After deciding to give up, I became popular

Even if she's not qualified to comment on your relationship, isn't it too much to flaunt your affection in front of her?

"Have you two finished talking?"

Summer River Symphony came back to his senses, only then remembering that there was still Yukinoshita behind him, "Uh, have a seat first..."

After Summer River Symphony took his seat first, Eriri sat down right next to him. Yukinoshita Yukino silently watched their movements, finally sitting across from them. Without saying anything, she began to eat her breakfast slowly and methodically.

Eriri, on the other hand, took the sandwich Summer River Symphony handed her and began to eat it in small bites.

Only Summer River Symphony looked back and forth between the two for a long time, feeling that the atmosphere was somewhat strange, unable to pick up his chopsticks.

"..."

"..."

"Speaking of..." Just as he was about to say something to start a conversation, Eriri suddenly spoke up.

"Symphony..."

In a place Yukinoshita Yukino couldn't see, Eriri gently tugged at his sleeve, lowered her head, and whispered to him, "I'm a little thirsty..."

"But didn't you say you didn't need milk?" Summer River Symphony retorted.

Eriri: "..."

She did say that, but the meaning was completely different.

But there was no way, not wanting to leave the two of them alone, she had no choice but to give up. But after eating a few more bites, she couldn't take it anymore.

"Ugh... choke, choked..."

Already absent-mindedly worried, now encountering something even more uncomfortable, the little blonde was so anxious she was about to cry.

"! Quick, drink this." Summer River Symphony quickly pushed his portion of the soup over.

Eriri took it and drank several mouthfuls before she felt relieved. After putting it down, she blinked hard. Although she felt better physically, an inappropriate thought popped into her head—"Isn't this going to be an indirect kiss?!"

Not that it was happening now, after all, Summer River Symphony hadn't even tasted it himself yet. She could only say that she drank the first soup, otherwise, with this little blonde's potential, she would have blushed and heated up to become a steam princess in minutes, and others would see through her little thoughts.

"Are you feeling better?" Summer River Symphony asked worriedly, seeing her pretty face flushed, he thought it was a sequela of choking.

"N-no, I'm fine..." Eriri gently shook her head, then raised her eyes to look at Yukinoshita, who was sitting across from her.

The other side was still slow and methodical, very elegant. Although she seemed to have glanced over just now, she withdrew her gaze after she was out of danger, appearing very dignified.

She didn't seem to care about her interaction with Symphony at all.

So, she wasn't discovered? Eriri thought.

She didn't know whether to say the other party was too slow or what, actually not even noticing her little thoughts and actions as a rival in love. If it were that fat woman, she would definitely start mocking her at this moment, saying something like—

"That's nice, using the excuse of choking to have an indirect kiss with someone, a certain blonde loser is finally getting the hang of it?"

Even if she didn't mock her, at least she wouldn't be like she was now, completely indifferent... Could it be that she misunderstood?

Actually, there was nothing special between the other party and Symphony, and today was just a chance encounter between ordinary classmates and they just happened to be together?

Eriri had to admit that this was possible. Although her first instinct told her that things weren't that simple, it was too difficult for the simple little blonde to think about the intricacies of this. After all, her love experience only stopped at the experience of fighting with the fat woman.

And to put it bluntly, she was completely crushed in this regard. If Symphony hadn't been standing on her side all the time, she would have been defeated every time.

So what else could she do? She couldn't possibly use her experience in drawing humiliation books to fight the enemy, right? This wasn't some strange underworld!

It's half a step old and dead! The strong!.jpg

127. Where's my Tsundere Blonde?

Eriri was naturally distressed, after all, today was different from the past. She could certainly take her time and actively approach Symphony at her own pace.

But the cost of doing so was that she might not know which day, Symphony would suddenly stand in front of her with a cute girl and introduce her—

"Eriri, this is my girlfriend. In order to prevent her from being jealous and misunderstanding, let's not contact each other in the future."

"..."

She absolutely didn't want this kind of thing! She really couldn't accept this kind of situation at all.

"Guu..."

Under the depressed mood, even the shameful matter of possibly having an indirect kiss with her sweetheart was thrown to the back of her mind. She inadvertently began to imagine the terrible future of possibly being abandoned by Symphony.

So, burying her head, she took small bites of the sandwich in her hand, one hand inadvertently wrapped around the sleeve of the person next to her, clutching it tightly and refusing to let go, as if doing so could provide her with some security.

Summer River Symphony felt the abnormality, turned his head to look over, and after discovering Eriri's little action, blinked lightly, thinking that Eriri was really thin-skinned, and this little embarrassment made her unbearable.

So he reached out and gently patted the back of her delicate hand, signaling her to rest assured—it's okay, Yukinoshita-san isn't the kind of person who likes to gossip.

Feeling the itchy sensation coming from her hand, Eriri also raised her eyes and glanced over, and the next moment she discovered that the male protagonist in her fantasy was looking at her with a comforting? kind of look, and also winked at her secretly.

What does that mean? Eriri thought.

Doing such intimate things in front of others is too, too... too shameless! What if they were discovered?!

If Summer River Symphony could hear her inner voice, it would probably be like this, but—

Clearly she felt it was something she shouldn't do, but after it really happened, all that was left was a sense of shyness and... excitement.

Eriri even felt that she had transformed into the blonde character in her own book, and then Symphony was the person she was training in front of the victim... Guu!

Be more assertive, me! Don't start blushing and your heart rate accelerating just because of a mere fantasy!

"..."

"Although it shouldn't be my place to remind you, but... as the student council president, you should pay attention to your image in public interactions, right?" Yukinoshita Yukino said.

Her face wore a business-like expression, even making people think that she was just reminding her out of kindness...

Summer River Symphony thought that his little actions under the table had been discovered by Yukinoshita-san, and said somewhat awkwardly: "Y-you're right..."

Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he didn't expect it to be held back.

"This has nothing to do with Yukinoshita-san, right? Even if I'm indeed not as good as Yukinoshita-san, I wouldn't be so bad as to embarrass him when I'm with Symphony." Eriri looked somewhat angry.

Reason told her that the other party shouldn't be blaming her, but that choking tone made her immediately think of Kasumigaoka Shiwa.

Even if their personalities and figures were different, and even the way they spoke wasn't completely the same, she immediately understood the core of it—this guy is definitely a love rival!

In that case, she didn't need to be so polite to the other party.

After all, no matter how cute the other party was, no matter how good her voice was, the two of them couldn't become good friends... unless the other party was willing to be her model like Hui.

In the past, she had paid too much attention to superficial relationships, which was why Symphony had distanced himself from her. Now she had realized who was truly important to her.

A high-quality best friend was far better than a group of superficial acquaintances.

Not to mention that he was her favorite sweetheart. She would never let go this time.

"Since Yukinoshita-san herself knows that it's not your place to comment, then who Symphony wants to associate with is none of your business, right? This is his own freedom, and neither you nor I are qualified to interfere." Eriri frowned, her tone unkind.

In fact, she wasn't good at arguing with people, but after spending so much time with Kasumigaoka, she had learned a little from her, but due to her own reasons, she couldn't say anything too "dirty".

"Indeed, Yukinoshita-san is very cute and has a very nice voice, but that doesn't mean all boys will revolve around you. At least Symphony will definitely not be so superficial... right?" She turned to look at Summer River Symphony, casting a very confident look at him.

However, the latter looked vague.

"Ah... uh... probably..."

Of course, Summer River Symphony felt guilty, after all, there was a time when he was really completely revolving around Yukino.

Now that's great, he couldn't lie in front of the person involved.

Looking at his appearance, Yukinoshita Yukino's lips curled up slightly, and her originally inexplicably irritable mood improved a lot.

As for Eriri, she was already stunned.

Of course, she wasn't a fool, and she wouldn't be so foolish as not to understand this situation—Symphony was clearly feeling guilty!

The most ridiculous thing was that she had just talked so much, confidently said "Symphony is definitely not that kind of person", but was slapped in the face the next second...

That girl must be laughing at her madly in her heart right now?!

Eriri was so ashamed that she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

Fortunately, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't mock her, but slowly explained: "You misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

"I just wanted to say that as the student council president, you represent the face of the academy to a certain extent, and you should set an example for the students. Being so intimate in public is somewhat inappropriate. Even if our school doesn't have any love-related prohibitions, you should still pay attention to your personal image..."

Hearing this, Summer River Symphony was about to say something, but Eriri exclaimed.

"L-l-lovers!... Ehehehe... N-no, it doesn't look that way, right..." Eriri lowered her head shyly, but her heart couldn't stop rejoicing.

"..."

So Yukinoshita Yukino turned to look at Summer River Symphony, with a strange look, as if to say "Has this child always been like this?"

Summer River Symphony shook his head blankly, indicating that he didn't know either.

Logically speaking, Eriri in his impression wasn't like this. Shouldn't she say something like "W-we're not a couple! W-we just happened to meet" at this time? What's with this shy look?

So where did her big tsundere blonde go?

128. I won't do that kind of terrible thing!

"Eriri, are you... okay?" Summer River Symphony asked with some concern.

It seemed that Eriri was indeed a little strange today.

It was okay before, at least he could explain it for Eriri, just assume that she was afraid of being hated by her friends, but what about now?

He had already told her that he wouldn't hate her for this appearance, because he knew that she was just shy or embarrassed.

But now she still showed an... uh... should I say a restrained feeling?

Summer River Symphony himself didn't know how to determine Eriri's state, but subconsciously he felt that it was a bit unlike her.

Finally, after thinking about it, he only got one answer—Eriri might have a problem with her body, or she was in a very abnormal physical condition.

He wasn't just guessing randomly without any basis, but inferred with evidence. Although he had indeed lived here for so many years and had a sense of reality, he still couldn't forget that this was the world in the anime, so inevitably there might be such a situation—

Girls who get drunk suddenly change their personality; or they suddenly become soft when they catch a cold and get sick, etc.

Not to mention anything else, at least Kaguya was like this, not to mention that she usually had several postures, it seemed that she would also turn from a cold and aloof young lady into a soft and cute little girl when she had a cold, he had really seen it before, it was indeed very cute.

As for Eriri... he didn't know what was going on yet, but the necessary concern was naturally indispensable.

"Is there anything uncomfortable in your body? Or did you not sleep well yesterday?" Summer River Symphony asked suspiciously.

He himself was like this, because he was more particular about the bed, it was really difficult to fall asleep in unfamiliar places, but he was used to sleeping very little time every day, so he looked the same as usual.

"Could it be... that you have a cold and fever?" As he said, he reached out to Eriri's forehead.

After feeling it carefully, he found that it was indeed a bit hot, but it was still considered a normal body temperature for the time being.

"How do you feel yourself? Do you feel dizzy or anything?" Summer River Symphony said seriously.

I have to say that although being tsundere is also one of Eriri's cute points, sometimes this kind of personality is indeed easy to cause trouble.

Like Kasumigaoka-senpai, if she really felt uncomfortable, she would definitely not hide it and refuse to say it, but Eriri was different. Even if this little blonde really noticed that she was unwell, she would probably choose to carry it alone until her body couldn't hold on anymore and then expose it, very stubborn.

"N-no, it's nothing..." A blush appeared on Eriri's pretty face.

"I-it's just a little hot today..."

This is a lie.

In fact, she was about to faint, but it wasn't because she felt dizzy from a cold or fever, but—

So... so close? Ah! Symphony is so close!! His face is so close too!!!

!!! Speaking of which, our hands are still holding each other?!!!

W-what are you going to do??? C-could it be that you want to kiss me?! But there are still people watching!