Let's do it again, Yukino.

Although it's called unrequited love

However, this was a secret that was known to everyone around her, and it wasn't really a secret.

Even the person directly involved, Hayato Hayama, who was like a prince of Soubu High School,

They also all know that Yumiko likes them.

After all, Hayama is one of the few perfect young men in Soubu High School.

Treat everyone around you with absolute gentleness and tolerance.

He lacked Haruhi's recklessness and irritability.

There is no eccentricity or darkness like Hachiman Hikigaya.

Apart from Hachiman and Kasuga

Perhaps there is no one in the entire Soubu High School who dislikes him.

As for Xiaoxue

Because of what happened in elementary school, her feelings for Hayama weren't exactly hatred, but rather a reluctance to get close to him.

……

Even Isshiki, the junior who simply wanted to have a relationship in high school, initially chose Hayama Hayato from the soccer club as her first choice.

Perhaps it wasn't that Isshiki harbored any deep love for Hayama Hayato; in her later words, it was simply because Hayama Hayato was the most suitable person for her to fulfill her desire for love at that moment.

However, this also shows how perfect Hayama Hayato's image is in the eyes of others.

Not to mention Yumiko, who has known and been infatuated with Hayama Hayato for a long time.

However----

The future ending of the previous life proves that Hayama Hayato's feelings for Yumiko were merely those of a close friend.

Even after graduating from university, the two, who were in the same university, never developed a romantic relationship.

This was something that originally had nothing to do with spring.

But------

this day,

As the boy passed through the somewhat secluded courtyard of Soubu High School,

However, while stretching his muscles, he inadvertently saw two familiar figures that he had seen not long ago.

Hayama Hayato and Miura Yuko,

Standing beside a small stone pavilion not far from spring, the two people seemed to be talking about something.

Realizing that she had overheard something she shouldn't have, she instinctively moved aside.

Holding her breath and not daring to move, Chunri curiously focused her gaze on the two people not far away.

Although it's unclear what those two were doing, Kasuga might now understand some of the feelings Kawasaki Saki had on the rooftop back then.

And to be honest, he did have some good feelings towards Hayama Hayato and Yumiko, since their styles of doing things were quite to Kasuga's liking.

"Hayato, I—"

In the distance, Miura Yumiko, mustering her courage, blushed an unusual shade of red on her fair face and spoke to Hayama as if telling him something.

However, perhaps because of the wind, Haruhi was unable to hear Yumiko's voice clearly.

Not daring to disturb their spring, I couldn't help but mutter some complaints to myself.

Could it be that Yumiko is planning to confess her feelings to Hayama here?

That's not right either. I remember Yumiko confessing to Hayato when they were almost graduating in their third year, right?

Not long after,

In spring, I saw Yumiko, her eyes red and her face covered, running out of the grove.

Even in her dejection, Yumiko failed to notice Haruhi, who happened to pass by her.

The cicadas began to chirp softly.

Looking further a distance,

Hayato Hayama, who always maintained a smile, stood there, without...

However you look at it,

The blond boy's smile at that moment seemed somewhat lonely.

This scene,

Somewhat familiar,

Springtime instantly came to its senses.

In her previous life, after Yumiko confessed to Hayama, an almost identical scene unfolded.

……

…………

On the rooftop

In the distance, patches of clouds drifted across the horizon.

The air was somewhat warm.

"You mean Yumiko confessed to Hayama, and then Hayama rejected her?"

Xiaoxue frowned slightly as she looked at Chunri, who had suddenly run to her service department and summoned her to the rooftop.

"Xiaoxue, you used the word 'again' quite cleverly, but this word is too pitiful for that girl, Yumiko."

Haruhi muttered to himself, speechless, "This is clearly the first time Yumiko has confessed her feelings in this lifetime."

Are blondes really so despised?

"What's so strange about that? It's impossible for someone like Hayama to have romantic feelings for Yumiko. Besides, Yumiko's confession to Hayama in her previous life also ended in failure. This kind of ending is not surprising."

In any case, in their memory, their confessions to Hayama were almost always met with a sarcastic and merciless rejection from him.

"But Xiaoxue, don't you think it's strange? It shouldn't have happened so early."

Haruhi frowned because he also knew about Yumiko's fate in her previous life, which only made him more confused.

However, what he couldn't understand was that he hadn't had any interaction with Hayama or Yumiko yet.

What was originally supposed to happen in the third grade has now happened a whole semester earlier.

Xiaoxue didn't react much to Chunri's question.

"Didn't you also meet Isshiki Iroha earlier than expected? Even Yukino-sensei, who should have resigned long ago, is still teaching at Soubu High School, isn't she? These things didn't happen in our previous lives."

"My encounter with Isshiki happened because I rode a bicycle that I had long ago abandoned in the warehouse, which almost caused me to hit her on my way to school; and as for Ms. Yukino, it was because I took the initiative to intervene and resolve the incident with Aizawa Shoko. As for Yumiko and Hayama, as you know, Yukino, my only interaction with them was that one time on the tennis court, and I haven't seen them since."

"Maybe it's because of that time on the tennis court?"

"You're overthinking it. I only scared Yumiko a little back then. How could I possibly make her muster up the courage to confess to Hayama ahead of time? Uh—"

The sound stopped abruptly, and upon realizing this, Chunri's mouth involuntarily widened considerably.

"Could it be such a coincidence?"

"Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Springtime, have you heard of the butterfly effect?"

"No."

Spring shook her head frankly.

"It's a shame you used to write light novels."

Looking at Haruhi as if he were an idiot, Yukinoshita couldn't help but cover her forehead and sigh. The girl couldn't help but pull this guy, who was clearly not very bright but always insisted on sticking his neck out, to a corner in the shadows and patiently explained to this idiot.

"A tiny change can have a different outcome for the whole thing; this is known as the butterfly effect."

"To give you an analogy, if we compare our past life experiences to a novel, then from the moment we are reborn, the butterfly effect has already begun. No matter what happens, it is all due to our rebirth, whether big or small. So even if the original plot of the novel happens ahead of time or is completely changed, we don't need to be surprised. These are the effects of the butterfly effect. Do you understand now, Kasuga-kun?"

"...I think I understand, but I also think I don't."

"You idiot..."

Since she'd been staying by this idiot's side all along, Xiaoxue wasn't really concerned about whether Chunri had figured it out or not.

only------

"Yumiko actually confessed to Hayama. Are you sure you were the only one who saw it besides the two of them?"

As if remembering something, Xiaoxue asked Chunri the same question again.

Chapter 88 The Butterfly Effect

Haruhi showed no anger at Yukinoshita's doubts, simply shaking his head slightly.

"You know I'm not the kind of person who talks big. How could I possibly spread Yumiko's private affairs? But I suspect that these things are like fire that can't be hidden forever. It's 100% impossible to keep it a secret in the end. Hayama and Yumiko are different from me and Yuki. They are the center of attention and are definitely popular people. Just think, news like Yumiko's failed confession to Hayama Hayato doesn't need me to spread it. It won't be long before people in their circle find out what's going on."

"I still think that facing this outcome sooner is not a bad thing for Yumiko and that guy Hayama."

Xiaoxue brushed back the black hair that was being blown by the wind from her neck, looked up at the sky, and smiled faintly.

After all, although she is a seventeen-year-old girl, she has the soul of an adult who has lived two lives.

Although she may still retain a trace of arrogance from her high school days in her previous life, and perhaps a bit of harshness and strictness towards others, that willfulness will only be directed at Haruhi.

She is much gentler and more tolerant now than she was in high school in her previous life, treating Yui, Hachiman, Hayama, and Yumiko the same way.

"Indeed, this may be the world's malice towards blonde girls. Love that is destined to be unattainable, how tragic."

Aside from the confusion caused by the premature occurrence of such an event, Kasuga actually felt the same way as Yukino Yukinoshita.

Although Haruhi felt some sympathy for Yumiko's doomed romance, just as Yuki had said earlier...

Confessing to Hayato Hayama beforehand, even if it fails.

This does not mean that Yumiko will lose anything because of this.