The strongest scum after me

It has been a while since Shimizu Sakura finally rushed to the hot spring.

"Sakura, you are so slow."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, come quickly!"

The companions had already soaked in the hot spring, and Mingming and An Geji warmly greeted her to come over. Jia Ruyanzi sat next to them, and seeing her best friend came, she handed her a glass of watermelon juice.

Shimizu Sakura took off the yukata she was wearing outside, and stepped into the hot spring.

The smog is lingering, and the vision is blurred at night. The water level sinks to the neck, which can cover up many traces that cannot be seen for her.

The seniors obviously couldn't see anything clearly, they just sighed at her extraordinary figure as usual and started chatting.

Mingming: "Soon, Sakura and Glass will both graduate, right? Have you thought about what you want to do in the future?"

The school that Sakura Shimizu attended is the only two magic school in Japan. The school is located in Tokyo. Its full name is "Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Magic", which specializes in training magicians to deal with magic spirits.The work that the student unions do after graduation is often related to spells, either exorcising curse spirits, or dealing with ill-intentioned curse masters, and there are not a few who stay in school to become teachers and teach students.

Ming Ming and An Ge Ji are their seniors, one level older than them, having graduated a year ago.An Geji went to another conjuration school in Kyoto to be a teacher, while Mingming chose to become a conjurer.

It is obvious that the family has already thought about his future arrangements very early: "I will choose to stay in school to become a school doctor. Before that, I will go to take a doctor's license exam."

"Where is Sakura? If I remember correctly, Sakura and Glass are the few people who are good at healing with [reversal technique]. Is Sakura planning to stay in school after graduation?"

Shimizu Sakura hesitated briefly: "...Maybe."

"Are you and Nishiko planning to stay in the school in Tokyo?" Angeji said, "Why don't Sakura come to our Kyoto? The school in Kyoto is short of conjurers who can heal."

Mingming smiled: "Diva, it's useless for you to poach people like this directly. Instead of convincing Sakura to come to Kyoto, it might be better to persuade Gojo-kun."

Hearing the implication of senior sister's words, Shimizu Sakura was a little embarrassed.

"Huh—?!" An Geji didn't hear the ridicule under Ming Ming's words, and said with disgust when she heard the words, "I don't want to find that guy with a bad personality."

...So the topic turned naturally to the criticism meeting of "Gojo Satoru is handsome, powerful, tall and rich, why doesn't he have a girlfriend yet" - "It must be because his personality is too bad for girls to bear".

Shimizu Sakura and Iyuri Glass didn't speak.

"Hey wait, what is this?"

Angeji suddenly approached and looked at Shimizu Sakura's collarbone curiously: "This red mark..."

Red mark?

Her heart tensed for a moment, it must have been left behind by that bastard Gojo Satoru when he bit it just now...

"It's a mosquito." The housekeeper who had been quiet for a long time suddenly said, "...I was bitten by a mosquito yesterday. Sakura asked me to borrow mosquito repellent, but it didn't seem to help."

"It's almost summer, and the mosquitoes have indeed started to run rampant these days."

The seniors nodded in sympathy, then forgot about it, and turned to another topic.

Shimizu Sakura's fingers holding the juice were a little stiff.

...Last night, she didn't ask Nitzi to borrow mosquito repellent.

After soaking in the hot springs, on the way back to the hall, as if there was some kind of tacit understanding, Shimizu Sakura and Iirui Glass fell behind the two seniors at the same time, and didn't stop until there was no one in front of them.

After a long silence, Shimizu Sakura finally spoke.

"...You know everything? When?"

"Before, I just felt a little skeptical, but today is the confirmation." Jia Ruozi pressed his forehead, as if feeling very headache, "Is it Gojo-kun? No, I'm stupid, who else but him... But in fact, this There's nothing to hide, it's normal for you to fall in love, teachers and classmates won't say much, why do you bother to hide it from everyone?"

"Because..." Even if she just repeated the words in her heart, she still felt the illusion of being pricked by needles, "Because we are not in a relationship."

"Aren't you in a relationship?" Jia Ruozi repeated subconsciously, and she muttered a few words, "You guys, no wonder..."

"When did it start?"

"……half year ago."

"Is it his intention not to fall in love or your intention?"

She was silent and did not answer.

"I understand." Jiarui Nigzi nodded, endured and endured, and finally couldn't help but burst out, "It's too much, what does he mean! Although Wutiao-kun is not a good person in my heart! But I I really didn't expect him to be such a scumbag!"

"Then... what about you?" After being angry, he returned to his rationality. After all, his concern for his friends prevailed. Jiaruo Zizi looked at her worriedly, "Sakura, are you being coerced by him? Don't worry, even if he No matter how strong you are, you can't do this kind of thing that forces others..."

"No." She said softly with a pale face, "I didn't force it, I did it voluntarily."

"Why..." Jia Ruozi couldn't understand at all, "You are so beautiful and have such a good personality. As long as you think about it, people who are willing to fall in love with you can be ranked from here to Tokyo Tower. Why..."

She got stuck in the middle and didn't say any more.

In fact, there is no need to ask why, Sakura can bear to continue to maintain this relationship with him without falling in love, what is the reason...

The answer is already obvious.

"But..." Jia Ruozi hesitated to speak.

She forced a smile and interrupted Jia Ruozi's words: "I know he doesn't love me, it's okay."

"it does not matter."

"I know what I'm doing."

When they arrived at the lobby, the students had already gathered and started playing games, and Kazuko joined in with Shimizu Sakura on her arm. She had a smile on her face, which seemed to be the same as usual, but Shimizu Sakura felt a little uneasy for no reason.

A few rounds passed, and it was Gojo Satoru who happened to be chosen by her to answer the question.

"What a coincidence, it's Gojo-kun." Glass had a gentle smile on his face, "Now let's start asking questions, because it's a game, so if there are inappropriate questions, I hope Gojo-kun won't mind."

"Eh—?" He dragged out the ending lazily, "Then I'm a little curious about what the problem is."

"The question is simple. Does Gojo-kun have a girlfriend?"

Shimizu Sakura's fingers froze slightly.

Then I heard his casual tone: "No."

"Is there anyone you like?"

Gojo Satoru smiled: "This is the second question, right? You only need to answer one question to tell the truth?"

"But it doesn't matter if I answer you." He casually turned over the cards in his hand and threw them on the ground, "I don't have anyone I like. I don't have one now, and I won't have one in the future."

[I don't have anyone I like. 】

[Not now, nor will there be in the future. 】

Obviously, I knew it a long time ago...Why did I still feel...difficult to breathe when I heard his answer?

It takes almost all of my strength just to maintain a decent appearance.

She blinked, obviously there should be tears, but strangely, her eye sockets were extremely dry.

Maybe it's because I'm used to it. At this moment, even my heartache is numb.

Another round of shuffling is over.

"Great! This time I'm the king!" The junior Hui Yuanxiong is a playful boy, he was obviously very excited when he drew the king card for the first time, "The king ordered: Please play the pocky game with the Q of Hearts and the K of Hearts, Those who lose will be punished."

Pocky is a long stick-shaped biscuit snack. Pockygame is derived from it. Usually, two people are selected to eat the same pocky from both ends. The person who loosens his mouth or bites the pocky first loses. There is a corresponding punishment—drinking an entire bottle of cherry vinegar.

In the middle of playing the game, two people will accidentally kiss each other, so this game is also very ambiguous - it is very popular among students.

"Oh oh oh oh oh it's this game! I'm looking forward to it!"

"That's what I said, but wouldn't it be too good? What if the drawn person has someone he's dating?"

"Are you kidding! Everyone here is not single!"

"Hahahaha, that's what I said..."

"Speaking of which, who are the Q of Hearts and the K of Hearts?"

"King of Hearts."

Xia Youjie turned over the cards in his hand.

"Where is the Q of Hearts? Who is the Q of Hearts?"

Only then did Shimizu Sakura come back to her senses, she mechanically turned over the cards in her hand: "It's me. I'm the Queen of Hearts."

As soon as the words fell, she suddenly realized that something was wrong.

……and many more.

In that case, isn't it... She and Xia Youjie are playing pocky games?

There was already booing around, and for some reason, her first reaction was to look in the direction where Gojo Satoru was.

But he didn't look at her.

It's as if... He actually doesn't care at all whether she wants to play this extremely ambiguous game with his best friend.

Joining Nitrozi suddenly said: "Sakura is a girl, it's not good to play this game with Xia You, right?"

"It's only fun if you have a man and a woman! Sister Nitro, what era is it now, don't be so conservative!"

"but--"

"Senior Sakura hasn't refused yet, so don't worry, Senior Sister Nitro."

This time, he blocked the conversation directly, and Jiarui Nizi looked at her with a bit of helplessness in his eyes, as if he wanted to say that he could not help her.

"However, if there is someone who likes it, it seems that it is really not good to play this."

"Mr. Xia You must have no one he likes. Who can he like? Mr. Wutiao?"

Xia Youjie: "...Senior, please don't tell ghost stories."

"Jie doesn't have one, doesn't that mean Sakura doesn't have one?"

Gojo Satoru said suddenly.

He looked at her with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes: "And Sakura's body doesn't seem to be feeling well, playing this game is a little bit reluctant, right?"

I--

The urge to speak stopped at the end, and what appeared in Shimizu Sakura's mind was the scene he denied lightly.

[I don't have anyone I like. 】

[Not now, nor will there be in the future. 】

She closed her eyes.

All around are the expectant eyes of his companions.

There is no need... because personal emotions spoil everyone's happiness.

"……No."

She opened her eyes, didn't look at him again, but said slowly: "I... have no one I like. I don't feel forced to play this game."

"Then what are you waiting for? Get started, get started!"

The onlookers couldn't wait.

She took out a pocky, bit one end in her mouth, but didn't bite it off, just waiting for Xia Youjie to bite the other end.

As handsome as Gojo Satoru's face gradually enlarged in her sight, only connected by a pocky, the distance between them was getting closer and closer, and she could even feel his breath.

Actually, cherry vinegar is not such an excessive punishment, is it?As long as she wanted, she could bite off the pocky right now.

However, if you admit defeat here, it is like losing in another sense.

At least for now, she has no way to bite it off immediately.

It seems that if it is bitten off, it proves something.

The chocolate-flavored pocky melted in her mouth, but it was strange that she couldn't taste any sweetness.

Maybe it's the chocolate itself, it's too bitter.

At some point, there was no more booing around.

Just like the smile on Gojo Satoru's mouth disappeared without knowing when.

He just stared at the two people who were getting closer and closer without blinking. The person who was always fooling around didn't have any smile or even any expression on his face.

It was only a few inches away from the kiss.

She seemed to hear a faint sigh coming from a place close at hand.

"Crack-"

Suddenly there was a crisp sound of pocky breaking.

When she was still in a daze, Xia Youjie had already gone to get the cherry vinegar with the broken pocky in her mouth.

"I lost."

He said.

Immediately, he opened the bottle cap and drank it all in one gulp. Shimizu Sakura could only see his raised neck and rolling Adam's apple.

His face was covered by the body of the bottle, so she couldn't see his expression clearly.

Because her eyes were on Xia Youjie, she also missed the other person's expression at the moment.