Chapter 68

"Thump, thump, thump--"

The sound of his massive weight coming down the steps was particularly noticeable in the wind and rain.

Eriri, who was shivering from the cold, huddled tightly in a corner on the first floor, clutching her bag and wearing only a thin school uniform skirt, heard the footsteps.

"Is there someone else?"

Eriri looked up with a surprised expression, gazing toward the stairs.

She hadn't brought an umbrella.

She had also thought this rain wouldn't be very heavy and wouldn't last long.

As a result, in order to finish that painting, she was less than ten minutes late, and just as she reached downstairs, the storm poured down from the sky in an instant.

Eriri had no choice but to retreat and huddle in the corner to keep warm.

The footsteps got closer and closer.

Eriri also stood up with effort, her small hands constantly rubbing her fair, lotus-root-like arms to keep warm.

This rain was too heavy, so heavy that the outside was a vast mist, with visibility of less than three meters.

Even her phone had no signal.

With rain this heavy, it wouldn't be unusual for it to rain until tomorrow morning.

Eriri was worried that she wouldn't even last an hour before freezing to death.

Just when the desperate Eriri thought she was going to be trapped here, hope finally arrived.

She moved her feet, came under the stairs, and poked her head out.

Kitakami Yoru, who was walking down with an umbrella in one hand and holding the wall with the other, almost slipped because of the sudden head poking out from the blind spot.

"Sawa... mura...!?"

Kitakami Yoru stood firm in time and called out Eriri's name from above.

Eriri was equally surprised, blinking her beautiful big eyes, and dodged to the side in a panic.

"It's actually him?"

"No... how could it be him?"

Eriri leaned against the wall, her petite figure starting to tremble; she didn't know if it was from shock or fear, and her expression was a bit strange.

Who knows what she was thinking in her heart?

Kitakami Yoru then walked down, holding the umbrella in front of him, and turned to look at Eriri.

At this moment, Eriri was leaning against the wall, her cute face devoid of any color, her delicate lips pale from the cold.

Kitakami Yoru was slightly stunned, looked at Eriri, then at the umbrella in his hand, and thought silently in his heart.

"Oh, so Sawamura-san doesn't have an umbrella~"

"What... what are you looking at?"

Eriri asked with trembling lips; Kitakami Yoru's actions just now hadn't been hidden at all.

After speaking, Eriri's gaze involuntarily moved to Kitakami Yoru's umbrella.

She wanted to leave with Kitakami Yoru, but...

Eriri looked up at Kitakami Yoru, this disgusting fat nerd in her eyes...

Suddenly, Eriri's heart skipped a beat.

Looking at Kitakami Yoru from her angle, she was surprised to find that the current Kitakami Yoru looked just like the fat nerd in the nightmare she had earlier.

Exactly the same, except his hair was a bit shorter!

"Gulp..."

Eriri immediately swallowed a mouthful of saliva in fear and shrank her body.

Why hasn't he left yet?

There are only the two of us here; he wouldn't be thinking of...

No, maybe I can share the umbrella with him and leave.

The thoughts in Eriri's mind were jumping here and there.

Kitakami Yoru, on the other hand, unhurriedly moved his gaze away from the golden treasure chest on Eriri's head and shook his umbrella.

This loli, who usually acted arrogant and looked down her nose at him whenever she saw him, was very cute, but Kitakami Yoru had no good feelings for her at all.

"Why hasn't he left yet?"

"Should I share the umbrella with him and leave?"

Seeing that Kitakami Yoru hadn't left, Eriri was pleasantly surprised and associated it with this.

But in that instant, she hesitated again.

If the person sharing the umbrella was a girl, or an ordinary boy, it would be fine.

But it just had to be Kitakami Yoru, this fat nerd.

Kitakami Yoru didn't know what Eriri was thinking beside him; if he had, he probably would have cursed Eriri to death.

Fantasizing about sharing an umbrella to leave with him while looking down on him for being a fat nerd.

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However...

Kitakami Yoru had never thought of helping Eriri from the beginning.

Staying on the first floor, waiting for a while, seeing that there was no possibility of the rain letting up.

It was also getting colder and colder.

Kitakami Yoru held his umbrella and intended to risk getting a little wet to go home.

His movement startled Eriri.

"Eh?"

Eriri had originally thought that Kitakami Yoru stopping here meant he had the idea of helping her.

As a result, Kitakami Yoru just left.

"Hey, wait, wait!"

Eriri was stunned, and after reacting, she chased after him in an instant.

But she was forced back by the storm.

Raindrops the size of broad beans hit her, and she could feel a hint of pain.

"What?"

Kitakami Yoru frowned and stopped in the rain, looking back.

Eriri wouldn't want to share an umbrella with me?

Want me to give her a hand?

No way!

Kitakami Yoru muttered to himself.

"That... that..."

"Can you give me a ride?"

Eriri hesitated, speaking haltingly.

Clearly asking for help, but she was as embarrassed as if she were confessing.

"Give you a ride?"

Kitakami Yoru didn't hear clearly, but he could guess what Eriri meant.

"Uh."

Eriri looked at the fat nerd in front of her and nodded hard.

She thought that since she had asked Kitakami Yoru like this, he shouldn't refuse her, but rather be happy and eager to help, right?

"If it were someone else, it would be fine."

Eriri sighed in her heart again, still struggling and disliking Kitakami Yoru for being a fat nerd even now.

"No."

Kitakami Yoru shook his head and refused decisively.

However, after saying that, he didn't leave immediately, but stayed in place, wanting to see the reaction of this arrogant loli.

A strong gust of wind came aggressively, tilting the umbrella.

Raindrops fell crazily from the sky, hitting the surface of the umbrella and making a sound.