After deciding to give up, I became popular

“I don’t think so.” Katou shook her head and replied softly, “Eri is busy with her manuscript lately, so let’s not bother her.”

“As for me, I have to go back to my hometown with my parents later, so I probably won’t make it.”

She scooped up a small piece of dessert and put it in her mouth, the sour and astringent taste filling her taste buds.

Not delicious.

So she thought maybe she should try a different flavor next time.

“So I can only trouble you, Natsukawa-kun, good luck.”

She even made a small fist to cheer him on symbolically, but she didn’t know in which direction he needed to work hard.

“Then I’ll leave it to Natsukawa-kun, I’ll go back first.” Saying so, Miss Katou took out a stack of papers from her bag and pushed them over along with the dessert.

“Don’t waste it.”

“……”

If you're in such a hurry, don't eat dessert so leisurely!

But there was no way, Miss Katou had already said so, so he had to accept this task—along with the dessert.

Taking a light taste, he felt it was a bit sweet, but not bad...

After coming out of the dessert shop, he followed the address sent by Katou and soon arrived at Kasumigaoka Utaha's hideout—a single apartment building.

Although he really wanted to ask Katou where she knew about the senior's address, since even the senior's homeroom teacher didn't know, he was worried that Katou would refute him with a light and breezy answer—because they're friends, it's not strange to know her address, right?

He felt that Katou could really say something like that, which would make it seem like he, as a 'friend,' didn't care about Kasumigaoka-senpai's recent situation at all.

Even if that's the case, it's really hurtful to be told that to your face!

But he had to admit that he hadn't contacted the senior much recently. For his own part, he hadn't had time because of various reasons. He wasn't too sure about Kasumigaoka-senpai's side; he could never figure out her ever-changing thoughts.

He was thinking about all sorts of things, but his feet didn't stop moving. Following the door number and finding the senior's new home, Natsukawa Kanade rang the doorbell.

“Moshi moshi, is anyone there?”

“……”

The house was quiet, with no response at all.

So he rang the doorbell again and waited for a while, but still no one answered.

Natsukawa Kanade had no choice but to take out his phone and send a message to Kasumigaoka,

“Senpai, are you home? I'm at your door now, is it convenient to open the door?” After finishing editing the message, he sent it.

Their last conversation was last Friday, exactly one week ago.

He waited patiently for a while, but Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't send a message, not even a "read" notification.

Could she have gone out? But if that were the case, she should be able to receive message notifications, unless she went to a place that required silence, such as a bookstore. But considering that the senior is in a sick state, she shouldn't be stupid enough to go to the bookstore to read while she's sick, right?

After all, she's the type of "light otaku" who would never go out if she could avoid it.

“I should have sent a message first, and come over after receiving a reply. I wonder if Senpai is asleep...” Natsukawa Kanade sighed, feeling that he might waste a lot of time here.

Almost unconsciously, Natsukawa Kanade put his hand on the doorknob and gently twisted it.

“I’m really stupid, it wouldn’t be open like that...” Before he could finish complaining, the door was actually opened.

“Whoa, really?”

Natsukawa Kanade was very surprised, he didn't expect his unintentional action to actually open the door.

But that didn't make sense at all. With the senior's black-bellied personality, how could she possibly put her personal safety on someone else's character?

Not to mention strangers, she doesn't even have 100% trust in her friends!

The only explanation was that the senior was confused and forgot to lock the door.

So Natsukawa Kanade took out his phone again, sent a message to Kasumigaoka, told her about this, and reminded her that he was at the entrance and not to mistake him for someone strange.

102. The Inescapable Law

It was indeed impolite to break into someone's home without the owner's permission. Natsukawa Kanade could have put down the handout and sent another message to explain and then go back, but after all, they were "friends," so the visit to check on her was naturally indispensable.

He glanced slightly at the furnishings in the entrance, basically no different from his apartment, looking like they came from the same designer.

These were not the main point, the key was that Natsukawa Kanade found a pair of men's leather shoes, placed casually on the carpet.

“……”

The degree of wear was almost non-existent, they should be newly bought. Judging from the shoe shape, the owner was probably around 180cm tall, but this was clearly Kasumigaoka Utaha's home.

So he looked around again and found the high heels she wore when he met Kasumigaoka in Saitama last time. He had personally taken off her shoes to treat the injury on her foot, so he had a deep impression.

Since it was determined that it was the senior's home, then the existence of these men's leather shoes was very suspicious.

If it was a father or someone who came to visit, they should have come to open the door when they heard the doorbell, but he waited for a long time and no one answered. And with the shoes placed in such a way, it was basically the idea of staying for a while and then leaving, so they didn't put the shoes in the shoe cabinet, which contradicted the previous statement about visiting...

“……”

So, a terrible idea entered Natsukawa Kanade's mind—could she have been robbed?

Although it seemed strange to take off shoes before robbing, he couldn't think of any other ideas, and he increasingly felt that this guess was becoming possible.

The reason why the door was open was not because the senior was confused, but because it was pried open. The criminal may have been coveting the senior's beauty, so he followed her all the way and finally found an opportunity to break in...

Natsukawa Kanade couldn't help but feel anxious. The time he asked for leave was this morning, which meant that the criminal had probably been imprisoning the senior since last night until now.

Is it a fugitive? Or a stalker?

The best result would naturally be that the senior was only imprisoned, but what he feared was that what the criminal wanted was far more than that.

Should he call the police? Natsukawa Kanade thought.

But if he called the police, there would be a lot of noise, and the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous the senior would be. At this time, he could only rely on himself.

Fortunately, the criminal probably didn't know he had entered the house. Maybe he was hiding in a room, or threatening the senior to keep her from making a sound.

Thinking of this, Natsukawa Kanade took off his shoes, tiptoed into the living room.

He looked around slightly and didn't find anything unusual, so he picked up the long-handled umbrella next to him, held it tightly in his hand, and touched towards the several closed rooms.

There were some slight noises coming from a certain room. Natsukawa Kanade's heart tightened, and he became more careful, slowly sticking to the wall and listening to the movements inside.

Of course, he hadn't seen the criminal, and he didn't know how strong the other party was. If he rashly broke in, the other party might use the senior as a hostage to threaten him, then all his efforts would be in vain.

Therefore, if possible, he still hoped that the other party could take the initiative to come out from inside, so that he could take the opportunity to attack the other party.

But reality didn't seem to allow him to do so.

“Don’t! Help! Someone save me…”

Such a voice came from inside the room.

So Natsukawa Kanade's eyes narrowed, thinking that it was not that simple, so he pushed the door open and broke in.

His leg muscles tightened, and he was just about to exert force to subdue the criminal at full speed, but he found that there was only Kasumigaoka in the entire room, and there was no such creature as a "criminal".

And the hostage Miss he was thinking about—Kasumigaoka Utaha, was sitting safely on her bed, holding a towel in her hand, carefully wiping her body.

Her pajamas were scattered randomly on the bed, her upper body almost completely bare. Kasumigaoka, holding a wet towel, was raising one of her slender arms high, slowly wiping her waist.

Next to the bedside table was a pot of water, and her bed also had a laptop lying flat on it, which was playing a movie. The sound he had just heard came from there.

“……”

“……”

……

“Tell me, junior-kun, why did you suddenly break into someone else's house?” Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was already dressed, sat on the bed with her legs crossed, humming softly, looking at Natsukawa Kanade kneeling on the ground with some contempt, “So thirsty, have you finally decided to unleash your beastly nature and attack a cute beautiful girl?”

Although her body was still very weak, after suffering such a shock, Kasumigaoka Utaha's spirits had improved a lot, and she could even start pointing fingers at Natsukawa Kanade.

In fact, she was a little excited at the moment. If she didn't disguise it with harsh words, the shame in her heart would undoubtedly swallow all her rationality.

“Uh, no… I didn't mean that…” Natsukawa Kanade lowered his head slightly, trying to explain, “It's, it's all a misunderstanding, I didn't want to do that kind of thing…”

At this moment, he deeply understood that he was really a normal boy, so he couldn't resist the principle of gravitational pull, his mind was full of the white scenes just now, and even the words that should have been easily said became a little stuttering.

“Be, because I saw men's leather shoes at the entrance, and I was afraid that you were in danger, so I broke in…”

Although his language function was somewhat obstructed, he still smoothly explained the whole process to Kasumigaoka Utaha, and her face looked a little better.

“So, I have to thank junior-kun?”

“Theoretically…”

“Hmm?” Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes narrowed.

“Of course not!” Natsukawa Kanade quickly waved his hand, changing his statement, “I was too worried, I accidentally trespassed into a private house, I hope senior is generous and can forgive my reckless behavior…”

The expected crime scene did not appear. Not only that, but he even feasted his eyes, so it would be false to say that he had any complaints about the punishment given by the senior. Rather, not taking advantage of this has already proved that Kasumigaoka Utaha has completely forgiven him.

“Hmph…” Kasumigaoka Utaha hummed softly, but her mood improved a lot.

Not only could she see junior-kun showing weakness again, but she could also hear him say the fact that "he was worried about her." Not to mention her mood, even her body had improved a lot.

But she still couldn't let him go so easily. He actually did such a lucky pervert thing, and she didn't even have the slightest preparation.

“Hmph, if you want me to forgive you, junior-kun must first promise me one thing.”

“……”

Natsukawa Kanade felt a little uneasy.

103. I Love This Kind of Junior-kun the Most

“Umm…”

“Sorry… Did I hurt you?”

“Um… li, little lighter…”

“Huff…”

“……”

About a few minutes later, Natsukawa Kanade took a long breath and took his hand away from Kasumigaoka Utaha's delicate skin.

“Senpai is too weak, right? It hurts here for a while, and it hurts there for a while, I don't even know how to start.”

“It's clearly junior-kun who used too much force, right?” Kasumigaoka Utaha glared at him while putting on a shirt, her eyes full of autumn waves, exceptionally charming.

“But I can understand junior-kun's thoughts, after all, it's the first time doing this kind of thing, you will definitely be so horny that you can't help but want to stick your X completely on it, right?”

“Please don't deliberately replace the word 'hand' like that, okay? People who don't know will think I did something to you…” Natsukawa Kanade retorted.

“Oh? It's just an insignificant hand, no one will care, right?” Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled, and her plain hand climbed onto her peak, “Could it be… junior-kun is thinking too much? Thinking of other things?”

Her heart was pounding non-stop, not only was her face burning terribly, but even her body was gradually getting hot, but it was different from the weakness of a fever, it was a feeling that would make her more happy.

“Anyway, you boys are like this, always horny anytime, anywhere…” Kasumigaoka Utaha put on another teasing expression, but only she knew how uneasy she was inside.

Her original intention was to tease junior-kun, to see him troubled, but she didn't expect him to actually agree—agree to rub her back for her.

Still in her own home, on her bed, helping her, who wasn't wearing a shirt.

This feeling of being alone with a man and a woman without anyone disturbing… it wouldn't be strange if something really happened in the next second, right?

“……” Natsukawa Kanade was a little silent, feeling poked.

In fact, "humans" are indeed a kind of, and the only kind of creature that can get horny anytime, anywhere 365 days a year, but it's too much to single out the male lead, right? He doesn't believe that girls don't have any feelings at all!

“It's senpai who is thinking too much, right? I'm just habitually complaining.”

He thought that after not seeing each other for a long time, his way of getting along with Kasumigaoka-senpai could move in a normal direction, but the result was even worse?

At least in the past, Kasumigaoka would at most use some bad language to stir up his emotions, but he didn't expect that now she would even use the weapons of her body, is she really not afraid that he will not be able to help but do something bad?