Chapter 376: Chapter 373: She’s Not as Cute as You
"Why isn’t Shirakawa speaking?"
"I’m thinking about Hayakawa’s strengths."
"Oh? Is that so? Seems like my strengths are few then."
"That’s not it at all, Hayakawa has so many strengths: smart, beautiful, confident, cute... I’m considering which ones to choose to best describe you."
"So, which ones did you choose?"
Shirakawa Sawahei thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "I can’t decide. Each of them seems to represent you, but at the same time, none of them capture you fully."
Miss Kaori pursed her lips and said noncommittally, "Shirakawa, your complimenting skills seem to have made astounding progress after taking a few days off."
"However, corresponding to that, Hayakawa has a lot of weaknesses too."
The Evil Little Arrogant’s eyes were sharp as she said indifferently, "Then why don’t you tell me?"
"If I tell, will you change?"
"No."
"Then what’s the point?" Shirakawa Sawahei spread his hands, "There’s no happy ending anyway."
Hayakawa Kashi let out a cold laugh, with a chilly gaze carrying a hint of an elusive meaning, as if scrutinizing the old scoundrel in front of her. Finally, she spoke, "Since Shirakawa won’t take the initiative, let’s play a game."
"From now on, please point out one of my shortcomings. If I agree with what you say, I’ll treat you to a meal."
"Silver cod?"
"Hmm."
The old scoundrel recalled the silver cod master’s skills, coughed lightly and said, "Hayakawa... has a strong competitive spirit."
"Reluctantly counts as a shortcoming." Miss Kaori nodded, "I owe you a meal."
"Next, please point out another one, same rules. If you’re right, I’ll treat you to a drink."
Although the reward was completely incomparable to the previous one, the chance to exploit Miss Kaori wasn’t frequent, so of course Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t miss it. He thought for a bit and said, "Frequently mocks friends, does it count?"
"It counts."
The Evil Little Arrogant chuckled lightly, "Then continue, say another weakness, this time the reward is a piece of chocolate."
A piece of chocolate? What’s the point of getting such a reward? Compared to the previous rewards, it’s completely tasteless...
Forget it, forget it, anyone who wants to say it can say it, who is this little mosquito leg going to satisfy anyway?
"I don’t even like sweets..." Shirakawa Sawahei was about to say something, then paused, slowly realizing.
"Hayakawa?? Are you using psychology to trick me?"
"Hmm? Did you realize it?" Miss Kaori regretfully said, "I was hoping you didn’t know anything about that theory..."
"I take back what I just said." Shirakawa Sawahei, with clenched fists and hardness +10, said angrily, "Using the foot-in-the-door technique on friends, Hayakawa, this can’t be described as a simple flaw anymore."
"Looks like Shirakawa has accumulated some dissatisfaction with me..."
"Isn’t Hayakawa misunderstanding? Clearly, it’s a lot of dissatisfaction."
"Is that so? It must have been tough for you then."
Shirakawa Sawahei took a step closer to study the girl’s pretty face, while Hayakawa Kashi calmly met his gaze without flinching.
"Miss Kaori, do your family know about your sassiness?"
"They do."
Shirakawa Sawahei chuckled lightly, not quite knowing why, despite Hayakawa Kashi rarely showing her softer side in front of him, he found the sassy Evil Little Arrogant adorable beyond belief.
"I think I understand now why Kaori isn’t as popular as you."
"Why?"
"Because she’s not as cute as you... in every sense."
The girl’s eyes carried a hint of a smile, "Is that a compliment?"
"Exactly."
"Then, thank you."
"You’re welcome."
Hayakawa Kashi leisurely turned her gaze away and softly said, "Hmm, I originally thought that the reason Shirakawa isn’t interested in Kaori is primarily because you’re not a Lolita connoisseur."
"..."
"Hayakawa! I think you have a very deep misunderstanding about me too."
"I know, but I won’t change it."
"..."
Two key planners left the field one after another, leaving the couple’s basketball game in the stadium continuing cheerfully. Whether they came for that elusive legend or just to show off love publicly, the sports festival planned by Shirakawa and the Little Arrogant left a deep impression on everyone’s hearts.
With that, a unique sports festival drew to a close, and when Shirakawa Sawahei returned to the stadium, the small group including Tsukimi sakurazawa was still waiting for him. As he returned, the Whimpering Monster immediately grabbed Shirakawa Sawahei’s sleeve and took a sniff.
"This is the scent of another woman... Shirakawa, did you just... hey... that’s unfair, can’t you just play along with me?"
"Play what? The cheating husband? I told you to watch less mindless soap operas." Shirakawa Sawahei said irritably, "Let go quickly, pulling and dragging, do you want to start a scandal?"
"It’s okay, we’ve moved beyond the scandal phase now~ Remember when we were in first year, there were so many rumors about us..."
"Huh? In first year! So it was Sakurazawa and Shirakawa spreading rumors?" The Fishy Girl said in shock, "I always thought Hayakawa was the rumor queen with Shirakawa..."
"Haha~ Back in first year, a lot of people were envious of Shirakawa, especially since he was the only guy in the Calligraphy Club... Every time the activity room’s door was closed, I always felt worried and afraid..."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Wasn’t I the one who insisted the door stay open for club activities? And here you are turning the tables on me, that’s just like you, Tsukimi Sakurazawa.
"Let’s go, there are no classes today, we can go home early."
"Huh? Shirakawa, I still want to look around a bit... The group activities during the sports festival make great material..." The Fishy Girl was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "Why don’t we walk around the playground together?"
"Rejected. I haven’t gotten over earlier during tug-of-war."
"Just for a bit... Watching them clean up might end up being a lovely memory too, right?"
"Exactly, that’s what I think too!" The Whimpering Monster chimed in immediately, "Let’s walk around together."
"I’m going too!" The Black Hearted Lolita, who had just been briefly kissed by Hayakawa Kashi and hadn’t even had time to ask Shirakawa Sawahei about it yet, could hardly let him go home so easily.
Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the time on his phone and then at the eager faces of the girls, unable to help but hesitate a little...
As a righteous male lead, how could he so easily let the girls decide for him?
Shirakawa Sawahei was thinking just that when he saw the hopeful look on Tachibana Tomoku’s face, and the determination that had just surfaced in his heart once again disappeared...
"Well... just for a while?"