"Wait! I meant 'like' in that way. I just don't want to hear you being so self-deprecating..." Deep Impact knew she had misspoken in a moment of haste and hurriedly tried to explain and remedy the situation. But she felt that her image in Hakki's eyes had probably already collapsed beyond repair.
Why did I have to project a cold-faced persona yesterday! Is this what they call reaping what you sow?! Deep Impact was on the verge of tears.
"I think I... understand, but I really think it's fine... so you don't need to be so concerned about me, Deep Impact-san. I find that kind of concern more annoying." Hakki also understood Deep Impact's meaning. In this situation, if she wasn't more firm, perhaps Deep Impact would interfere more in her decisions in the future. So Hakki had to draw a line with Deep Impact now, and it would also help lower her affection level. Otherwise, if her affection got too high one day, she might get jumped by this horny horse in the dorm, and that would be a case so unjust she couldn't even cry about it at the police station.
Half of it was a performance of indifference, and the other half was a genuine dislike of being managed too much. After saying this, Hakki hugged the uniform and threw herself into her bed. A few seconds later, she threw the towel out from under the covers.
"Um... I'm so sorry... Hakki-san." The misunderstanding was thus created. Was their future roommate relationship going to be this stiff...? I don't want this...! Deep Impact desperately wanted to salvage the situation, but then another problem arose. She didn't know how to salvage it. She was the one who caused the trouble in the first place, and now she had to fix it herself... She couldn't think of a way.
"Mmm... it's nothing. Let's just leave it at that. I'm a bit tired today, so I'm going to sleep first." Hakki glanced at the messages on her phone. After looking at the gift revenue estimate in her streaming backend, she still couldn't sleep. The money she was earning now was just too little. But the laptop had been closed without ending the stream... she should probably mention this in the fan group.
[iEatLemons:My roommate just closed my laptop. I'm lying in bed naked now and too lazy to go turn it off. You guys can disperse.]
[PureAshLikeIce:The streamer was streaming naked just now?! I... I'm even more excited! Why didn't you say so during the stream! Why! You tell me this explosive news only after I'm already finished!]
Numb. But Hakki was too tired to care now. She turned off her phone, threw it on the nightstand, and fell into a deep sleep. When you're annoyed, the best solution is to sleep it off! It seemed that after her body became more sensitive, lying on the soft bed felt even more comfortable. Hakki quickly fell asleep. Deep Impact, on the other hand, sat on the edge of her bed, her face in her hands, filled with guilt.
What had happened in just five short minutes, Deep Impact could regret for a lifetime. She might even suddenly sit up in her sleep tonight and give herself two slaps. In the past, she always thought it was only those horse girls with such low EQ who would say such things... but now the boomerang had come back and hit her, and she realized the one with the lowest EQ was herself! This was too terrifying!
"Hakki-san... should... should forgive me, right...呜..." Trembling, guilt filled Deep Impact's heart. She never thought that one day she would also become the culprit who hurt someone's feelings...
With a heart full of guilt, Deep Impact didn't even wash up and just curled up in bed, sleeping in her clothes. She remained in a state of light sleep until dawn the next day, waking up at the slightest sound.
The sky was just beginning to brighten. Looking at her phone, the time was six in the morning. Deep Impact got up quietly, put on her shoes, and first went to the cafeteria to pack breakfast for Hakki in a thermal container. She placed it on Hakki's nightstand, left a note, and then went to the training room.
Hakki didn't exactly wake up naturally either. She was awakened by the aroma wafting from the thermal container. Opening her eyes, she saw breakfast placed on the table, and her mood for the start of the day went up.
"Hmm...? Did Deep Impact leave this?" There was a note clipped to the thermal container. Hakki put on a jacket and sat up. Deep Impact's handwriting, to be honest... Hakki thought it was shockingly ugly. She couldn't imagine a horse girl writing like that. Though she herself wasn't a good writer either.
I'm very sorry about yesterday. I've reflected on it and will be more careful in the future. Please forgive me.
"What's this... I wasn't even angry. Turns out she's so pure. Maybe she can be a free laborer in the future," Hakki thought, sending a funny yellow bean emoji to Deep Impact's Horse-tter before digging into her food.
Back at the Satono household, Hakki's mealtimes were irregular. Now at Central, with no one to discipline her, she was naturally even more unrestrained. After finishing her meal, she saw a new group chat on Horse-tter.
A loving and harmonious family
Hmm? The name of this group chat has a surprisingly familiar hometown feel.
Entering the group, she found it was the team's group chat. Oguri Cap had pulled her into it last night, and Kitahara had even @'d her in the middle of the night, attaching a Word document titled "Pre-Debut Training Plan."
She opened it to see a dense wall of text. Hakki's head ached just looking at it. She immediately passed on it. She had a condition where she got a headache just from seeing text, which was why she always streamed highly competitive games instead of story-driven ones.
Hakki didn't forget to turn off her laptop before leaving. Finally, she tied her long ash-grey hair into a high ponytail and went out to the training room. Since she had chosen to become a horse girl and had a trainer, she had to take on the responsibilities of a horse girl. The daily training still had to be completed seriously. Play hard when it's time to play, but work hard when it's time to work.
Hakki was different from other horse girls. She had never seen becoming a horse girl as a dream or a hobby, just a means to make a living. The victory of a race wasn't that important to her. As long as she could win her debut and go collect prize money, she could already reach the pinnacle of life.
"Morning! Oguri, Zennin, Kitahara-san!" She opened the door with a kick, looking full of spirit.
"Oh, morning. How about we do a test today? I can't see anything useful on the track from Hakki's file yet," Kitahara said, holding a cup of coffee. She smiled slightly when she saw the relatively punctual Hakki.
Hakki didn't shy away from it and agreed. "Sure, but... Kitahara-san, you should probably brace yourself. I'm really bad..."
"It's okay. There are no bad horse girls, only trainers who don't know how to train," Kitahara said, taking a sip of coffee.
Since I'm going all out... I might as well show off my strengths completely!
Hakki had observed before that she started faster than any other horse girl, and her starting speed was also faster. Although her strength wasn't as good as a normal horse girl's... as long as she didn't have to fight them for position, it would be fine. With these thoughts... Hakki's confidence grew. If her results in mile and medium-distance races were really bad, then she could just rely on her fast start to compete in short-distance races. There were so many paths in the world, why stick to a single one?
But Hakki herself didn't want to be too bad either, because... The prize money for short-distance races really wasn't as much as for mile and medium-distance races!
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