Bai Lan felt that Kushida was doing it on purpose. She had never intended to practice properly; she was merely using training as an excuse to vent her stress at him.
However, although Kushida was cursing while speaking to Bai Lan, the people she was cursing were mostly unrelated to him. Her tirades were also peppered with gossip about certain students in their year.
"You know, Xiao Yu likes Hirata.
"Oh, Xiao Yu is Wang Meiyu. She said that in your country, friends call each other things like 'Little This,' 'Big That,' or 'Ah-Whatever' to show closeness.
"By that logic, should I call you 'Little Lan,' 'Big Lan,' or 'Ah Lan'?
"Ah, right, right, right! We're not friends!
"Bai is such a tsundere...
"Wait, no, no, no! I was wrong! Don't end the training! I've only just started! I got carried away. Please be magnanimous and forgive me!"
"Xiao Yu is such an idiot, such a pain!
"If she likes Hirata, she should just go after him!
"But every time, she asks me to talk to Hirata first, then joins the conversation as 'my friend.' That lets her chat with Hirata and raise his affection for her.
"She wants me to be her wingwoman!
"Well, fine, I'll do it.
"But by the end of every conversation, she's too busy being shy and staring at the handsome guy. If I didn't deliberately give her openings, she wouldn't be able to say more than a few words.
"That idiot Xiao Yu!
"I'm the wingwoman, while she's the heroine trying to pursue Hirata.
"But in the end, I'm the one doing most of the talking with Hirata.
"Once or twice would be fine, but she's asking for way too much!
"At this rate, not only will Hirata fail to develop feelings for her,