Eriri looked confused.
Afterwards, knowing that Aki Tomoya was with Izumi Hashima, she remembered this junior from primary school.
She was intercepted…
There was nothing to say, she could only silently hang up the phone and then compare the advantages and disadvantages of the junior system and the childhood friend system.
Time flew by to July 23rd. On Friday the 20th, Toyosaki Academy had already finished its closing ceremony. The first summer of the third year, and the last summer of high school, had arrived.
Filled with curiosity, Eriri asked a first-year student from a famous University, "Between the junior system and the childhood friend system, which is stronger?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha, a first-year student in the Faculty of Literature at Keio University, a top private University, pretended to think for a while.
She first looked at Eriri, who was full of curiosity, then shook her head, and then nodded again, making Eriri's mood go up and down.
"Well, what is it, tell me!"
Just with a series of body language, Eriri was flustered.
She completely couldn't figure out whether Kasumigaoka Utaha favored the childhood friend system or the junior system more.
"I personally lean towards…"
Under Eriri's gaze, Kasumigaoka Utaha spoke, and then paused at the last moment.
This method of creating suspense made Eriri think of the most hateful creatures in the world.
She took a deep breath and couldn't help but mutter in her heart, "One day, with a knife in hand, I will kill all the cliffhanger dogs in the world!"
Creating suspense now was simply inhuman!
"The Senior system."
"????"
Eriri looked skeptical.
She thought she had misheard.
"You're deliberately messing with me!"
"Kashiwagi Eri-sensei, the defeat of childhood friends is already destined, it's better not to hold onto hope."
Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled softly.
She didn't care about the childhood friend system or the junior system, it had nothing to do with her. Eriri was acting strangely today, suddenly asking her such a question.
"What do you mean?"
"You still like that person, don't you?"
"Yes, I still like him, but I want to have a chance to hang out together more."
Eriri replied honestly.
Her answer made Kasumigaoka Utaha very surprised.
She didn't deny the feelings in her heart, but Eriri could also directly tell the other person that it was just because their relationship hadn't been a normal childhood friend relationship before, and Eriri, who still had some regrets about this, wanted to do things that were more in line with a childhood friend relationship.
"Perhaps it's a bit late to normalize the relationship, it's already the last year of high school."
Eriri first looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha with disdain. She knew that the other person looked down on her in this regard.
However, Eriri had the same thought.
How could someone who came out of the shadows even later than her become someone better than herself in other people's mouths? His childhood friend's perception was a bit biased.
"Who exactly are you?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Eriri in disbelief. Her exaggerated expression made Eriri a little annoyed.
"To be able to say such amazing words, you are definitely not Sawamura Eriri!"
"…Not only am I not angry, I'm even a little happy, hehehe!"
Eriri wasn't angry at all because she didn't know any reason to be angry.
How refreshing it was to surprise Kasumigaoka Utaha so much!
It was almost like a desperate counterattack!
"Do you think I'm jealous? I'm just envious of Aki Tomoya's normal relationships with others, you idiot idiot idiot idiot!"
Eriri stuck out her tongue and mocked.
Jealous of Izumi Hashima?
When they first met at the doujinshi exhibition last year, she was quite jealous, because Aki Tomoya had never praised her doujinshi, but he had praised Izumi Hashima's doujinshi to the skies in front of her.
If she could maintain balance in her heart, she, Eriri, would be a great sage.
But to be honest, Izumi Hashima's ability was indeed very impressive, and her potential should not be underestimated. In terms of judging people, Aki Tomoya was not wrong.
"So irritating!"
Kasumigaoka Utaha was so angry that her teeth itched. Unconsciously, Eriri could be so arrogant with her!
She couldn't help but extend her hands and press them on Eriri's shoulders, emitting an astonishing aura.
"Wh-What?!"
Eriri, instantly suppressed, looked up, unable to move, at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was engulfing her.
This woman was terrifying!
"Eriri, you are so, so…"
Gulp—
Eriri subconsciously swallowed, looking at Kasumigaoka Utaha in front of her with some fear.
But after waiting for a long time, she didn't hear the rest of Kasumigaoka Utaha's sentence.
"…"
Kasumigaoka Utaha silently released Eriri and did not say the rest of the sentence that Eriri had been anticipating for a long time.
Her attitude left Eriri completely bewildered.
What did the other person want to say? What did she want to express?!
"It's really great to cooperate with you."
While Eriri was constantly guessing, Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly blurted out a sentence.
However, this only made Eriri more confused.
Completely bewildered, Eriri hurriedly asked, "What do you mean?"
"The literal meaning."
Completely different from before, her tone was quite flat, as if stating a simple fact.
Eriri was a bit flustered, completely unable to understand what Kasumigaoka Utaha meant, which made her wonder what this person was thinking.
"Are you perhaps plotting against me again?"
"You are overthinking it, Kashiwagi Eri-sensei."
The unexpected honorifics made Eriri even more uneasy.
Strange, it was truly strange. After talking for a while, this person, who was so intimidating just now, was now so gentle. There was definitely a shady scheme going on in her heart.
Eriri's heart was filled with doubt.
But at this moment, she couldn't find any trace of it on Kasumigaoka Utaha.
Doubt lingered in her heart. Eriri subconsciously took half a step back. With a look of being plotted against, she now gazed at Kasumigaoka Utaha with suspicious eyes.
"What kind of scheme do you have?!"
"...You are overthinking it."
Still using honorifics, Kasumigaoka Utaha put on a smile.
With a hint of amusement flashing in her eyes, she was enjoying the fun of teasing Eriri at this moment.
Eriri was still Eriri; just a little trick was enough to make her so flustered.
Everything is under control!
"It's not good at all to cooperate with you!"
Eriri cried out unwillingly.
The frustration in her heart had already covered up the previous satisfaction.
Simply being led by the nose by this person again, Eriri was very flustered.
"What I said was the truth; you just misunderstood."
Switching back to her usual plain speech, Kasumigaoka Utaha almost couldn't hold back her laughter.
Cooperating with Eriri is not a loss at all. This is the truth.
It was entirely just Eriri overthinking things.
"Damn it, for the Summer Festival, I definitely won't invite you! Go watch the Fireworks Display by yourself this year!"
"...Are you still a child?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha stared blankly at Eriri.
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