I really don't want to have a girlfriend.

Tenkuji Yu didn't care, since he knew whether she was genuinely angry or simply too lazy to soften her expression.

He casually remarked, "You kick people all the time? When did you become so violent?"

Yukino coldly replied, "Thanks to someone, I can only vent my emotions by taking action."

"What did I do wrong? How can you falsely accuse an innocent person?"

"hehe."

"By the way, 'spare the rod and spoil the child,' and 'spare the rod and spoil the child,' means true love... So, you've been in love with me for a long time?"

"I suggest you take a bath in the fountain and empty all the water out of your brain."

They argued all the way to the Christmas tree, where Yuu Tenkuji suddenly suggested taking a group photo and uploading it to the group chat for Yui Yuigahama to see.

"Why would you do such a thing..."

Yukino Yukinoshita muttered something with a look of resistance, but still obediently leaned closer so that the camera could capture their figures.

He held up his phone, flashed a bright smile, and clicked it.

After taking a selfie, Yuu Tenkuji examined the photo for a few moments, then pointed to the somewhat stiff-looking girl with long, straight black hair standing next to him and chuckled mischievously:

"Look at you, you're blushing after all."

"..." With her cheeks still slightly flushed, Yukino Yukinoshita, her small face cold, swiftly raised her hand to snatch the phone away.

Of course, Yuu Tenkuji was faster. She dodged the pursuit by sidestepping, put the picture into the album of the three-person group, then put her phone in her pocket and innocently spread her hands.

"Let's catch Yui later, and then the three of us can take a picture together."

"……Ugh."

Seeing the roguish smile on his face, Yukino Yukinoshita glared at him fiercely for a few moments before closing her eyes in resignation.

She pressed her temples, and the unpleasant expression on her face gradually softened, as if she had accepted reality.

"I'll let you off this time for Yuihama's sake."

Ha, you talk as if you have a way to deal with me.

Yuu Tenkuji silently grumbled to himself, but had no intention of continuing to provoke her.

This time, he walked in front, letting Yukino Yukinoshita follow.

Where should we go first?

"The Adventures of Panda Pan!" she answered immediately with a firm tone, her eyes fixed on her phone as she checked the new message in the group chat.

[Yui Yuigahama: (Thumbs up sticker) Good job, Yui! Keep going like this to win over Yuki and get her to show even more of her shy side! I'm coming right now!]

"Really..." Yukino Yukinoshita sighed helplessly, her fingers hovering over the virtual keyboard. After hesitating for a moment, she didn't type anything, but instead sent out six dots to express her speechlessness.

Then, putting away his phone, he looked up and continued to say to Yuu Tenkuji, "If possible, I suggest riding it more than twice. Because the documentaries played in the tunnel are slightly different each time, and finding out the differences is part of the fun of this facility."

Her expression was extremely serious, even bordering on fanatical.

Yuu Tenkuji was startled for a moment, then shook his head with amusement.

“Panda Pan, by the way, I remember you really liked this character…”

"Did I say that?" Yukino tilted her head slightly, frowning as she looked at him. "I shouldn't be telling anyone else about something like this..."

After thinking for a moment, Tenkuji Yu decided that it shouldn't be a problem to say it directly, so she frankly said, "It was your sister who revealed it. She told me a lot about you."

"When?" That was my first reaction. "Are you that close to her?" That was my second reaction. "What did she say to you?"

After three consecutive questions, Yukino Yukinoshita's expression grew increasingly grim, her eyes fixed on Yuu Tenkuji, a chill emanating from her entire body.

He looked as if he would die on the spot if the other man said anything he shouldn't, and that they would both perish together, flying towards hell together.

Under the pressure of her gaze, Tenkuji Yu suppressed a mischievous smile and said seriously, "It's nothing, it's just that you like Mr. Pan's panda doll and go to Disneyland once a year... As for why you're telling me, I don't know either. It can't be to tell me how to win you over, can it?"

“How could she do something so self-destructive and beneficial to others…” Yukino retorted reflexively, then fell silent, puzzled, with a few lines furrowing between her beautiful brows.

As if sensing something was amiss, Tenkuji Yu felt inexplicably uneasy, but still appeared incredibly relaxed, diverting her attention with another topic.

"But there's something I'm really curious about... since 'Cosmic Mountain' is closer to us, why do we go to 'Panda Pan's Adventure' which is farther away first? That's so inefficient."

Space Mountain is Disney's famous roller coaster; most of the screams in the park come from its winding, aerial tracks.

Yukino Yukinoshita put aside her questions for the moment and answered him, "There's no reason why, it's just that I don't like playing on those overly stimulating facilities."

"Are you scared?"

“It’s not that I’m afraid!” she emphasized. “It’s just that I don’t like it or I’m not used to it, and there are a lot of people in line, so there’s no need to waste time there.”

"Not many." Relying on his good eyesight, Tenkuji looked into the distance at the queue at the entrance of "Cosmic Mountain," and a scene suddenly flashed through his mind.

"If you put a piano string in the middle of the track, the car would plunge down..."

At the highest point of the roller coaster, that ill-tempered college student smiled expectantly and said this.

Tenkuji Yu blinked, tossing the inexplicably surfaced memory into a corner of her mind, and continued speaking to Yukino Yukinoshita in a seductive tone:

"It only takes about five minutes to get in. This is one of Disney's signature attractions. Wouldn't it be a shame to come all this way and not ride it?"

She still looked resistant, without showing any fear, but the step she took back was clearly very serious.

"I know it's a signboard, but it wasn't on my itinerary..."

"Let's go, let's not waste any more time!"

Because he really wanted to see her reaction after riding the roller coaster, Yuu Tenkuji had no intention of being gentle with her. He went up to her, grabbed her hand, and forcefully pulled her toward the roller coaster queue.

While it was described as tough, it actually gave her room to struggle, and it was also constantly monitoring whether she was really afraid to ride a roller coaster.

She offered only a slight resistance, then looked at their clasped hands, hesitant to speak, and finally sighed deeply as if giving up.

Like a maid bought by the villain's young master, she bit her lip slightly and obediently followed behind him.

Five minutes later.

The two successfully boarded the spaceship-shaped roller coaster, whose tunnel was decorated with a magnificent cosmic star map, creating quite an atmosphere.

Following the queue, Yukino Yukinoshita spoke softly, her voice calm yet tinged with deep resentment: "When we came to Disneyland before, my sister did the same thing, forcefully dragging me onto the roller coaster, ready to laugh at me..."

"Ahem, I'm not like her at all."

Turning her gaze away from the tunnel where they had met once, Tenkuji Yu coughed twice, composed herself, and said solemnly, "I didn't bring you here to ride the roller coaster because I wanted to tease you or make a fool of you."

"Why then?"

Through the dim light, his raised dark blue eyes were clear and bright, as if they could see through all his thoughts, and his long eyelashes trembled slightly without blinking.

Tenkuji Yu did not avoid their gaze; instead, he looked back at her affectionately, his magnetic voice soft and gentle:

"I just wanted to see you scream in fear and your legs go weak after you got out of the car, so you needed someone to help you up. I didn't have any bad intentions."

"..."

In the silence, Yukino Yukinoshita had another question.

How wicked must a human being be to say such utterly rude and vicious things with such a straight face?

To surpass Yukino Yukinoshita's (Yukinoshita Haruno's) lowest point as a human being, in a way, makes this man a legend.

"If you keep being so annoying, you'll never be able to complete your mission as the 'ideal boyfriend'."

There wasn't much coldness in her voice; it was just a matter of habit, spoken to him in a calm yet helpless tone.

"That's true."

Yuu Tenkuji nodded in agreement, but his attitude was somewhat dismissive, and he even cracked his knuckles as he did so.

Yukino Yukinoshita could no longer hold back. She suddenly stopped and, ignoring the staff watching them, pursed her lips and glared at him, seemingly embarrassed and annoyed.

Let go of my hand!

Tenkuji Yu glanced down at the two people's hands, which hadn't let go since they started queuing, and then slowly raised her gaze to meet her sharp eyes.

Are you angry?

No.

"What's the matter?"

"How do we get into the train car while holding hands?"

Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes looked like she wanted to kill someone.

"...Indeed, you are absolutely right."

Yuuki Tenkuji awkwardly let go of his hand, and Yukino Yukinoshita snorted coldly, turning her back to him.

Ignoring the teasing from others, Tenkuji Yu followed behind her little bottom and stepped into the roller coaster seat.

The seats were arranged in two rows, and the safety bars were pulled down by staff after the passengers were seated.

As he listened to the announcement before the facility started operating, still savoring the wonderful touch of that soft little hand, he suddenly heard the beautiful girl beside him speak softly:

Is this how you treat your girlfriend?

"what?"

Tenkuji Yu turned his head in surprise and saw her gently holding the hand they had once held, her expression slightly thoughtful, as if she was feeling the lingering warmth on it.

However, under his gaze, Yukino Yukinoshita quickly lowered her hand as if nothing had happened, looking at the light at the tunnel exit ahead without turning her head.

"You like me, right?"

She said it as a matter of course, but used the tone of an affirmative sentence in her question.

"...This is too sudden." After the initial shock, Tenkuji Yu asked, somewhat speechless, "How did you arrive at this answer?"

"If it were just for that inexplicable task, you wouldn't have been so casual with me, and you never even asked me what my ideal boyfriend standards were... From beginning to end, you were just doing things according to your own feelings."

He stated his reason calmly, and Yukino Yukinoshita turned her head to gaze at him quietly.

"You may not have even realized it yourself, but just from holding hands for more than five minutes just now, I know that you have fallen for me."

The piercing bell rang, and the roller coaster slowly started moving, gradually accelerating towards the dazzling circle of light outside.

Her beautiful black hair was lifted by the wind, and her eyes, which looked at him, were sparkling, yet as calm as a frozen lake.

"If you want to refute this, you can just say yes or no."

"Besides fulfilling your goal of being the ideal boyfriend, do you also have romantic feelings for me while you like Yui-hama-san?"