Uneasy daily life

They talk about unrequited love, freedom, parents and children, and depict the landscape of life, while randomly selecting a few lucky audience members to reveal previously unknown stories.

During the exam period, the special radio program "White Shadow Graduation Season" was broadcast on time every day. At first glance, high school graduation was a topic that White Shadow managed to find from various angles and topics, and then embellished them into something special.

It sounded strange at first, but it also moved me.

The second time I was bewildered, but still touched. The third time I was speechless, wanting to be moved yet unable to. The fourth time I gradually became numb, ultimately becoming completely indifferent...

When the college entrance examination finally ended, the students looked at each other in bewilderment.

The school had already announced the start of the holiday, and everyone went home to prepare for the entrance exams of their desired universities. They usually went to the universities to take the entrance exams at the end of February, and then returned to school in March to attend the high school graduation ceremony and receive their graduation certificates.

In theory, this is basically the last time I'll spend with my friends and classmates on campus.

"...Damn it! It feels like the white shadow said everything!"

"Indeed... I originally planned to confess after the exams, but... uh... never mind, I'll wait until graduation ceremony, after all, I still have to prepare for entrance exams..."

"I tried to speak, but all I could hear were Bai Ying's broadcasts from the past few days. Hiss! What kind of mind control technique is this?!"

"The school closed the broadcasting room, so he brought his own broadcasting system. That's really something, Bai Ying."

"I think Bai Ying did a great job this time. When I was struggling to think of anything for my Chinese composition, I suddenly remembered a few words from Bai Ying's radio broadcast and wrote them directly into the text, hehe."

"Wonderful!"

How do you feel about the exam?

"Hard to say... Sigh, don't ask anymore, everything will be fine until the results come out!"

"Don't relax too soon, there's still the entrance exam—I won't be studying on my own when I get back, I'll probably be going to a private school for regular tutoring."

The students walked briskly on the way out of the school, chatting in twos and threes about all sorts of topics.

"Look, a white shadow."

"Ok?"

Several students looked towards the school gate and saw a white figure talking to two unfamiliar people. It seemed to be...

"She looks like Bai Ying's niece?"

"Oh, Chitanda, right? Same age across borders but a generation apart, that's quite a strange family relationship..."

Bystanders murmured and gossiped, while the person involved broke out in a sweat.

"Oh, you're planning to go to the same university? I suggest you study different majors, choose what you're good at and like, so you can help each other and complement each other in the future." Bai Ying earnestly advised, "Airu, high school is only a small part of your ideal journey. Even after graduating from university, your ideal journey will probably only be the beginning. Before that, everything is preparation—others may become decadent and confused in the sudden freedom, unknowingly wasting their time, while you may wander and feel helpless in your freedom, and have to endure the loneliness of still having accomplished nothing..."

Chitanda Eru nodded earnestly, while Oreki Houtarou felt that he might be facing a great calamity today...

"A major concern: since you've chosen this energy-consuming lifestyle of liking someone, then experience happiness from liking others. Your niece Airu's strengths are her earnestness, decisiveness, boldness, and emotional judgment; your strengths are your laziness, hesitation, timidity, and inertia in judgment. From this perspective, you're quite complementary..."

Is this considered an advantage? Oh wait, is today my death day?! Why does this have this strange undertone of 'I approve of this marriage'?!

Oreki Houtarou's forehead was slightly sweaty: "Uh...you, you flatter me?"

"What?" Bai Ying raised an eyebrow. "You're getting a kick out of me for praising you?"

Oreki Houtaro: "..."

"Uncle Bai, shouldn't your strengths be your composure, calmness, meticulousness, and rational judgment?" Chitanda Eru corrected her. "Oreki-kun always thinks more than I do."

Bai Ying chuckled and patted Chitanda Airu's head: "If you don't make him do anything, he'll habitually let his brain standby. So you have to learn to make use of your 'big threat' and not be polite. Just make him work like a slave. That's how you bring out his true abilities."

“Mmm…” Chitanda Eru nodded repeatedly, “As expected, Uncle Haku really understands Oreki-kun’s strengths.”

"Just a masochistic spinning top that won't spin unless whipped."

Bai Ying snorted coldly, her eyebrows raised, and added, "In short, once you get to university, decide what you want to do, and then drag your biggest rival into it! If things go wrong, it'll be his fault for not being motivated enough!"

"If it doesn't turn out well, it's probably the problem between the two of us," Chitanda Eru said with a bright smile. "Uncle Bai, you should also keep up the good work. I'm really looking forward to your next project."

"Ah."

The white figure nodded, squinted at Oreki Houtarou, and suddenly fell silent.

Houtarou Oreki felt his life was hanging by a thread, and coughed lightly: "White Shadow, what's wrong with you...?"

"Is that how you talk to your elders? Where's your manners? Or are you plotting something? Hmm?"

Bai Ying frowned and pointed.

Oreki Houtaro: "Uncle Bai."

puff--!

The white figure swayed and staggered as it gradually walked away into the distance.

Houtarou Oreki's lips twitched slightly. What kind of situation was this?

"Goodbye, Uncle Bai!" Chitanda Eru waved vigorously at the school gate.

“Really…” Oreki Houtarou shook his head and said, “Does Hakukage really treat you like a niece?”

“Huh? They’re uncle and nephew, after all,” Chitanda Eru corrected. “Also, Oreki-kun shouldn’t call you by your first name. You should call him Uncle Shiro like you did before, right?”

Houtarou Oreki glanced around and retorted softly, "Shouldn't Chitanda be called Oreki-san?"

"This... I've gotten used to calling you that?" Chitanda Eru blinked her big eyes, a rare hint of hesitation in her expression. "It just feels a little strange to use a different name..."

"Indeed, it's a bit strange for me to call him Uncle Bai."

Houtarou Oreki wholeheartedly agreed.

The two then fell into an odd silence, one still with a lazy, expressionless face, the other with constantly changing expressions.

Even someone like me, who's always being led by the nose, will fight back, Chitanda!

Houtarou Oreki pondered this, but couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"Houtaro."

Hmm? It called out? But the voice sounds off...

Houtarou Oreki turned his head and met Yukino Yukinoshita's indifferent gaze—that look was so familiar, as if he had just seen it on someone else.

"Where's Bai-kun? Didn't he say he was waiting for me at the school gate?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked bluntly.

“Uncle Bai has already left,” Chitanda Eru replied quickly.

"Is that so?" Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes turned even colder as she glanced at Houtarou Oreki. "Eru, you'd better be careful of guys who like to bully you, especially those who use initiative to cover up their passivity. If you don't learn to fight back soon, they can easily take advantage of you and use bullying to keep the relationship within a certain range—in other words, they're the typical type who's afraid of taking responsibility. My advice is..."

Oreki Houtarou: "Eru!"

Chitanda Eru blinked, then hesitated for a moment before replying.

"Well then, see you at graduation."

Yukino Yukinoshita left the school gate with her schoolbag slung over her shoulder.

My girlfriend's relatives are pretty tough, aren't they?

Houtarou Oreki stared blankly at the sky, struggling to suppress the emotions surging up his face—calm, composed, conserve energy! Houtarou, think about it carefully, what's so interesting about a boy blushing and being shy? He'll only be labeled a sissy!

Spring is here, and the future is closer.

Chitanda Eru gazed at the world outside the school gate and suddenly sighed.

Houtarou Oreki glanced at the other person's profile and couldn't help but smile.

"The scenery must be beautiful."

……

Time flies like an arrow, and the days slip by like a shuttle; in the blink of an eye, it's here—

Izu University Entrance Exam!

I passed the college entrance exam smoothly, now all I need to do is get into Izu University...

Hehehe, then I can leave home, say goodbye to inheriting the family business, and head towards a free life!

University! Ah! Free university!

He secretly took extra classes behind his family's back, studied diligently, and even foolishly went to a boys' high school—wasn't it all to avoid becoming the heir to the family business?!

Of course, having said that, I still have to admit that I was a fool back then, with my naive ideas and insistence on attending a boys' high school!

I really can't help but clench my fists and curse my past self.

A budding figure, long, white legs in athletic shorts, slender arms, beautiful eyebrows and eyes, an alluring skirt, and a youthful, lovely sailor-style schoolgirl uniform...

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Bare-chested, revealing chest muscles; thick, hairy thighs; strong, powerful arms; a ferocious, maniacal grin; shorts with a bulging crotch; DK, whose homosexuality is becoming increasingly perverse…

No to that kind of thing!!!!

The boy opened his eyes with a start, realizing he had fallen asleep on the tram. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and muttered a heartfelt sigh, "My pathetic youth is something I'd rather forget..."

"I want to be in a relationship, I want to find a girlfriend, and I want to live a carefree life."

"Yes, yes, yes—cough cough?!"

The boy slapped his thigh, suddenly realizing what was happening. He turned to face another boy who looked to be about the same age, and couldn't help but cough twice, a slightly embarrassed and awkward expression on his face—wait, when did someone sit next to me?

"You were sleeping when I got on the bus." The other person smiled kindly. "You're a graduate this year too, right? Were you too excited to sleep well and feeling sleepy?"

"The same to you?"

The boy relaxed a bit: "I'm going to Izu University for the entrance exam today. I don't know why I was so energetic last night, so I didn't sleep well... I hope it won't affect the exam results."

The other person retorted with dissatisfaction, "Talking about exams is so boring. Haven't you taken enough exams in the past few years?"

The boy hesitated and said, "Uh...yes, then...what should we talk about?"

"What else can two guys talk about? Of course, they talk about women." The other person managed to make his vulgar statement sound righteous. "What kind of girlfriend are you planning to find?"

"Huh? Uh... eh?"

The boy was bewildered and said, "W-how do I put this..."

Isn't it a bit too sudden to ask this question all of a sudden?

"There should at least be some standard or something, it's not like you can just find whatever you want..." The boy chuckled indistinctly.

The other person raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Isn't that right?"

"?"

Do we have different worldviews?

The boy then subconsciously took a closer look at the other person, dispelling the last trace of drowsiness that had startled him awake.

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Holy crap! So handsome!

Wait a minute—are you one of those wicked, socially addict types who can find any girlfriend they want?!

The boy couldn't help but reveal a cold, stern look as if he were looking at a class enemy.

"Hey buddy..." The other person sighed, extended their right hand, and suddenly hooked the boy's chin with their index finger, revealing a warm and gentle smile, "Am I handsome?"

"?!!"

The boy suddenly leaned against the tram window, his face filled with terror.

"See, you don't want any physical contact with me, so why do you care about my appearance?" The other person shrugged casually and retorted, "We're all happily talking about girls, why are you suddenly concerned about my looks?"

"a ha ha ha……"

The boy chuckled awkwardly, "Oh, it was just a joke? That was really scary..."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"...Isn't it scary?"

Do you prefer a slender girl or a slim girl?

"Wait! Were you just scaring me?!"

Isn't the outside world a bit too complicated?!

The boy was bewildered by the wind, feeling a slight chill on his back. He couldn't help but sit sideways, facing the other person to gain a little sense of security.

"Is that possible? It would be a waste to use this face of mine to fool guys instead of girls." The other person shrugged, their tone somewhat strange. "We're supposed to keep talking about girls, why are you still dwelling on same-sex issues? Hmm? Are you the shy type of virgin who gets all sorts of fantasies when you hear about the opposite sex and doesn't dare to participate?"

The boy felt he had been dissed and his dignity had been insulted, so he straightened his body slightly.