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"I really don't know, but can't I just ask you?"
Kitahara Makoto said as if nothing had happened.
"No." Chihaya Anon quickly shook her head, "That's Tomori-chan's secret. Without her permission, I absolutely won't tell anyone, not even Kitahara-kun."
I didn't realize you were so tight-lipped!
Chihaya Anon looked over with teary eyes, pleading pitifully: "I told my friends I'd be back soon. If I don't go back, someone might come looking for me… Kitahara-kun, can you help me to the convenience store?"
"No problem."
Kitahara Makoto nodded in agreement.
Helping her to the convenience store was naturally nothing.
However, the transparent umbrella was barely enough for two people, and Chihaya Anon was inconvenient to move, walking as slow as a snail.
The two of them dawdled for a while, but didn't get far.
"This won't do, it'll take forever to get to the convenience store…" Chihaya Anon looked up pitifully, her face flushed, and whispered, "Can I ask Kitahara-kun to carry me to the convenience store?"
Kitahara Makoto: "…"
Something's not right!
Nine out of ten things are not right!
"Are you sure you want me to carry you to the convenience store?"
Kitahara Makoto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Because there's no other way." Chihaya Anon tilted her pretty face, her fingers clutching Kitahara Makoto's clothes, her tone somehow sounding like she was acting spoiled, "Now I can only ask Kitahara-kun for help."
This was a lie.
The fall was indeed an accident, not something Chihaya Anon did on purpose.
Her foot did hurt, but not to the point where she couldn't walk. After a moment of rest, she could barely move.
The reason she wanted Kitahara Makoto to carry her to the convenience store was partly for her 'revenge plan,' and the other half was a girlish thought she was unwilling to admit…
She wanted to act spoiled.
She wanted to rely on the boy in front of her.
She wanted more intimate contact…
"I understand."
Kitahara Makoto pondered for two seconds, then semi-squatted down:
"Get on."
Although he didn't know what this pink-haired girl was thinking, carrying her to the convenience store was nothing. The sooner it was over, the sooner he could go home.
"Thank you, Kitahara-kun~"
Chihaya Anon thanked him happily, then, with a flushed face, she lay on Kitahara Makoto's back.
"I'll hold the umbrella, you just hold on tight."
Kitahara Makoto held the umbrella with one hand and supported the pink-haired girl's thigh with the other, easily standing up.
"You're carrying me and holding the umbrella, won't Kitahara-kun be too tired?"
If you knew it would be tough, why did you climb on just now?!
"Not tired." Kitahara Makoto retorted faintly, "It's my honor to carry Anon-san."
"Eh heh~"
Chihaya Anon responded softly, her pretty face flushed, her arms tightly wrapped around Kitahara Makoto's neck.
Thump thump.
Chihaya Anon could clearly hear her own rapid heartbeat.
It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, initially just for 'revenge,' but for some reason, she felt inexplicably shy and nervous at this moment.
Fortunately, after a short while, Chihaya Anon calmed down, rested her chin on Kitahara Makoto's shoulder, and slowly closed her eyes.
"A boy's shoulders are so broad…"
"His body is so warm too…"
Chihaya Anon murmured to herself, feeling her whole body warm up. Lying on Kitahara Makoto's back at this moment, she felt a warmth and security, strangely similar to being on her father's back when she was little.
After an unknown amount of time.
Chihaya Anon suddenly heard Kitahara Makoto's voice: "We're almost at the convenience store."
"Eh?"
Chihaya Anon's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she opened her eyes, only to find that the convenience store had already appeared across the street, just a crosswalk away.
"It's already so fast…"
Chihaya Anon suddenly felt a little lost.
When she crossed the street later, she would definitely have to get off Kitahara Makoto's back, and that feeling of warmth and security would disappear with it.
"If only time could stay at this moment forever…"
Chihaya Anon secretly wished.
"Wait!"
Chihaya Anon suddenly woke up: "What am I thinking?!"
"I actually want Kitahara-kun to carry me longer, I don't want to separate so quickly…"
Chihaya Anon's pretty face flushed, and she keenly noticed the change in her mindset, suddenly feeling a little panicked.
Oh no, did she overplay her hand?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
"It's just for 'revenge' on Kitahara-kun, it's absolutely impossible for it to become real!"
As she spoke, the green light turned on.
Kitahara Makoto stepped forward, ready to cross the road.
"Move aside! Move aside!"
A shout suddenly came from a distance.
Chihaya Anon quickly looked over and saw a bicycle speeding through the rain and mist from afar.
"Riding so fast in the rain, they must be in a hurry…"
Chihaya Anon wasn't angry at all, and said softly:
"Kitahara-kun, let's move aside… Ugh!"
The strange sensation on her lips made Chihaya Anon's eyes widen suddenly.
(I… I actually kissed Kitahara-kun's face…)
(My first kiss is gone just like that… No! Absolutely not that!)
Chihaya Anon's pretty face flushed, wanting to cry but unable to, and she couldn't even be angry, because no matter how she looked at it, it was her fault.
The bicycle sped through the rain and mist, whizzing past the two of them.
"Th-that was an accident!"
Chihaya Anon quickly turned her pretty face away, wiping her lips with the back of her hand, saying both shyly and anxiously: "Kitahara-kun, don't overthink it, and forget everything that just happened, don't say a single word about it!"
"Act like nothing happened?"
Kitahara Makoto's tone was indifferent.
After having Ijichi Nijika and Ryo, this kind of accidental kiss on the cheek could no longer move him.
Chihaya Anon nodded: "Exactly! That's it!"
Kitahara Makoto stepped across the road: "Then I'm relieved."
Chihaya Anon: "…"
So angry!
Super angry!
What does 'I'm relieved' mean?
Stupid Kitahara couldn't possibly think she wanted him to take responsibility, could he?
Chihaya Anon involuntarily bared her small fangs, wanting to bite Kitahara Makoto's neck.
Ahhhhhh!
Revenge!
Must take revenge!
She must make this guy cry and repent!
Arriving at the convenience store, the two first bought underwear for Takamatsu Tomori, then a large bag of snacks for their friends, and then returned to the onsen Inn.
The rain was still falling.
However, Kitahara Makoto had just bought two umbrellas, so he no longer needed to share an umbrella with Chihaya Anon.
"The excuse for sneaking out just now was to buy snacks for everyone…" Chihaya Anon chose to walk back by herself, to avoid any more accidents, "I won't be going back tonight. It's been a long time since I've seen my friends, so we're planning a long-awaited overnight stay. What about Kitahara-kun?"
Kitahara Makoto said softly:
"I'll go back, pack my things, and then go home."
"That's good…"
Chihaya Anon secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
If Kitahara Makoto and Tomori-chan both chose to stay, a man and a woman alone in a room, and at an age when they are most impulsive… Tomori-chan might very well take maternity leave, right?
Everyone is still just a high school student, so that kind of thing is definitely not allowed!
"What's good?"
Kitahara Makoto looked over in confusion.
"Kitahara-kun misheard." Chihaya Anon guiltily averted her gaze, "I wonder if Tomori-chan will stay at the onsen Inn."
"Probably not." Kitahara Makoto guessed, "Tomori-chan lives with her parents, so she probably won't stay out all night."
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