"Eh!"
Marin suddenly looked at Shinju with a blush, completely flustered.
"Eh, why is Shinju-chan talking about such things?"
Marin's cheeks were flushed, and she lowered her head, not daring to look at Shinju's calm and curious gaze, stammering.
"It's because I usually eat dinner very casually at home, so Gojo-kun's grandfather invited me to Gojo-kun's house for dinner."
"Then Marin-nee and Gojo-kun are not dating?"
"No, no, not yet. We haven't started dating yet."
Marin casually fanned her cheeks to cool herself down, then, as if recovering from her shyness, looked at Shinju next to her.
It should be fine to talk about this with Shinju-chan, right?
Marin thought to herself, "Shinju-chan, why do you think I'm dating Gojo-kun?"
Shinju held her bag in one hand, placed a finger from her other hand on her lips, then smiled and said to Marin.
"Because Older Sister is also in love. I always feel that when Marin-nee talks about Gojo-kun, her tone and eyes are exactly the same as when Older Sister talks about Akira-kun."
Shinju can tell that I like Gojo-kun with just one glance?
Marin suddenly felt a bit dejected. She didn't know if Gojo-kun really liked her or not. She always felt that someone as serious as Gojo-kun would probably be very slow to pick up on her feelings.
However, hearing Shinju talk about Sajuna-chan, Marin also became interested and asked Shinju about Sajuna-chan's relationship.
"Shinju-chan, you know about Sajuna-chan, right? How did Akira-kun pursue Sajuna-chan!"
Marin looked at Shinju with a curious expression.
"Older Sister's romance with Akira-kun, huh."
Shinju thought for a moment, then replied, "Akira-kun actively pursued Older Sister, but Older Sister fell for him incredibly fast."
Shinju seemed to recall when Akira first pursued Older Sister, he boldly and directly asked for her contact information.
He really wasn't afraid of being considered a pervert by Older Sister and reported to the police.
But what was strange was that when she saw Akira-kun's actions at the time, she didn't feel any disgust. She just subconsciously felt that the person in front of her was quite friendly, so she and Older Sister didn't have any guard up.
"Akira-kun and Older Sister first met at the family restaurant where we met before. Akira-kun was working there at the time."
"After seeing Older Sister, Akira-kun directly came over to chat her up, and even asked for her contact information."
"Eh! Akira-kun actually did that? Wouldn't he be mistaken for a pervert?"
Marin said in surprise, "I usually reject people who suddenly come over to chat me up. I always feel they're very pushy!"
"Marin-nee is right, but at the time, I just thought Akira-kun seemed like a good person, so I didn't think that way."
"As for Older Sister, she probably just didn't want to interact with a strange boy, so she rejected Akira-kun."
"However, after being rejected, Akira-kun didn't seem to continue chatting her up. Instead, I often saw him working very seriously."
Marin pondered about Akira. She always felt that Akira truly had a friendly aura. She also found him quite approachable, without any ill intentions.
Perhaps this is what they call 'the face reflects the heart,' Marin thought, "Just like Gojo-kun is incredibly handsome!"
"And then? And then?"
Marin was eager to hear Shinju talk about what happened next.
"Later, I got sick, and Older Sister went out to the convenience store to buy something. She seemed to have met Akira-kun there, and she asked Akira-kun to come to our house and help cook a meal."
"And then Akira-kun and Older Sister got to know each other."
Shinju looked up, pondering about Older Sister and Akira-kun's relationship. She always felt that Older Sister had retreated too quickly in the war of love.
She was practically France reincarnated. No, she should be a bit more resilient than France...
"I feel like Akira-kun's actions are all walking on a tightrope."
Kitagawa-san carefully considered Akira-kun's actions. Although they didn't sound problematic, she always felt that Sajuna-chan could easily mistake him for a pervert and report him to the police.
"Then Older Sister gradually started to care about Akira-kun."
"Later, the two of them naturally got together."
Shinju said with a smile, Older Sister's love story basically had no difficulties.
Shinju also felt happy for Older Sister's happiness.
"Eh, there were no more twists and turns after that?"
Marin said in surprise, even though she felt Sajuna-chan was such an arrogant person.
As soon as this thought came to mind, Marin remembered the first time she met Sajuna-chan. Sajuna-chan didn't seem so arrogant when she was with Akira-kun?
"Wuwuwu, Sajuna-chan actually found happiness so easily."
Marin suddenly felt like crying without tears. She had intended to learn from Sajuna-chan's experience, but she ended up just getting a dose of PDA.
"However."
Shinju suddenly said, pausing for a moment.
"I think I heard Older Sister talk about Akira-kun's confession before."
"Eh, was it Akira-kun who confessed?" Kitagawa was surprised first, then sighed, "Thinking about it, it's clear Akira-kun would be the one to confess first, right?"
"No, it wasn't."
Shinju waved her hand, then explained to Marin, "Older Sister said that when they were at Gojo-kun's house, Akira-kun took her hand without permission."
"At that time, Older Sister almost couldn't stop herself from overthinking and even considered telling Akira-kun her feelings, but then Akira-kun confessed directly when he left."
"Eh, holding hands at Gojo-kun's house."
Marin caught the keywords: Gojo-kun's house, Akira-kun, and Sajuna-chan.
Wasn't that the time Gojo-kun made Shizuku for her?
She heard her name in a love story, but why was she so unhappy?
Wuwuwu...
She felt so sour inside that she was about to cry.
She always felt that Gojo-kun wouldn't choose to confess first. After all, Gojo-kun was such a serious person and hadn't interacted much with girls, so his emotions must be very slow.
Then she definitely had to be more proactive.
Marin thought to herself, recalling what she had said to Gojo-kun when they went to the beach together.
"Let's go to all sorts of places together from now on!"
If her tone were a bit more serious and she added more intimate gestures, Gojo-kun would definitely be able to feel her affection.
Marin and Shinju chatted as they walked to Wakana's house.
"Gojo-kun, are you home?"
"Oh, it's Haimeng-chan!"
Gojo Kaoru came out, "Wakana is in his room. Come on in."
"Mhm, thank you, Grandpa. Excuse me for intruding."
Marin replied with a smile.
"Shinju, hurry up and come in."
Marin took off her shoes at the entrance and walked in wearing black ankle socks. Shinju also took off her flat shoes and walked in.
"Those are Older Sister's and Akira-kun's shoes, right?"
Shinju looked at the small leather shoes on the floor. It seemed Older Sister and Akira-kun had already arrived.
"Eh, Sajuna-chan has already arrived?"
"Gojo-kun!"
Marin quickly ran towards Wakana's room, "Gojo-kun, I'm here!"