Let's do it again, Yukino.

"...Waaah...wait...I...get off the bus..."

The driver in the driver's seat pressed the accelerator the moment the car door closed.

In the midst of the confusion, he seemed to hear the woman shouting that she wanted to get off the bus, but he didn't pay any attention to it.

After all, both of them seemed to be drunk. In the driver's mind, how could he believe what a drunkard said?

Then,

this moment,

The taxi carrying the three people sped towards the apartment of a certain Yukinoshita.

Speeding along, heading eastward.

In the blink of an eye, it had disappeared on the horizon of the road.

The future is always unpredictable.

……

…………

"……hiss----"

In the dead of night,

As Yukinoshita was typing on her computer, she suddenly felt a throbbing in her heart for some reason.

The girl placed her hand on her heart, her brows furrowing slightly.

For some reason, starting in the evening, her ominous premonition gradually deepened.

Although in the afternoon, Xiaoxue learned from Chunri's email that he had met Hiratsuka Shizuka, who was attending his cousin's wedding, on the way, and that she had even invited him to dinner.

However, this should have absolutely nothing to do with any so-called ominous premonition.

After all, those two people are absolutely safe from any angle and level.

However, Xiaoxue glanced at the time on the wall again.

It's getting late, they should be back soon.

The phone rang, and the girl answered it without thinking.

a long time,

A sinister smile appeared beneath the snow.

"Okay, I'll come down to pick him up right away. It's really kind of you to bring him back."

……

…………

Downstairs in the apartment building,

Inside the open carriage door

Yukinoshita crossed her arms and looked at Hiratsuka-sensei, who was awkwardly waving at her, with a cold smile.

"Could you explain why even Hiratsuka-sensei is here at my house?"

"..."

After the bumpy ride and the cold wind blowing outside the window, Hiratsuka Shizuka, now completely sober, was pressing down on the hem of her dress and awkwardly waving to Koyuki outside the car.

"Could you help me up? Yukinoshita-san, I twisted my ankle when I first started playing, and now it's even numb."

Knowing in her heart that the person inside the car and the person outside the car were a couple, Hiratsuka Shizuka was once again struck by the pain of being single, and the unpleasant memories of the day were starting to resurface.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Haruhi was still fast asleep in her seat, smacking her lips in her sleep, as if she were having a wonderful dream.

Yukinoshita is indeed Yukinoshita; even at this moment, she did not show any impetuous or exaggerated behavior, and helped Ms. Hiratsuka out of the carriage.

As for the last one remaining.

"Let him stay drunk."

Yukinoshita said without turning her head.

"He'll come to his senses on his own in a little while."

Chapter Forty: A Great Battle Is Imminent

In the apartment,

Looking at Chunri lying drunk on the bed in the guest bedroom, the boy seemed to quickly drift off to sleep in the room filled with a sweet fragrance.

Outside the curtains, the wind blew, and the trees in the park rustled and swayed.

After tidying up the mess in the room, Xiaoxue breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka behind her, who was drinking hangover tea.

"Hey, Hiratsuka-sensei, can you explain to me why you sent this guy to my place?"

Hiratsuka: "..."

This scene seems so familiar. Why do they all treat the people around them like fools who don't understand anything?

And they're all such drama queens...

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't know what to say, after all, this sharp-tongued student had seen her embarrassing moment on the bus, and if she provoked her further in this regard, who knew what would happen next.

"This is the address this guy gave the driver after he got drunk. I thought it was where he lived, but it turns out it's your house, Yukinoshita-san. What a coincidence! Hahaha..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka forced a laugh, feigning ignorance, but the topic didn't go on there.

"Yukinoshita, could I borrow your bathroom for a bit? I might have to stay here tonight."

Reeking of alcohol, she really wanted to take a bath.

"Anywhere is fine, the bathroom is over there."

Nodding, Yukinoshita pointed in the direction of the bathroom.

……

…………

"Hey, Hiratsuka Shizuka is gone. Can you stop pretending?"

He locked the bedroom door, heard the sound of water being poured from the bathroom, and returned to the snow-covered bed where Haruhi was. He patted the leg of the figure on the bed and snorted coldly.

"Huh...huh..."

On the bed, there was still that quiet, almost imperceptible breathing.

The quiet and handsome young man's face remained completely unchanged.

"I'll count to three. If you don't wake up by then, you'll have to bear the consequences."

"3"

"2"

"..."

The person on the bed remained motionless.

That bastard...

"My sister will be here in a bit!!"

Yukinoshita snorted angrily and pinched Haruhi's waist hard.

"Cough...cough...get up."

The boy, his face flushed and breathing rapidly, got out of bed.

"Why are you yelling so loudly? You could have just pinched me."

The moment the boy opened his mouth, the pungent smell of alcohol made Yukinoshita frown.

So it turns out this guy was faking his drunkenness all along...

Thinking of this, Yukinoshita's face flushed with even more shame and indignation as she recalled the past.

"Explain yourself, why did Hiratsuka Shizuka come back with you?"

She rolled over onto the bed, grabbed Chunri by the collar, and said angrily through gritted teeth.

"I don't know either... When I woke up, she was already in the car. I thought it was Xiaoxue who invited her to our house."

With an innocent look on his face and his eyes completely relaxed, it was difficult for Xiaoxue to tell whether his words were a lie or the truth.

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you? Besides, I really drank too much today, and I don't remember many things clearly."

Telling the truth at this point would definitely kill someone.

If I were to tell Koyuki that I was confused from drinking and accidentally mistook Hiratsuka Shizuka for Koyuki, someone would definitely die.

Although Kasuga usually enjoys watching women fight, if Hiratsuka Shizuka and Koyuki were to fight...

The first person to get injured is definitely out of the question.

It can only be him, Kasuga Gian!

……

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Late into the night,

In the guest room of Xiaoxue Apartment,

Springtime lay down on the spare quilt that had been in use since before Minor Snow.

After taking a shower, Hiratsuka Shizuka, quite tacitly, did not come in to visit Haruhi; instead, she chose to share a bedroom with Yukinoshita.

In the dimly lit room, the quiet conversation between the women next door reached Chunri's ears directly.

Springtime, which I was supposed to fall asleep quickly afterward,