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...Are you really okay?

The doubts in my heart clashed slightly with my complete trust in Kikyo Kushida.

But the conflict soon came to an end.

Trust is the key to victory.

It was Sakura Airi's complete trust in Kushida Kikyo.

Yeah, what are you worried about? That's Kushida-kun, you know.

Everyone likes her, everyone loves her, she gets along so well with everyone, she is loved by all, and to this day no one has ever spoken ill of her, no one has ever taken the initiative to say anything bad about her.

How could someone like Kushida possibly harm her?

"What's wrong?" As if noticing her unusual reaction, Kikyo Kushida tilted her head and asked softly, "You don't look well."

Sakura Airi quickly shook her head:

"No, it's nothing!"

"Let's go first! Let's go to my dorm..." she said, grabbing the schoolbag that Kikyo Kushida had helped her pack, and turning away with her head down.

She felt a little guilty.

Although she knew that Kikyo Kushida couldn't read minds and didn't know that she had just suspected her, she still felt a little guilty.

"..."

Sakura Airi walked briskly ahead, her slender fingers gripping her schoolbag strap tightly. Behind her, Kushida Kikyo followed her steps, smiling and greeting other students she encountered along the way, whether from Class D or other classes.

They've become the focus of attention.

I want to get back to my dorm as soon as possible.

My pace quickened again; as long as I lowered my head and pretended not to see, I wouldn't feel too anxious.

Soon, Sakura Airi stepped into the small elevator lobby, where the presence of only the two of them made her feel at ease once again.

"call......"

The elevator arrived at the floor. I held the room card against the door, and with a soft beep, the dormitory door finally opened.

"Please, please come in..." She turned around and invited Kikyo Kushida to step into her space.

Sakura had been considering whether she should tidy up the room beforehand.

After all, there were quite a few clothes belonging to 'Shizuku' in the house.

But then she thought, since she was already planning to discuss it with Kikyo Kushida, this kind of thing was even less important.

So she opened the door to her dormitory.

Kikyo Kushida stepped inside, followed by Airi Sakura.

Despite it being her first visit to her dormitory, Kikyo Kushida did not show any obvious curiosity or try to pry into her living space.

This made Sakura Airi breathe a slight sigh of relief.

However, when Kikyo Kushida sat down on the edge of the bed and patted the empty seat next to her to signal her to sit down as well, she became nervous again.

"..."

"Alright, you can tell me what's wrong now." She said with a gentle smile, "This matter is troubling Sakura-san, isn't it?"

"Mmm, mmm..." she nodded and obediently sat down, following the others' lead.

After hesitating for a moment, without starting with her identity as a print idol or the rooftop incident, she waved her hands to describe Asakusa Tetsu's physical features.

After thinking it over carefully, Sakura Airi belatedly realized that Asakusa Toru was actually... quite handsome.

"...Kushida-san, do you know him?" she asked.

"I know him." With a smile, Kikyo Kushida nodded slightly. "You're Asakusa-kun, right?"

As she spoke, she opened her terminal, scrolled through it briefly, and then opened a photo, which she showed to Sakura:

"Is this him? Asakusa Toru."

On the screen was a face yawning, looking utterly bored, and positioned quite close to the camera.

"Yes, yes!" Sakura Airi nodded vigorously, confirming the matter.

A hint of amusement flickered in Kikyo Kushida's eyes. She turned off the screen, casually put away the terminal, and took another step closer to Sakura.

"Sakura-san, do you like Asakusa-kun? Did you come to me for advice because you want to confess to him?"

This wasn't too surprising, as she had received quite a few relationship advice sessions from her classmates and friends.

However, she vaguely remembered that Sakura had denied that this was a topic of romance.

"No, that's not it!" Sakura Airi shook her head vigorously, but couldn't quite get the words out: "It's... it's that..."

To be precise, she couldn't figure out how to say it properly or where to start.

Although she had thought about it before coming, when she actually arrived at the scene, her mind went completely blank.

"Take your time," Kikyo Kushida reassured her, beginning to guide her: "If it's not love, then what did he do?"

Airi Sakura: "Mmm, mmm..."

"Is it...about today?" she asked again.

Airi Sakura: "Mm."

After receiving affirmative answers to both questions, a strange light flickered in Kikyo Kushida's eyes.

today?

Not to mention that she had checked Asakusa Tetsu's location every break since morning, from Sakura's perspective, she also remembered that Sakura Airi had not left the classroom in the morning or afternoon.

The only time when you might be able to do anything is during lunch break.

That is, when she confirmed that Asakusa Tetsu's location was still 'school building'.

What did this man do this time?

She bit her lower lip, her small hand unconsciously clenching Sakura's bed sheet, rubbing her fingertips together repeatedly before letting go. Only then did she continue speaking:

"Did he see your secret?"

This is an unfounded, intuitive deduction.

But it hit the target.

"Yes, yes!" Sakura Airi's eyes lit up. She knew that Kushida-kun was able to connect with her on a deeper level!

As expected, consulting with Kushida was the right thing to do!

Taking her hand, Kikyo Kushida turned her head to look directly into Airi Sakura's eyes and asked softly:

"If you could, could you tell me about Sakura-san's... secret?"

Such sincere eyes, such an honest gaze, such a charming face that inspires trust.

Looking at Kikyo Kushida like this, Airi Sakura couldn't help but let out all the thoughts she had been keeping hidden in her heart.

Lonely, yearning, and suppressed deep in my heart.

Feeling inferior, yearning, but afraid to express it.

Her 'two sides'.

"..."

Kikyo Kushida listened quietly, holding Airi Sakura's hand and rubbing her thumb against her soft palm.

Upon closer listening, it's surprising to find that Sakura Airi and she actually look somewhat alike.

What she sought was not so much to avoid loneliness, but rather to be admired and adored like an idol.

In short, it's about 'superiority complex'.

To admire, to like, to pay attention to.

The resulting sense of superiority.

But this sense of superiority is something that the 'inferiority complex' of Sakura Airi cannot obtain, and this brilliance is something that the gloomy Sakura Airi cannot reach.

So she created a mask, a mask called Shizuku.

...Ah, aside from not causing any major accidents, Sakura Airi actually fits the description of the two-faced person in the diary perfectly.

That's quite an ambiguous statement.

Kikyo Kushida scoffed inwardly at her initial diary entry and the self she had come to identify with, then shook her head and turned her attention back to Airi Sakura.

"As expected, Sakura-san is really amazing." She exclaimed with utmost sincerity, "To be able to become a gravure idol in junior high school, Sakura-san is really pretty, isn't she?"

"If I ever dress up a little and go to class, it will definitely shock the whole school."

"Eh, I, I can't do it..." Although she said that, it was obvious that Sakura was very pleased with the praise.

Who doesn't like being praised? Especially when a girl like Kikyo Kushida says she's pretty.

"But... how did Asakusa-kun discover your secret?" Kushida Kikyo frowned slightly, pretending to think. "Did she just happen to find your blog? Or did she see you in a magazine before and realize it when she saw you?"

To actually have the time to search for print idols on blogs, that guy Asakusa Toru really has a lot of free time.

“No, I don’t know…” Sakura Airi shook her head. “He said he was my fan, and then…”

"That's right, that..."

Gritting her teeth, thinking that since things had already come to this point, she might as well say it all at once, Sakura Airi closed her eyes and said:

"—He saw me changing clothes on the rooftop and even took a picture!"

Kikyo Kushida: "...?"

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Chapter 159 He Threatened Me to Be His Mother (Part 2)

Wait, did Sakura Airi just say something outrageous?

Reflect, recall, confirm.

She didn't mishear.

But that makes it even more baffling.

No, huh? How come you were able to be seen changing clothes and even have your picture taken?

And... it was on the rooftop?

...Although she doesn't seem to have any right to say such things.

But when the word "rooftop" came out, Kikyo Kushida almost had a stress reaction.

If it weren't for the fact that she still needed to maintain her public persona in front of her classmates, she probably would have already overreacted.

"..." With a slightly stiff expression, Kikyo Kushida said, "Did you see that the rooftop door was open and thought it was a good place to take pictures, so you brought your clothes over to take pictures? But even though the electronic door was powered on and properly closed, he still opened the door and came in while you were changing clothes, saw it, and even took pictures?"

With a swift, breathless cadence, Kikyo Kushida described Sakura Airi's ordeal.

It felt just like being there in person.

Be there.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Sakura Airi felt that Kushida Kikyo's description was incredibly accurate, and she nodded vigorously: "It's exactly as you described, Kushida-kun!"

"So I'm really annoyed right now!"

Haha, I'm really annoyed too!

Hearing Sakura's words, Kikyo Kushida chuckled inwardly.

How could it be a rooftop?

Why is it the rooftop again?

...Did this guy's mother secretly install a camera on the rooftop so that he could catch any woman who fell into this 'trap'?

So, if I hadn't made that phone call at noon, would Sakura have been completely taken advantage of?

Kikyo Kushida laughed in exasperation.