diskusbooks Chapter 226 The distance between us has grown.
Chapter 226 The distance between us has grown.
Monday morning finally arrived, and Bai Qiu arrived at the classroom earlier than usual, perhaps because she had someone she wanted to see soon!
Good morning, Qiu.
Gao Songdeng arrived a step earlier. After not seeing Bai Qiu for two days, the corners of Gao Songdeng's mouth turned up happily the moment he saw her.
"Good morning, lamp." Bai Qiu smiled when she saw it was a lamp.
"Qiu, would you like some milk?"
Deng took a carton of warm milk out of his bag and gently handed it to Bai Qiu.
"Thank you, lamp. I really like this scent."
Feeling the warmth of the milk in her palm, Bai Qiu smiled, took it, inserted a straw, and drank.
"Then I'll bring it to you tomorrow."
Watching the two interact so sweetly, the three female classmates with red, green, and yellow hair nearby couldn't help but think that Deng had been completely captivated by Bai Qiu.
It seems that Aine also likes Shiraaki, which is a problem...
Furthermore, there are rumors about Bai Qiu being a bit of a womanizer. I remember two young ladies from the Moon Forest once waited for him at the school gate.
Chihaya Aine didn't enter the classroom through the back door until just before class started.
Noticing Aiyin passing by with a cool breeze, Bai Qiu said, "Good morning, Aiyin."
"Hmm, good morning..." Facing Bai Qiu, Chihaya Aine nodded gently, her eyes narrowing slightly, but no obvious happy emotion could be seen.
Good morning, Ano-chan.
The lamp was also a little happy and called out to Ai Yin.
Good morning, Tomo...Rin.
With a smile playing on her lips, Chihaya Aine softly responded to Takamatsu Akari.
"Class is about to start, why are you so late today, Ai Yin?" Bai Qiu asked.
However, seeing that Ai Yin at least looked alright, Bai Qiu breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Hey, I overslept a bit today," Ai Yin replied with a smile, feeling a little embarrassed.
Then, just then, the school bell rang.
Chihaya Aine then took the opportunity to turn around and sit back in her seat.
With her back to Bai Qiu and Gao Songdeng, Ai Yin's smile gradually faded, her lips finally drooping, her eyebrows drooping slightly, and her gray eyes staring at the table for a long time, seemingly lost in thought.
Looking at Aine's long, cherry-pink hair draped over her back.
Bai Qiu's feelings were somewhat complicated.
To outsiders, the three of them were happily exchanging morning greetings as usual, but there were subtle changes that only Bai Qiu could notice.
First, when Aine came in, she tried to go straight back to her seat.
In the past, Aine would have happily skipped in and patted him and Deng on the back, scaring them both...
There were also different ways of addressing him; Ai Yin didn't call him by his name or Qiu Qiu.
Although it was just a name, Bai Qiu felt that the distance between Ai Yin and him was growing.
Have I already lost the right to be called "Qiuqiu" by Ai Yin?
Thinking back to the first time I heard Aine use this name for him, I thought Aine had bad taste in names.
But isn't this title a form of recognition from Ai Yin, showing that she considers him a good friend?
But now...
The rest of the morning consisted of classes.
Chihaya Aine sat upright with her back straight, her eyes fixed on the blackboard, seemingly listening attentively to the lesson. She held a pen and slid it across her book, diligently taking notes.
Bai Qiu knew, however, that Ai Yin was avoiding him.
Aine would never have shown this side of herself during class before.
Instead, she would occasionally do little things, like passing him notes, sharing snacks, and sometimes turning around to see what he and the lamp were doing...
Sometimes, this left Bai Qiu feeling somewhat helpless.
After class, Ai-yin would excitedly turn around, her little mouth chattering incessantly about all sorts of random things...
When class resumes, Ai-yin will turn back listlessly, muttering, "The get out of class ended too quickly!"
"There must be something wrong with the school's alarm clock."
"If I were the student council president, I'd extend the ten-minute break between classes to fifteen minutes, hehe!"
But today, none of that is left.
Bai Qiu also tried poking Ai Yin's shoulder, attempting to talk to her to ease the tension and try to get along like before.
In return, Ai Yin treated him with the same businesslike manner as she would any ordinary classmate, offering only a polite smile and response.
This felt terrible to Bai Qiu, a world apart from Ai Yin's previous attitude towards him.
But Bai Qiu understood that this was not Ai Yin's fault, and thought it was normal.
Sigh, that's true.
When faced with a guy who rejected her, and his reason for rejection was that he liked two other girls, she felt conflicted.
It would be a miracle if Aine treated him the same way as before.
Aine must be really angry with herself right now, right?
It's normal that Aine doesn't know how to face him and wants to keep her distance.
Who can still treat a guy who has rejected them as a good friend?
If that were true, Bai Qiu felt that it would be putting people in a very difficult position.
No, there are some...
Su Shi's gentle face appeared in Bai Qiu's mind.
Suddenly, Bai Qiu felt her guilt towards Su Shi intensify.
Su Shi, Su Shi, you've been so good to me, how can I ever repay you...?
Bai Qiu felt that even if she had children in the future, it wouldn't be unreasonable for her children to call Su Shi their godmother, right?
……
"Bai Qiu, Tomorin, you two go eat first! I need to talk to Xi Duo about something, hehe!"
As the last class of the morning ended, Chihaya Aine turned around, smiled, left with this sentence, and then ran out of the classroom in a flash.
Such incidents occasionally occur, but Deng didn't think much of it.
Therefore, at noon today, only Hakushu and Takamatsu Akari were in the Haneoka Astronomy Club.
Perhaps because both Shiraaki and Chihaya Aine played their roles well, the two also tacitly avoided showing anything in front of the lights.
Therefore, Takamatsu also did not notice the abnormality between Bai Qiu and Aine for the time being.
At this moment, Gao Songdeng had a faint smile on his lips.
While nibbling on his food like a cute hamster, he looked at the notebook with lyrics written on it, and occasionally glanced up at Bai Qiu sitting opposite him to make sure he was still there.
Although she felt that Ano-chan seemed a little strange today, Takamatsu Akari felt somewhat satisfied with the time she spent alone with Shiraaki.
After all, Deng has always been looking forward to such an opportunity.
Even without doing anything, just being quietly in a room makes me feel happy, and that inspires me to write lyrics.
While munching on her bread, Bai Qiu looked down at the information on her phone that had come from Kita and Ichiri. Aine hadn't gone to find the two of them.
So, Aine is still avoiding him.
Bai Qiu was a little frustrated and sighed inwardly. This showed that he was not good at coaxing girls, and his plan to ease the tension with Ai Yin had not made any progress all morning.
If things continue like this, won't he drift further and further away from Aine, only to end up in a nightmare of trying to win her back?
The thought of that kind of thing is awful.
Bai Qiu only relaxed a little after noticing Deng's somewhat adorable behavior.
Noticing new lyrics he hadn't seen before written in the lamp's notebook, Bai Qiu asked:
"Is the lamp writing a new song?"
"Yeah, almost done." Deng nodded happily, then clenched his fist to encourage himself, "I need to write more songs for the band."
Bai Qiu picked up the notebook and looked at it. The title of Deng's new song this time was "The Lost Star's Cry".
……
A dark, deserted stairwell that no one could find.
A girl with long pink hair was hiding inside.
It was only after meeting Pochi-chan that Chihaya Aine realized there was such a space at school.
Chihaya Aine took small bites of the bread, but couldn't taste anything in her mouth.
Ai Yin lowered her head and sighed.
Sigh, why did I treat Qiu, Bai Qiu, with such a strange attitude this morning?
He had already taken the initiative to coax her, but she still responded to him with such a cold attitude. He must be angry now, right?
If things continue like this, won't the distance between him and me grow further and further?
In the end, they couldn't even be good friends anymore.
However, even though Aine understands that she doesn't want to be like this deep down, she feels that she can't be the same as before, and can only use a cold attitude as a disguise.
Otherwise, I would definitely cry.
Never mind, it doesn't matter anyway, she's already a loser.
Bai Qiu can be happy even without her.
Bai Qiu and Deng are in the Astronomy Department now, so let them be alone. I shouldn't bother them.
Then she thought of Toyokawa Shoko, whom she had met on her way here after buying bread, and the polite smile she received from her.
In Aine's eyes, it was like a victor mocking a loser.
Aine's gray eyes dimmed further as she bit down on the bread with her canine teeth, imagining it was Toyokawa Shoko.
Is she really content to sit here?!
Even if I'm unwilling to accept it, what can I do now...?