After deciding to give up, I became popular

“Junior, you're really impatient, so eager to take it away…” Rising from the sofa, Kasumigaoka Utaha supported herself with both hands, a teasing expression on her face, her movements becoming more alluring.

“Could there be something scandalous inside? Like the kind of stuff boys love to see…”

She originally intended to put the phone between her breasts and let her junior take it himself, but unexpectedly, she couldn't bring herself to do it, and even the thought of it made her face flush with shame, afraid of being seen as someone desperate.

“You're disappointed, senpai. There's nothing like that at all.” Natsukawa Kanade retorted, calmly taking the phone from his senpai, only glancing at the faint whiteness under her shirt before averting his gaze.

He keeps the really precious stuff on his computer, hidden in the deepest part of the folders, disguised in various ways, never to be discovered.

“Oh? Could it be that junior is a magazine type? Then it seems I need to check your house.” Kasumigaoka nodded thoughtfully, no wonder he seemed unafraid, so he was a physical copy kind of guy.

“Don't use that as an excuse to go exploring in a member of the opposite sex's house!” Natsukawa Kanade retorted.

Of course, there are no little yellow books. What age is this? That's not popular anymore. It's all digital now. He's just afraid of being discovered that an angel is living at his house.

Rumors would definitely spread, and it might hurt Shiina.

“Instead of pondering these things, you should spend some time eating this.” Natsukawa Kanade placed a plate of sliced fruit on the coffee table, annoyed.

A patient who has just recovered still needs plenty of rest, but this idiot senpai doesn't seem to realize that, wearing so little clothing and even wanting to turn on the air conditioner to cool off…

If you get sick again, I'm really not going to take care of you!

106. Don't Move

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“There's still porridge in the pot. If you're hungry later, you can scoop some out, heat it up, and eat it.”

“I put the remaining fruit in the refrigerator. Remember to let it cool for a while before washing it.”

“And that bottle of plum wine, I've put it away for you. You absolutely can't sneak a drink while your body is still recovering!”

“Remember to take in the clothes drying on the balcony. Don't always wait until you want to wear them to remember to get them.”

“And and and…” Natsukawa Kanade rambled on.

He was really worried about his senpai who was sick. She wasn't good at taking care of herself in the first place, and now she was acting like such a fool after getting sick. Just now, she even coaxed him, an underage person, to drink alcohol…

That's a crime!

Fortunately, tomorrow is the weekend, and senpai has two more days to rest. She should be able to recover her energy.

But honestly, Natsukawa Kanade suspected that she didn't care about having a weekend at all. Even on school days, she would probably take a few more days off under the guise of being sick, maybe she didn't even want to go to school at all.

It can only be said that fate is really unfair. Even someone like senpai can be at the top of the class, making those who study hard every day but still struggle to improve feel so inadequate.

“I know, I know, junior is so naggy, like an old woman…” Using a spoon to gently tap the edge of her bowl, Kasumigaoka Utaha said casually, “If you're so worried, junior, why don't you just move in? You can sleep anywhere, even in my room…”

Because she had been busy writing and hadn't seen her junior for a long time, she originally thought that she could spend a wonderful night after reuniting today, but it turned out that they still had to separate… Ah, how annoying, I just want to live with junior.

But my parents definitely won't allow it, how troublesome…

“Senpai, stop talking nonsense. You should do your own things yourself. You're not a child anymore.” After taking his bag and looking around to make sure he hadn't forgotten anything, Natsukawa Kanade said goodbye to her.

“Then I'll go back. Sorry for the intrusion… Come lock the door.”

“Okay~ Okay~” Kasumigaoka Utaha replied lazily, then slowly walked over.

Seeing that she was actually moving, Natsukawa Kanade felt relieved, but just as he was about to open the door and leave, she called out to him.

“Junior, wait a moment…”

“What is it…” Turning around, he was startled by his senpai's sudden closeness before he could finish speaking.

“You do…”

“Don't talk… and don't move!”

“……”

Different from the time on the sofa before, there was no strange flush on his senpai's face this time, but rather a very serious expression.

His cheeks were pinched by her hands, and he wanted to pry them open, but in the end, he gently covered them with his hands, feeling the coolness.

“……”

A '啵' sound.

Although his eyes were closed tightly, he still felt the slightly cool and moist touch on his forehead.

“This…”

“This is a reward…”

Opening his eyes, Kasumigaoka Utaha's charming smile occupied his entire field of vision.

A simple “prank” didn't seem to be enough, and she also licked her lips, looking like she wanted more.

“Um…” Natsukawa Kanade was a little flustered. It wasn't appropriate to stare, and closing his eyes would give people a sense of expectation.

Why do such a thing…

“Se, senpai, you should pay attention to keeping a distance, even if we're good, good friends… doing this is a bit too much…”

“Ara, it's just a reward for junior's hard work. Or… is one not enough?”

Her heart was still pounding non-stop, but seeing junior looking so cute, she couldn't help but want to tease him again.

“Then where do you want to be kissed next?”

The hands that were originally holding his cheeks had moved to other places at some point.

Slender and slender jade fingers slowly climbed from the back of his hand to his neck, then came to his chest for a short stay, and finally climbed to the peak, stopping at his lips.

“I…”

“Junior…”

“I… I'm going back first!”

Natsukawa Kanade ran away.

Faced with Kasumigaoka Utaha's blatant teasing, he finally couldn't bear the shame in his heart and ran away.

Such intimate interaction was not something a normal boy could withstand, especially for him who was experiencing this for the first time. The soft touch of the girl's lips lingered in his mind. It was clearly only imprinted on his forehead, but it seemed to be engraved in his heart.

But if it was just a simple prank, it wouldn't have made him so embarrassed, but he clearly saw a serious expression on his senpai's face, as if she was seriously saying to him…

Like…

No, senpai, she… just enjoys this ambiguous atmosphere, just like just now, she showed that “watching a good show” expression again, he would never see it wrong.

That was something he had misunderstood before, misunderstanding that senpai also liked him, and then sending her a confession signal.

But today is different from the past, he certainly wouldn't be fooled by her again, but he clearly thought so in his heart, but another thought inevitably rose in his mind—he wanted to continue.

Once such a thought appeared, it could no longer be suppressed.

I want to continue, I want to continue to be done something… but we're clearly just friends, can such a thought really be considered correct?

The strong expression of liking from the past is still vivid in my mind, but now when I recall it, I feel very empty, like a paper garment without candy inside. After opening it with joy, I encountered pure disappointment.

He had already put those things behind him, determined to look forward from now on, but now he recalled them again, so a strong sense of guilt wrapped in self-blame attacked him, and he inevitably felt a sense of disgust towards himself.

I clearly said that I would treat senpai as a good friend, but I actually had disrespectful thoughts towards her…

Of course, senpai is also wrong, she shouldn't do such intimate things to him as a friend, but she is like that, always not grasping the distance of interacting with friends. He didn't remind her clearly enough, and he didn't do enough, so senpai mistakenly thought that he could accept this level of contact.

In the end, it was his coy performance that made her misunderstand…

Should he try to be cruel to senpai like before? Natsukawa Kanade didn't know what to do.

He remembered that weekend, the encounter with senpai in Saitama.

No matter what reason he used to convince himself, although he did make cruel moves, he couldn't affect senpai at all. Instead, he softened his heart and gave up in the end, choosing to compromise.

“……”

Kasumigaoka Utaha…

He really might not be able to do anything about this woman.

107. Forest School, Departure!

When he came out of senpai's house, night had quietly fallen. Natsukawa Kanade didn't stay long and went home. After eating, he and Miss Shiina snuggled on the sofa and watched TV for a while before going back to their rooms to sleep.

There were quite a few invitations for the weekend, but because he was busy organizing the forest school activities, he didn't accept them. As a result, the great weekend time was all wasted on work without realizing it.

So the time came to Monday.

On the bus to the forest school.

After informing the students in the class of all the precautions, Natsukawa Kanade found an empty seat and sat down. It just so happened that Miss Shiina, who he was familiar with, was sitting next to him.

“……”

“Kanade looks tired, are you okay?” Looking at Natsukawa Kanade's tired look, Shiina Mahiru was a little worried.

Although she was very happy to be Kanade's neighbor, because it was still a public place, she couldn't do anything too intimate. Even the conversation was in a low voice, not wanting anyone to hear.

“It's okay, just a little sleep-deprived.” Rubbing the bridge of his nose, Natsukawa Kanade explained softly.

In order to achieve the goal set by the student council last time—to hold a brand-new forest school activity—he had been very tired these days. He needed to contact all parties and report the situation to the school. He even had to complete the financial statements himself. He probably slept less than 10 hours in total on the two days of the weekend.

It can only be said that it's great that the angel is his neighbor, otherwise he would have hesitated about how to open his mouth.

“I'll catch up on some sleep. Remember to wake me up if we arrive at the destination or if there's an emergency.” After instructing Shiina, Natsukawa Kanade relaxed and leaned back in his chair to rest.

Although the surrounding sounds were noisy and numerous, they couldn't hinder him from falling asleep. Instead, they became a lullaby to stabilize his mind, allowing him to enter a sweet dream more peacefully. So he fell into a sweet dream in less than a while.

“Um…”

Shiina Mahiru wanted to talk to him to make up for Kanade's lack of energy, but she didn't want to disturb his rest. After thinking about it, she slightly adjusted her sitting posture, put his head on her shoulder, and then took out a small blanket and covered the two of them.

After completing a series of actions, she also observed the surroundings with a guilty conscience. When she found that no one had noticed this side, she breathed a sigh of relief. Then she gently covered the back of Kanade's hand with her little hand hidden under the blanket, and a cute and charming smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

“……”

I don't know how long it had passed. When Natsukawa Kanade woke up, only he and the angel were left in the entire bus. The other students and the class teacher were gone, and even the car had stopped.

“This is… have we arrived at our destination?” Natsukawa Kanade asked uncertainly.

Perhaps there was a situation where the bus broke down, so all the students went down to push the car, but because it was too bizarre, Natsukawa Kanade wouldn't think too much about it.

“Yes, everyone seems to have started cooking rice and making curry.” Shiina Mahiru nodded lightly, while opening the curtain and looking out the window.

The activity process of the forest school is not complicated. It basically allows students to work on their own, complete the production of three meals a day by themselves, and learn knowledge and grow from it. Individual local schools have differences, but the overall difference is not significant.

She was also going to go, and she wondered if she should wake Kanade up, but she was stopped by a kind-hearted classmate who passed by, saying that she should let Kanade rest more, and others also echoed, so she didn't move.

She was also thinking that it was true. It would be bad if she disturbed Kanade's rest. She was very close to him.

“It's already started?” Natsukawa Kanade was stunned, quite like an old guy from the last century who woke up and heard the world tell him the news that “the times have changed, and the Qing Dynasty has fallen,” so shock was natural.

“Why didn't anyone call me…”

“Because everyone saw that Kanade was sleeping soundly, so they didn't wake you up.” Shiina Mahiru explained, but she didn't tell Natsukawa Kanade that she was teased by her friends saying “We will support you,” “Although Vice President Shinomia is also great, our angel is not bad either!” “Good luck, Shiina!”

After all, she is also shy.

“You're doing unnecessary things…” Natsukawa Kanade tried to put on a stern face, but he immediately revealed his true form in front of the angel, “But, it's also thoughtful.”

The students of Shuchin Academy are indeed some cute guys, and this has been fully experienced.

“Then let's go help too, we can't just be lazy and wait here.” After stretching, Natsukawa Kanade felt much lighter, and most of his original fatigue had disappeared.