If you can't learn, then just fall in love

"Just give it to her."

Chapter 43: Citrus Memories

"For Nino? Tsk, I thought Qingkong had suddenly come to his senses." Even as she said this, Yotsuba still had a cute smile on her face, and she didn't seem to care about this matter at all. "But it's good. Nino always forgets to buy snacks for herself. I don't know when she became an idiot."

Hanyu looked at Yotsuba and smiled gently, "Don't let Nino know that you said that to her, or she won't cook for you."

"It doesn't matter. Qingkong won't tell on you anyway, right?"

"Do you trust me so much?" Hanyu yawned. "After all, I really want to see you crying."

Ignoring Hanyu's words, Yotsuba waved her hand in front of his eyes, "You're sleepy so early, are you busy today?"

Hanyu counted on his fingers and recalled what he had done. "Playing the piano, visiting my aunt's house, buying muffins, buying game cartridges, yeah, it was pretty fulfilling."

After hearing this series of events, Yotsuba felt that Hanyu's extracurricular life was really fulfilling. When she heard Hanyu say that he was going to buy a game cartridge, she showed her curiosity. "I want to play games, too. I haven't touched a game console since I moved out."

Hanyu remembered that Yotsuba liked playing games very much, and Miku fell in love with the Warring States generals because of the game cartridge that Yotsuba lent her.

"If you want to play games, I'll lend you my Switch. I just bought a cartridge for Xenoblade Chronicles." Hanyu handed the cartridge to Yotsuba and prepared to go home and take out the Switch that had been gathering dust for a long time.

"Qingkong, let me go to your house to play PS4. I saw it when I went to your house last time."

The first few times I went to Hanyu's house, if no one else was there, Yotsuba would definitely pick up the controller to play games. After all, this period of time has been nothing but studying, which is super boring.

"Have you finished your homework?" Apart from thinking it was a bit strange for a girl to play games at home, Hanyu didn't mind anything else. "If you have arranged your own affairs, you can play for a while."

Nodding continuously, Yotsuba came back so late because she had studied with Kato Keito for a long time. Thanks to Keito, she completed her homework quite well.

"Then come find me later. I'll go back and clean up the house first."

"Roger that!"

In fact, there was nothing to clean up. Hanyu made some tea and put some snacks on the coffee table. After doing these, he slowly knocked on the door.

"Excuse me." The girl in overalls narrowed her eyes. It seemed that she used this time to change out of her uniform. After all, that uniform was not suitable for playing games. "When I gave the pancake to Nino, she was so happy that she didn't even ask me why I changed clothes."

Listening to Yotsuba's description, Hanyu could imagine Nino blushing and smiled gently. He handed the controller to Yotsuba and said, "Play as you like. I'm going to cook first. Do you want to stay for dinner?"

"No need, Nino will leave some food for me, and my purpose is not to come here for free food, the game comes first."

Hanyu was a little surprised when Yotsuba became so fond of games, but he didn't ask anything. He picked up Rengar, who always liked to eat during cooking time, and started busying himself in the kitchen.

The thief cat glanced at Hanyu secretly, blinked thoughtfully, and surprisingly did not do anything else, waiting quietly for Hanyu to finish his work.

"Qingkong, I can't pass this level."

Hanyu walked behind the sofa, looked at the screen, and couldn't help laughing. "You definitely can't beat Overcooked by yourself. Switching characters is too difficult for a fool."

"I admit that you say I'm stupid, but I think Qingkong is definitely not much better than me. After all, you are also a fool." Yotsuba turned her head and handed the controller to Hanyu unwillingly. She was confident that Hanyu was not as good as her. After all, she had spent a lot of time playing games and was definitely better than the top student in front of her.

Hanyu doesn't know where Yotsuba got the courage to challenge herself, tossgirl?

"You can play it, but it's not necessary. It feels weird to play this game alone." I used to play this game with Eriri, and we jokingly called it "Breakup Kitchen". After the breakup, I would always get distracted when holding the controller alone, and make mistakes frequently. "When I play it alone, I think it would be great to have a girlfriend. When we play it with someone, I think it would be great to not have a girlfriend. Anyway, I'm too lazy to play."

The ribbon on Yotsuba's head swayed in front of Hanyu, and the green color made Hanyu want to forgive Yotsuba.

"Then let's go together. Qingkong and I have nothing to do with each other anyway, and I won't hold you back." Siye took out another handle from under the coffee table and handed it to Hanyu with a silly smile on his face, "You wouldn't dare, would you, Qingkong?"

Hanyu, who never responds to provocation, just wants to go back to his bedroom after dinner and play with his cat.

“Play with me, or I will never share information with you again.” Yotsuba snorted, imitating Nino’s expression. She probably thought that Hanyuu liked tsundere girls, so she acted like this. “If you want to know something in the future, just ask it yourself, stupid Aozora.”

To be honest, it was Yotsuba who told Hanyu that Nino liked pancakes. Compared to Hanyu Aozora, her neighbor, Yotsuba undoubtedly knew her sisters very well. If Hanyu wanted to prepare birthday gifts that suited the preferences of the five sisters, he could not do without Yotsuba's help.

What's more, Yotsuba is the only one who knows that Hanyu is preparing birthday gifts for them, so the two of them are partners on the same front.

"Are you threatening me?" Hanyu smiled disdainfully. He needed to let the stupid Yotsuba know that he was never someone who would give in. "Let me show you what I can do."

"Oh wow, I've changed my self-proclaimed identity. I feel so great." Yotsuba sat a little to the side, leaving enough space for Hanyu. "Then I'll start. You have to cooperate with me."

“It’s up to you, just don’t hold me back.” The excited Hanyu was determined to let Yotsuba know how cool the overall view he had developed by risking a breakup was, and he had to make this ignorant idiot know how to respect his predecessors.

As a result, the character controlled by Hanyu fell into the water while holding the food. The scene became awkward for a while.

"Ahem, it's just a mistake, don't worry about it." Before Hanyu finished explaining, Yotsuba's character stopped cutting vegetables and jumped down, "What are you doing?"

"I'll make it more difficult for you, Qingkong. I don't mind if you think of it as a love suicide." Yotsuba seriously restarted the game, making the confused Hanyu feel embarrassed to be distracted and concentrate on pressing the handle. The two people who had no communication at all made all kinds of low-level mistakes.

"Are you stupid? Cut vegetables, cut vegetables."

"Qingkong, go wash the dishes. If you can't even wash the dishes, how can you be a good husband? I despise you."

"Can you please stop cutting the meat? The customer is not May and can't eat so much."

After failing to pass the level, the two of them stared at each other, neither willing to give in. Yotsuba then sighed and patted Hanyu's head like an older sister, "Just think of me as holding you back this time. It's just a game, don't take it too seriously."

“Just treat it as that?” Hanyu shook his head as if admitting defeat. “When you say that, it makes me sound like a child obsessed with games.”

"Ah, I've been discovered, hehe."

After replacing a cup of hot tea for Yotsuba, Hanyu was curious whether Yotsuba wanted to go home for dinner before coming over, so he asked this question.

"It's been a while since we've sat together like this to do something, Qingkong." Gently putting down the handle, Yotsuba said something that stunned Hanyu with a cute smile on her face, "I've been a little tired recently, and it's great to be able to play with Qingkong. Then I'll go back to eat, and you should go to bed early too."

Before leaving, Yotsuba threw something to Hanyu, turned around and left, leaving Hanyu with an unfathomable back.

“Why does it feel like this was added after the fact?” Hanyu reexamined his memories while throwing the citrus-flavored candy given to him by Yotsuba. He frowned as he remembered that the five sisters looked exactly the same when they were young. “Forget it. Anyway, Yotsuba will tell me when she wants to. There’s no point in thinking too much.”

After lunch, Hanyu opened the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth. The aroma of citrus and the relaxation of playing games made him forget his previous fatigue.

Chapter 44: Lyrid Meteor Shower

"I'm also desperate that you can't sleep at this time. I can only suggest you count sheep." Hanyu, who was playing games, was upset by the Line notification sound and had to end it hastily. "Did you drink too much tea? I remember you were quite sleepy."

"I don't know, I suddenly suffered from insomnia. In the past, I would feel very sleepy after studying math for a while, but just now, no matter how hard I read, I didn't feel sleepy at all, and I'm still full of energy now." Fumino Furuhashi lay on the bed with his mobile phone in his hand, rolling around in boredom, sighing from time to time, but there was no sign of sleepiness.

Hearing Fumino's unique hypnosis method, Hanyu's mouth twitched. How much must one dislike math to fall asleep after reading it for a while.

"Why don't you take this opportunity to cram in math? I can't sleep anyway, so I might as well study."

"Forget it. No one can concentrate on that. I might as well find a way to go to bed early." Having said that, Fumino Furuhashi knew that she would not be able to fall asleep if she kept looking at her phone. It would be possible if she threw the phone aside and closed her eyes.

But she wanted to find someone to chat with, and after thinking about it, she realized that the only person she knew was probably a night owl.

"I was going to rest early today. You're lucky." Hanyu yawned and walked to the balcony. The cool breeze at night relaxed his tense nerves from playing games. "I remember there was a meteor shower tonight. Is that why you can't sleep?"

"No, it's hard to observe the meteor shower this time. I don't hold out hope, so I'm not prepared." Fumino Furuhashi is very concerned about news like meteor showers, but there's nothing she can do when the weather is hard to observe. Instead of staring blankly on the roof, she might as well lie on the bed and look at her phone. "Is there wind over there? Is Aozora-kun outside?"

After playing the wind chime, Hanyu looked up at the sky. Indeed, there were few stars to be seen, let alone any meteor showers, but he was quite interested.

He accidentally yawned again. This time, Hanyu didn't cover his mouth and Fumino heard it clearly. "Aozora-kun, are you sleepy? I won't bother you anymore. Go to bed early. I'm going to bed too."

"No, I was just infected by Rengar. That stupid cat just yawned." Hanyu picked up Rengar with one hand and held him in his arms. The master called out, and Fumino on the other end of the phone heard the voice and felt a little relieved.

"That's good, I thought I disturbed you, hehe."

Hanyu curled his lips. He was not really sleepy. He accidentally drank a few extra cans of strong coffee tonight and was still very energetic.

"Has your uncle talked to you about studying recently?"

Fumino Furuhashi was silent for a while. She felt a little disappointed. "No, I was avoiding him, and he seemed to be avoiding me too. Today, when he came home and saw me, he took something and left."

Hanyu thought that it was because of Uncle Reiji, otherwise Fumino wouldn't have suffered from insomnia. He looked at the sky and thought in his heart how to comfort Fumino.

“No need for that. I’m very happy that Qingzora-kun can answer my call.” Fumino pulled open the curtains and did the same thing as Hanyu, looking at the gloomy sky. “I’m not studying for him anyway. I just haven’t made any progress recently, so I’m a little anxious.”

“That’s what menopause is like.”

“…I’ll hit you.”

Hearing Fumino's spirited reply, Hanyu smiled faintly, "Actually, I'm quite happy that you're in this situation."

"Do you really want to be beaten by me?" Fumino's voice was still gentle, but her tone was clearly filled with resentment and murderous intent. She didn't understand why there was anything happy about this.

Taking a box of milk from the refrigerator, Hanyu wanted to see if drinking it could help him sleep. Fumino on the other end of the phone was also a little hungry, so she put on her slippers, found a few slices of toast from the refrigerator and put them in her mouth.

Lying on the railing, Hanyu drank milk, and Fumino wrote someone's name on the glass with her fingers, biting toast blankly. Neither of them spoke, but neither of them hung up the phone. It was quite nice to just listen to each other's breathing. Maybe someday when the other person felt sleepy, they could hang up the phone with a smile and not disturb the other person.

"The clouds seem to have dispersed. Maybe we can see a meteor shower later." Fumino, who is very knowledgeable about stars, judged from the weather that the possibility of observation has increased. "But the possibility is very small, probably the same as the probability that Qingkong-kun is not unfaithful."

"You didn't say anything for a long time just to slander me?" Hanyu pouted, looking at the same sky. He was thinking the same thing. He wanted the person on the other end of the phone to go to bed early instead of staying up late with him. "If you don't want to sleep, listen to me for a few words, okay?"

"Well, I'm not sleepy yet, so I'll just listen to your nonsense for a while." Fumino narrowed her eyes and drew a piglet next to someone's name with her slender fingers. Although there was no mist or dust, and no trace was left, it was enough to make the girl laugh softly, "Just kidding, please go ahead, Qingkong-kun."

"I just said I was happy because you said, Fumino, 'I didn't study for him.' I was worried that you chose to study science to prove yourself because you were angry with your uncle, but now I find that's not the case."

Fumino snorted, "Of course not. I chose to study science in order to make my father happy and find the star that represents my mother. It's a bit stupid to study mathematics just to prove that I'm not the mediocre person that my father said I was."

Now, I want to cheer together with Qingkong-kun. I can’t let down Qingkong-kun who believes in me so much. I’m working hard for this.

"By the way, I looked up Aunt Jingliu's information a few days ago. She's really amazing. It's no exaggeration to say that she's a genius." Hanyu tapped the railing lightly, and his voice traveled far in the silent night. "But you also know that most geniuses in mathematics have already shown their talent when they are young, but Auntie showed her amazing talent very late."

Fumino frowned. She didn't know much about this kind of thing. She only knew that her mother was a great mathematician and a very gentle mother. Apart from that, she didn't know as much as Hanyu.

"Maybe you, Fumino, are like your aunt, and both are the type who will achieve success late in life."

Fumino imagined herself solving math problems one after another and shook her head. It was too weird. "That's impossible. I can't even do the math exercises for the second year of high school. I can't compare with my mom. Really, why didn't I inherit my mom's advantages?"

"Does being gentle and beautiful not count?"

"Eh? Gentle and pretty? No, no, no, that has nothing to do with me. Although I look very friendly, I am actually very cruel. Haven't you, Qingkong, also been criticized by me for your sharp tongue? And I'm not that pretty, especially my figure."

Listening to Gu Qiao's unconscious insults, Hanyu felt helpless. Suddenly, he saw a few bright tracks in the sky. He looked carefully and found that they were the so-called meteor showers. "I think Fumino is very cute, okay..."

"Really? Thank you, Qingkong-kun, you too..."

"None of that matters. Look over there at Lyra."

Wenno looked over and saw the meteor shower that she had thought she would not be able to see drawing brilliant tracks in the black night sky. She suddenly remembered the legend of the ancient country across the sea, closed her eyes and made a wish.

The wish is related to the boy who was looking up at the sky at the same time, who believed in me from the beginning, helped me selflessly, and said that I was cute, and that I liked him very much.

Hey, meteor, did you hear my wish? I hope Hanyu Aozora can be happy. Even if he is fickle, lazy, and afraid of trouble, I also like him to be happy. That's enough.

"Are you making a wish?"

"Well, I made a rather extravagant wish."

Fumino smiled gently and searched for Alpha Lyrae in the sky. It was not summer yet and the weather was not good, so she did not find it. She only found Alpha Aquilae.

"There's always a feeling of silently watching each other." Fumino, who likes the other name of these two stars, thought, "Invisible Vega..."

PS Lyra α = Vega Aquila α = Altair

The Lyrid meteor shower occurs in late April.

Chapter 45: The sky is still blue

"Stay up late again? Qingkong won't listen to me." With a light snort, Miss Kato's gentle words had no deterrent effect on others, but for Hanyu, this was a sign that he was about to be arranged.

He tried a little harder to open his eyes wider, but the dark circles under his eyes could not be concealed. Kato Hui rolled her eyes at him unhappily, "Anyway, you don't listen to anything I say."

"It was because of other reasons last night, really. If you don't believe me, look at my curious eyes, they are so sincere." As soon as Hanyu finished speaking, he couldn't help but yawn, and his stupid look made Xiaohui speechless. "Huh? Is there something on my face?"

Ignoring Hanyu's questions, Xiaohui gently touched his dark circles with her hand, thinking, why are the dark circles getting darker the more you slack off, are you using the time you slack off to flirt with girls?

Too lazy to ask such obvious questions, Kato Megumi, who knew Hanyu's true thoughts, no longer wanted to do such meaningless things. As long as this peaceful daily life could continue, she didn't want everyone to be unable to be together for any reason and to have disharmony among each other.

In a sense, Kato Megumi is also an assistant to Hanyu in maintaining distance. Kato Megumi, who has always maintained a high level of tacit understanding with him, helps to pull the flag many times.

"Your expression right now is very similar to the day when you exposed me. I'm a little panicked." Hanyu handed the lollipop to Kato, trying to bribe his good friend with it. "Eat some candy and calm down. If you have anything to say, I'll listen carefully."

Kato curled his lips and accepted the candy without hesitation, "I just feel that you have started to force yourself recently, even though you are so afraid of trouble."

"Yeah, but when I think about Xiaohui, who is as trouble-shy as I am, taking over the position of the head of the Classics Club, I feel that these troubles are not so annoying." Hanyu sighed and kicked the stone at his feet away. "Besides, I want to catch up with you."

Kato was a little confused, "Ours?"

"Well, everyone is growing, but I'm standing still." Thinking of reaching out his hand in front of him, the clear blue sky in the early morning made Hanyu smile helplessly, "Xiaohui, you are gradually taking the initiative to express your emotions, Eriri has become more considerate, Fumino and Rizu have also found deeper goals worth striving for and are working hard, the five idiots in the Nakano family are constantly improving, and everyone in the Classics Club is changing in many ways besides learning."

"I am the only one who is no different from before," Hanyu said, with a little emotional fluctuation in his words as he chewed the candy, "I am doing unnecessary things, worrying about too many things, being timid and making no progress."

Kato Megumi was stunned for a moment, but after noticing Hanyu's gaze, she looked over and smiled softly, "Have you forgotten someone, Qingkong? She is also in our classical club."

"Really? I'm done talking now."

"What about me, Xiao Qingkong?" Wu Yuan Runxiang wanted to cry but had no tears. She had accidentally overheard such an important thing, but when Hanyu was evaluating everyone, she was forgotten. She felt so sad.

Hanyu and Kato knocked over with a knife at the same time, with smiles on their faces, "Just kidding, Runxiang has actually changed the most."

There was a gleam in Runxiang's eyes, and she really wanted to know what Hanyu would say about her.

“It’s getting dark.”

"..." Wu Yuan Runxiang's face darkened. Although this statement was very ambiguous, it looked like this in Hanyu's eyes. "I'll give you five seconds to make corrections. If you can't give me a satisfactory answer, I'll tell our department chief that you're bullying me."

Runxiang hugged Kato Megumi's arm, and her pitiful look made Kato Megumi glare at Hanyu, but before five seconds had passed, the girl became happy.