Chapter 281 She is coming back!
"President...?"

Without any warning, Ayase Kotone hugged Shimizu from behind, and her plump body pressed against his back, causing his body to unconsciously tense up a little.

Ayase Kotone suddenly did this, and even Shimizu Ken was a little confused.

The girl behind him hugged him tighter and tighter, as if she was afraid that Shimizu would run away at any time.

Although he didn't use enough force to make Shimizu feel uncomfortable, but... it was too soft.

Especially now that both of them were only wearing thin short-sleeved shirts, and Ayase Kotone was hugging his back tightly like this, Shimizu could clearly feel that shape through the clothes, and because of the squeezing, it was slightly compressed like dough and spread to both sides.

Even if he didn't try to feel it, this special and wonderful touch still made Qing Shuijian feel dazed.

Who wouldn't be confused when being hugged tightly by Ayase Kotone like this?
What's more, she pressed her body against his, and Qingshui Jian could even smell the faint fragrance unique to a young girl coming from behind her.

Not only that, Ayase Kotone's face was also pressed against Shimizumi's back, and with every breath she took, a hot breath would gently spray on Shimizumi's back.

After a while, Qingshuijian's back was wet.

At first, Shimizu thought it was because of the warm breath exhaled by Ayase Kotone, but then he realized that it was Ayase Kotone's tears.

She buried her face in Shimizu's back, her tears gradually soaking the back of her clothes.

Ayase Kotone was definitely not a crybaby, but in just a short while, Shimizu saw her cry twice in a row.

"Don't go..."

Ayase Kotone did not cry, but continued to hold Shiyomizu Mizuki in her arms, begging softly in a very weak voice. Perhaps she herself did not even notice that her tears had soaked a small area on the back of her clothes.

Although it was almost certain that Ayase Kotone was a yandere, Shimizu Miki had never expected that his feelings for her would be so deep after just one encounter.

If it were an ordinary person, for a favor like an eraser, he would probably just say thank you and return a new one to the other person, or treat the other person to a meal if there was a chance to show his appreciation, and that would probably be the end of it.

However, after three years, Ayase Kotone's feelings have not faded at all because of time. Instead, like fine wine, they have become stronger and stronger.

Shimizu Mi felt that in addition to the fact that Ayase Kotone was a yandere, it was probably also related to the fact that she was not good at socializing and had basically no friends.

Because compared to ordinary people, those who are more lonely inside are often more easily touched.

Perhaps for ordinary people, it was just helping out with an eraser during an exam, but for someone like Ayase Kotone who is always alone and rarely communicates with others, it has a completely different meaning.

At this moment, their bodies were in close contact with each other, and Shimizu could feel that Ayase Kotone was trying hard to suppress the emotions deep in her chest.

At this moment, Shimizu Mitsu caught a glimpse through the window and saw Amemiya Iori and Shimizu Reina who were returning from delivering something not far downstairs.

The two of them were walking towards this side, talking and laughing along the way.

Shimizu Mima didn't know whether he should say that they came at the right time. Although he and Ayase Kotone didn't do anything shameful, if this scene was seen by Amemiya Iori and Shimizu Reina, it would definitely become very troublesome.

And considering that Ayase Kotone is the student council president, if others saw her and Shimizu Miki hugging each other in the student council room after school, she would probably feel very troubled too.

However, Ayase Kotone, who was hugging Shimizumi tightly, did not notice that the crisis was approaching step by step.

The student union office is located on the fourth floor of the teaching building. When Amemiya Iori and Shimizu Reina walked downstairs, they happened to look up and noticed Shimizu Mi standing by the window above their heads.

"Honey."

Amemiya Iori smiled and waved vigorously at Shimizu Ken upstairs.

It was now after school, and many students were coming in and out of the teaching building. Amamiya Iori's conspicuous actions attracted the attention of many students.

Rena Shimizu felt embarrassed and pulled on Amemiya Iori's clothes, wanting to go back quickly.

Shimizu took a last glance at Amemiya and Iori who walked into the teaching building, then looked away from the window.

"President, Iori and the others are back."

Although there is no elevator in the teaching building, the student union room is only four stories high, so it only takes a few minutes to walk up the stairs.

However, Ayase Kotone didn't seem to hear Shimizu Ken's voice, and she still held him tightly, with no intention of letting go.

Shimizu called her twice more, but Ayase Kotone seemed to be in another world. She could not hear any sound and did not respond at all.

Qing Shui saw that she was holding him tightly around the waist, so it was naturally difficult for him to get rid of it. She also used her body to press against him, as if to prevent him from escaping.

Although there is a slightly more forceful way to break free, Shimizu Mi doesn't want to do that to Ayase Kotone.

"President, I won't run away, so can you let me go first?"

Shimizu Ken reached his hands to his waist and gently placed them on Ayase Kotone's hands that were holding him.

The touch of their hands made Ayase Kotone suddenly stunned. The scene of the figure outside the examination room waving and walking away involuntarily emerged in her mind.

"……don't want!"

Ayase Kotone subconsciously let out a slightly louder cry.

For a moment, Qingshuijian wondered if he had heard it wrong.

After saying this, Ayase Kotone realized her gaffe. She seemed to have finally come to her senses and quickly let go of the hand that was holding Shimizumi.

I felt the softness that had always been coming from behind me disappear, and I subconsciously felt a little regretful.

Shimizu turned around and saw Ayase Kotone looking a little at a loss.

“Qing, Qingshui-san… No, that’s not it… What I did just now was because…”

When she thought about how she had been hugging Shimizumi tightly until just now, Ayase Kotone felt extremely ashamed and wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Just now, when Ayase Kotone saw Shimizumi's back reflected in the setting sun, she subconsciously imagined him as the boy who gave her the eraser outside the examination room.

And for some reason, Ayase Kotone always unconsciously felt that the boy who gave her the eraser was Shimizu Mi.

I don’t know if it was due to this psychological suggestion, but when Ayase Kotone looked at Shimizu Ken in front of her again, the figure in front of her seemed to overlap with the figure outside the examination room.

Because they were only in junior high school at that time, there was naturally some mismatch in height, but the feeling that the two figures brought to Ayase Kotone was inexplicably extremely similar.

Ayase Kotone couldn't describe the feeling in detail. If she had to describe it, it would be the feeling of her heart beating faster and faster out of her control.

This was the first time in all these years that Ayase Kotone felt her heart beating so violently.

Even without putting your hands on your chest, you can hear the "boom boom boom" sound of your heartbeat coming from your chest.

After realizing this, Ayase Kotone felt her body starting to get hot.

Why is this happening...

Ayase Kotone had never felt so restless before, so much so that she was unable to understand this "abnormal phenomenon" happening to her.

"Shimizu-san..."

Ayase Kotone tried to tell Shimizumi about her current mood and the strange changes in her body, trying to find the reason.

But at this time——

"Honey, we're back." The door of the student union room was pushed open.

After returning from delivering something to the dean's office, Amamiya Iori and Shimizu Reina opened the door and walked into the student council room.

As soon as she entered the door, Amemiya Iori trotted towards Shimizu Ken. Even though they hadn't seen each other for just over ten minutes, she pounced on him and threw herself into Shimizu Ken's arms as if they hadn't seen each other for several days.

When Ayase Kotone saw the scene between the two people in front of her, she suddenly remembered the scene where she hugged Shimizu Mi tightly just now.

You know, from childhood to adulthood, Ayase Kotone has never even had a close hug like that from her own father.

Thinking of this, Ayase Kotone turned her head away and took back the words she was about to ask Shimizu Ken.

Accepting the huge impact of Amamiya Iori throwing himself into his arms, Shimizu steadied his feet and did not let himself fall out of the window. At the same time, he also noticed the abnormality of Ayase Kotone next to him and asked:
"President, what can I do for you?"

"No, it's nothing..."

Ayase Kotone still turned her face away, not looking at Shimizumi, and responded softly.

"But didn't the president want to say something just now? Is it something important?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Ayase Kotone glanced towards Shimizumi and opened her mouth to say something, but after seeing Shimizumi's face, she immediately turned her head away.

"Anyway, let's talk about it next time. It's getting late today. Qingshui-san, you guys should go back first."

"President Ayase, are you really okay?"

Amemiya Iori released her hand that was holding Shimizu Ken's arm and looked towards Ayase Kotone.

"Well, I'm really fine. Thank you Amamiya-san for your concern."

“But President Ayase, your face is so red, just like Reina who just now mistakenly thought she received a love letter from her dear.”

While Amemiya Iori was talking to Ayase Kotone, she also teased Shimizu Rena who was standing next to her.

As herself, Reina Shimizu naturally made a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

"Sorry, sorry, I was just kidding. After all, Reina's face is much redder than President Ayase's."

"Sister Iori!"

I won’t go into detail about the scene where the two girls started fighting and playing in the student union room afterwards.

It was not until around six o'clock in the evening that the three of them were finally ready to leave the student union room.

As they walked out the door, Ayase Kotone called them.

"Amamiya, thank you for coming to the student union to help. Next time if there is a chance, I will find time to treat you to a meal..."

"Okay."

Amemiya Iori gladly accepted Ayase Kotone's kindness.

Then, Ayase Kotone tried hard to move her gaze to Shimizu Mi.

"And Shimizu-san, thank you for what you said to me today..."

Shimizu shook his head and told Ayase Kotone not to worry about it.

Immediately afterwards, Ayase Kotone was finally able to look Shimizumi in the face, and she looked at him with a very serious expression.

"Shimizu-san, I've made my decision."

"……what?"

"I will definitely find him before I graduate."

"Well, it will definitely happen."

……

……

On the way back from school, Shimizu Mi first sent Shimizu Reina home, said goodbye to her, and then walked towards Amemiya Iori's house alone carrying two schoolbags.

The reason for this was that just now on the way, Amemiya Iori happened to meet a few girls from her class and was dragged by them to a newly opened clothing store nearby.

Because several people invited Amamiya Iori to go with them, and it was difficult to refuse in that atmosphere, so in the end Shimizu Mi had to help her send the schoolbag home first.

However, before going to Amemiya Iori's house, Shimizu Mi first took the tram and took a detour to a bar.

In fact, I am not going to work, but because today is payday.

In fact, Xia Lin had already returned from abroad last night, so after she took over the bar, Qingshui Jian was able to have a few days of vacation.

But Xia Lin said that she hasn't finished all her affairs abroad, so she will have to leave Tokyo again in a few days.

Moreover, she was quite satisfied with Qingshuijian's management during this period, so she asked him to help manage it for a while, and Qingshuijian did not refuse her.

In any case, Shimizu finally got his first salary in his life.

After leaving Xia Lin's bar, Qingshui Jian walked on the street while planning how to spend the money.

Two hundred thousand yen is a considerable sum of money, not to mention for a high school student like Shimizu Mi, even for an ordinary office worker.

But after thinking about it, Qingshuijian realized that there was nothing he particularly wanted at the moment.

After all, the reason I thought about taking a part-time job in the first place was just to help reduce the burden on Akiko Hoshino.

However, since the part-time job has not been exposed yet, Shimizu Miki plans to save the money and keep it secret from Hoshino Akiko for a while.

While walking on the way to Amemiya Iori's house, Shimizu finally decided to use a small portion of the money to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients for dinner to reward himself for his hard work recently.

Originally, Shimizu Mi was thinking about going with Amemiya Iori, after all, she was better at selecting ingredients.

But now it seems that I have no choice but to go by myself.

After arriving at a nearby supermarket, Shimizu went to the frozen section first.

Compared to fresh vegetables, frozen foods are not so particular in selection.

But at this moment, Qingshui saw someone.

"what……"

Although he only saw her back in front of the freezer in the fresh meat section, Qingshuijian immediately knew who that person was.

Under the beige coat is a black sweater. Although it cannot be seen because of the coat, the plump figure is no less than that of Amamiya Iori...Amamiya Mido is standing there.

(End of this chapter)