Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"Kaori, let's go back together."

As soon as the school bell rang, Usami Yuzuki couldn't wait to rush to fifth grade Class B. Minami Kaori hadn't left with her after school for almost a month.

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"Oh, Usami-san, Kaori-san has gone back."

"Kudou-kun?...You just said...Kaori...kun."

"Well, Kaori-san said she called me that anyway, so she asked me to call her that too."

Usami Yuzuki felt strange. Although Minami Kaori had always called Kudo Yuji "Yuji-san" before, Yuji still called her "Minami-san".

When did they start calling each other by name?

Usami Yuzuki felt a little regretful in her heart. Maybe she should have stopped Kaori from calling Kudo Yuji such an affectionate name from the beginning.

At noon the next day, Usami Yuzuki specially called Kaori to the ginkgo tree when everyone in Class B was there.

"What's wrong with you?"

Minami Kaori's eyes were evasive, instead of looking directly at Usami Yuzuki.

"Xiaori...someone told me today about what happened at noon yesterday."

She had thought that her best friend fell in love with her crush. In fact, she felt something was wrong as early as the fourth grade, but Kaori still acted carefree, which made her stop paying attention to this matter.

"Then...what do you think..."

"I know, you don't like Kudo-san, right? The rumors in the school make you very troubled, right? As long as you don't talk to Kudo-san anymore, no one will misunderstand you anymore."

"…don't want."

"Eh...!"

"I said I don't want it!"

Usami Yuzuki seemed to understand something. She lowered her head and touched the rabbit hairpin in her hair.

"Kaori... let's calm down a little first."

Usami Yuzuki walked away, leaving Minami Kaori sitting in despair under the ginkgo tree. There was someone blocking the sunlight in front of him, it was Kudo Yuji.

"Did you have a fight with Usami-san?"

Yuji held the fried noodles bread he just bought from the school canteen in his hand and sat next to Minami Kaori.

Yuji really didn't understand what happened between girls. He just sat there eating bread with his left hand underneath to prevent crumbs from falling to the ground.

"What? Yuji-san just knows how to be cool."

"Are you trying to be cool? I'm just eating bread! But you and Usami-san have always been good friends, haven't you? As long as you make it clear, I think everything will be fine."

"No! This time...it's a little different."

The girl remembered that she hadn't eaten yet, so she stretched out her hand to ask for the half-left fried noodles and bread from the boy.

"Hey! Didn't you bring a lunch box? There's only half of the fried noodles bread and I can't eat enough!"

"Nao Suo, then I'll give you half of my lunch box. Give it to me quickly!"

What's going on? I had a quarrel with Yuzuki just before because of him, and now I do this unconsciously. Do I really like Yuji-san?

As she ate the bread in her hand, the sunlight filtered through the ginkgo leaves and hit her body, making her cold hands and feet feel warm again.

Stuffing the leftover wrapping paper into her pocket, Minami Kaori hugged her knees and faced Yuji. Seeing him licking the crumbs from his hands, she blushed again.

She doesn't like him! Just annoying.