Chapter 331: Fujiwara Chika craves to become the monkey
When they got off the Ferris wheel.
The fireworks in the sky were still blooming, this fireworks show seemed like it would last for a whole hour.
The air carried a faint smell of gunpowder, but not too strong; the night breeze blew by and it quickly faded away.
The four of them walked to the hotel they had booked for today.
There were two rooms in total, both were double rooms.
Naturally, Sakurai Saki shared a room with Hayasaka Ai, while Fujiwara Chika shared a room with Shinomiya Kaguya.
...
Swiping the card and stepping into the room, Fujiwara Chika immediately pounced onto the bed, rolling around several times.
"So tired!!" she shouted loudly.
They had played all kinds of games during the day, and even someone full of energy like Chika-chan didn't have much strength left at this point.
"Being tired and yelling like that will only make you more tired, won't it?" Shinomiya Kaguya grumbled, then took off her coat and hung it on the rack.
"Kaguya-san, aren't you curious? Why I kissed Saki-kun." Chika raised her head, staring at the ceiling.
"Everyone in the student council can tell you like him." Shinomiya Kaguya also sat down on the bed.
Did she really think she was hiding it well?
After a few seconds of being stunned, Chika exclaimed in shock: "Eh? It's that obvious?"
"Last year you stuck to Sakurai-san playing board games for an entire year, and after starting school this year, you've always had physical contact with him — lap pillow, feeding him, holding hands… It's way too obvious." Shinomiya Kaguya listed every one of Chika's 'crimes'.
"On the contrary, I'm more curious. You know very well he's dating Hayasaka, yet you still dare to get close."
"Because… ehem, I can't tell you." Chika raised her hand to cover her mouth. Saki-kun's secret had to be protected by her.
"First of all, forget about me. Ai-chan doesn't even mind Saki-kun being intimate with other girls, so why should I avoid him?"
Faced with this answer, Shinomiya Kaguya tilted her head, thinking.
Indeed.
She could only admit, that was the truth.
If Hayasaka Ai told Sakurai Saki directly: "You're not allowed to get close to other girls, in your eyes there can only be me."
If she really said that, would Sakurai Saki listen? No — he was a very proud person, had his own opinions, and wasn't easily led around.
Hayasaka tried to make him focus by staying with him, but that method wasn't reliable at all, because a shitty man never lacks women around him — what they lack isn't women...
But shitty men are usually irresponsible, they play with feelings then run away, while Sakurai-san wasn't exactly like that.
Would he refuse?
Sorry, he would.
He even refused very directly.
'Thinking carefully… wasn't I the one who threw myself at him first?' Shinomiya Kaguya realized a terrifying truth.
As the Shinomiya family's young lady, did she actually offer herself to him first? Was that reasonable?
It should've been some guy who desperately pursued her, kept trying, and eventually won her heart, right?
Did someone switch this script?
"I like him. I don't think my feelings are inferior to Ai-chan's, I'm not inferior to her at all." Fujiwara Chika said seriously.
After speaking, she angrily ground her teeth: "Damn it! Don't let me find out who pushed Ai-chan to do that!"
┻━┻ ︵ヽ(ಠ益ಠ)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻
When Hayasaka Ai suddenly confessed, there must have been someone who pushed her! Otherwise, with her personality, how could she have made the first move?
Back then, the two of them had tacitly agreed to let Sakurai Saki be the one to confess first!
Kaguya: (,,¬﹏¬,,)
Uhm.
That person… seemed to be her?
Gomen Chika!!
Because of my willful request, you lost in the confession war. I'm really sorry!
"Kaguya-san, what's wrong with you?" Chika noticed she was spacing out and asked curiously.
Her face turned gloomy, as if she had just seen the end of the world.
"N-no… nothing." Shinomiya Kaguya decided to bury this secret deep in her heart, best to take it to the grave.
Otherwise, she probably wouldn't be able to stay friends with Chika anymore.
"Oh, alright." Fujiwara Chika flipped over, lying on her stomach on the bed, trying to find a topic to talk about: "Ah right, what do you think about Saki-kun, Kaguya-san? I see you arguing with him a lot."
"Friends, let's just say pretty close friends."
Occasionally kissing a few times.
Very normal, right?
"Close friends, you say?"
"What's so strange about being close friends?"
"Of course it's strange. Kaguya-san being close friends with Saki-kun is like singing without looking at the music sheet — it's freakin' weird!"
Fujiwara-san's way of using metaphors was pretty impressive.
"It's not as bad as you make it sound. Working together in the student council for a whole year, it's normal for the relationship to get better."
Chika immediately lowered her voice, whispering: "Miko-chan and Ishigami-kun…"
"...Your example leaves me nothing to refute." Kaguya spoke helplessly.
Fujiwara Secretary, just what are you trying to gossip about here?
Do I have to say it straight out, that I, just like you, also like Sakurai-san, to satisfy you?
Don't widen the battlefield anymore.
Right now, Shinomiya Kaguya just wanted to wait for those two, Chika and Hayasaka, to fight each other to the end, and then she would pick up the spoils — she had absolutely no intention of stepping into the battlefield.
While the two were talking—
A sound suddenly came from the next room.
"Ai-chan, why did you suddenly come in? I'm still showering…"
The sound was muffled.
A few minutes later—
The heavy breathing began to get more intense.
Fujiwara Chika and Shinomiya Kaguya looked at each other, then simultaneously covered their ears.
Shinomiya Kaguya even took out two pairs of earplugs from her bag.
Ever since that miserable New Year's incident, Kaguya had been carrying earplugs with her, just in case.
"For you."
(⸝⸝⸝-﹏-⸝⸝⸝)づ♡
"Thanks."
(⸝⸝⸝> ▵ <⸝⸝⸝)
Just waiting like that, both of their faces gradually turned red.
They realized that even though there was only one wall between them, the earplugs were completely useless — in fact, because the sound was partially blocked, their hearing had become even more sensitive.
The voices of those two, the sound of running water, the moaning — everything could be heard clearly.
Tonight was destined to be a night of torment.
...
The next morning, Hayasaka Ai was clear-headed, refreshed, smiling brightly while eating breakfast.
But the two people sitting opposite her had terrible expressions.
( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝) (≖_≖ )(≖_≖ )
Last night, Chika had no less than one impulse to launch a "night raid," but in the end, she still didn't dare — she had no experience in that kind of thing, going would only make her suffer.
Shinomiya Kaguya, on the other hand, was just collateral damage — in fact, what she suffered yesterday was even worse than Chika's, a true case of evil deeds coming back around.
"Chika, what's wrong with you?" Hayasaka Ai pretended to be innocent, "Did you not sleep well last night? This hotel has everything nice, except for the soundproofing."
( ≖⩊≖) (≖_≖ )
"Yeah, there was a bitch monkey screaming so loudly I was afraid I wouldn't hear it." Fujiwara Chika replied sarcastically.
"Ohya, poor thing~ Some people aren't even as good as the bitch monkey, just hiding in the corner listening to others scream." Hayasaka Ai chose the strategy of "hurting the enemy eight hundred, hurting herself three thousand."
"Who said that? If I wanted to, I could pin Saki-kun down right—"
"Right where?" Sakurai Saki came over carrying a tray of food.
He had the feeling someone was lusting after his body.
"Next week, let's go on a date, just the two of us," Chika said sweetly to Sakurai Saki.
"Alright. But it has to be before the semester starts."
Hayasaka Ai stayed silent.
Did Chika think her first time would be all fun and games?
Hmph, when it happens, it's gonna hurt like hell!
'You'll be crying then.'