317,outbreak(1/2)
——"Last time Sayu-san went to Yusuke's apartment, I didn't receive any notice from everyone. In that case, why should I disclose my affairs?"
Facing Hui's rebuttal, Shiyu let out a short sneer through her nose.
"Do you understand what you are talking about? It is my right as a girlfriend to take whomever I want to take to Yu-chan. Why should I care about you, an outsider who is neither a relative nor a friend?"
"I never said that Kasumigaoka-senpai must take care of me. Of course I understand that, and I won't complain about it, let alone make any selfish, willful and unreasonable demands."
Hui paused for a moment before speaking in a firm tone and said:
"However, I am also involved in Miss Sayu's matter. Even if you refuse to admit it, Kasumigaoka-senpai, this will not change."
"..."
Shiyu curled his lips disdainfully and did not deny this objective fact.
Although she was reluctant to admit it, as someone who had personally experienced someone's decadent period, Hui did play a vital positive influence and could not be ignored.
She didn't think this was the credit of the other party alone. After all, she, Kano-chano, Eri-ri, and the Sangoshu brothers also had help.
But on the contrary, she also had to admit one thing——
That is, without this girl, someone would not have recovered so quickly.
When faced with Kato Yusuke's self-destructive state at that time, Megumi was the only being who could have an impact on him.
Perhaps from that moment on, the heroine has already obtained that special ticket to happiness, and she can only be regarded as the one who got away by luck.
'This feels really bad...'
Shiyu bit her lower lip gently, unconsciously stretched her hand to the teacup, and drank the tea in a low voice.
"Can I ask? Kato-kun."
Hasumi Kanoko suddenly spoke, filling the gap in front of her and attracting everyone's attention.
"As for what happened when we went to Kato-kun's apartment, I'm a little curious about your thoughts."
"Are you angry that Xiaoshi didn't invite you? Or do you feel sad that you were excluded by everyone? Or are you dissatisfied with Kato-kun for not telling you at the first time?"
She raised three fingers in turn and asked with interest: "Among these three options, which one is the most difficult for you to mind?"
Hui was slightly startled, "Huh? Why do you ask...?"
"Because you obviously care about this matter, otherwise you wouldn't go hiking with Kato-kun, right? That really doesn't seem like a decision that you, a cautious person, would make." Kanoko Hasumi asserted.
"..."
Megumi clasped his hands on the coffee table and said in silence, "...It's actually not that complicated. I just hope that Yusuke can report to me, contact me, and discuss it when he encounters a problem."
"Huh? No, why did the conversation suddenly turn into the workplace culture?" Ying Lili couldn't help complaining.
"But, but, "newspaper liaison business" is recognized by society and is the most effective way of communication." Hui said nonchalantly.
"Tsk, it's this rhetoric again..."
Shiyu clicked his tongue in disgust and put down the cup heavily.
"You just said before that you don't want others to judge your love. Are you going to slap yourself in the face so soon? Your words, deeds and logic are completely contradictory. You just enjoy being ambiguous with Yu-chan and let him be with you all the time.
Are you all thinking of you?"
"I didn't think about it that way! I just-"
"Just what?"
"…………nothing."
Hui shook his head slightly, but in the end he didn't say the second half of the sentence - "I've just been waiting for Yusuke to confess."
Her eyes became dim and unclear, and her fingers clenched unconsciously.
If possible, she hopes more than anyone else to end the ambiguous state with that person as soon as possible, but this is not something she can decide alone.
Hasumi Kanoko pinched her chin thoughtfully and said strangely: "If I haven't misunderstood very outrageously...Kato-san actually hopes that Kato-kun can contact you and report everything to you?"
"Eh? Wha, what? Is what Kano-chan said true? Kei——!" Eiri asked in disbelief.
"Then, that's because... Yusuke and I still have the relationship of supervisor and supervised... Is this normal?"
"Supervisor and supervisee? What is that!? I have never heard of it!"
"This, this..."
Hui picked up the tea cup hastily, drinking tea to cover up her embarrassment, then put down the cup with a "clack" and deliberately put on an impatient expression.
"After all, what we were originally going to discuss today was about the future, right? Why did it become a matter between Yusuke and me?"
Shiyu snorted coldly: "Who told you, Kato-kun, to hide so many things?"
"I didn't..." Hui reached out to the tea cup again and defended without confidence.
So Shiyu continued to press: "Oh? Didn't you come to cook for Yu-chan every week? Didn't you move secretly behind our backs? Didn't you secretly spend the night in Yu-chan's apartment?"
Eirili: "Sneaking the night away——!?"
"That, that's..."
The sudden revelation made Hui a little confused and embarrassed, not knowing how to respond, but Shiyu would not give her any chance to breathe.
"It's no use pretending. You gave me the shampoo at Yu-chan's house, right? There's also a bath towel in the closet that belongs to you, right?"
"Well...I will not make any comments or react to this matter!"
"Liar, there are so many things about Hui that I don't know..." Ying Lili murmured, feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of shocking information.
"Is there any problem? Don't you all have your own bond and time with Yusuke? Will you make them all public?" Kei said coldly, trying to end the topic.
"Are you jealous?" A sadistic smile appeared on Shiyu's face.
"So, don't think about it that way..."
"Oh? Then do you dare to swear? Do you swear that the relationship between you and Yu-chan is pure and innocent, and that you have not taken any step beyond your reach, nor have you done any physical contact between lovers, such as kissing?"
"Megumi? Have you and Yusuke ever kissed——??" Eiri yelled.
"...I already said I wouldn't make any comments, right?"
"Don't say that, Kato-san~" Kanoko Hasumi said with a smile: "We won't ask in-depth questions. You just need to answer "yes" or "yes". Please be sure to talk."
"Is there any difference between these two answers...?"
Contrary to the enthusiastic performance of the two, Hui's attitude became increasingly cold.
"I'm sorry, please tell me how many times I have to reject this topic before it ends."
Shiyu asked: "Do you find it difficult to answer?"
"Because no matter what I say, it will reveal my personal privacy, right? So I won't answer. This topic ends here..."
"In other words, in your opinion, is it better to maintain the suspicion that you kissed Yu-chan?"
"Eh……?"
"In your subconscious mind, as long as you deny the fact of kissing, there is basically no secret left. Can I understand it this way?"
Hasashi's eyes lit up when he saw Kanoko, and she sincerely praised: "Oh, it is indeed a small poem!"
Eirili held her head in worry, puzzled, "Wait a minute, Kano-chan, how do you understand this...?"
So Shiyu further explained:
"In other words, Kato-san actually thought this way from beginning to end——
I hope Yu-chan can regard her as a special being and firmly believe that she is Yu-chan's true love."
"——!"
Faced with this pointed accusation, Hui's face turned slightly pale, her lips pursed tightly, and she lowered her head in silence.
"Eh? Wait, eh -? Hui, does that really mean what you think...?" Ying Lili murmured, not wanting to believe it all.
Once this assumption is established, it means that what Shiyu told her before is true - her best friend will not allow anyone to share her love.
Shiyu asked persistently: "Did you hear that? Kato-kun, Sawamura is asking you? Aren't you going to answer her?"
A brief silence.
"...So what if yes?"
The girl slowly raised her head, a look of indifference and anger appeared on her face, and she looked directly at Shiyu.
"No matter what I think about Yusuke, it's my own business. There's no reason for everyone to use a magnifying glass to observe it, right? Kasumigaoka-senpai, can you stop meddling in my own business?"
She said in an uncharacteristically strong tone, the anger in her heart had reached such a level.
"Oh, I'm sorry you can speak to me in such a condescending tone, Kato-san."
Shiyu narrowed his eyes, and the fierceness in his heart turned into a voice.
"Obviously you are a cunning, selfish woman who is not even polite to your close friends and just wants to eat her own way. Why are you pretending to be harmless here? You shameless landmine girl——!"
Her voice echoed in the living room, as if even the air was shaking slightly, full of rage.
Even under such circumstances, Megumi still chose to fight head-on.
To be continued...