[Comprehensive] How to kill a rabid dog gently

"I said, dead handle wood..."

Cheng looked at the boy in a black hoodie sitting across from him.The person whose name was called frowned unhappily, but still reluctantly raised his head from the game console screen.

"If it's okay, don't bother me."

"I just have a few questions I want to ask."

She said unhurriedly.

"First of all, isn't your game console broken?"

"You can see it, right? Because I bought a new one!"

"So, why does the game you are playing now seem familiar to me?"

"Of course I took out the old card and used it, anyway, I was bored while waiting—"

Shikuraki stopped his mouth abruptly.

"That's right."

There was a little smile in her eyes.

"I feel a little strange recently. It seems that I have met you more often here. In this way, the person you are waiting for..."

"It is you."

To Cheng Cheng's surprise, the boy didn't immediately retort angrily, but replied in a low voice.

He turned his eyes away, and couldn't help but raise his hand to cover his expression at the moment. This flash of shyness seemed to be just a fleeting illusion, and Shigaraki quickly returned to his usual attitude.

"This is not the only place you can come, is it?"

"Well, of course not. It's just that when I opened the door of the coffee shop today, my first reaction was to look at the seat I was used to choosing, and then, as expected, you are already here... Shikuragi."

she says.

"Now I've become very used to getting along with you. It seems that if there is no you in the coffee shop, it is as regrettable as there is no coffee that I usually order on the menu."

"...I'm not used to it yet."

He lifted the handle of the coffee cup, took a sip, and then showed a disgusted expression.

"The coffee you like to drink is too bitter, right?!"

"Hey? Did Shikuraki order the same thing as me today?"

"..."

He narrowed his eyes, his own shadow was reflected in the still shaking dark liquid in the cup, his expression was unclear.

"At least, it's better than the one with too much sugar."

Cheng watched the other party curl up his little finger and hook the left hand of the cup handle in an unnatural way, and remembered another thing.

"Speaking of which, the glove on the left hand is also broken, right?"

Niigaragi couldn't help recalling the pain of the knife piercing through his palm. Even though the wound had already healed under Cheng's treatment, his left hand still trembled nervously.

Out of a mind that he didn't understand, the gloves that were torn together at that time were put away by the dead handle wood with blood stains that could no longer be washed off.

He responded vaguely.

"Then I have to order another one..."

As Cheng spoke, he leaned forward slightly, and pressed Sigang Muhang's wrist.

Her movements were very light, it was really just a gentle skin-to-skin contact, but Niigaragi's eyes widened, he seemed to be a cat who was suddenly frightened, but tried his best to maintain his calm, trying to lower his body and relax He stepped forward, but his ears stood up sharply, and even the hair on his neck was trembling.

Dead Karaki suppressed his urge to avoid, and his voice sounded a little more secretly trembling with patience.

"Hey……"

Cheng's fingertips moved upwards along the lines of his palm, and when he touched the root of Shikuragi's finger, he suddenly retracted his finger.

"Don't touch there!"

Cheng laughed, and lightly tapped his fingertips where they were.

"Are you a cat?"

Then, she spread out the teenager's fingers one by one, as gentle as a breeze and irresistible.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just confirming the size of your palm again... Boys always grow fast."

She carefully measured it with her own hand, and Niigaragi couldn't look away. Cheng's hand was soft and slender, and her skin had a soft and bright luster like pearls... But miraculously, her hand did not give people A feeling of weakness, and Niigaragi really knows how firm she is when she wants to hold something.

But compared with Shigangmu's, he seems petite. Although he is only a teenager, he can already wrap his palm around the opponent's body at this moment-but only this matter, Shigangmu will never Can't do it.

Cheng memorized the size, and let go of the dead handle, the young man fell into his own mind-wandering, and when Cheng got up to say goodbye, he suddenly came back to his senses.

Cheng, who left, seemed to have taken away the brilliance that had enveloped everything for a moment, and everything gradually revealed its hideous features.

In Shikuraki's eyes, the things he loathed still loathed him, but something was still quietly changing.

For example, he always kept the game file belonging to another person.

Like blood-stained black gloves.

For example, he arrived here an hour earlier, in the usual place, doing the usual things, it seems that in this way he can quietly keep her as a part of this routine.

Another example...

The feeling from her still remained in Shikuraki's hand, and he knocked on the wall of the cup with such a hand.

The liquid inside rippled away in circles.

He began to learn to drink her favorite coffee.

—and then, perhaps, some day in the future, to try to understand the vast world she loved.

A few months ago, Bakugo Katsuki was out of place among the students who loved "Miss Kawasaki".

And now, a few months later, he is still striking and distinctive.

"see it!"

Bao Hao excitedly turned his head to look at her, the latter smiled and gave the other party an affirmative answer.

Although it has become commonplace recently, there are still whispers in the crowd.

"Midoriya, do you feel it?" The boy who was closer to Bakugo turned his face to talk to Izuku Midoriya, "Bakugo seems to be not quite right these few weeks..."

"Ah... ah? Ask me?!"

Green Valley pulls out thoughts from the sea of ​​data.

"You mean Xiaosheng? I don't think there's anything wrong with it, and the strength is steadily improving..."

"Didn't you say that, what? I thought you would be more touched if you knew Bakugo since you were a child-it's attitude, attitude!" He emphasized in an exaggerated tone, "Recently, his attitude towards Ms. Kawasaki has changed. ...Ah, but it can’t be said that something is wrong, it’s really something wrong with Bakugo, who was at odds with Ms. Kawasaki before—anyway, look!”

Green Valley looked in the direction the other party pointed, and Bakugo was standing beside Cheng talking with her.

At this time, another classmate's test also started, Cheng's attention seemed to be diverted there, and Bakugo's expression immediately turned fierce, glaring at the classmate who was being tested, almost staggering in fright.

"...This is monopoly, right?"

Green Valley said softly.

"That's right! It's too much, isn't it! Although everyone has worked hard to get the praise, isn't it too foul for a genius like Bakugou to participate in the competition! How can Ms. Kawasaki see others..."

At this point in the indignant conversation, one of the protagonists in the discussion happened to wave to Green Valley from a distance.

"Ah, Ms. Kawasaki called me, I have to go there first." Green Valley showed an apologetic expression to the other party. "Then, goodbye."

"...Damn it! Lu Gu, you are also a shameful special class!!"

Seeing that the person who ran over was Midori, Bakugo's expression became three times worse than before.

"What are you doing here, waste time!"

"Because I'm Kawasaki-san's assistant..."

"You reminded me, I forgot that there was such a thing..."

Bakugou grinned a rather villainous smile, and took a step closer to Midoriya.

"Leave it to me, Fei Jiu, if you are sensible, you can give up now—"

"Oh no."

Before Baohao finished speaking, his forehead was poked.The woman's fingertips lightly tapped the middle of his forehead, and then exerted a little force. He subconsciously fell silent, and unconsciously fell backwards following the soft force, taking two steps back.

"Since it has been decided that Green Valley will be my assistant, and if Green Valley himself does not object, I will try my best to defend Green Valley's wishes."

"……But."

Green Valley's expression became a little struggling, probably because he had made a lot of determination, he said to Cheng.

"If it's Xiaosheng, maybe he's more qualified to be an assistant than me, so if you like him more, I... also..."

When it came to the last few words, Izuku Midoriya almost found it difficult.

"Green Valley, everyone has areas they are good at and not so good at. For example, can you imagine Baohao patiently collecting experience feedback from classmates?" , This is really one of the best decisions I have ever made - I have seen your incredible talent in at least one area."

Cheng smiled slightly.

"There will be more and more surprises like this that happen to you. I have a hunch."

"Miss Kawasaki..."

"So, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter if you don't give in to some things... Ah, anyway, you are really tired of being my assistant..."

"no!"

Green Valley hurriedly raised his voice to express his attitude.

"I've never thought about it this way—there are still two months..." he said. To anyone!"

"Since this is the case, please give me more advice in the days to come, Green Valley."

Cheng shook Lugu's hand lightly and quickly, and the shy boy suddenly fell into a state of system disorder.

Bakugo, who was on the sidelines for a while, missed their conversation, and when he turned his attention back, Lvgu had already walked away. Seeing this, Bakugo let out a low "tss".

As the get out of class time approached, the students approached one after another, and Cheng Cheng today didn't seem to intend to end the class here.

"Nearly four months have passed since I met you for the first time, and this has taken up more than half of the total time I will spend with you."

she said softly.

"At the same time, this semester is coming to an end. If there is no accident, the practical education will continue after the holiday... But, before this stage comes to an end, I want to assign an assignment."

Cheng turned around, and a line of words appeared on the screen behind him.

——What is a hero?

"This is a very old topic. The upsurge of discussion on it has risen among various social groups since more than 100 years ago, and until now, it has not cooled down."

she says.

"But even so, it still hasn't lost its exploratory value over the years... Rather, the resulting differences in opinions are more distinct, sharp, and influential than ever before."

"So, as you who are about to shoulder a new era—"

"Please think about this issue seriously on the basis of the future."

Cheng sat by the cherry blossom tree, the school was so noisy during the lunch break, so she stayed here for a little longer.

"you……"

The boy sat down next to her without delay, but when he realized that he should say something to break the silence, he hesitated instead.

"Yeah, I'm listening."

"...So, it's only been two months?"

"Yes." Cheng said. "Time always seems to pass a little faster than I imagined... ah."

Her eyes fell on Bakugo.

"Could it be that Baohao, like me, has begun to feel a little bit reluctant?"

"Don't get me wrong, I..."

When he said this, Bakugou noticed a gentle light in Cheng's eyes that had been looking at her, she raised the corner of her mouth and approached the boy.

When her hand ran over the top of her hair, Bakugou could almost smell the very faint refreshing scent from the neckline of her shirt, probably a lemon scent.

Cheng spread out her hand, and a freshly removed petal lay quietly in her palm.

Everyone has some weird moments.

It is a gift from the gods to forgetful human beings. Even the cold time cannot erase the light, sound and breath from that moment, and it will always exist, like a meaningful heartbeat.

"I don't feel bad about it."

The boy under the cherry blossom tree said to her.

"The so-called 'only two months left' ... is just a meaningless statement."

He doesn't like to set limits for himself. Similarly, in his heart, reunion is never a countdown, let alone a consumable... Baohao is a person who doesn't believe in "one period, one meeting".

"Because, if I want to see you, I will, no matter where I am and where you are."

However, even if it is arrogance, the arrogance of a teenager is innocent and touching.

"So, when you're still together, don't think about other things."

He said.

"... Cheng."