
"I can eat anything. I want to avoid heavy meals if possible"
This cruise ship has many restaurants. The menu ranges from fast food like ramen and hamburger to French cuisine. Because it's still daytime I want to eat a snack if that's possible. As I expected, Hirata completely canceled her date together
Karuizawa for this. I couldn't clearly hear Karuizawa's voice over the phone, but Hirata forcefully shut it down and cancelled her plan.
"Are you okay with this?"
"Of course, let's go to the deck, if only snacks would be easier to eat out there" Hirata opened the door and pulled me out of there.
"Thank you for your cooperation during the exam on the island. I can't thank you enough, Ayanokouji-kun, you even helped me find the culprit"
"Don't thank me for that, the card belongs to Horikita, she found the culprit who stole the underwear" I immediately told her in response.
"Sure that's true, but I still want to thank Ayanokouji-kun who cooperated with me unconditionally” Speaking of ****** *****, there's still something I want to ask you
to him. I looked around to see if anyone was around.
"Did you return **********Caruizawa to her?”
"Ye, however, Ibuki-san is the culprit so she can take it well,”
The underwear I was talking about was a theft incident during an exam on the island.********* from one of the girls, Karuizawa Kei, was stolen and things quickly became rowdy. Especially since the*********** was found in one of the bags of men, the relationship between boys and girls became strained. But Hirata managed to solve it by returning*********** and finding out the culprit.
Anyway, everything turned out great. It was a difficult situation, so I was worried about what could happen. I was worried even if that Hirata returned the stolen lady's underwear turned out to be very bad. The fact that he can lancerously return ***********women to his body means that he has climbed the ladder of maturity. From the elevator on the cruise ship to the deck, the students seem to
enjoy their summer holidays with their favorite dress.
Because there is also a swimming pool near the male and female students bravely wearing swimsuits and swimming in the pool. Since the tension of the test is no longer there, this is inevitable. It was possible that the suppressed rebel desire of the oppressed disciples during the exam on this island had finally disappeared to produce this situation. This is coupled with the fact that you do not have to pay any points for the use of the facilities provided by the cruise including food and drinks.
Regardless of your point, everything above is free. Of course, you still need to pay for
wear swimsuits and other swimming gear, but other than that, they're all free. By the time we reached the restaurant, more than half of the seats were filled. The two of us quickly secured the empty seats that were still among the crowded restaurants.
"To be honest ... I have something I want to talk to you about" While I looked down at the menu, Hirata's voice apologized to me.
"What's that?" There are hidden motives. That's why he forced his meal with me. I'm not complaining because he tried to invite me, there must be a reason for that.
"I may not be the best listener but .. can you shorten it?" I'm not a good speaker or a good listener, so that's why I asked for the point.
"I want you to be a bridge between me and Horikita-san, I think Horikita-san will be an indispensable person for Class D in the future and I really want to work with her" I understand, so he needs my help for that. I nodded as Hirata continued to speak while apologizing to me.
"Even yesterday, thanks to Horikita-san's efforts, Class D achieved an unexpected victory, the class spirit soared, I think the number of students who liked Horikita-san also increased which was a big change from before "
"I think it's true,"
This girl named Horikita Suzune is a D class student who happens to also be my first friend here. But other than that, he was a solitary person with no friends at all. The only skill he has is the ability to be the best academic student. But his weakness, instead, is that he is poor in interpersonal skills and often has a assertive attitude that causes difficulties when
socialising.
"Right now, I feel like being together with me and him and everyone that works together, we can move up together to Class C, Class B and Finally Class A" Hirata said optimistically.
"But if you bridge the gap between you and Horikita, it won't be easy to resolve, Horikita is that kind of person".
Even if I tried to mend the relationship between Horikita and Hirata, it would only make her look like an unnecessary distraction. If he felt that way, he might actually expand
the distance between him and the entire class in response. His interaction with Kushida at the beginning of the semester
the first is proof of that fact.
"Of course I understand that fact, Horikita-san will not open up to anyone but Ayanokouji-kun. I don't mean to force this matter, therefore I want you to be the bridge connecting my existence to Horikita-san "
So, I should have told Horikita this just like she said. That means otherwise, I also need to convey Horikita's feelings on the matter back to Hirata. Indeed, if I acted as Hirata's intermediary, Horikita would not cooperate with the rest of the class and we could build an invisible bridge of cooperative relations.
"It's easier said than done, usually I'm the one following Horikita. More precisely, I never really gave Horikita an opinion before. If I start giving my opinion on various issues, it will suddenly feel strange"
"But right now I don't have a good idea, even if I have to talk to Horikita-san about this right now, I'm not sure that I can convince her to cooperate with us. This is my last road "
"Isn't it a little too soon to take the last resort at this point?" I certainly understand now his desire to cooperate with Horikita. But if so, he had no choice but to directly approach Horikita in this matter. I understand that doing this might be difficult for him, but cooperating with others as a group is equally difficult.
Hirata should be able to realize something as clear as this. It is he who cares about this class and thinks about it and appreciates the bond of friendship between them. But there was still one question left about him. Returning to the island, he seemed to be almost afraid of something and lost sight of himself. I still remember Hirata's strange behavior. When the whole class D was humiliated by the incident, he was seen almost ‘kosong’. That's not normal behavior.
For now, I ordered a sandwich and some drinks. Snacks overall, easy to eat. Students swam in the pool on the deck while others were eating while still wearing their swimsuits. The mood among the students seemed very crowded. If Ike and Yamauchi were here, they would drool more on girls' swimsuits than on their own food. Hirata, on the other hand, did not pay attention to the girls at all, but instead looked at me.
"Ye, as Ayanokouji-kun said, my plan may have been poorly thought out" He was also honest over the mistakes and was able to recognize his own mistakes in quick rational judgment. It was one of Hirata's powers. But it seemed like her desire to cooperate with Horikita was even stronger since she showed no signs of giving up on persuading me.
"It seems like I have to rethink my approach, Horikita-san is a very serious type of person. How can you adjust to Ayanokouji-kun?" To strengthen his relationship with Horikita, it seems Hirata wants to befriend her first by asking for a suggestion. I thought it was the right attitude to take and if there was anything I could do, I wanted to borrow it.
"Let me refute one of your points, unlike me being good friends with Horikita or whatever, it doesn't seem like she even thinks of me as a friend"
"But it seems like Horikita is only friends with you, Ayanokouji-kun" So it makes me special because I'm the only one who can be friends with that person. Or maybe it was someone who could easily make friends with 40 people, but due to his frustration he felt he could not make friends with this person.
"Don't be in a hurry, we just finished the first semester, you know?"
the mix of class relationships with time spent together. Or in some cases, when they are suddenly tested in difficult conditions such as during exams on the island. Of course you can force a fusion in class by acting on your classmates, but that kind of fusion is very fragile and easily falls apart.
"I must also add that Horikita is not the type to be easily friends" I
saying so so that Hirata could understand that was a quick one.
"... That might be true" Maybe he was impatient in that but Hirata's face showed a reaction.
“I admit I didn't think about his feelings but only thought about my desire for cooperation" Hirata told me with a smile and nodded. I'm sure he understands now.
"I'm sorry, I brought you here just to listen to my selfish request, let's eat" Maybe he noticed, too, but after a while Hirata also realized that someone was approaching and was looking at me with a shy face.
"Ah .. so you've been here all along, Hirata-kun, let's have lunch together!" A happy voice called us. It was Karuizawa who approached us.
CONNECTABLE.....