The cultural festival had ended successfully just like that, but for Fang Zheng and the others, it was far from over.
Especially for Kogisora Yukina. Ever since the cultural festival, she had truly been "suffering." No matter where she went or where she had class, classmates would smile and greet her.
Of course, that alone would have been fine, but the problem was...
"Yukina, Yukina, were you and Kasugano-kun really childhood sweethearts?"
"You really met again after ten years? That's so romantic!"
"Ahahaha..."
Faced with these excited classmates, Yukina could only force a bitter smile, having no idea what to say.
That was right. After the cultural festival, a rumor had started circulating among everyone at some point—that the two people sung about in the final song from SchoolDays were actually Kogisora Yukina and Fang Zheng. Before the two of them could even offer a detailed explanation, the gossip-hungry crowd had already filled in the entire story for them.
Ten years ago, Kogisora Yukina and Fang Zheng had been friends, but one of them transferred away, forcing them apart. They met again ten years later, and this song had been written to commemorate that reunion.
Paired with those lyrics... it was simply too romantic!!
At first, Kogisora Yukina had tried to explain, but the masses clearly had no intention of believing her denials. The song Secret Base had stirred up childhood memories in nearly everyone, and many of them carried similar regrets. So rather than saying the onlookers loved spreading gossip, it would be more accurate to say that, deep down, they hoped the rumor was "real." That way, even if they harbored regrets in their hearts, there was still a miracle here that could fulfill their little wishes, wasn't there?
As the saying went, a lie repeated often enough