Chapter 153: Sakurajima Apricot’s Comfort and Confession

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The second half of the senior high school semester tends to be a bit more leisurely, and it’s time for the Exploration Club, to which Natsuki Aoi belongs, to return to its roots and come up with some activities that are in line with the club’s intentions, such as a group group outing to the countryside during the next vacation time.

Speaking of the countryside, Aoi Natsuki thought of his grandfather, his hometown was from a small town in Gunma Prefecture, where even communication equipment was not very widespread, and still continued to send letters as the main means of communication, but vaguely remembered the old days in the countryside, when he was still only five years old, and sat on a piece of cotton cloth laid out in the field, and chewed on a watermelon with his grandfather memories, think about it really is a special I think it is really special to miss it.

Inside the activity classroom, Aoi Natsuki shared his past with a few people, describing it in a particularly vivid picture, mainly not so much how interesting it was, but the emotion that came out of his mouth, infecting everyone present.

“So …… why don’t we take a group trip to Gunma Prefecture? What about a stroll to Aoi’s old home?” Sakurajima Apricot was all smiles, both elbows resting on the tabletop, palms cupping both cheeks as she looked straight at him.

“Good offer indeed, but won’t …… there be enough time?” Hayakawa objected.

“It’s just two days and a trip to Gunma Prefecture, and it’s quite a strain to get there and back.” Takahashi Mito crossed her arms over her chest and mused that it wasn’t likely.

“It’s fine, I’m just saying it off the top of my head, not really a reference.” Aoi Natsuki waved her hands in succession.

Sakurajima Apricot nodded and continued, “Then let’s keep this proposal for now, and wait until the summer vacation starts, let’s go to Aoi’s old house together!”

“Uh-huh! That’s definitely no problem!”

“I do have time.” The thought of it being Aoi’s grandfather made Takahashi Mito giggle inwardly, her right index finger unconsciously curling the right side of her hair.

“Ah! It suddenly occurred to me that it’s almost the end of March, so won’t it be time for cherry blossom viewing!” Hayakawa suddenly clasped his hands together and exclaimed.

The rest of the few people also reacted one by one, the end of March to the end of April is a very good time to enjoy the cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms bloom everywhere, many companies in order to enjoy the cherry blossoms of this activity will also deliberately take a half day off, collective group building to enjoy the cherry blossoms.

“Cherry blossom viewing. ……”

“Indeed I had overlooked that as well, except that there must be a lot of people on the weekends, and the location isn’t very easy to find, so you need to find someone to arrange it in advance.” Takahashi said.

“Good, then let me handle this matter.” Sakurajima Apricot narrowed her eyes and smiled, the corners of her slender eyes extended, and the fingertips of her hands gently rested against her lips as she said.

“Really? A lot of big companies have a hard time snagging a suitable position eh!” Takahashi Mito was surprised.

Sakurajima Apricot’s expression didn’t show any confusion, and still maintained a light smile, “Yes, no problem at all.”

“Ha ……”

Not only Takahashi, but the rest of the three let out a breath in awe.

Although he knew that Sakurajima’s family was from a very rich background, there was the same chasm between rich and wealthy, and the Takahashi family was considered to be a relatively wealthy family, but compared to Sakurajima, they were not on the same level at all.

Just like in the case of the last time when they were able to get the school administration to come and agree to the Senior Night Party, you can find out that the Sakurajima family has some other backgrounds.

“This week then? How about Saturday afternoon?” Natsuki Aoi offered the time.

“I’m a little unsure about Saturday afternoon, is Sunday afternoon okay?” Takahashi turned his head to Hayakawa.

“I can Sunday.”

After a few moments of certainty, a few people set the time for Sunday afternoon.

“So does Ayano have time?” Sakurajima Apricot suddenly spoke up.

“Eh!” Takahashi Midu was stunned, “She, she …… should have time too.”

In fact, just now, Takahashi Mito hadn’t thought of Ayano at this level, and thought it was these four people in the club.

Sakurajima noticed Takahashi’s slightly *** cheeks and her smile grew, though no one would know the change in her mood before and after the narrowing of her eyes, “Then please call, as well as I haven’t seen Ryuusakura for some days, I can contact her to come over and enjoy the cherry blossoms together as well.”

“Ryu Sakura?!” This time it was Hayakawa and Takahashi who shouted in unison, both pairs of eyes looking at Sakurajima in unison.

Natsuki Arai was taken aback by the reaction of the two.

Apricot Sakurajima fiddled with her fingers and nodded, “Yeah, what’s the problem?”

“No ……,” Hayakawa slumped slightly, for in her mind, Ryuusakura brought rather more pressure to her rival than Metou.

“Good, then let’s make a deal and dismiss it for the day.” Sakurajima Apricot observed the two people in front of her with different expressions, and it was like savoring a rich chocolate with a lingering aftertaste.

Aoi Natsuki was sitting in the center, but she also noticed that Hayakawa and Takahashi looked a bit off, Hayakawa at least politely “hmmm”, while Takahashi directly nodded his head and got up without saying a word, and turned his head to leave the activity classroom.

Then there was Hayakawa, looking like he had something on his mind.

“What’s going on with those two?” Natsuki Aoi looked to the doorway.

“……”

“Why aren’t even you talking anymore?” Aoi turned his head, only to find Sakurajima back in the position he started with his hands cupped around his face, staring straight at him.

The smile at the corners of that mouth never waned.

“Can you stop looking at me like that all the time, it’s making my heart grow fuzzy looking at me.” Aoi Natsuki averted her eyes and rubbed her hand over the area on her chest.

At this moment, Sakurajima Apricot finally spoke up and said, “They’re not bothered by you, they’re just being nice.”

She nailed the meaning of it with a single word.

Aoi Natsuki then pursed her lips and could only shrug with a helpless smile.

“Location is so far away na ……”

That sounds so familiar.

In the next second, Aoi, who realized with a jolt, hastily raised his left hand, “Don’t you dare crawl over here again.”

“Oh? What’s going on in your head again, Aoi? I was just making a casual remark, or are you imagining things again?” Sakurajima Apricot laughed lightly.

Aoi Natsuki knew that he was being led into the ditch by her again, so he simply stopped retorting and got up, ready to leave as well.

Because the time for club activities was the third period in the afternoon, it was already near the end of the school day, and the color of the sky outside had long since become less bright than it had been in the afternoon.

Natsuki Aoi walked to the door, glanced at the light switch on the wall, and then turned on the light.

“Don’t stay too long, the classroom is still lit, so be careful with your eyes.”

“Hmph, thanks ~ thanks ~”

Sakurajima’s sweet voice came from the back.

What a devil ……

Aoi Natsuki shook his head and was just about to push the door to leave, when he suddenly thought of something, frowned, and turned around to speed up his pace and walked back, and bypassed the large square table to Sakurajima Apricot, who was leaning against the window.

“I just remembered something.”

“What’s wrong? Aoi?”

“Is your cell phone screensaver a picture of me?”

“Hmm? Already discovered? Oops, I was really careless.” Sakurajima Apricot said with a deflated spread of her hands, but instead of grasping the center, she seemed to be remorseful about why she had been discovered.

“I didn’t see it, but I heard it from Hetty’s sister, and she told me, and you told her a lot about me, and you’re really free?”

“Have you seen Nia yet? Could it be at Hetty’s house …… you guys ……” Sakurajima Apricot stretched out her right index finger, making circles in the air, her eyes full of mischief.

“Don’t digress okay, quickly delete the screensaver, how bad is it to let people see it.” Aoi Natsuki had wanted to mention a word of shame, but thinking that it was Sakurajima Apricot, she simply swallowed it in her stomach.

Sakurajima Apricot thought for a moment, “Deleting is fine, only, you have to tell me exactly what’s going on or I won’t delete it.”

The Rako people would not do anything to lose their own interests without gaining equivalent intelligence.

Aoi Natsuki had no choice but to tell the whole story about meeting Nia yesterday and taking her to the hospital, but she could tell that midway through the story, a touch of undisguised nervousness appeared on Sakurajima Apricot’s face as well, and that she was also worried about whether or not Nia was in danger.

“Anyway it didn’t end up being a big deal, it’s just that Nia …… her ……” Aoi pointed to her hair.

Sakurajima apricot blinked, then took a deep breath and slowly sighed out, explaining, “You’re right in thinking that Nia has a very rare albino disease, she couldn’t be exposed to direct sunlight for too long since she was a child, so her physique has always been very poor, Hetty became an idol at first, listening to her, she told me that it’s also because of the expenses for her sister’s treatment, the family couldn’t afford it at that time, but I didn’t think that once I made an effort, she would become such a popular national idol, it’s also a kind of reward.”

“There’s such a thing ……” Aoi Natsuki said in a deep voice, just like yesterday he felt that Nia’s complexion was too white to be true, more prominent a kind of miserable white than the white skin of the westerners, and now looking back on it, his own action of leaving her in the park, his heart also became more and more self-reproach.

The eyes gradually emptied.

When he came back to his senses, a pair of slender hands landed at his collarbone, and he lowered his eyes to see that Sakurajima Apricot, who had been sitting, had already stood up and was keeping a very close distance from himself.

The magnetic voice reached his eardrums.

“Don’t beat yourself up too much, you’ve done a great job.”

The two then fell silent.

Sakurajima Apricot didn’t tell too many comforting words, she just stayed quietly by his side.

If it were Hayakawa or Takahashi, I’m afraid they would have been running around him like ants in a hot pan.

“Thanks.” Natsuki Aoi nodded lightly, and in the next second, the words changed, “But you still have to remember to delete the screensaver.”

“Ah …… why do you still remember this, isn’t this already over.” Sakurajima pulled up his hand and pouted.

Natsuki Aoi drew back her hand, “One size fits all.”

Sakurajima Apricot was beyond lost, but amazingly enough, she did as she was told.

Yes, all along, since a long time ago, Sakurajima Apricot listened to everything Aoi Natsuki said, and not only listened, but also did as she was told, and memorized it in her head.

Aoi Natsuki was by her side overseeing the deletion of the screensaver photo, and only after it was deleted did he then avert his eyes.

“Also, how many other people have you told about me besides Nia? The girls in your regiment shouldn’t know about it too, right?” Natsuki Aoi said suspiciously.

“Ahaha, a little bit la.” Sakurajima made a gesture, the distance between his thumb and forefinger.

Aoi Natsuki slapped his forehead, this guy ……

It was no wonder that Nia didn’t feel scared at all when she first met herself.

It turned out that Sakurajima had shown his picture to Nia long ago, and had repeatedly recounted his experiences to it, hardening the favor.

And so on.

Aoi suddenly thought of a possibility and turned to look at Sakurajima slightly oddly, “Don’t tell me this is some kind of experiment again, it’s a bit too much if it’s on a child.”

Sakurajima Apricot’s eyes revealed surprise upon hearing this, followed by total frustration gradually permeating her face as she murmured in a low voice, “So this is what I am in your mind Aoi ……”

It was then that Aoi Natsuki realized that his words were a bit too rude and immediately stepped forward to apologize.

Sakurajima, however, skimmed his head and said nothing.

Rarely have I seen Sakurajima angry, Aoi Natsuki has no experience, even coaxing will not be coaxed, in galgame game this characteristic of the girl will not exist will be angry, basically slightly dissatisfied, not far from the end of their own BE.

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, it’s my heart that’s straight, don’t be angry, okay?” Aoi Natsuki crouched down and coaxed the Sakurajima in front of her one by one.

After a few seconds had passed, Sakurajima finally turned her head, but seeing her face, Aoi knew again that he had been tricked, Sakurajima apricot’s face still had a light faint smile on it as she sat down on the chair with her head resting sideways on her left arm, her head tilted to the right, her right hand raised and her right index finger slowly approached Aoi Natsuki before tapping it on the tip of his nose.

“Dumbass ……”

The voice was exceptionally soft, and with the quiet atmosphere and the yellowish light outside, Aoi Natsuki’s heart was tingling again.

“I’m sorry, I was the one who just said too much.”

Natsuki Arai apologized again.

Sakurajima apricot then shook her head and did not blame, instead she took advantage of the current atmosphere and simply rubbed his cheeks, nose and chin, I really don’t know what she wanted to do ……

Aoi Natsuki’s heart was beating faster at the moment, it was a bit too much for him to handle in the face of such molestation, he gulped and stood up, the aching sensation reappeared on all the muscles of his body.

He got up, and Apricot Sakurajima followed.

She stays on the offensive forever.

Stepping forward, he straightened his collar.

It was as if they were doing something sparse and normal.

“Aoi.”

“Hmm?” He looked up.

“I admit I used to just want to study you, but now, I just want to have a relationship with you, Aoi ……”

The plain words carried a full load of information that instantly exploded in Aoi Natsuki’s head.

Sakurajima was always so caught off guard, she was much better at timing and atmosphere than Ryuusakura’s predictability, and should she say no, she was just too good at it.

“Me, you …… us ……”

Aoi Natsuki’s entire face turned red, her heartbeat could feel the panging frequency even without covering it with her hands, staring at Sakurajima in front of her, not knowing what to say.

It’s like, like he’s really turned on Sakurajima.

No way, that’s never going to happen!

Me and Sakurajima? You’re kidding!