Chapter 399 Sleeping Separately
"Yeah, let's just do that!"
Kushida Kikyo and Wang Mei-yu looked at each other, reaching a tacit consensus.
They decided to ditch their teammate without hesitation!
Hikigaya couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, thinking to himself that Mori Nene was truly pitiful.
"Alright, the night is late.
We still have the exam tomorrow.
Let's get some rest early so we can recharge our energy."
Kushida Kikyo expertly smoothed out the floor bedding and used a folded towel as a pillow.
"Mei-chan, you sleep at this end, Hikigaya, you sleep at that end, and I'll sleep in the middle."
She nonchalantly determined the positions for the three of them, arranging everything clearly.
"..."
Wang Mei-yu slightly pouted, a hint of tiny reluctance hidden in the depths of her eyes.
I wanted to sleep next to the handsome guy too!
"Hmm? Mei-chan, do you have any objections?"
Kushida Kikyo turned to look, her face still wearing a gentle and kind smile, but her eyes carried a trace of imperceptible pressure.
"Uh, no..."
Wang Mei-yu subconsciously shrank her neck and immediately went quiet.
Having been desk-mates with Kushida Kikyo for a year, she had more or less vaguely sensed that Kushida Kikyo was not as kind as she appeared on the surface.
"Fine."
Hikigaya calmly picked up his pillow and moved silently to the very end of the floor bedding.
"Huh? Hikigaya, what do you mean by this?"
Kushida Kikyo's face darkened immediately.
"Lying shoulder-to-shoulder is just too cramped; it's hard to even turn over."
Hikigaya looked composed and explained with a straight face: "This head-to-toe sleeping position allows us to make the most of the limited space."
Kushida Kikyo was instantly speechless, her expression cycling between pale and livid, yet she couldn't find a single word to refute him.
"You two, good night."
Without waiting for her to say anything more, Hikigaya turned around, lay down facing the outside of the bedding, and completely distanced himself.
"Pfft~"
Wang Mei-yu couldn't help but cover her mouth and giggle, her eyes curving into crescents: "You two look like a married couple who decided to sleep separately after a fight."
"There was no fight... Mei-chan, you've misunderstood."
Kushida Kikyo rolled her eyes and explained with a subtle tone: "It's because Hikigaya-kun has a peculiar fetish; he likes to sleep while holding a girl's soles."
"Hey! Kikyo, what nonsense are you spouting?"
Black lines appeared all over Hikigaya's head.
Even if it was the truth, this was personal privacy—how could she just blurt it out?
"Eh eh~ So that's how it is..."
Wang Mei-yu blinked, unexpectedly not showing any expression of disgust or revulsion.
"No... Mei-chan, don't you think it's very strange?"
Kushida Kikyo seemed somewhat caught off guard by Wang Mei-yu's calm reaction.
Because she had intentionally exposed Hikigaya's privacy, aiming to make her best friend feel repulsed and thereby alienate the two of them.
"Why should I think it's strange?"
Wang Mei-yu countered with clear eyes: "It's perfectly normal for Hikigaya-kun to have such a hobby, isn't it?
Throughout history, there have been countless people who love beautiful feet.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the highly talented Cao Zhi wrote a beautiful description of jade-like feet in the 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River': 'Her steps were light, like the willow swaying in the breeze; her silken socks stirred up no dust...'
There is also the great poet Su Shi's 'Bodhisattva Man: Ode to Feet': 'Slim and graceful, a beauty hard to describe, one must look at them upon one's palm... Do not grudge the fragrance of the lotus-like steps, I always worry about the silken socks drifting away like waves...'
In Western literature, the 'Song of Solomon': 'How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.'"
Wang Mei-yu even remembered to show off her fluent English at the end.
Kushida Kikyo didn't understand it, but she felt like it sounded very impressive!
"Oh wow! As expected of Mei-yu-chan, you're so knowledgeable!"
Hikigaya couldn't help but raise his hand and give her a sincere thumbs-up.
See, intellectuals really are different.
"Hee hee~ I just like reading books~~"
Wang Mei-yu said with a smile: "If Hikigaya-kun likes them, I can tell you more stories about foot fetishes."
"..."
Hikigaya couldn't help but blush.
Even though he had thick skin, discussing his private fetishes openly with girls still made him feel ashamed!
Seeing the two of them chatting and laughing and looking very happy together, Kushida Kikyo interrupted crossly: "Quiet! Sleep!"
The three of them lay down, and the tent fell into silence instantly.
Of course, falling asleep just like that was impossible!
The first to cause trouble was still Kushida Kikyo.
She moved her body quietly, and a pair of slender feet gently rested on Hikigaya's body, carrying a bit of deliberate testing and teasing.
Hikigaya originally wanted to pretend to be asleep, dealing with the changing situation with the unchanging.
As a result, the other party pushed her luck, actually stepping onto his "base."
This was something that couldn't be controlled by willpower alone.
In an instant, the rebel army rose to fight...
"Ehehe~"
A faint laugh echoed inside the tent.
Kushida Kikyo's footwork became bolder; the slender tips of her toes, carrying a slightly cool temperature, provoked wildly, even attempting to open his "tent" and directly carry out a tap-dance rhythm aimed at the flag in the core area.
"Ugh..."
Hikigaya couldn't bear it anymore and reached out, precisely grabbing her ankle as she acted recklessly.
"Humph~ Didn't you chat very happily with Mei-chan just now?"
Kushida Kikyo lowered her voice, her breath shallow, carrying a thick sense of jealousy: "Researching beautiful feet, right? Now I'll let you research!"
"Kikyo, stop it! What if Mei-yu suddenly wakes up, what then?"
Hikigaya looked up in the direction of Wang Mei-yu and found her lying on her side in a deep sleep, smacking her lips from time to time, though not sleeping very soundly and could wake up at any moment.
"What are you afraid of?
That bookworm woman, what does she know!"
Kushida Kikyo looked disdainful, and immediately after, she rose up abruptly.
Like a tigress descending the mountain, she bit down on the giraffe!!!
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The third day of island life.
Kushida Kikyo got up early to brush her teeth.
Hikigaya also stepped out of the tent quietly; he needed to clean up his personal hygiene now.
After the two left, the sleeping Wang Mei-yu in the tent opened her eyes cautiously, her brain recalling the scene with extreme visual impact she had seen last night, and her cheeks turned deep red instantly.
She muttered to herself in a low voice: "Kikyo-chan and Hikigaya-kun, actually...
Ah~ this is too shameless!"
The smell of the battle's gunpowder still lingered in the air, making one feel quite intoxicated.
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