Hearing the words of Sakuramiya Saya, Hikari gave her a somewhat surprised glance.
Under his guidance, Sakuramiya Hinata had changed quite a bit; last time, when faced with the threat from the photography club led by the yellow-haired Tachikawa, she dared to make a countermove.
After seeing the bravery of Akane and Natsuha last time, Sakuramiya Hinata had expressed a desire to learn and enhance her own ability to resist the minotaurs.
The reason Hikari agreed to teach Sakuramiya Hinata archery today was to further guide this heroine, who had previously easily succumbed to threats, to see if she could be braver in the face of the yellow-hairs.
But as for Sakuramiya Saya, due to her usually proud and aloof personality, Hikari didn't have many thoughts about her.
He didn't expect that she would take the initiative to say that she wanted to learn kyudo from him, a junior.
For Sakuramiya Saya, who usually seemed a bit self-important, this was quite surprising.
"Saya-senpai, are you sure you want to learn kyudo from me?", Hikari asked curiously, after all, Sakuramiya Saya was indeed one of the top members of the kyudo club, representing the club's usual standard.
"Yes, the master is the one who achieves. You call me senpai, but it's just because I joined the club earlier than you. My level is not as good as yours, that's a fact," Sakuramiya Saya nodded seriously.
"Alright," Hikari agreed, releasing the fully drawn string, the arrow hit the bullseye as he walked over to Sakuramiya Saya's side.
"First, close your eyes," standing in front of Sakuramiya Saya, Hikari said.
"Close my eyes?", Sakuramiya Saya looked at Hikari in confusion.
"Yes, close your eyes," Hikari nodded.
"This... is it related to teaching me archery?", Seeing Hikari's eyes fixed on her, Sakuramiya Saya's heart suddenly skipped a beat, as if realizing something, avoiding his gaze, she asked nervously.
"Yes, it's related," Hikari said.
"Then... then alright! I... I'll close my eyes," After Sakuramiya Saya said this.
Hikari strangely saw that Sakuramiya Saya suddenly blushed and slowly closed her eyes.
The goddess of the kyudo club, her long eyelashes trembling under her starry eyes, seemed very nervous.
Indeed, Sakuramiya Saya, with her eyes closed, was very nervous.
Because after hearing Hikari tell her to close her eyes, the clever her quickly realized what was about to happen.
In TV dramas and movies, when a man tells a woman to close her eyes, it's often accompanied by a kiss.
When she first started kissing her sister Sakuramiya Hinata, they both shyly closed their eyes.
So when Hikari abruptly told her to close her eyes, Sakuramiya Saya naturally thought that Hikari was asking for a reward for teaching her archery, to kiss her or something.
Just for the sake of decency, he didn't say it outright.
Although Sakuramiya Saya felt it was very sudden, she could understand, as there were many boys in the school who coveted their beauty.
Moreover, Sakuramiya Saya strangely found that she didn't have much resistance or aversion to Hikari.
Perhaps it was because Hikari had saved their sisters several times before and had never asked for any reward in return.
And it was also her who took the initiative to ask Hikari to teach her archery, so it seemed only fair to pay some price.
To avoid misunderstanding, she specifically asked Hikari before starting if closing her eyes was related to archery.
'Hikari-kun said it is related, but what does closing eyes have to do with archery?', Sakuramiya Saya understood implicitly.
'If Hikari-kun wants to kiss me, then let him. After all, Hikari-kun has helped us sisters so much.'
'And my first kiss was with Hinata, so it's not cheating, right?'
'Exactly, I'll tell Hinata about what happened today.'
'Although I can understand that it's normal for Hikari-kun to want to kiss me and take advantage of me given how beautiful I am, but he's already with Hinata, and now he's coming after me, wanting to have both sisters, that's just too much.'
'When I tell Hinata, she will surely be disappointed in Hikari-kun and come back to me,' Sakuramiya Saya, with her eyes closed, blushing, head slightly tilted back, lips puckered, her thoughts were a tangled mess.
But after waiting nervously for a while, Sakuramiya Saya's neck was getting sore from tilting her head, but she still hadn't felt the touch of lips.
Sakuramiya Saya couldn't wait any longer and slightly opened her eyes a crack.
She saw Hikari standing there, quietly looking at her, his expression somewhat strange.
After meeting Hikari's gaze, Sakuramiya Saya quickly closed her eyes again.
The blush on her cheeks deepened.
The starry eyes hidden behind her eyelids were now full of shyness.
'Ah! Could it be that Hikari-kun not only wants to kiss me but also wants me to take the initiative to kiss him?'
'But with my eyes closed, it's hard to aim!'
'And for the first kiss to have the girl take the initiative, that's just too strange.'
'Sigh, since he's saved us sisters, I'll take the initiative then.'
Thinking this, Sakuramiya Saya puckered her pink, tender, tempting lips and leaned closer to Hikari.
Just as Sakuramiya Saya was trembling with nervousness.
Suddenly.
Two hands pressed against her shoulders, also stopping her from getting any closer.
"Saya-senpai, what exactly are you trying to do? Didn't you say you wanted to learn kyudo from me?", Hikari's familiar voice slowly reached Sakuramiya Saya's ears.
Opening her eyes, feeling the heat from Hikari's palms pressing against her shoulders, Sakuramiya Saya couldn't help but blush.
She had never been this close to a boy before, suppressing her shyness, Sakuramiya Saya replied, "Hikari-kun, you... didn't you want me to kiss you?"
Hikari looked at the blushing, head-lowered Sakuramiya Saya, somewhat speechless.
"When did I ask you to kiss me?"
"Just now, you... you told me to close my eyes!", Hearing Hikari's somewhat speechless tone, Sakuramiya Saya also spoke innocently.
"I just asked you to close your eyes, what does that have to do with wanting to kiss you?"
"In TV dramas and movies, that's how it is. Otherwise, why would you tell me to close my eyes, closing eyes has nothing to do with archery," Sakuramiya Saya said righteously.
Seeing Sakuramiya Saya getting more and more worked up, Hikari sighed and explained, "I told you to close your eyes because it's related to teaching you archery. I was planning to have you close your eyes and then try shooting with one eye open, where did your thoughts go?"
"Ah?", Sakuramiya Saya was dumbfounded, 'Did Hikari really just want me to close my eyes purely for archery?'
Seeing the still dumbfounded Sakuramiya Saya, Hikari explained, "There's a difference in the vision of your left and right eyes, right? And I also noticed that your eyes seem to have a bit of a squint. If you open both eyes at the same time, it will affect the accuracy of your archery."
"That's why I asked you to close one eye, to try shooting with one eye first and let me see. What on earth were you thinking about?"
After hearing Hikari's explanation, Sakuramiya Saya completely understood.
She instantly realized that she had misunderstood and was being presumptuous.
Her fair cheeks flushed red, her originally smooth and tender cheeks now as red as a monkey's butt.
Sakuramiya Saya waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no! I... I wasn't thinking anything."
"Hikari-kun, you... you continue to teach me archery," Embarrassed and flustered, Sakuramiya Saya's toes were tightly gripping her wooden sandals, eager to change the subject.
Hikari didn't tease her and cooperatively helped her change the subject, "Then close your eyes now, close your left eye, and try aiming with the bow."
Hearing Hikari's words, Sakuramiya Saya immediately raised her bow to aim.
"Although it feels very unfamiliar, it seems... I can see much clearer than when I usually open both eyes," Sakuramiya Saya said in surprise.
"If you practice aiming with one eye, you should be able to shoot more accurately than before. But archery still depends on feel and familiarity, you're used to using both eyes, so using one will take some time to get used to," As Hikari spoke, Sakuramiya Saya's hands were indeed trembling continuously.
The hand holding the fletching suddenly let go, and the arrow swiftly shot out.
Thwack!
The arrow precisely hit the target.
Just not the target Sakuramiya Saya was aiming at in front of her, but another target next to it.
Sakuramiya Saya immediately blushed.
"It's... it's off..."
"It's really... not very comfortable..."
Sakuramiya Saya, who was usually one of the top members of the kyudo club, had never shot so off before.
"Changing your aiming method will definitely feel uncomfortable at first, do you need help?", Hikari asked.
"Yes, yes! Thank you, Hikari-kun!"
Sakuramiya Saya also knew that it would take a long time to get used to it on her own, and with Hikari's help, she could speed up the process.
Hikari immediately walked behind Sakuramiya Saya, helping her with the bow and drawing the string.
"Changing from aiming with both eyes to one eye will definitely feel unfamiliar and might cause you to shoot off, because archery is a sport that heavily relies on feel."
"But if you get used to it and adjust your drawing method, draw and aim like this. With your foundation, you should roughly get used to it in a week, and fully adapt in half a month."
Hikari stood behind Sakuramiya Saya, helping her correct her posture while earnestly explaining.
Hikari was earnestly explaining, but Sakuramiya Saya wasn't paying attention.
Because Hikari was standing so close behind her.
Although Hikari had always politely kept his distance, without any intention of taking advantage.
But at this distance, Sakuramiya Saya could still feel the heat of Hikari's breath on her neck.
And the warm touch of his hands as he helped adjust her posture.
Sakuramiya Saya had always been averse to men, so she had never been in close contact with any other males.
And now, for the first time, being so close to a member of the opposite s*x, even skin to skin, Sakuramiya Saya inevitably felt many strange sensations.
In short, she wasn't listening to Hikari at all.
Instead, she was involuntarily thinking about all sorts of strange things.
"Huh? Did you hear what I said?", Seeing that Sakuramiya Saya hadn't responded for a long time, Hikari couldn't help but ask.
"Ah! I heard, I heard!"
Although she hadn't heard a word of what Hikari had just said, Sakuramiya Saya naturally couldn't voice out her previous wild thoughts, so she hurriedly replied.
Hearing Sakuramiya Saya's perfunctory response, Hikari shook his head and let go of her hand.
Whoosh!
Without Hikari's help in drawing the bow, the arrow shot out and thwacked into the target.
Bullseye, ten points.
"Wow! It hit!", Seeing this, Sakuramiya Saya was quite happy.
After all, it was the first ten points after changing her aiming method, even if it was with Hikari's help.
"Practice on your own for a bit," Hikari stepped aside to let Sakuramiya Saya practice on her own.
Sakuramiya Saya obediently started practicing on her own, but her attention wasn't fully on the bow and arrow in her hands.
Instead, part of it was on Hikari beside her, and part on her sister Sakuramiya Hinata.
'This isn't working, I can't even test anything this way, and now I owe Hikari-kun another favor...'
'Do I really have to sit back and watch Hinata leave me and be with Hikari-kun?'
'Although Hikari-kun is indeed a good person, and very outstanding, and I don't dislike him either.'
'But, Hinata did say she would stay with me forever!'
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