Just when the phone screen was about to dim, a new message popped up.
Harumi: Are you in the same class as Naoko?
Shangzi smiled.
Shangzi: Yes.
The same feeling was probably transmitted to him, she thought.
Putting away the phone, Shangzi looked around, quickened his pace and left the empty corridor.
When she came outside, on a bench in the corner of the atrium, a girl was waving to her.
"Shangzi—this way."
She walked over, sat down next to him, and took the lunch box from the other person's hand, "Thank you, Kazumi."
Opening his own lunch, Suzuki Kazumi took a bite first, and then asked: "What did Naoko ask the teacher for?"
"A friend is going to transfer to Jingao in the second semester. Please ask me to ask his class."
"Hey, are you transferring to another school in the second semester?"
"Yeah." Shangzi opened the lunch box.
Kazumi thought for a while and said: "I always feel that it is a bit embarrassing to transfer to another school at this time."
Shangzi asked casually: "Why do you say that?"
"Think about it, the first semester is over and the summer vacation has passed. Various small groups in the class have basically formed, and it is difficult to integrate into them. This is especially true in the clubs;
Moreover, the cultural festival is coming next, and everyone is very busy, so there is basically no time to make new friends.
If you help out when preparing for the cultural festival, you might be able to make a few friends naturally after the event. But it’s hard to tell. If you don’t have a good personality, you might even be isolated...
If you can't make friends in the second semester, it will be even harder in the third semester. Maybe you won't be able to make friends until you are promoted to second grade next year and the classes are sorted again!"
"Too pessimistic, Harmony." Shangzi smiled.
"No, no, Shangzi is very popular in school. You may not feel it, but the real social situation of high school students is so cruel..."
He Mei's face is full of seriousness, if you ignore the rice grains in the corner of her mouth and the flower sausage in her mouth.
"It's better to ask your friends to prepare early."
"Aren't you ready to make friends?"
"Of course."
"Okay." Shangzi did not refuse her kindness, "I will tell him."
The two continued to have lunch.
Because the club room was busy and no dining was allowed, many members of the handicraft club came to the atrium.
After saying hello to another girl not far away and taking a few more bites of rice, Kazumi suddenly noticed that Naoko next to her was looking at the bento in a distracted manner.
At a certain moment, she stared at the two grains of rice on the chopsticks and murmured:
"There's nothing wrong with this... It's enough for me to have Chun Hai... Chun Hai only needs me..."
"..."
Too heavy!
Kazumi only felt that the air pressure around her and even in the entire atrium had become a little lower.
Although she had long discovered that Shangzi would occasionally reveal a heavy breath unconsciously when he was alone, but it rarely reached this level.
Who is that "harumi"?
She was already beginning to regret her talkative behavior just now.
"Well! Speaking of which, for this year's cultural festival, what is the work that Naoko has prepared?"
In order to change the heavy atmosphere, Kazumi abruptly brought up a new topic.
According to the practice of the handicraft club, during the cultural festival, in addition to completing a common work for all members, each member also has to prepare his or her own personal work.
"The only things I'm good at are sewing puppets and making small fabric products."
Shangzi came out of his trance, accepted her words naturally, and continued eating the lunch box.
"I plan to make a set of small animal puppets, with the zodiac as the theme."
"That's it..."
"Um."
Seeing that the topic was about to end, Kazumi squeezed out another sentence: "I feel that this theme is a bit ordinary and it is not easy for people to pay attention to it. Obviously the puppets made by Naoko are very exquisite, so it is a pity that no one cares about it.
Already."
Shangzi smiled and seemed not to care, "There's nothing wrong with that."
"Does Naoko usually watch animation? Why not make some popular characters recently, such as Pochi..."
"——Shangzi."
The appearance of another person interrupted Kazumi's words.
She turned around and saw a short-haired girl wearing a basketball uniform walking towards her, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"Takigawa-san!"
"Yo." Takigawa Hikaru smiled at her and sat down next to Naoko.
She pointed toward the gymnasium, "I saw you as soon as I came out there. I felt that you looked a bit like you from the back. It was indeed Shangzi."
"Light." Shangzi smiled at her.
"Why are you here at school today?" Hikari Takigawa asked.
Kazumi rushed to answer: "All the members of our handicraft club are here today!"
"A handicraft club, coming to prepare for the cultural festival?"
"Yes!"
Takigawa Hikaru looked at the other people in the atrium and said casually: "It's really hard work."
"Did Takigawa-san just finished training too?" Kazumi looked at the sweat on her face.
"Well, it just ended - sorry, the smell of sweat is very strong."
"No, no, it's okay!"
Looking at the inexplicably excited Kazumi next to her, Naoko signaled with her eyes that she planned to exchange places with her.
And Kazumi stared at Hikari Takigawa, not noticing her gaze at all, and then asked: "Don't Takigawa-san have lunch?"
"Oh……"
Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "Actually, I forgot to bring my lunch box. Now I'm thinking about whether to find a place outside the school to fill my stomach."
Kazumi's eyes suddenly became brighter, "If you don't mind, I can give my lunch to Takikawa-san!"
"This is not okay."
Takigawa Hikaru stood up and walked to her, "How can I make you hungry?"
"Takigawa-san..."
Kazumi raised her head and smiled, her body and mind almost melting.
Shangzi watched from the side.
He is very good at pleasing girls and makes people want to rely on him. This is the other side of Hikaru Takigawa.
"But..." Takigawa Mitsuru glanced at Kazumi's lunch box, "It should be okay to eat a piece of egg roll, right?"
"no problem!"
"That would be rude."
She directly picked up a piece of egg roll with her hands and put it into her mouth.
"Hmm...it tastes really good. Ah, don't worry, I just washed my hands."
"Have another piece!"
"May I?"
"certainly!"
"Then let's have another piece of this."
"Takigawa-san, try this barbecued pork again!"
"It looks good."
Takigawa Hikaru picked up a few pieces of food and put them into his mouth. After eating them all, he licked his lips, still feeling a little unfinished.
She looked at Naoko next to her, who had already picked up a small portion of the bento, put it on the lid, and handed it to her along with the spare chopsticks.
"Shangzi..."
Shangzi only showed a slight smile, which made people feel extremely gentle, "You're welcome."
Takigawa Hikaru looked at her and was stunned for a moment. After coming back to his senses, he just picked up a piece of egg roll and put it into his mouth.
"One piece is enough."
Naoko took back the lunch box, the smile on her face unchanged.
"That's it." Takigawa Hikaru licked his fingertips, and finally smiled at the two of them, "Thank you for your hospitality, I won't disturb you anymore."
Until she walked away, Kazumi was still looking over there.
"Takigawa-kun... you are indeed very handsome."
Naoko said nothing and continued eating his lunch box.
It's not that she can't feel the special charm of Hikari Takigawa, nor can she understand her extremely high popularity among the opposite sex and even the same sex. It's just that she occasionally finds that the eyes she looks at her have deep meaning, which makes it impossible for her to be like the person next to her.
Kazumi was so unreservedly immersed in each other's thoughtfulness.
Could it be that I am too sensitive and worried? Shangzi thought to himself.
"ah."
Kazumi suddenly made a dry sound.
Naoko turned around and followed her line of sight, only to see Hikaru Takigawa walking around the atrium for a short time and then sitting next to the other two girls.
Then, as if what happened here was repeated over there, she was enthusiastically "fed" by two admirers.
It’s like he’s using his charm to cheat people out of food and drink...
"Is it because the bento I made is not delicious enough?" Kazumi looked straight over there, and Naoko didn't know whether she was feeling sorry for herself or complaining to her.
"Hikaru is probably worried that if he eats too much, Kazumi will be hungry," Naoko said.
When these words came to his heart, Kazumi immediately turned his head and nodded, "I think so too!"
Shangzi smiled and said, "Let's continue eating."
"Uh-huh."
The two of them continued to eat their lunch boxes, but neither could fully focus on what was in front of them.
And Hikari Takigawa, who distracted them, was like a butterfly who accidentally discovered a large garden, picking here and there, stopping on every flower she met, but there was no flower that could keep her focused.
As the first flower she "feeds on", Hemei's face is full of satisfaction, but occasionally reveals a bit of sadness of being abandoned;
After watching it for a while, Shangzi felt that the athlete's appetite was really big.
It seems a little stretched...
Feeling the fullness in his belly, Hikaru Takigawa forced a smile to the girls beside him, "Thank you for your hospitality. It's almost time for me to go back to training."
"Is that enough? Don't you need more, Takigawa-san?"
"No, I have been...filled with your love and passion."
"ah--"
After saying goodbye to the two girls whose names she couldn't name, Takigawa Hikari walked to the gym. The afternoon training didn't start so early, and she just wanted to find a place where no one was around to lie down for a while.
When she was about to leave the atrium, she looked back.
Naoko and another girl who were originally sitting on the bench in the corner were nowhere to be seen. They had probably returned to the club room.
"Shangzi..."
Recalling that calm and gentle face, Hikaru Takigawa felt regretful and full of expectations for the future.