Ryunosuke saw the ice compress was enough to reduce the swelling. He immediately sprayed a bit of disinfectant liquid, then took gauze to bandage the girl's leg.
"Euh~" Suzune let out a soft groan, clearly that action hurt her.
Ryunosuke apologized gently. "Sorry, this is my first time bandaging someone else's wound. If it hurts, please bear with it for a moment."
After finishing bandaging Suzune's leg, he looked toward the infirmary which was quite far away, then asked with good intentions:
"Can you go alone? Do you need help?"
Suzune didn't answer, but she proved her attitude through action. She stood up, then walked limping toward the infirmary.
Ryunosuke sighed, he also stood up, put his arm around her waist, and draped the girl's arm over his neck to help her walk there.
Suzune remained silent for quite a while, before finally muttering softly.
"Thank you..."
Ryunosuke didn't reply anything, he remained silent escorting her to the infirmary.
Actually he wanted to directly carry Suzune, but because there were too many people here, that could trigger unnecessary misunderstandings. Especially, he was afraid the three women who were already "confirmed" with him would sulk...
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Meanwhile, in the Student Council President's office, Manabu felt the time was right and his work was finished, so he prepared to participate in the sports festival. Besides, his sister was already being watched by Ryunosuke, so he didn't need to worry anymore.
For the next match, Ryunosuke relinquished his command rights. He handed over the heavy burden of leading Class D and Class C to Hiyori.
Actually Hiyori didn't really want to accept it, but Ryunosuke reasoned he was held up by urgent business and couldn't come for a while. She was forced to accept that responsibility.
On the other side, while at the infirmary, after sending a brief message to Hiyori, Ryunosuke turned off his phone and obediently accompanied the injured Suzune.
Suzune opened her phone to read a novel to divert her attention. Same with Ryunosuke.
Both did the same thing unplanned. Being in one room alone between a man and woman indeed often felt awkward, this was where the usefulness of phones lay.
Awkward? Play with phone.
Relatives came and confused about what to talk about? Play with phone.
Children too noisy and causing headache? Play with phone.
Fighting wanting to divorce and mood chaotic? Play with phone.
In short, everything couldn't be separated from the thing called phone.
Time passed quickly until evening arrived. Ryunosuke didn't intend to play with his phone anymore, he put it in his pocket and asked Suzune:
"Want me to escort you back to the dorm?"
Suzune raised her beautiful eyes, but still didn't speak. But Ryunosuke understood the meaning of that gaze. He was even amazed at himself; just through one gaze, he immediately understood...
Ryunosuke again became a human support, helping Suzune back to the dorm.
Seeing the person had arrived home, Ryunosuke intended to leave immediately.
Suzune stood at the doorway watching his departure, her mouth slightly open as if wanting to say something, but she closed it again. In the end, not a single word was spoken as she slowly closed the door.
Just left for a moment, Ryunosuke received a call from Hiyori.
As if already guessing, he covered one ear before answering.
Sure enough, the next second, complaints from Hiyori were heard on the phone.
"Akasaka-kun, you must be relaxing? Throwing work at me then just running away, I'm really envious of you~"
Facing Hiyori's sarcastic tone which was clearly angry at him, Ryunosuke was forced to explain his situation.
Once Hiyori knew that the man was escorting a classmate with a sprain to the infirmary, she no longer complained and showed understanding.
Ryunosuke sighed in relief silently. He didn't explain to Hiyori at all that the one with the sprain was a girl, because he felt if he said it, problems would arise...
Since accepting Airi and Megumi, he had become very sensitive to female jealousy. His sixth sense told him he absolutely must not tell Hiyori that it was a woman, otherwise, the "vinegar tank" (jealousy) would definitely spill.
Ryunosuke's thinking was correct. If he dared to say it, Hiyori might not be able to be coaxed even if given three or four new novel books.
On the other end of the phone, Hiyori also explained this afternoon's match results to Ryunosuke.
The results in broad strokes were a draw. Because the women's relay lost, even though the men's team won, the score remained tied.
Ryunosuke just answered that he understood, then closed the phone. He actually didn't care too much about the match results because there was no profit that could be gained...
He really had no motivation.
"Haaah..." Ryunosuke sighed and prepared to leave. But at that time, his phone rang again. Somewhat impatiently he opened it, turned out to be from Kushida.
He just remembered. He seemed to have already promised Kushida to be her emotional outlet punching bag... Ryunosuke ruffled his hair irritably.
"Whatever, go to the minimarket to buy earplugs first, so later my ears can be more at peace."
Ryunosuke immediately headed to the minimarket.
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On the other side, Kushida was currently wearing purple pajamas with a quite daring style. Her navel was slightly visible behind the thin white fabric, plus her perfect body curves and the bulge on her chest which seemed almost making her buttons explode. The size was around C+, very close to D, so the scale wasn't small.
[Just an additional note: Horikita Suzune is B.]
Kushida lay on her large bed, swinging her calves with a mood that seemed very good. Of course good, because after this, she could finally vent all the frustrations that had accumulated over the last half year.
She had long wanted to explode, but never had the chance. The only time she exploded, she was instead caught by Ryunosuke.
As for Ayanokouji? She had long unconsciously ignored him. Besides, the one who held her chest was Ryunosuke, not Ayanokouji, so why should she remember that figurant character?
Kushida clasped both her hands like a devout religious adherent. If only people could ignore the words she spoke, she would look very sincere...
"God, please help me, let me vent everything to satisfaction!"
"Just this once!!!"
Kushida's face turned completely red, looked somewhat abnormal...
And Ryunosuke arrived at the door. With a hesitant expression, he knocked on the door, then stepped inside.
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