Bhsaf 188 School trip 16

　After about 20 minutes of being rocked around on the bus and taking in the views of the good old Kyoto cityscape, Yu and his friends arrived at the matchmaking shrine.

　There is another large, famous shrine located nearby, and perhaps because of this, there are also groups of people wearing the same uniform as Yu and his friends.

"It seems like everyone thinks the same way."

　Students are free to decide their own groups and destinations for their free time. If there are couples on the school trip, like Yuu and his friends, most of them would want to go to a shrine for matchmaking together.

　However, there is a rule that prevents people from forming groups with only one member of the opposite sex. However, there is a loophole.

　For example, you could create a group of four people so that two couples could go on a double date. However, since the groups must be formed within the same class, this would not work unless there were two couples in the same class.

　However, there is a trick where men and women form groups together and meet up at their free time.

　As a result, by the time Yu and Yui arrived at the matchmaking shrine, several couples from the same high school had already arrived.

"Well, it's a once in a lifetime high school field trip after all."

　If you are a working adult who has experienced many romantic relationships and breakups, you can usually give up on them no matter how passionate you were about them at the time. However, for a young teenager with little experience, each relationship is a passionate one, and they can get the illusion that it takes up most of their life.

　For that reason, Yu and his friends could see couples having fun right in front of them.

"Come on, Yui-chan. Let's go too."

　Holding Yui's hand, he leads her towards the temple grounds.

　This shrine has two human-sized stones. There is a distance between the two stones, and it is said that if you can walk from one stone to the other with your eyes closed, your love will come true.

　It's no exaggeration to say that everyone who comes here is looking for this, so as I get closer, I start to see more and more of my classmates.

　They notice Yuu and his friends' presence and smile broadly at how close they seem to be.

"It's kind of embarrassing..."

"It's fine, as long as you show it off."

　Yu didn't expect that he would be able to get permission to date Yui so easily, but he decided to make the most of the situation.

"It's true that Yui and I love each other, and if I show her this, she'll never think of getting in between us."

"Yu-kun is so bold at times like this..."

　"Fufufufu," she laughs happily, putting more strength into her clasped hands and holding them tighter.

　Continue straight until you reach the stone.

"Then I'll go first."

"do your best"

　Yui takes on the challenge first, followed by Yu.

　Yui stands next to one stone and Yu stands next to the other.

"Watch it, Yu-kun."

　Yui closes her eyes tightly and takes one careful step at a time.

　Walking with your eyes closed, even just a few steps, is quite scary, and perhaps that's why Yui's steps are unsteady and precarious.

　It still took a while, but we finally managed to reach the stone where Yu was waiting.

"It was a close call. I was a little worried because you were staggering."

　Yui opens her eyes, sees Yu, and smiles happily.

"Because when I walk with my eyes closed, I get really worried that my legs might bend..."

"yes?"

"Hmm. If you say so, I'm looking forward to Yu-kun's next turn."

　With a puffed-out Yui seeing him off, Yu heads to the starting point.

　After making sure that Yui was where she was, she closed her eyes and walked without stopping.

"See, that was easy."

　Once he was firmly in front of Yui, Yuu opened his eyes and spoke to her with a smug look on his face.

"That's not funny. Yu-kun, how can you walk so smoothly?"

　Yui, who wanted to see Yu's halting steps just like her own, was not amused. However, it was honestly cool to see him effortlessly accomplish something she couldn't.

"Because even with my eyes closed I can tell where Yui-chan is."

"Oh come on...♡"

　Yui happily pokes Yu.

　The visitors around them looked at the happy couple with a smile on their faces.