Only After I Was Reborn Did I Realize That I Had Childhood Sweethearts

After the last incident on the playground, which ended up with the three of them hugging, Mei Fang had been worried that his inappropriate behavior would lead to his social death someday. So, he took the opportunity to emphasize the importance of keeping promises to the two.

“We agreed that only one person would replenish energy at a time. The other person shouldn’t secretly join in. It looks really bad if someone sees it.”

“Those who know us know we’re childhood sweethearts. But those who don’t know might think it’s something else! If we want to have a comfortable high school life, we still need to be cautious outside. Do you two understand?”

“I understand… Huhu…”

“OK.”

Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi both assured Mei Fang that they wouldn’t secretly join in when the other person was replenishing energy.

However, Mei Fang already felt that this approach would only give him a brief moment of peace. It had only been a little over a month since they started living together, but Mei Fang felt that they were being more affectionate during this time than they had been throughout the entire third year of middle school.

They were constantly hugging whenever they had free time.

In Xia Yuan’s case, it was still fine since she had always been like this before. Although she liked Ah Fang’s super energy, she was still a relatively reserved girl at heart.

But why did even the enthusiastic Xia Yuan only receive the label of being “reserved”? This inevitably had to do with Lin Youxi, who had been extremely aggressive recently.

She had transformed from a girl who used to only watch Xia Yuan hug Mei Fang from the sideline to becoming a girl who needed energy replenishment herself.

The key point was that, in their usual interactions, Lin Youxi’s actions were particularly bold. Without a referee to give penalties, Lin Youxi’s boundaries became more unrestrained.

She loved touching Mei Fang all over while hugging, and she even made daring attempts that seemed like attacking the penalty areas. But Mei Fang would blow the whistle and stop her in time.

Now, besides the weakness around Mei Fang’s waist, Lin Youxi had found several other sensitive areas, the kind that would elicit a strong reaction with just a touch. She even took pleasure in it and never seemed to tire of it.

But when Mei Fang tried to knock Lin Youxi’s head, he couldn’t do it as easily and carefree as when he knocked Xia Yuan’s head. He always felt a psychological burden.

After all, Youxi’s personality is a bit peculiar, and it’s definitely not as easy to coax her as the innocent Yuan Yuan.

But just because she’s not easy to coax, should I not try to coax her at all? After all, Youxi was just a messy, snotty girl back then, needing help even to tie her shoelaces.

It was me, Mei Fang, who wiped her snot one tissue at a time and reminded her to maintain hygiene, raising her to be the person she is today.

Now that she’s grown up, why am I suddenly afraid to educate her?!

After thinking it through, Mei Fang decided to have a good talk with Lin Youxi about this matter.

It would be best if Yuan Yuan wasn’t around…

As her life at Jiangcheng NOHS gradually returned to normal, Xia Yuan, as a student with exceptional musical talent, also took on her work tasks——

She was a member of the school choir and had to go to the art center for choir practice during the last period around 4 to 5pm every day.

Xia Yuan had ultimately chose vocal music as her major when she signed up for the special training class, as recommended by the judging teacher.

Everyone highly valued Xia Yuan’s sweet voice and profound singing skills.

For other students, if this hour was a self-study period, they could participate in club activities.

Of course, this was a privilege for first and second year students.

Recently, Mei Fang and Lin Youxi had been considering club activities. They were looking for a quiet environment suitable for office work. Because creating a new club would give them their own small room.

“Our school already has two game development clubs now. If we want to successfully pass the application, we probably have to showcase the games we’ve made.”

“That’s easy, I can prepare the application materials.”

Lin Youxi was very satisfied with this plan. “If it goes smoothly, we can have a more private activity room at school.”

“Youxi…”

Mei Fang coughed softly a few times and then began talking about their recent situation.

“Recently… do you think that it’s been a bit too much?”

Lin Youxi turned her head to look at Mei Fang. “What… too much?”

“When we’re replenishing energy… um…”

Mei Fang thought for a moment. “I think some physical contact is not something we can do as childhood sweethearts, right? For example…”

“Uh, I get it.”

Lin Youxi interrupted Mei Fang before he finished speaking. “I’m sorry… I thought you liked it.”

“I won’t do it anymore in the future.”

She squeezed out a smile full of apology towards Mei Fang, which made Mei Fang, who had been determined, suddenly feel a little down.

Am I overreacting a bit?

After all, she’s only willful for ten or so minutes a day. She works and studies hard enough during the day, and she always has to put on a straight face, only appearing happy when replenishing energy.

And yet, I can’t even support her in this little bit of time…

Maybe it’s not her going too far, but me being too weak——

Haha, how is that possible?!

It’s all Youxi’s fault. Yes! It’s her old problem!

Lin Youxi had a rather bad flaw, which was not being good at understanding boundaries.

When she was a tomboy in elementary school, she didn’t know how to hold back her strength when hitting someone.

When she has an emotional outburst, she loses control and doesn’t know the appropriate limits, always hurting those closest to her, like me.

And now, when she’s being affectionate, it’s clear that she doesn’t know what the appropriate boundaries are.

This is all due to the lack of experience in being affectionate during middle school and the lack of proper guidance. Look at Yuan Yuan; she knows how to maintain a steady and gradual pace.

This was certainly also the mistake made by Mei Fang when he hadn’t properly balance the water in the beginning, but it was only now that he was trying to make amends.

And now, I’m only guiding her to have normal affectionate behavior!

Soon it was time for their evening energy replenishment, and after Mei Fang and Xia Yuan finished their affectionate moment, Mei Fang waited for a while before seeing Lin Youxi appear. It was clear that she felt a bit down after communicating with Mei Fang earlier today.

After appearing, she walked to the grass beside Mei Fang and sat down in a duck-like posture (wariza) on the grass.

This posture… I can’t sit behind her and hug her.

“So, you mean you want me to sit in front of you so you can hug me?”

Lin Youxi nodded and then watched as Mei Fang sat down in front.

…

Mei Fang didn’t feel Lin Youxi hugging him, but he felt a pull.

He looked and saw Lin Youxi grabbing both sides of his clothes, hugging him while suspended in air.

“Why is there suddenly such a difference?”

“You said that some physical contact is not suitable for childhood sweethearts, right?”

Although Lin Youxi’s tone was flat, there was some emotion evident in her words. “I’m just following your instructions.”

“It’s not that we’re so distant…I really didn’t target you specifically, I genuinely feel like the previous intimacy went overboard.”

Mei Fang pulled Lin Youxi’s hands and placed them on his lower abdomen. “Like the level of intimacy between Yuan Yuan and me, where both can feel at ease…”

“…”

Today, Lin Youxi seemed a bit unresponsive to Mei Fang. Mei Fang knew he had to coax her.

“By the way… Youxi, it seems like you don’t really like hugging me from the front. Is there a special reason for that?”

“…”

Lin Youxi didn’t say anything, but suddenly leaned forward and bumped her forehead against the back of Mei Fang’s head.

“Ouch… that hurts…” Mei Fang exclaimed in pain.

“Since you don’t want to say, then I won’t ask anymore.”

Mei Fang held Lin Youxi’s cold hand. “Actually, I thought of a few possible reasons, but I thought it was a bit narcissistic, so I decided not to say.”

“Tell me.”

Lin Youxi was interested in this topic.

“I guess… it’s just a guess.” Mei Fang chuckled. “Because Yuan Yuan has always hugged me from the front, maybe you want to be a little different from her? Although you used to like following Yuan Yuan around, you’ve slowly changed now…”

“Pftt——”

Lin Youxi couldn’t help but laugh at Mei Fang’s words.

“Ah Fang, you’re really narcissist.”

“Uh… really? If I am, then I am! I already said it would be narcissistic, so it’s no big deal…”

As Mei Fang was grumbling, Lin Youxi suddenly pulled her hand out and before Mei Fang could react, she put her hand inside Mei Fang’s clothes.

Never learning anything despite repeated waning, huh! This girl…

At that moment, Lin Youxi leaned towards Mei Fang’s shoulder and whispered in his ear:

“I like hugging you like this because of something that happened when we were in kindergarten.”

“That day, it rained heavily, and everyone was picked up by their parents. In the end, only you and I were left.”

“Actually, I was really scared of thunder that time, but when Yuan Yuan was around, I could distract myself.”

“Afterward, Yuan Yuan was also picked up by Teacher Yu, and Uncle Mei came to pick you up.”

“I was thinking about how to deal with thunder when I’m alone.”

“But you invited me to your house and waited for my dad to pick me up.”

“That time… I remember. It was the first time you came to my house as a guest.” Mei Fang didn’t know why Lin Youxi suddenly brought this up. “What does that have to do with hugging?”

“And then we both rode on Uncle Mei’s motorcycle. Remember Uncle Mei’s raincoat? It couldn’t stop the rain from the backseat at all, and we both got drenched.”

“Haha, I remember, I remember.”

As Lin Youxi spoke, her hand unconsciously made contact with Mei Fang’s.

“It was at that time, even though it was cold, the rain was heavy, and the thunder was loud.”

“But I felt very, very at ease.”

“Extremely, extremely at ease.”

Lin Youxi became even more unrestrained.

“When I’m like this, with my forehead against your back, tightly embracing you.”

“I’m really… very at ease.”

So… it’s like that.

“So, it has nothing to do with Yuan Yuan.”

Lin Youxi tightly embraced Mei Fang. “Since that time, this has been my most comforting embrace. Of course… it’s an effect that only you, Ah Fang, can produce.”

“I didn’t expect that such a small thing… you would remember for so long…”

“There are many other things I remember well.”

Lin Youxi grumbled, “But if we can’t be more intimate, I won’t be able to remember…”

“Even though we didn’t mind each other much when we were little, why did we become awkward as we grew up?”

You did say it was when we were little…

Although Mei Fang was still a little reluctant, seeing Lin Youxi acting so spoiled, he softened his attitude and felt that there was no need to restrict her too much.

“Then let’s go with the cuddling you like. If it feels like it’s crossing a boundary, I’ll stop or call it off.”

“Then I won’t hold back.”

…

Mei Fang exclaimed: “Hey… Hold on, Youxi, stop for a moment…”

Mei Fang’s attitude suddenly softened: “Please, slow down a little…”

“Found another weak spot.”

Lin Youxi smiled happily, feeling even more at ease +10.

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