Shiina Hiyori Turns Yandere

"How is it? Ayanokoji, Shiina, what do you think?"

Bai Yu confidently leaped out of the fitting room like Li Kui bursting out from nowhere, his voice full of excitement and nervousness as he spun around in a circle before his original self.

Huh?

Shiina Hiyori's vision went dark. The color swiftly drained from her gentle eyes, leaving nothing but gray in her palette, and even the smile on her face took on Horikita Suzune's temperature. "Liar," she said coldly.

Hey, hey.

You're going to turn Shiina into a yandere.

Standing some ten paces away, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka practiced risk avoidance while watching the show with a polite smile.

When he saw Bai Yu once again smugly circling Shiina, the smile on his face started becoming somewhat less polite.

Pfft.

Could Shiina really handle this?

The terrifying thing about the club president was that you could never predict what he would do. Like how he had gone into the fitting room and fiddled around for ages, building everyone's anticipation to the limit, only to come out looking exactly the same as before.

The only difference was that the clothes in his hands had a few more wrinkles.

No matter how good-tempered someone was, they would probably be driven mad by that.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka lowered the corners of his mouth slightly, trying his best not to laugh out loud.

He secretly reveled in the fact that he was finally no longer the only victim.

"Bai! If you don't wear it, what am I supposed to look at? Listen to me, this outfit would definitely suit you!"

Shiina Hiyori reached out and stopped the man orbiting around her like a celestial body.

"Shiina, I just deeply experienced it for myself. Heavy armor really is detrimental to my ability to fight. Do you want your club president to fall before the expedition even begins?"

"Bai...!"

"Even without these things, without this sword, I can still wipe out the enemy army tomorrow!"

Bai Yu suddenly declared with heroic grandeur.

He pressed down the hand Shiina was using to keep him from performing his strange ritual, then returned the long dress to her.

Shiina Hiyori looked at the face trying to gloss things over, feeling deeply unwilling. After thinking for a moment, she compromised. "Then at least put on your school uniform!"

Bai Yu gave her a simple glance, then turned and ran. In the blink of an eye, he darted out of the store.

In a flash, his figure nimbly slipped into the night—"You gave Luda yo!"

"Hmph."

Shiina Hiyori stamped her foot in annoyance and threw a resentful gaze toward Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, who stood far away.

"..."

When the emperor was incompetent, his subjects suffered.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka reacted swiftly. "I'll go catch him and bring him back!"

The next second, he took off after the man who seemed to have activated Ripple Overdrive.

No one knew how long Shiina Hiyori waited in that women's clothing store that night.

Two hours passed.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka leisurely opened a can of soda beneath the dormitory building. After taking a sip, he looked ahead, his dead-fish eyes taking on some of the night's profound darkness.

"Club president, about Shiina..."

"Don't worry. I already sent her a text saying that you were unfortunately hit by a truck. You neither went to another world nor ended up in the ICU, but you did scrape your knee. Since you weren't sent to the hospital in time, the wound healed on its own, which delayed us far too long. So we couldn't make it back to meet her before the clothing store closed. He feels very sorry about that and hopes to challenge you to try women's clothing again next time."

"That last sentence was unnecessary."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka set down his drink for the moment and cast him a silent sideways glance, though its accusatory effect was minimal.

"Anyway, I had her go back first. Don't worry, she was very happy about your misfortune."

She definitely held a grudge now.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka silently analyzed the situation, calm as ever, carrying the composure of a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

The two stood by the wall beside the vending machine, backs against it. Bai Yu occasionally raised his drink and took a gulp before suddenly asking, "Ayanokoji, what did you come to this school for?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka answered evenly, "To enjoy a peaceful school life."

"Ah, pretty much the same as me." Bai Yu gave a solemn hum. "Looks like everyone wants peaceful everyday lives like ours."

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka gave him a baffled glance. "Does the club president perhaps have a problem with the definition of 'peaceful'?"

"No. I'm very peaceful right now." Bai Yu spoke leisurely. "I don't need to worry about having nowhere to live, don't need to think about paying rent, don't need to consider how to get along with my superiors or build connections with juniors. Everything is as I please, carefree and without worries..."

"Wasn't the club president formerly a stage actor?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka naturally asked.

"Ayanokoji, every person's life has different stages. It's true that as a stage actor, I didn't need to worry about making a living. But could you have been a stage actor from the moment you were born?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka could not help falling silent at those words. Bai Yu's voice was quiet and distant. Perhaps he was referring to something broader, making him want to say yes, yet also want to say no.

The years of his past were like a blank sheet of paper, without a single crease or anyone's mark upon it. If life was indeed as the other person described it, a long play...

Then perhaps he had never even entered the stage.

As Ayanokoji Kiyotaka pondered, he lifted his drink to his lips and took another sip. Bai Yu's voice came from beside him. "Ayanokoji, do you want to live a life that belongs to you?"

Another question that could not be answered directly.

It was as though someone had thrown a small stone into a deep lake. Ripples would spread across the surface, yet no splash could be seen.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka fell silent for the second time.

He could have used an appropriate tone as usual, dealing with the other person as he did with everyone else in class, but for some reason, he did not want to do that now.

Or perhaps he felt that he could not deceive the man beside him.

After swallowing a mouthful of cold drink, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka looked up at the stars, his eyes gaining a hint of depth.

For a moment, the surroundings were solemnly quiet, bringing relaxation and peace to his mind.

"Ayanokoji..."

That familiar gentle voice sounded again from one side of him.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka said with some annoyance, "Club president, stop fooling around."

"? What nonsense are you talking about?"

A clear young man's voice sounded from his other side, and the revealed truth sent a chill down his back...

"?"

"You two really have such leisurely tastes."

Bai Yu: "The rivers and lakes are vast—Gah, Ayanokoji, you bastard!"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka reacted quickly and grabbed the figure trying to swiftly flee. In any case, he himself was not getting away now.

He turned around and immediately surrendered. "Shiina, use the club president's head to wash away my sins!"

Shiina Hiyori revealed a kind smile.

Under the moonlight, a blood-red glint flashed through the girl's eyes.