Chapter 5: Don't you have any friends?

True to her own body, she was able to take a bath without any problems even if she kept her head tilted up the entire time and stared at the ceiling without turning her eyes away.

As for taking a bath, Yukinoshita Yukino thought that the bathtub in the house would have to be abandoned for a while until Hayashizaki left her body.

Of course, not being able to take a bath isn't a big problem for Yukinoshita Yukino, the biggest problem is the Hayashizaki that's living in her body, if he doesn't say anything, he's secretly planning something behind her back and doesn't let herself know about it, that's fine.

The point was that he was very talkative and liked to make people angry!

There was no way she could keep taking leave from home and not go to school, even if she wanted to, her family would be the first to come to her door and raise hell.

"No way! Don't you dare try to blind my eyes, which find beauty, with all this mediocrity!" A mouth protested loudly on Yukinoshita Yukino's head.

"Shut up! There's no way I'm going out to school with two pairs of eyes!" With a determined expression, Yukinoshita Yukino sat down in front of her dresser, where before her were various cosmetics that she had rarely used since she bought them.

"reoreoreoreo!!!" Hayashizaki made a tongue attack, and in the mirror, a waving tongue on the young girl's forehead looked magical.

However, even though she was threatened by the licking attack, Yukinoshita Yukino still pursed her lips tightly, without the slightest thought of giving up on covering those extra eyes with makeup.

"You think it's okay to cover your eyes?" Hayashizaki bellowed, "If you take it any further, it'll be a no-win situation.Yukinoshita, you don't want an extra mouth on your head, do you!?"

The young girl's movements froze, and Hayashizaki struck while the iron was hot by retreating, "Why don't we each take a step back, and I'll close my eyes and promise not to open them to scare anyone."

If those eyes of Hayashizaki's were closed, from the outside it would look like a pair of tiny scars that might draw attention, but the impact wouldn't be too great, at least not as much as having an extra pair of eyes or a mouth.

Without giving it much thought, Yukinoshita Yukino quickly nodded in agreement.

After preparing her lunchbox for noon, eating breakfast, and packing her things, she headed out the door and walked to school.

When Yukinoshita Yukino was in her first year of high school, she moved out of her home to live alone in a high-end apartment close to the school. It was just a short walk from home to school, taking only a few minutes.

Even though it had only been a day since she last walked this familiar path, her mindset had changed a lot when she stepped on it again.

"Are curse spirits really this common?"

Yukinoshita Yukino calmly observed the tired office worker passing by her. To be precise, she was looking at the ugly curse spirit on his shoulder, which looked like a fleshy caterpillar.

Along the way, she saw many similar things, whether they were lying on the ground, flying in the sky, hanging from building windows, or clinging to people.

Thinking about the many dangers lurking on her usual route to school made Yukinoshita Yukino shiver.

'They're not common; they've always been there. You just started to notice them,'

Hayashizaki's voice echoed.

Is this the true nature of the world...

Yukinoshita Yukino nervously rubbed her hands together. Remembering what Hayashizaki had said about her Sukuna aura attracting curse spirits, she worried,

"Will they all come to attack me?"

'Don't worry. The weak ones won't even dare to come close, let alone attack you. Ryoumen Sukuna is the king of curses, so only the strong curse spirits will be drawn to you.'

"That's not really good news..."

Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, holding her forehead.

She nervously arrived at school and was relieved not to see any curse spirits. She couldn't handle having one stuck to the classroom ceiling during her lessons.

Hayashizaki kept his word and didn't cause any trouble, so Yukinoshita Yukino settled back into her usual routine. Her expression gradually relaxed.

She attended classes seriously, took notes, and spent her breaks reading, except for a brief exchange with the class rep during the morning class. She was as quiet as a beautiful painting.

'Yukinoshita, I have a question.'

During the break after the third period, Hayashizaki's voice came again. Yukinoshita Yukino frowned,

"Didn't you promise not to bother me during school? What if someone hears you?"

'You can talk to me directly in your mind, so you don't need to speak out loud to talk to me'

She looked up and saw her classmates giving her strange looks. Blushing, she coughed and continued reading to hide her embarrassment.

'Why didn't you say so earlier?'

'You didn't ask. I've been talking to you this way since we left for school. I thought you knew.'

Seeing so many scary curse spirits on the way to school, who had the mind to notice whether your voice was in my ear or my head!?

After thinking it over, Yukinoshita Yukino decided not to argue.

'Fine... What's your question?'

Hayashizaki gathered his thoughts.

'Do you have no friends?'

After a brief silence, Yukinoshita Yukino's calm voice responded.

'First, let's define what a friend is.'

'Do we need to define friends?'

'Of course. A definition is like a measuring stick. Without a clear definition, can you call someone you just met, exchanged a few words with, and will never see again a friend?'

'You really don't have any friends, do you?'

Hayashizaki said confidently.

"..."

The school bell rang just in time, giving Yukinoshita Yukino an excuse to end the conversation.

'I have class now. Please be quiet and don't make a fuss in my head.'

'Poor kid,'

Hayashizaki sighed, though it was more mocking than sympathetic. He then fell silent, not trying to annoy her further.

At lunchtime, Yukinoshita Yukino took her lunch to an empty classroom. Only the area in front of the podium was used, with a single desk and chair, while the rest of the room was filled with stacked desks and chairs.

She sat down and started eating her lunch.

"What is this place, a secret base?"

With no one else around, Hayashizaki didn't hide his presence, showing his mouth on Yukinoshita's hand.

'Are you a elementary school student?'

Yukinoshita Yukino said lightly.

"This is the club room for the club I started."

"What club?"

"The Service Club."

If he had a body, Hayashizaki would have leaned back in shock.

"I can't believe you, Yukinoshita. You secretly started such an unserious club!"

A # symbol appeared on Yukinoshita Yukino's forehead.

"First, this is a proper club recognized by the school with a supervising teacher. Second, the club's purpose is to help others, with the rich helping the poor out of compassion!"

"The only unserious thing here is your dirty mind!"

"It's just a free odd-jobs club. The name is your problem,"

Hayashizaki retorted.

Then he seemed to notice something and looked towards the door.

"Two people are coming this way. I'll hide."

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was about to respond, felt frustrated as her target disappeared. She looked at the classroom door.

A few seconds later, the door was flung open, and a female teacher wearing a lab coat over her suit walked in casually.

"Yukinoshita, I'm coming in... Why do you look like that? Did I do something wrong?"

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