Chapter 312, Tsundere

In the empty classroom, under the silent warm sunshine, Jin Kiritani was surrounded by several first-year school girls.

Ren, who had just changed into his gym clothes, smiled and tried to look as gentle as possible.

Then, one of the junior girls raised her head and looked at Kiritani Jin, who also looked over after sensing her gaze, and the alarm in his heart was stretched straight - he was a focused boy, and he would not forget his original intention even if a junior girl confessed to him. Kiritani Jin thought so.

"Senior, are you and Utsunomiya friends?"

A junior schoolmate suddenly asked a question.

"..." Kiritani Jin was silent for a few seconds, "...Yes, we knew each other in junior high school and often had lunch together at noon." Kiritani Jin tried his best not to let his smile collapse, "What's wrong?"

"Are you really friends?"

The junior schoolmate asked again.

"..." Kiritani Ren was silent again, and then said: "If you want to pursue him, give up."

Kiritani Jin gave a weird smile, "He doesn't like humans. He really, really doesn't like them. If he is allowed to interact with humans, it would be better to let him jump into the elevator to hell and die."

"Like this."

"Yeah yeah."

……

"I said wash."

"What's wrong brother?"

"…Have you become different recently? Have you secretly become an internet celebrity?"

During the physical education class, Utsunomiya Shuo and Kiritani Jin sat on the steps of the playground, holding their chins with their hands, acting as spectators outside the field.

"Is this happening?"

"I am asking you."

"Never mind, that's not important... Ren, have you noticed that Zero's popularity seems to be higher than before he started dating me?"

On the lawn of the playground, Ling sat there surrounded by many classmates. Zhuo was looking at that place from a distance and muttering quietly. When Ren heard it, he affirmed, "Yes."

A few days have passed since they started dating, and Zero has become more popular than before.

She was already the most popular person in the school, and now it was even more exaggerated to the point that she was surrounded by everyone.

The proportion of girls was higher than that of boys, or in other words, only a few boys were trying to take advantage of the situation. Most boys didn't dare to approach her, but they also cast a warm gaze at her. Zhuo saw this and felt a little complicated.

"If that's the case, I kind of understand why."

"Appreciate further details."

"Emmmmm... Romanov used to be like a piece of ice that no one could get close to. Even if you just approached her, you would shiver with coldness. But now, you feel that she is right beside you. I think this is because the original image of Romanov as being unattainable and difficult to approach has been broken, so everyone will think that she can also fall in love with others. Like this."

Indeed, ever since Ling started dating Zhuo, the nature of her previous iceberg image has changed.

Although she still maintains the same state, people will not think so. Rather than being incompatible with water and fire and difficult to touch, in the eyes of everyone, Zero has come closer to them, and she has begun to get closer to everyone's lives like a young girl.

Little by little, the students naturally stopped being in awe of the "cold air" and started trying to get closer to her.

Zhuo was happy about this, but at the same time he had some complicated emotions because his field was discovered by others.

He hoped that everyone would know that Ling was not an unkind girl, but he was upset when everyone knew this. This contradiction made him hate himself.

"It should be considered a good thing, even if my feelings are complicated...someone around Zero is trying to get in touch with her, which should be a happy thing, but I always feel depressed and petty."

"That's the possessiveness of men... But that person has always been considerate of your feelings. No one can break through the Queen's defense." "I know."

Even so, Zero is still Zero. She has never changed. Or rather, the only thing that has changed is the way others look at her. Zero doesn't like to interact with others, and doesn't care what others think of her. The only one who can get close to her and touch her is Zhuo.

"Besides, she is completely your girlfriend now, so you can declare your sovereignty. Don't be timid, just go up to her and say "My Zero is cute, isn't she?"

"…That's too much. I would never do such a thing."

"...How dare you flirt with me in front of everyone?"

"That's not it!"

"It's because in your minds that it's not considered flirting, so the lethality is great enough to expose everyone around."

Ren poked Zhuo's head and said, "Learn from this lesson," and Zhuo pursed his lips.

Recently, some students would blush and look away for some reason whenever they were around Zhuo and Ling.

There was no particularly intimate contact between the two of them, nor was there any significant conversation, but those classmates blushed, which made Zhuo a little confused.

There are still jealous looks, but there are more warm looks. I heard that someone came to pick a fight because of jealousy, but in the end he said, "Alas, how can this happen? No matter how you look at it, there's no hope..."

Zhuo didn't have any awareness, and didn't notice any signs... But Ren said that when he didn't know, Romanov, also known as Zero, would always turn his head and stare at him. Hearing others say that Zero only looked at him, although Zhuo felt ashamed, it was also true that he was a little happy.

"You can also act like that guy and assert your sovereignty."

"What are you talking about? Besides, I'm not as popular as Zero. You're the only one willing to hang around me...well, and Kanda occasionally."

"You really..."

After hearing his self-speech, Ren showed a dumbfounded expression, then held his forehead and shook his head helplessly, showing an attitude of "I really can't do anything about you".

But even if Ren was like this, things that were unclear were unclear, and he didn't explain it clearly, so Zhuo naturally couldn't understand.

"... I say, Ah Zhuo, do you know the culture of the circle?"

"What kind of dark stuff is that? We are still just high school students."

"That's what I mean. Being able to date Zero has raised your status to a certain extent..."

"Stop, stop. Do you think I'll be happy about this? Even if someone really likes me for this, I'll just feel ashamed and embarrassed."

"Okay, let's put it another way - you're not handsome, you're not outstanding, you're average at sports, and you're not very smart either..."

"It's the grades. Not the brains."

"Yeah, my grades aren't that good either. And as for my life, I don't need to say much. It's a mess and I can't even describe it accurately..."

"Aren't we talking about circle culture?"

"... Even so! But Zhuo is basically a person who cares about other people's feelings, and is loyal and honest. Among those girls who seriously want to get married, you are definitely a good match."

"I would only feel disgusted if you praised me like that."

"You are too harsh on your friends, so I deduct 50 points. Even so, you have a sunny personality and no bad intentions. This can be considered a win-win situation."

"Oh, I guess so."

"Especially this point, once it hits the heart, she will immediately change into a tsundere form, very easy to understand!"

"Hehehe——"

Zhuo sneered and turned his head away. Ren patted Zhuo's shoulder happily. Zhuo elbowed him back and whispered, "Thank you."

(End of this chapter)