Lost Narrative Poetry

"Um?"

Kato Kei tilted her head again.

Xia Ran thought for a moment, and then said: "But, Kato-san, do you really have no intention of changing your current situation?"

"What? If you want me to debut as an idol again, I think it's definitely not possible..." The girl responded calmly. "Anyway, I'm used to it, and I feel like it won't make any difference whether I change it or not..."

"Don't sound so pitiful... How about paying someone else money and asking them to be friends with you?"

Xia Ran laughed a few times, then he pinched his chin and thoughtfully came up with a brilliant idea——

"After all, compared with ordinary verbal agreements, reality is much more binding. As long as real interests are involved, it will be difficult to ignore your existence no matter what, right?"

"Eh? This is too tragic..." Kato Megumi looked a little unwilling, as if he didn't realize that Xia Ran was joking at all.

"After all, apart from this method, I haven't thought of any other way to strengthen your sense of presence..."

"Ugh..." The girl bit her lip gently and made a cute sound of distress. She had no way to refute, but she still felt that something was wrong. "But can the friends made in this way really be regarded as friends?"

"Well, this is not important, because what we want is the result and not the appearance. So let's take a hundred steps back. You don't have to maintain those false friendships, as long as the other person can notice you for a week... "

"Why do you have to take a hundred steps back? And you can't even maintain a false friendship?"

Megumi Kato interrupted him in shock, probably because she was too shocked, and her eyes showed a subtle melancholy.

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"I'm sorry, please forget about it... So seriously, how about you consider the method I mentioned before about joining the club?"

I always felt that joking about this with Kato-san would make me feel guilty, so Xia Ran cleared her throat and said seriously.

"If you join the same club, you will still interact with people even if you don't want to, right? As I said before, your main problem is that you don't have much interaction with people, so you always have no sense of existence... …”

"What you said makes sense, but I have little interest in most of the clubs in school, and I don't know what I can do."

Megumi Kato started thinking with a very serious expression. She always seemed to be able to adjust her mood quickly and keep up with jumping topics.

"And it's already mid-May. The interpersonal relationships in most clubs have been fixed. Can you really integrate into the environment if you join at this time?"

This is indeed the case, and since she is still a sophomore, this is also a problem. After all, if you are a first-year student, the seniors will lead you around without any psychological burden.

"If that doesn't work, how about considering the service department?" Xia Ran thought for a moment, and then realized that this problem was not a problem at all, so he straightforwardly proposed an option.

"Hey, is it really possible? But what can I do?"

Kato Megumi was slightly surprised, but still hesitant and agreed without a single word.

Xia Ran understood her doubts and said casually: "You don't need to do anything. Anyway, that club is not doing anything at all. It's just that some weird guys come to visit occasionally. Normally you just treat it as... The literary club is ready..."

"Huh? Are there any conditions required to join the club?"

"It's not necessary for the time being. At least I haven't found any strict restrictions... Also, you have seen Yuigahama-san. If my memory is correct, she should not have officially joined the club, but she also does it every day. Everyone comes to the activity room, and everyone doesn’t think there’s any problem.”

Xia Ran thought for a moment and gave an example.

"You can also give it a try first. You don't have to join our club. First see if this club is suitable for you... Of course, if you want to formally apply to join, you can also join. I have an application form here. Please fill it out. Just one serving.”

He turned around and pulled out a brand new form from his desk drawer, then put it on Kato Megumi's desk.

"Well... I'd better take a look at this first. I won't write the application form yet." The girl looked at the form, hesitated for a moment, and then said.

"Okay, you can keep the form first. Now let's go to the activity room..." Xia Ran reached out and snapped her fingers, stood up directly, picked up her schoolbag, and planned to go to the activity room in the special building. .

"Well, that...classmate Xia Ran?" Kato Megumi seemed to have thought of something again and called out his name in a low voice.

"What's wrong?"

"About this...do I have to pay you?" Megumi Kato seemed to be still struggling with the joke just now.

"...No need..." Xia Ran raised his fist and knocked on his forehead, sighing and saying, "That just now was just a joke, you don't have to worry about it, I'm not after your money..."

"Then what are you after me?" The girl's face changed subtly. Her expression seemed a little confused, mixed with a little curiosity.

"Of course I'm plotting against you... No! I almost got caught up in it, Kato-kun." Xia Ran was about to answer subconsciously, but then she realized what she was doing and quickly shook her head, "I'm not plotting anything, okay? !”

"Is that so?" Kato Kei nodded, her expression turning into confusion unknowingly, "It seems that I misunderstood you, Xia Ran. I thought you wanted to take me there and let Xue My classmate is angry with you because of what happened at noon."

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"Then... that, classmate Xia Ran? Why are you silent all of a sudden... Although I don't want to think so, could it be..."

"...your illusion."

Xia Ran laughed and turned her head away, looking away guiltily towards the corridor outside the classroom. It's too foul. Even if the level of breath blocking is so high, why is even the intuition so sensitive?

The girl didn't say anything else, but her expression turned very pale unconsciously.

"...Kato-kun?"

"..."

The setting sun crossed the long orange corridor and shone into the empty classroom.

Kato Megumi remained silent and did not move.

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…

There was no one on the road leading to the special building, only the shouts of various sports clubs on the distant sports field continued to echo.

Because the negotiation failed, Xia Ran came to the service department alone and opened the door to the activity room on the east side of the fourth floor. As usual, Yukinoshita was sitting on a chair by the window, reading quietly, as if time had stopped under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"It's really strange. I thought you wouldn't come over today..." When she heard the door being opened, she raised her head and glanced, then said calmly.

"How is this possible..." Xia Ran said with a haha, and then looked around, "But speaking of it, why are you alone Yukinoshita today, and neither Hikigaya nor Yuigahama are here? ?”

There were no new commissions today, and the noisy guy was not present, so the activity room was very quiet.

"Hikigaya-san seems to have sent Totsuka-san back. After all, Totsuka-san's leg was injured, and he's not as perverted as you. He really needs someone to look after him... Yuigahama-san said he wanted to go out with Miura-san and the others. ." Yukinoshita replied calmly without raising her head.

Xia Ran hesitated for a moment, seeming to be considering whether to leave a way to escape at any time, but finally closed the door to the activity room.

"Pervert or something...isn't that too much?"

He walked straight over, pulled out a chair at the opposite corner of the long table opposite the girl, and sat down. This was the seat the two of them were accustomed to.

Yukinoshita lowered her head and looked at the books spread out on the table, but she leaned back slightly and pulled the chair, as if she wanted to distance herself from him. After hearing this, she snorted in displeasure: "This There’s no need to belittle oneself at all, if I’m going too far, I’m still far behind you, classmate Xia Ran.”

Sure enough, you are still angry. Do you really care about that?

Xia Ran reflected on himself. He really didn't think too much at the time, but it seemed that he had caused real damage to Yukinoshita, and it was a double critical hit... It was natural that he didn't look good on himself. Yes, it seems that I still need to master the skill of joking.

He sighed and apologized very sincerely:

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I'll do it again next time... not next time."

"What does next time mean?" Yukinoshita put the bookmark into the library and frowned displeased. She always felt that this person was not here to apologize at all, but to provoke her.

"Ahem, it's nothing... I mean I'm here to apologize." Xia Ran wisely did not dwell on this topic. The girl obviously didn't want to talk about this topic that annoyed her. "Speaking of which, Yukinoshita, guess what I brought..."

"No guessing, not interested, no need." Yukinoshita said calmly.

"Uh... Well, just think of it as continuing to give me a little arrow to talk to. Please cooperate with me at least!"

"It's really funny. Why should I cooperate with you..."

Tuk-tuk-tuk - A sudden knock on the door interrupted their useless bickering.

"...Please come in." Yukinoshita said calmly.

brush! The door to the activity room was opened, and a tall boy appeared outside the corridor, rubbing the back of his head shyly: "Sorry to bother you... Excuse me, is this the service department?"

"Yes." Xia Ran nodded expressionlessly.

"It's really strange. This is the first time I know about such a club..." The boy murmured in a low voice, and then asked tentatively: "I heard that people's wishes can be realized here, right? I hope that a wish can be realized. …”

"wrong!"

Yukinoshita interrupted the boy's words with a cold voice and denied it.

"Ah? Wait, it can't be done? But I heard that it is possible..." The boy's eyes widened, as if he had received an unexpected answer, and he seemed a little unacceptable for a moment.

"I heard you wrong." Xia Ran said without any emotion.

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"..."

The boy suddenly fell silent. This was obviously the service department, but why was it completely inconsistent with the information he had heard?

What’s more, these two weird club members are so in tune!

"Hey! Boy, I'm telling you, did you really listen to me carefully yesterday?" At this moment, someone behind the boy patted his shoulder and sighed and said this.

"T-Teacher Hiratsuka..."

"It's me." Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at the two people in the activity room with a half-smile, and then looked at the boy with a look of helplessness, "Why did you come here for help today?"

"I...I thought she wouldn't be angry for a long time, and I didn't think it was necessary." The boy said softly, his cheeks slightly red.

It seems that you are here for emotional counseling? Xia Ran raised her eyebrows.

"Then did you listen to me carefully? No one in this world can directly help you realize your wish..."

Hiratsuka Shizu walked directly into the activity room and waved——

"Why do two of them look like this? If you want to find the Dragon Balls, you have to go to the Grand Channel to take the Jonin Exam first..."

"What is that?" Yukinoshita was confused and subconsciously looked at someone directly opposite.

"Don't listen to Mr. Hiratsuka's nonsense. Her method has long been outdated. Nowadays, it is popular to use the Holy Grail to make a wish. Obtain the seven dragon balls and then summon the dragon. Get the magic lamp from the dragon, and then use the power of the magic lamp to make a wish to get the Holy Grail... "

Xia Ran said seriously.