Finally, I became their white moonlight

Toyokawa Shoko suddenly stood up, and regardless of her soaked body, she rode on Nagasaki Suyo with an angry face.

His fingers grasped her shoulders tightly, his amber eyes were sharp and solid, no longer the calm and elegant look just now.

"You called me here just to tease me like this? Excuse me, this joke is too tasteless and not funny at all!"

"You're so careless about your own safety and make me so worried... Sushi-kun, this is totally unlike you!"

Even though she was being accused so harshly, Nagasaki Suyo still quietly looked at the girl's face which became tense due to anger, and smiled without any guilt.

"This is my normal self, this is the real me - Xiangzi-chan, you should have known this a long time ago, right?"

Toyokawa Shoko was slightly stunned: "...What do you mean?"

The smile on her face did not change at all, and Nagasaki Suyo spoke calmly and softly.

"What I mean is... I just took advantage of your gentleness on purpose and wanted to see your reaction after falling into the water for fun."

"you!"

Toyokawa Shoko opened her eyes wide, and seemed to want to say something, but she gently pushed her and she fell into the middle of the stream.

With their bodies half submerged in the icy stream, the two stared at each other through the water droplets dripping from their hair.

Nagasaki Suyo suddenly sighed, turned her eyes away as if bored, and muttered something to herself.

"That's fair, isn't it?"

"…Fair?" Toyokawa Shoko asked in confusion.

"You are as gentle and holy as moonlight, and I am just a bad woman who will drag my good friends into the water and make them wet."

She gently touched the water surface, as if to disperse the hazy moonlight around her, her voice was gentle but calm.

"I am doing this out of ugly jealousy and inferiority complex, so it is only natural that I cannot defeat such a perfect person like you, right?"

As if thinking of what she said at the beginning, Toyokawa Shoko's anger slowly dissipated. She just took a deep breath and looked at her in disbelief:

"You, are you doing this just for this..."

"As the winner, Xiangzi-chan, how can you understand the thoughts of the loser?" Nagasaki Motoyo tilted her head slightly and looked back with a bit of amusement, "It's unexpectedly difficult to admit this from the bottom of your heart, right?"

“……” Toyokawa Shoko was speechless.

It was as if he wanted to vent all the darkness that had accumulated in his heart for a long time to his "rival in love" at this moment.

Nagasaki Suyo continued to talk to herself: "How much mental preparation do you think I made, and how much struggle and entanglement I went through before I was finally willing to take this step?"

From the moment he knew he liked Xiangzi, he went through all kinds of stupid and futile behaviors, jumping around them like a clown, but in the end he found that the more scheming he was, the further away he was from what he wanted.

I was constantly upset and depressed, tossing and turning in confusion until the two days of the camp...

Her emotions seemed to have been tempered a thousand times, and her heart was forced to mature, like a tired bird that finally wanted to return to its nest to rest.

——So, I won’t be confused anymore.

She wanted to write her name at the place where she thought it was the end.

"It was obviously me who fell in love with him first, and it was obviously me who was standing closest to him."

"It's obvious that we spend more time together than anyone else every day, and it's obvious that no matter my figure or personality, I am more suitable to be his wife than you..."

Nagasaki Suyo noticed that Toyokawa Shoko's face tended to become stiff as she spoke, as if she had hit the nail on the head.

But unfortunately, she was not happy at all now, and she couldn't muster the mood to puff out her chest and mock the other person.

The only thing she could do was to express her true feelings.

"Shoko-chan, why?"

Nagasaki Suyo looked up at the sky. The silver stars were like fireflies, flashing tiny but bright lights.

In her eyes, there was only the question that would never be answered and the figure that would never be caught up with.

"Why is it that he only has eyes for you and never looks back at me?"

"Why is the winner already determined before the relationship officially begins, without even giving me a chance to turn defeat into victory?"

"…I can't accept this. It's so unfair."

The palm under the water tightly grasped the scattered mud and sand, which stung her palm.

Nagasaki Suyo lowered her head again, her dim blue eyes like the surface of water under the night sky, looking calmly at Toyokawa Shoko in front of her.

"In the end, I could only find a reason for myself."

——I will use your gentleness to take revenge on you.

——I will use this guilt to persuade me.

"It's not because of a hopeless fate, nor is it because we are not suitable... It's just because you are gentler, more innocent, and more considerate than me, so Ming Hai chose you instead of me."

As if she was relieved, Nagasaki Suyo let out a long sigh, and her expressionless face returned to a faint smile.

"In this way, the victory or defeat will be decided fairly."

"..."

Toyokawa Shoko bit her lips unconsciously, and her soft and clear amber eyes flashed with heavy and sad colors.

"Even if you don't have to belittle yourself like this, you still—"

Nagasaki Suyo didn't want to listen to her comforting herself, so she interrupted her bluntly: "This is not to belittle myself, but just to end it in the most direct way."

"Finish it?"

"Well, I want to sincerely bless your relationship... It's different from the time when I was a love strategist. This time, I really mean it."

Without any hesitation, every word she spoke was extremely solemn.

"Mr. Sushi..."

Toyokawa Shoko was speechless, as if she sensed a completely different determination from before.

Without allowing anyone to say anything, she took a difficult but firm step forward in order to move her story to the next chapter.

So, Toyokawa Shoko slowly pursed her lips, looked at the other person's eyes silently and seriously, and stopped interrupting without permission.

Noticing the change in her attitude and expression, Nagasaki Motoyo just smiled and shook her head, then continued:

"Because I like Ming Hai very much, I like the current [CryCHIC] very much, and I also like... you, Xiangzi-chan."

"To prevent the things I love from being destroyed by my own hands, and to make the inevitable failure look more beautiful."

"In order to hold on to the remaining happiness in my hands... this is the only thing I can do."

After a pause, she stared into Toyokawa Shoko's eyes and spoke with great force:

"So, Xiangzi-chan - I will place my greatest happiness in your hands."

"You want him to be the happiest person in the world, and let him spend every day happily. You want to grow old with him, and every day we can be as loving as this afternoon..."

"To make me feel happy enough just by looking at it."

"…If you can't do that, don't blame me for taking him away, okay?"

Placing her hands on her chest, Nagasaki Suyo listened to her own heartbeat, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, as if confirming again that something still filled her heart.

She smiled gently and frankly, looking towards the lighted tent in the distance.

"No matter now or in the future, I will always love him...I will love him more than anyone else!"

This doesn't mean that my unrequited love has ended.

Instead, for the sake of the friendship and love between the three of them, he took the initiative to end this complicated relationship that was about to become distorted.

...Nagasaki Suyo certainly knew that she had no right to say such things.

Because no matter what she thought, Ming Hai would not suddenly abandon Xiangzi and fall in love with her - no matter how much she said, it was not just the sympathy and barking of a loser.

To put it bluntly, she was just trying to save face in front of the winner, and chose to withdraw on her own before being forced to admit defeat, in order to maintain her dignity to continue staying with them.

Even so, Nagasaki Suyo would speak clearly, to her friend, to Toyokawa Shoko, who was gentler than anyone else, and tell her -

"Just go ahead and date Ming Hai! I won't make trouble anymore."

Seeing the smile on her face, Toyokawa Shoko was silent for a moment, then she straightened her back, stared at her, and responded in a solemn and resolute manner.

"Mr. Sushi, I won't promise you anything."

"——The relationship between Narumi-kun and I is not an agreement with anyone, and it will not change because of anyone's threats!"

Nagasaki Suyo nodded slightly, not surprised by her answer.

"The most important thing is..." Toyokawa Shoko smiled confidently and said calmly, "Giving him the happiness I can give is what I should do as his girlfriend and future wife. Why do you need to remind me in this way?"

"So, please allow me to respond to your 'confession' in one sentence."

Facing Nagasaki Suze's oppressive gaze without flinching, Toyokawa Shoko spoke to her clearly with a gentle, polite and generous smile:

"Mr. Sushi—"

"That's enough, can you stop staring at my boyfriend?"

"……Eh?"

"As long as I'm here, you'll never have any results. It's better for you to give up as soon as possible."

"Xiangzi-chan, you..."

Nagasaki Suyo opened her eyes wide in astonishment, obviously not expecting that this well-educated young lady could say such aggressive words.

——Wait, did my provocation cause her inner bad character to fully reveal itself? !

"What's wrong with me? Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Without any intention of withdrawing her words, Toyokawa Shoko still expressed her sharp and cold attitude with a smile.

The amber eyes that used to be bright and shining seemed to be stained with a layer of cold darkness, which put on armor for the pure and flawless aura, and the whole person became inexplicably tougher and sharper.

She no longer tried to play emotional games with her friends in a sunny and cheerful manner, but was like a hen protecting her chicks. Even though the person in front of her was her good friend whom she had just risked her own life to save, there was no trace of compromise or soothing tenderness in the words that came out of her mouth.

"Enough of your self-talk, Suyo-san."

"No matter how many difficulties and obstacles we may encounter in the future, I will not allow you to interfere."

Slowly putting away her smile, Toyokawa Shoko stared at her sharply, and said word by word:

"Also, the person who likes him more than anyone else is me, and only me - you don't even know what it's like to kiss him, so where do you get the confidence to say this to me?"

"..."

Nagasaki Suyo finally understood.

What on earth did I say to make her so angry?

She felt like she was watching a child throwing a tantrum. She couldn't help but laugh, but she still reflexively responded, "Everyone can say that, but what about the reality? Maybe one day the Toyokawa family will ask you to make a political marriage with a nobleman from another family, and you will simply abandon Minghai, who is alone and without any background."

"I'm sorry, but that day will never come."

Toyokawa Shoko's lips twitched slightly, and she said with a fake smile: "My family admires Ming Hai-kun very much, you should know that, right? It is because he passed the assessment of the Toyokawa family that we, as six minors, can successfully live together in this villa for three days and two nights... Even if the family elders are really ignorant enough to force me to enter into a political marriage, Ming Hai-kun is ready to elope with me abroad. Anyway, no matter what, we will not be separated."

Nagasaki Suyo shrugged, looking nonchalant: "Who knows? Children are always so confident~"

After saying that, he deliberately looked at her chest, which was soaked in water and had a clear curve, with a mocking look.

Big B and small C, it seems there is some padding inside - anyway, compared to her, they are all just kids' bodies.

"Damn it, she's just a little bit better looking, but she's still so high and mighty..."

Toyokawa Shoko quickly covered her chest and glared at her angrily.

After a moment, he seemed to remember something interesting.

She suddenly chuckled, and couldn't help covering her lips and squinting her eyes.

Nagasaki Suyo also curved her eyes into crescents and chuckled in helplessness and amusement.

Then, it was as if the story had a happy ending.

The moment the girls looked at each other, their clear and pleasant laughter was like moonlight, creating waves of bright ripples on the water.

They extended their hands to each other at the same time, as if the verbal sparring just now was just an ordinary greeting, without any grudge or coldness in their eyes.

At this moment, a feeling of complete relief flowed through their fingertips, leaving a warm mark in their hearts.

"Mr. Sushi, are you satisfied?"

"It's just for now, Shoko-chan."