Chapter 401: You like me too?
"Why did you call me out?"
If not for being nearby, Sakurai Saki would never run over to meet her.
Itsuki hugged the hamburger, chewing in small bites, clearly her mouth wasn't big, but her eating speed was very fast; in the blink of an eye, she had finished almost half.
"You know."
"I know?"
"You should know."
"No, I really don't know."
No, did you call me out just to mess with me? What's wrong with you?
"If you had admitted your mistake earlier, I could've forgiven you."
"What exactly do I know? I just got home yesterday, I haven't even rested for long, and early this morning you dragged me out here."
And the meeting place is McDonald's, if I could understand what you're thinking, that would be the real miracle, wouldn't it?
"Hikaru-kun, what are you trying to do?"
Today Nakano Itsuki called him out, precisely to ask this.
And he even became the kid trying to take advantage of her.
This guy is too awful!
"…Since when did you know?"
"Huh? So you really weren't planning to tell me? If I didn't overhear the conversation between you and Miku, were you planning to hide it from me for life?" Nakano Itsuki widened her sparkling eyes, her entire face full of disbelief.
This guy had seen her body, even touched her chest, and yet didn't show even a bit of remorse?
"If I tell you, you won't believe it anyway."
"Last time my weight got 'eaten by a crab', you also solved it, if you tell me, I'll definitely believe." Nakano Itsuki stared wide-eyed at him.
"Then if I say this wasn't intentional, will you believe it?"
At that time he only intended to hand over the homework and leave, who knew this person didn't want to let him escape.
Benefits that a beautiful girl voluntarily offers—no man would pass that up, right?
If a man's willpower were really that strong, then the beauty trap wouldn't work anymore!
"I don't believe it."
"See? You agreed earlier, but immediately denied it behind my back."
"Those are two different things."
"Clearly you were the one who brought me home on your own, I only came to deliver homework, and you ended up kissing and hugging me!"
"You… I…" Nakano Itsuki recalled, and indeed, it really did happen like that.
"And you even saw my body, I haven't even settled that with you yet."
Itsuki turned her face away, holding the half-eaten hamburger, her voice soft: "A boy's body… is okay, right?"
"Huh? You brat, show me some respect! This is a society with gender equality, so it's not wrong for a girl to look at a boy's body? My sensitive areas aren't private?!" Sakurai Saki tried to regain control of the conversation.
"No no! That's not our topic, we were talking about you hiding from me the fact that you shrank." Nakano Itsuki was not stupid, she reacted quickly.
She was almost tricked by Sakurai Saki into switching the subject.
"Alright then, let's switch roles. Imagine you suddenly got small, and when you went to a boy's house to submit homework, that person said nothing and hugged you, kissed all over your face, even spilled fruit juice on you, then took you to shower…"
Nakano Itsuki covered her face, blushing bright red, embarrassed:"Stop, don't say anymore, I surrender."
There were still other people here.
Many customers around began looking at them with strange expressions.
"Explain it to me."
"Uwu~ please, don't say anymore." Nakano Itsuki looked at him, tears shimmering.
Right now she only wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.
"Alright then, I'll spare you once."
Hearing that, Nakano Itsuki sighed in relief.
Just as she picked up the hamburger to take another bite, she suddenly froze.
Wait—why did she call Sakurai-san out here again?
Ah right—she came to ask his attitude.
She straightened her expression:"Sakurai-san, after doing that to me, will you take responsibility?"
'Why does this question feel familiar?'
Sakurai Saki suddenly remembered.
Back then, when he saw Ichika's entire body, she also asked something similar.
At that time he answered:"I already have a girlfriend, I can't take responsibility."
Not long after that, under Shirogane Miyuki's guidance, Sakurai Saki awakened.
Rather than being pure and making girls sad, it was better to be a flirtatious scumbag.
Today, Sakurai Saki once again faced the same question.
"If you want me to take responsibility, I will take responsibility to the end."
"...You want to break up with Hayasaka-san? That's not good, you know? Even though I don't mind, I don't encourage you to do that." Nakano Itsuki took another hamburger, tore open the wrapper, and looked at him with innocent eyes.
Itsuki, so pure, had absolutely no idea what Sakurai Saki was really thinking.
That instead left Sakurai Saki speechless.
"I didn't mean that, what I meant was… I'll try to make it up to you."
"But, you already kissed me, and even saw my body... besides dating, is there any other option?"
"..."
Woman, where did this sheltered noble young lady from ancient times come from?
Her way of thinking was as pure as Shinomiya Kaguya's one year ago.
"If it's material compensation, I don't need it." Nakano Itsuki puffed her cheeks, the way she ate making her look like an adorable hamster.
"Then what do you want?"
"If you're not going to date me, then…"
Nakano Itsuki took a bite of her hamburger, thought for a moment, and said:
"...then continue tutoring me."
She realized that what she needed was probably only the knowledge inside Sakurai Saki's head.
Everything else, apparently, wasn't necessary.
His face was indeed handsome, but even without dating him she could still look at it—totally a win.
As for bedroom matters, Itsuki had no interest.
"Or change to something else? Even if you don't give this kind of request, I'll still teach you."
"I know."
Even knowing it, she still said that…
"Consider it that you owe me a favor. Later if I run into trouble, I'll come to find you. After all, you seem really capable."
"The way you said that, I almost thought you liked me, scared me to death." Sakurai Saki exhaled, taking a sip of coca.
"I like you."
"So… huh?" Sakurai Saki almost spit out the sip of coca he had just taken.
She likes me?!
What the hell?! Normally she has absolutely no intention of this?
"I don't have many male friends anyway. Among the boys I interact with, if you were my boyfriend, I wouldn't refuse… no, I would even be a little happy… roughly that feeling." Nakano Itsuki explained, her face blushing bright red.
"Hearing you say that makes me feel like a backup plan."
"Backup plan? That's not right. If you break up with Hayasaka-san, it's fine if I date you. That's what I think."
"...I don't understand anymore."
Sakurai Saki fell into confusion.
So I really am that attractive?
"Forget it, let's pretend I never said anything." Itsuki felt much lighter inside.
Last time when Nino ran away from home, she was asked directly by Nino: 'Miku and I argued, fine, but why are you arguing? Don't you like Sakurai?'
Itsuki got infuriated by that question.
Isn't it just liking him? You think I can't like him?
Sorry, I like him too!
I even have to date him separately! Eat meals together! Take Sakurai, the one you like, without giving you a chance, hmph!
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