The school prince (♀) is only close to me (♂) Remake

(Side) Chapter 29.5

~Something about Daichi after he recovered from his shock~

"Where is she?... Where is she?... Where is Yuriko?!"

Daichi had passed through all of the game machines, but he hadn't managed to find Yuriko, then as he continued his futile search, he passed by the entrance area, where he saw Yamada on the floor, looking as if he had turned into a pile of dust

"?! Oi! Dude, what happened to you!?"

"M-m-m-my... S-s-s-cale... Ugh..."

And then Yamada died (not really) in Daichi's arms

"YAMADA!!!"

Daichi screamed his friend's name as his dead body limped in his arms...

"Takeru, is there any other place you want to go?"

"Huh?"

"Guh!"

But when he heard a familiar female voice, he let go of his friend and dropped him on the floor without hesitation. Daichi got up and dashed after the owner of the female voice, it took him just a few minutes to find and reach Yuriko who was walking with Takeru as they held hands

"Yuriko!"

"Hm?... ! Haa..."

Yuriko hearing her name being called turned to see who it was, and seeing it was Daichi, she immediately ended up making an annoyed expression as she sighed

"... I might not like what I'm going to hear, but... What do you want, Yamamoto-san?"

In a complete 180 from when she was talking to Takeru, Yuriko addressed to Daichi with a serious tone and a stern expression

"Hmm... Well, you see... I-I... Would like to apologize... For everything that I did..."

"... *Deeply inhales* Haa... Fine, I'll accept your apology..."

"!"

When Daichi heard that he began smiling as he wrongly thought that his chances with Yuriko had increased...

"But don't think I'll just forgive you simply because you apologized"

Only for his hopes to be completely destroyed, as Yuriko said that with a shadow cast over her eyes that were devoid of any light pierced him directly into his soul

"W-why?..." *Trembling intensely*

"Why?... Simple. You willingly covered up for your friend who was breaking the school rules, you lied to me, and... You kept a compromising photo of me in your possessions..."

"..."

Yuriko put a lot of strength into that last remark of hers, to show Daichi that she was still furious from that. Daichi on the other hand stayed quiet as his trembling only got more intense

"And then you come here now, interrupt my date with Takeru just as we get into a great mood... And you want me to forgive you after you did all that to me!"

" "..." "

Both Daichi and Takeru stayed silent, Daichi because of the shock and fear of having Yuriko talk to him like that, while Takeru was simply intimidated by Yuriko's anger when he was only barely used to her overflowing affection for him

"Now, do you understand what I just told you, Yamamoto-san?" *Smiles*

"... Y-Yes..."

"Good..." *Turns towards Takeru*

"!" *Shudders*

Yuriko walked towards Takeru, and once she was close enough to him, she gently held his free hand

"... ... ..."

"Hm... Yuriko?"

"... Shall we go back home, Takeru?" *Brightly smiling*

"Huh? Ah! Y-yes!"

"Fufu!"

And just like that, Yuriko's previous stern and intimidating figure was nowhere to be seen, and instead, she was brightly smiling and beaming with happiness

"..."

As for Daichi, he fell to his knees yet again, as he began to turn into dust

~The morning after their date~

"*Yawning*"

Takeru had just left his room still feeling half-asleep

"Ah! Takeru, you woke already? I was pre-"

"Wah! That's some bed hair!" *Spacing out*

Yuriko who was already wide awake that early in the move went towards Takeru, mainly to give him a hug, but before she could do that, he had begun patting her hair with the face of someone who was clearly spacing out

"Pat pat patty patty pat-... ... ...!" *Freeze*

"..."

"..."

The two stayed silent for a few seconds, with Yuriko blushing from being caught off guard by Takeru's head patting her. Then Takeru who was fully awakened by the shock began to blush intensely

"T-that's not... Tanaka is... A big sleepyhead... That's the truth!"

Takeru in his panic tried to make an excuse, mainly for himself

"Right you are... Now if you excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom"

Yuriko who was now covering her mouth and nose with one hand hurriedly went to the bathroom and closed the door once she was inside. In there, she put her head right above the sink, and then a drop of blood fell on the sink

"..." <HOW CAN YOU BE THIS CUTE RIGHT IN THE MORNING?!>

Yuriko was having a nosebleed because of Takeru's half-asleep blunder