Real teaching, but diary flow

"Um, I just wanted to ask, little princess, are you... really a lesbian?" Looking around to avoid the gaze of her classmates, Hashimoto Masayoshi asked in a low voice the question that had been bothering her all night: "I won't tell anyone else, just tell me quietly whether it's true or not."

The moment the word 'homosexual' was uttered, Arisu Sakayanagi's previously calm expression instantly became incredibly stiff.

She wanted to swear.

Chapter 72 Who Should We Use as a Mirror?

Is Arisu Sakayanagi a lesbian?

Many people have different answers to this question.

Some people think, "Long live the cute girl stickers!"

Some people believe that Arisu Sakayanagi's sexual orientation is normal, but due to poor health, he had no choice but to compromise and choose to find a woman as a partner.

Some people think that Sakayanagi Arisu has been gay for a long time. She's always sticking to Kamuro Masumi, and they've been secretly together countless times.

Some people even think, "Yuri? Homosexuality? Great! As long as I win over Sakayanagi Arisu, we'll be inseparable again!"

In response, our Ms. Horikita Suzune stated:

"boring."

She didn't care about the connections or anything like that.

For her now, there are only two important things.

One is 'Horikita Suzune in the eyes of others', and the other is 'Kikyo Kushida, who is known as a two-faced person'.

Oh, there's one more thing, which is the limited-edition 'loan service' that someone mentioned to her at the end.

Borrowing, a synonym for overspending, is a dangerous thing that Horikita Suzune never intended to touch.

But perhaps, it has a special significance for Class D now.

"Please, really, just lend me 10,000 points. I'll pay you back next month after I work hard and accumulate more points!"

"Even if you look at me like that, I will never lend you money. Stop looking, or I'll call Hirata!"

"...Seriously, if Kushida isn't here, we won't be able to borrow any points from anyone, right?"

The nonchalant voices of the surrounding classmates came from all directions. Despite the farce that had just happened yesterday, after a good night's sleep, they acted as if nothing had happened and went about their usual business.

Those begging for money are trying their best to show their humility. Although they might change their tune once they get the money, at least for now, they can act like a grandson for the money.

Originally, Haruki Yamauchi should have been one of those who humbly borrowed money from others, and he should have paid the price for his actions by going around trying to sell the brand-name game console he had just bought at a high price.

But now, he has become one of the few people in the class who are very wealthy.

Although most of his classmates were still hostile to him, he would use Hirata as a shield to protect himself, and Hirata tacitly approved of his behavior of using Hirata's power to bully others.

In general, they have not changed at all, nor do they show any sign of remorse.

If there's any other change, it's probably that they all tacitly chose to ignore Horikita Suzune.

Although Horikita Suzune originally believed that she didn't need friends and had no intention of interacting with her classmates, yesterday's incident only intensified this atmosphere of isolation.

It was quite obvious that she could sense the subtle undercurrent of bullying.

However, with Yosuke Hirata around, the atmosphere remained just that—an atmosphere—and ultimately it didn't escalate into bullying.

...Maybe.

After hesitating for a while, Horikita Suzune still didn't listen to Asakusa Tetsu and chose to use the loan service he offered as a starting point to strike up a conversation with her classmate.

Firstly, she felt that if she used her classmates as a mirror, the mirror was of poor quality and she would still find it difficult to see herself clearly.

Secondly, she felt that if Asakusa Tetsuma lent them money, given the poor credit of his classmates, they probably wouldn't be able to get their principal back.

Although he has a dirty mouth and does things that are a bit excessive, Asakusa Toru should be a good person.

At least she thought he was a good person.

Good people's money shouldn't be wasted on bad people.

After careful consideration, Horikita Suzune chose to remain silent.

She had already decided who she should befriend and who she should use as a mirror.

......

dormitory.

With a soft ding, the elevator doors opened on the 9th floor, and Horikita Suzune quickly stepped out.

She quickly stopped in front of the room of her target.

There seemed to be a few bags of gifts left by someone visiting, but judging from their placement, it was clear that the person inside hadn't opened the door at all.

But it doesn't matter, Horikita Suzune has plenty of ways to get the other party to open the door.

"Ding dong ding dong ding dong-"

The doorbell started ringing loudly as I pressed it repeatedly, but no matter how many times I pressed it, the door remained silent, as if it were dead.

It seems this guy is determined to play dead.

“…” Taking a deep breath, Horikita Suzune looked around.

There were hardly any people in the dormitory hallway on the ninth floor at the moment, so there shouldn't be any possibility of being overheard by others.

Fortunately, she doesn't need to worry too much about others hearing her extra words.

Because she suddenly remembered the correct way to use the word "diary" to distort the meaning of words.

"Open the door. If you don't, I'll copy the message in the diary and send it all over the school." Horikita Suzune's calm voice echoed softly in the hallway.

Any words that reveal the existence of the diary will be distorted into a form that unrelated people cannot hear.

Although she couldn't be sure yet whether others who also knew about the diary could hear this, it didn't matter.

Even if the other party can't hear it, it's just a risk to bring up the diary again.

Her voice echoed softly, and Horikita Suzune waited patiently for a moment.

Before long, the locked door obediently opened a crack, and a disheveled girl with an extremely unpleasant expression and a gloomy face appeared behind the door, a far cry from the lovable girl she usually was.

“...Come in.” A hoarse voice, not sweet at all, slowly escaped from her lips. The girl named Kikyo Kushida released her left foot that was blocking the door and opened the door wide enough for a person to pass through.

Horikita Suzune was invited inside.

To be honest, at first Horikita Suzune thought that Kushida Kikyo was only absent because she was not feeling well, so she didn't think too much about it.

But it wasn't until she realized that the two-faced person mentioned in the diary and the handprint-sister on the message board was Kikyo Kushida that she understood.

The real reason for Kikyo Kushida's absence.

The despair of the class points reaching zero, and the escapist mentality that arises from the complete exposure of her true self to herself and others.

There are many eyes watching the message board.

Although it's not completely public, it's practically the same as being public.

Although no names were mentioned, anyone could probably easily recognize that the two-faced person was Kikyo Kushida, just as they could recognize that the little princess was Arisu Sakayanagi.

Although it's unclear exactly how many people there are, it's safe to assume that there are more than just the two of them who have copies of the diaries in this school.

So she chose to curl up in her small space and remain silent.

Chapter 73 I Hate You the Most

Ultimately, does it really matter whether or not one's true colors are revealed?

So what if people see your true inner thoughts?

Horikita Suzune could understand the reasoning behind Kushida Kikyo's conclusions, but she couldn't understand the reasons behind her choice.

Most importantly... wasn't that self-destructive comment written by yourself?

This was what puzzled her the most.

Unauthorized comments, unauthorized self-disclosure, and then unauthorized isolation?

what is this?

She wasn't Kikyo Kushida, so she couldn't understand Kikyo Kushida's thoughts.

But in her own eyes, she did find Kikyo Kushida's actions very puzzling.

Gently taking off her shoes, Horikita Suzune stepped lightly onto the floor of the room with her small feet encased in black stockings, entering this territory that belonged to someone else, with a slight sense of nervousness.

...This was perhaps the first time she had stepped into the room of a girl in her class, and the first time she had been able to see the room of a girl her own age.

Should I be nervous?

she does not know.

Following in Kikyo Kushida's footsteps, she slowly walked into the girl's dimly lit dormitory.

Even after she herself was brought in as a guest, Kikyo Kushida still didn't seem to have any intention of turning on the lights.

The door behind me slowly closed, leaving only a few rays of sunlight filtering through the curtains that couldn't completely block out the light.

"..." Although it wasn't very bright, it was still enough for Horikita Suzune to get a better look at the room in front of her.

The bed was a little messy, but the floor was still clean. There were a few empty instant noodle bowls piled up on the table. Although she was isolating herself in her room, Kikyo Kushida didn't seem to have gone to the point of starving herself.

She casually pulled over a chair from the table, propped her cheek with one hand, and said with a stern face:

"say."

"If you have nothing else to say, get out of here now."

Completely abandoning her usual kind demeanor in class, Kikyo Kushida revealed her true nature.

"..." Kikyo Kushida's words were quite impolite, but Suzune Horikita didn't care at all. She simply sat down on the opposite side of her bed and then looked up.

Looking at Kikyo Kushida's pretty face, she said, word by word, "You hate me."

"Pshaw, are you talking nonsense?"

Horikita Suzune shook her head: "No, I'm just stating my opinion."

"You hate me. You've hated me ever since the day I enrolled in school."

“But even so, you kept trying to get closer to me in all sorts of ways, wanting to become ‘friends’ with me,” she said.

"That's amazing, something I could never do."

Her words of praise came from the bottom of her heart; Horikita Suzune fully acknowledged everything that Kushida Kikyo had accomplished.

"...Even if you praise me, it won't do me any good." After a moment of silence, Kikyo Kushida looked away.

Honestly, what exactly is this woman here for?

On the day she was absent, she didn't come to visit with those classmates who were supposedly her friends. Instead, she came to her room the next day, when most of them had already done their part to prove their concern for Kikyo. After the doorbell rang and there was no response, she brazenly and openly uttered threatening words.

She initially thought the other person was trying to use her comments and past scandals to manipulate and threaten her, but after sitting on her bed, Horikita Suzune inexplicably started praising herself.

What exactly is she here for?

“This isn’t a compliment, it’s just the truth,” Horikita Suzune said. “That’s why I can’t understand why you would be absent.”

"Ultimately, shouldn't you be the one who wrote the comment?"

Since they dared to write such words, they should have the corresponding awareness.

Moreover, the message itself wasn't very specific. Aside from her, probably only the person behind the diary could confirm that the person who wrote those words was Kikyo Kushida.

Others might be able to deduce that 'Handprint Girl' is a student in Class D by the difference between the black and red text used to insult her, but it's highly unlikely that she could be connected to 'Two-Faced Man' and 'Kikyo Kushida'.

—Unless the diary says something else out of turn.

“...What do you know about me?” Kikyo Kushida bit her lower lip.

She now knows, of course, that leaving a message doesn't mean her past is completely exposed to everyone.

But when the cold message "Uploading message" from the diary rang in her ears, she couldn't think of anything more.

The trauma of the past was suddenly torn open, and the night before last, she had only one thought in her mind.

That day is about to repeat itself.

'So that's what Kushida is like,' 'He's such a good actor,' 'Disgusting...'