Soul for a Girlfriend? Chapter 45 - You're Cute... Maybe

"I can tell." I said, while nodding and looked toward my desk. Tsun's chair was also empty. Looking at this, I asked them, "Ah, have you seen Tsun?"

"Who is Tsun?" Yasurouka tilted her head. Of course, she didn't know his first na. That question was directed towards Gaisen.

"It's Yukimura, and yeah he just left class before you ca." Gaisen replied to my question while cracking his fingers.

"Ah, his first na is Tsun... I see." Yasurouka nodded her head. It was as if she took a ntal note of it in her brain. Even though I know that she won't be needing it since she isn't close to anyone out of her group of three people.

"You don't even know the na of your classmate, despicable," I said.

"Huh!?" she said in a bitter tone as if it was ant to intimidate . "This doesn't sound good coming from you." She retorted back.

"Well, I'm not as social as you, so it's fine."

"Oh! Shut up." She rolled her eyes. I noticed Gaisen looking at both of us with curiosity in his eyes. Looked at and then towards her.

"I didn't know you two had beco such good friends." He said while looking at Yasurouka. Yasurouka was about to say sothing as she opened her mouth, but gulped down the words. She looked at through narrowed eyes and then said, "We are not friends to be specific."

"Huh?" Gaisen asked as he was clearly confused. Just a few monts before, I had a friendly argunt with her and friends who aren't really close don't really go into friendly argunts as it might end up being an actual argunt because of a misunderstanding.

"Yeah" She nodded her head while looking at it for a mont and continued, "It's more of a cooperative agreent."

Cooperative Agreent. Seriously?

Gaisen blinked his eyes in confusion and turned towards . I just gave him a shrug, which was the equivalent of saying I didn't know what she was talking about.

"Hey! Don't bail out on ." She said, while glaring at .

"When did I bail on you?" I asked her. I looked at Gaisen and it seed like he was trying to recall sothing as his hand was on his head and his eyes were locked in on the blank desk. Yasurouka was clearly embarrassed because of what she just said and her cheeks were red now.

"Co on, help out a bit." She said, and her tone evinced that her plea for help was genuine and was trying not to sound edgy.

"Well, I consider you a friend so from my part I'm clear." I said.

"Ahhhh! Yes, you are talking about that howork deal with him?" He said, pointing at Yasurouka. So that's what he ant when he said that he didn't know about our friendship. Well, I didn't expect her to share sothing la like this with him. I looked at her with a slight smile on my face.

"Don't-" she said, noticing my smile. She knew that I was up to no good.

"Yeah, you know about that?" I asked him.

"Yeah, she told about it. She was really pissed at you though because you apparently outsmarted her." He chuckled.

"Ah, I wouldn't consider it outsmarting, but ok," I said as I raised my right arm and showed them a thumb up gesture.

"She is quite competitive when it cos to studying." He said, while looking at her, who was embarrassed beyond belief at that mont. Looking at this as an opportunity for , I started with my own thing.

"Yeah, but isn't she a nice girl, Gaisen?" I asked Gaisen directly since involving a third person, that too soone who is her close friend, will lower her chances to escape this conversation. Yasurouka definitely didn't entertain the idea of this topic.

"Oh, god why would you bring this up!?" She said in an annoying tone and flipped off with the middle finger of her right hand.

"I an yeah, she has her monts." I sighed.

"Yeah but she doesn't think of herself as one." He chuckled while looking at her. She averted her eyes and mumbled sothing. I could tell she was cursing . I didn't enjoy invading soone's life since I wouldn't like it if it's done to , but my current circumstances left no other choice.

"I know, she even helped with the howork." I said while looking at her.

"Yeah, she is actually helpful, and only in studies. She has helped and Koi in a lot of matters."

Hearing Gaisen's comnt, she instantly retorted back. "That's because you guys are as dumb as a donkey. I can't leave my friends like that." She pouted.

"See." I shrugged. Gaisen raised his head and looked at Yasurouka while blinking with a frown on his face. This sudden attack of hers left him in shock. And her choice of words was also wonderful. I like this.

"I don't know if I should be happy or sad, by the way you just put that." Gaisen sighed.

Yeah, she called you a donkey." I said with a poker face, albeit I was getting a slight urge to laugh, looking at Gaisen's dumbfounded face.

"Yeah she has her way of expressing herself." He chuckled.

"Stop! talking about like that. I'm right here." She said, while punching him on the shoulder. By punch, I an a light, playful punch. "Ohh, god this is so awkward." She let out a long breath as she said the last word and then glared at . "You… you're done, right?"

"I don't know. Am I?" I smirked and shrugged my shoulders.

"You're so annoying… oh my god." She sighed while still playfully punching his shoulder.

"Why are you punching ? I didn't even do anything." Gaisen said in a manner as if he was hurt, but he was of course joking.

Yasrouka looked at him and stopped her assault. She withdrew her hands and looked awkwardly towards us.

"Hehe, my bad." She pouted while caressing the spot on his shoulder where she was punching her.

"I know you'll again curse for what I'm about to say, but you're… sotis… like rarely… you're cute." I said.

"Wh… What? You calling cute?" Her eyes moved towards and again went back to being fixated on his shoulders. She probably couldn't believe that I would ever call her cute, but here I was.

"Yeah she is. I can agree with you on that." Gaisen nodded.

"Bruh, Stop! Why are you two… ugh nevermind?" She was flustered. I could tell by the change in her tone. She removed her hands from his shoulder and pinched her temples for a monts with her eyes closed.

"What?" Gaisen said with a curious look.

She opened her mouth to say sothing but again swallowed her words back. I noticed her eyes gazing at Gaisen for a split mont and her shoulders were tensed up. Maybe this her reaction because she was bad at handling complints.

"Nothing." Her shoulders relaxed as she said that in her usual tone while chuckling. She was back in her normal composure again. I think that I made her pissed at and she wouldn't want to talk with for a few days.

I may not have gained what I expected from this conversation, but being in this conversation, I noticed sothing. Now, those could either be my speculations or legit facts. Now, it just needs a bit of ti for everything to unfold and make sense.