Lunchti ended.
After school.
In Class 2A.
Hayasaka Ai looked at the warm afternoon sunlight outside the window, then turned to look at Sakurai Saki who was cleaning the blackboard at the front.
He had a focused expression, casually raised his arm, and wiped away the chalk marks on the board.
'Kaguya-sama actually made him blush?'
(≖_≖ )
Regarding the email from Shinomiya Kaguya, at first, Hayasaka Ai didn't believe it at all.
Because, co on, we're talking about Shinomiya Kaguya here! Soone nad Shinomiya Kaguya could absolutely never make a guy feel shy. If she were scaring soone half to death, that'd be more believable.
Any guy who gets glared at a few tis by her would be shivering in fear—Shinomiya Kaguya is exactly that kind of strong-willed beautiful girl.
Ishigami: (ó﹏ò｡) Umu umu
Unfortunately, the evidence was clear. In the photo, Sakurai was blushing so hard he had to use his phone to shift attention away.
Even Hayasaka Ai had never seen him so flustered before.
'Looks like I need to play my hand.'
Dragging this out won't do any good.
If she don't make a move now, am her supposed to wait until he already has kids to swoop in?
Ai-chan's not interested in n who already have families, thank you very much.
As she thought about how to confess, she moved the desks and chairs, arranging them neatly—today the two of them were on cleaning duty.
Only she and he were left in the classroom now—a perfect chance to confess.
When it cos to love, Hayasaka Ai is very straightforward. She doesn't care who confesses first, or who loves more.
As long as you already like soone, don't give up. At the very least, try once—if not, you'll regret it!
You'll definitely regret it!
Humans are creatures that are really good at [regretting]—
Regret not working hard when you were young, regret love that slipped away, regret missed opportunities…
Almost everyone has sothing they regret.
Hayasaka Ai didn't want to grow old and regret.
When that ti cos, with gray hair, no longer youthful, sitting alone on a swing and watching the sunset, thinking—[If only that afternoon, I had thrown away all thoughts, not worried about the future, and just focused on the present, how great that would have been.]
[If only back then, he and I were together, sharing happiness, living out the rest of our lives.]
[How wonderful that would have been.]
Hayasaka Ai didn't want a future like that!
( ｡ •̀ ⤙ •́ ｡ ) 🇽NO
The more she thought, the more hesitation built up.
Hayasaka Ai didn't want to wait any longer!
Whatever happens with the Shinomiya family, whatever happens with the maid-and-bodyguard job, none of it matters.
After he had seen her true self, after he had seen that side of her, after he had witnessed that deepest, rawest desire inside her…
And still stood by her side…
Hayasaka Ai felt—maybe, aside from Sakurai, there's no one else.
Resignation or anything else can wait—there's still a long future ahead for the two of them.
Sakurai Saki finished wiping the board. He turned his head and saw the girl lost in thought:
"What's wrong, Ai-chan?"
( ╹ -╹)?
Hayasaka Ai snapped back to her senses, and caught sight of his smile.
Just in that instant, her pale pink cheeks flushed slightly like cherry blossoms, and her heart beat faster.
A girl in love. Her whole heart was hanging on the person she liked. She wasn't thinking about anything else at all.
Just like how Sun Wukong had the golden headband tightened, girls beco weaker, but also more bashful and adorable than ever.
Sakurai Saki sensed that she had sothing to say.
"Do you want to tell sothing, ow?"
He said while tidying up the items on the teacher's desk.
Putting the chalk back in place, his voice was casual:
"If it's about tonight's ga, I actually found a new co-op ga yesterday that we can play online…"
Hayasaka Ai slowly walked toward the teacher's desk.
Sakurai didn't pay too much attention, so he didn't notice her steps were very slow, nor did he realize how much courage it had taken her to get to this point.
To Hayasaka Ai, this was an incredibly important mont—the mont that would lead her life into a new phase.
As for Sakurai Saki, this might've been the first ti soone (Human) directly confessed to him—he just didn't realize it yet.
"That rain this morning, I thought it'd last till evening ow, but didn't expect it to clear up by noon. Now it's all sunny outside, the sports clubs have already started warming up and training on the still-damp tracks and grassy fields ow..."
He turned back to look at the blackboard, checking for any leftover chalk marks, casually chatting as always.
The conversation was exactly the sa as all their usual daily chats.
But now, Hayasaka Ai no longer had the mind to pay attention to the topic.
The two of them were getting closer and closer.
Hayasaka Ai reached out—very decisively—shoved Sakurai Saki back against the blackboard.
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