It was on this day that everyone noticed the school principal, rumored to be the protagonist, seemed to have something good happening—he smiled all day long and greeted classmates warmly wherever he went.
The students who eagerly spread gossip wondered: Did the principal even hear the rumors at school? Why is he in such a good mood?
Only Makoto knew what the principal was thinking: My most glorious moment has finally been known by everyone.
In the afternoon club activities, Makoto received news from Hayato. The latter had already helped contact extras, and since they were all minor roles, the prices were very low.
With this, the cast was completely finalized.
In the club, apart from the protagonist Ichika, only Makoto would act as supporting roles.
"I heard a very strange piece of news today."
In the club room, Ichika propped her chin on her hand, curiously looking at Makoto.
Nearby, Yukino also looked up: "I heard it too."
She was more straightforward and asked Makoto:
"Many people are saying that the principal was once a top league marathon runner. It seems this rumor started spreading from your class."
Itsuki defended Makoto: "It definitely wasn't Makoto who spread it. He was basically reading all morning, or chatting with me."
Itsuki, do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Are you paying a little too much attention to Makoto?
Ichika immediately glanced over.
Yukino's beautiful eyes were still fixed on Makoto: "Is that true?"
Makoto said, "Looks like I need to clarify — this rumor did not start from my class."
The girls nodded: "Looks like it really is a rumor."
But then Makoto said, "The person who started spreading the news in the first place was actually me."
The girls: "?"
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Near dismissal time, it started to rain outside, and the temperature dropped quite a bit.
Makoto hadn't brought an umbrella. Since he wasn't in a hurry to go home, he simply watched the rain downstairs.
Before he crossed over (to this world), there was a lyric that had been very popular: The most beautiful thing isn't a rainy day, but the eaves where you once hid from the rain with someone.
He thought with his current situation, the eaves to hide under probably couldn't fit that many people...
"Didn't you bring an umbrella?"
Suddenly, a pleasant female voice came from behind.
Makoto turned and looked at Yukino holding an umbrella: "Did you check the weather forecast in advance?"
Yukino said lightly, "Since you're good at Chinese, you should have heard the idiom: 'Prepare for a rainy day before it comes.'"
"Are you trying to brag that you're more careful than me?"
"Isn't that true?"
Yukino shook the umbrella in her hand.
Rarely finding a chance to tease him, the girl definitely put some force into it.
After all, this bastard had stolen her first kiss.
But surprisingly, this time Makoto didn't argue back, but agreed: "That's a good thing. You should keep it up."
Yukino's face showed hesitation: "You're acting a bit unusual."
"You're the one acting unusual."
Makoto took out his phone and opened their chat history.
Yukino's morning and goodnight messages stood out prominently.
"Look, in the past few times you sent greetings, you sometimes added an emoji, but you haven't done so in the last couple days."
He sighed deliberately: "Who's going to make up for my lack of cute emojis?"
Just as Yukino was about to reply, he cut in: "There's one more thing that shows how unusual you are."
"For example?" Yukino stayed calm.
"If you don't have anything to ask me, you never initiate chatting with me online, right?"
"What kind of stupid question is that? Why would I reach out to you if I have nothing to talk about…"
Before Yukino finished, she froze.
In the past, it was normal not to reach out when there was nothing important.
But now it's different.
He not only played with her legs but also occasionally played with her underwear when she got up.
And kissed her.
Twice!
Can their relationship still be called just friends?
Obviously not.
They already kissed, yet rarely chat online — that's abnormal.
Yukino actually understood that after school everyone went home separately, and she sometimes felt the urge to chat with him.
But she didn't know how to start.
Should she send a simple "Are you there?"
Because Makoto always liked to joke, she remembered he once said:
"If you start chatting online with someone you like by saying 'Are you there?', you're basically a clown."
She thought that sentence was dumb.
But thinking carefully, she really didn't know how else to start a chat except "Are you there?"
Their relationship had become utterly ambiguous.
"I don't really like chatting online,"
Yukino finally gave a reluctantly reasonable answer.
"It's more that you're not good at it," Makoto smiled.
Yukino pressed her lips and stayed silent.
She really wasn't good at it.
Nowadays students use all kinds of crazy emojis online, but she only had a few cute panda emojis.
And she collected those specially.
The only person who had ever received her emojis was Makoto.
She actually wanted to know what he thought.
For example, were her emojis really cute?
Because she only sent them to him, shouldn't he give some feedback?
But until now, she never said these words out loud.
In summary: she was a little shy.
At that moment, she heard Makoto say: "I just remembered something. The few emojis you sent me seem to have duplicates."
Yukino's expression didn't change: "So?"
Makoto asked: "Do you only have these four panda emojis, or do you just like to use these?"
Yukino thought he was about to tease her again, and her beautiful eyes darkened. Before she could respond, he laughed:
"Honestly, these emojis are pretty cute, but still a bit worse than you."
Yukino: "…"
At that moment, she felt her heart race a few beats.
This guy never plays by the rules!
He never gave feedback before when she was waiting for it.
Now she thought he was about to argue but suddenly he gave her a warm strike.
Yukino turned around, opened the umbrella, and faced away from him, saying,
"Thanks for the compliment, but if you want to praise me next time, remember to use fresh words because I'm already tired of the word 'cute.'"
Makoto looked at her beautiful back: "Although you look cool when you argue back, your secretly shy look is really adorably awkward."
Has this guy bought a house in my heart?
Does he know me a little too well?
Yukino didn't move, her cheeks flushed.
If this were a cartoon style, she might shrink into a dried-up little sister figure from embarrassment and shyness.
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