After deciding to give up, I became popular

197. The Detestable Adulterous Cat

Natsukawa Kanade considered his willpower to be quite strong, but when faced with the "scorching" gaze from his older female upperclassman, he found it somewhat unbearable, and after holding out for a long time, he finally succumbed.

"Senpai, could you please stop staring at me? People around us are misunderstanding us as a couple," Natsukawa Kanade sighed.

He couldn't see the people inside the store behind him, but he could catch a glimpse of passersby outside the window from the corner of his eye. Their curious or envious gazes were quite piercing. However, what messed with his mind the most was the occasional mother-child duo passing by, their innocent shouts of "Mommy, look, it's a couple of lovebirds!" made him so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a pyramid out of the ground.

How are all the little kids so precocious these days? Japan is doomed!

"It's okay, it's not like it's the first or second time. Just consider it a trial from society, Kohai-kun," Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at him with a smile, not caring about what others thought. To her, if it weren't for the excessive demands, such a "misunderstanding" would have become a reality long ago. Where would the later things be then?

"Besides... is being mistaken as a couple really a disadvantage for Kohai-kun?" Kasumigaoka Utaha leaned her pretty face forward, and a pleasant fragrance, like orchids and musk, immediately wafted over.

Natsukawa Kanade leaned back a little subconsciously, increasing the distance between them.

"You know, I don't mean it that way..." Natsukawa Kanade sighed.

This woman is always like this. She clearly has no feelings for him, but she always likes to do things that will make others misunderstand, as if watching him blush and be at a loss makes her feel happy, which is very embarrassing.

He was unwilling to actively interact with her too much, often because of this, and of course, there were other factors as well—Kasumigaoka Utaha, she is largely a selfish person. She is only willing to put her heart into things that she believes are beneficial to herself, but in reality, most people are like this, so there is really nothing to criticize her for. After all, she is not the kind of bad person who would harm others because of this.

Except when it comes to Eriri—these two seem to be natural rivals. When he pursued Kasumigaoka unsuccessfully and then turned to pursue Eriri, Senpai would often jump out to interfere inappropriately. At first, he was so naive that he thought she couldn't bear to see Eriri gain happiness, but later he thought, how could that be? Senpai probably just felt that if he succeeded in pursuing Eriri, then he would no longer be able to provide her with various conveniences—like helping her with her novel research or providing nutritional lunches?

The specific situation may be more complicated, but it should be about the same for him, so later they had a huge conflict. Although they reconciled in the end, this incident has been deeply buried in his heart like a shadow and cannot be dispelled.

"Why is Senpai here? As a third-year high school student, your courses should be more demanding, right?" Natsukawa Kanade tried to change the subject, and also wanted to remind her—you should pay more attention to your studies, don't always take pleasure in teasing your Kohai.

"How does Kohai-kun know that I'm not studying? I'm clearly in a bookstore," Kasumigaoka Utaha retorted, while playing with the hair at her ear with interest.

"If you consider reading... this kind of book as a form of study, then I have nothing to say." Natsukawa Kanade pointed his finger at the book in front of her, which was called something like 'The Loyal Dog Training Manual', thinking that if this is called studying, then there are probably very few people who don't study.

However, facing his rebuttal, Kasumigaoka Utaha became more interested: "There's no way around it, after all, Kohai-kun also knows that while I'm a high school student, I'm also the youngest beautiful girl light novelist, oh."

"Who praises themselves as a beautiful girl?" Natsukawa Kanade retorted, but he wouldn't deliberately deny it either.

This is, after all, a fact.

Kasumigaoka Utaha naturally ignored him and continued to say to herself: "I also know the importance of studying, but I don't want to lose the title of 'beautiful girl light novelist', but since some~one~ is unwilling to help me with research, I have no choice but to draw inspiration from other people's works."

"..." Could it be that this is his fault? Natsukawa Kanade naturally refused to admit it, and immediately retorted, "I'm also very busy, school field trip, student council, I'm not idle all day long."

"Then that means—" After hearing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes suddenly lit up, "Kohai-kun is willing to help me with research whenever you have time?"

"..." Natsukawa Kanade suddenly felt like he had been led into a trap, but now he couldn't say no, "Well... if I really have time, it's naturally no problem."

The less contact he has with Senpai, the better, but it would be too pitiful to always reject her, and of course, he would feel bad about it.

"Then let's not delay, how about tomorrow? It's the weekend, and there's plenty of time," Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately climbed up the pole.

"Tomorrow won't work, I have something to do..." Natsukawa Kanade immediately shook his head and refused. He had already promised Eriri to tutor her on the weekend, "And the day after tomorrow won't work either, I have something to do then too."

"..." Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyebrows immediately raised, and she even felt a hint of anger.

What does she mean? She clearly said she would agree if he had time, but when asked, he's not free at all? She's clearly fooling her, right?!

Seeing her like this, Natsukawa Kanade immediately understood what she was thinking.

After all, they had been together for a long time, and they naturally understood each other to some extent.

"No, you misunderstood! I'm not敷衍 (fū yǎn - going through the motions), I really don't have time these two days!" Natsukawa Kanade quickly explained, and then told her in detail about Eriri's failing grade crisis and how he kindly offered to help.

This gradually calmed Senpai's emotions.

However, in reality, Kasumigaoka Utaha was still very dissatisfied. After all, her so-called "research" was just a disguised invitation for a date, but now she suddenly heard that an adulterous cat had already started acting before her, and she was naturally very worried.

Especially since the "date" location that the other party chose was in her own home, how could she feel at ease?

That mere golden retriever loser, to actually be able to do this...

"Tutoring, huh, sounds quite interesting... how about I join too? After all, my grades..." Kasumigaoka Utaha wanted to say something, but Natsukawa Kanade interrupted her.

"Let's stop there, I can't just bring you to Eriri's house without her permission, that wouldn't be polite at all," Natsukawa Kanade shook his head decisively.

Group study would indeed make the atmosphere better, but who is the other party? Kasumigaoka Utaha! The person who is almost a lifelong enemy of Eriri, bringing her to Eriri's house is just asking for trouble, right? Don't let the war spread to him.

"Tch..." Kasumigaoka Utaha clicked her tongue, and finally could only choose to give up.

In reality, she didn't have much hope to begin with. All she could do was pray and bless her Kohai not to be eaten clean.

But she's still so angry! He pushes back her invitations every time, but when facing that golden retriever, he rushes to help? Could it be that her Kohai... is an extreme flat-chest lover?

But when he was pursuing her, he didn't look at her chest any less...

Thinking about it, she still doesn't understand why this guy always looks at her, this ultimate beauty that is rare to see in a century, with a look of disgust, as if she is some kind of flood beast, which is so annoying!

No, she has to show more of her charm!

"In that case, let's set the research time for next weekend?" Kasumigaoka Utaha thought, then her eyes narrowed, as if threateningly, "Don't say you're not free next weekend either, Kohai-kun—"

"It shouldn't be..." Natsukawa Kanade hesitated and shook his head. He hadn't made any appointments that far in advance.

"Then it's settled," Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded in satisfaction.

"Yeah," Natsukawa Kanade also nodded slightly, then continued, "Since it's settled, then I'll go first..."

"Where is Kohai-kun going?" Senpai still didn't want to let him go.

But after all, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and she misses him very much at the moment.

"I happen to have some time too, let me accompany Kohai-kun a little bit~"

Don't even think about running away, my~ Kohai~kun.

198. Will it Break? Absolutely!

He wanted to leave, but he couldn't, and he was even pestered by Senpai. Natsukawa Kanade was naturally a little unhappy. The long-awaited solo time was suddenly gone, and he could see what would happen next.

However, even so, he could only accept it silently like a company slave who was helplessly raped by life, without any resistance.

"Senpai, don't you have any place you want to go?" Natsukawa Kanade said helplessly.

After leaving the bookstore, the two of them had been wandering aimlessly on the street.

"Kohai-kun can decide for himself, after all, I said..." Tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes flashed with a sly light, "I'm here to accompany Kohai-kun, oh~~"

"If I wasn't carrying the books you just bought, it would be more convincing..." Natsukawa Kanade was even more helpless.

According to the plan, he should have stayed in the bookstore for at least a while, but now he was forced to leave there. His intention was to get out of Senpai's sight, but he didn't expect her to cling to him and treat him as a porter, which was just too much.

"I really want to thank Senpai for her kindness, but I'm not the kind of rabbit who will die of loneliness without someone to accompany me, and more importantly... with Senpai accompanying me, I can't move freely, can you understand that?" Natsukawa Kanade tried to reason with her, expressing that he would rather be alone now, but after all, he was facing Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Oh, so Kohai-kun is going to do something inconvenient to share with others, no wonder you were alone in the bookstore just now, were you planning to buy something for self-stimulation?" Kasumigaoka Utaha winked at him.

"That's definitely not the case! I just went to see if there were any interesting new light novels!" Natsukawa Kanade quickly retorted, no matter what, he would never go to a bookstore with such a large flow of people to buy erotic books, wouldn't it be better to find a more remote store?

"It's okay, Kohai-kun, no need to rush to explain, I can understand, after all, Kohai-kun is also a healthy boy, more or less has various needs..." Kasumigaoka Utaha paused, then pretended to be mysterious, moved closer to him, leaned over and whispered:

"However, compared to those worthless impurities, there are better choices, right? For example—if Kohai-kun begs me properly, it's not impossible to provide you with some nutritious and delicious side dishes, oh?"

After speaking, she gently blew air into his ear.

"!" Suddenly attacked, Natsukawa Kanade was startled and almost dropped the bag of books in his hand.

"Are you crazy? Suddenly doing this kind of thing!"

"Hmm? What's wrong? I just said too much in one breath, just breathed a little," Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly started pretending to be stupid.

"..."

Natsukawa Kanade knew that he couldn't play with this woman after all. As long as he didn't attack with a straight ball, he would be dragged into her field and be pulled and defeated by her rich experience, so he took a deep breath and slowly said:

"I'm really convinced by you... but you said that, I don't care what happens later." He looked at her seriously, with a serious look.

"That's right, it's me... eh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha thought she had gained the upper hand again, but she didn't expect to hear such an answer.

No... are you sure?... really want to? Use her side dishes? Isn't it too dangerous?

No, it should be a joke, after all, it's still on the street...

"Then Senpai, come with me, I'll lead the way."

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "..."

Lead, lead the way?! Where... where are we going?! Although she would feel a little more at ease not being on the street... no, the point is not where, it's that she can't feel at ease at all?! And why did it suddenly develop into this situation? What are they going to do?

She just wanted to tease him a little, thinking that nothing would happen with his personality, but she didn't expect to actually hit the spot?

So now she became uneasy, but a faint expectation emerged from the depths of her heart.

If Kohai-kun really made some lewd requests, should she agree... or should she be reserved first and then agree?

Guh...

Just as someone's heart was fluttering, Natsukawa Kanade suddenly spoke again: "We're here, Senpai."

"!" So Kasumigaoka Utaha turned into a frightened rabbit, almost jumped up, and kept muttering.

"No, this won't do, Kohai-kun... I, I'm very happy you have such thoughts, but, but now is not the right time, is it?... And, and I'm not ready yet, I haven't had time to change my clothes..."

"Huh? What preparation do you need for this kind of thing? Can't you just roll up your sleeves and get to it?"

"Eh, eh, eh?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes widened, and she was completely stunned. She didn't expect her Kohai-kun to be a 'dressing-up' type. But why roll up his sleeves? To make it easier to move his hands?

However, it seemed too late for her to refuse. He even grabbed her hand and dragged her into the store.

"Alright, stop talking nonsense and come in quickly. I guarantee you'll find it very interesting later."

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "..."

That's what he said, but this was her first time, after all. She heard it would be even more painful...

She wanted to say something, but couldn't get a word out. Faced with her Kohai-kun's forceful actions, she was like a docile rabbit, keeping her head down in a shy posture, following closely behind him.

Of course, her heart was pounding like a deer, and she felt so nervous that her heart was about to jump out. But more than that, she felt anticipation and a hint of comfort—so Kohai-kun has been suppressing his longing for her all along.

Because of the forest school, they hadn't communicated face-to-face for a long time. But now, as soon as they met, their relationship was about to develop into something beyond her imagination. Seriously, wasn't it a little too fast?! The key was that she hadn't changed her underwear yet!

...No, what is she even thinking?! Didn't she just learn something from 'The Loyal Dog Training Manual'? At this time, she must learn to stop him, stop him! If she just gives herself away, wouldn't she really be giving herself away for nothing?!

But, but... if she refuses and misses this opportunity, she doesn't know when Kohai-kun will take the initiative again...

"Senpai, how long do you think we can play for?" Summer River suddenly asked.

"D-Don't ask me at this time, I don't know..." Kasumigaoka Utaha still kept her head down, afraid to look at him.

"That's true," Summer River nodded, then continued searching on the product list.

"For the first time... well, 2 hours should be enough, right? Any longer and I feel like I won't be able to handle it."

"..."

She told him not to ask her! She doesn't know about these things!

Because of the overly direct words, Kasumigaoka Utaha felt even worse. She even felt that the eyes of the people around her were gathering towards her, piercingly frightening.

Two hours for the first time? It'll break, won't it!

199. Scumbag, terrible!

The always elegant, generous, eloquent, and resourceful Kasumigaoka Utaha has now transformed into a quail girl, not daring to raise her head throughout the whole process.

She is indeed the kind of person who loves to dream and likes romance, so she never thought that she would be 'forced' into a spontaneous hotel trip. It's not for reasons like avoiding the rain or wanting to take a bath, but a very simple and straightforward expression of desire—damn it.

Of course, the truth may not be what she thinks it is now. Kohai-kun might just want to scare her. Maybe when they really get to the room, it will suddenly stop. Even if it doesn't, at most, at most, he will just do... do... anyway, he definitely won't go all the way, right?

She has always firmly believed this, and has been trying to hypnotize herself, believing that she will definitely rein herself in and will never give herself away just like that, even if she sees Kohai-kun masturbating in front of her and spilling milk on her, she will definitely remain unmoved...

She even started thinking about the subsequent developments, such as simply proposing to date—of course, it would be best to induce Kohai-kun to propose it himself, so that she wouldn't mind giving him a little reward...