My Classmate Yukino Is Definitely Crushing On Me

They seemed to be hidden outside the black curtain in the sky before, but now Yukino just reached out and easily plucked so many stars.

Although Yukino often spoke bluntly, and was even more merciless when she was speechless from Yui's teasing.

[If even Yui can be taught, I guess it would be a very fulfilling thing]

If it were Yukino, even such harsh words would sound pleasant.

Yui could even guess the expression on her usually indifferent face when she sent this message – a mix of helplessness and indulgence.

She was probably really busy with something at the time, sending over a problem and then giving the problem-solving ideas after a while, after all, she usually solved problems instantly.

[This question type is a favorite of our school teachers, you should look at it and practice more.]

[The example problems I gave Yui are twice the portion of an ordinary person, and if you still don't get it, I'll double it again (smile.jpg)]

As they delved deeper into solving problems, the two even had a voice call.

Yui heard faint background sounds from the other end, like some video playback teaching, yet Yukino's voice explaining the problems remained clear amidst the somewhat chaotic noise.

Yui didn't know when she fell asleep in the end.

When she woke up, she saw the last message Yukino had sent after the call ended on Line, timestamped at three in the morning.

[When Miura, Kamizawa, and Ono aren't around, Yui is like a pitiful little piglet waiting to be slaughtered.]

[Everyone has their own weakness, and I don't intend to force you to change anything.]

[But Yui is such a cute girl, if you just smile at others, I think no one will dislike you even when you refuse them.]

That was the first compliment Yui heard from Yukino that night.

Below were many pictures containing problem-solving ideas and insertion methods for formulas for the same type of questions, so detailed it was almost like hand-in-hand teaching.

Kaho and Junko were still chatting and laughing.

Yui leaned on her arm, tilted her head, and casually wrote Yukino's name on the draft paper with her pen. After thinking for a moment, she slowly crossed it out.

Yukino treated her so gently and patiently, yet she was secretly frustrated just because she didn't understand a little bit of her movements.

It was extremely bad.

But she couldn't help but think this way.

--I really want.

I really want Yukino to be my friend, and mine alone.

I really want Yukino's gaze to be fixed only on me.

She buried her head in her arms, unable to help but reflect:

Did she have such terrible possessiveness towards Yukinoshita before?

"Huh??? Is this method really okay?!"

After Yukinoshita and Miura discussed her method, the girl with golden wavy long hair widened her eyes.

If she were a little older, she would be the kind of beautiful woman who could be called a dominant queen older sister.

When such a beautiful girl with this kind of appearance occasionally acted innocent and pure, it was as brilliant as flowers blooming instantly before one's eyes.

"Is it really okay to do this?"

Although she asked this, a hint of excitement soon appeared on her face, and she gently grabbed Yukinoshita's hand and shook it a few times unconsciously.

The two were now in a flat-roofed pavilion on campus, casually sitting on a stone platform and exchanging information.

Miura twirled a pen in her hand, "The only thing that puzzles me is that Nishimiya used to study at Qicong High School, right? Why would she suddenly transfer to Sobu?"

She was already in her second year of high school, and this was not a suitable time for a class transfer.

At this time, after more than a year of interaction, the students in the class had long solidified their social networks, and it was difficult for someone to integrate if they joined midway.

And the consequence of not being able to integrate was being isolated.

"Teacher Hiratsuka said she visited Nishimiya's home. Nishimiya's family is a single-parent family, and her strong-willed mother usually takes care of the two Nishimiya sisters. For Nishimiya Shoko's treatment, the Nishimiya family's living expenses are not generous, but they recently received charitable sponsorship from a certain enterprise."

"This sponsorship not only provided money but also an admission opportunity to Sobu High School, and Sobu High School is a famous school."

Miura frowned, "But even so, transferring schools suddenly must be a very reluctant thing for Nishimiya, right?"

Yukinoshita hummed softly, "Nishimiya's mother is very strong-willed. When Nishimiya was a child, her mother forcibly decided to cut her hair because she thought her daughter could be like others, or even stronger."

Miura sighed, "...Shall we go and see Class 1-D?"

Yukinoshita recorded various information in her notebook, "If we were using Hachiman Hikigaya's method, we should indeed go to Class 1-D and stand together with the general public now, but if we go now, we will only beat the grass to startle the snake... It's time to turn the page."

Miura took out her phone and opened her photo album, swiping through photos for Yukinoshita. After only a few glances, she wrote down the person's general personality and analysis direction in her notebook.

She leaned in curiously from behind Yukinoshita, "Huh, is this psychological profiling?"

Miura's family was a medical family, and Hayama's family next door was a lawyer family. She occasionally heard some curiosities about the legal system from Hayama.

She heard that there were some professional profilers in the Metropolitan Police Department who could infer a person's mental state by observing their behavioral traces, thereby analyzing their personality, living environment, occupation, growth background, and so on.

"It can't be considered that, it's just some basic information integration and judgment. I learned some from my older sister before."

As the heir of the Yukinoshita family, Haruno Yukinoshita had to learn many more things, and one of the most important fundamental knowledge was to extract the desired information from a person's facial features, expressions, and even behavioral posture.

Haruno had already graduated with high honors in this regard, able to meet a stranger for a short time and roughly analyze their likes and dislikes, thus prescribing the right medicine.

Yukino, who had only studied half of it before putting it down, naturally didn't have this ability, but simple personality analysis was still possible.

"This is it. The person whose wallet was lost this time is Kazue Kuraki." Miura found the saved photo on her phone and showed it to her. "I asked Ikeda yesterday. She should be quite famous in the class."

Yukino gave a soft "oh" and understood.

She was like a degraded version of a social butterfly, similar to Miura.

If Miura was a "Super High School Level Social Butterfly," then this Kuraki was a "Class Level Social Butterfly."

Miura rested her chin on her hands. "It's only been a week. Why has Class 1-D's attitude towards a transfer student deteriorated to this extent?"

Yukino, who had been quiet, immediately showed an experienced expression upon hearing this. "In a group, the person in the dominant position can only gain unique superiority by suppressing the weak and making most of the group complicit."

Miura: "..."

Is this world really this scary???

However, before Miura could speak, Yukino continued on her own. "Of course, those people in Class 1-D probably don't have such terrifying scheming or combat ability. At most, they are subtly going with the flow and happy to see it happen."

Miura had also learned some things about Yukino's past from Hayama.

She had experienced countless malicious acts during her elementary school days, the direct ugliness and jealousy. The young Yukino had already experienced them countless times.

Her life was practically a living encyclopedia of anti-bullying.

Miura quickly changed the subject and leaned over to swipe through photos for Yukino. "Oh, right, and there's Fumioji Yoshida. He's a boy, so it's unlikely he'd be jealous of Shoko, right? But why is he making trouble for Shoko, both openly and secretly?"

Yukino let out a cold sneer, and a dark aura seemed to emanate from behind her.

"Did you forget? Shoko Nishimiya is a very beautiful girl who fits most boys' aesthetic."

"Is it easier to approach a fragile girl who is isolated by everyone, or a popular girl who is surrounded by everyone?"

Miura: "..."

So dark, but so well-reasoned!

Yukino, what have you been through!

Yukino glanced at Shoko Nishimiya's photo but didn't bother to write down any analysis. "The only person we can see later is Shoko. I'm very worried about her mental state."

Miura: "...Huh?"

Yukino seemed to recall something, and her voice became a little low. "Those who have wandered in malice and pain for too long, upon seeing the first ray of light in their lives, will mistake it for love."

Miura's heart softened.

She wanted to pat Yukino Yukinoshita's head, but her gaze couldn't help but fall on the tender stretch of her neck revealed between her hair, a color like white jade.

She wanted...

She wanted to touch it.

She'd been having these strange thoughts about Yukino Yukinoshita lately.

Just then, Yukino Yukinoshita turned her head, "And furthermore..."

Miura, who was close at hand, only felt as if her forehead had been gently brushed by a piece of soft spring snow.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, the widened eyes of the black-haired girl opposite, the leaves rustling in the nearby breeze, and the occasional distant clamor.

In this instant, everything was quiet.

Only in her mind, it was as if overwhelming flowers were burning and blooming.

The matter with Class 1-D had indeed caused quite a stir.

Even the third-year students had heard about it. They said the commotion that day was so great that even the neighboring class heard it, and the teachers at school expressed their deep concern.

But it was no use. Most people in Class 1-D were still in an uproar. After all, before the wallet was lost, it was indeed only Shoko Nishimiya who was alone in the classroom because she had asked for leave for physical education class.

Moreover, she did indeed look like she wasn't financially affluent.

She couldn't even justify herself properly.

With two more classes until dismissal, Yui Yuigahama moved a stool over and sat down smilingly.

"Yukino, I heard about it!"

Yukino Yukinoshita unconsciously moved a little further away from her. She had always been unaccustomed to overly intimate physical contact with others, and now she felt even more uncomfortable all over.

Yui Yuigahama seemed to notice nothing. She took out her phone, indicating a confidential matter, and contacted her via phone.

Yukino Yukinoshita: ?

Full of question marks.

No, if you're contacting me by phone, why are you sitting so close?

Yui Yuigahama's message had already come crackling through: [I know about Classmate Nishimiya's situation! If Yukino and Yumiko want to solve the problem now, the only way is to find the wallet's location!]

Yui Yuigahama: [As long as the lost money is found, Classmate Nishimiya can be proven innocent!]

Yukino Yukinoshita: [...You're so sure Nishimiya is innocent?]

Yui Yuigahama: [I know Iroha Isshiki, a junior. The junior said it with her chest patted, and I think that's quite persuasive. Ehehe]

As expected of Sobu High School's socialite, she knows everyone...

Yukino didn't want to discuss it further. Before the final procedure today, she wasn't sure if she was really going to do it.

She typed with a stern face: [Did you finish the example problems I gave you yesterday? Were you slacking off?]

Yui: [Teacher Yukino, spare my life QAQ]

Perhaps it was an illusion, but she always felt that the atmosphere between Yukino and Yumiko had been strangely fluctuating these past two days.

When the two of them returned to the classroom just now, their expressions were perfectly normal.

Yui: [Damn it, even if Yukino doesn't explain, I'll figure it out sooner or later!]

Yukino replied with a hehe: [When you guess it, remember to remind me to buy a lottery ticket.]

According to the plot development in TV series, in misunderstandings and framing clichés, the next step should be to find the truth and clear someone's name.

But reality isn't like TV series, where after the truth is revealed and innocence is proven, the perpetrator can cry bitterly, admit their mistake, apologize to the victim, and reflect on their terrible behavior.

The main reason Shoko Nishimiya was isolated was because she was specially "focused" on by two of the most influential people in Class 1-D's male and female groups, and Nishimiya herself couldn't integrate into any group.

If these problems aren't solved, incidents like the Money Loss Incident will continue to happen.

Moreover, the timing of this Money Loss Incident was very coincidental. Even if Yukino didn't spend time on it, it would be difficult to find the correct answer to where the wallet went.

However, Yukino was always too lazy to operate in such an inefficient way.

She wanted to go straight to the result.