanglement in the past, now Akimoto Yoichi doesn't need to think about this problem.

Now that there is Ikeda Hanori, Akimoto Yoichi has already seen Ikeda Hanori appear on the baseball field.

"Xin-chan! The matters in the infirmary have been dealt with! Come! Xin-chan, let's treat him!" The reckless sister and the smoke-soaked teacher appeared in the baseball club at the right time.

As long as they know where Akimoto Yoichi is, it will be easy to find Kudo Kokoro.

"Akimoto Dad! Save me! I don't want to go with this guy!"

Kudo Xinyu still tried to resist, but her resistance was naturally useless.

Reaching out and taking off Kudo Shinyu's hand that was pulling on his clothes, Akimoto Yoichi and Ikeda Yuri greeted each other.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Sister Zhi. It's okay to send her back to Suzuran's house a little later in the evening. Why don't you send her back after dinner?"

"In this case, Ayano, you don't have to cook for this guy."

"We can do less work, and you can spend more time with your dear sister, Sister Zhi."

Ikeda Yuri's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands.

"Yes, you can have dinner with me too. In that case, I can customize a meal for you that meets your nutritional needs! Ai-chan can cook anything, so we can have dinner in the academy cafeteria!"

"Does this guy need to bring up this kind of thing? Haven't you thought about it yourself?" Shimono Otome said, holding her forehead.

Both Akimoto Yoichi and Suzuran Ayano feel that compared to Kudo Kokoro, Ikeda Yuri is the one who needs more care.

Otherwise, you might get lost or lose something.

In order to avoid losing her cell phone and wallet, Ikeda Yuri simply stopped using her cell phone and wallet and gave her money directly to Shimono Otome for safekeeping.

"The only thing on my mind is how to treat Xinchan! Okay! Xinchan, let's go to the health room! Thank you, Yangjun." Ikeda Yuri stuck out her tongue, but quickly turned her attention back to Kudo Xinyu.

"No! I don't want to accompany you to tinker with those broken machines!" After Kudo Xinyu sought help from Akimoto Yoichi but to no avail, she could only protest sitting in a wheelchair.

"What a crappy machine! That's a good machine that can heal you, Kokoro-chan!"

"What's so good about it! Just sticking needles into flesh all day long! It looks horrible!"

"That's treatment! It's acupuncture! Only this child can use it. I haven't even passed the exams for an acupuncturist's license or a moxibustion practitioner's license!"

"Who would trust this chain-smoking idiot to be my acupuncturist?"

"Hey, I'm your teacher, be careful or I'll give you a zero on your test and you won't be able to stick with your brother Akimoto when you take the make-up exam."

"..."

Regardless of Kudo Shinyu's still indignant opposition, Ikeda Hanori happily pushed Kudo Shinyu's wheelchair to the health room accompanied by Shimono Otome.

Today, the health room of Chuyue High School is no longer an ordinary health room, it is equivalent to a health room at the level of a professional sanatorium.

Several classrooms around the health room were cleared and filled with some unfamiliar instruments. Those instruments were also open to various sports clubs. Ikeda Yuri was responsible for diagnosis and giving advice.

This is to prevent members from getting injured during sports, as well as lack of nutrition and illness.

Of course, the more important thing is to treat Kudo Shinyu, and the members of the sports club and ordinary students are just incidental.

The renovated health room was mainly prepared by Ikeda Yuri for Kudo Shinyu, where Kudo Shinyu can receive more adequate treatment and recuperation.

This was also the condition that Kudo Shinyu agreed to Ikeda Haori before. Although Ikeda Haori will not force Kudo Shinyu to leave here with her and go to a medical institution, Kudo Shinyu must also cooperate with the treatment while at school.

With this sister around, not only can Kudo Xinyu be controlled, but she can also manage Kudo Xinyu with one click.

"Okay, Akimoto-kun, you should go quickly. Ruoyin is anxious over there." After seeing off Kudo Shinyu, Suzuran Ayano patted Akimoto Yoichi beside her and reminded him.

"Then I'll go, I'll be back soon..."

Akimoto Yoichi helped Suzuran Ayano lift the hair that was hanging on the side of her face, smiled and waved his hand and left.

Looking at Akimoto Yoichi's back, Suzuran Ayano's face was still hot.

The hair that was lifted up by Akimoto Yoichi just now fell down again and stuck to the girl's red face.

"Hey, Ayano-chan, you should have done the same as Kudo-san and acted like a spoiled child to that yellow-haired guy!" Suddenly, the figure of Kuroo Maya appeared from the audience seats behind the lounge.

Next to Kuroo Maya was Sakagami Honoka.

The paparazzi had cameras in their hands and were frantically pressing the shutter buttons at the blushing Suzuran Ayano.

"What are you doing?! You are hiding aside and watching!" Suzuran Ayano scolded the two of them, but Kuroo Maya walked to her friend's side nonchalantly.

She looked at the silly sisters in front of her with the attitude of a master, and said in a condescending tone: "The atmosphere between you just now was actually very good, it was quite like that of an old married couple."

"But your performance was not good afterwards. The atmosphere was so good. Wouldn't it be better if you said something more annoying and coquettish? What's more, look at Kudo-san. She even called Huang Mao daddy!"

"If you, Ayano-chan, were half as proactive as Kudo-san, you would already be the first wife of the yellow-haired man. How could Nishida Yuki and Shiraishi Wakane have a place?"

"The situation has gotten even worse. There's a new sister, Kudo Shinyu. Although Kudo Shinyu is a bit of a sissy, boys actually like sissies like her! We had a great advantage, but you wasted it all, Ayano."

Although Kuroo Maya is also a virgin and has no experience in love.

However, by staying by Suzuran Ayano's side, Kuroo Maya could understand some of the operations just by watching.

Originally, Kuroo Maya wanted to take a picture of the intimate scene between her best friend and the person she likes sweating on the baseball field, but her best friend turned out to be like a wooden man, and was satisfied just by having her hair touched.

Kuroo Maya, who was watching this, shook her head.

Suzuran Ayano is not a kindergarten or elementary school student, why is she so weak?

"But the photos of Suzuran-san and Akimoto-san are quite popular. They sold quite well during the school festival."

Sakaue no Honoka looked at the photos of Akimoto Yoichi and Suzuran Ayano that she had just taken with her camera. Although she had no interest in love, it did not prevent her from appreciating other people's love.

Akimoto Yoichi's expression and behavior will be different depending on the girl next to him.

When he was with Suzuran Ayano, he really was like an old married couple. Akimoto Yoichi was very trusting and relaxed, like a lion stretching next to a lioness.

When he was with Yuki Nishida, Yoichi Akimoto acted more assertive. He seemed to be very careful about controlling the behavior of that young lady, and he felt a bit like a prison warden supervising female prisoners.

When Akimoto Yoichi is with Shiraishi Wakane, he is like a pet owner. He is more caring and loving, and gives regular head pats and hugs. This is probably what it feels like to have a golden retriever.

When he was with Kudo Shinyu, he was resistant and Akimoto Yoichi always kept a distance from the landmine girl, which of course made her pester him even more.

When she is with Mao Kitamura, she becomes a bit of a master. Although it is very secretive, Sakagami Honoka filmed several times when Akimoto Yoichi raised his hand to slap the other's skin. Of course, because she was afraid of Yuki Nishida, she finally deleted it.

When he is with Natsuki Miyama, he is more like a reliable and domineering brother. Yoichi Akimoto always lets the cute little girl sit on his lap.

There was no special romantic smell when he was with Yuzuha Shinkawa, but it was obvious that Akimoto Yoichi liked the mascot little loli who would take the initiative to pounce on his face without making any noise, and he loved eating xiaolongbao. Finally, the photo in Sakagami Honoka's camera was frozen on a pair of figures walking towards the school gate facing the sunset.

When Akimoto Yoichi and Ise Yuri are together, it's a completely different state. It's hard to describe, but the two of them seem to be able to guess each other's thoughts, and they always seem to be in the honeymoon period.

The atmosphere around Ise Yuri and Akimoto Yoichi is similar to that when he was with Suzuran Ayano, but Suzuran Ayano and Akimoto Yoichi are an old couple, while Ise Yuri and Akimoto Yoichi are newlyweds.

All the girls who had a close relationship with Akimoto Yoichi at school were photographed by Sakagami Honoka.

Although Akimoto Yoichi seemed to be very close to several beautiful mothers, Sakagami Honoka was reminded by Nishida Yuki, so no photos were taken.

To sum up, judging from the state and mood of Akimoto Yoichi when interacting with various girls, Suzuran Ayano actually doesn't need to be so anxious.

Because Akimoto Yoichi completely trusts her, they are an old married couple.

Although there was no overly intense emotional expression, both parties had actually completely entered the mode of married life.

"But Saka-senpai-san, Ayano-chan has only kissed once. You said that although they get along very closely like an old couple, an old couple has only kissed once?"

Regardless of the blushing Suzuran Ayano's pulling, Kuroo Maya unceremoniously revealed the secrets of her good sister.

Just kissed once? This is something Sakagami Honoka didn't know.

Facing the gaze from Sakagami Honoka, Suzuran Ayano suddenly felt so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, but she still struggled and explained.

"The quality of a relationship between two people is not determined by how many times they kiss! It doesn't necessarily mean that they have a good relationship just because they kiss more!"

"Indeed, an old couple will have nightmares every time they kiss after being married for more than five or six years." Sakagami Honoka nodded in agreement with Suzuran Ayano's words.

But Kuroo Maya disagreed, and this good sister continued to question Suzuran Ayano.

"So have you done anything else that's intimate? Like doing something more intimate at home?"

"Maya-chan! Please don't ask questions like that, okay!?"

"Hmm? Is there? I mean more than holding hands and kissing?"

"I refuse to answer this question!"

"That means no, okay, then do you guys often hold hands and hug at home? Anyway, Ayano-chan, you never do that at school!"

"I, I won't tell you!"

"If you don't tell me, then it doesn't exist! There is no doubt about it."

"That's because I'm the Discipline Committee member. I'm the Discipline Committee member in this school!"

"Disciplinary committee member? Are you also a discipline committee member at home? Do discipline committee members not fall in love? I know that the discipline committee chairmen of your discipline department all have boyfriends."

"This, this..."

Looking at Suzuran Ayano whose cheeks were flushed and who couldn't answer her question, Kuroo Maya patted her good sister's shoulder with a victorious attitude and said.

"Look, you haven't even made holding hands and hugging a regular thing. Now you're so shy just because someone touched your hair. It doesn't seem like you want to have a deeper connection with that yellow-haired guy."

"My old rivals include Yuuki Nishida, Wakane Shiraishi, Mao Kitamura, my new rival includes Kokoro Kudo, my elders include my beautiful mother, Mr. Shimono, and Mr. Ikeda, and my younger sister Lolita includes my niece Yuzuha Shinkawa, the manager of the academy restaurant."

"Ayano-chan, you are surrounded by wolves. If you don't work hard, you will probably be squeezed out in the end."

"I'm worried about you, Ayano. You obviously had a very good opportunity, but you never seized it. What's more, that yellow-haired guy is still living in your house, right?"

"At least Ayano-chan, you should make it a normal thing for you to hold hands and hug each other, right? Living in the same house should give you a lot of opportunities to get close, right? But I've always only supported you, Ayano."

It was rare for Kuroo Maya to say these words seriously, even though she herself had not done what she said, and she didn't even have anyone she wanted to do it with.

But it is undeniable that Suzuran Ayano also felt that what Kuroo Maya said made sense.

Without Kuroo Maya telling her, she herself was also feeling a little anxious.

There are more and more girls around Yoichi Akimoto, and all of these girls are excellent without exception.

Even though Akimoto Yoichi has always lived in her house, she can't get closer to him if she doesn't do anything. Now that Kuroo Maya said this, she is completely unable to defend herself.

After all, everything Kuroo Maya said was true.

"I, I understand. I will try my best." Suzuran Ayano took a deep breath, clenched her fists and made up her mind.

Kuroo Maya rolled her eyes at her and corrected her, "It's not about trying hard, but about doing it. Ayano-chan, you really like that blond, right? Then you should try harder and not just kiss him once."

"But Akimoto-kun said he doesn't consider dating in high school."

Suzuran Ayano shook her head. If she tried to fight for it, she would be violating the agreement with Akimoto Yoichi, which was not acceptable.

"Akimoto-kun has already said that you won't fall in love in high school."

"If I try too hard to make Akimoto-kun like me, it will only interfere with Akimoto Yoichi's efforts."

"We are not in a romantic relationship right now. We are just very close friends. Of course, Natsuki, Wakane, and Kokoro-chan are not either. As for Nishida Yuki, she probably isn't either. She once said that she's not in a hurry to marry Akimoto Yoichi."

Not sisters! Aren’t you too naive! ?

Kuroo Maya crossed her arms in front of her chest and shook her head helplessly. Sakagami Honoka on the side also looked at Suzuran Ayano with the "loving" eyes of a mother.

Being stared at by two people like this, Suzuran Ayano felt very at a loss as to what to do.

"What? Why are you looking at each other like that?"

"We look at you like this because we feel sorry for you because you fell into Yuuki Nishida's trap. Yuuki Nishida said that she and Yoichi Akimoto are not lovers, but she has done a lot of things that lovers would do, right? I often see Huangmao being called to the student union office by Yuuki Nishida and he doesn't come out for a long time."

"I support Maya on this point. Even though the boys say things like they don't like dating in high school, they just want to focus on baseball, basketball, soccer, etc., it doesn't mean they are not interested in girls. Maybe there are a lot of girlfriends who just won't admit it."

Not only Kuroo Maya, but also Sakagami Honoka, who originally supported Suzuran Ayano to maintain the status quo, has joined the "urging marriage" camp.

"Really? Everyone says one thing and does another? But, Akimoto-kun isn't dating anyone, right?" Suzuran Ayano didn't quite believe it.

Akimoto Yoichi has never mentioned who he is dating, although he is indeed quite close to Nishida Yuki, Shiraishi Wakane, and Natsuki.

However, Akimoto Yoichi is not in a romantic relationship with any of them.

Akimoto Yoichi will definitely do what he promised to her, this is what Suzuran Ayano firmly believes.

"Even if you don't become lovers, you can still develop into other kinds of intimate relationships. Intimate relationships are not limited to lovers." As a senior student, Sakagami Honoka is knowledgeable and has seen a lot of romances.

"Not just a romantic relationship?" Suzuran Ayano had a simple mind and didn't quite understand what this meant.

In her opinion, when a boy and a girl get along, they can be lovers besides just ordinary friends, right?

Of course, there are also so-called enemies.

"Of course there are, such as those who simply run for convenience."

This shot not only shocked Suzuran Ayano, but also accidentally injured her "friendly army" Kuroo Maya next to her. Kuroo Maya was just about to say "rice partner" or something like that, but Sakagami Honoka said "cannon partner".

I can only say that Sakagami Honoka was too direct.

This guy is indeed a secret photographer, he knows so much.

"Yes, but I think if you want to take things a step further with someone you like, you need the right timing and atmosphere. It's not something you can just do casually!"

"That's right! This time I agree with Ayano-chan! Saka-senpai, that running partner you mentioned is not suitable for us."

Suzuran Ayano and Kuroo Maya looked at Sakagami Honoka as if she were a weird uncle.

"It's not me. I'm a virgin too." Sakagami Honoka shrugged innocently. She was just stating the fact.

When a boy says I’m not in love, but he’s still very close to you.

It's obvious that he wants to be a running buddy.

However, Akimoto Yoichi obviously did not have such intention. He lived in Suzuran Ayano's house every day but had not yet made any move on Ayano.

"Even if we don't become running buddies, what about your agreement in high school not to date? But you want to be close to each other to avoid losing your spot. This kind of thing is going to be difficult to do."

"In that case, we can only be 'more than friends, but less than lovers', which is actually the current situation between you, Ayano, and Akimoto-san. However, there are many people who are in the same situation as Akimoto-san, and everyone is trying to sneak away."

"Even if they say they are not in a relationship, in fact, everyone is in a relationship. They just refuse to admit that they are in a relationship. As long as everyone refuses to admit that they are Akimoto-san's girlfriend, they can do whatever they want."

"Ayano-chan, do you care more about the title of 'girlfriend' or about enjoying a sweet love life with Akimoto-kun? You need to think this through."

Although what Sakagami Honoka said was outrageous, Suzuran Ayano and Kuroo Maya thought about it carefully.

It seems as if that is indeed the case.

Whether it is Yuki Nishida, Wakane Shiraishi, or Kokoro Kudo, no one seems to take Akimoto Yoichi's words "No romance in high school" to heart.

They will get close to Akimoto Yoichi just the way they should.

As long as she doesn't admit that she is in a relationship with Akimoto Yoichi, or they just tacitly agree with each other and don't admit it in front of others, it's fine. Naturally, Suzuran Ayano doesn't really care about the title of "girlfriend", but wants to have a sweet relationship with Akimoto Yoichi.

"Is that so? It will be fine as long as you don't admit it?" Suzuran Ayano was greatly shaken.

"Of course! Everyone is doing this. The yellow-haired guy disappears from time to time and doesn't come back for hours. Someone must have done it!"

As a good friend of Suzuran Ayano, Kuroo Maya naturally stands on Suzuran Ayano's side.

Seeing that Suzuran Ayano was shaken by Sakagami Honoka's words, she immediately gave her a push.

Kuroo Maya has the most say in this matter, as she has always been by Suzuran Ayano's side.

"I've always said, Ayano, if you really like someone, you should take the initiative."

"If you don't take the initiative, someone else will."

"Now that you, Ayano, have already said that you and the yellow-haired guy have agreed to stay together forever, then there's nothing wrong with becoming closer to him now, right? Unless you yourself don't believe that the yellow-haired guy will really stay with you forever."

Suzuran Ayano is still too honest. She thinks lying is not good.

So when Akimoto Yoichi said that high school students should work hard for their future and that they should wait until graduation to fall in love, Suzuran Ayano really didn't try hard to become lovers.

But looking at others, although no one admitted that they were in a romantic relationship with Akimoto Yoichi, they were all doing things that only lovers would do.

"Or, Ayano, do you still want to do the same as last time? Because you did nothing and foolishly waited for the other person's signal, and then the unfulfilled relationship was snatched away by someone else?"

Maya Kuroo is still very concerned about Suzuran Ayano's previous childhood sweetheart relationship that failed to start. The other party was Midori Fuyama, a neighbor who grew up with Suzuran Ayano. One of them was slow and the other was afraid to take the first step.

The two sides have always been as close friends as they were in their childhood, so much so that later when Nagase Kumari appeared and attacked and took away Midori Miyama, her good sister Suzuran Ayano was very disappointed and sad.

If it weren't for Akimoto Yoichi's comfort, she would probably still be immersed in the blow that her childhood sweetheart, whom she had raised for more than ten years, was "raised to death" by her.

Now that her best sister has gotten over the shadow of her childhood sweetheart being cheated on, Kuroo Maya doesn't want to happen again.

That's why he tried so hard to persuade Suzuran Ayano to stop being reserved and to be brave and take the initiative to seize the opportunity.

Akimoto Yoichi's words that high school doesn't involve romance wouldn't do. It wouldn't do to trap Suzuran Ayano with just one sentence.

“…” Kuroo Maya mentioned the matter of Miyama Midori.

Suzuran Ayano feels that Midori Miyama cannot be compared with Akimoto Yoichi, and that Midori Miyama is not qualified.

Akimoto Yoichi is a person who really thinks about the future and takes action, unlike Miyama Midori who relied on luck to get into the same high school as him, Izuki High School.

If we lose Akimoto Yoichi, it will definitely be a bigger shock.

After Kuroo Maya said this, Suzuran Ayano felt a pain in her chest and suffocation just by thinking about the fantasy scene of Akimoto Yoichi living with someone else and leaving her home.

Although Suzuran Ayano is worried that Akimoto Yoichi's grades will be affected, will her initiative waste Akimoto Yoichi's study time and energy?

But if you think about it carefully, isn't it just your subconscious cowardly escape and an excuse you make for yourself?

Now Akimoto Yoichi's academic performance has skyrocketed and he is improving very quickly.

At present, it can be said that her level is almost the same as Suzuran Ayano, and she even surpasses Suzuran Ayano from time to time.

Now that he is in love with Akimoto Yoichi, it shouldn't affect his admission to the University of Tokyo. I also want to be closer to Akimoto Yoichi.

The last time we kissed was last time, and the number of times we held hands and hugged each other with Akimoto Yoichi is also very few.

Although Akimoto Yoichi gave me cute underwear last night, he didn't touch me. But since a boy gave me underwear, he must be interested in me, right?
That night, Akimoto Yoichi told Kudo Kokoro that he liked her breasts.

Looking down at her breasts, Suzuran Ayano felt that they should be a normal size C.

However, when Akimoto Yoichi liked herself like this, Suzuran Ayano felt her cheeks getting hot.

If I were to take the initiative, I'm sure Akimoto Yoichi would be very happy too, right?
When this thought opened up in Suzuran Ayano's mind, it was like the door to a new world. Suddenly, Suzuran Ayano felt as if the deer in her chest was beating wildly.

"Don't think about it, little girl! Don't be so happy like an idiot. Have you finally figured it out? Do you have any plans?" Kuroo Maya seemed relieved.

It seems that after her wise persuasion, her best friend finally came to her senses.

"Yes, do you have any plans? We can give you some advice!" Sakagami Honoka also seemed to have transformed into a loyal assistant to Suzuran Ayano.

"I, I don't know, but I'll try my best!" Probably Christmas?

Suzuran Ayano was thinking about it in her heart, but she didn't tell Sakagami Honoka and Kuroo Maya directly.

This kind of thing is too embarrassing, telling others about the time when I was planning to get closer to Akimoto Yoichi.

This is too difficult for Suzuran Ayano.

"Don't know? Well, you should know that! How about tonight? Let's go and give Akimoto Yoichi a back rub or a back massage tonight."

Kuroo Maya made this suggestion based on the plot she had just read in a girls' comic yesterday.

"Back rub? Massage? This, this is not good, right? That's a boy's body." Smoke began to come out of Suzuran Ayano's head.

Thinking back to the strong body that Akimoto Yoichi revealed when he was being examined in the health room, it left a deep impression on the innocent virgin.

Suzuran Ayano, who had never seen, let alone touched, a boy's body, instantly turned into a steam girl just by thinking about how big it was.

After all, she is a teenage girl, how could she really not be interested?

What's more, the other party is Akimoto Yoichi.

"Then this can be considered as an advance rehearsal. Massaging and stepping on the back can be considered as your advance preparation. Anyway, you will have to fight for love sooner or later, right? You don't want to be too nervous to complete the process smoothly at that time, right? Even if you get married in the future, you still have to conceive. Anyway, you firmly believe that you will be with Akimoto Yoichi in the future, so there is nothing to worry about. Go all out and exude your charm!"

Sakagami Honoka guided the girl in front of her like a senior.

She is happy to support Suzuran Ayano, compared to Nishida Yuki who really treats her like a dog, and Shiraishi Wakane who is completely impossible to communicate with.

During the school festival, Suzuran Ayano, who had worked with Class A in the first year's activities, was the most talkative girl around Akimoto Yoichi. Suzuran Ayano was the kindest and also the one with a high winning rate.

Sakagami Honoka naturally supports Suzuran Ayano, who is the most talkative, as she is betting on investment.

As long as the relationship between Suzuran Ayano and Akimoto Yoichi becomes closer, Sakagami Honoka will be able to take advantage of Akimoto Yoichi's popularity as she pleases.

"That's right, as long as Ayano-chan you have to pretend that it's nothing, and you accidentally fall on the yellow-haired guy and hug him, and of course you have to wear cute clothes!"

Apart from eating, all that's on Maya Kuroo's little head right now are the plots from these girls' comics.

No matter whether it is useful or not, as long as it is useful to Suzuran Ayano.

Who can resist a free gift?

"As for that yellow-haired guy, he definitely can't resist your charm, Ayano-chan!"

"Even if you don't take the initiative, he will definitely take the initiative then!"

"Although I think it's a bit too much to just do a back massage, but there's nothing I can do about it. Ayano-chan, you have such a simple personality. If I ask you to do something more direct, you don't dare to do it."

After being bombarded by Kuroo Maya and Sakagami Honoka, Suzuran Ayano made up her mind.

"I, I understand! I've made up my mind! I'll make arrangements for Akimoto-kun tonight!"

With her fists clenched, Suzuran Ayano looked determined.

Although Akimoto Yoichi was close enough to her, there was too little physical contact. Suzuran Ayano could not deny her growing desire to be closer to Akimoto Yoichi.

Especially since Akimoto Yoichi also gave me underwear, that should be some kind of hint, right? Akimoto Yoichi wouldn't think that I was a casual girl just because I took the initiative to contact him, right?

"Okay! Then let's go buy some cute clothes! Ayano-chan, all your clothes are too ordinary!"

"I'll pay for this! Let me, your senior, help you!"

Kuroo Maya and Sakagami Honoka were shouting slogans with great interest.

The two of them were as excited as if they were in love.

Ayano, work hard!

(End of this chapter)