Chapter 136: Are You Guys Dating?
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As it turned out, Kagura Hikaru and Ai Cheng Hua Lian didn't find the school doctor in the infirmary.
Who knows where he wandered off to.
Although he wasn't there, since the door of the infirmary wasn't locked, that meant it was available for use.
Kagura Hikaru carried Ai Cheng Hua Lian on his back, settled her into a chair, then began searching the medicine cabinet for topical medicine for bruises and sprains.
Thinking about the injuries high schoolers sustain at school, most of them are probably of this sort, so this type of medication is definitely a staple.
As expected, he found it.
Kagura Hikaru, holding a bottle of medicine, said to Ai Cheng Hua Lian, "Okay, take it off."
"Wait, wait a second, that's not something a guy should be saying to a girl, at least not among high school students..."
Kohinata Motoyo said in panic from the side.
Unexpectedly, this pure space contained a person whose mind was filled with lewd thoughts.
Kagura gave her a strange glance and added, "Take off your shoe and socks. Just the injured foot is fine."
"Okay...."
Ai Cheng Hua Lian's face turned red as she bent down to take off her indoor shoes and ankle socks.
A pale, delicate, and pinkish little foot was exposed to the air, timidly curling its toes.
"Kagura, be gentle...."
"I know. Just bear with it for a moment."
"Wait, wait a second." Kohinata Motoyo covered her face, peering through her wide fingers, "That's not something a girl should say to a guy—"
"Alright, I know what you want to say; just shut up for now," Kagura said impatiently, "Also, why did you follow us here? It's just treating a sprained foot, there's nothing to see."
Kohinata Motoyo was slightly troubled: "You tell me to shut up, but then you ask me a question. So should I keep quiet or answer you?"
"Of course you should shut up. Stay away from me."
"Oh...."
Ai Cheng Hua Lian sat on the chair, supporting her thigh with both hands, looking here and there, unable to determine whether Kagura and this extraordinarily beautiful girl had a good relationship or a bad one.
If you said they were close, they seemed to bicker as well.
If you said they weren't close, it seemed like Kagura really didn't want to have any contact with her, but the other girl felt the opposite.
"Ah~"
Lost in thought and caught off guard, her foot was suddenly grasped, and Ai Cheng Hua Lian let out an undignified sound.
She quickly covered her mouth, annoyed, and fidgeted with her foot.
"Kagura, you have to tell me before you start!"
"Sorry," Kagura said, devoid of any real sincerity.
He held Ai Cheng Hua Lian's soft foot sole with his left hand, lifting it gently, and after a careful inspection confirmed there was no swelling, he applied medicine to the injured ankle with two medicated cotton swabs.
Because the swabs had a very small contact area, and Ai Cheng Hua Lian was the type particularly sensitive to physical touch,
what was a perfectly proper application of medicine slowly began to feel like an ambiguous atmosphere was developing.
"Hmm.... Mmm~~"
Ai Cheng Hua Lian, enduring the tickle, clenched her skirt with both hands, humming.
It was only when she noticed the long-haired girl nearby had an embarrassed expression that she realized and her face turned beet red.
How could she again...
To divert her attention, she hastily asked Kagura, "I, I'm saying, Kagura, you haven't introduced me yet."
"What?" said Kagura, his head still down, focusing on applying the medicine.
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"It's the one who came in with us....."
"..." Kagura Hikaru acted as if he hadn't heard and shut his mouth, resisting the urge to explain.
Just moments before at the bottom of the classroom building, he had similarly brushed aside the girls' questions.
Clearly, he didn't want Ai Cheng Hua Lian to interact with Kohinata Motoyo.
But regardless of his wishes, it was the person in question who took the initiative to speak up.
"I'm sorry for being rude. My name is Kohinata Motoyo. I'm in the same class as Kagura and just transferred today. Hello," Kohinata Motoyo said apologetically, smiling at Ai Cheng Hua Lian.
He just transferred today, but he seems pretty familiar with Kagura Hikaru?
He's not just an ordinary classmate, right?
Thinking this, Ai Cheng Hua Lian awkwardly placed her hands on her thighs, folding them over: "No, it's my fault, I also forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ai Cheng Hua Lian, and I'm friends with Kagura."
"I see, so it's Student Ai Cheng."
"Watch your manners, Ai Cheng is a third-year student, she's our senior," Kagura Hikaru interjected, "You should call her Senior Ai Cheng."
Kohinata Motoyo looked over in disbelief, "Then why are you the exception?"
"She just explained it, because we are friends."
With a flick of his wrist, Kagura Hikaru accurately tossed the used cotton swab into the corner trash can, then found some gauze in the infirmary's cabinet and skillfully bandaged Ai Cheng Hua Lian's foot.
"That should do it."
Kagura Hikaru stood up, signaling to Ai Cheng Hua Lian that she could put on her shoes and socks now, while reminding, "Don't bathe tonight, or at least don't get this foot wet. Come back here tomorrow to change the dressing, and it should be completely healed in a few days."
The two girls looked at each other upon hearing this and couldn't help but snicker.
"...What are you laughing at." Kagura Hikaru frowned.
"No, it's just... Kagura, the way you speak, it's as if you're the school nurse," Ai Cheng Hua Lian said, bending down to put on her shoes to hide her expression, her shoulders shaking, "If you wore a white coat, pfft, it would be even more convincing."
"Indeed, you're just like the family doctor at my home," Kohinata Motoyo said, covering her mouth to stifle her laughter.
"..."
He didn't get the girls' sense of humor.
"Anyway, I should take you home first." Kagura Hikaru turned to face Ai Cheng Hua Lian again, squatting down and showing her his back, "Come on."
Having had one experience already, and perhaps aware that there was a stranger watching this time, Ai Cheng Hua Lian smoothly reached out to grab his shoulders and clambered on without blushing to a deep red.
But from the blush on the tips of her ears, it was clear she was still a bit embarrassed.
"Kagura, do you know where Senior Ai Cheng lives?" Kohinata Motoyo asked at this moment.
"Yes, I visited many times over the summer," Kagura Hikaru replied unconsciously, "It's pretty close to my house."
"Is that so..." Kohinata Motoyo seemed a bit lost in thought, and only when they started walking down the hallway did he speak again, "Kagura, are you dating Senior Ai Cheng by any chance?"
"Eh??" Ai Cheng Hua Lian let out a small shriek.
She had intended to eavesdrop on their conversation to determine the nature of their relationship, as part of her own little deductive game for entertainment, but she hadn't expected to suddenly become the subject of discussion.
"We..."
Ai Cheng Hua Lian was about to explain but Kagura Hikaru beat her to it.
"What would you do if I said yes?" Kagura Hikaru didn't turn his head, calmly dropping the bombshell.
Ai Cheng Hua Lian, perched on his back, was instantly stunned into stiffness.
What on earth did he just say?!
"Is that so, I see..."
Kohinata Motoyo suddenly revealed a smile with no trace of forcing it, naturally breaking into laughter.
"Then I'm relieved, you definitely aren't dating."