novelraw Chapter 431: Ishigami Yuu Doesn’t Want to Be Silenced
Chapter 431: Ishigami Yuu Doesn’t Want to Be Silenced
Ishigami Yuu had recently gotten used to waking up early.
He had wanted to wake up and train every day for a long time.
Ishigami really wanted to dress like a handsome guy, but spending all year cooped up at home made his aura a bit gloomy, and his body a bit thin, which made anything he wore look unfitting, so Ishigami Yuu planned to train his body first.
He supplemented protein, then carried out planned exercises. In the past month, his body had improved a lot. He believed that before long, he would be able to regain the sturdy build he had back in middle school when he was in the sports club.
"Haa~"
Ishigami Yuu looked at the alarm on his phone, set for 6:30. At the beginning it still worked, but recently it stopped being effective. Ishigami's biological clock had gotten used to the routine and would no longer be late — he always woke up before the alarm rang.
Not to mention during this summer vacation he was in an unfamiliar place, he had trouble sleeping, so he woke up extremely alert, not groggy at all.
Ishigami Yuu got up, then used his phone to send a good-morning message to Koyasu Tsubame, along with a photo of the forest scenery outside the window. Recently, he and Koyasu Tsubame had been developing their feelings quite well. On free weekends, he even took the train to meet her and hang out, and in the process he got to know a few of her university friends.
Ishigami Yuu felt that he still wasn't worthy of her yet, so he was working hard to improve himself.
A man who is working hard is the most handsome. Ishigami Yuu had always admired one person, and that was Shirogane Miyuki — the greatest proof that "effort works."
"Wash my face, wash my face…" Ishigami muttered to himself as he changed clothes and stepped out of the room.
Immediately after.
The lively, hardworking boy instantly saw a pink-haired girl sneaking out from the room next door — Sakurai Saki's room.
And judging by the sleepy look on her face, she clearly wasn't fully awake yet.
'...??'
Ishigami Yuu, what are you suspecting? Fujiwara-senpai coming out of Sakurai-senpai's room, isn't that perfectly normal… no no no, what the hell would be normal about that!?
Isn't Fujiwara-senpai supposed to be upstairs? Why did she run down here? And even if she did, it's only a little after six in the morning! Don't tell me she went into Sakurai-senpai's room just to play cards with him!
"Uwu… I'm so sleepy. Saki-kun wouldn't let me keep sleeping…"
Fujiwara Chika rubbed her sleepy eyes, then slowly lifted her head.
Last night, after talking with Sakurai Saki and Miko, she quickly went upstairs. After Miko-chan went into the bedroom, Chika began her second "night raid," and after succeeding, she hugged Sakurai Saki to sleep for the whole night. Of course, they didn't do anything, just simply hugged and slept.
But just that alone was enough to satisfy Chika. She didn't want to give up her innocence so easily. Even though Shinomiya Kaguya's "sneaking around" made her very angry, Chika still felt that a girl's first time should be treated a bit more ceremoniously.
'Eh… who's that?'
The hallway wasn't very bright due to the weak sunlight from outside. Half-asleep, Chika couldn't clearly see Ishigami Yuu's face.
But Chika wasn't awake, while Ishigami Yuu was fully awake.
He was even starting to doubt life.
Why was Fujiwara-senpai coming out of Sakurai-senpai's room? Ishigami Yuu wracked his brain but couldn't understand.
Could it be...
No no, even though Fujiwara-senpai was a woman with a terrible personality, barging into the room of a guy who already had a girlfriend — surely she wouldn't… sorry, it seems like she really would.
She was already this bad, what wouldn't she do at this point?
Ishigami Yuu, as a member of the Shuchiin student council, you have to have confidence! Your understanding of Secretary Fujiwara is correct!
"Fujiwara-senpai, why are you coming out of Sakurai-senpai's room?"
"...!!" At this moment, Fujiwara Chika was fully awake.
She had been seen. It was over. She was done for!
She had to find… right, find an excuse!
"I, cough cough, I went into Saki-kun's room just now to discuss with him the plan for this morning. I… want to, um, climb the mountain, this mountain isn't very tall, right? It feels like it would be very fun." Fujiwara Chika stammered out a string of fragmented sentences, someone who didn't know better might think she was speaking in code.
"Really?"
Right now, although Ishigami Yuu didn't really believe it, compared to Fujiwara Chika PvP-ing with Sakurai Saki, he wanted to believe what Chika said more.
Humans are always afraid of knowing the truth. The moment fantasies collapse is always unbearably painful.
Ishigami didn't care much about Fujiwara Chika, but he respected Sakurai Saki. He didn't dare believe this person would spend the night with anyone other than his own girlfriend, even though in the student council Fujiwara Chika often hugged and clung to Sakurai Saki.
... Ishigami Yuu actually already had the answer long ago, but he didn't dare accept it.
'There's no way Sakurai-senpai is a scumbag!'
While Ishigami Yuu was desperately trying to convince himself to trust Sakurai—
At the other end of the hallway, a door opened.
'Mn… it's still early, I'll go to Sakurai-senpai's room...'
Because of the confession incident last night, Iino Miko barely slept at all. Early in the morning, her mind was a mess, and an even scarier thought popped up — she wanted to go to Sakurai Saki's room and stick close to him with zero distance.
Just like that, under the horrified gazes of the two people, Iino Miko opened Sakurai Saki's door and walked inside.
"?????" x2
The two looked at each other, faces full of question marks.
What was this? Why was Miko-chan going in? Fujiwara Chika tilted her head, her right eyelid twitching.
Ishigami Yuu was also stunned. He originally thought Fujiwara Chika coming to Sakurai Saki's room early in the morning to discuss plans for the day was already illogical enough! Who knew an even "heavier" character would appear afterward!
"What is she going in there for?" Ishigami Yuu blinked.
He looked at the time on his phone — it wasn't even 6:30.
Now, Ishigami Yuu didn't even want to wash his face anymore. What he wanted most was to open Sakurai Saki's door and see exactly what was going on inside!
This was bad — super curiosity overload!
"No idea."
Fujiwara Chika rubbed her temple. She couldn't understand Miko-chan's behavior either.
Last night, listening to Miko-chan talk, she genuinely thought the girl was talking about problems related to her friends, completely failing to hear any hidden meaning.
Very quickly, one man and one woman decided to go check the situation.
"Fujiwara-senpai, the door isn't fully closed, let's look through the gap?" Ishigami Yuu, being timid, didn't dare to enter openly.
But him not daring didn't mean Fujiwara Chika — who had just come out from that room — wouldn't dare.
"No, let's just go straight in. If you don't dare, then go wash your face first."
Fujiwara Chika shook her head, then walked straight toward Sakurai Saki's door.
After a few steps, she slowly pushed the door open.
Then she stepped inside lightly.
What met her eyes was a room arranged exactly the same as a few minutes earlier. The only difference was that beside Sakurai Saki's pillow there was an extra girl — Iino Miko, hugging Sakurai Saki. Her sleeping posture was so blissful that anyone who saw her would immediately feel she was inside a beautiful dream.
"..."
Ishigami Yuu also walked in.
Then he slowly backed out, before pinching his own cheek hard.
He suspected he was dreaming.
But the pain on his face told him — he wasn't dreaming.
Before he could go back in to look again, he heard Sakurai Saki's voice from inside —
"Miko-chan seems to be dreaming. Does she have a habit of sleepwalking?"
Ishigami Yuu immediately believed that explanation — he didn't dare not believe it!
So she was sleepwalking, huh— but wait, that's not right! Who sleepwalks in the morning!? Ishigami tried to convince his brain, but his brain kept telling him something about this was wrong.
Forget it.
For this kind of thing, the more you know, the faster you die. Don't think about it.
"God of Give Up" Ishigami Yuu quickly convinced himself, preparing to use the Joestar clan's secret technique.
But before he could take a few steps —
"Why doesn't Saki-kun wake her up then? Clearly earlier I wanted to keep sleeping with you, but you used the excuse that everyone would find out to chase me back. Why is Miko-chan allowed?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but Ishigami Yuu heard every word clearly.
'Fujiwara-senpai… so you really did sleep with Sakurai-senpai the whole night? Does Hayasaka-senpai know about this!?'
Sakurai Saki answered Chika's doubt, "If Ai-chan finds out you sneaked over here, she'll definitely get angry."
"No, she probably already knows. When I left last night, I even deliberately stomped once in front of her door."
Hey! That behavior is straight-up provocation, Fujiwara-senpai, you're seriously too much!
"Just now I think I heard footsteps, who was it?"
"It was Ishigami-kun. He wakes up really early, no idea what stimulant he got injected with today. Judging by his appearance, he seems ready to go exercise, and he even has a sports watch on his wrist. But there's no sound outside now, so he's probably washing his face?"
Ishigami Yuu: "..."
It's over... am I about to be silenced?
He's doomed!
Even though he was full of curiosity, Ishigami Yuu didn't dare listen any longer. He quickly fled from this place full of trouble.
...
This morning's breakfast was prepared by Shinomiya Kaguya and Hayasaka Ai. The two woke up exactly at seven, much earlier than Fujiwara Chika — who had slept on Sakurai Saki's bed for a long time and only woke up near eight.
There was one very notable thing: Iino Miko this morning let out a soprano scream inside the villa, one that could rival the cry of a dolphin — because when she woke up, she found herself sleeping in the same bed with Fujiwara Chika.
The moment Miko-chan entered Sakurai Saki's room earlier, she was like a drunken person, completely unaware of the situation. So after waking up and discovering Sakurai Saki had "turned into" Fujiwara Chika, she was utterly shaken.
Where had Sakurai Saki gone?
He had left the room right after coaxing Fujiwara Chika to sleep.
After washing up, he even went for a one-hour jog along the small forest path.
Conveniently, he returned to the villa on time before breakfast, and was currently taking a shower.
"Uuwuuu… how did things end up like this!" Iino Miko sat in the dining room, covering her face, her entire being drowning in embarrassment.
Her sneaking into Sakurai Saki's room had been exposed!
This went completely against her usual image!
"Miko-chan can actually sleepwalk, fufu~ o'kawaii koto~" Fujiwara Chika teased.
She couldn't see the truth behind the phenomenon.
She truly believed Sakurai Saki's explanation.
"But to sleepwalk all the way to Sakurai-san's room is a bit too much." Shinomiya Kaguya commented, then noticed Fujiwara Chika giving her a strange look.
As if looking at… huh? A cat caught stealing food.
Not good.
By Shinomiya Kaguya's logic, Fujiwara Chika should absolutely not know about the filthy things between her and Sakurai Saki!
'What exactly happened that I don't know about?'
Fujiwara Chika right now was the biggest variable, even capable of dragging Hayasaka Ai down from her throne.
If things went in the wrong direction, she and Ai-chan becoming "losing dogs" was not impossible!
"Miko-chan, don't sleepwalk again next time." Hayasaka Ai seemed to see through the truth.
Her mood now was extremely calm. How to put it — it no longer mattered.
When fleas become too many, you stop feeling itchy.
Besides, as for Miko-chan — honestly speaking — her combat power was low. She wasn't even as threatening as the five Nakano sisters.
After graduation, how many times a week could Iino Miko even meet Sakurai Saki?
Rather than worrying about a kouhai destined to fail anyway, she would rather stay cautious of Fujiwara Chika. This pink-haired girl… Hayasaka Ai felt she was the type who could pull off stunts like "forcing marriage after getting pregnant," her morality bottom line was too low. You couldn't not be cautious.
"U-umu." Iino Miko felt scared.
Previously, as the kouhai of the two, she didn't feel any pressure from Hayasaka Ai. But ever since confessing to Sakurai Saki, Miko-chan suddenly felt the suppression of Hayasaka Ai — the legitimate girlfriend.
Right at that moment, her savior arrived——
"What's going on? Has everyone finished eating already?"
"No. We're waiting for you, the President and Ishigami-kun just finished eating a moment ago and went outside to clean up the BBQ grill from last night." Shinomiya Kaguya answered.
Sakurai Saki nodded and sat down, then he began talking about today's plan:
"Does anyone want to go hiking? There's a path here that directly leads up the mountainside, and there's a fully built observation deck up there, even with a telescope, you can see some pretty nice scenery."
"It's 34 degrees today, even if we're in the mountains, it won't be much cooler, right? Do we really want to go?" Hayasaka Ai felt a bit distressed for her skin, with this sun, going outside would definitely make her tan.
Shinomiya Kaguya wasn't afraid of tanning, her constitution handled sunlight pretty well, but she also had no intention of going hiking in such heat:
"There's the fireworks festival tonight, isn't there?… Do we really have to be so bored that we go hiking at noon?"
Both girls refused, and Sakurai Saki also wanted to give up for a moment; just like they said, hiking in this heat really didn't sound great.
But unexpectedly, Fujiwara Chika was very enthusiastic about it——
"We absolutely have to go hiking! Since we're already in the mountains, wouldn't it be weird not to?"
Actually, she didn't want to go at all.
But this morning, while dealing with Ishigami Yuu, the excuse that Fujiwara Chika made up was "going hiking together."
Even though she often argued with Ishigami Yuu, Chika still cared a lot about her senpai identity in front of him.
'Can't let Ishigami-kun find out… absolutely not.'
… But actually he already found out.
All her struggling now was meaningless behavior.
"Chika, aren't you really prone to tanning?" Sakurai Saki still remembered last year's summer "tanned-bread" version of Chika.
"But since we're already in the mountains, wouldn't it be weird not to?"
Fujiwara Chika picked up her chopsticks, using eating to hide her guilt.
"All right, if you're going, then I'll go with you. Let's ask Shirogane and the others later."
As soon as she finished speaking—
Shinomiya Kaguya & Hayasaka Ai: "Then I'll go too!"
Leaving Fujiwara Chika and Sakurai Saki alone together made the other two uneasy.
Just like that, under the 34-degree heat, three girls and one boy roughly decided on a hiking activity.
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