What a twist! The loser heroine!

"Ah, haha, that's how it is," Wen Shui replied with an awkward laugh.

【I've never heard of any idol cooking for themselves!】

"So, Xiao Lian still needs to work harder."

Himegami's mother said meaningfully, "That night when I was teaching her how to make cookies, she burned several of them because she couldn't control the heat... Huh? Why are you standing there like that?"

Himegami's mother smiled and waved her hand in front of Wenshui's face, which finally drew Wenshui's attention back.

He quickly put the last hollowed-out green peppers into the basin, then, while rinsing his hands, he tried to change the subject: "Ah, I'm fine. The green peppers are done. Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Then please get the curry cubes for Auntie. I remember they were on the third shelf of the refrigerator."

"Ok."

Wen Shui opened the refrigerator, but after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the curry cubes.

"Aunt Himegami, I can't find the curry cubes."

He told the truth.

"what?"

Himegami Kaoru walked to the refrigerator and looked inside.

"No, there really isn't... That's strange, is it because Xiao Lian uses too much?"

She carefully checked the refrigerator: "Oh dear, not only are the curry cubes gone, but I also forgot to buy seaweed..."

"Is it too late to buy it now?" Wen Shui glanced down at her watch: "It's just past four o'clock."

"We should still be able to make it," Princess Himeko nodded.

Upon hearing this, Wen Shui took off her apron and hung it on the hook, then pushed open the kitchen door.

"Then I'll go buy them. Do I only need to buy curry cubes and seaweed?"

"And bring a bag of salt too." Hime-miya's mother suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right, Wen Shui, you probably don't know the way around here, right? Otherwise, I'll have Koi—"

"I know this place quite well."

Suddenly, a voice interrupted the conversation between Wen Shui and Himegami's mother.

Wen Shui turned to look.

Hanami Anzu was standing in the hallway, holding a bag of potato chips.

“I’ll take you there,” she said.

Wen Shui paused for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

"Are you familiar with this place, Hanami-kun?"

“I have a relative here who just came to visit last weekend.”

"I see."

The two talked like this as they left the kitchen.

Himegami Kaoru watched the two figures disappear into the distance, her brows furrowing slightly as she pondered something.

◇

Walking in the shadows of a deserted street corner, Wen Shui broke the silence first.

"Isn't Banami going to play board games with them?"

"I'm not very bright, I'm not good at that."

"Oh, sorry."

"There's no need to say it that way."

Wen Shui followed behind Banami. He looked up at the road sign that had already appeared twice in his memory.

"But... Banami-kun, it seems like we've been going around in circles in the alleys. Do you really know the way?"

He spoke cautiously.

"Who knows."

"Hana said softly."

"what?"

She sighed, as if resigned to her fate, and said, "Okay, I was lying when I said I knew this place well."

"I just want to talk to you alone."

"Uh, here? What are we talking about?"

Wen Shuihe felt confused.

Banami leaned against the wall and forced a smile: "Now that I think about it, this is the third time already."

"I've talked to Wen Shui about this before, about my ability to have [intuition]."

"Ah, um, so what happened to your [intuition]?"

“When I was little, I didn’t really feel anything, I just felt that I was luckier than other kids.” Banami murmured to herself, “Sometimes I would subconsciously avoid some very dangerous things, and if they really happened, I might be left with scars.”

"Thinking about it now, I still feel a little scared." She glanced at Wen Shui: "After I entered elementary school and was in the same class as Cao Jie, I gradually realized that this intuition was actually a very sensitive premonition."

Ah, she mentioned her childhood sweetheart, could it be...?

Seeing that Banami was about to start her old topic again, Wenshui's lips twitched, but she still listened.

"However, this intuition doesn't appear regularly; it only allows me to foresee things in the future occasionally."

"Is this a superpower?"

"Pretty much... Anyway, it's pretty useless." Banami smiled.

“Ever since fifth grade, love letters have been frequently stuffed into Kusuke’s shoe cabinet. It was around that time that I started to feel a little threatened.”

"When I was in elementary school, I didn't know that feeling was called liking someone. I was just afraid that Kusuke would stop playing with me."

"But at that time, my intuition told me that Kusuke would never leave me, so I did nothing. He also tore up all the love letters, and this continued until the second year of junior high school."

"Until Kusuke was confessed to by a third-year upperclassman, and he showed a hesitant expression..." Hanami lowered her eyes and told her story.

"Although my intuition did not warn me that Kusuke would be taken away, my unease made me realize eleven years later that I actually liked him."

She nervously drew circles on the ground with her shoes.

"So... now we're going to talk about Himegami-kun, right?"

Wen Shui said with a wry smile.

"Haha, is Wen Shui getting a little annoyed?"

Bana asked, somewhat embarrassed.

"Well, that's not it—"

“I know this isn’t right, so I came to see you today to make things clear.”

Banami looked at the warm water.

"Kusuke has already fallen for Himegami."

She spoke seemingly calmly, but her trembling hands betrayed her inner turmoil.

Kazuhiko Onami's pupils dilated slightly.

"Why did you come to me with this kind of thing..."

His voice was also a little dry.

"Because when I saw your self-introduction on the first day of school, my intuition told me—"

She paused, then turned her face away, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"My intuition tells me that you are someone I can completely trust."

"????"

Wen Shui was stunned again.

I think you're trusting your intuition a little too much.

"It takes time for people to come to know their own feelings."

As if unaware of Wen Shui's doubts, Banami said softly, "It took me eleven years to figure this out. How long will it take for Kusuke?"

“A seemingly meaningless glance, the idea of ​​deliberately joining this gathering, and the eagerness that Aunt Himegami was showing when she asked for help.”

The girl smiled bitterly: "I can see everything."

"So, what does this have to do with me—"

“It’s related,” Banami said softly, stepping closer to the warm water. “Didn’t you ask me before why I didn’t confess to Kusuke?”

"That's because my gut feeling told me I would be rejected on the spot."

"I can't believe it, so I don't dare to speak up."

The girl's body trembled slightly.

"I've always wondered why my intuition told me this, but you've provided the answer and made me change my mind a little. You truly are a dating expert."

You've definitely mistaken me for someone else.

The boy thought helplessly.

"Warm water."

She forced a smile and called out his surname.

"Uh, please go ahead..."

Warm Water had no choice but to respond.

"You helped Shao Shio before, so you're childhood friends, right?" She blurted out in one breath, "So, you definitely won't refuse my next request, right?"

"I've never heard of such a thing—"

Before he could finish speaking, Yagami grabbed the tie of Wenshui's school uniform.

"Warm water, I just said no—" she said urgently, but the words suddenly caught in her throat.

Seemingly realizing something, she quickly loosened Wen Shui's tie and then apologized in a low voice.

"Sorry...did I scare you?"

"I'm just...afraid that you'll reject me."

Seeing that Hanami Anana was completely different from her usual cheerful self, and even seemed somewhat lost, Wen Shui pursed her lips slightly.

"Well, you should at least state your request first."

he said.

Then Hanami raised her head.

"Warm Water Classmate—"

"No... Onmizu Kazuhiko."

Her eyes were filled with expectation.

"Please be my love advisor."

~Forty-third Defeat~ Q&A

"Please be my love advisor."

In the alley, Wen Shuiheyan stood frozen in place.

After staring blankly for a long time, he finally asked, "What do you mean by that, Hachimi-kun?"

Seeing Anja nervously smoothing her long hair, Bana blushed slightly and explained softly, "It's... exactly what it sounds like. When Wenshui and I were discussing this before, didn't you tell me to go after Kusuke?"

As if she had poured out her heart, her tone became lighter.

"I didn't dare to do it before because of my intuition, but this time... I can't back down anymore."