In the evening, the sky gradually turned dark blue, and the afterglow of the setting sun still hung in the west, like a golden fireball, slowly sinking below the horizon.
"Hoshino, let's go after you pack up."
"Okay!"
Thanks to the match he played against Takasaki Yusuke that afternoon, Hoshino Jun's strength was revealed. The club president came directly to talk to him, wanting him to be one of the main players in the tennis club.
However, Hoshino Jun really didn't want to spend too much time in the club.
The reason he joined the tennis club was only because Amano Gao didn't allow the existence of the Going-Home Club, so he just picked one casually.
Hoshino Jun just wanted to go home early.
"Damn islanders, why do you force students to join clubs?"
"Disgusting!!!"
After Hoshino Jun's persistent persuasion, the president of the tennis club finally gave up on the idea of making Hoshino Jun work harder. However, the president's gaze still held two parts regret.
And eight parts of disappointment.
Having changed into his casual clothes, Hoshino Jun walked with President Yasuda Naohito.
"Hoshino, if you see Takasaki tomorrow, tell him not to be discouraged by a small setback."
"People need to keep moving forward, you know."
This sentence subtly implied Hoshino Jun.
Hoshino Jun pretended not to understand and deliberately ignored it.
"Don't forget to tell him, okay?" Yasuda Naohito, seeing that he couldn't persuade him, said no more. He just wanted Hoshino Jun to remember to talk to Takasaki.
Takasaki Yusuke was absent today, not replying to messages, and his phone was unreachable. Yasuda Naohito wondered if Hoshino had made him withdraw into himself.
Only the one who tied the bell can untie it.
So Yasuda Naohito wanted Hoshino Jun to go and talk to Takasaki Yusuke.
"Alright, I'll talk to Takasaki-kun tomorrow."
For such a small matter, Hoshino Jun certainly wouldn't refuse. After all, Yasuda Naohito could somewhat be considered Hoshino Jun's direct superior.
He didn't want to offend Yasuda Naohito, which might lead to Yasuda Naohito no longer turning a blind eye to his slacking off in the future.
Even with the system now, he couldn't just stir up trouble randomly.
The money-making machine needed to choose its targets carefully. It was best not to easily provoke people who could truly threaten his own interests.
Yasuda Naohito's house was in the opposite direction from Hoshino Jun's. After leaving the school gate, they said goodbye and went their separate ways.
Hoshino Jun walked, gazing at the distant glow.
The mountain peaks gradually shed layers of mist, revealing clear ridgelines.
A gentle breeze blew, and the leaves rustled softly.
"Ding--"
If the vibration of the phone in his pocket hadn't been synchronized with the sound, Hoshino Jun would have almost thought the system had triggered again.
Picking up his phone, Hoshino Jun saw several unread messages on his LINE.
The first one was from a girl nicknamed "Nana" with a cute dog avatar.
Kato Nana.
She sent a photo.
Her slightly curly black short hair was tied into a bun, and below her delicate collarbone was a bulging blue school swimsuit, tightly accentuating her well-proportioned figure.
The legs that had been wearing black stockings before they parted were now bare in the photo, with sparkling water droplets from swimming still clinging to her plump thighs, openly exposed to the air.
Her unadorned small face was cute and charming, full of youthful vitality.
It almost made Hoshino Jun, a fan of older women, unable to resist putting his other free hand into his pocket.
"Tsk tsk, she really sent me a photo."
"When I asked for it, she even called me a pervert."
Besides the photo, Kato Nana also sent three lines of text.
"Don't show it to anyone else."
"And don't save it on your phone."
"And definitely don't tell anyone about this."
She was overthinking it.
If he didn't save the photo, wouldn't asking for it be pointless?
"Okay, I promise."
After replying to the message, Hoshino Jun decisively saved the photo to his phone album, and also took a screenshot.
To prove that Kato Nana herself sent it.
Upon receiving Hoshino Jun's reply, Kato Nana, who was about to reach home, couldn't help but blush.
Kato Nana couldn't understand why she had taken this photo, or why, even though she knew she shouldn't send it to Hoshino Jun, she still did.
"Kato Nana, you're crazy."
"You actually sent a swimsuit photo that even Yusuke hasn't received to another man."
Thinking of her boyfriend, Kato Nana's face grew even hotter, but at the same time, there was a strange sense of pleasure.
Amano Gao, the dream lover of all girls, the legendary high-and-mighty flower who was indifferent to women.
He actively asked her for her LINE and also asked her to send swimsuit photos. What else could it be if not that he was interested in her?
As she thought about it, Kato Nana's heart inexplicably felt a little itchy, and she really wanted to scratch it.
Kato Nana, feeling both pleasure and worry, couldn't control herself and sent another message to Hoshino Jun.
"Hoshino-kun, you absolutely, absolutely must not tell anyone, or I'll never talk to you again."
"Oh, so that means Nana-chan will continue to send me photos?"
Hoshino Jun's reply was unusually peculiar. Although the other party was warning him, he had already started talking about continuing to send photos.
And he even precisely stated his request.
"Next time, I want to see Nana-chan in white translucent stockings with a sailor uniform. How about it?"
Compared to sexy black stockings, Hoshino Jun felt that a cute loli like Kato Nana, who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, was more suited for adorable white stockings.
Preferably transparent ones, so he could see the pink of her little feet.
"baka~" Kato Nana puffed out her cheeks, silently cursing Hoshino-kun as a scoundrel.
Does he really think I'll keep sending him photos?
No way.
"Nana!"
Just as Kato Nana was about to type a reply, someone suddenly called out to her.
Looking up and seeing a familiar face, Kato Nana instantly panicked, quickly put her phone into her skirt pocket, and then forced a smile at Takasaki Yusuke.
Takasaki Yusuke's house and Kato Nana's house were opposite each other. The two grew up together, attending the same kindergarten, primary school, middle school, and high school.
They also planned to work at the same company in the future.
However, although the two were childhood sweethearts and their relationship had already surpassed that of ordinary friends, their romance had only just begun.
Takasaki Yusuke had only gathered the courage to confess a week ago, and that's when they officially became a couple.
So when Takasaki Yusuke saw Kato Nana's panic, he didn't suspect much, only thinking that Kato Nana hadn't yet adapted to the relationship and was therefore nervous.
Moreover, Takasaki Yusuke himself was very nervous right now. The news of him falsely accusing Hoshino Jun had spread.
Whether Kato Nana knew or not, he had to quickly explain everything. He didn't want Kato Nana to think less of him.
Who knew, just as Takasaki Yusuke was about to speak, Kato Nana, flustered by the photo incident, quickly ran to her doorstep, pulled open the door, and hid inside her house.
"Yusuke, let's talk tomorrow."
"I'm a bit too tired from training today and want to rest early."
"Bye-bye~!"
Waving goodbye to Takasaki Yusuke, Kato Nana then directly closed the door.
Leaving Takasaki Yusuke alone and bewildered in the wind.
"Nana."
"She must have found out!"
"That's why she doesn't want to talk to me now."
Takasaki Yusuke mumbled, a pained expression on his face, as he clenched his fists and thought resentfully.
It's all Hoshino Jun's fault.
This matter was already agreed to be forgiven, why did he have to write a damn diary and let it leak out?
That damned guy.
If Nana hates me because of this, I will never let you get away with it.
At this moment, Hoshino Jun didn't know that Takasaki Yusuke's hatred for him had increased. He hadn't gone home, standing alone by a streetlamp on the downhill road opposite the apartment,
waiting for someone.