The curly-haired boy, feeling refreshed after exercise, wiped the sweat from his forehead, responded to Yukino's questions with quirky words, and attentively handed her the ice drink he had just bought.
"You didn't make yourself laugh when you said that, did you?"
Yukino raised an eyebrow and took the water bottle handed to her by the boy while standing under the shade of a tree next to the track and field.
"Hey~☆"
"What are you doing?"
"Hey, you won't give me any more? The drink I just ordered is 500 yen." (Stretches out hand)
"I'm talking about you..."
The curly-haired boy stood beside her contentedly, avoiding the scorching sun together. The two of them kept a certain distance from other classmates, which naturally attracted everyone's attention.
The first person to notice this was Yuigahama Yui, who is part of the small group of popular characters centered around Hayato Hayama and Yumiko Miura.
"Having Narumi-kun accompany Koyuki...that's great."
In physical education class, the group of real people who are occasionally assigned to the same teacher as Yukinoshita Yukino always keep their distance from high-class beauties like Yukinoshita Yukino, and stick together for warmth.
Although Yuigahama Yui is very particular and especially wants to be able to be close to Captain Yukinoshita in physical education class, because Yumiko and Yukino, the center of the small group, do not get along well, she can only watch her beloved Yuki from afar.
As long as Minghai-kun is around, Xiaoxue, who used to always walk alone like a lone wolf, will involuntarily get together with him, and Minghai-kun will always smile and accept this ice-cold girl who no one dares to talk to.
"Wow, showing off in broad daylight during physical education class, how shameless...!"
One of the members of the current group, Tobe Sho, had just finished a 1,000-meter long-distance run. He mainly saved energy by being lazy, so there was not much blush on his face after the intense exercise. Therefore, he had the time to look at Ming Hai and Yukinoshita who were joking and teasing each other in the distance as if no one was around.
"That Yukinoshita Yukino would actually chat so intimately with a boy? Am I seeing right? The target is... that insignificant Narumi?"
If the young man Tobe Sho, who had the audacity to make such an evaluation of others, knew that in Narumi's eyes, he was also positioned as "Hayama Hayato's little follower with little presence", he would probably be a little annoyed.
"That's Narumi-kun. I have an impression of him. He's the kind of guy who may not look good on the surface, but actually has a lot of potential. If I were to design a BL game, he would definitely be the one pretending to be a white rabbit but actually being the big attacker who rapes everyone behind the scenes...! Paired with a nice guy like Hayama-kun, they would be my favorite top-bottom combination, hass-hass-"
"Who asked you Ebina?"
"Ah ha ha……"
Yuigahama Yui laughed dryly, trying to interrupt the fujoshi Ebina who was already imagining a BL drama in her mind - after all, Hayama Hayato, who also finished his training and returned to the small group, turned pale when he heard this conversation.
"Speaking of which, the atmosphere between those two people was actually pretty good. After all, they and I are in the same club."
"Yukinoshita-san is as popular as ever, but Narumi-kun never noticed that before - I don't know why I feel that he is quite attractive today."
When Ebina said this, Miura Yumiko, who had been resting with her eyes closed, raised her eyebrows, then opened her eyes and looked at Yuigahama with interest.
"Oh? How charming is that? Can he take Hayato's place?"
Chapter 68: Campus Queen vs. Electric Wave Man
Yumiko Miura is a queen-level figure at the top of the pyramid in the social circle of the second-year students of Sobu High School, and can call the shots together with Hayato Hayama.
She has a proud head of long golden hair and an extremely aggressive beauty. She is always used to taking the initiative in interpersonal relationships. Among the female high school students in Sobu High School, she is considered to be the pinnacle of reality.
Naturally, it was impossible for a woman at the top of the food chain to have any interaction with a young man named Toru Narumi.
The former is the queen of the campus who is the center of attention, while the latter is an ordinary male high school student whose name you may not even know if you don’t hear it from your friends. He has no memorable achievements and is not outstanding in appearance.
But even so, Yumiko Miura still captured what she cared about in her friend's description.
Although Hina Ebina is a senior fujoshi who always uses the male friends around her as the subject of her yy bl novels, not everyone can be used as material for her creation.
"Haha, if we're talking about Narumi-kun...he does have some extraordinary qualities that others don't understand."
Even Hayato Hayama would come to the rescue with a smile, and with her many years of understanding of him, Miura Yumiko could be sure that this was Hayato Hayama's genuine thought and not just social etiquette.
"After all, if it weren't for this... "that person" wouldn't have a "special liking" for him."
When Ye Shan finished speaking, a hint of inexplicable emotion appeared in the smile on his face.
Seeing him like this, Miura Yumiko became furious for some reason and decided to meet this young man in person, whom even Yeshan had to nod in recognition.
It was club activity time after school. Miura Yumiko came to the activity room of the Service Club without saying anything in advance. As soon as she entered the room, she directed her eyes directly to the curly-haired boy who was sitting in the corner of the square table and playing with his mobile phone nonchalantly.
"I recognize you, the curly-haired one who played doubles with Yukinoshita before."
She sat down on the reception chair of the Service Club without any hesitation, and looked up at the curly-haired boy who had put down his phone with her chin up - and this sudden visit also made the other members of the Service Club a little stunned.
"Yu-Yumiko, if you want to come...you could have told me in advance."
Yuigahama Yui was sandwiched between her friends, and her expression inevitably became a little awkward.
"Narumi-kun has his own name, please greet him in a more polite way, Miura-kun."
Yukinoshita Yukino remained unmoved, but when she raised her eyes from reading a book, a hint of coldness flashed across her eyes.
"Why did the queen of pop culture come to me? Whose love debt is this?"
Hikigaya Hachiman tried hard to hide himself in a dark corner, and his dead fish eyes looked back and forth at everyone with sharp and direct gaze.
And the male protagonist at the center of the incident, Toru Narumi, simply put his phone back into his pocket calmly and met Miura's aggressive and judgmental eyes.
"I remember you too, Golden Drill."
"Jin—what did you call me?!"
"Golden Drill, why are you reacting so strongly? I didn't call you Oh Jinjin."
"you this--"
"Youyouyouyou Yumiko, come and sit down. I'll make you a pot of tea!"
"Pfft..."
The Servant Club was instantly thrown into chaos because of Narumi's brief words - Miss Yumiko, a guest, was furious at Narumi's sudden remark, and Yuigahama could only step in between and act as a peacemaker to ease the situation. Hikigaya Hachiman couldn't help but snickering in the corner while sighing at Narumi's talent, and although Director Yukinoshita was somewhat proud of the loss of composure by her old rival Miura, her cheeks also blushed because of Narumi's dirty talk.
Of course, Ming Hai is not the type of person who would deliberately embarrass someone he meets for the first time, but it is obvious that Miura is the type of person who needs to be tempered right from the start. Being tolerant and polite will only make her more arrogant and domineering.
Only by taking different and appropriate measures to deal with different people can one be at ease in the social circle. This is Toru Narumi's social skill.
"Besides, it was this woman who was bossing me around from the start, why should we be nice to her?"
Looking at Miura Yumiko, whose face was flushed with anger, Ming Hai smiled indifferently and waved his index finger.
"What on earth is the Queen of the school doing here? Is she just trying to play some vulgar word games with me? Then I have to say that you have indeed found an expert. You can enjoy a 12% discount on the first price. However, due to the Queen's extremely bad attitude, this coupon is invalid - I am very sorry."
"What the hell is wrong with you?!"
The angry and humiliated Golden Diamond Queen was so angry that her eyes almost popped out of her head. She found it hard to believe that Hayato Hayama would have such a high opinion of the guy in front of him. No matter how she thought about it, it was an exaggeration.
"Vulgar word games are indeed not within the scope of the services provided by this service agency. I am very sorry. If you have any corresponding needs, I will try to help you contact them."
"Why are you following Yukinoshita?!"
Minister Yukinoshita's behavior of not reprimanding the evildoers in time and instead aiding and abetting them made Miura Yumiko even more crazy. Although the Service Club did not sound like a serious place (Yukinoshita Yukino: What's wrong with the name I gave it?), she had never expected this kind of atmosphere.
"Well, we can all talk, right? I think Yumiko came here with no ill intentions. She just wants everyone to sit down and have a good chat... or get to know Narumi-kun better, right?"
Adhering to the idea that everything can be done harmoniously, Yuigahama Yui sat between the two groups of people with a smile on her face.
"After all, how should I put it - recently, it seems that Narumi-kun's popularity among girls has indeed subtly increased, hehe."
Having gotten a way out, Miura was able to resume his domineering attitude. He crossed his legs and stared at the calm Minghai with a fierce look without any retreat.
"Oh, now it seems that there is no need for that. Maybe it's just that everyone is dazzled."
"A subtle improvement...hmm."
Not taking Miura Yumiko's provocation seriously, Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head, as if she was bothered by something else.
"Really? I don't have that feeling at all."
Narumi expressed Yukinoshita's doubts very frankly, probably because he had the same question as Yukinoshita.
"I have to state that this is true even among boys."
When it was least expected, Hikigaya Hachiman raised his hand.
"Totsuka-san told me yesterday that he felt that Narumi had suddenly become much more handsome."
Although it seems that he is stating an objective fact, for some reason Hikigaya-san's tone sounds a bit gnashing of teeth.
Chapter 69: Do you hate me again?
Indeed, there is no normally developing heterosexual adolescent boy who would not want to be liked by girls. Even Ming Hai, who doesn't care much about other people's eyes, occasionally still hopes that someone will express sincere kindness to him.
But just like Hikigaya Hachiman said - the only one who was very straightforward in praising and admiring him was Totsuka Ayaka.
"Naru-Narukai-kun looks particularly handsome recently for some reason! Thank you very much for helping our tennis club with you and the other members of the Servant Club. I wonder if you have any interest in sports, Narukai-kun?"
But I have to say, the look on Totsuka Ayaka's face as she blushed and mustered up the courage to run up to him with a serious look on her face was even cuter than a girl.
This happened not long ago. Just when Ming Hai felt a little shaken and was about to agree immediately, the cold-faced Yukinoshita Yukino appeared in time and politely declined.
"I'm so sorry, Narumi-kun is a member of our club - if he wants to join two clubs at the same time, he may have to compromise in balancing the club activity time, and he will have to submit an application to Hiratsuka-sensei."
"That sounds troublesome... That's all I'm saying! The decision is definitely in the hands of Narumi-kun, so it doesn't matter if you don't come!"
Totsuka Ayaka pouted a little in distress, but she fully considered Ming Hai's mood and did not continue to be aggressive, and the whole thing was dropped - it must be said that if Miss Yukinoshita cannot learn to express her concern frankly, her cuteness may slowly be surpassed by Ayaka.
But sometimes Ming Hai also likes Yukino's stubbornness and the determination to stick to her point. At least it's very refreshing when she uses it to scold those who are not nice to him.
For example, now, Miura Yumiko, the uninvited guest, came and started to make things difficult for Ming Hai for no apparent reason.
"If other people knew that Miura-san came to the Servant Club just to make things difficult for my members, it would sound a bit lame."
Yumiko Miura may not have known it before, but now she has experienced it firsthand - Yukinoshita Yukino Tsurugi is actually a very protective person.
"Especially if Hayama-san knew that you had come to him with such a large force just for the ridiculous reason of "doubting that someone else's charm might surpass the most perfect Hayama-kun in your mind", I wonder how he would view you."
The girl with long black hair put down the tea in her hand with a cold face, and her eyes looking at Miura Yumiko were filled with a sharp light that showed no sign of compromise.
"Well………"
Miura twitched the corners of his mouth guiltily. As someone who always got on bad terms with Yukinoshita Yukino, it was basically difficult for her to gain the upper hand in a verbal battle with the other party - not to mention that "that man" joined the battlefield the next moment.
"Oh, if Hayama-kun knew that Miura-san was mesmerized by my impeccable charm, he would definitely just smile and not say anything. After all, he is a well-known good guy."
Ming Hai scratched his ear nonchalantly with his little finger, not caring at all that Miura's gaze towards him became more ferocious at the mention of Hayama's name.
"Narumi, you hang out with Yukinoshita all day long. Is it possible that your club's daily activities are to hide in a corner like this and gossip about others?"
Instead of getting angry, Miura laughed and fought back. It seemed that he took Minghai's words just now as a sarcastic remark towards Hayama.
"Who are you gossiping about? Some coward who still feels guilty about helping his friend in elementary school but can't bring himself to speak out?"
"you--"
"Yu-Yumiko..."
Miss Yuigahama could no longer hold back the smile on her face, and she began to pick her toes unconsciously - she was caught in the middle of her friends on both sides and she wished she could just spiral out into outer space to avoid the limelight and then come back.
"..."
Hikigaya Hachiman didn't say anything, but just quietly observed Miura's words and actions. After Miura quickly calmed down, his expression gradually became strange - he asked a question that Hikigaya was also curious about.
"Are you... are you talking about Hayato? How do you know this... he didn't even tell me in detail...?"
oops.
It was as if he accidentally said something that he "shouldn't know".
"...?"
As another protagonist of the incident, Yukinoshita Yukino also blinked and looked in the direction of Minghai. She didn't remember telling Minghai about the past, unless -
"Of course that's because the Minister's sister told me."
Ming Hai, who was quick-witted, remained calm and fluently improvised a very reliable lie without even a suspicious pause.
"Do you know Koyuki's sister... Narumi-kun? Eh..."
Yuigahama Yui blinked her big eyes with particular curiosity, as if she was amazed that he had been able to meet Yukinoshita's family - although she could feel some subtle chemistry between the two, the speed at which this relationship progressed was beyond Miss Yuigahama's expectations.
"Didn't Narumi-kun say that he wasn't familiar with my sister?"
Just when Ming Hai thought he could get away with it, Yukino frowned and said something that made his heart skip a beat.
"Um--did I ever say that?"
He had no choice but to use more lies to cover up the lie that was about to be exposed.
"Just before, when Ye Shanjun came to us and asked for help from our Servant Club because of the chain letter, he kept asking you to talk about things related to your sister. The explanation you gave me was that you and your sister were not familiar with each other at all."
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