"Enough!" Yukino Yukinoshita's face darkened. "How much longer are you going to keep this up?"
"I just..." Haruno Yukinoshita smiled pleasantly, though her eyes cast a cold, piercing glare. "Wanted to find somewhere to stay and eat some delicious food, that's all."
A deep sense of helplessness washed over Yukino Yukinoshita, and she even forgot to pick up her chopsticks.
This was Haruno Yukinoshita.
This was what it felt like to face her.
Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip, took a deep breath, straightened up properly, and spoke with difficulty. "I..."
A hand covered her leg and patted it twice, carrying a warmth she knew well.
Yukino Yukinoshita turned her head and saw Dong Yunshan's smiling profile.
Under her gaze, Dong Yunshan slowly said, "I agree."
Volume 4: Back to School Approaches: Commands and Threats
You agree too?!
Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath and brushed Dong Yunshan's hand off her leg.
Of course, she knew that after Xixi went home, she had no reason to stay here any longer.
She herself had no intention of staying, either.
But... she could go home, yet she did not want to be taken home.
That was perfectly normal.
It was like when you had planned to clean your room, had already gotten to your feet, and were just about to reach for the broom when someone in your family said:
[Hurry up and clean your room.]
Fine. Instantly, you no longer wanted to clean it.
Because cleaning the room had been your own idea.
But once someone urged you to do it, it became carrying out someone else's order.
Feeling resistant was only natural.
Going home was Yukino Yukinoshita's own decision.
She could not accept an action born from her own thoughts turning into the execution of Haruno Yukinoshita's command.
So she