She's So Cute, She's So Charming

Looking at the ridiculously cute Mai in front of her, Yukino had to admit she was charmed.

At that moment, Yukino noticed that Mai's hand, which was on the table, moved slightly forward before retracting.

Mai hesitated for a moment, then finally bravely reached out her hand.

She gently took Yukino's hand, and looked up at her again, giving her her best, most innocent smile.

"Yukino... I, actually..."

Mai's voice trembled, clearly from nervousness, yet it also revealed a resolute determination within her—a determination that was most moving.

Thump thump thump...

Yukino stared blankly at Mai, her heart starting to race.

It took Yukino a while to realize what was happening.

She pulled her hand back and covered her cheek.

It's so hot; even their ears must be red.

"... Mai, I was wrong."

Yukino obediently lowered her head and apologized, otherwise she feared that her future life would be greatly changed.

"Very well, I'll let you off this time."

Mai stopped performing, picked up her glass with satisfaction, took a sip of her drink, and said, "Hmph, this is the punishment for saying my acting is bad."

"Call..."

It took Yukino a while to recover from Mai's allure.

She smiled wryly, "Thank goodness it's fake."

"Yeah, how could I possibly like girls?"

After Mai finished speaking, she seemed to casually look away, but Yukino clearly saw the fleeting forced smile on Mai's face as she turned her head, and the heartbreaking look in her eyes.

"Mai!"

Yukino bristled.

"Haha, sorry, sorry, I accidentally started acting again."

Mai's cheerful smile soothed Yukino's displeasure.

"Well."

Yukino sighed.

She had known Mai for a long time, but she could never do anything about this one thing about her.

... But Mai- san is so cute...

"Huh?!"

When Yukino realized that this thought had suddenly popped into her head, she jumped up in fright.

"Oh dear, did we manage to go too far this time?"

Mai calmly sipped her drink.

"..."

Yukino also took a sip of her drink to calm her nerves.

"Okay, sorry. How about you keep the rest of the pancakes?"

Mai apologized with a smile.

"No need, it's nothing to apologize for."

Yukino shook her head.

... She couldn't bring herself to say it; the reason she didn't eat the leftover pancakes from Mai was because she was afraid she'd misunderstand.

At this very moment, she still had some doubts about whether Mai truly liked her.

Sakurajima Mai is truly terrifying...

Section 599, Chapter 557: She's so cute, she's so charming.

Shuya, who was playing on his phone in the Service Club, suddenly saw that Mai had updated her Twitter.

It was a photograph.

She and Yukino were taking a close-up selfie in a restaurant, holding their drinks.

The photo was captioned. "Meeting up with friends after school~"

The tweet immediately garnered a surge in comments and likes.

Shuya smiled, retweeted, and replied, "Want to go on a date with me next time?"

A few seconds later, Mai replied with a funny face emoji.

Countless people followed suit, mercilessly joining the mockery.

"Eh! Yuki went on a date with Mai?!"

Yuigahama was next to her, exclaimed in surprise; she had also seen the tweet.

Hikigaya immediately started grumbling. "Heh, as club president, you abandon club activities to go hang out with your friends... Hmph, the Service Club and Yukinoshita have fallen too. Let's go."

He found the perfect excuse to escape, quickly packed up his novel, and left.

"Hiki is really fast."

Yuigahama sighed.

Shuya laughed out loud, "Haha, it's not very nice of you to talk about men like that."

"Huh, why?"

"What else could it be? It would make people think you're mocking his sexual ability."

Shuya didn't bother to hide anything and said it directly.

"Aaaaaah! Shu-chan, what are you saying? Me? Me?!"

Yuigahama was disheveled in the wind.

Shuya didn't mind her panic and started packing his things as well.

Yuigahama realized, "Huh, Shu-chan leaving too?"

"Of course, no one's supervising club activities anymore, what's the point of staying?"

"That's true, Xiaoxue isn't here..."

Yuigahama looked lonely.

Seeing how pitiful she looked, Shuya said, "Where do you want to go? I can go with you."

"Is it okay? Are you free?"

Yuigahama was pleasantly surprised, as she remembered Shuya being very busy lately.

"Of course, I'm not busy these days, otherwise I wouldn't have come to the Service Club."

Shuya laughed and asked, "So, where are we going to play?"

"Yay!"

Yuigahama replied happily.

She quickly packed her things and left the department office with Shuya.

Yukino left in a hurry and forgot to leave the key, but it was okay, Shuya locked the door with his Power of Will.

"Let's go, where do you want to go?"

"Hehe... Let me think..."

And so, Yuigahama, grinning foolishly, went off to play with Shuya.

"We should probably head out now, Mai."

Yukino said this after taking a photo with Mai.

Her heart was still racing from being so close to Mai.

"Alright, let's go to the aquarium next."

Mai smiled.

"Aquarium..."

Yukino repeated, puzzled.

She knew which aquarium she was referring to, but she couldn't understand why she would want to go to an aquarium out of the blue.

It's not like I haven't been there before.

Mai noticed her confusion and said, "You and I are friends, and we were playing together after school. Is it strange that we'd go to the aquarium?"

"Not surprising..."

Yukino understood what she meant, but the problem was that she had come to tell Mai something important, and this delay made her feel uncomfortable.

It's like someone who goes fishing after their country has been destroyed and their home has been ruined.

"Don't overthink it. We can talk about Shuya later."

Then Mai in a very assertive tone, "Now all you need to do is look at me."

Yukino paused for a moment, then said, "Mai... where did you copy those lines from?"

"Forgot."

He spread his hands, dressed in Mai.

"Alright. Then I'll just focus on enjoying my date with Mai."

Yukino quoted her tweet.

"It should have been done a long time ago."

Mai was finally satisfied.

After reaching an agreement, the two paid the bill and went downstairs.

"Let's not take the car, let's walk."

Mai the suggestion.

Yukino said, "I'm fine with anything."

After Mai became a superhuman, her physical strength was not as good as Yukino's, but it had improved significantly, so walking there was not a problem.

It would take most people about 30 minutes to walk from here to the New Enoshima Aquarium, but for them, that distance wasn't even a warm-up.

As they set off, Mai very proactively took Yukino's hand.

"Mai... this is a bit..."

Yukino felt extremely uncomfortable, and the thought, "Could she really like me?" popped into her mind again.

Mai gestured for her to look to the left and right. "Look at the girls around you, many of them are like that."

"... All right."

Yukino glanced around and, just as Mai had said, many girls were holding hands or linking arms intimately, blocking the road in groups, which was really troublesome.

Fortunately, she and Mai are just two people, so they won't get in anyone's way.

She then acquiesced to Mai's actions.

Seeing that she didn't say anything more, Mai took her hand and slowly walked towards the aquarium on Enoshima.

Their gazes unconsciously drifted to their surroundings; the scenery here was indeed beautiful, no exaggeration needed.