Chapter 7: Shimizu-senpai's Attack 3
"Declare war?" I don't understand.
"That kid suddenly came to me at a party in Imperial City yesterday and told me to give up the bet, and said that he would make sure Xiao Liu's academic performance passed the passing line. He really underestimated me, bastard!" Xiushu, who was wiping the sweat off his face with the back of his hand, suddenly looked at me intently, then suddenly reached out and ruffled my hair.
“Ahhh, stop it—what are you doing?” I slapped Hideki’s hands, and finally got him to let go of his evil claws that were tormenting me.
"I'll teach you a lesson!" Hideki crossed his arms and said to me with a serious frown.
Teach me a lesson? Please, make sure you stand on your own position first.
"That guy Yang doesn't usually pay attention to anyone. Amakusa must have said something to him... In the end, it's all your fault for not agreeing to date me!"
"Me again?" I almost jumped up.
How can everything be blamed on me? It was Hideki himself who said that night that he would give him an answer after I thought it through. Although it was because I kept silent, at least he said he would give me time!
You bastard big bad wolf, you don’t keep your word!
"Yang is not easy to deal with. Although he looks cold and indifferent, he is able to become the Emperor of Fengzhiya. If he wants to snatch you, a stupid duck, from me, it will be a bit tricky."
What's the tricky part? And who's the dumb duck? I'm so pissed off that I want to bite him to death.
"Tsk, there's no other choice but to compete with him openly. Wait..." The guy suddenly made a gesture for silence and tilted his head as if listening to something.
Then he grabbed me and jumped into the bushes nearby.
"Hey, you..." I only had time to say these two words before Hideki covered my mouth.
The bushes are making my whole body itchy and uncomfortable. Why did you bring me in?
"Shh! They are coming--" Hideki leaned behind me and said softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, I heard faint voices and footsteps slowly approaching. When the sound got closer, I realized it was from Hideki's fan club.
"I'm so angry. I don't know where Hideki has gone to again?"
"Yeah, have you noticed that he seems to be avoiding us these days..."
"Yes, she disappeared after school!" The girls' complaints were getting closer and closer, and I looked at Hideki in surprise.
He hasn't been with them recently?
"Although Hideki didn't say why, it must be related to that Oshima Ryu!"
"I think so."
"I really don't understand what tricks that girl used. Just this morning, Senior Qingshui from the Art Department confessed his love to that girl!"
"Senior Shimizu has always been very cold towards girls, how could it be..."
"I'm so angry!"
The girls, filled with strong resentment, passed by the bushes. I held my breath and did not move. By the time they were far away and Hideki pulled me out of the bushes, my legs were numb.
"It's all...it's all because of you!" I glared at Hideki.
"What?" Hideki frowned and his eyes widened.
What a scary big bad wolf, woo woo woo...
"It's all your fault. Now I'm covered in leaves!"
I originally wanted to say that it was all because of him that these girls hated me so much, and they might even stab me behind my back, but when I saw the vicious look on that guy's face, I had to swallow the truth that was about to come out of my mouth.
"Tsk, just pat it off!" Hideki's expression softened a little, and he reached out his hand to gently pat the bush leaves off my body.
There were also some dead leaves on Hideki's woolen coat, mostly on his shoulders and chest. I subconsciously reached out to help him pick them off.
One piece, one piece, and another piece...
My face suddenly became hot when I realized that Hideki had stopped at some point and was quietly looking down at me picking leaves off his clothes.
The movements of his hands gradually slowed down, and he didn't know whether to stop or continue.
"Duck Duck..." Hideki's voice sounded in my ears with indelible tenderness.
"Huh?" My head drooped lower and lower, not daring to look at him.
"You look so gentle now."
Suddenly, my already hot cheeks started burning.
My mind was a mess and I couldn't think at all.
Ever since that night when I accompanied sick Hideki back to his villa-like independent apartment, I haven't been so intimate with him for a long time!
The sound of the heartbeat was so loud, it seemed to be hitting my eardrums directly.
"Hey!" Hideki suddenly called me again.
"What?" I lowered my head and spoke weakly.
"sorry!"
Huh? I looked up suddenly. What had provoked this guy to apologize? How scary!
"Did you have a fever before and take the wrong medicine?"
"You took the wrong medicine, idiot!" Hideki growled at me in a low voice. I subconsciously shrank back and the guy immediately stopped talking.
He looked at me silently for a long time, then with a helpless expression on his face, he reached out and held me in his arms.
Thinking of what the girls had said before, the hand that had been extended stopped moving and just lay quietly on his chest.
That night he told me, “Trust me, I will only watch you, like I said before.”
As if he knew I wouldn't believe him, he added, "I will definitely do it this time."
As a result...it seemed like he really did what he said.
Being quietly held by Hideki, even now, my heart is still beating fast because of that promise.
"I'll take care of Yang's problem...I promise!"
"Hmm..." I nodded slightly.
Although I didn't quite understand what Hideki meant by "foreign things", whether he was referring to Shimizu-senpai's confession to me or something else, I still responded subconsciously.
Now, let us enjoy this rare peaceful time!
Being able to stay with Hideki so quietly is like a dream.
