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“But this just proves that we are destined to be together, don’t you think, Shoko?” Yuto Itsuka asked with a smile and gestures.
"Yes!" Shoko's eyes brightened, and she nodded vigorously.
Seeing Shoko's adorable expressions and actions, Yuto Itsuka couldn't help but reach out and pat her little head.
Knead once to the left, then once to the right.
Shoko closed her eyes, her little ears turning bright red, letting that big hand rummage around on her head.
This familiar touch... it really is you, Yuto-kun! I've found you!
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[ps: Zhiqunjiuqi (6) IX] C YiD Umbrella {Dad Liu promised to add more chapters automatically, so I'll write as much as I can... ]
Volume 1: Chapter 82: Pervert! Lecher! Womanizer!
As the Ferris wheel slowly ascends, reaching its highest point, the entire Fuji-Q Highland and even the distant view of Mount Fuji come into full view.
Inside the carriage, Nishimiya Shoko was still immersed in the "secret code" exchange she had just had.
She looked up, gesturing with her hands in front of her chest, her eyes pleading, "Yuto-kun... do you have time tomorrow?"
"some."
Shoko's eyes lit up. "Then, could you please come to my house as a guest?"
She gestured rapidly, as if afraid he would change his mind, "Mom and Yuzuru are both home, I... I want to introduce you two, and also, I want to cook for you..."
Cooking? He didn't seem to have ever tasted Glass's cooking skills in the simulated world.
"Okay, I'm looking forward to it."
After receiving an affirmative answer, Shoko flashed an incredibly bright smile.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the next carriage was not so harmonious.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!" Eriri kicked the floor of the carriage with her white shoes.
"That idiot Yuto actually left me here and went to be alone in a room with a girl he just met!"
Mika Kimura sat opposite her, looking somewhat awkwardly at the irritable Eriri. She couldn't understand what Eriri was saying, but she could guess the gist from her expression and actions.
Kato Megumi didn't seem to care much about it. She glanced at Mika, then picked up the notebook and pen that Glass had left behind and wrote on it:
Did Kimura, Nishimiya, and Itsuka know each other before?
Mika took the notebook, shook her head, and wrote: "No, this should be the first time we've met."
"First time meeting?" Eriri snatched the notebook, getting even angrier when she saw the words on it.
"You idiot Yuto, you're already best friends with someone you met on the first date, even sitting in the same Ferris wheel carriage!"
Ignoring Eriri's complaints, Kato Megumi continued writing: "But they seem so familiar."
Mika nodded, her expression somewhat complicated: "It might sound strange, but about two weeks ago, Shoko said she had a very long dream."
"A dream?" Kato Megumi and Eriri leaned over at the same time.
Mika continued writing: [Shoko said she doesn't remember the details of her dream, but she said there was a boy in it who was very important to her. That boy taught her many things and made her braver. Since having that dream, Shoko has indeed become much more cheerful and stronger.]
When Shoko met Itsuka-kun today, she was very excited. She said that Itsuka-kun looked just like the person in her dream.
"Huh?" Eriri was completely dumbfounded after reading it. "A person from a dream? What kind of third-rate romance novel setting is this?"
She couldn't accept it.
Losing to someone in real life is one thing, but to lose to a "dream girl"? That's absurd!
Kato Megumi looked thoughtfully at the contents of her notebook.
"Eri, don't you think this is romantic?"
"Romantic my foot! Kato, this is reality! That idiot Yuto, he wouldn't actually be fooled by such a clumsy pickup line, would he?" Eriri was exasperated.
“Itsuka-kun doesn’t seem like someone who’s easily fooled,” Kato Megumi said calmly. “Besides, Eriri, don’t you find it strange that if it was just Nishimiya-kun who had a dream, then why does Itsuka-kun also know sign language?”
"It's strange, isn't it? In my opinion, Itsuka-kun has absolutely no reason to learn sign language."
Eriri was stunned.
Yes, why does Yuto know sign language? He said he learned it when he was a child, but she doesn't remember it at all, and Yuto has never said anything about being interested in sign language.
Eriri bit her lip tightly, her heart filled with a sense of crisis.
The Ferris wheel slowly descended, and the doors of the two carriages opened almost simultaneously.
Yuto Itsuka and Shoko came out. The atmosphere between the two seemed harmonious, and Shoko still had a blush on her face.
Eriri immediately ran towards Itsuka Yuto as soon as she stepped out of the car.
She grabbed his arm. "You idiot, Yuto! What were you talking about up there?"
"Hiss—" Yuto Itsuka gasped, "Eri, be gentle!"
“Answer me!” Eriri stared intently at him, her azure eyes filled with grievance.
Shoko was startled by Eriri's imposing aura and instinctively took a few steps back.
"We didn't talk about much, just asked her which school she attends for the deaf and whether her daily life is affected by things like that," Yuto Itsuki tried to brush it off.
"Liar!" Eriri pointed at Shoko. "Look how red her face is! Did you do something strange to her?!"
"Hey, I'm telling you! How can your thoughts be so filthy!" Yuto Itsuka sighed, rubbing his forehead in exasperation. "Please look carefully, the carriage is transparent!"
"That's hard to say, you rascal..."
"Alright, Eriri." Kato Megumi stepped forward and gently tugged at Eriri's sleeve. "It's getting late, we should go back."
She then turned to Shoko and Mika, smiling as she said, "I had a lot of fun today, and it was nice to meet you both."
Yuto Itsuka acted as the translator.
Meijia quickly waved her hand, indicating that they were also very happy.
Shoko bowed slightly to the three of them, then looked at Itsuka Yuto and gestured in sign language, "See you tomorrow, Yuto-kun."
Yuto Itsuka nodded. "See you tomorrow, take care on the road."
Although Eriri couldn't understand sign language, she could understand eye contact. That kind of oblivious communication made her feel a pang of jealousy.
Seeing Eriri's little look, Itsuka Yuto knew he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply confessed, "Nishimiya invited me to her house tomorrow."
The 28th note suddenly rose an octave, attracting the attention of passersby.
"You're going to her house as a guest?" Eriri's eyes widened in disbelief. "You've only known each other for a few hours, and you've already progressed to meeting the parents?! I had to call you so many times before you'd agree to come to my house when we were little! Yuto Itsuka, you..."
"Pervert! Pervert! Heartbreaker!"
Yuto Itsuka quickly covered her mouth, "Idiot! Keep your voice down!"
Eriri struggled, whimpering.
Kato Megumi sighed and gave Shoko and Mika an apologetic smile.
Shoko and the other girl exchanged a glance, feeling the atmosphere was a bit awkward, and then hurriedly said goodbye and walked in another direction.
Before leaving, Shoko looked back at Itsuka Yuto with a worried look in her eyes, as if she felt she had caused him trouble again.
Yuto Itsuka waved to her, indicating that he was alright.
He only let go of Eriri after Shoko and Eriri had walked away.
"Hoo—" Eriri took a deep breath, just about to continue her outburst, when she was interrupted by Itsuka Yuto.
"Let's talk about it once we're on the bus." Itsuka Yuto rubbed his temples, feeling that the events of the day were more tiring than writing 20,000 words in one night.
Eriri stamped her foot, but ultimately followed after them.
Kato Megumi walked at the back, watching the two figures.
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Volume 1: Chapter 83: You mean, that girl was also your childhood sweetheart?
On the bus on the way back.
Eriri sat alone by the window, arms crossed, face turned away, giving off a "keep away" vibe. Yuto Itsuka and Megumi Kato sat in the row behind her.
Yuto Itsuka rubbed his temples.
He knew what Eriri was angry about, but he really didn't know how to coax her; he had no experience in comforting girls.
"Itsuka-kun," Kato Megumi suddenly spoke, her voice not loud enough for Eriri in the front row to hear, "it seems that you and Nishimiya-kun are closer than we thought, not like it's your first time meeting?"
Kato Megumi gave him a chance to explain, and Itsuka Yuto naturally chimed in, "I guess so."
"What do you mean 'consider'?!" Eriri, sitting in the front row, suddenly turned around and said angrily in a low voice, "Are you really planning to go to her house tomorrow? Do you know what that means?"
“That means I’m going to have lunch,” Yuto Itsuka replied.
"You!" Eriri was speechless with anger. "Don't play dumb! A boy going to a girl he just met's house alone, this..."
“Her mother and sister are here too,” Yuto Itsuki interrupted her.
"So what!" Eriri's voice rose uncontrollably again. "The point is your attitude towards her! You're being way too attentive! Riding the Ferris wheel, going to her house, are you...?"
"Eri-ri," Kato Megumi interrupted her, "Kimura-san told us some things about this on the Ferris wheel earlier."
Yuto Itsuka looked at Megumi Kato with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"Kimura-kun said that Nishimiya-kun had a dream about you about two weeks ago, is that true?" Kato Megumi looked directly into Itsuka Yuto's eyes.
Yuto Itsuka was startled, not expecting that they would know about this.
However, after a moment's thought, he decided to be honest: "...Yes, to be precise, we had a similar dream."
Eriri gave me a "Are you kidding me?" look. "Shared dreams? You idiot Yuto, have you been writing too many light novels lately and lost your mind?"
Her nickname changed from "Itsuka Yuto" back to "Idiot Yuto," which meant she wasn't as angry as before, and Itsuka Yuto breathed a sigh of relief.
He continued, "I don't want to believe it either, but that's the truth. In that dream, Nishimiya and I were childhood friends and had known each other for a long time..."
"Wait a minute! Green plum, bamboo horse???" Eriri interrupted, her eyes wide, and questioned.
"Uh... it was just a dream. Anyway, a lot of things happened in the dream, which is why I felt so familiar with her when I saw her today."
"Did Itsuka learn sign language from a dream?" Kato Megumi asked curiously, slightly surprised by the bizarre story.
"...I guess so." Itsuka Yuto replied vaguely. After all, it was a skill given to him by the system, so it wouldn't be wrong to say that he learned it in a dream.
Eriri looked at him like he was an idiot. "Do you think we'd believe that? That kind of nonsense only works on people like that..."
She wanted to say "that kind of mentally unstable woman," but she swallowed the words back.
"Believe it or not, because of that dream, I feel a sense of responsibility towards Nishimiya-san. She has been bullied a lot since she was a child because of her hearing impairment, and I just want to help her as much as possible."
Even setting aside Yuto, Eriri's own kindness would make her sympathize with such a hearing-impaired girl and want to help her.
But what she cared about more at this moment was Yuto's thoughts and actions. "You idiot Yuto! When did your sense of responsibility become so excessive? Your real childhood friend, who needs your responsibility, is still right here!!"
She pointed to herself.
Yuto Itsuka said helplessly, "Your situation is different."
“What’s the difference! It’s just…” Eriri suddenly stopped, realizing she had almost let something slip.
She wanted to say, "Isn't it just that you like her more?", but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
The atmosphere fell into silence again.
Kato Megumi quietly observed the two of them, then suddenly said, "Itsuka-kun, is your feeling for Nishimiya-kun really just a sense of responsibility?"
Yuto Itsuka didn't know what to say when he heard this. He wasn't sure either; perhaps there was something more akin to familial affection involved.
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