The phone screen Little Arrogant handed over was filled with missed calls from Shirakawa Sawahei, along with unread notifications from LINE. Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the phone, and in his mind, he seed to picture the girl alone downstairs, watching the snow fall with an indifferent gaze.
The girl in front of him had a delicate and cold profile. She walked forward with an expressionless face, seemingly really planning to go back as she initially said. Shirakawa Sawahei, having no other choice, gave a wry smile and said, "You said from now on, you won’t be complaining... that’s not necessary, right?"
"Do you guess if anyone has ever flaked on before?"
"..."
No need to guess; guessing this would definitely be an insult to intelligence. Shirakawa Sawahei stubbornly struggled, "But you still want an explanation, right?"
"Hmm? What are you talking about? Didn’t you just give an explanation?"
"Did I?"
"You said a lot of things have happened recently, so you were late."
"That doesn’t count."
"Whether it counts or not is for to decide."
"But you waited for a long ti anyway."
"I was watching the snow scene."
"Just right downstairs at my place."
"You can interpret it that way."
Shirakawa Sawahei reached out and took hold of Little Arrogant’s small hand.
"Either way, you still ca, right?"
"Whether to watch the snow scene or wait for an explanation... Kashi, you still ca."
The girl’s pace slowed down imdiately upon being pulled. She didn’t turn back, nor did she shake off Shirakawa Sawahei’s hand. She continued walking forward, saying, "I just said, it’s because if I don’t directly complain the first ti, there may not be another chance in the future."
"So." Shirakawa Sawahei nodded, "For to have a chance to redeem myself, I hope you can stay for a while longer."
Miss Kaori finally stopped, she said nothing, and glanced sideways at the vending machine by the roadside. Shirakawa Sawahei noticed her gaze and naturally knew there was a bit of a breakthrough in Little Arrogant’s attitude, so he quickly walked over.
The girl watched Shirakawa Sawahei for a while, and as the snow gradually grew heavier, his figure stood in front of the vending machine for a mont, then he bent down to take out a bottle of hot drink.
In such cold weather, Hayakawa Kashi’s little hands were sowhat chilly. Shirakawa Sawahei, with the hot drink in hand, noticed from afar Little Arrogant glancing at the screen in her hand, her expression somber and looking quite subtle.
"Here."
The girl put down her phone, took the hot drink, and held it in her hands. Seeing this, Shirakawa Sawahei chuckled lightly and said, "I just went to your house."
Hayakawa Kashi, who intended to say sothing, frowned upon hearing this. Shirakawa Sawahei continued, "However, rest assured, I’m not here to argue that I got the location wrong... I indeed forgot about our appointnt recently."
"You already said, a lot of things happened."
"Yes, ever since Kauri, a lot has been happening." Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, "I always thought I was soone who could control myself, but it turns out I’m not very good at so things."
"And what are those things?"
"Romantic feelings." Shirakawa Sawahei admitted, "So I went to ask your father."
"You asked him?"
Little Arrogant’s face suddenly showed a hint of threat: "What did you ask him?"
"I can’t make the person I like bear responsibility for . Liking you is my issue, and it has nothing to do with you all."
"..."
"Can’t you at least react, Hayakawa Kashi?" Shirakawa Sawahei said helplessly, "I just said, I like you."
Little Arrogant looked at him directly: "But you just ntioned ’you all’."
"Them is them, but liking you is undeniable." Shirakawa Sawahei softly said, "Kashi, it seems like I’ve known you for a long ti."
"Not long, not even a year."
"Yes, clearly not even a year, yet it feels like we’ve experienced so much together. I owe you many thanks. Be it the fireworks festival, the sports day, or the woodland school..."
"Reasons?"
"What reasons."
"Reasons for liking ."
"Does intelligent, cute, and independent count?"
"So you’re a face-con?"
"Sort of, I just happen to adore your type, Hayakawa."
"And also Kauri’s type?"
Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t respond, just quietly looked at her, then took her small hand, holding the bottle of hot drink together.
"I’ve always been pondering, if Kauri liked , and I agreed to her, would you leave directly, our relationship dissolving into strangers, never to interact again... just tangled over and over, Kauri’s issue unresolved, I nearly went crazy."
"So you decided to confess to first?"
Shirakawa Sawahei nodded sincerely, "I originally intended to wait for you to confess first before considering anything else... but it seems plans can’t keep up with changes."
Little Arrogant chuckled coldly, pursing her lips and said, "Are you sure I’ll confess to you?"
"Of course not, I’m actually not confident... but the one at the woodland school, was that you who kissed ?"
"No."
"Really not?"
"I said it wasn’t, so it wasn’t." Little Arrogant’s expression turned sharp, she said indifferently: "Have you always suspected ?"
"Nope."
"Really no?"
"I said no, so no." Following Little Arrogant’s tone, Shirakawa Sawahei retorted, "Have you been suspecting too?"
"..."
Miss Kaori looked at him with profound eyes and sighed, "Have I been too good-tempered in your presence? Making you have so misconception about my wicked nature?"
"Actually, Kauri wasn’t wrong; I can be quite terrifying at tis, especially for those who don’t know their limits."
"Nothing of that sort, rather this kind of tender arrogance and manipulation is just right."
"Let’s go to the seaside tomorrow, see SpongeBob with ."
"Don’t ntion such cold jokes, Kashi... it’s December now."
"Don’t worry, it won’t freeze in December."
"I like you."
"Saying it repeatedly won’t cover up your scumbag language."
"That’s true... but I still like you." Shirakawa Sawahei said softly, "I once read a book, where a little monster used gentleness to describe this world."
"At first, I thought it was just a common idiom among Neon girls. But now, I find her description quite fitting. This world is gentle, with romantic things like wind, flowers, snow, moon, poetry, wine, tea, and flowers. But if I had to choose, among all the gentle things, I’d only choose you."
"You understand every word I wish to express, can read the desires hidden in my eyes. When I want to have fun, you’re precisely happy; when I want silence, you don’t want to talk either. The future, to many, is an elusive, intangible concept, but for , after liking you, it’s just a painting."
"Grass is seeding, wind is shaking leaves, it’s raining outside, you’re planting flowers inside."
Little Arrogant was silent for a while, then turned her sight slightly.
"I don’t know how to plant flowers."
Just as Shirakawa Sawahei was about to say sothing, the girl gently took his hand, with a slight leverage, and the hot drink fell to the ground with a thud, rolling a few tis before stopping in the snow.
"However..."
"Learning might not be that hard after all."
"....."
The next mont, the girl’s lips, soft as cherry blossoms, appeared in Shirakawa Sawahei’s view, and with the sweet kiss of Miss Kaori, along with the delicate snowflakes, landed on Shirakawa Sawahei’s lips. He was montarily stunned, subconsciously wrapped his arms around the girl’s waist, hearing Hayakawa Kashi’s uniquely clear voice, though this ti, it seed to carry a hint of arrogance.
"Also, to clarify... the incident at the woodland school wasn’t ."
"This, is truly ."
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