Today ended uneventfully, with Hiratsuka Shizuka's usual farewell, and the students in the classroom scattered quickly.
Akagi, too, hurriedly said goodbye to a few classmates before rushing off, likely for soccer club practice.
Today, Shin didn't do much else besides attending class and chatting with gumi Kato—chatting face-to-face during breaks and texting during class when he had a mont.
To be honest, after a whole day of talking, Shin and gumi Kato had definitely gotten closer.
It was as if gumi, who seed like she hadn't found a good conversation partner for a long ti, opened up to Shin about all sorts of things, venting her pent-up need for conversation.
Perhaps out of understanding gumi's situation, Shin went along with it and had a great conversation with her.
But even though they talked a lot, gumi still kept that calm expression during face-to-face conversations, and her tone revealed no hint of emotion.
It was a long-standing habit of hers, and Shin didn't expect gumi to suddenly beco expressive in just a day; as long as she didn't continue down the path of becoming entirely expressionless, he was fine with it.
However, Shin was slightly worried that gumi seed to only talk to him now. If this kept up, would she end up only showing emotions in front of him?
A beautiful girl who's cold to others but shows her feelings only in front of him... Hmm, that actually sounds kind of intriguing.
After saying goodbye to gumi and a few other classmates, Shin picked up his bag and left the classroom, ready to head ho.
Going to the Service Club yesterday had been a special case; normally, he was in the "Go-Ho Club"—in other words, he went straight ho after school.
But just as he reached the school gate, his phone chid with a notification—soone had sent him a ssage.
"Could it be that gumi wants to chat again so soon?"
At the sound of the notification and the vibration in his pocket, Shin's first thought was that gumi had contacted him again.
You couldn't bla him for thinking that; after spending the whole day chatting with gumi, it was natural that any notification made him subconsciously think it was her.
For soone who's often ignored, finding soone who genuinely pays attention to them can bring an outpouring of emotion that's hard to control.
Shin stopped, pulled out his phone at the gate, and was ready to reply to gumi, as he'd done during class today. But upon closer inspection, he realized sothing was off.
It wasn't gumi who had ssaged him—it was soone he hadn't expected at all.
Yukinoshita Yukino: "Why didn't you co to the Service Club today?"
"Huh?"
Shin was stunned, not expecting a ssage from Yukinoshita Yukino.
He hadn't considered the possibility since Yukino usually seed quite cold and didn't seem like the type to reach out to a guy.
But Shin guessed it was likely because Yukino wanted to follow up on the request involving Akagi and Tamiya Shion.
"Didn't we already confirm the plan? Why does she still want to go to the Service Club?"
Feeling confused, Shin replied to Yukino—ignoring her ssage wasn't an option, since reading the ssage on LINE would show the "read" status to the other party.
If he left her on "read" without replying, it'd co across as impolite, and Shin wasn't so clueless young lady using a smartphone for the first ti; he naturally wouldn't do sothing so lacking in social finesse.
Still, he couldn't quite understand why Yukino wanted him to co to the Service Club again. He wasn't even a mber, and there was only so much she could rely on him to help out.
"To refine so of the plan's details; it's easier to discuss it in person."
Yukino replied almost imdiately, with a well-reasoned answer—after all, Akagi was Shin's friend, so Shin didn't mind putting in so extra effort for him.
"No one else is in the Service Club."
Perhaps sensing Shin's potential reluctance, Yukino added another line to reassure him.
Still, her ssage ca across a bit strange, almost like she was saying, "No one else is ho," which gave it an oddly ambiguous feel.
Though Shin knew Yukino likely didn't an anything strange by it, it was hard not to read into it a bit.
"But how did she know I wasn't planning to go to the Service Club?"
Putting away his phone, Shin felt a bit intrigued by Yukino's sharp intuition—he had only just reached the school gate, and Yukino had already guessed he wasn't heading to the Service Club?
Thinking this, Shin looked back towards the school building, and with his sharp eyesight, he quickly spotted Yukino's profile in one of the windows, her gaze fixed on the school gate.
Realizing she'd been caught, Yukino hurriedly closed the window, her slightly panicked attempt to hide making Shin smile.
So she'd noticed him heading towards the gate and quickly ssaged him to co to the club.
Even soone as cold as Yukino had her cute monts.
Since he was only going ho to play gas, Shin decided to turn around and head back to the school, ready to visit the Service Club and see what further plans Yukino wanted to discuss.
Yukino was a beautiful girl, after all, so discussing things with her wasn't exactly a burden; if Akagi had ssaged him at this hour, he'd probably only have replied with a "get lost."
Arriving at the Service Club's door, Shin knocked, and Yukino's cool voice invited him in.
He entered to find Yukino waiting, looking every bit as composed as usual, though her ears were slightly red.
Probably embarrassed about being caught watching him at the gate.
"No requests from other students in the Service Club today?"
Shin found a chair, looking curiously at Yukino.
Yukino calling him here showed her dedication to their accepted request, but it also implied she was relatively free at the mont.
If there were other requests to handle, she likely wouldn't have called him over.
To be continued...
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