Let's do it again, Yukino.

The clock pointed to four o'clock the next morning.

The boy's excitement had completely subsided, and his body had now reached the highest level of the Sage's Time.

"I surrender, Xiaoxue. I, Chunri Qing, truly love you. I love you more than anyone else in the world. So let's not come anymore, okay?"

The boy looked at the girl lying next to him with a sincere expression.

Using the most tender and affectionate words to say the most jarring things.

If I hadn't exhausted myself at yesterday's concert and hadn't barely eaten anything all day, who would be so cowardly as to surrender?!

Fortunately, the girl's initial excitement gradually faded, and she considerately agreed to Chunri's rather unromantic request.

The two lay face to face on the bed, each wrapped in a thin blanket.

Their bodies remained intertwined, even at this moment.

During this quiet time, even as the boy finally closed his eyes to enjoy the peace, he found that he had absolutely no desire to sleep.

It was a strange feeling, so the boy opened his eyes, only to find that the girl lying on her side next to him was staring at him.

"Can't sleep?"

"A little bit, I don't know why, but it's okay for a guy like me to sleep less. Xiaoxue, you should get some rest."

Xiaoxue shook her head slightly, her bright, wide eyes still looking at the boy gently: "Yesterday during the day, I secretly took a nap in the infirmary."

Kasuga: "..."

Wow, no wonder I was so energetic and energetic until just now.

Was everything part of your plan, Xiaoxue?

"However, that's not why I couldn't fall asleep."

As Xiaoxue spoke, she moved her smooth, I mean, sleek body a little closer to the direction of spring.

"Why is that?"

"I'm just taking this opportunity to fully feel the warmth of the man who will marry me in the future."

"Little Snow."

Spring felt guilty for having just thought of the word "smooth".

Xiaoxue squinted her eyes. Although she didn't have the ability to read minds, she still looked at the boy gently. She spoke with a little shyness: "Don't look at me like this. In my past life, I also heard Yui and the others say that it's necessary to say some sweet words after that kind of thing."

The girl's small, delicate foot touched Chunri's leg and mischievously drew a circle around it.

Ah, so soft...

"I want to feel the reality of this moment, because I am lying on this bed where only the two of us exist, and right now, I, Yukino Yukinoshita, am truly being held in your arms."

"Xiaoxue, if you can talk, then say more..."

"No way!!"

"Are you happy? You've conquered a girl like me who would normally be portrayed as an ice queen."

"In a sense, it was Xiaoxue who won me over."

"How vain you are! What do you have that I would even want? A needle."

"It's not an embroidery needle!!"

"..."

"..."

They wondered if it was at the same moment that the argument in the infirmary, where everything began, started after their rebirth. They couldn't help but exchange a glance, and suddenly, their shared laughter echoed in the bedroom.

"It seems your wish hasn't been fulfilled. Those girls you were trying to pursue, with your twenty-something skills and high emotional intelligence..."

Yukino teased the boy with old stories.

"I'm not the kind of womanizer who flirts with all sorts of women. Besides, I just wanted to annoy you, Xiaoxue. I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that you made me angry back then."

As he scratched his head in the spring, entering a state of post-coital reflection, he also experienced a moment of clear-headed rationality returning to his senses.

He knew perfectly well what should be said and what shouldn't be said.

……

Seemingly remembering something, Xiaoxue placed her delicate fingers on Chunri's lips by the bedside.

"By the way, there's something I need you to do, Qing. Can you promise me that? Of course, I won't be angry if you refuse."

That's a lie. If Haruhi refuses, she'll definitely get angry.

Springtime brings clarity. "What is it?"

"No more concerts like yesterday's are allowed to be held without my permission."

The girl pouted. Although she usually appeared quite magnanimous, she was actually quite concerned about the boy in this matter.

After all, Haruhi in that era was indeed much more charming than Gian in his current form.

Even Xiaoxue herself was truly moved by Chunri's focused and earnest singing at that moment.

Add to that her piano skills, which she's learned from some perpetually unmarried older single woman, and if there are two or three more concerts like yesterday's, this girl might have to buy a book like "Rules for Getting Rid of Your Boyfriend's Vixen" for the rest of her high school year.

"Yeah, sure. Anyway, the Golden Band Legends have disbanded, and unless there are special circumstances, they won't reunite. The only concert they'll do is this cultural festival, hahaha."

Haruhi was quite generous. In any case, the concert at the cultural festival was specially prepared for Koyuki. Since the girl didn't want to hold any more concerts like that, it didn't matter.

"You played the electronic keyboard quite well. Give me a private lesson this week."

"Alright, I'll play it just for you..."

Finally, seeing the girl's satisfied smile, Chunri nodded firmly.

After a few words,

Silence fell in the room again, but the atmosphere was neither awkward nor peaceful. From the moment it ended, the boy and girl had been repeating this subtle time.

In a hazy state,

It seems that you can still hear their last conversation.

"From now on, we'll always be together, right? Really, right?"

I don't know if it was Haruhi who said it, or the girl who said it.

Because that was a question they had asked each other since their past lives.

"...Huff...Huff..."

"Is he asleep? What an idiot... Heh, I was thinking of going to take a shower with him, but he must be tired."

In the hazy light,

It seemed as if a girl was gently stroking the sleeping boy's face.

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A soft murmur,

That's great!

But this person was originally mine.

Therefore,

Really

This borrowed affection

She touched her chest.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

sorry

She said softly...

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Chapter Sixty: Embroidery needle my foot! This is called the Sea-Stabilizing Needle!!!

This must be a dream...

When I looked around at the rainy scenery in spring, my first reaction was...

Just a moment ago, the view outside the window was still bright and clear, with a clear moon and few stars; how could it suddenly start raining?

“...Hey, Qingjun.”

Suddenly, the figure who had been silent called out the boy's name.

Rainwater streamed down her waist-length hair, dripping onto the damp ground. Her wet bangs clung to her face, obscuring her eyes, so the boy couldn't see her expression.

Is it Xiaoxue?

You can vaguely make out Xiaoxue's graceful figure.

Even in dreams, do you only dream about the person you love most?

Suddenly, this strange thought popped into the boy's head.

But why would I have such a dream?

Dreams are always such ethereal and wondrous creations.

Even though she knew perfectly well that she was in a dream, Haruhi knew nothing and couldn't think of anything. She could only silently wait for the figure in front of her to continue speaking.

Anticipation and imitation.

What a boring dream.

Can't we just have a fleeting, unforgettable spring dream?

Springtime silently complained to herself.

At this moment, the girl opposite suddenly spoke up—