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"Only the last step remains."
After assigning the tasks, Yukino walked out of the school gate with satisfaction.
"What is it?"
"Meow~"
There was a cry of a stray cat coming from the lawn at the school gate.
There have been quite a few baskets filled with kittens at the entrance of their school recently, but I didn’t expect them to run into this one.
Hearing this voice, Yukino, who had no way of resisting cats, softened her heart and said without hesitation: "Get a cat first!"
"what?"
Chapter 35 Disappearing Like Snowflakes
The story about the cat and the senior came to an end. It was not that they were not determined to raise a cat, but when they followed the sound, a couple had already arrived before them, picking up the basket in front of the door and leaving the school.
As for the senior, even if he had the information provided by Eriri, he would have to find the right time to appear in front of her.
It’s just that Kasumigaoka Utaha didn’t join any clubs or the student union. She just stayed in the classroom and on the rooftop every day. She’s not an easy character to hook up with.
"Really? Don't target me with women!" Natsume Rinno jumped up, hit the ball away, and complained in dissatisfaction.
Under the bright sunshine, the first graders were having a physical education class. Totsuka Ayaka held the racket with both hands, feeling the sharp wind in her ears and the dull sound of the tennis ball hitting the ground, and she swallowed subconsciously.
"Natsume, you want to kill me!"
"Don't worry, we can't hit you. Do you want to take a rest?" Natsume handed him a bottle of water with a smile, wiped his clothes and sat down at the edge of the playground.
This is the first physical education class after the continuous rain some time ago. It can be seen that the atmosphere on the playground is very lively.
"Even if you can't hit him with that much force it's still scary. And what did you say just now?" Totsuka rolled up the edge of his trousers and sat down.
After they left the venue, Miura and the others who had just been on the basketball court took up seats. When Natsume saw her, he couldn't help but be very curious about another person.
After searching the playground, he couldn't find any trace of the minister, which made him a little disappointed.
"Totsuka, do you think I'm popular with girls?" asked Natsume Rinno.
"I suggest you not to ask such questions." Totsuka Ayaka sighed and took out a pink letter from her pocket: "For you."
"Wait." Natsume looked at him in horror and subconsciously moved his position: "Totsuka-san, I have no interest in boys at all."
He had seen this kind of pink envelope so many times, but this was the first time he saw it from a boy.
Totsuka Ayaka looked up at the sky and said helplessly: "This is for others, what does it have to do with me?"
If the senior student he asked for help wasn't a senior in the tennis club, he wouldn't have gotten involved in Natsume's mess.
"Oh, I see." Natsume pretended nothing had happened, took the envelope and put it in his pocket, staring at the blue sky with lifeless eyes.
"Aren't you curious about who it is?"
"It doesn't matter. I have no intention of replying anyway, so why should I care so much?"
Natsume, who already has rich experience, is adept at handling such matters.
Totsuka Ayaka nodded in agreement, "See, since you are already like this, why did you ask such a stupid question just now? Even the senior schoolmate dragged me to send you a love letter."
Finally, he concluded in an unquestionable tone.
"You're just very popular with girls."
"I see." Natsume Rinno perked up and sat up straight, "As expected, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility!"
"It seems that the future development of the Service Department depends not on that vase minister, but on me."
He had just finished his victory declaration when a chilling voice suddenly came from behind him: "Why rely on you?"
Totsuka Ayaka, who had been winking at him, smiled awkwardly, greeted Yukinoshita Yukino outside the guardrail, and immediately trotted towards Miura and the others.
"Don't go, stop."
Natsume, who was also about to run away, was stopped by her. Yukino walked around the fence of the playground and slowly walked towards him, with no sign of anger on her face.
"Hello, Minister!" Natsume greeted her in a funny way.
Yukino put her hands together in front of her, carefully looked at Natsume who had a sunny smile, and suddenly sneered: "Mr. Natsume, who was the vase president you were talking about just now?"
"I heard that the president of the dance club is just a vase." Natsume said very calmly.
"Why, are you still planning to help the dance club develop? Or are there a lot of pretty girls in their club, so you want to go?"
Natsume suddenly remembered that the school club with the most girls was the dance club, and then there was the stick dance club that would perform in big events.
I heard that the dance club has special uniforms that allow them to show off their long legs. It’s exciting just thinking about it.
Damn, I should have joined those clubs in the first place. I don’t know if they accept boys or not.
Looking at his dazed look, Yukino's eyes didn't show much emotion.
"Didn't you say I was a vase?"
"Buyer, I didn't say that." Natsume refused to admit it.
He won't fall for it.
"Ah."
Yukino sneered, stood up and looked around the playground, feeling that she would have to rely on her own physical strength to beat him badly in a sport that required more skills.
"Tennis?" She looked toward the tennis court.
"Forget it." Natsume tried his best to resist any activity that might undermine her self-confidence, but Yukino did not give him time to come up with a new game and had already walked over and occupied the empty space.
He followed reluctantly. Totsuka, who was watching the fun, had already got the tennis rackets for them. After leaving him alone, he took out the whistle and enthusiastically acted as the referee.
"Are you two ready?"
Natsume was just playing tennis, and Yukino was also wearing traditional sportswear for physical education class. She stepped on her shoes a few times to make sure they were okay, then nodded.
"The game begins, beep!"
When the whistle sounded, Natsume, who had been thinking of letting the opponent win, immediately regretted it. Yukinoshita might not have enough physical strength, but her dominance in tennis should not be underestimated.
She jumped up and served the ball so fast that Natsume didn't have time to react before the tennis ball hit the ground.
"Too, Yukinoshita-san, one point!"
Looking at Yukino's proud eyes, Natsume also perked up. He couldn't really lose in terms of strength.
When they got serious, the two of them fought back and forth.
Feeling her strength slipping away, Yukino frowned and served the ball with greater force and more violent movements, hoping to get rid of him before she collapsed completely.
Natsume noticed her urgency and stopped attacking, focusing all his energy on defense.
Yukino's pace became slower and slower, and when her breathing could be seen, Natsume finally showed no mercy and hit the ball back with a jump dunk.
Originally, they could have continued playing by just giving up the ball, but Yukino tried to catch it forcefully, but ended up losing her balance and falling to the ground.
The opponent fell down and the game could not continue. Natsume returned the racket to the embarrassed Totsuka and walked to the other side to help up the unattended Yukino.
Even though she fell heavily, she still rejected other people's kindness with a cold face, lowered her head and rubbed her injured ankle.
"Just give up the ball." Natsume grabbed her hand and placed it on his shoulder. This time, Yukino did not refuse.
Even though Yukino didn't fall directly on him, Natsume still felt the weight of her light body.
Like a snowflake in summer, it will disappear at any time.
Chapter 36 I Don't Want to Lose
I helped her sit under a tree. Some people were watching them from a distance, but no one was bothering to come over and say hello.
Lifting up her trouser leg, Natsume found that the wound on her smooth ankle was not serious. He felt relieved and prepared to take her to the infirmary to apply some medicated wine.
"I don't want to lose." Yukinoshita said suddenly.
"……Um?"
She looked into the distance at the sky, pressed her little hands on the painful area, and seemed to recall the past.
"No one wants to lose." After Natsume said a few words to the physical education teacher who came over after noticing something was wrong, he turned around and helped her up again.
"Well, but you didn't lose. From childhood to adulthood, I have always been the loser." Yukino sighed and leaned on his shoulder resignedly.
"It's okay for my sister. She has worked harder than me, is older, and my mother has focused on her training. Although I feel a little bit unwilling to lose to her, I can still accept it."
"But you're obviously thinking about how to make money every day. Once you're out of your mother's sight, you become so bad. I can never be better than you."
Yukino doesn't understand, but if she could have been better than Natsume in elementary school, he would have just jumped into Tokyo Bay.
No matter how smart a person is, he still needs time to accumulate and settle.
"Can't you be a little less competitive?"
After seeing the shadow of the infirmary, he was no longer silent.
"No." Yukino replied neatly, "If you lose the desire to win, what's the difference between you and the walking dead? You are the odd one out in the Yukinoshita family. You don't even want to win everything."
“Because I know I can never win.”
Compared to outside, the infirmary was very cool, and he shivered when he pushed the door open and walked in.
Just like in all the anime, there was a beautiful, plump school doctor lying on the table and yawning. When she noticed someone coming in, she wiped her saliva and sat up straight.
"What's the matter?"
Natsume looked at the school doctor's good figure for a few more times. Yukino, who was leaning on his shoulder, twisted the soft flesh on his waist with an expressionless face.
hiss……
He really is merciless.
"Teacher, her foot is injured."
The beautiful school doctor who had just woken up didn't notice the little movements between the boy and the girl. She asked Yukino to sit on the bed, took a quick glance and immediately lost interest. She took out the medicine from the medicine cabinet and handed it to Natsume.
"Yes, apply it on her. Just don't do any strenuous exercise during this period."
"Ah, okay."