After deciding to give up, I became popular

So later, her biggest worry was whether her junior, Kimi, would start pursuing another girl he liked. And what would she do if he succeeded this time?

Fortunately, the results always surprised her, but she was quite satisfied—why was such an excellent junior always unlucky in love?

At least, until now, she had never seen him actually dating anyone, only hearing occasional unfounded rumors. Naturally, she was overjoyed by this and began to pay more and more attention to his situation. That's why she could "coincidentally" appear around him whenever he was "disheartened," to comfort and reassure him.

The only annoying thing was her junior's attitude towards her, always distant. Even when he had to interact with her due to various circumstances, he would put on a very formal and polite demeanor. This wasn't a big deal, since she had rejected him before, making him sad, so it was normal. But the key was—

Eririn had also rejected her junior, right? So why was her junior so much nicer to her? Just a golden-haired loser, how could she enjoy such preferential treatment!

Naturally, she felt very unbalanced.

So, inevitably, when interacting with her junior, she would often feel like resenting him, wanting to act up and tease him.

She considered this a manifestation of "liking" him. After all, she truly "didn't care at all" about people she didn't care about, not even wanting to say a word to them. She used to think her junior, who knew her well, would understand this, but only today did she realize that he had always misunderstood.

Fortunately, everything was cleared up now, and things were moving in a good direction.

Moreover, facing her current level of exposure—her yukata open, facing him almost defenselessly—he didn't push her away, didn't criticize or avoid her. Wasn't this a reassuring sign?!

She was also someone who feared loneliness, who liked the feeling of being accompanied, and who could no longer live without his company. But he was gradually leaving her, which made her even more uneasy. So, whenever she was alone late at night, she would occasionally wake up from a dream, her body trembling with fear, afraid that he would never return, as in her dreams.

But now, everything was different.

Her junior was now by her side, his arm held in her embrace, and he was sharing the same bed with her… Honestly, she really wanted to go crazy, to ignore everything, flip over, straddle him, and forcefully tell him, "Tonight, and forever, you can only be mine!"

But her reason kept stopping her, telling her that this was wrong. It wasn't about the order, but a perfect love should be more natural, not influenced by the outside world, not forced by the atmosphere, but a desire from the bottom of her heart.

So she couldn't take the final step, and even had to prevent that possible final step.

Even though she was really unsatisfied, having such an unusual opportunity, but still having to wait, which is why she couldn't wait to collect some interest…

"Hey, Kimi…"

"…"

"Just like this is fine. Tonight… just let me hold you like this…"

"…"

218. A Night Without Words… But Work in the Morning!

This night was actually quite agonizing.

Kakeru didn't remember when he fell asleep, only that the process before falling asleep was very difficult—

The temperature where his skin touched his senior's was frighteningly hot, and the soft touch from her arm was constantly stimulating his nerves. But more importantly, that faint fragrance always swept away his drowsiness as soon as it appeared, and made him infatuated…

This feeling of being able to think, see, smell, and hear, but not eat… it was like being in jail.

Although he exerted great willpower to restrain himself in the end, he couldn't rest well all night because of it.

Not to mention the stage before he couldn't bear the sleepiness and fell asleep automatically, the key was that during the time after he fell asleep, he would wake up suddenly from time to time, and when he wanted to explore, he found that it was because his senior's movements were too big.

Like slapping his face, causing him to wake up suddenly, or inexplicably stuffing his head into her chest, causing him to almost suffocate and wake up, there were all kinds of strange postures. He once suspected that she didn't sleep at all, but was just calculating the time to tease him.

Later, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply took the initiative, pressed her arm with his arm, and then wrapped his arm around her back, wrapping her whole body up—from the posture, it was no different from taking the initiative to hold his senior in his arms, but he didn't start thinking about such beautiful things.

He thought this would make her a little more stable, and he could sleep a little longer, but he didn't expect that he didn't sleep for long at all, and the alarm clock he had set suddenly rang, interrupting his sleep again.

So, after being awakened again, Kakeru immediately showed a look of despair: "…"

However, Kasumigaoka Utaha in his arms slept very comfortably, and even after hearing the alarm clock, she just wrinkled her nose slightly, and then continued to bury her head and doze off.

When Kakeru saw this, he became even more resentful, thinking, I've been tortured like this, how can you sleep so soundly? He was really super unbalanced! So he shook Kasumigaoka Utaha without thinking, determined to wake her up.

"Senior, wake up quickly, don't sleep, Senior, it's time to get up…"

He knew that this guy had a habit of sleeping in, and especially a loyal supporter of the back-to-bed teaching, but he didn't plan to satisfy her today, and was determined to make her uncomfortable too.

"Really don't sleep, Senior, wake up quickly…"

He worked hard for a long time, and finally let Kasumigaoka Utaha slowly open her eyes, and then she rubbed her sleepy eyes, and wanted to struggle to get up in a sleepy manner, but suddenly felt a pain.

"Ugh… Kakeru, you seem to be pressing on my hair…"

"…" Kakeru suddenly felt that his heartbeat seemed to stop for a moment.

He had seen a boring statistic. Some busybodies published the data they had obtained on the Internet, and found that in a relationship, the first sentence between each other every morning was usually not something like "Good morning, I love you", but something like this "You're pressing on my XX", among which girls would especially say this sentence "You're pressing on my hair", which is also the sentence that boys like the most and are most moved by.

And in response to this situation, there will always be some very knowledgeable experts who stand up and explain: "This is a very desirable situation, because first of all—you have to have hair to press on, and secondly, you have to be a couple lying in bed overnight, and fall asleep in a very close position, which shows that the relationship is very good, after all, couples and couples who are seemingly in harmony but actually at odds, sleep very far apart, and it is almost impossible for this situation to occur…"

Although those experts said it with a clear and logical manner, he had never really encountered it, and only felt that it was a very ordinary thing and not so fussed about, right?

But after seeing it with his own eyes today, he suddenly felt that such ordinary words, when said in a certain scene, also made his heart beat non-stop.

He was stunned and lost in thought, completely ignoring Kasumigaoka Utaha's feelings, so the latter did not get a response, and gradually became more awake. She looked up at Kakeru, seeing him staring at her with a silly look, and she felt happy and amused in her heart.

She is pretty, that's right, and naturally beautiful, but she doesn't need to look at her like this, like an idiot.

So a smile appeared on her face, and she was about to tease him, but suddenly felt something strange on her lower abdomen.

"Kakeru, you're poking me…"

So she reached out and wanted to push it away slightly, but was suddenly held down by Kakeru, who looked like he was facing a formidable enemy.

"Wait! I'll do it, I'll do it myself!"

"…?" Kasumigaoka Utaha frowned slightly, wondering why he reacted so strongly, and then gradually realized something.

So she couldn't speak, and her cheeks became flushed, looking like she was stammering.

"Ugh… this…"

How could Kakeru not understand what she was thinking, and hurriedly wanted to explain a few words: "No! It's not what you think! It's… I… not…!!!"

He couldn't explain at all! He couldn't say things like "Senior, listen to me, this is a normal physiological phenomenon for boys, it's not targeted at you, it's just something that happens when you get up in the morning…"!

Originally, he wanted to explain that it was his mobile phone that was causing the trouble, but at this moment, his mobile phone was clearly placed on the pillow, so he couldn't put all the responsibility on it.

But what was even more unbearable was his senior's reaction. She didn't take the opportunity to tease him, didn't take the opportunity to provoke and tease him, but actually showed a very shy and lovable look.

"Um… I, I know…" Kasumigaoka Utaha lowered her head slightly, one hand propped on his chest, and the other hand was clenched into a fist against her own chest. That look as if she was mentally prepared was really heartwarming, and besides that, the round fullness rose and fell with her breathing, and began to frantically attract his attention.

"…" Kakeru's breathing also became rapid.

Re… really?

Things that couldn't be done in that atmosphere last night… this, this morning?

…

219. A "Gift" from Senior

The atmosphere was ambiguous, but an untimely voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Guest, would you like to prepare breakfast for you now?"

"…"

"…"

So the two looked at each other tacitly again, and then quickly looked away.

"Yes, thank you, we'll get up right away…" Kakeru said loudly.

In order to catch the early bus as soon as possible, he had told the landlady when he checked into the room last night and booked today's breakfast. This was also one of the reasons why he set the alarm clock.

After responding to the landlady, Kakeru simply got up, tidied up his yukata, and reminded Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Senior too, don't sleep in when you're outside, get up early… I'll go wash up first."

Although the ambiguous atmosphere was interrupted, he hadn't completely calmed down yet. It's better not to have such close contact with Senior for the time being.

So he took the basket containing his clothes, picked up his mobile phone and walked towards the bathroom.

Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't say anything, just nodded silently. She seemed to not care, but when she confirmed that Kakeru had entered the bathroom and closed the door, she suddenly went crazy, pulled up the quilt and covered her face, and kept making "woo woo" sounds in her mouth:

"So, so dangerous… I almost couldn't resist…"

It's true that the morning of a day is the beginning of life, but it's undoubtedly also the beginning of resetting desires! She had finally managed to solve it herself last night without being discovered, but now she just fell asleep and felt it again… Could it be that she is also very horny?

Goo… who would admit such a thing!

"Woo woo woo…" Kasumigaoka Utaha tried hard to empty her mind and calm down.

Kakeru on the other side certainly had his own things to do. Fortunately, he could use external force. After repeatedly washing his face with cold water to cool down, his body and a restless heart gradually cooled down.

Originally, he was a little worried that staying in the bathroom for too long would arouse Senior's suspicion, but he slowly relaxed because he didn't hear her voice. He didn't push the door open and walk out until he was fully prepared.

Then he saw Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was still lying on the bed, closing her eyes and seemed to be sleeping in.

So he sighed, then slowly walked over and squatted beside her, reaching out and trying to wake her up. "Senior, wake up, don't sleep anymore… get up quickly and have breakfast, then you can catch up on sleep in the car. If you don't think it's enough, you can go home and continue sleeping…"

The effect was not bad. Senior woke up slowly again under his efforts, and then showed a lazy expression: "Kakeru… my body is so tired… I don't want to move…"

"…"

Kakeru rolled his eyes at her, thinking, wasn't she quite awake just now? How could she really fall asleep in such a short time? He didn't believe it.

"Senior, stop messing around, the breakfast will be cold if you don't get up."

"Ugh… then… Kakeru, pull me up…" Senior rubbed her sleepy eyes, and propped herself up slowly on the bed with the other hand.

As mentioned before, her sleeping posture wasn't exactly graceful; she tended to move around a lot at night. As a result, the neatly worn yukata had long been tossed about, almost to the point of falling apart. Although it wasn't completely in tatters yet, it was inevitable that—the yukata would slowly slip off one shoulder.

Natsukawa Kanade had initially wanted to reach out and pull it back up for her, but his eyes widened as he watched her in that state, ultimately stopping just as she managed to barely cover her northern hemisphere.

What a pity… No, I mean, one shouldn't look at what is improper!

This was even more intense than what he had accidentally experienced with Katou last night, so he turned his face away, pointed at his senior, and reminded her, "Yukata! Your yukata is about to fall off!"

He thought that would make her restrain herself a bit, but Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't care at all. Instead, she continued to reach out to him.

"What does it matter? I'm going to take it off anyway… Why don't you help me take it all off, Kohai-kun…?" Her tone was innocent and carefree.

"Like hell I'll help you take it off! Are you a three-year-old?!" Natsukawa Kanade naturally didn't agree. He muttered sullenly, then picked up the basket beside him and handed it to his senior. "Senpai, stop fooling around. Hurry up and get dressed properly, I'll wait for you outside…"

He was still quite energetic early in the morning. He had finally managed to calm down just now, and he didn't want to be stimulated any further.

So, after throwing the clothes at Kasumigaoka Utaha, Natsukawa Kanade left the room and leaned against the door, waiting patiently.

This approach was indeed effective, much better than just trying to persuade her in place. Before long, his senior had already opened the door, fully dressed, and appeared before him.

Natsukawa Kanade glanced at her, and just as he was about to turn around to lead the way, he keenly noticed a trace of something different.

"…"

"What's wrong, Kohai-kun? Why are you staring at me so intently…" Kasumigaoka Utaha flipped her hair, and after realizing he was looking at her, she teased him with a smile, "Could it be that you regret it? —That you should have helped your senior put on her clothes just now～"

"Of course not…" Natsukawa Kanade shook his head, slightly hesitant. "I just feel like… Senpai gives off a different feeling than yesterday?"

"Oh…" His senior blinked, suddenly realizing something, and then showed a disgusted expression. "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect Kohai-kun to be this kind of person…"

"???" Natsukawa Kanade looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Well… but since it's Kohai-kun… Reach out your hand." Kasumigaoka Utaha's voice was cheerful.

Although Natsukawa Kanade didn't understand what she wanted to do, he still reached out his hand. Just as he was about to ask, he found a soft and slightly cool lump in his palm.

Looking down, it was a ball of black material, looking somewhat like…

"It's my stockings, oh. I wore them all day yesterday, so I'll give them to Kohai-kun now." Kasumigaoka Utaha said with a cheerful expression, then took the lead and strode away without looking back.

"…"

Natsukawa Kanade was dumbfounded. He never expected her to give him this. If he remembered correctly, his senior didn't seem to have washed them after taking them off yesterday… Ah, no, the point is, why give them to him? If she didn't want to wear them anymore, she could just throw them away! He wasn't interested in anything like "used XX" series, okay!

Anyway, he made a disgusted face and wanted to stuff the thing back and return it to his senior, but she was walking so fast that she had already put a large distance between them.

He originally wanted to quickly catch up, but the landlady of the inn suddenly appeared at the corner ahead, so his face changed, and he quickly stuffed the thing in his palm into his pocket.

He didn't want to be seen as a pervert on the spot.

There was no choice, he could only find a chance to return it to his senior later.