"Huh?" Nao furrowed her brows as she looked at Hakuto beside her, seriously doubting whether she had misheard.
"What did you say?"
"I asked, President, do you have any feelings for me... in that way?"
Nao could never have imagined that Hakuto would ask such a question.
She pinched her own cheek, confirming she wasn't dreaming, then spoke again.
"Feelings in that way? Are you talking about something like being lovers?"
Perhaps Nao was just naturally oblivious to the concept of shyness, because even in this situation, her face was filled with nothing but disbelief.
"Then, what do you think I'm referring to, President?" Hakuto raised an eyebrow.
Since the horn of the charge had already been sounded, Hakuto had no reason to retreat!
Hakuto didn't believe in the notion that the person who expresses their feelings first is the one who fails in love.
And, in a sense, Hakuto also didn't have the qualifications to say such things.
After all, right now, he was approaching the conversation with the mindset of building a harem with Nao.
If possible, Hakuto really wanted to pursue pure love...
At this moment, Nao, in front of Hakuto, was both furrowing her brows and raising an eyebrow, as if trying to understand something incomprehensible.
"What do you mean by that? Are you confessing?"
To her surprise! Just as Nao finished speaking, Hakuto suddenly assumed a very serious expression and said,
"Yes, I like you, President. Please be my girlfriend!"
His posture, his tone—he didn't look like he was joking... and Nao knew this all too well...
"You like me? Is this for real? Didn't you say only gods would like me?"
Nao still couldn't believe it, but before she could finish that sentence, Hakuto pulled out a piece of paper and stuck it to his chest.
The paper clearly had the word "God" written on it! The person who wrote it might have feared it wouldn't be clear enough, so they even used a black permanent marker!
Nao: (＠￣ー￣＠)?
Wait, is this for real?!
Now, Nao was completely certain that Hakuto was serious...
"President, can you accept me?"
Looking into Hakuto's sincere gaze, Nao took a deep breath and asked,
"You want me to be your girlfriend? What about all those other girls you're chasing?"
As expected of Tomori Nao!
When other girls are confessed to, they get all shy and embarrassed.
But Nao was about to shout, "You're awesome, bro!" on her face.
"Let's not talk about those quintuplets, the chuunibyou upstairs, and the others... Naniwa's Snow White is your childhood friend, after all. And between me and her... you chose me?"
Nao pointed to herself, asking Hakuto a soul-searching question.
Although "childhood friend" can sometimes be a reverse title in some anime, used by lazy writers to cover up their poor writing skills, the bond of childhood friends—
so close yet so distant—is something those two-bit writers love to write about with their ambiguous emotions!
However, Nao knew that this wasn't some anime, and childhood friends like Ginko, who didn't hide her feelings, were like bosses in party politics!
Anyone who could win over someone with such attributes was definitely a force to be reckoned with!
However, what Nao didn't know was that Hakuto wasn't interested in just one thing—he wanted it all!!
And as she saw Hakuto's smile, Nao seemed to realize something.
"(눈_눈)? What's that expression on your face?"
"(๑Ő௰Ő๑)～"
"Why are you blushing? You're the one confessing to me, you idiot!"
Nao, not holding back her anger, punched Hakuto right in the chest!
If this were the old days, Hakuto would have dodged, but now, he couldn't do that.
"President, hold on, what I really want to know is... what's your answer?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, will you be my girlfriend?"
Nao looked at Hakuto's mischievous expression and furrowed her brows, subconsciously wanting to run away.
Having a boyfriend like this would ruin her life! This life would be over!
But Nao still stopped herself from acting on her impulse. She looked at Hakuto in front of her and spoke.
"Being a couple...?" Nao paused, and honestly, her feelings for Hakuto were complicated.
He was one of the few people she could trust, one of the few people who cared about her. They lived together—more than friends, less than lovers?
But now, it seemed like those labels were merging into one—lovers...
Nao looked at Hakuto, and it seemed like this relationship wasn't so bad after all.
Nao asked herself if she liked Hakuto.
From the moment they first met, Hakuto had given Nao the impression of someone who used his superior conditions to deceive girls.
At that time, Nao didn't care too much; after all, her interactions with Hakuto were for the supercomputer, and their relationship was just that of colleagues.
But as they got to know each other more, Nao realized that Hakuto wasn't as he appeared.
Despite his love for money, he would give help to those in need without hesitation.
Despite always saying he hated trouble, when Nao was bullied at school, only Hakuto stood up for her.
Hakuto wasn't the kind of person who thought money could solve everything! He had his own principles and bottom lines.
Afterward, they completed student council tasks together, went to concerts together, and visited her crazy brother in the hospital.
When she found out that Hakuto would die because of her in the future, Nao stood at the base gate every day, genuinely afraid that one day, he wouldn't return...
So... when did this all start?
Nao looked at Hakuto in front of her, and perhaps it didn't matter when it started.
Just like her math teacher often said, the solution to a math problem often starts with a single word.
Maybe it was when Nao started following Hakuto, or maybe it was fate? Or maybe it was meant to be...
But whatever the reason, at this moment, Nao reached out and took Hakuto's hand.
"Actually, the moment my own mother sold me out, I stopped caring about this kind of thing..." Nao smiled faintly, "
"But if the person is you, I think I can care about it..."
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