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

I kind of hate myself for being like this, Hanyu Aozora thought.

But he had no other choice. After listening to Nino's inner monologue once, he knew very well how strong that feeling was. Perhaps only Eriri, his ex-girlfriend, could make Nino give up.

Taking a look at Nino's red and swollen calf, Qingkong curled his lips. He had guessed a lot, but he didn't guess that this idiot would hurt himself. Thinking of Nino's tears, he could understand why Nino took that step.

Maybe he felt that if he didn't move forward, he would have no courage.

"What are you thinking? Just guessing what others are thinking." Qingkong shook his head and put his irresponsible guess behind him. "Maybe Nino is just that stupid."

Nino, who didn't know she was being framed, bit her fingers. She felt a little regretful that she shouldn't have come here.

I used to just guess that I was not as good as Sawamura Eriri, but when Qingkong said it, the feeling was completely different.

Even though she likes him so much, she can never compare to Eriri Sawamura. She is not even qualified to be compared with him. This is something Nino cannot accept.

Just because she's my ex-girlfriend, I can never compare to her?

What is Qingkong’s expression now? I have already said that I hate him. Will he be a little sad?

Qingkong, you bastard who always hides your emotions in your eyes, come closer, I can't see you.

"Hey, come here."

"what?"

Qingkong, who thought Nino would leave, was startled, and what was the meaning of coming here?

"Come here!"

"Oh."

Qingkong walked over, but was grabbed by the collar and pulled in front of him by Nino, who was extremely nearsighted.

Looking closer, Nino was finally able to see it a little more clearly, but the guy in front of her was too nervous, and there was only panic and confusion in his eyes, which was not what she wanted to see.

After thinking about it, she repeated what she had just said. If possible, she didn't want this to happen. She didn't know whether the person who heard this would be sad, but the person who said this was often hopeless.

"Hanyu Aozora, I hate you and I don't want to talk to you anymore."

Hearing this, Qingkong was stunned for a moment, bit his lip, nodded as if he didn't care, and then turned his face away.

"Well, if you don't want to pay attention to me, go ahead."

After all, she is a friend and a girl who has feelings for him. It is impossible for Hanyu Aozora to have no emotions at all, but Aozora can only do this as he cannot make any promises to Nino.

Nino, who was shortsighted in one eye, tried her best to observe Qingkong's expression with her normal eye, "Hey, look at me."

"Don't."

Forcing her eyes back, Nino could barely see something other than nervousness in Aozora's eyes. In order to confirm her thoughts, Nino held Aozora's face seriously.

Although Qingkong's eyes are not the same blue as Eriri's, they have a slight blue tint, which may be sadness.

Feeling that she was a little naive, Nino shook her head. There was nothing wrong with being a little naive. She was just that kind of girl, fantasizing about her prince charming and liking to find her own happiness from small things.

It would be more accurate to say that she imagined that Qingkong would be sad because of her leaving rather than seeing sadness in Qingkong's eyes.

In that way, I will have the courage to say what I want to say.

Hanyu Aozora struggled to break free, but he felt like his head was in danger as Nino was holding him like that.

Because of his big movements, Nino's leg injury made her legs go limp, and the culprit quickly supported her.

Nino's pretty face blushed slightly,

"Remember when you were at my house, you held me like this?"

"Are you talking about Halloween or the winter vacation?" Qingkong has a pretty good memory.

Nino tilted her head cutely, "So there's a second time?"

Qingkong's mouth twitched. This guy couldn't even remember and yet he came to ask him. But since it was the second time, then Nino was talking about Halloween night.

"Ah, it doesn't matter. That night you saw the photo of the five of us and recognized me as the girl you helped a long time ago, right?"

"Ah."

Nino suddenly became talkative, and Qingkong was a little uncomfortable. Logically, after he mentioned Eriri, Nino should have gotten angry and turned away.

When he wanted to take a step back, he found that Nino had secretly hugged him.

"When I said I hated you just now, I was speaking for myself when I was a kid," Nino narrowed her eyes, but in Qingkong's opinion, the child might not be able to see her clearly at such a close distance, so she had to squint. "I hated you so much at that time. You didn't behave like a gentleman at all, and you were far from the prince charming in my dreams."

"Are you thirsty? I'll get you some water."

Cold sweat began to appear on Qingkong's forehead. The situation was beyond his control. He did not expect that Nakano Nino would not play by the rules.

"Not thirsty~" Nino happily looked at Qingkong's nervous look. As expected, Qingkong was not good at her kind of love runaway motorcycle. "The brakes are broken, you should have noticed it."

Qingkong tried to break free again but to no avail.

"Didn't we hold hands tonight?" Nino hugged Qingkong tightly, "Now I'm going to continue what I wanted to say at that time. You'd better not hide away. If you don't hold me up, I will fall down."

"Blame it on you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have taken such big steps and wouldn't have hit my shins."

Qingkong wanted to cry but had no tears. It turned out that all his guesses just now were correct. But it was of no use. Now he could not predict Nino's next move.

"Nakano Nino loves Hanyu Aozora. This is what I didn't finish saying just now. Whether you accept it or not, I will say it no matter how many times."

"If words aren't enough, I'll hug you."

Qingkong thought, Sister, you are already holding me.

"If hugging isn't enough, I'll do more. Even if it means forcefully kissing you, I want you to know that I like you."

What are the more things? Please explain it clearly!

Although Qingkong was complaining about Nino in his heart, he was already at a loss. It was the first time for him to be hugged like this by a girl who liked him, and also the first time for him to be confessed to like this.

"I was a fool who hoped to be picked up by my prince charming one day, but my fantasy was shattered by a jerk when I was eight years old."

Qingkong wanted to complain that he was not Kamijou Touma, but looking at the atmosphere, he might really get torn into pieces if he said that.

"I like him, and I want to tell him how I feel, no matter how many times I have to say it."

"I love Hanyu Aozora hopelessly, and I want to convey my feelings to you."

"If once isn't enough, then do it twice. If confessing isn't enough, then hug."

"I want to date you, even if you're a jerk with an ex-girlfriend who's still wavering, I still want to date you."

"If there's one person in the world who would go to great lengths to pursue you, it's me. What a shame."

Nino let go of the boy she liked and looked at him with moist eyes, "Excuse me, can you accept my confession?"

Qingkong bit his lip and took a long time to force out an apology.

"That's it..."

"Feel sorry."

The girl was about to cry, but there was a strange flash in her eyes.

"Isn't just a hug enough?" Nino whispered, enduring the pain and quietly tiptoed, "Do you know why I brought up what happened on Halloween night?"

"do not know."

Her heartbeat quickened, and Nino knew that she would not be able to turn back after making her next move. "I drugged you that day."

"Huh?" Qingkong was a little stunned. In a trance, the girl's pretty face approached quietly.

"Well..."

The girl clumsily kissed the equally clumsy boy. After a long time, their lips separated, leaving behind some translucent threads.

"I'm not a princess. I'm a bad girl who loves you, a bastard, hopelessly."

Nino's eyes were blurry. "I'm sorry, I can't turn back anymore."

Spare tire? Girlfriend?

Touching his lips, Hanyu Aozora, who had not yet recovered from the shock, looked at Nino in disbelief.

"Don't look at me like that. Even I did it with all my strength. I feel so embarrassed when I think about it now."

Nino covered her face with her hands, her cute face dyed the color of crimson cherry blossoms.

Qingkong breathed a sigh of relief. The forced kiss on him had already consumed all of Nino's courage. She had to come up with a solution during this period of time.

Looking at the girl covering her face with her hands, Qingkong opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. If he could refuse the confession just now, it would be really difficult after this deep kiss.

"I'm really impressed by you."

"Blame me, you didn't hide yourself." Nino snorted as she stole a glance at the sky through her fingers, and continued to cool her hot cheeks. However, her originally cold hands gradually heated up and could no longer cool her face. "It's all your fault..."

Qingkong, who was covering his face in despair, twitched his lips. He wanted to dodge just now, but he was a little dazed when he heard about being drugged. In addition, he had never been kissed by a girl before, so he did not react.

I am the one who made the mistake in love. I have learned...

What the hell did you learn? You can't learn it at all. Only a willful young lady like this can make such specious arguments.

Miss Willfulness...

His emotions, which had been fluctuating due to the forced kiss, cooled down. Qingkong's mind was a little confused. How should he face Eriri after being treated like this by Nino?

Nino was right. I should have avoided her from the beginning. He clearly had someone he liked and he clearly had an ex-girlfriend, but he was still having unclear things with other girls.

Caught in self-loathing, Qingkong didn't know what to do.

Biting his fingers, the self-loathing boy pondered how to respond to Nino's passionate feelings.

Playing dumb?

It's impossible. Nino is very clear about her previous condition, and she also learned a lot from Kirisu-sensei. Her understanding of herself is probably second only to Eriri and Kato Megumi. I don't have the confidence to keep pretending like this.

You have to choose between refusing or agreeing. If you keep dragging it on like this, more than one person will get hurt.

Self-loathing will not achieve any results; it will only waste your time and hurt the people who like you.

He had something he had to do, and he had to make the decision himself before the story became irreparable.

With a sigh, Hanyu Aozora had made his decision. When he was about to speak it out, he was interrupted by the girl.

"Well, I didn't do what I did just now to date you."

Qingkong was stunned and looked at Nino in disbelief.

Nino put the ice pack on her face and managed to calm down, but she still didn't dare to look at Qingkong. She sat down, looked at her legs, and parted her cherry lips.

"I just want you to know that there is a girl in this world who loves you hopelessly. I don't have any extravagant expectations about whether we can date or not."

The voice was soft, with a faint hint of crying. The Nino who had forcefully kissed Qingkong just now had softened. It seemed that even a runaway motorcycle would eventually run out of power.

However, what made her stop abruptly was Qingkong's entanglement.

"I like you. I like you very much. Although I'm not as good as Sawamura Eriri, I'm not much different."

"I also know that you like her, like her so much, and the chance that you will agree to me is very slim." Nino felt a little humble, but for the person she liked, she was willing to do this.

"I don't know what happened between you and her, nor do I know why you broke up with her, but I know that you don't have a girlfriend now and you are qualified to date any girl, so why can't it be me?"

Qingkong, who had been single for several years, felt so hurt and the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Even if you still have her in your heart, it doesn't matter to me. Just think of me as a backup option, okay?" Nino thought of the story of the mermaid princess, who turned into foam for her prince. It was very similar to her own situation. "Whenever you want to fall in love, please remember that there is someone who loves you very much, okay?"

Smiling at herself with self-deprecation, Nino hated herself for being so humble now. Was it worth it just for a so-called bastard?

Being a spare tire is so stupid. If Miku knew about this, she would laugh at herself.

But, that bastard was super stupid when he took me away from my dad, but I couldn't take my eyes off him. I just stared at his back and ran away with him stupidly.

No matter what, I want to be with him.

"I'm a little uncomfortable with you being like this." Qingkong reached out and poked Nino's forehead, "Don't make yourself sound like a victim. You are the perpetrator, and I am the victim, understand?"

Qingkong's words were like shards of glass, piercing Nino's heart.

"Yeah, I know. I confessed to you on my own, hugged you on my own, and even kissed you forcefully... I know everything."

"Then what can I do? Make a face and say that I lied to you, then smile and wish you and that Sawamura Eriri well?"

Qingkong sighed again. He was really speechless to hear Nino talking to herself, so he could only reach out his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of Nino's eyes.

"You interrupted me when I was about to say something. Do you still want to listen?"

"I won't listen! You're definitely rejecting me anyway. Wait until you've completely given up on Sawamura Eriri before you listen."

Nino, who positioned herself as a spare tire, didn't want to be rejected.