Zonggu didn't lie down for too long, so he figured it was almost done. He sat up again, and sure enough, there was no more bleeding from his nose.
Yoshikawa next to him looked at him, and when he saw that everything was normal, he looked away again.
During the more than ten minutes while he lay under the awning, the exchange between the two began with her uncontrollable expression of concern and ended with his calm and polite response to her subsequent apology, and then they fell silent without starting any topic.
"I'm going over there," Zonggu said.
Yoshikawa said nothing and nodded his head in a slight arc.
Walking to the edge of the swimming pool, Noma Minami looked up at him, her eyes falling on his nose.
"No problem."
"Um."
"It would be very unlucky if you suddenly get a nosebleed during tomorrow's ceremony."
Zong Gu touched the tip of his nose and said, "If the nose bleeds again tomorrow, I will have to go to the hospital, and I don't care about the ceremony."
Noma glanced at him and said, "Even if your leg is broken, you have to attend the entire ceremony for me."
Although the bleeding stopped for a while, Zong Gu did not dare to be too presumptuous, let alone get into the water, and walked honestly along the edge of the swimming pool towards the boys' area opposite.
"Soya."
There was a splash of water, and a head suddenly emerged from the swimming pool and stopped him.
It's Kirino Akane.
She wiped the water on her face and asked, "Has the nosebleed stopped?"
"Well, it should be fine."
Zong Gu knelt down and said, "Thank you for the bath towel. If the blood stains can't be washed away, you can bring it to the old house and I will wash it for you."
"No need."
Kirino Akane smiled at him and swam closer.
After confirming that there was no one else around, she added: "Ling said that Hongzi had been looking for an opportunity to apologize to Soya, so I didn't go there."
"..."
He glanced at Chao Wuling sitting by the swimming pool, "That's it."
"Hongzi..."
"She has already apologized to me." Zong Gu said, "And it was just an accident. You guys care too much."
"Because Souya seemed to be in pain at the time."
"Yes. So when you hit someone, you have to hit them in the face. Hitting the nose is the most effective."
"What..."
Kirino Akane laughed, looked at Yoshikawa who was still sitting under the awning, and suddenly took his hand.
"Sogu, come down and play too, let's go find Hongzi."
"Let's forget it." Zonggu quietly broke away and pointed to the area where the boys gathered, "I'm going to sit there for a while."
"All right."
Akane Kirino didn't force herself, turned around under the water, pointed her ball head at him, then lightly kicked on the wall of the pool and swam towards Yoshikawa.
The water rippled, and the girl waved her arms, and her legs swung up and down to push her body forward, still flexible under the water.
"..."
When she looked back and caught his gaze, she just smiled slightly and turned away again.
Zonggu stood up, walked over to the boys, and sat down by the pool.
Under the scorching sun, he soaked his feet in the water until get out of class was over.
...
Swimming class is over, and all classes for today are over.
After rinsing his body in the shower and confirming that there would be no more nosebleeds, Soya changed into his uniform and returned to the classroom.
During the evening class meeting, in addition to telling the students on duty today not to forget to clean the shower rooms and locker rooms by the swimming pool, Shibazaki Makoto also did not forget to add joy to the students who had just enjoyed their first swimming lesson.
"The time for the final exam has been determined."
There was dead silence down there.
"The time is from July 13th to 15th. As for the scope of the final exam, we will inform everyone in the next two days of class."
"In addition, students who fail the final exam will not only attend classes during the summer dormitory, but also have to take rest time to make up for the exam..."
After talking about the final exam, Shibasaki Makoto explained some insignificant matters, and then announced that school was over.
Kirino Akane, who had been waiting outside for a long time, walked into the classroom and invited Soya and the three of them to go to the club together.
"Feel sorry……"
Yoshikawa picked up his schoolbag, picked up the bag, and walked out under her somewhat astonished eyes.
"I have to make an appearance at the Horticulture Department today...it's been a while."
Doing nothing is the normal state of the Unnatural Phenomenon Research Club, and at that time Asagiri Suzu usually went to sit in the Arts Club. In other words, there were only three people left in the club: her, Soya, and Akane Kirino;
Although a whole day had passed, Kirino Akane didn't see much wrong, but if it was just the three of them staying together, it would be difficult for Yoshikawa to guarantee that he wouldn't reveal any flaws.
Therefore, she decided to run away.
This is not a long-term solution, but she has not yet found a way to face him normally, so avoiding him is the best option at the moment.
Maybe I'll get used to it tomorrow, Yoshikawa could only comfort himself in this way.
"Horticulture department...okay."
Kirino Akane didn't object. After watching her leave, she looked at Soya and Asagiri Suzu.
"Then let's go there."
Soya shook his head, but Yoshikawa's evasion reminded him, "It's time for me to show up at Ryuken."
"Eh?" Kirino Akane was stunned again.
And Asagiri Suzu's choice didn't surprise her, "I'll go to the Arts Department."
After that, she picked up her schoolbag, nodded to the two of them, and left following Yoshikawa's footsteps.
Hanging his schoolbag behind his shoulder with one hand, Soya thought for a while and said, "I don't know how long I will stay. Kirino and Yoshikawa should go home together. You don't have to wait for me."
After taking just two steps out, he couldn't walk anymore and looked back at Kirino Akane who was holding his school bag.
"If Soya and Anko are not here, I don't want to go to the club alone."
She looked at him, "What should I do?"
"go home."
"It's too early, don't."
"Stay in the classroom or go to the library to study."
"I'm not a person who likes to study either."
Zong Gu looked at her for a while and said, "Let's go to Rishiken together?"
"Okay~"
Kirino Akane was waiting for this answer, let go of his schoolbag, and stepped forward to push him.
"Let's go."
After walking out of the classroom and walking through the corridor, the two of them went down the stairs one after the other. Kirino Akane was a step or two behind, holding his shoulders with both hands.
"I won't come to school tomorrow."
"Huh? I already know."
Zonggu controlled his pace, "I will leave early in the morning, probably because I don't have time to prepare breakfast."
"Oh, I'll eat it at home."
Go through the atrium and come to the special building. The cooking department is on the first floor.
"Excuse me... Sure enough, someone is already here."
Pushing open the door of the home economics classroom, there were two seniors, Kana Kido and Junko Imamura, who had arrived early. Soya said hello.
"Long time no see, seniors."
It had indeed been a long time since we had seen each other. The two people in front of the kitchen counter were stunned for a few seconds.
Kido: "Isn't this that person?"
Imamura: "Who is that?"
Kido: "I can't remember the name."
Imamura: "It seems to be some kind of light."
"The light of cooking!"
"..."
Soya was a little helpless, but before he could say anything, Akane Kirino’s head emerged from behind him, “‘The Light of Ryuken’?”
"...Don't care."
And her appearance made the two senior students stunned for a moment.
Kido Kana crossed her arms and said, "I told you Hikaru, don't disappear for so long, and bring such a cute girl to Rishiken as soon as you appear."
"Still..."
Imamura looked at the two people who seemed to be a little close, "You two wild mandarin ducks, are you here to borrow a place? Kana and I can give up the club room. Ah, but this is the first floor. Remember to close the curtains when you are working.
"
"..."
When she was halfway through speaking, Soya covered Kirino Akane's ears, and then pushed her out of the home economics classroom.
"Go find Yoshikawa. The Horticulture Department's office is on the second floor, but she should be on the rooftop now."
"Eh?"
"Come on, this is not a serious place."
"Eh..."
Kirino Akane left Ryuken in a daze.
Climbing to the rooftop of the special building, she looked around and quickly spotted Yoshikawa squatting in the corner.
She came closer and found that she was talking about something.
"Like... don't like... like... don't like..."
"Hongzi, I'm here to find you."
"..."
Yoshikawa shook for a moment, then turned around, holding a flower in his hand.
"Akane..."
"Hey, this flower?"
"I didn't take good care of it, and it's already dead... The minister asked me to deal with it."
Kirino Akane looked at the distinct petals on the ground again.