Chapter 26: Kujo Miki walks into the activity classroom
Friday soon arrived this week. Toru Watanabe studied during the day and exercised while listening to the radio at night.
After the free trial period was up, I purchased a membership.
Watanabe Toru was not very particular about food and drink, and he seldom went out to play. He spent all the money he saved on buying books and studying.
When I was tired from studying, I kept thinking about how to deal with Kujo Miki.
He tried to avoid meeting her at school to prevent her from completely ruining his daily life.
After school that day, he went to the Human Observation Department.
Walking on the overhead corridor, I heard the sound of the wind band practicing. I experienced life and death. This week I was studying and thinking about staying alive. It always felt like the last time I heard it was a long time ago.
But he could recognize the sound of the oboe as always.
In the activity classroom of the Human Observation Department, the beautiful girl, Qing Ye Lin, who had nothing but beauty and wisdom, seemed to have pressed the pause button. She was in the same posture as when he left last time.
He took out The Great Gatsby from his bag.
"I'm returning the book to you after I finish reading it. Thank you."
"How about it?"
“I learned a lot from this book. It’s a good book. If possible, I hope to translate it perfectly one day in the future.”
"It's a big ambition."
"This is just the beginning. 'Tokyo Handsome Guy' is a much greater goal than this."
Qingye Rin sighed softly as if she couldn't bear it anymore.
"What's going on this week?" Toru Watanabe didn't care about the insult to his life ideals.
Before you succeed in doing something, you have to remain calm but full of excitement... Watanabe is such an excellent person, he can understand any truth as soon as he hears it.
Qingye Rin closed the hardcover book in her hand.
"Answer me a few questions."
"That's all? No need to trouble any other club?"
"First question," Qing Ye Lin ignored his teasing, "Do you really want to come to the activity room this week?"
Watanabe Toru was stunned: "What am I doing here?"
"To see me."
“Not at all.”
Qing Ye Lin put his hand on his chin, thought for a while, and then continued to ask: "Second question, have you often thought of me this week?"
"Why?"
"Pretty, cute, smart. Answer the questions."
"No."
"Lie." Qingye Rin smiled with satisfaction.
Watanabe Toru exclaimed "Huh?" in disbelief. He often thought of the other person?
If you think about it carefully, it seems to be the case.
I regarded her as my goal to catch up with. Whenever I felt tired from studying, I would always think about her ugly expressions when she was proud or after failure.
But these were casual and insignificant things, and he didn't regard them as "missing the other person."
"The third question is, do you like me?"
"... Honestly," Watanabe Toru was speechless, "Kiyono-san, you really should go to your mental hospital with a nice view and many small animals and rest for a while."
Qingye Rin's face turned cold: "Answer the question."
"Not at all. Not at all."
Qing Ye Lin fell into a long thought, and after a while he murmured: "Playing hard to get is really a stupid approach. Even you can't handle it."
"Playing hard to get?" Watanabe Toru reacted, "During this period, you were sometimes cold and sometimes made disgusting jokes. Are they all playing hard to get?"
"Watanabe, you're not stupid." Kiyono Rin said seriously, like a doctor informing a patient of the results of a physical examination.
After saying this, she became inexplicably proud: "I never lie, so you can hold your head high and be a man, Watanabe-san, and don't feel inferior because you only ranked third in the exam."
"What's the purpose of playing hard to get?" Toru Watanabe has learned to ignore some of the woman's words.
"Make you like me."
"Why?"
"Human observation."
"What happens after I fall in love with you?"
"Kick you out of the Human Observation Department. Liking me is a common trait among humans. I am not worth observing."
"I never fell in love with you during my three years of high school."
"You are so confident." Qing Ye Lin lifted her long hair that was as black as lead powder and said with a smile: "You better be careful, I am afraid of my own charm."
Watanabe Toru laughed: "Really?"
This is a smile full of magical colors, which makes people happy and fascinating.
Because of this smile, people will fall in love with the boy’s lips, his nose, his eyes, and eventually the whole boy.
It is incredible and inexplicable, just like the person you like shows an irresistible preference for you.
Qingye Rin was stunned for a moment, then murmured, "I see."
Watanabe Toru didn't hear clearly what she said. When he was about to ask, he saw Kiyono Rin slowly smiling at him.
This smile... this smile...
"Watanabe-san, are you moved?"
"No, Kiyono-san."
Kiyono Rin put away the smile that made Watanabe Toru linger like a cool summer breeze, and replaced the corners of her mouth with her usual arrogant angle.
"Watanabe-san, come on, don't let the first semester pass and you fall in love with me."
"If you keep doing this, you won't be able to live your whole life."
"Really? I'm looking forward to it." Qingye Rin said confidently.
Watanabe Toru, who was cursing [Smile·Beauty] in his heart for being useless, was about to end the topic and leave the activity room when there was a knock on the door.
Qingye Rin said please come in, and the sliding door was opened.
Koizumi Aona walked in, and the person following her made Watanabe Toru look ugly. It was Kujo Miki.
"Kiyono-san, let me introduce you to a new member: Kujo Miki-san. Kujo-san, please introduce yourself."
Kujo Miki looked at the two people in the activity room, looked at each other, and smiled meaningfully, "Interesting."
"Kujo-san, please introduce yourself," Koizumi Aona reminded again.
"Teacher, these two people know me."
"Really? That's great! I heard from your homeroom teacher that Kujo hasn't come to school for a month and is worried that you have no friends!" Koizumi Aona's pretty, naive oval face smiled.
"Teacher," Qing Ye Lin said coldly, "Please allow me to reject her application for admission."
"Why?"
"Tell Kujo-san the requirements for joining the Human Observation Club," said Kiyono Rin.
Watanabe Toru blinked.
These words were definitely not spoken to Miki Kujo. The tone was so impolite, so naturally they were not spoken to Mr. Koizumi. In other words, were they speaking to him?
"Since you are the minister and asked me to leave early, I will be your mouthpiece for once."
Watanabe Toru cleared his throat.
"First, you must read the company's requirements before the interview; second, you cannot like the manager; third, you cannot lie; fourth, you must be smart enough..."
"What stupid things are you talking about."
"Huh?" Toru Watanabe looked unkindly at Kiyono Rin who was trying to sabotage him.
"I was wrong. You are really hopeless." Qingye Rin held his forehead with a headache.
Then, she put down her hands, crossed her arms, and looked directly at Kujo Miki: "There is only one requirement for joining the Human Observation Department: I think I am worth observing."
"Teacher," Kujo Miki said to Koizumi Aona, "The school rules you just told me about, in addition to students having to join clubs, official clubs must have more than five people, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
"Then can this Human Observation Department be abolished?" Miki Kujo glanced at Rin Kiyono.
"this……"
"Kujo Miki."
"Kiyono Rin."
The gazes of the two beautiful girls with inviolable temperaments collided, and even Watanabe had to surrender to the scene.
He glanced at Koizumi Aona, who looked troubled, and said, "Teacher Koizumi, you should go back and take care of yourself first. I will tell you about the battle situation here, uh, the situation later."
Koizumi Aona hesitated for a moment, feeling that as a small consulting teacher, she was indeed of no use.
She nodded, gave Watanabe Toru a look that said 'everything is up to you', and left the activity room.
Watanabe Toru watched Koizumi Aona leave and found that the two were still staring at each other. He carefully selected the appropriate words to speak.
"Kiyono-san, Kujo-san joined the Human Observation Club because of school rules. She probably joined for the opportunity to leave early. If she joins, it will just be another ghost club member like me."
"No." Qing Ye Lin answered without thinking, "The bottom line must not be broken."
Kujo Miki put her hands behind her slender waist, looking playful and imposing: "Either let me join the club today, or the club will be abolished according to school rules."
Watanabe Toru said to Kiyono Rin: "I feel that Kujo-san is also worth observing."
Qing Ye Lin glared at him and said, "I have the final say on whether it is worth observing or not. If you have nothing to do, you can go back."
Watanabe Toru readily followed the advice and prepared to escape.
"Close the window. The wind band outside is so noisy." Miki Kujo gave the order while casually looking at the clutter in the activity room.
“…”
Watanabe Toru took a deep breath and prepared to close the window.
"You try it." Qingye Rin crossed his arms and looked at him coldly.
this.
"You two," he said as if giving up, "Can you please let me go? I'm just a poor high school student from the countryside where the bus only runs every two hours. I just want to study hard."
Qing Ye Lin glanced at him and frowned slightly: "You go back first."
Miki Kujo turned around and looked at the two of them with a devilish smile.
"no."
