“Come on, I’ll carry you.”
Nakano Yu’s words reached her ears, such a light and breezy sentence, yet it hit Miura Yumiko’s head like a shockwave, her cheeks turning crimson in an instant.
He, he, he… what did he just say?!
Carry, carry me?!
What does it mean? Does Nakano Yu want to… take me home?
Her brain worked at lightning speed, a torrent of information churning up a storm in Miura Yumiko's mind.
“Hurry up, I still have to cook dinner at home.”
Seeing Miura Yumiko dilly-dallying, Nakano Yu urged her with a voice that sounded impatient.
He had already checked, Miura Yumiko was seriously injured, and staying there would only make it worse.
He couldn’t use his Authority on Miura Yumiko either. After all, the War God's Authority could only be used on others by kissing, and with Miura Yumiko’s personality, if he asked, he would probably be labeled a pervert in the first place.
Leaving this girl here, he’d probably not be able to go home until the next morning. With no other options, Nakano Yu decided to carry her back.
“This…”
Hearing Nakano Yu’s voice, Miura Yumiko snapped out of her daze, biting her lip gently, unsure whether she should let Nakano Yu carry her back.
“If you don’t get on soon, I’m leaving.”
While Miura Yumiko was still hesitant, Nakano Yu pretended to be impatient, getting up and about to leave.
Seeing this, Miura Yumiko panicked, and without thinking, she used one leg to support herself and got onto the young man’s back.
The moment she climbed on, Miura Yumiko felt the warmth from Nakano Yu’s body. That warmth was like the sun, bringing Miura Yumiko an immense sense of peace.
“Excuse me.”
The young man mumbled softly. After saying that, he put both hands behind him and stood up.
“Ugh!”
Feeling the contact from his hands, Miura Yumiko’s face turned red, she subconsciously wanted to straighten up but was pinched by Nakano Yu.
“Don’t move around! If you fall again, you’ll break your head, not just your foot!”
Hearing this, Miura Yumiko didn't care about being shy anymore, she quickly lay down on Nakano Yu’s back and even held up the umbrella in her hand.
After asking about the direction to Miura Yumiko’s home, Nakano Yu carried the girl, the girl holding the umbrella. This bizarre combination walked down the road in the rain.
Lying on Nakano Yu’s back, Miura Yumiko looked at Nakano Yu's handsome face, her gaze strange, wondering what was going on in her heart.
Suddenly, Miura Yumiko noticed that the clothes on the young man’s shoulder had been soaked by the rain. She quickly moved the umbrella to try and cover Nakano Yu, but her body twisted, causing Nakano Yu to pinch her again.
This time, Miura Yumiko’s already eased cheeks flushed red again. In the cool rain, the girl’s face was surprisingly hot.
“Don’t move around! Just hold the umbrella for yourself.”
After reminding her, Nakano Yu continued on his way. It was already a hassle to control his strength so as not to hurt Miura Yumiko, and this girl was still giving him a hard time.
Hearing Nakano Yu’s words, Miura Yumiko obediently adjusted her posture, without speaking, her heart was full of mixed feelings.
She thought her friends would come and pick her up, but unexpectedly, they were having dessert. Just now, Miura Yumiko received a message from those so-called “friends”.
They said they were busy and didn’t have time to pick her up, and asked Miura Yumiko to call her family.
But that so-called busy, is it just leaving her alone at school and then going out to have fun?
If so, then they are really busy.
As for why Miura Yumiko didn't call her family, she knew very well that even if she called her parents and told them she was hurt, it was raining, and she couldn’t go home alone.
Even so! They would only give her a few perfunctory words of concern, and then say they were busy with work and let her figure out how to get home herself.
This kind of thing wasn’t the first or second time for Miura Yumiko.
If it weren’t for Nakano Yu, she would probably have to stay in that pavilion until very late tonight.
“Hey, Nakano, you’re actually not bad in private, you just talk in a way that’s a little… harsh.”
Suddenly, Miura Yumiko started a conversation with the young man.
“Miura-san is the same, you seem to get along with everyone, but things like this happen.”
Faced with Miura Yumiko’s teasing, Nakano Yu did not back down and retorted.
Hearing this, Miura Yumiko’s face immediately became unhappy, she grumbled and said:
“I just… met the wrong people. Anyway, I will never hang out with them again! Two ungrateful brats!”
“Wow? That’s great.”
Hearing Miura Yumiko’s tone and seeing that she was no longer sad about her friends, Nakano Yu felt relieved. He was never good at comforting girls, especially when it came to issues between girls and others.
For the Five Sisters, if anyone made them unhappy, Nakano Yu would always punch them twice and make the other person unhappy too, but for this kind of thing between friends, Nakano Yu couldn’t say anything, he was just an outsider.
The two chatted on and off, mostly Miura Yumiko asking about Nakano Yu, and Nakano Yu answering, such as the question of whether Nakano Yu was the one who cooked at home.
Soon, the two arrived at Miura Yumiko’s doorstep.
Arriving at the doorstep, Nakano Yu found that the lights in the house were off and couldn’t help but frown.
He was still wondering why Miura Yumiko didn’t have her parents pick her up. Now it seems, she’s also a child who lacks love.
The rain had stopped by now, so Nakano Yu helped Miura Yumiko and put her down.
“Here’s some bruise medication. Miura-san, put it on later, and it will take effect soon.”
Without Miura Yumiko’s notice, Nakano Yu took a small bottle of spray medicine from his system space. This was developed by the medical research institute under Nakano Maruo, and because it couldn’t be mass-produced, it wasn’t put on the market, but it was very effective, so it was used privately by the Nakano family.
After all, Yonba, one of the Five Sisters, loved to jump around, and she was often injured, so Nakano Yu had kept a few bottles in his system space.
“Yes, thank you, Nakano-kun.”
Taking the spray, Miura Yumiko didn’t hesitate. In her eyes, it was just a bottle of medicine, it couldn’t be that expensive.
“I’m going now.”
After doing all this, Nakano Yu didn't linger, he turned around and was about to leave, but just as he took two steps, Miura Yumiko behind him called out to the young man:
“Wait! Nakano-kun!”
“What’s wrong?”
The young man stopped and turned around. He saw Miura Yumiko leaning against the wall, her face flushed red, in the night, a sweet atmosphere pervaded.
“….That, if what I said back then was serious, how would Nakano-kun answer?”
After a long silence, Miura Yumiko clenched her skirt, and with a surge of courage, she asked.
Hearing Miura Yumiko’s question, Nakano Yu smiled and said those earth-shattering words:
“Of course, after all, my dream is to give every girl in the world a home!”
“Hah?! You… you… eh? Where did he go?”
Just as Miura Yumiko was fidgeting, waiting for Nakano Yu’s answer, her expression changed when she heard those words, she looked up at Nakano Yu, but she suddenly found that the young man who was just there had vanished.
“Nakano…”
Looking at the empty street, Miura Yumiko put her hand on her chest, a sense of inexplicable disappointment arose in her heart.
What’s wrong with me?
…