Yukino Yukinoshita Is Definitely Crushing On Me Chapter 19

If Yukino Yukinoshita were to model for any store, that store would immediately sell out.

Miura even felt a confidence in this thought, a confidence greater than her confidence in herself.

"The first stop is the Aquarium?"

Miura immediately took out the map she had prepared last night for this date from her bag. "Let's buy a milk tea first, then go to the Aquarium, then eat lunch here, and go shopping at this mall in the afternoon. How about that?"

Yukino Yukinoshita leaned in to look at the map and the prepared itinerary. "You've prepared quite thoroughly."

When she leaned in, the faint scent from her body also gently enveloped Miura, making her stiffen as if her legs were out of sync.

"Haha, after all, I am such a meticulous and reliable person..."

"I couldn't tell that before."

"Hey Yukino Yukinoshita, what do you mean by that!"

"Mhm~"

Each holding a milk tea, the two walked into the city's Aquarium.

Miura had previously found it hard to understand why the Aquarium was considered the best date spot for yuri couples this year.

But as she walked side-by-side with Yukino Yukinoshita through the underground glass tunnel, feeling the darkening colors from all directions and the light and shadow swaying with the water currents, she truly felt an indescribable sense of being safely enveloped by the night.

It was as if everything shy and nervous was softened here.

Beside her, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly looked up, letting out a soft gasp of admiration. Miura also looked up and saw a ferocious yet beautiful shadow swimming overhead.

"It's a Shark!"

Despite being such a fearsome creature, through the safe glass barrier, it only evoked a sense of its power and beauty.

Miura's gaze shifted from the Shark to the schools of fish swimming rapidly in the glass tunnel. Finally, her peripheral vision quietly landed on Yukino Yukinoshita's face.

It was just an ordinary Aquarium, yet she was watching with such seriousness and fascination, even resting one hand lightly on the glass, leaning in curiously to look at the underwater world within.

Her expression was even one of novelty.

Miura suddenly thought of a question. "Yukino Yukinoshita..."

"Hm?"

"Have you... never been to an Aquarium before?"

"Don't think of me as some shut-in otaku..."

She said softly, "I just haven't come with friends before."

Not only the aquarium, but also libraries, shopping, and buying milk tea together – she had never done any of these with friends.

Yukino Yukinoshita had never had friends before.

After saying that, she felt a little awkward and turned her head away uncomfortably, "...Now, we should be considered friends, right?"

"Of course we are!"

After saying that decisively, Miura muttered to herself, Still pretending to be friends with me, hmph! I knew all along you had a crush on me!

After walking through the underwater tunnel and a bit further, they reached a wide pool. This was the animal performance area. Several dolphins, about the length of a person, gracefully leaped out of the water, balancing small balls that the trainer gently tossed to them.

Miura was very interested in this and excitedly ran forward.

"Dolphins, they're dolphins!"

"Wow, the dolphins are so smart and beautiful, Yukino Yukinoshita, how do dolphins manage to perform such amazing shows?"

Yukino Yukinoshita spouted nonsense, "Because if they don't behave, they get beaten severely."

"Eeeek! Wouldn't that make the dolphins very sad?"

"Dolphins don't feel sad at all."

"...Really?!"

"Yes, because these aren't dolphins, they're beluga whales."

Miura: "..."

On a beautiful weekend, while Yuigahama was still groggy, she heard her phone vibrating repeatedly next to her pillow.

Half-asleep, she closed her eyes and turned off her phone, then pulled the covers over her head to continue sleeping. After an unknown amount of time, movement began in the living room and kitchen outside her door.

"Yui, time to get up for breakfast~"

Mrs. Yuigahama, who had already prepared breakfast, knocked on the door from outside.

"Let me sleep a little longer, Mom..."

"You can't oversleep even on weekends, Yui. It's nine o'clock."

"Yes, yes, yes..."

Yuigahama yawned and got out of bed. After scratching her messy hair, she yawned her way to the bathroom to wash up. Only then did she slowly sit down at the table to eat breakfast.

"Where's Dad?"

"Dad has to work overtime today too. He rushed off right after breakfast."

Mrs. Yuigahama, tidying up in the kitchen cubicle, turned around and said with a smile, "Dad said he'll be on a business trip to the next city for the next couple of days. They seem to have very famous cute plushies there. He asked if Yui wanted anything?"

"Really, I don't need anything. I'm already this old. Dad is something else, still treating me like a child!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Yui is all grown up now and has adult hobbies."

Mrs. Yuigahama smiled and asked again, "Aren't you going out with Yumiko, Junko, and Kaho this week?"

In the past, as one of the popular groups in class known for being gentle, cute, and well-liked, Yui Yuigahama's weekends were always fully booked, either shopping with Yumiko, Junko, and Kaho, or accepting invitations from other girls in the class.

Today, her daughter surprisingly slept until she woke up naturally, which made Mrs. Yuigahama a little surprised.

"Junko and Kaho are both busy today, and Yumiko has a date too. Besides, I wanted to catch up on sleep."

"Ho ho, a date? Is Yumiko dating too? What a lovely age to be admired~"

"Mom, what are you talking about?" Yui calmly retorted, "The other person is a girl who just transferred to our class. Yumiko, as the disciplinary committee member, is just going out shopping with her to help her integrate into the class quickly."

However, at this moment, she couldn't help but recall what Junko had casually said to her back then.

[When Yukino first transferred to our class, everyone was looking at Yukino. You probably didn't see what Yumiko looked like then.]

Mrs. Yuigahama casually said, "Does the disciplinary committee handle such matters? Yumiko is really enthusiastic."

Yes, even her mother had doubts about such a perfunctory reason, yet Yukino accepted it without question.

Whether it was because Yukino had other plans for Miura, or because Miura was special to Yukino... Yui felt an inexplicable and indescribable resistance in her heart for either of these reasons.

After helping her mother put away the dishes, Yui returned to her room. When she turned her phone back on, she opened Line and found that there were indeed many messages.

[Peace and Prosperity] The Line group chat was unusually lively today, with Yumiko spamming the group since four in the morning.

With the message vibration mode on and her phone by her pillow, Yui felt like her entire dream last night was filled with the buzzing sound of mosquitoes.

Even now, Yumiko had an overwhelming sense of excited energy.

Miura: [Well, after much consideration, I still think the aquarium is quite nice. No other meaning.]

Miura: [Kaho confused the data yesterday and spouted nonsense. It's not just for yuri couples; ordinary friends can go to the aquarium together too!]

Miura: [Besides, Yukino looked calm too and didn't think the aquarium was anything special at all.]

Ono: [Heh]

Kamizawa: [Heh]

Yui casually copied and pasted "[Heh]" behind them.

Kamizawa: [Then I'll send Yukinoshita the ranking for the sacred dating spot for yuri couples later?]

Kamizawa was always full of strange ideas, always loving to tease Yumiko when she acted tsundere.

Miura: [Hahaha, why don't I show everyone a photo? I secretly took one of Yukinoshita at the aquarium, she looks so different from usual!]

Ono: [Stealing photos? Yumiko is becoming more and more of a pervert...]

[Hey, hey, hey, do you guys even want to see it or not!]

Although Yumiko's method of changing the subject was clumsy, everyone of course really wanted to see the brand new version of Yukinoshita!

So Miura uploaded a photo. In the picture, Yukinoshita was resting one hand gently on the glass of the underwater tunnel, leaning close to look intently and carefully at the world underwater, separated by the glass.

The light from inside the glass tunnel reflected on her profile, bizarre and brilliant, carrying the unique dimness of the underwater world.

Even her usually calm and composed, beautiful face, in this dim light, seemed to be tinged with gentleness.

The killing power of such a cold person suddenly showing a soft expression was explosive.

Ono: [OMG OMG OMG, Yukinoshita is killing me with her face!!!]

Ono: [OMG OMG OMG, the entire Sobu High School would never imagine that the ice queen now has such a soft-girl side!!!]

Kamizawa: [I'm going to confess to Yukinoshita right now!]

Kamizawa: [Looking at Yukinoshita's face, I feel like I can eat a few more bowls of rice every day!]

Yumiko: [Get lost, get lost, get lost. Yukinoshita is my... she's a promising academic seed in our class. She's devoted to her studies, you guys can't disturb her randomly!]

Yuigahama didn't remember much of what they said afterward. She only remembered that after casually agreeing a few times, she stared blankly at the photo Yumiko had uploaded.

Yuigahama had known for a long time that Yukinoshita was beautiful.

If her blonde hair was like brilliant peach blossoms, then with black hair, she was a beauty-enhanced version of a clear, unadorned water lily, possessing a quiet yet soul-stirring beauty.

"Oh right, Yui..." Mrs. Yuigahama took meat out of the refrigerator to marinate. "I remember you had a beautiful friend named Yukinoshita, why haven't you brought her home to play recently?"

Yui forced a smile. "Ah, she's busy with tutoring classes recently..."

Yuigahama returned to her room almost dejectedly. She rummaged under her bed and pulled out a cardboard box. From the box, she took out a photo frame and gently wiped the dust off the picture.

In the photo frame, a blonde girl and a pink-haired girl were smiling brightly at the camera, making silly peace signs.

At that time, Yuigahama was innocent and happy, believing that the promise of friendship was for a lifetime.

Yuigahama stared blankly at the photo frame, the gentle smile she usually wore to ease the atmosphere no longer on her face.

"Why... why is it Yumiko..."

"Even though being friends or being used, I was the one who initiated it first..."

Even though she said Yukino was truly detestable, when they left the Aquarium, Miura looked like she wanted to grin all the way to the back of her head.

It was strange. She had been to the Aquarium with friends and family before, but never once had she felt so completely joyful throughout the entire visit as she did now.

Just seeing Yukino's expression, a mix of novelty and a bit of cautious happiness, made Miura feel that bringing Yukino out today was a superb decision.

Afterward, they went for lunch. Yukino chose a simple, ordinary Japanese casual dining restaurant. Miura had wanted to take her to a more upscale place, but Yukino convinced her with a single sentence.

"I've never been to this kind of place before..."

Those eyes filled with longing, that expression that was barely calm yet awkwardly shy, made Miura's blood rush to her head in an instant.

Take her there!

Take her everywhere!

Let alone a casual dining restaurant, if Yukino said she wanted to go to the Imperial Palace to eat fried food, she would take her there!

Each of them ordered a Pork Cutlet Bowl and a Beef Bowl.

They were both very common dishes, but Yukino ate with great interest, as if she were doing something exceptionally new.

Miura's heart was melting.

Sob sob sob, what an incredibly cute little angel, how could anyone bear to treat her badly!

Those past rumors that surrounded her must have been nothing but gossip and misunderstandings.

---Miura. Filtered for 800 meters. Yumiko.