Vol 6 Chapter 8 (1/2)

Yuuji and Shouko and All the Childhood Memories

Yuuji and Shouko and All the Childhood Memories

“Okaa-sama”

“Ah, good , Shouko-chan”

“Good ”

“Shouko-chan's so pretty, it'll be a waste to be a couple with our Yuuji”

“That's not true, I'm not prettyand Yuuji's the coolest person in the world”

“Oh ed up till now”

“Nn, because—”

“Because of what?”

“Because I've always liked Yuuji ever since that time”

A prodigy appeared in the 5th year of Minazuki primary school

Of course, it wasn't really enough to be country-wide news, but to the people around, it's enough for them to talk about him

For exah school entrance paper for him, he can easily write out all the correct answers

For exai and Go, understand them for a little while, and still match the top player in school

For example, his IQ was 200

There were all sorts of rumors on the streets They weren't all facts, but they weren't baseless In fact, in a ainst freshh he was only a fifth-grader On hearing this news, the teachers at Minazuki pri schools, and this student becahly recommended

Perhaps since he had such a sharp hly, but he never created much problee, and a high academic achiever

--However

“You're saying that our Yuujiused violence?”

On hearing the form teacher of her son say that, Sakah her child was somewhat cold, he wasn't soh he had some friction with the people around hiht if it was just a quarrel, but a fightYukino can't i that

“Yes, Saka student, so I can't believe that he would do thatbut after I continued to ask, he himself insisted 'I beat theuys'”

It seehts as Yukino, as one can hear the disbelief in her voice One can even tell that she's even more confused than Yukino

“I see So Yuuji did such a thing”

“I let hio back home first, so after your son reaches home, please ask him what happened If this keeps up, perhaps his application to enter shi+h—Middle School will be affected”

“I understand I'll ask hiets back”

“I'll leave it to you then”

“I'm sorry that our Yuuji created trouble for sensei”

After this conversation with the teacher, Yukino hung up the phone and started thinking through the reason behind the violence The other party involved 3 upperclass in this fight

“It doesn't see he would do”

Yuuji's really a s the bias of the parents, this fact still rey actually took on upperclassmen, 3 of them at that, and no matter what, Yukino felt incredulous about it Even if Yuuji did beat theence, he would plan to let himself win At least that's what he would do

“What exactly happened”

So there should be a special reason why Yuuji would fight them himself

“If that's the case, I do need to ask the truth from him”

Thinking about that, Yukino got up to prepare tea and biscuits to calm her son down somehen she speaks to her son

But at this moment--

“Ara?”

Ding dong—a sharp doorbell sound could be heard frouest

“If that's the case Please hold onlet me see”

She wanted to see who pressed the bell through the indoor surveillance ca the LCD completely black If she pressed a few buttons, she should be able to see the i happened the last time, she randomly pressed the buttons and caused the bell circuit to break down If this happened again, her son would explode in anger

“Sorry to keep you waiting May I knoho that is—eh?”

“Aunty, I'm sorry”

On opening the door, she found a little guest standing over there in front of her, looking really depressed

“Yuuji's really a”

As the afternoon and evening went together, the boy and girl were sitting opposite each other in the empty classroom where no one else was at as they work on their homework

“Don't say that now, Shouko, hurry up and finish this so that we can go home”

Without looking at the girl, the boy—Yuuji, looked bored as he

“But I want to talk to Yuuji”

“I don't want to talk, I just want to finish this troubleso and hurry back home”

“I want to talk to Yuuji”

“No”

“I want to talk to Yuuji”

“No”

“I want to talk to Yuuji”

“”

Since he said that he didn't want to talk, Yuuji decided to ignore her

“Yuuji”

“”

No matter how Shouko called him, Yuuji didn't lift his head up as he just works on the assignment in his hands silently

Shouko saw that she wouldn't be able to get the reply she wanted, so she decided to change her method

“Yuuji, listen to me”

“”

As expected, he continued to ignore Shouko and pretend not to see her or hear her

“My breasts' been growing slowly recently”

BAM—Yuuji's head slae thud

“WHY DID YOU JUST SAY SUCH A RIDICULOUS THING!”

“Because Yuuji's been ignoring uys would be interested in”

“I, I'M NOT INTERESTED! OKAY, HURRY UP AND FINISH YOUR WORK!”

“I finished what I need to do But I just want to talk to Yuuji”

“Just talk to your friends then”

“Mn, that's what I' now”

“The friend you're referring to is me?”

Yuuji revealed a 'can't bear with you' look at Shouko The girl didn't hesitate at all when she told Yuuji that he's her friend as she looked by with a cute and radiant smile

Seeing her like this, Yuuji couldn't help but think

“What the heck Recently, this person'sbeen livelier than before”

He recalled the moment when she first transferred into Minazuki Primary school She didn't s, she should be able to get along ith everyone

After she transferred in, Shouko wasn't bullied, but she obviously attracted a lot of attention

The presence she gave off was really different fro, and unable to catch up to others in conversations She's quiet, and gave others a glooe Most importantly, in a certain sense, her presence was really exceptional

That long black hair that didn't have any blemish and looked as soft as thread

The long, narrow and beautiful eyes that reminded people of jade or a blue crystal

She would be one heck of a beauty in the future Right now, her slender and dazzling figure is already char

At this age, children would start to know enders, so her existence alone undoubtedly irls jealous of her, and it e shy and scared

5th and 6th graders will start to realize the differences between thee when they started going through puberty Shouko, who's pretty, had a good heritage, brains and athleticisainst the students around her in terht If done well, this ouldas they will start to worshi+p her On the other hand, everyone will just treat her as a weirdo

Unfortunately, the latter case seemed to happen to Shouko

(Oh well It has nothing to do with me anyways)

At that time, Yuuji just treated her normally because 'I have no interest in this childish world', and unknowingly, Shouko began to get close to hirades and were class representatives for two consecutive years, and this ether Though Yuuji did feel that Shouko wanted to get close to his for her

“Yuuji, shall we talk?”

Yuuji couldn't feel any hint ofat Yuuji with eyes like a kid Perhaps her naïve personality of being unable to understand ugly ender

Ruo, Shouko was studying in soh people would have their prejudices, Yuuji felt that the ojou-sairl stay in such a school would not create as much interaction as a normal school Maybe that's the reason why she transferred to such a primary schoolYuuji hypothesized

“Yuuji?”

Seeing Yuuji suddenly beca what's going on

Truthfully, it's troublesonored her, it'll be even troublesome if she mentioned that fatal topic

Taking the lesser of the two evils, Yuuji decided to talk to her

“Oh yeah What did you say was a?”

“Eh?”

“Didn't you say that I'?”

“Ah, mn, It's about the mock test just now”

Yuuji's tone was really unfriendly, but Shouko didn't feel unhappy or angry with his attitude as she answered back like normal In fact, Yuuji's tone was always cold, or rather he would be slightly gentler to Shouko Yuuji's personality was so cold he wouldn't say nore them

“Themuch”

“But you're only a fifth-graders, yet you could study better thanEven those sixth grade senpai looked troubled”

“I got a question wrong on social studies I would have gotten first if I didn't get that wrong”

Shouko's studying at primary school level, and her ability was able to match middle schoolers However, Yuuji was bothered that he could not get a first on a ' ability wasn't bad, but it was vastly inferior to Yuuji's

It's good to learn more, but Yuuji's superiority complex towards the rest was like what they said Of course, his personality mostly annoyed the other students Shouko's staterade senpai looked troubled' was an understatement, since they ant boy who's one year younger in ti

“That doesn't really matter anyway Let's hurry and deal with theo home!”

Yuuji knocked twice on the pile of paper that's on the table and prompted Shouko Shouko didn't stop, but asks,

“Is there so today?”

“Nothing, nothing at all It's justif I go back too late, I'll be bothered by a few irritating guys”

“Irritating guys?”

“Don't worry too much It's just some idiots who I don't need to remember about”

Yuuji gave a look of disdain as he looked down on them

“I see”

“Yeah Really, if they have the tio back and study But they won't beat me no matter how much they studied”

Yuuji said arrogantly

“But more than that, I feel happier at school”

“Huh? Happier at school? Are you talking about yourself?”

“Un, is that weird?”

“It's not that it's weird”

But it's really surprising that she would say that

Like what Yuuji knew, even if there were some more people, Shouko didn't really have much friends She wouldn't play with the other classmates enthusiastically, and didn't take part in any clubs, so what makes her like school?

Though not at Yuuji's level, Shouko was a really smart child Thus, she realized what Yuuji was about to ask and calmly answered before he did

“Because no one would play withthat it made me feel lonely”

“You really don't knohen enough's enough Saying that your house's too wide, I'm rather envious about that”

“If that's the case, do you want to come to my house to play?”

Perhaps expecting so, Shouko looked up and asked Yuuji

“No way I'd rather study ful that yet”

But Yuuji's reply caused her to be unable to get closer, and she looked somewhat unhappy

“You're so bad”

“Whatever you say”

“Petty kid”

“Humph, so what”

“Yuuji likes me”

“ACK ACK!”

Yuuji choked on his saliva

Girls do ical concept of like and hate, and Yuuji's no exception

“You like me, so you don't want to come to my house to play because you're shy”

(It's not just uys)

The notion appeared in his s

“Why did you askhappen?”

Yuuji didn't take her taunt as he threw a question over Now, Shouko's looking somewhat troubled

“It's not so that would happen immediately”

“What do you mean by that? Explain clearly!”

“Recently, grandpa's been talking about the 'Holy Ridge' Girls School”

The school that Shouko mentioned was the name of the fa of which, the students there were all children of financial players and politicians, a really famous school of nobilityThey were said to accept rich students from the other states, and the student dore and heavy entrance were often in short supply

“Fuu, so your gramps want you to transfer over?”

“He hasn't said that yetbut I guess so”

“Ah, really”

“But, I don't want to transfer schools”

Shouko looked somewhat melancholic Yuuji, ouldn't really pay too much attentions to other people's hearts, had a deep i her expression He didn't knohy she would like this school, but Shouko really looked like she wanted to continue staying here Maybeshe just hates those rich girl schools

“I see So you want to bring a friend back to get rid of that thought”

“They often asked me whether I was bullied at school”

“Because you always looked like you would be bullied easily You wouldn't talk no matter what they did to you”

Someone who backs away like her would always be viewed as someone who's easily bullied It's understandable that Shouko's grandfather would be worrying about her situation in school

But to what Yuuji knows, Shouko wasn't bullied If she was really bullied, she wouldn't tell her family members no matter what If she said it, she would have to transfer schools

“I finally ed to make friends other than Yuuji”

“Then bring those guys back home to play with”

“I wasn't really on that good terms with them”

“Humph, your answer's rather delicate”

“Mn”

The introverted and quiet Shouko needed a lot of ti finally quelled the troubles of transferring in and get along with her other classrandfather would want her to transfer schools Yuuji felt that it was rather strange

“Oh well It doesn't involve oing to transfer schools”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“You're too much”

“No way”

“Actually, est in class”

“ACK ACK!”

After that, Yuuji could only follow Shouko's pace, and by the tinone home

It wasn't early now Shouko, who normally wanted to talk with Yuuji until she reached Yuuji's house, went hoo back on his own alone Just when he was thinking about the 'theory behind sound transures suddenly appeared in front of him

“Oi, Sakamoto”

One of the three boys who appeared said hello with a pressuring call

Yuuji snorted and glanced at hi his eyes on the road back

He avoided the boys like they're telegraph poles

“da us like that!”

“You arrogant brat!”

Thus, the other two people standing on both sides blocked off Yuuji's path

Yuuji glared at them irritatedly and softly opened his mouth,

“What's wrong? I don't have ti around with you people”

“SHUT UP! WHO ASKED YOU TO RETORT BACK!?”

“FOR A FIFTH-GRADER, YOU'RE REALLY cockY!”

Haaa—Yuuji sighed

It's not the first time he was stopped by his upperclassmen, but it didn't really happen a lot of times But ever since the results of thatfor hi, but after so many times, he really felt irritated by them

“I saywhat do you want to do? Are you lonely because you guys have no friends?”

Having been told off like this by Yuuji, who obviously didn't have er in? As expected, the 3 upperclassry that their faces were flushed red

“damn YOU, BEHAVE YOURSELF!'

“KNOW YOUR PLACE! YOU'RE JUST ABLE TO STUDY BETTER, THAT'S ALL!”

“WE'RE SIXTH GRADERS! USE SOME HONORIFICS WHEN TALKING TO US!”

No o up to do anything to Yuuji In the end, these three boys just looked like thugs, but they're just spineless cowards Besides, they were just here to find trouble with Yuuji for having better grades than them, and they're not like delinquents

Yuuji shrugged his shoulders in an exaggerated motion, and then continued,

“Honorifics? You're just idiots Honorifics are 'terive respect to you with if you people can't even do your homeell?”

He taunted theantly

“WHA—! WHAT DID YOU SAY!?”

“WE'RE UPPERCLassMEN!”

The upperclassitated after Yuuji clearly told therades are worse then e to ree to vent up

“It's because you're upperclassmen that I couldn't respect you further You studied one year et about being unable to respect you, you can't grumble even if I treat you as idiots You should be the ones saying honorifics to me”

“WHA, WHAT DID YOU SAY!!”

Being belittled like this, they could not rerabbed Yuuji by the collar

Once he did that, Yuuji said so to shake their confidence

“Oi, can you really beathappened to me, because I'm a special student here”

“Uu”

Yuuji's words made the three boys tremble

It's true It wouldn't be wise to beat Yuuji up here It was the same back, but after the results of the mock exam came out, those teachers treated Yuuji really differently If they did anything to Yuuji, they will get a bad rep for their reco is that their parents will be notified

“If you understand, scraain”

Yuuji deliberately knocked his shoulder into them and continued on his way home The 3 upperclassmen could only watch him leave dejectedly

“That guy really infuriates me!”

“I really want to deal so to him!”

“If we can't wreck him up, at least mess his locker up!”

“Right! We'll do that!”

“We must teach him what 'respect' is!”

If they couldn't beat him up directly, they would wreck his stuff Those childish thoughts were expected by Yuuji, the one called a prodigy If he could catch theht Yuuji taunted the this, and those three didn't know that

“I'm back”

Yuuji opened the door andwas less at all, he couldn't resist the notion of 'rereet others' his h she wouldn't be angry all if he didn't listen—she would look depressed and continue to nag at Yuuji

“Welcoo to Shouko-chan's house to play?”

Dressed with an apron around her, Yukino came out to invite him in That's what normally happens when Yuuji returns home

“Why would I go play with her? That's ridiculous”

“Ara, aren't you two friends?”

“No way”

“Really You're saying such things againShouko-chan will become a beauty in the future It'll be too late the moment you say 'I should have treated her well like what mum said I really didn't expect her to become a beauty like mom'”

“Who would do that? Besides, you're not a beauty, mom”

“Ahh, you're too much”

Yukino puffed her cheeks unhappily, but she continued to maintain a casual presence It's just that Yukino was pretending not to be concerned

“I came back late today because I had to deal with the roles of being a ot to teach some upperclassmen a lesson”

“Teach what to your upperclassmen?”

“A lot of things”

Should I prepare a camera to take the scene of the crime? This notion appeared in his mind, but Yuuji immediately rejected it By then, it will be too troubleso, and it would be too much of a waste to use a camera on the what they did If his things recked, he just need to ask them to pay up

After deciding the course of action tomorrow Yuuji raised the question he had on his mind up till now

“Oh yeah, mom”

“What is it?”

“Why are you wearing an apronare you intending to cook dinner?”

“That's right I' potato and meat stew I just peeled the sweet potatoes”

“WHY ARE YOU PEELING SWEET POTATOES WHEN YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO COOK POTATO AND MEAT STEW!”

“The last time I cooked it, the potato was cooked until it was so soft, so I chose the sweet potato s that's hard to cook”

“FORGET ABOUT MESSING UP THE DISH, YOU ALREADY MESSED UP THE DEFINITION OF THE POTATO AND MEAT STEW DIsh!+”

Though he retorted back, Yuuji muttered, 'Ahh, nevermindit feels like it's edible this ti

“Oh yeah, ot to buy meat, so it's a potato and meat steithout meat~”

“YOU'RE JUST COOKING SWEET POTATOES!!!”

It's been 5 years since he started attending prih for Yuuji to understand the difference between his family and other people's families

The next day, after school,

Waiting for the sixth graders to show up, Yuuji went to the library i there He intended to wait until the sixth graders finished their lessons andit out

(Arre? Speaking of which, Shouko didn't follow me today)

He thought as he walked towards the library

Norether, and today, she didn't follow hie about that

(Did she start to hang around with those people who became her friends recentlyoh well, it doesn't matter)

Yuuji didn't think that it would end up like that in one or two days, but he didn't think too deeply into it as he wasn't interested Also, he hadthe upperclassmen suffer

It doesn't matter if they didn't come over Besides, it wouldn't benefit hiet retribution if they dared to come over to mess up the place

(I hidso that I won't get affected Butdid they detect my plan?)

If he were on the other side today, he should be able to tell what the other side's thinking about Since he hid his shoes, the other people belongings had to be kept away They would be idiots if they didn't discover them

(Well, even if I could discover theuys probably wouldn't be able to do so They're a bunch of idiots anyway)

If he went all out, he can't possibly lose to an adult in terraders, they're just primary school students, so they couldn't possibly match his intellect Yuuji opened the door to the library as he i

Normally, Shouko would use lots of excuses to stick with Yuuji and go back with him, but after everyone went back home today, she stayed alone in the classroo to Yuuji so uidebook

She folded about 20 pieces of paper down the ether Afterone booklet, she lined soether Shouko would follow the rules seriously and line each piece of paper together properly, and once all four corners were lined up properly, she would then file them up into a book It looks inefficient to others, but Shouko liked this simple job

Unlike Yuuji, as able to finish the hile talking away, Shouko spent ti when the as done, and it was about time for school to close

Stretching the body that was stiff due to the continuous work, Shouko packed up the guidebooks She carried the ones Yuuji did yesterday as well, and left the classroom to head to the office

Shouko knocked on the heavy wooden door, andthe office On seeing Shouko, the busy homeroom teacher stopped her work and stood up

“Sensei, the booklets, they're done”

“Thank you”