Chapter 48: Surge in the Dark

In the school building early in the morning, Kondo Yuichi stood in front of the shoe cabinet, his eyes fixed on a photo in his cabinet.

"This is……"

After taking a leave to rest yesterday, Kondo Yuichi's health recovered a lot, but when he came to the shoe cabinet to change shoes this morning, he unexpectedly found a photo stuffed in his cabinet.

The scene in the photo stunned him.

Amemiya Iori, the special person in his heart, was snuggling intimately beside Shimizu Mi, and Shimizu Mi shyly wanted to pull back her arm that was tightly held by Amemiya Iori.

What shocked Kondo Yuichi even more was the smile on Amemiya Iori's face - it was a smile that he had never seen before, filled with deep happiness.

The human heart is unpredictable. In fact, no one can understand the feelings of others.

Although I don't understand it, this small photo truly shows the person's overflowing happiness.

"This...how is this possible..."

Kondo Yuichi muttered to himself, and the photo in his hand seemed to become extremely heavy.

Just then, a familiar and gentle voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Yuichi, you came so early today?"

He turned around and saw a familiar face - Amamiya Iori.

But what surprised him was that Shimizu Mi was standing next to Amemiya Iori.

When Kondo Yuichi saw the figures of Shimizu Mi and Amamiya Iori standing side by side, their well-matched looks and Amamiya Iori's charming smile, an indescribable feeling surged in his heart.

Obviously, the three of them had stood side by side like this countless times before, but only at this moment, he felt an unprecedented shock in his heart.

"Morning, Yuichi. Are you feeling better?"

As usual, Shimizu went up to greet Kondo Yuichi, but found that he was standing there motionless like a stone sculpture.

"morning……"

Kondo Yuichi's voice sounded a little stiff and dry.

"Are you still not feeling well?"

Shimizu noticed that his reaction was a little unusual.

"No, I haven't. I'm much better now..."

"Yuichi, what's that in your hand?"

At this time, Amemiya Iori discovered that Kondo Yuichi was holding something in his hand.

"Nothing, let's go to the classroom."

Kondo Yuichi changed his shoes, turned around and walked away quickly. The photo was already crushed to pieces in his clenched fist.

……

Shimizu arrived at the classroom, put his schoolbag down on his seat, said hello to Kikuchi Keimichi, and went to the staff office.

The purpose was to ask Hoshinomiya Mitsuki to get the psychology-related books that she had previously borrowed from Tachibana Haruna.

When I pushed open the door of the office, I saw that only Hoshinomiya Mitsuki was sitting at the desk, busy organizing various documents.

Come earlier than anyone else and leave later than anyone else.

Hoshinomiya Mizuki does this almost every day. Even on weekends, she will lock herself in the room to prepare lessons for the next week. It is as if she has devoted her entire body and soul to the cause of education without any selfish desires.

But perhaps thanks to this, their class's grades have always been among the best in the same grade.

After Shimizumi leaned against the door frame and watched quietly for a while, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki finally noticed him. She raised her head, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Shimizu-san? Why are you here to see me so early?"

"I borrowed a few psychology books from Miss Ju before, and she asked me to come to you to get them."

"Books...? Ah! Sorry, Shimizu-san, I was so busy that I forgot about it. The books are still at my house."

Hoshinomiya Mitsuki's face was burning with guilt, which spread from her cheeks to her ears. She hurriedly used the documents in her hand to cover her embarrassment, as if to hide the embarrassment.

"Miyuki, you are an adult now, can you be more reliable?"

After hearing what Shimizumi said, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki slammed the table like a child who had lost an argument, and said angrily:

"Why should I be lectured by you? If you want to talk, I am the elder, okay?!"

"Yes, yes, my elder, what do you say we should do now?"

Hoshinomiya Mitsuki's eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips slightly, saying, "How about... you come to my house and pick it up in a couple of days?"

"Go to your house...? Okay then."

In fact, Qingshuijian’s academic performance was not ideal before. Every weekend he would go to the homes of teachers of various subjects for tutoring.

For him, going to the teacher's house for extra lessons has long been a common occurrence.

After saying this, Shimizu was about to leave when Hoshinomiya Mitsuki opened her red lips again and said, "Shimizu-san, why are you suddenly interested in psychology?"

Hoshinomiya Mizuki frowned slightly, and it was obvious that she was quite worried, but Shimizu Ken naturally couldn't tell her everything.

In some ways, Shimizu felt that Hoshinomiya Mitsuki was somewhat similar to his mother Hoshino Akiko. Her excessive worry about him made him unable to tell them some things, otherwise it might backfire on him, and more importantly, it would implicate them.

"Miyue, you don't think I have any psychological problems, do you? You're overthinking it. I just want to do some research to see if I have any talent in this area so that I can consider my future prospects for further studies next year."

"So this is ah……"

After hearing this explanation, Hoshinomiya Mitsuki seemed relieved, and her brows gradually relaxed.

"So you don't have to worry about me."

Shimizu Ken patted her shoulder gently to reassure her, however, he did not expect that this action would make Hoshinomiya Mitsuki feel like she was electrocuted and her body trembled slightly.

She quickly hugged her arms and curled up into a ball, with an expression of extreme fear on her face, as if she was experiencing an inescapable nightmare.

Shimizu was stunned. He had no idea why he caused such a strong reaction from Hoshinomiya Mizuki.

"Mizuki? Are you okay?"

Qing Shuijian walked forward with some concern and asked carefully, but Hoshinomiya Mitsuki seemed not to hear him, her body curled up there and trembling slightly.

Seeing this, Qing Shuijian strongly suspected that she might have some serious mental problems.

It’s just that she forgot to take her medicine on time today and suddenly fell ill?
Otherwise, how could she have such a good relationship with a psychologist like Tachibana Haruna?
Shimizu was really worried and wanted to take Hoshinomiya Mitsuki to the health room to see the school doctor, so he reached out his hand to her again, but was slapped away by Hoshinomiya Mitsuki very forcefully.

"Go away!"

Hoshinomiya Mitsuki suddenly shouted, her voice trembling with fear, her eyes full of horror, as if Shimizu Ken standing in front of her was like a devil.

Qing Shuijian was stunned by her reaction.

"Mizuki?"

Shimizumi called softly, and Hoshinomiya Mitsuki seemed to come back to her senses.

She managed a smile that was uglier than crying: "I'm sorry, Shimizu-san, I, I was just joking with you."

(End of this chapter)