Tokyo: Love Begins with Controlling the Rich Girl

"How did you..." Shimada Sho instinctively wanted to ask her how she got here.

But as the words were about to come out, he suddenly realized that he was not Mr. Thug.

Starting from noon yesterday, their relationship has become that of ordinary classmates.

Ordinary classmates cannot communicate so freely.

But is her behavior really ordinary?

Seeing his classmate injured, he rushed towards the ring, panting, without even caring about his appearance.

Fighting is prohibited at the school.

Their eyes met, and Yukine Kamishiro noticed the confusion and contemplation in Sho Shimada's eyes.

Suppressing her uneven breathing, she regained her usual calm tone, "Someone has been using weapons illegally, and I've come to investigate as a representative of the family."

A very reasonable explanation.

Shimada Sho nodded and replied, "Thank you for your concern, Kamishiro-kun. I'm fine."

As he spoke, he lowered his arm, hiding the red marks on his forearm behind his back.

This behavior can be considered polite and courteous, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Yukine Kamishiro pursed her lips slightly, "Mmm."

Shimada Sho noticed the details in her expression.

It's just not easy to understand.

The young lady felt a little better after he agreed to reveal his identity.

But in reality, to her he was still just a classmate with whom she had no connection.

It shouldn't worry her.

"Xiang Jun".

Ayase Yuki's voice rang out, interrupting Shimada Sho's thoughts.

This also dispelled the awkward atmosphere between the two.

She stepped forward and naturally grabbed Shimada Sho's arm. "Let's go to the infirmary. It would be troublesome if we broke a bone."

"Wait a minute, Yuki," Yukine Kamishiro called out to her.

"what happened?"

"Let me see his injuries," said Yukine Kamishiro in a calm tone.

"Hmm?" Ayase Yuki looked puzzled. "Is Yukine worried about Shimada-kun?"

She didn't address Xiang Jun this time.

Yukine Kamishiro remained silent for a moment under the gaze, then shook her head and explained, "No, I just wanted to check on the injuries and understand the severity of the fight just now."

"I see." Ayase Yuki nodded, then asked, "Shall I confirm for you?"

"..."

As soon as Ayase Yuki finished asking her question, she slipped one arm through Shimada Sho's arm and hugged his arm.

Then he touched his forearm with his other hand, "It's serious."

Shimada Sho: "..."

"But don't worry, I'll take good care of Xiang-jun."

"After all, I'm the president."

As she spoke, she put her other arm around him as well.

After embracing Shimada Sho's entire arm, Ayase Yuki leaned to the side, like a girlfriend deeply in love, and rested against Shimada Sho.

Yukine Kamishiro fell silent.

She narrowed her eyes, looking at the part of their bodies that were in contact.

A subtle smell of gunpowder filled the air.

"that……"

Shimada Sho spoke up helplessly, wanting to say something to break the status quo.

He couldn't refuse Yuki Ayase's legitimate concern.

Because of his strange relationship with the young lady, he couldn't give her a proper response.

But if we don't speak, the atmosphere will become very strange.

So even if they don't know why the two of them suddenly started to clash.

As someone involved in the situation, he still couldn't just sit idly by and wait for his doom.

"Let's go, Xiang-jun."

Unfortunately, Yuki Ayase didn't give him a chance to speak.

She grabbed his arm, turned around, and half-forcefully led him off the field, saying, "I'll help you to the infirmary."

“…Okay.” Shimada Sho had no choice but to follow.

As the two walked side by side toward the stadium exit, Yukine Kamishiro still couldn't see the wound Shimada Sho had sustained from the bamboo sword.

She stood still, her arm unconsciously raised slightly.

But in the end, he remained silent.

Behind him, Kiryu Kazuya stepped forward, trying to stop him.

"Ichiyo." Yukine Kamishiro's voice rang out, stopping her.

Kiryu Ichiyo stopped and respectfully said, "Young Miss."

As she awaited instructions, her gaze fell upon Yukine Kamishiro.

He realized she wasn't looking at him at all, but was staring intently at the receding figure in the distance.

……

Stepping out of the stadium, the light in the corridor was much dimmer than inside.

Shimada Sho injured his arm, but his leg was fine, and he wanted to get to the infirmary as soon as possible.

But Ayase Yuki held his arms with both hands, almost pressing her whole body against him.

The person walked very slowly, as if afraid of jostling him.

There was nothing else Shimada Shoya could do but slow down as well.

In the dimly lit corridor, only the silhouettes of the two people pressed together were visible. As the noise in the stadium faded away, the atmosphere gradually quieted down.

Shimada Sho tried to pull his arm back.

But before she could make a move, Yuki Ayase's voice drifted into her ear.

"Sho-kun and Yukine seem to have a pretty good relationship."

Upon hearing this, Shimada Sho paused in his action of pulling his arm away and replied, "He's just a regular classmate, what's wrong?"

“It’s nothing.” Ayase Yuki shook her head with a smile. “It’s just that I’ve noticed that whenever Yukine is around, Sho-kun seems like a different person. He speaks and acts strangely, as if all his attention is drawn to her.”

Shimada Sho: "..."

Concern can cloud judgment, and he was indeed paying excessive attention to the young lady's unusual emotional state these past two days.

But he didn't expect that it would be so obvious that even Yuki Ayase could see it.

After thinking for a moment, he added, "After all, she's the eldest daughter of the Kamishiro family. Everyone would take a second look, right?"

This reason sounds reasonable, but it's actually quite perfunctory.

That doesn't explain his hesitant and indecisive behavior at all, and Yuki Ayase probably wouldn't believe it either.

Surprisingly, she didn't hold onto it.

She simply hummed in response to his reply.

Shimada Sho looked over with some surprise and found that she was walking with her head down, her arms wrapped around her, taking small, hesitant steps.

In the dim light, her expression was unclear, and it was unknown whether she believed it or not.

It doesn't matter anymore.

Anyway, he never intended to tell anyone about their relationship from the beginning.

Firstly, it's unnecessary, and secondly, it's impossible to explain.

After all, he and the young lady had never met before.

Even their social relationships belong to two different worlds.

Therefore, it's best to deny it directly.

"Xiang Jun".

While Shimada Sho was still sorting out his thoughts, Ayase Yuki spoke up again.

"What's wrong?" He turned his head to look.

Yuki Ayase looked up at the same time and met his gaze.

In the dim light of the corridor, you could see her bright eyes sparkling behind her glasses.

Do you know what my relationship with Yukine is?

She raised a question that was quite different from the previous topic.

Shimada Sho followed up by asking, "What's your relationship?"

He actually knew very well.

At the last dinner party, the young lady said that Ayase Yuki was her only friend besides Sasaki Nozomi.

“My dad and Uncle Hiro were college classmates and had a very good relationship. So after we moved to Tokyo half a year ago, our two families visited each other frequently. Yukine and I gradually became close friends.”

Yuki Ayase provided a more detailed explanation of their relationship.

"I see." Shimada Sho nodded to indicate that he understood.

She suddenly leaned closer, rested her head on Shimada Sho's shoulder, and whispered, "Sho-kun must have known about our relationship for a long time, right?"

"do not know."

Ayase Yuki asked in a light, airy voice, "Then why wasn't Sho-kun surprised at all when I first called Yukine?"

"..."

"Only friends would address each other like that."

“You… are all from wealthy families in Tokyo, so it’s not surprising that you know each other.”

Unable to answer her question, Shimada Sho could only offer a perfunctory excuse.

Previously, when the young lady transferred to Dongli High School, she had never interacted with Ayase Yuki.

But whether it's the young lady mentioning her or she mentioning the young lady.

They all used very intimate terms of address.

However, knowing their relationship, he didn't pay attention out of habit.

Unexpectedly, Yuki Ayase noticed this.

Bringing this up now completely exposes his earlier lie that they were just ordinary classmates and that he didn't know anything about their relationship.

"Actually, I'll believe anything Xiangjun says."

Before Shimada Sho could figure out how to explain, Ayase Yuki interrupted him.

As they approached the exit, sunlight streamed obliquely into the corridor from above, gradually dispelling the shadows on the two figures from below.

Just as they were about to leave completely, Shimada Sho turned his head.

What comes into view is Yuki Ayase's shoulders and chin, gradually illuminated by the sunlight, and her lips pressed tightly together.

But before she was fully illuminated by the sunlight, the corners of her mouth slowly smoothed out, and then turned up.