Mygo, are you all yanderes?

If Ye Mu didn't notice the figure behind her, she would stand there blankly, carrying her schoolbag. The cool and pleasant night breeze would brush against her delicate cheeks, lifting and letting down her mint-green hair.

so slow.

If Ye Mu was a little bored, her little leather shoes lightly tapped on the stone floor, making a 'click-clack' sound. Although she didn't feel cold, she still hunched her thin shoulders when the wind blew by.

"Huh... Huh?!"

Just as she exhaled a light breath, Ruoye Mu felt a pair of strong arms wrap around her waist, using the momentum to lift her up.

She exclaimed in surprise as the scenery suddenly seemed to rise higher. She hurriedly turned around, and the person behind her, seeing that she had turned around and noticed them, blinked their eyes, which held a hint of a smile.

"Hi! Surprise!"

Kusano Akira looked at Wakaba Mutsu's surprised and flustered expression, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"How was that? Were you surprised?"

Seeing that Wakaba Mutsu didn't seem to have come to his senses yet, Kusano Akira asked another question.

"Are you... are you stupid?!"

Perhaps the attack had genuinely frightened her, for her usually calm tone now showed an unprecedented fluctuation.

The colors of the setting sun shone through her ears, and Ruo Yemu, as if worried that she would fall, tightly gripped the arm that was holding her waist with her right hand.

Her two short legs, suspended in the air, kicked helplessly, as if the fleeting feeling of weightlessness had left her feeling insecure.

"Put me down!"

"not happy?"

"How could I be happy!" Lu

"Oh...you're afraid of heights?"

Kusano Akira, with his malicious intent, elevated Wakaba Mutsu even higher.

Ruoye Mu struggled incessantly, trying to escape from this restraint.

She didn't have acrophobia as Kusano Akira thought; it was just that the warmth emanating from the other person's palm pressed against her back made her feel inexplicably uneasy.

"Ugh...you jerk...!"

Wakaba Mutsu pursed her lips, puffed out her cheeks, and glared at Kusano Akira.

"hey-hey……"

Although Yamada Ryo's words seemed to have no effect and the other person didn't seem happy at all, she had also broken free from her previous gloomy state. Since that was the case, Kusano Akira saw no need to tease her any further, so he bent down slightly and put her back on the ground.

After touching the ground again, Ruoye Mu's legs were still trembling. She looked at the boy in front of her reproachfully, her five fingers like nimble snakes swimming up his waist and gently twisting it.

"Hmph, it doesn't hurt!"

Kusano Akira, hands on his hips, confidently raised his chin at Wakaba Mutsu, though his slightly trembling arm seemed to betray his true feelings.

"..."

"Why are you contacting me all of a sudden?"

Ruo Yemu looked away, reaching her hand back from his waist, her fingers unconsciously twisting the folds of his sleeve.

"Who told someone to look like they were about to cry in the practice room? I had to come out and comfort them, didn't I?"

"...I'm about to cry?"

Ruoye Mutsu touched her face in confusion.

There were no traces of tears, and the corners of the mouth were normal, without any downward curve.

"Nothing."

"Oh, so it wasn't true. Then the one who was feeling envious and sad during our practice just now wasn't Wakaba Mutsu, but rather someone passing by named Tsukimori A~"

"..."

"you……"

Did you notice me? So you did notice me after all? Oh, you did notice me after all.

"..."

Swallowing back the words she was about to say, Ruoye Mu hid her cheeks, which were inexplicably burning, and let her hair fall onto her delicate chin, almost completely obscuring her profile. She gently tugged at Kusano Akira's clothes, like a kitten clutching a toy it liked.

The soft voice, like a winter flower in March, carried the chill of the wind and snow, yet also the warmth of midday, reaching Kusano Akira's ears on the evening breeze of Tokyo.

"Um... I was just kidding, I was really happy."

That's great. So she wasn't forgotten by everyone. So he was still watching over her.

"hold head high?"

Kusano Akira touched Wakaba Mutsumi's forehead with a worried expression.

"Wait a minute, why are you happy about this when you don't have a fever?"

"...Anyway, I'm happy."

Ruoye Mutsu pulled the collar of her shirt, which was hidden under her Tsukinomori school uniform, outwards to cover her slightly flushed face and her somewhat unsteady voice.

She regretted that she didn't usually wear a hat, otherwise she could have used it to cover up her awkwardness.

Have you seen my message?

To distract the other person, to prevent them from noticing her unusual behavior, and also to satisfy her own curiosity, Ruoye Mu changed the subject. Seven

"What news?"

"It's Chihaya Aine..." Yi

"Didn't you... go home with her...?"

"Oh, you mean this? I asked her to lure Su Shi away."

"If you're like this, you'll burst into tears if Su Shi catches you. So I wasted my precious chance to go home with her to find you. Remember to be grateful."

"…………"seven

If Ye Mu pulled her collar up a little higher, completely obscuring her nose, only the shimmering light in her eyes remained, her eyelashes fluttering, casting fragmented shadows on her face.

She shouldn't have asked; the discomfort in her heart was getting worse.

The air felt thick and sticky, making it impossible to breathe.

But... so you're not with Chihaya Aine because of her...?

"hey-hey……"

Volume 1: Chapter 108 (2k)

"What are you laughing at? Are you shy? Happy? Do you realize how good I am to you?"

Hearing Wakaba Mutsu's suppressed laughter, Kusano Akira pinched her ear, a sly smile playing on his lips, and deliberately leaned close to her ear, making his voice sound comically squeezed.

"Well, I'm very happy."

Ruo Ye Mu didn't hide anything and openly admitted why she had laughed out loud earlier.

"..."

"No, no, at this moment you should pout with an unwilling look on your face, and then curse me in a low voice with no inflection, acting like a tsundere."

Kusano Akira's movements came to an abrupt halt, like a machine that had stopped working due to missing gears. His fingertips were still resting on his slightly burning earlobe, his expression stiffening for a moment before he snapped out of his daze.

He straightened up uncomfortably, coughed lightly twice with his right fist in front of his mouth, then waved his hand, not daring to look Ruo Yemu in the eye.

If Ye Mu's behavior was too frank, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

"I wouldn't do that, watch less cartoons."

"What did cartoons do to you...?"

So, shall I go to your house?

Ruoye Bamu tilted her head, a strand of hair brushing against her ear. Although the corners of her mouth had returned to calm, her eyes held a gentler and more smiling expression.

She wanted to visit Kusano Akira's house again, to continue teaching him guitar, to see more of his things, to know more about his past, to take more photos with him, and to create more memories.

"I'm so sorry, but coming to my house is not an option."

Kusano Akira raised his arm, making a large cross in the air with his upper arm.

"It was lucky that we weren't caught by Su Shi yesterday. If things really turn out as you say, Su Shi will definitely not let us off easily."

At this point, Kusano Akira frowned.

Has he been corrupted by Takamatsu Akari and Wakaba Mutsu? His words are becoming increasingly misunderstood. Yesterday, when he was talking to Chihaya Aine after the group disbanded, he accidentally said something strange like, "I'm sincere towards you."

"You can come if you want, but not during this time, so I can only apologize to you."

"Oh."

If Ye Mu didn't care much, there was still plenty of time, and she wasn't in a hurry.

Moreover, her main purpose was the person beside her; as long as he was there, it didn't matter where they were—but RIG decided against it; she didn't want to see that place for the time being.

"But I can still accompany you for a casual walk." (The rest of the text appears to be gibberish and unrelated to the previous sentence.)

"it is good."

"Ah, but let's make this clear first, you absolutely cannot have Kishimo-no-Mae standing there."

"...That is the lamp's home."

Her delicate brows furrowed, forming a shallow "川" shape. Wakaba Mutsu had a vague recollection of the place where Kishimo-no-Kami stood.

Back when Crychic still existed, Toyokawa Shoko would often take her there, just to find Takamatsu Akari.

Moreover, if she remembered correctly, Toyokawa Shoko often went to see Takamatsu Akari alone, and sometimes even stayed at her house.

"Yes."

Kusano Akira nodded.

If Ye Mu was his 'accomplice,' then he didn't need to hide anything too much about Gao Song Deng.

"...You said before that the lamp liked you?"

"Yes, that's why we can't go near Kishimojin Station, because then we'll definitely..."

"Can you tell me what happened?"

Wakaba Mutsu asked the question that had always been on her mind.

She had actually planned to ask clearly when she was at the entrance of Haneoka, but Nagasaki Motoyo forcibly dragged her away with the phrase "Don't cause trouble for others."

After that, she didn't have a chance to get close to Kusano Akira until RIG, and she forgot about it. If Kusano Akira hadn't brought it up just now, she wouldn't have remembered it at all.

"Ha... this isn't too complicated, is it..."

Kusano Akira scratched his head; the mere mention of this matter gave him a real headache.

"This morning, the light suddenly came on, came to my door, and then, ah, said it wanted to be with me."

"..."

"What were the causes and consequences?"

"There's no cause and effect—the only cause should be her phone call last night, weren't you there then?"

"...Then why did she say she liked you and wanted to be with you?"

Even if Takamatsu Akari's thought process is strange, she wouldn't be so irrational as to suddenly find a boy and say something like "let's be together." She felt that something must have happened that she didn't know about and that Kusano Akira didn't care about.

"Let me continue."

Kusano Akira swallowed hard to clear his throat before continuing.

"Then she said things like she was my childhood sweetheart, that she didn't want to be with anyone else, that she only wanted to be with me, but that she had no feelings for me."

"..."

Ruo Ye Mu didn't expect that she had only discovered this secret yesterday, and today it was revealed by Gao Song Deng.

I don't know why, but I feel a little regretful.

"You know, it's strange, isn't it? Talking about friendship and stuff, but the purpose is to drag me into the grave of marriage—who would believe such a thing?"

"It's really weird."