My deskmate is actually my yandere reader.

Although it was embarrassing, he still wanted to show off in front of the person he liked.

Fortunately, sports are one of his strengths.

Kurose Izumi, who was left behind, followed the others at a leisurely pace, showing no competitive spirit.

He was well aware of his own limitations.

If you force it, you might end up losing more than you gain.

"Quan, keep it up!"

"Kurose-san, do your best!"

When Izumi Kurose was halfway through the race, in addition to Chire Shiraishi, there was another person cheering her on.

"Ok?"

Puzzled, Izumi Kurose looked in the direction of the sound and found Ayane Genbu standing not far away on the other side.

She was shouting encouragement, her face flushed from the shouting.

"???"

Seeing this, Kurose Izumi was full of questions, not understanding why Ayane Genbu was cheering her on.

Despite the doubts, I still have to finish the 1000 meters.

He withdrew his gaze, focused on what was ahead, and increased his speed slightly.

Because of my momentary lapse in concentration, the others who were following closely behind have all run ahead.

Kurose Izumi didn't want to be at the bottom of the class; that would be letting down the two girls who were cheering him on.

Especially Shiraishi Chiren.

He didn't want to show his embarrassing side to the person he liked.

Two and a half minutes later, Kurose Izumi reached the finish line, and Shiraishi Chiren immediately came up to her, handing her a bottle of water and a handkerchief: "Izumi, wipe your sweat? Are you thirsty? Would you like some water?"

In response to her concern, Kurose Izumi took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Then, he took the mineral water, unscrewed the cap, and drank it down.

"Gulp, gulp."

As his Adam's apple bobbed, the cool water swept away the dryness in his throat.

"Thank you."

"Why should I thank you? It's enough that I was able to help you, Izumi." Shiraishi Chiren smiled.

"No... I still want to express my gratitude." As Izumi Kurose spoke, she looked around, searching for Masatake Hirasawa.

"Looking for Hirasawa-kun?" Shiraishi Chiren saw through his thoughts at a glance. "He's already gone with Tsuda."

"Really? That's good."

"Where's Quan? Where do we go next?"

"I don't know, I'll just wander around..."

Afterwards, the two naturally walked towards the courtyard, seemingly not intending to do any more exercise.

But there was one person they forgot...

Upon arriving at the courtyard, the two entered the club building and walked along the elevated corridor to the interior of the Animal Research Department.

Standing in front of the cabinet, Shiraishi Chiren turned around and asked, "Izumi, would you like black tea or green tea?"

"I have water here, do you need any?" Kurose Izumi shook the mineral water bottle in her hand.

"Alright, then I won't drink it either." Shiraishi Chiren closed the cabinet and sat down at the birchwood table.

Furthermore, she sat down next to Izumi Kurose!

"Don't sit next to me, there are so many seats here." Kurose Izumi complained, but she didn't move away.

"I just want to sit next to Izumi, is that not allowed?" Shiraishi Chiren put on a pitiful look.

Why do you want to sit next to me?

"Then why doesn't Izumi want me to sit next to her?"

"you--"

Kurose Izumi hesitated for a moment, then simply let her be, since she was just sitting next to him anyway.

Seeing this, Shiraishi Chiren laughed triumphantly.

She casually picked up the mineral water bottle on the table, and, meeting Kurose Izumi's astonished gaze, unscrewed the cap and took a sip.

"Qianlian, you—"

"Ok?"

Shiraishi Chiren put down the water bottle, stuck out her pink tongue, licked the water stains left on her cherry lips, and smiled alluringly, "What's wrong with me?"

"This is my water, how could you..."

"This is spring water, so what?"

"Never mind..."

In the end, Izumi Kurose didn't know what to say anymore.

Anyway, even if I tell Shiraishi Chiren, she won't change her mind, so why bother saying it again?

Shiraishi Chiren smiled faintly and said with her cherry lips slightly parted, "We've already kissed before, so why should we care about this indirect kiss?"

After a moment of silence, Kurose Izumi responded in a low voice, "...The past is the past, the present is the present!"

"So Izumi means... you want to kiss now? We're at school."

Kurose Izumi suddenly sighed, turned her head, looked directly at Shiraishi Chiren, and said, word by word:

"Qianlian, stop saying these things on purpose. Is it really meaningful?"

Do you think I would want to kiss you right now?

Even if I wanted to, what mindset should I have when kissing you?

Upon hearing his words, Shiraishi Chiren pursed her cherry lips, her expression suddenly turning somber.

"Actually, I said those things because I wanted to get closer to Izumi."

"Why...why are you blaming me like this?"

"I just wanted to make Izumi happy, is that wrong?"

"...Stupid Spring".

She was simply trying her best to please Kurose Izumi, what's wrong with that?

The past is the past, but can we pretend it never happened?

She didn't believe that Izumi Kurose wouldn't miss their past intimacy.

Seemingly realizing she had said something, Kurose Izumi softened her tone and said softly:

"Qianlian, I... am not able to do anything intimate for the time being."

"So please give me some time to think it over."

131. Fuyuko Kuchiki and Chire Shiraishi

The conversation during PE class ended there after Izumi Kurose spoke those words in a gentle tone.

When the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class, the two went back to the changing room to change into their school uniforms, then went to the classroom to pick up their bags and returned to the Animal Research Department.

When they returned to the clubroom, Inari Yuki was already sitting at the birchwood table, waiting for them.

After the two sat down, Inari Yuki excitedly took out her drawing board and handed it over: "Seniors, I've finished drawing. Would you like to see it?"

"Oh, let me see..."

Kurose Izumi reached out and took the drawing tablet, looking at the 3D character model on the screen that looked remarkably like Shiraishi Chirei.

As he moved his finger, zooming in and out, every detail of the figure became clearly visible.

"It's pretty good."

As he exclaimed in admiration, he switched to the next page to look at the male protagonist's model.

At that moment, Shiraishi Chiren also moved closer to him and leaned her head over.

"Chiren, don't get so close!" Kurose Izumi immediately protested.

"I wanted to see it too, so this is the only way," Shiraishi Chiren said innocently.

"You... never mind."

So Izumi Kurose let her be, and her gaze returned to the drawing tablet screen.

Above it stood a handsome man with deep, bright eyes, a straight nose, and a well-defined jawline.

"Is this a copy of my drawing?"

Kurose Izumi thought to herself, "This doesn't feel gloomy at all, he's clearly a sunny and cheerful guy!"

"His handsomeness is based on Kurose-senpai, but his temperament is not."

Inari Yuki rubbed her hands awkwardly and whispered, "The two seniors didn't say the male lead had to be gloomy, just a little ordinary."

You call this ordinary?

Being handsome is extraordinary in itself, isn't it?

Putting aside women, men also choose their partners based on merit.

"Then let's leave it at that."

Despite her inner complaints, Kurose Izumi didn't have any objections to the male lead's image.

He just felt it wasn't like him.