novelBonte Chapter 393 Hokkaido University?
Chapter 393 Hokkaido University?
Chapter 393 Hokkaido University?
Cloudy skies are characteristic of Hokuriku.
In Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, today's Asahi High School has just successfully held the sports meeting.
After the closing ceremony, the students returned to the classroom one after another and began to pack their things and go home.
"I'm exhausted~~~..."
Yuko Masaka was lying on the table, looking exhausted.
Seeing this, Sayu couldn't help but smiled, and handed over the Pocari in his hand.
"Thanks for your hard work, let's have a drink."
"thanks……"
Yuzi groaned weakly, propped himself up on the table and sat up.
She took the Pocari, twisted it twice, but didn't unscrew it.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I'll do it." So Sayu took Pocari back and opened it.
poof.
"Here~ Please use it."
"Thank you, Sayu-san, you are so kind~!"
"You're welcome~"
Yuko Masaka brought the drink to her mouth, lifted her chin and took two sips, before letting out a sigh of relief.
"Phew, it's so cold! But I came back alive..."
"You're really exaggerating, Yuko." Sayu couldn't help but smile at her appearance, and at the same time stretched her hands behind her head, and untied the high ponytail that was tied up because of the sports meeting.
A head of spotless and beautiful hair bloomed in a "swish", looking agile and elegant.
"It's not an exaggeration!" - Yuko Masaka wanted to refute, but was in a trance because of the scene in front of him, and the words that rushed to his mouth turned into a cry...
"so beautiful……"
"Eh?"
"Hey, Sayu-chan..."
"……what?"
"In the end, how can I be as beautiful as you?"
"Uh……?"
Amid Sayu's expression of not knowing what to say, Yuko Masaka counted with her fingers.
"Not only is he beautiful, smart, gentle and brave, but he also won many firsts in the sports meeting..."
"Although I've seen this kind of girl in TV shows, I didn't expect such a person to actually exist, and she's still my friend. I must be dreaming, right?"
"Stop talking." Sayu's eyes wandered around with nowhere to rest, and he let out a breath of distress: "You suddenly spoke so seriously, I don't even know how to react."
"Ah~ Even the shy look is so cute, she's like an angel~!"
"..."
While laughing, Misaki-sensei also walked into the classroom.
"—Go back to your seats and sit down, the class meeting is about to start."
"""""Good~"""""
The students agreed one after another and returned to their seats.
"—"
"——"
Briefly announced some established matters, and explained the security issues.
Teacher Misaki quickly ended the class meeting and informed everyone that school was over.
Howe's no-nonsense style is very much her style.
Yuko Masaka, who packed up her things, came to the last row and asked Sayu to go to the coffee shop, and Sayu readily agreed.
The two left the school together and took the tram to Asahikawa Station.
Then came to the very stylish coffee shop that I had been to before.
"Shall we sit in the corner by the window?"
"OK, all right."
The two walked to the corner and sat down together.
The waiter brought ice water and menus.
Whether it is the autumnal equinox or the cold winter, almost all stores will only provide ice water.
"Would you like to order now?"
"Ah, yes, please give me yuzu soda and raw cheesecake, how about you Sayu-chan?"
Sayu pondered for a while looking at the menu, and then said: "Then I want matcha... sorry, please give me a pure mojito."
"Okay, then please wait a moment~"
The waiter who remembered the order turned and left.
"Hey, Sayu-chan, is there something you don't want to eat?"
"Not for now, maybe later."
"That's it~" Yuko Masaka nodded his head and said with a smile: "I thought you would order matcha frappuccino as usual, did you change the taste?"
"Here, I just want to drink something refreshing because I participated in a one-day sports meeting. It's nothing special."
"Hmm, speaking of Sayu-chan~"
"?"
"At the sports meeting just now, you were confessed again, right?"
- click.
Ice cubes collided with the glass.
Sayu who was drinking water suddenly stopped.
"...Why, would you know such a thing?"
"Because, weren't you called to the back of the gymnasium? I happened to see it when I went to wash my hands... so what?" Yuko Masaka held her cheek, quite interested.
"Did you agree? Or did you refuse~?"
"...Rejected." Sayu said, took a sip of ice water, breathed out lightly, and put the cup on the table.
"Sure enough, I rejected it~ Hmm... Should I say that it is Sayu-chan? The flower of Takane in our school."
"You know I don't like that name..."
"Hee hee, I really don't know what kind of boy can make your heart beat~"
At this time...
"—Sorry to interrupt." The waiter carrying the tray came over and interrupted their conversation.
"I've been waiting for a long time. Here are the drinks and cakes you ordered."
The waiter put down the things for the two of them neatly, and then walked away quickly.
The transparent glass is filled with a bubbling light yellow drink, and is dotted with dark green mint leaves, which makes people feel cool just by looking at it.
Sayu took the cup, opened her lips slightly, bit the plastic straw inserted in it, and took a sip gently.
As the cold liquid enters the mouth, a refreshing mint flavor blooms on the tip of the tongue.
Countless tiny jumping bubbles are like spring rain in Hokuriku, pattering down on the body, penetrating into the skin, bringing a bit of refreshing coolness.
"..."
Sayu's expression slowly relaxed naturally, and the expression on his face softened.
"Speaking of which, have you decided which university you want to go to, Sayu-chan."
"Hmm... In my case, it's probably Hokkaido University?"
"perhaps?"
"Well, both my mother and my brother said it's okay, and I also got the qualification to recommend admission, so it should be like this..."
"--Wait!"
Yuko Masaka interrupted her when she heard this, and asked with a serious face: "The recommended admission qualifications you mentioned just now refer to Hokkaido University?"
"...Huh? Well, that's right."
"—Hey! Is this true? That famous Hokkaido University, when did this happen??"
"Uh……?"
"why did not you tell me?"
"...This, because I only learned about it from Misaki-sensei yesterday."
"Is that so..." Yuzi nodded his head again and again, took a big gulp of grapefruit soda, and then took another deep breath to calm down his excitement.
"Sayu-chan!"
"Well?"
"Congratulations~~~!"
As she spoke, she stretched out her hands and held Sayu's hand, her face with light makeup showed joy from the bottom of her heart.
"You can get the recommendation qualification of Hokkaido University, you are really amazing!"
"Uh, uh...thank you, thank you." Sayu agreed helplessly, and then showed a soft and charming smile,
"So, so? What major are you planning to study?" Yuko Masaka asked enthusiastically.
"Well... I think I will probably choose between educational psychology and media studies?"
"Hey~~Educational Psychology and Media Studies? Hmm! Very suitable! Very suitable for you, Sayu-chan—!"
"Well...well, you don't need to be so loud, why don't you calm down and drink something?"
Sayu said in a soothing tone, while pushing her own Mojito over.
"Okay." Knot nodded vigorously, and took a big sip of the drink while biting the straw.
"Ah, that's not..."
"Cough cough, cough cough... woo, it's so spicy!"
Seeing her covering her mouth and coughing, Sayu couldn't help showing a wry smile, and took out a handkerchief from her skirt pocket.
"After all, there is mint in it, use this."
"...Well, thank you." Yuko Masaka took the handkerchief and thanked in a low voice.
Then he hastily took another sip of his own grapefruit soda to offset the strong mint taste in his mouth.
It took a while to recover.
"Sorry, I'll return the handkerchief after I wash it."
"It's okay~ I shouldn't drink that for you, as long as you're fine."
Yuko raised her head involuntarily, stared at her for a while, and asked puzzledly, "But why are you so calm? Sayu-chan."
"what?"
"Other people would be very excited to be recommended by that prestigious school, right? But Sayu-chan doesn't seem to be like that... Aren't you happy?"
"This... If you want to say that you are happy, you are also happy, probably..."
"Probably? No, think about it carefully, you have said it several times since the topic of college, right?"
"Is it... like this?" Sayu put a smile on her face, then looked down at the table, wondering what she was thinking.
"?"
Yuko Masaka blinked, confused by her abnormal state, and asked suspiciously, "Don't tell me...you don't want to go to Hokkaido University...?"
"..."
Sayu who heard this was silent for a while, then raised a finger to touch the mouth of the glass, and gently stroked along the curved edge.
"……I do not know either."
Masaka Yuko looked at her, and suddenly felt that the girl at the moment was inexplicably strange, with a faint sense of detachment from her body, which seemed a little illusory.
"Sayu-chan...?"
"Ok?"
"where are you going……?"
"Eh?"
"do not go……"
heard.
"Uh……?"
The movements of Sayu's hands paused slightly, then raised his head in bewilderment, and the expression on his face returned to the same freshness as usual.
"What are you talking about? Knot."
"..."
Yuzi stared at her, his eyes wandering over her face inch by inch, and then shook his head in confusion.
"...No, I just suddenly felt that Sayu-chan seems to have gone to a very distant place."
"Huh...? Your statement is so strange."
"So you won't leave, right? Absolutely—won't you? Sayu-chan."
Sayu was silent for a while, "Yuki, where are you planning to go to university?"
"Huh? Me?"
Yuko Masaka thought for a while and said, "I'll probably stay here. Although it may not meet the standards of Hokkaido University, an ordinary university should be fine."
"Don't you want to go out and have a look?"
"Go out and see...?"
"Well, places like Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, etc."
"...This, although it's not that I don't want to, but I belong to the kind that doesn't want to be too far away from home. If it's just for fun, it's fine. As for the others..."
Yuko came to her senses at this point, and asked, "Sayu-chan, do you want to go to school outside?"
"..."
Sayu didn't answer this immediately, but just pinched the straw with her thumb and forefinger, while unconsciously stirring the drink in the cup, slowly weaving words.
"...I have lived in Hokkaido since I was a child, and I have never traveled far except for school trips."
"Although there's nothing wrong with this, I always feel that... I still want to go out and live independently."
After she finished speaking in a low voice, a somewhat lonely smile appeared on her face, and then she fell into silence again.
- click.
The ice cubes float and sink in the drink in the glass, making a pleasant sound from time to time.
"..."
Yuko Masaka came back to her senses, first lowered her head to think for a while, then raised her head and asked, "Then Sayu-chan, where do you want to go?"
"This is..."
Sayu groaned and let go of the straw, subconsciously put her hand on the front of her shirt, and pressed the cinnabar bottle in her shirt.
There seemed to be the sound of small balls "clicking" in the ear, which made people feel calm.
This is a habit she has acquired recently.
Although there is no reason to say.
But whenever she feels depressed, she can calm down just by touching this vial, which feels like a placebo effect...
"Sorry, Kid."
Sayu took a deep breath and said softly, "I want to go to Tokyo."
"Tokyo... have you told your family about this?"
"……not yet."
Yuko Masaka continued to ask: "So what about Hokkaido University?"
"What I want to say... I'm going to try the school in Tokyo first, and wait until the end to make a decision. If I pass the exam, I will go to Tokyo. If I don't pass the exam..."
"Still going to Hokkaido University?" Yuko said the next sentence first.
"...Well, that's it." Sayu nodded slightly in affirmation.
"I see." Yuko Masaka squeezed her chin and nodded slowly, "Hmm~! If that's the case, it's fine. I think your family should be able to accept it."
"...You won't blame me, Kyuko."
"Ok??"
"Because, if I am admitted to a university in Tokyo, I won't be able to stay with you. You are alone.... Is it okay?"
A brief silence.
"Sayu-chan."
"I am here……"
Facing her slightly disturbed gaze, Yuzi couldn't help but smile.
"I'm a high school student?"
"?"
"But what you look like now makes me feel like a primary school student."
"Well, that's right, sorry..."
"--wrong!"
Kyu slapped the table with both hands.While getting up from the seat, he stretched out a hand towards the opposite side, and put it against Sayu's cheek.
"Sayu-chan, you have nothing to apologize for at all."
Her expression softened, and she smiled and said:
"The one who should say thank you is me. Thank you for taking care of me for so long. I am fine now. Please live for yourself in the future~"
"...!"
For quite a while, Sayu didn't speak, but just put his hand on hers and clenched it slightly.
Finally, he nodded and hummed lightly.
"Thank you."
……
(Underwriting progress 4/10)
Thank you [The sky is me] for your reward.
(End of this chapter)