But Kobayashi Ayaka hadn't answered.
"I don't know," Kurashiki Reina replied indifferently, then glanced at Murae, who was tilting his head in exasperation, and she pursed her lips: "...How much money does she owe you?"
Otherwise, why would she run away like that the moment they met?
She had thought the two of them had a rather close relationship.
Murae continued to tilt his head.
Such a good thing?
Finally, the call connected.
"Hello?" Murae said.
From the other end of the phone came gasping breaths, Kobayashi Ayaka took a while to calm down, and after choking on some water, she finally regained her calm and indifferent tone: "Why are you calling me at a time like this?"
"..."
"I, I was just swimming. You don't know, the weather in Tokyo is so hot. I really envy you being able to go somewhere cool..." Kobayashi Ayaka said.
Murae looked at Kurashiki Reina, trying to figure out what kind of trick the person on the other end of the phone was playing.
Kurashiki Reina's eyes also showed confusion, and her whole body expressed one word: "I don't know."
"Hmm? Is your signal bad? Why is there no sound?" Kobayashi Ayaka said.
"...Which pool are you at?"
After a long pause, Murae finally spoke.
"It's useless to tell you, aren't you going to Yaso Inaba... what was it called, in the countryside?"
"Not yet, I'm still in Tokyo."
"...Ah, ah, actually I'm at the beach in Izu..."
"Then what are you talking about the Tokyo weather for?"
"...I, I'm at a free swimming pool in Tokyo..."
"I'm already here, you're not at the free swimming pool at all, where are you!?"
"I..."
Kobayashi Ayaka's tone was clearly lacking in confidence, knowing she was about to be exposed, but she still stubbornly maintained the lie: "Then, then I'll come out and find you?"
Then Kurashiki Reina saw Murae smile.
His smile was so sweet, his upturned lips overflowing with joy.
"I'll give you one minute. Get to the field. Now."
He said each word distinctly.
With this posture, Kurashiki Reina completely failed to understand who was the senior.
"W-what field?"
Although it was a phone conversation now, and Kurashiki Reina was standing next to Hayato, she could only hear some faint sounds from the receiver.
But she could still imagine Kobayashi Ayaka's panic on the other end of the phone, perhaps her eyes were darting around...
Murae pursed his lips and continued to smile:
"Kurashiki already told me, Ayaka... are you still trying to play dumb?"
"..."
This sentence was like a decisive blow, and Kobayashi Ayaka didn't reply. Murae even felt her breath hold.
Kurashiki Reina's ears twitched, and she also heard no reply from the other end of the phone.
It seems she can't keep up the act...
But Kurashiki Reina hadn't even finished that thought yet.
"—Huh!?" A very indignant exclamation sounded from Kobayashi Ayaka's end: "You went to find Kurashiki!?"
This, in turn, somewhat bewildered Murae, who had been at ease.
"Ah, why not?"
"Your! Relationship! Isn't! Very bad! Is it!? Have you gotten back together!?"
"Hey, idiot, shut..."
Murae quickly pressed the microphone.
Since his phone was a freebie, the call quality wasn't very good, fluctuating in volume. This call with Kobayashi Ayaka happened to be judged by the system as 'loud,' plus her voice was naturally clear, and with such a shout...
Murae couldn't say for sure about others, but Kurashiki Reina definitely heard it.
The relationship is bad, but you can't say it to her face. Murae thought, even he sometimes had to save face when interacting with people.
Murae looked back at Kurashiki Reina.
The latter indifferently twisted open the bottle cap, then walked away as if she hadn't heard anything.
"You, come over here," Murae said somewhat exasperatedly into the phone, then added: "If you really don't want to see me, I won't force you. I'll leave now—by the way,"
Murae's tone shifted, and he asked in a low voice:
"...Do you have a boyfriend?"
Five or six seconds passed after he spoke.
There was still no reply from the other side, just as Murae thought he had hit his mark.
On the other end, the long-legged beautiful girl, completely disregarding her demeanor, ran over at an extremely fast speed in a charging posture, kicking up a cloud of dust behind her.
Although it was still unclear why Kobayashi Ayaka was avoiding him, for now, she was willing to see him.
Murae couldn't help but smile.
But, Murae quickly realized something was wrong.
"...Wait, wait? Ayaka, has your braking system failed?"
Bang,
Ayaka collided with Murae, then, under everyone's gaze, pinned him beneath her.
Not only did she straddle Murae's lower body, but she also reached out and grabbed his neck.
"Do you know what you're saying?" Kobayashi Ayaka asked coldly.
Haven't you felt my sincere devotion at all! Ayaka thought.
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