What a twist! The loser heroine!

Are you kidding me?!

Banami said in a serious tone, "Speaking of which, desserts are meant to be enjoyed privately, right? Wouldn't they lose their original value and flavor if shared?"

Sigh, I acknowledge your love for desserts.

Wen Shui sighed, a sense of powerlessness rising within her.

He seemed to suddenly understand some of the things Xiao Ju often said, and then blurted them out.

"Hanami-kun".

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"That's where your problem lies."

"what?!"

~Forty-seventh defeat~ Banami sees this girl

"You, you, you, you're using my words to describe me?!"

In her haste, Banami forcefully broke a piece of potato off with her chopsticks.

"Huh? That seems to be the case."

Wen Shui recalled that Banami had said something similar to her in the alley yesterday.

It's strange, why do Komari and Hanami both like to say things like that? Is it the latest trend among girls?

"Anyway, I just suddenly wanted to say this, although I don't know why." Wen Shui took a bite of bread.

"It's been 12 years and you still haven't shared food with your childhood friend. Banami-kun, aren't you being a little too possessive of your food?"

"I'm not being possessive of my food!" Banami immediately retorted, "I'll still share my main course and side dishes with others! Come on!"

As if to prove her point, she angrily picked up a piece of pork rib and stabbed it into the bread soaked in warm water.

"Eat!" she gritted her teeth.

The warm water was completely dumbfounded.

【Huh? Are you asking me to eat this? But I don't want to. By the way, are you using spare chopsticks? They probably weren't washed, right?】

Wen Shui was feeling uneasy and a little annoyed.

Upon closer reflection, he realized he actually had a slight case of mysophobia. Ever since junior high, he hadn't really liked drinking beverages that others had touched, but because he had never had the chance to verify this, he had almost forgotten about it.

Seeing that Wen Shui was stunned, Banai immediately revealed a fierce look.

"What kind of attitude is that? Are they looking down on me?!"

【um, yes. 】

Wen Shui glanced at Banami with an awkward look without saying a word, then sighed heavily.

Picking up the bread, after a brief internal struggle, Wen Shui put the piece of pork rib into her mouth. The sweet and sour flavor blossomed on her taste buds, and the perfect crispness made Wen Shui's eyes widen slightly.

It tastes good, but to be honest, it's a bit disgusting.

As she carefully observed Wen Shui's facial expression, Banami immediately revealed a confident smile.

"How is it? Delicious, right?" She smiled and tilted her head back, as if waiting for a warm water response.

"It's not bad."

Wen Shui turned her face away, not wanting Banami to see her furrowed brows caused by her discomfort.

"In that case, why don't you just share these snacks with Hakamada next time you go out?" Wen Shui suggested, pointing to the crater on her bread.

"No, a main meal is a main meal, and a snack is a snack. They cannot be treated the same. This is a matter of principle," Banami said in a deep voice.

What kind of principle is this?

"Hanami-kun, what is our goal?"

Wen Shui asked in a deep voice.

"Help, help me catch up with Kusuke," Hanami replied embarrassedly.

"So, which is more important, this goal or your principle?"

Warm water sank the Banami with a single question and answer.

"Gulp..." Banami struggled internally with resentment, then let out a long sigh: "I know, I'll try it next time. Are there any other ways to create a sense of contrast?"

Wen Shui thought about it carefully for a moment, then said, "How about changing my personal attributes?"

"Personal attributes? That sounds like something from a game."

"It's a concept called 'character design' in novels," Wen Shui explained. "For example, someone like me is the unremarkable, eccentric character in the class, Hakamada is the athletic, sunny, and handsome guy, and Hanami is—"

"Stop!" Banami immediately reached out to stop Wenshui from speaking next: "Although I don't know how you want to describe me, I have a feeling that you are going to insult me ​​very rudely. I think I understand what you mean."

【Huh? Have we become so close that we can tease each other?】

Wen Shui nodded helplessly: "Anyway, I'm glad you understand. My idea is to cultivate a new persona and then show it to Hakamada from time to time. That should increase the sense of novelty."

He finished the last bite of bread, crumpled the wrapper into a ball, and then stood up.

When Banai saw Wenshui stand up, she immediately said nervously, "Hey, where are you going? I haven't finished eating yet."

As she spoke, she immediately sped up her eating, her chopsticks moving so fast they were almost blurry, leaving Wen Shui speechless.

"I won't walk anymore. You don't need to eat so fast; it's bad for your digestive system."

Wen Shui quickly explained, "I just felt a bit blocked up, so I thought I'd come and see the scenery."

Banami nodded with a hint of disbelief, quickly finishing the food in her bento box while pondering how to cultivate new "character attributes".

Wen Shui leaned against the railing, gazing at the distant playground.

Under the clear sky, a dark-skinned figure was sweating profusely on the playground. Even from a distance, it was clearly recognizable as Shao Yan Lemon, who was training. He left everyone far behind at the start, proving himself worthy of being a competitor in the city-level competition; his athletic talent was truly astonishing.

During the 50-minute lunch break, they ate, changed into their gym clothes, practiced, and then changed back into their uniforms. The track and field team is really impressive; I definitely couldn't have done that myself.

Is this kind of fragmented training really necessary...?

Completely unable to comprehend the sports student's thought, Wen Shui sighed inwardly.

That said, it's unbelievable that Xiao Ju and Lemon could become friends. One of them is an extremely introverted and gloomy person, while the other is a sunny and athletic superstar; they seem like such an unlikely match.

Hmm? This combination seems familiar... Is it just my imagination?

Lost in thought, Wen Shui suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder.

"What are you thinking about?"

Turning his head, he saw Anna Hanami, who had quickly finished cleaning the bento, standing beside him, looking at him curiously.

"Nothing, I was just thinking about something else."

"Ah~"

Banami leaned against the railing, gazing at the distant playground.

"Ah, it's Shao Shio. He's still exercising during his lunch break. He's really hardworking."

“After all, she’s about to participate in the city-level competition,” Wen Shui replied softly.

A midday breeze blew by, and Wen Shui reached out to smooth her slightly messy bangs.

Banami seemed to have yet to respond.

Wen Shui turned her head curiously to look, only to find her staring blankly at the playground, her eyes glazed over.

Have you thought of any methods?

He breathed a sigh of relief. If she could really come up with a good solution on her own, then he would be truly grateful.

Ultimately, how could someone with zero experience in dating accept such a request? It's incredibly presumptuous of them to do so.

Just as he was lost in thought, Banami seemed to have just woken up from a dream, her body trembled, and she let out an "Ah".

"What's wrong, Yanami-kun?"

"Ah, it's nothing, I just suddenly... saw something." Banami turned her head to an angle where the warm water couldn't see her, and then slightly raised her left hand before speaking softly.

Wen Shui was somewhat surprised.

"Could it be that……"

"Yes, my intuition has been triggered."

She nodded gently, letting her long blue hair sway slightly, and then looked back at the playground.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen it.”

"Scared?" Banami smiled, but her gaze never fell on the warm water.

"To be honest, a little." Wen Shui nodded. "I thought you had figured something out on your own, but it turns out you just triggered a superpower."

"It's not a superpower, it's just a strange talent. My mom used her connections to find several famous doctors, but they couldn't figure it out. She wanted to treat it with medication, but my mom refused on the spot."

"Weren't they arrested for research?" Wen Shui thought of a possibility.

"Most of them would be diagnosed as mental illness, and besides, I'm not stupid."

After composing herself, Banami said in a joking tone, "My intuition is actually sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Sometimes nothing happens, sometimes it can tell me which stock to buy, and sometimes it can dodge a flying baseball or a speeding car."

"But sometimes, it's like triggering some kind of warning, allowing me to see some blurry fragments."

"Every time it's triggered, it's like I lose control of my body. A certain image keeps playing in my eyes, as if it's being imprinted in my memory. It's quite strange."

Is there no way to control when it's triggered?

"Warm water asked."

"No."

"That sounds like it must have caused you a lot of trouble."

Banami chuckled: "Actually, it's alright. I haven't triggered it many times from childhood to adulthood, and I always find a safe place beforehand when I'm in a trance. But every time I trigger it, I benefit from it."

"Like a talisman?"

“Yeah, more or less. Having dealt with these intuitions since I was a child, I’ve gradually started to believe more and more in my talent.” As Banai said this, she looked at Wenshui: “I always think that those images are fragments of the future.”

[If you still insist it's not a superpower, that's a bit of a stretch, Hanami-kun.]

"If that's the case, then this book should be renamed 'My Classmate Has Future Vision'."

Wen Shui joked, asking with some curiosity, "So, what did you see intuitively just now? Maybe you can find the secret to a successful confession?"

Just as Banai was about to speak, she paused.

She turned her gaze back to the playground and said in a low voice, "I'd like to find it too, but this time my intuition isn't telling me anything."

"Huh? It's not working?"

"No, it's just that I inexplicably feel like crying."

Banami pursed her lips and remained silent.

Upon hearing this, Wen Shui wisely refrained from asking further questions.

Intuition... Although I'd had my share of guesses before, it's truly astonishing to hear it from Banami herself. Thinking back to our meeting at the dessert shop, when she helped me avoid the car that ran a red light, perhaps it was because her intuition gave her a warning.

At the time, she acted as if it were just a casual little thing, perhaps because she was so used to her intuition.

Yami-kun is really amazing.

I feel a little envious, but not really.

Wen Shui had already seen how anxious and flustered Banami looked because of her intuitive warnings, and he didn't want to disrupt his current life because of fragments of the future.

So Wen Shui looked back at the playground.

Ah, I've got an idea!

"Hanami-kun," he said, "Hakamada-kun told me in art class that he goes to join the off-campus rock climbing team after school, right?"

"That's true." Banami nodded.

"In other words, Hakamada likes sports," Wenshui continued.

"We previously mentioned trying to change the character's attributes. Catering to someone's preferences is a shortcut to victory. Perhaps you could consider transforming yourself into an athletic girl?"