Romantic comedy with all members, why am I single?

Chapter 216 Two People in the Night

It is only 7:30 in the evening and the streets are still bustling.

However, considering that Pochi-chan is a girl after all, and a socially phobic person at that, after thinking about it, Iura Hide decided to send Pochi-chan to the subway first, and then send Mashiro home.

"Let me go with you. I also want to take the subway home." Sakura Kono lifted the hair that was blown by the wind by her ears and spoke softly first.

This way.
"Then it's just me, Hori, and Yoshikawa Yuki left?"

Ishikawa Toru, who was originally planning how to spend his pocket money next month and how much he should reduce his gaming expenses, immediately brightened up and said, "Hori and Yoshikawa, let me take you home!"

In order to avoid embarrassing Kyoko Hori and increase the chances of her agreeing to the proposal, Toru Ishikawa also brought Yuki Yoshikawa along.

Unfortunately, after he finished speaking, Yoshikawa Yuki just turned her head to look at him with complicated eyes and then looked away.

And Hori Kyoko didn't even look at him, as if she didn't hear what he said. She smiled and said as usual, "Let's go together. It's nice to go shopping together at night, isn't it? Anyway, the exams are over and there's nothing special to do tomorrow."

Kyoko Hori made several excuses, but to sum it up in one sentence, she also wanted to go with Iura Hide and the others.

"What about Yuki? Let Toru take you home?"

As Iura Hide said this, he winked at Yoshikawa Yuki with a smirk.

In his opinion, Yoshikawa Yuki would definitely glare at him shyly, and then pretend to agree reluctantly.

After all, she has been secretly in love with Ishikawa Toru for so long, and now it is a rare opportunity to go home alone with Ishikawa Toru, so she should not miss it.

But although Yoshikawa Yuki glared at him after hearing this, she did not show the slightest shyness. Her rejection was clean and neat, and there was even a hint of anger, depression and dissatisfaction in her tone.

This made him stunned for a moment, and a lot of question marks popped up above his head.

"what's the situation?"

"You don't know how to seize such a good opportunity?"

"Isn't this guy too stupid?"

Jing Pu Xiu, who didn't know the truth, couldn't help but complain in his heart, but after complaining, he didn't continue to investigate.

"Forget it. I'm too lazy to care about these two idiots."

"Then let's go."

The group then walked towards the nearby subway station together.

But compared to the good mood when they were singing, Kono Sakura and Pochi-chan were somewhat depressed. After all, three people are different from four or seven people.

Considering that Mashiro is like a quiet doll, her presence is even lower than that of a certain passerby heroine, if Kono Sakura and Hori Kyoko didn't follow
"Ahhh!"

"I could have asked the senior to take me to the subway station alone!!!"

"Chekshuu!"

Pochi-chan couldn't help but lower her head. The villain in her heart was standing on the stage in a punk outfit, waving his guitar wildly and smashing it hard on the speaker under his feet.

At the same time, although Yuki Yoshikawa looked normal on the surface, she was actually in a worse mood than the two of them.

"This idiot, don't you think I'm still secretly in love with Toru?"

"Damn it. How can I let him know that I don't like him anymore?"

Yoshikawa Yuki was thinking about this question the whole way, and spoke much less, almost as quiet as Mashiro and Pochi-chan.

There's no way. Iura Hide already has a girlfriend, and besides that, there are Hori Kyoko and Kono Sakura who are surrounding him and eyeing him covetously. If she continues to misunderstand that she still likes Ishikawa Toru, how can she take the relationship between them to the next level?

"Just tell him I don't like him anymore?"

"But, wouldn't it be weird if you put it that way?"

The more Yoshikawa Yuki thought about it, the more upset she became.

If it was Kyoko Hori who encountered this situation, she would definitely choose to say it without thinking, just like she directly rejected Ishikawa Toru's confession in the original story, and told Miyamura Isumi directly when Miyamura Isumi asked about it.

But Yoshikawa Yuki's personality is not very frank, so in her opinion, saying this directly to Iura Hide is no different from confessing to Iura Hide directly.

How could she possibly do that?

However, looking at the reluctant and depressed looks in the eyes of Pochi-chan and Kono Sakura who were waving goodbye to everyone in front of the platform, Yuki Yoshikawa's mood unconsciously improved a lot.

Although this is a bit immoral, when you are depressed, you can't help but feel happy when you see others, especially people you know who are more "unlucky" than you.

However, the happiest one among them must be Kyoko Hori. I don’t know if Kyoko Hori had calculated it in advance. If they started from the subway station, Kyoko Hori should be the last one to separate from Iura Hide.

Other people may not be able to calculate this in a short period of time, but if it is Hori Kyoko who has a top student mind, it is hard to say.

More than twenty minutes later, when Iura Hide walked out of Mashiro's apartment building, Hori Kyoko was the only one left by his side.

"let's go."

"Ah."

The night breeze blew gently, blowing the girl's soft hair and skirt, and also blowing the girl's heart.

"Xiu is really hard-working, having to send so many girls home."

Kyoko Hori complained jokingly, and there seemed to be a hint of hidden meaning in her words.

Jing Pu Xiu is not the stupid male protagonist in Japanese light novels, so he naturally heard that something was wrong with her words, but the smartest thing to do at this time was to pretend that he didn't hear it, so he just smiled and shrugged and said, "It's okay, just treat it as exercise~"

"If you want to exercise, playing football should be more effective," Hori Kyoko first complained, and then asked curiously: "Does Xiu not plan to play football next?"

"I don't want to play anymore. I don't have the talent."

Iura Hide said this without thinking, but his words made Hori Kyoko speechless.

"The top scorer in the county tournament, leading the team to the national quarterfinals, is this also called a lack of talent?"

Jing Puxiu smiled and said: "It's only the quarterfinals. At least compared to my musical and writing talents, my talent in football is indeed a little worse."

"Okay, you're right."

Kyoko Hori was speechless.

After all, Iura Hide's football talent and strength are only outstanding among high school students of the same age. If compared with those professional players or even stars, he is just average.

But the songs and light novels written by Iura Hide are comparable to those of singers and popular light novel writers, or even better.

In this comparison, Iura Hide's musical and writing talents are indeed much better than his football talents.

Kyoko Hori shook her head in her heart and stopped worrying about this issue.

After a brief silence and hesitation, I finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been on my mind.

"By the way, how did Xiu know that I could sing the song 'The Strongest Girl'?"

Kyoko Hori quickly glanced at Iura Hide out of the corner of her eye and asked casually, pretending nothing had happened.

"Because I heard you humming it last time when I was helping you wash the dishes."

"Eh? Is there?"

"Haha, you don't feel it yourself, do you? And when we go shopping for food together in the supermarket, Hori often hums unconsciously." "."

Kyoko Hori's pretty face instantly turned red.

Although it was just humming unconsciously, it seemed no big deal, as many people would do the same thing. But when she thought about being heard by Jing Pu Xiu, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

It's like when you're having fun in the bathroom and someone suddenly walks in.

"Then how do you know that song is called "The Strongest Girl"? Have you also seen "Night Jellyfish"?

Kyoko Hori said this while trying to calm herself down, but it was completely ineffective.

"No, I just heard you humming it and it sounded pretty good, so I couldn't help but look it up."

Kyoko Hori couldn't help blushing when she was praised. While she was happy and delighted, she couldn't help feeling a little curious.

"Can you find it out just by listening to what I hum?"

"Yes, because the songs that Hori usually hums are the theme songs or interludes of the anime that are currently being broadcast on TV~"

".You don't have to be so smart!"

Having her 'secret' exposed, Kyoko Hori turned her head away in anger, her cheeks getting hotter.

But while she was feeling shy and embarrassed, she couldn't help but feel an indescribable touch of sweetness in her heart.

Jing Puxiu actually pays attention to what songs she usually hums.
"Such small details are usually only noticed when you like or care about someone, right?"

“People like Yoshikawa and Ishikawa never noticed this.”

"so."

"Xiu is actually also happy. Do you care about me?"

This sudden guess startled Hori Kyoko, and she couldn't help but secretly turn her head to look at Iura Hide beside her.

"But this guy already has a girlfriend, and he's plotting against Mashiro-san. He's a complete scumbag."

Kyoko Hori couldn't help but mutter to herself in her heart.

The others are fine, like Yuki Yoshikawa, Sakura Kono and Pochi-chan, they all just like Iura Hide one-sidedly. At least for now, it seems that Iura Hide doesn't have any thoughts about them.

At most, it can be considered passive acceptance.

But it's different for Mashiro. She can feel that Iura Hide and Mashiro both have a crush on each other, and it can be said that they are a two-way relationship.

As for why they haven't officially started dating yet, she guessed it might be because Iura Hide already has a formal girlfriend, Kitagawa Umi.

But no matter what, liking other girls when you have a girlfriend is totally the behavior of a scumbag.

If it were someone else, she would have drawn a line between herself and the other person, or even slapped him/her in the face.

But that person happened to be Jingura Hide.

Although she knew that Jingpu Xiu was a "scumbag", she did not feel the slightest disgust towards him, and did not want to draw a clear line between herself and Jingpu Xiu.

I want to control myself from liking Iura Hide, but I can't do it at all.

Even when he first saw Iura Hide and Kitagawa Umi hugging each other and knew that Iura Hide had a girlfriend, he was just angry, aggrieved and sad.

The thought of giving up had just popped up in my mind when it was shattered by the emotions that surged like waves.

When Iura Hide promised Sota that he would continue to go and play with Sota, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.

Every time she thought of this, she couldn't help but secretly condemn herself in her heart, and then continued to like Jingpu Xiu like a moth to a flame.

From time to time, I would recall the scenes with Iura Hide in my mind, and then I would smile like a fool unconsciously.

"It feels like giving this bastard a punch!"

Kyoko Hori thought angrily in her heart, but her body seemed to be attracted by a magnet, and she unconsciously moved a little closer to Iura Hide.

There is no way. If liking can be easily controlled and given up, then it is not liking at all.

"arrive!"

The sudden sound startled Hori Kyoko and woke her up from her wild thoughts.

"arrive?"

"Yeah, what are you thinking about?"

Kyoko Hori looked at Iura Hide's handsome face full of confusion, then looked at the familiar door of her own home not far away, and a hint of embarrassment suddenly flashed in her amber eyes.

Before she knew it, she had already arrived home.

Moreover, it was rare for the two of them to go home together at night, but she actually wasted most of her time on wild thoughts. This made her feel annoyed after the embarrassment, and at the same time, a slightly bold idea popped up in her mind.

"I'm not thinking about anything. Do you want to come in and sit down?"

Kyoko Hori pretended to speak calmly, but her eyes still unconsciously avoided looking at Iura Hide. She felt a little shy and embarrassed, but at the same time, she also felt an inexplicable nervousness and anticipation.

Unfortunately, Jingpu Xiu just took out his mobile phone, checked the time, and then refused without thinking.

"No need. I stayed up late to review until after midnight last night. I plan to go to bed early today."

"Oh"

Kyoko Hori let out a soft "oh", but her mood was a little complicated.

In fact, before Iura Hide opened her mouth, she had already regretted it a little, because she finally remembered that her mother Hori Yuriko was still waiting at home to help her "check".

But when Jingpu Xiu refused without hesitation, she felt relieved but also couldn't help feeling a little angry.

Even though Jingpu Xiu's reasons were reasonable and sufficient, wasn't this rejection too straightforward?

"If it was Mashiro or that Kitagawa Umi, he definitely wouldn't refuse, right?"

I don’t know what she was thinking about, but Kyoko Hori suddenly felt a little restless and her cheeks became a little hot.

"Inviting a boy into your room late at night"

"Ahhh!"

"What the hell are you thinking about, you idiot!!"

Kyoko Hori quickly took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the wandering thoughts in her head, and waved to Iura Hide with a smile as if nothing had happened.

"Then go back and rest early. See you tomorrow."

"Well, see you tomorrow~"

Iura Hide also smiled back, then turned around and prepared to leave, thinking that he could probably finish watching "Maschera" with Kitagawa Umi if he went back now.

But at this moment, Hori Kyoko's voice came again from behind him.

"Wait a moment--"

(End of this chapter)