Chapter 307: Never Do That Kind of Thing

Although she was just sitting next to Shimizumi, Ayase Kotone's heartbeat quickened again as her thoughts were in turmoil.

Sitting side by side with the person she loves on the school grass, watching the energetic students running and playing in the playground, although they are about to graduate, Ayase Kotone seems to have just realized the beauty of youth.

Thinking of this, Ayase Kotone involuntarily leaned towards Shimizumi and looked at that profile.

Really handsome...

Ayase Kotone is not a face-obsessed person, but when she saw that profile, she still subconsciously felt that way.

Before this, it seemed that I had never looked at Shimizumi's face so carefully.

Not only does he look handsome at first glance, but he's also surprisingly the type that's worth looking at the more you look at him. The more you look at Ayase Kotone, the more you feel this way.

Come to think of it, if it weren't for Ichinose Shiki's help, I might never have had the opportunity to sit next to Shimizu Mi and carefully admire this profile.

It was because of Ichinose Shiki's encouragement that Ayase Kotone was able to establish her current relationship with Shimizu Mi.

Although she didn't particularly care whether she could be Shimizu Mi's girlfriend, if it weren't for Ichinose Shiki, Ayase Kotone might have missed the chance to meet Shimizu Mi in her life just because of her slowness.

Therefore, the person that Ayase Kotone is most grateful to is undoubtedly Ichinose Shiki.

But now, several days have passed since Ichinose Shiki returned to Kyoto, and I don’t know how she is doing recently.

This reminded Ayase Kotone of the time when she broke her promise with Ichinose Shiki three years ago and left Fukuoka for Tokyo.

At first, for a period of time after breaking up with Ichinose Shiki, Ayase Kotone felt guilty towards her for breaking her original promise, but she still contacted her from time to time through LINE.

However, the number of contacts gradually decreased over time, and after about half a year, they completely lost contact.

At first, Ayase Kotone thought she could contact Ichinose Shiki at any time.

But at the beginning of the summer vacation, there was a week without communication, and then two weeks passed like this. After a month, Ayase Kotone gradually became less courageous, and slowly, she even hesitated to send emoticons as a joke.

When she took Ichinose Shiki's feelings into consideration, Ayase Kotone didn't know what message to send.

However, because of this incident, Ayase Kotone and Ichinose Shiki sent messages to each other on LINE again.

Of course, although we can now contact each other through the Internet, it would be better to meet in person since we are in the same school.

Just like... just like Shimizumi in front of me.

Ayase Kotone looked at the profile of Shimizu Ken next to her again, and always felt that she regretted not recognizing him earlier, and felt that it would have been better if she had discovered him earlier.

If that were the case, my three years of high school life would have become much more interesting.

But... maybe it's not too late now.

"Um...Shimizu-san, could you accompany me somewhere for a while?"

Ayase Kotone, who was sitting on the grass nearby, suddenly stood up and invited Shimizu to meet her.

"Now? Where to?"

Shimizu Ken was taken away by Ayase Kotone in a daze.

The place was not far away. It was just an open space near the playground, with some white lines around it to divide the area.

Judging from the students around holding badminton rackets, this place should be designated as a badminton area.

In this school, the content of physical education classes changes every month.

Shimizumi's class trained in football and volleyball last month, and this month they trained in track and field and badminton.

In each physical education class at school, there are no more than three classes taking the class together, and all students can take turns to use the sports fields and equipment freely.

Ayase Kotone took out an unused badminton racket and a badminton ball from the bamboo basket placed nearby.

"Shimizu-san, can you play badminton with me for a while?"

Ayase Kotone handed one of the badminton rackets to Shimizumi.

It turns out she wanted to play badminton.

Qingshuijian looked up at the sky. The weather was clear today. The blue sky without a single cloud stretched infinitely as far as the eye could see. It was indeed great weather for sports.

But the most important thing is that Shimizu Jian really didn't do much exercise these days and was a little slack. The experience with Sakurai Haruka and Sakurai Shio in the past few days told him that it is still very necessary to keep exercising regularly.

In order to prevent his "level" from dropping, Shimizu took the badminton racket from Ayase Kotone, and then they moved about ten meters apart.

"Shimizu-san, I'm going to serve then."

Before serving, Ayase Kotone gave Shimizumi a gentle reminder.

"Well, I'm ready."

After Shimizumi responded, Ayase Kotone threw the badminton into the air and hit it over.

The two started playing badminton under the blue sky.

Shimizu Mitsuki caught the ball thrown by Ayase Kotone and hit it back.

As if they were warming up, neither of them hit the ball very hard, and every ball they hit back was to allow the other to catch it better.

However, it can be seen from her movements that Ayase Kotone's gestures, whether it is the gesture of swinging the badminton racket when catching the ball or the movements of running left and right to catch the ball, are all very standard, and it is obvious that she has been playing for a while.

If I remember correctly, their class's physical education class last month was badminton.

"Shimizu-san, there's something I'm curious about. Can I ask you?"

While playing badminton, Ayase Kotone asked Shimizumi.

"Just ask."

Qingshuijian also hit the ball back and then answered.

"That is... when did Shimizu-san and Sakurai-san start dating?"

After Ayase Kotone said this, Shimizu Ken remembered.

After I had contact with Sakurai Haruka, it seemed that she recalled some things from last week's episode. However, that part of the memory was very confusing, and there were many parts that overlapped with this week's episode, so she couldn't understand what was going on.

However, it is precisely because of that that Sakurai Haruka subconsciously regards Shimizu Mi as her boyfriend, just like last week.

But for some reason, this didn't seem to happen to Ayase Kotone.

Why didn't the president recall the memory of last week - of course, Shimizu Mi couldn't ask Ayase Kotone directly like this, so he just casually answered while hitting the badminton that they started dating at the beginning of the school year.

Ayase Kotone seemed to accept this answer, and then asked:

"So... when did Shimizu-san and Sakurai-san start doing that?"

When Shimizu Ken heard Ayase Kotone say this, his expression froze.

Seeing Shimizumi's reaction, Ayase Kotone quickly explained:

"Sorry... I saw it in the hotel that night... so I was thinking that this shouldn't be the first time that Shimizu-san and Sakurai-san have done that..." That night in the hotel, although Ayase Kotone did not intend to peek, from Sakurai Haruka's proactive attitude and the two of them really wanting to cooperate in their movements and postures, it can be seen that they must have done it several times before.

And it can also be seen from Qingshuijian’s reaction just now.

Of course, Ayase Kotone didn't mean to blame anyone, but she suddenly understood what Ichinose Shiki said before, that she had just stepped out of the starting line, and others were already far ahead.

At the same time, Ayase Kotone had absolutely no jealousy towards Sakurai Haruka, because from a certain perspective, she was actually the "third party" who inserted herself between the two of them.

Ayase Kotone was already very grateful that Sakurai Haruka could tolerate her and let her stay with Shimizumi, so she decided to help Sakurai Haruka with her studies and improve her academic performance in return.

After that, Shimizu Mi and Ayase Kotone continued playing badminton while chatting.

We talked about study and homework, as well as the upcoming student union elections.

Although they were all trivial daily topics, I didn't expect that the chat would become so lively that I almost forgot about time.

After playing for a while, Ayase Kotone suddenly stopped.

"Shimizu-san, how about we have a competition? If I win, can you agree to one of my requests?"

In Shimizumi's impression, given Ayase Kotone's personality, she rarely takes the initiative to make such a request.

Precisely because this situation is extremely rare, it aroused Shimizu's interest.

And if we just play it like this, it does feel a bit boring.

"What if I win?"

Since it is a competition, Shimizumi certainly has a chance of winning.

"Then...I will also agree to one request from Shimizu-san."

Well, that sounds very fair and very reasonable.

Qingshui saw no reason to refuse, so he agreed without hesitation.

However, Ayase Kotone did not specifically add any restrictions such as "the requests cannot be too excessive", which made Shimizu Michi wonder, does it mean that anything can be done?

After some discussion, considering that the get out of class would end in less than ten minutes, the two men unanimously decided to fight quickly and decide the outcome with just one goal.

Since the badminton was right in Shimizu's hands, he simply served first.

Ayase Kotone put on a focused expression and said, "We can start at any time."

Shimizu Miya took a serious attitude, took a step back, and then lightly threw the badminton above his head. With a slight shake of his wrist, the badminton flew towards Ayase Kotone like an arrow, drawing a graceful arc.

Ayase Kotone stared at the flying badminton with full concentration. She raised her beautiful thighs and jumped lightly from the ground to catch the ball. Then she swung her right hand and easily hit back the ball sent by Shimizu Mi.

Shimizu also jumped up and caught the ball, but compared with the previous one, he could clearly feel the difference in strength.

In this way, Shimizu Mi kept hitting the flying badminton back to Ayase Kotone, and Ayase Kotone hit the ball back one after another with a very standard posture.

However, because there was a slight breeze today, the flying badminton would always deviate to unexpected places due to the wind direction, forcing Shimizu to run around to catch the ball.

Shimizu Mi and Ayase Kotone kept chasing the bouncing badminton and hitting it back. This continued for a while, and suddenly a small accident happened.

Ayase Kotone first hit the badminton over, and Shimizu Ken hit it back accurately. Just as Ayase Kotone jumped into the air and was about to catch the ball again, the originally gentle breeze suddenly gained some strength.

Phew~!

Suddenly a strong wind blew, lifting Ayase Kotone's skirt high.

The snow-white thighs that were usually hidden by the short skirt of the uniform came into view, and at the same time, there was something that should not be seen...

That’s right, Ayase Kotone’s panties were completely exposed under her skirt.

The color of her underwear is the same as her personality, both are very pure white.

The panties that exuded a sense of purity made Shimizu's heart skip a beat.

After catching the ball, Ayase Kotone quickly pressed down the hem of her uniform skirt that was blown up by the wind. This scene was a bit like Marilyn's classic move of covering her skirt.

However, because Shimizu was so absorbed in appreciating the scene, he forgot about catching the ball.

The badminton that Ayase Kotone had just hit back hit Shimizu Ken on the head, making a "bang" sound.

Well, that's a good shot...

Shimizu picked up the badminton that was rolling on the ground and walked to Ayase Kotone. Although there was a small accident in the middle, he was willing to accept the defeat.

"Shimizu-san, how about we compete again?"

Ayase Kotone seemed to feel that her victory was somewhat unfair.

"No need, I lost."

To be honest, Shimizu Mi was not very good at badminton. In addition, Ayase Kotone's class also took badminton lessons last month. Even if they compete again, Shimizu Mi is likely to lose.

What's more, the wind is getting strong now, and there is no way to continue playing badminton.

Moreover, Shimizu Miyabi definitely didn't want Ayase Kotone's underwear to be seen by other people.

After telling Ayase Kotone this, she covered her skirt with her hands in panic.

"No, I don't want anyone other than Shimizu to see us... That kind of thing."

Ayase Kotone's eyes looked as if tears would fall at any moment.

Then, she suddenly realized something.

"So, Shimizu-san just now..."

The bell for the end of get out of class rang just in time. Ayase Kotone's thighs unconsciously clamped together under her skirt, and a shy blush gradually appeared on her cheeks. Shimizu realized that it was better not to dwell on this topic any longer, so he changed the subject.

"President, since you won, what are the requirements?"

"Eh? This...is actually not that difficult."

Ayase Kotone was slightly stunned, lowered her head and bit her lower lip, with a hint of shyness and anticipation in her voice.

"It's just... I was thinking, can I ask Qingshui-san out to play this weekend?"

"Going out? In other words...a date?"

"No, it's not like I want to date you... I just want to hang out with Shimizu-san somewhere other than school."

No, that should be the definition of dating.

But no matter what, Shimizu Mi agreed to Ayase Kotone's request.

So, both of them began to look forward to this weekend.

(End of this chapter)