bioinnovel Chapter 97 Confessing to Shiina
Chapter 97 Confessing to Shiina
Chapter 97 Confessing to Shiina (Seeking First Subscription)
After the class officer elections were completed and textbooks were distributed, school ended close to noon.
The college cafeteria was closed today, and students were unable to stay on campus for lunch.
So once the homeroom teacher gave them permission, the students rushed out of the school to enjoy their last half-day holiday.
Most students arranged to go to the city center to play, rather than going home.
After all, it was a reunion after half a month.
Yumiko Miura also wanted to go out and have fun, but Natsuo refused, as he had important things to do next.
Since Natsumi wasn't going, Yui Yuigahama didn't want to go either, and Hayasaka Ai, who had just joined their group, also left because she had something to do.
Only Miura Yumiko and Ebina Hina were left, and neither of them were in the mood to play.
The group left the school gate together, then parted ways. Xia Sheng quickened his pace and headed home.
Class 2A finished school before them, so Shiina Mahiru got home before him.
Having returned to his apartment twice as fast as usual, Xia Sheng was about to enter the gate when he suddenly sensed something.
I looked back at the park next door.
He spotted the flaxen-colored figure sitting in the pavilion in the park.
Xia Sheng turned around and walked towards the park.
In the pavilion, Shiina Mahiru kept her head down, staring blankly at her toes. She wasn't thinking about anything.
He was just spacing out.
Because she didn't want to think about it.
Sure enough, she shouldn't have had any expectations, even though she knew it in her heart.
But I still couldn't help it.
But it was all in vain; everything she did was in vain, and her expectations were meaningless.
She is not needed.
She is superfluous.
"What are you doing here?"
Suddenly, a gentle voice entered Shiina Mahiru's ears.
She came to her senses and saw a pair of feet in front of her toes.
Looking up, I saw a familiar figure and a familiar face.
The person in front of her had entered her life in a short period of time, and they had gone through incredible things together, sharing hardships.
His sincerity and his closeness once left her unsure how to react, but somehow, she had grown accustomed to it.
From yesterday to today, she feels uneasy without him.
"Natsuo, what brings you here?" Shiina Mahiru asked softly, forcing a smile.
The smile was so bitter, it no longer had the healing power of the past, even if the smiles of the past were fake.
"Can't I come?" Xia Sheng asked back, sitting down next to her.
Shiina Mahiru did not move away, but turned her head and looked at him calmly.
"It's so close to my house, it's perfectly normal for me to come here, right?"
"That's true..." Shiina Mahiru couldn't refute.
"Can you tell me?" Xia Sheng looked into her caramel-colored eyes and asked earnestly.
"What?" Shiina Mahiru was stunned for a moment.
"Didn't you intend to give up? Can you tell me... what happened?"
"Why should I tell you?" Shiina Mahiru paused for a moment, looked away, and answered irrelevantly, "Because I want to know."
"You think I should tell you just because you want to know? Why should I tell you? What is your relationship with me?" Shiina Mahiru looked at him again and questioned him seriously.
"We are friends."
"There are some things that friends can't know."
"We are comrades, comrades who will live and die together."
Even comrades who share life and death have their own privacy.
"Shiina...: Mahiru!" Natsuo grabbed her shoulder, interrupting her.
"Natsu...?" Shiina Mahiru was startled, her body stiffening as she stared blankly at him.
"Tell me, don't bear it all alone, wouldn't it be better to share it with someone? I want to share it with you." Xia Sheng's tone was solemn, his eyes gentle.
"Why... do you want to share the burden with me?"
"Because I want to be the most important person to you." Xia Sheng gripped her shoulders and spoke his heart without hesitation.
"My most... important person?" Shiina Mahiru looked at him intently.
Why?
"Isn't it simple? I like you." Xia Sheng smiled gently.
"You like me...:::" Shiina Mahiru murmured to herself, looking at him in disbelief.
Xia Sheng actually confessed his feelings to her like that?
So suddenly.
He hadn't shown any signs of it before. Was he trying to comfort her?
"You don't believe me?" Natsumi noticed the calmness in Shiina Mahiru's eyes.
Why do you like me?
Do I need a reason to like you? You're beautiful, you're gentle, you...:
"Is that all? You should know that this is just a disguise." Shiina Mahiru interrupted, her tone indifferent.
"Yes, all of this is just your disguise, but the food you cook is so delicious, and you made so much food for me because you were worried about me."
"That's just... I didn't want anything to happen to you. You said we're comrades, if something happens to you, we won't survive either," Shiina Mahiru explained.
"Is that really the case? You don't care about me at all?" Xia Sheng leaned closer and pressed him for an answer.
The two were less than a fist's width apart.
Shiina Mahiru's face was so close to mine, her skin so delicate and smooth, without any flaws. "You..." Shiina Mahiru instinctively wanted to back away.
Xia Sheng gripped her shoulders tightly, preventing her from moving: "You might not believe it, but I liked you even before I met you."
"That's nonsense... You clearly kissed Yuihama." Shiina Mahiru turned her head away from him, pouting.
"Hehe~" Xia Sheng chuckled.
"You were jealous after all."
"..." Shiina Mahiru pursed her lips and remained silent.
"This is beyond our control. Do you want something to happen to Yui?"
"That's not necessarily true..."
"If you don't believe I genuinely like you, I can prove it."
"Proof?" Shiina Mahiru looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"From now on, I will always prove that I love you." Xia Sheng looked directly into her eyes, his gaze resolute.
"I... what do I have to like... I'm just a hypocrite." Natsumi's gaze made Shiina Mahiru's heart tremble. She lowered her eyes and couldn't help but feel self-deprecating.
"That's because you had expectations," Xia Sheng comforted him.
"It's okay if you don't want to tell me what happened, but I just want to tell you one thing: from now on, I will be an important person to you, someone who needs you, cares about you, is with you, and will always be with you."
"Natsuo, are you... serious?" Shiina Mahiru stared at her blankly.
"Trust me." Xia Sheng nodded vigorously.
"You...you're not just after my cooking, are you?" Shiina Mahiru suddenly changed the subject and started joking.
"That's partly why," Xia Sheng replied with a smile.
"You're so shameless." Shiina Mahiru's lips curled up.
"If I had any shame, how could I even get close to you?"
"So, you were just trying to freeload off me for this purpose in the first place?" Shiina Mahiru suddenly realized.
"Who knows?" Xia Sheng didn't deny it.
"I didn't expect you to be testing me with such ulterior motives." Shiina Mahiru smiled faintly.
"Yes, I'm deliberately testing the waters, and now I'm taking advantage of the situation!"
Natsumi suddenly stood up, stood in front of Shiina Mahiru, and under her questioning gaze, bent down and picked her up in a princess carry.
"Wait... What are you doing!?" Shiina Mahiru panicked and instinctively grabbed his collar.
"Of course I'll take you back."
"That doesn't have to be...like that."
"That won't do. This is a great opportunity. I must take advantage of the situation."
"You... put me down!" Shiina Mahiru bit her lip and commanded.
"No way! There's no way I'll let go. You should give up." Xia Sheng resolutely refused.
"You...:::::" Shiina Mahiru glanced at his profile and sighed helplessly.
"You're too domineering."
"This is all I can do for you."
Xia Sheng looked down at her and smiled, hooking one arm around her thigh and the other around her back, carrying her towards the apartment.
Shiina Mahiru did not struggle and let him hold her.
There weren't many passersby around the apartment building. The two calmly entered the building, took the elevator, and went up to the third floor.
Upon arriving at Shiina Mahiru's house, Natsuo, still holding her, asked, "Where are the keys?"
"You're not going to come into my house again, are you?"
"Not only will I enter your house, I'll also enter your boudoir."
"What? This...this won't do!" Shiina Mahiru shook her head in a panic.
"Is there something you're ashamed of?" Xia Sheng teased.
"No way!"
"Then there's no problem?"