After coming out of the hot spring, I didn’t meet Kiyono Rin who had just come out of the bath, which was a pity.
Back in the room, Toru Watanabe picked out a bottle of soda from the small refrigerator in the room, then turned on the TV and watched a French comedy movie.
The story tells of a wealthy nobleman named Philip, who became paralyzed in his lower limbs in a skydiving accident and was unable to take care of himself. He hired a black youth who had just been released from prison to work as a domestic servant in his home.
The plot is funny, but also touching.
While watching the drama, Toru Watanabe didn't deliberately try to learn anything from it, he just wrote down two sentences.
He sent one of the sentences to Kiyono Rin.
"I think everyone has at least one close friend like this, with whom they have had many ordinary but memorable times, no matter how the world changes."
"The middle is missing"
"I know, but don't you think that's a better way to describe us?"
"I'm only sixteen, I don't have that feeling."
"You love listening to Seiko Matsuda's songs just like me?"
“Boom boom boom!”
The sudden knock on the door startled Watanabe Toru, and he quickly typed on the screen of his mobile phone.
"You wouldn't do that, would you?"
"?"
The person outside the door was not Kiyono Rin.
Who could that be?
"Who is this?" Toru Watanabe turned down the volume of the TV.
"Watanabe!"
Watanabe Toru put down his phone, opened the door, and looked at Kunii Osamu who had changed into private clothes: "Why are you here?"
"Let's go in first." As he said that, Kunijiro Xiu was about to walk into the inner room.
"Wait, wait." Watanabe Toru stopped him, "Miki is coming tomorrow, and she doesn't like the smell of other people where she sleeps."
"You're not hiding anyone, are you?"
"Yeah, Mai Asuhito-senpai is in there."
"Third-year senior Asuka Mai? You? Wake up, it's not time to go to bed yet."
"If you have something to say, say it quickly." Watanabe Toru said impatiently.
Kunii Osamu looked at both sides of the corridor and lowered his voice: "Let's go shopping together later? Ask Ikki-san to come with us."
"Wouldn't it be better if you two went alone?"
"Isn't it the same as telling her 'I like her' when I'm dating her?!"
"Aren't you going to confess?" Watanabe Toru asked back.
"Of course I have to confess, but before I do that I have to..." Kunii Osamu stopped talking immediately when he heard footsteps in the corridor.
The retro wooden floor made a clattering sound, and Ikki Aoi's figure appeared in the corridor.
Kunijii Osamu's breathing quickened.
"Good evening." Ikki Aoi greeted the two with a smile.
Watanabe Toru nodded.
"Hello, no, good evening, Ichiki-san!"
"Hmm? Something's wrong~" Ikki Aoi came closer and examined Kunii Osamu's face, "You're talking so nervously, are you planning to do something bad with Watanabe-kun?"
"How is that possible!" Kunii Osamu responded guiltily, and turned to look at Watanabe Toru, "Right, Watanabe?"
Watanabe Toru ignored him and asked Ikki Aoi, "What's the matter with Ikki-san coming here?"
"I'm here to see Kiyono-san." Ikki Aoi blinked.
Although he couldn't understand the look in her eyes, Toru Watanabe could guess what she wanted to express: like Kunii Osamu, Ikki Aoi was also planning to bring an outsider along and go to the night market to find someone she liked.
"She lives over there." Toru Watanabe pointed to a small Japanese-style room at the end of the corridor.
"Thank you, bye~"
"Bye~" Kunijii Xiu waved with a shy smile on his face.
The two watched as Ikki Aoi knocked on the door, Kiyono Rin opened the door for her, and then the two walked into the room together.
Watanabe Toru retracted his gaze and said to Kunii Osamu, "Ichiki-san is here to ask Kiyono out to play. You can wait at the door, then pretend to run into him by chance and suggest going shopping together."
"How do you know?"
"Do you think I won Meiji over only by relying on my appearance?"
"Of course I believe in your ability...Okay! I'll go and wait! But what excuse do you want to use?"
"You can say it's unsafe at night, or that you need help carrying something, or just make up an excuse. If they still refuse, you can pretend to be shopping alone. There are only a few places you can go at night anyway, so you can run into each other anyway."
"Can you come with me? I don't dare to go alone." Kunijima Osamu said embarrassedly.
"You're so active at ordinary times, but why are you useless at the critical moment?" Watanabe Toru said to him, "It's a good opportunity for you to build up your courage and prepare for the official confession. You don't want to be so nervous that you say the wrong words when you confess, do you?"
"Yes, that makes sense! Watanabe, you confessed to Kujo in front of the whole school in the courtyard without a single hitch. I believe in your experience!"
"…Forget about my experience. Don't learn from it."
After Kunii Osamu left, Watanabe Toru returned to the room and leaned comfortably on the windowsill of the wooden round window.
In the dark night, the moonlight is cool and bright.
Kyoto's quaint streets are lined with shops, and orange lanterns are lit in front of every house.
Asuma Mai and the others will probably go into some of these stores later.
I don’t know what kind of story will happen.
“Boom boom boom!”
How anxious is this guy Kunii? Hesitation is not a quality a man should have. Watanabe Toru complained in his heart as he walked over to open the door.
"What's up……"
Before he could finish his words, a figure rushed over.
Watanabe Toru was just about to fight back when he smelled a familiar scent.
"Mai-senpai?"
"Yeah." Asu Mai hugged Watanabe Toru and buried her face in his shoulder.
"Why are you here?"
"I've thought it through." Asu Mai raised her face in his arms and looked at him motionlessly.
Toru Watanabe wanted to support her body and separate them, but she hugged her too tightly, so tightly that Toru Watanabe wondered if all the air between them was squeezed out.
Suddenly, there was the sound of a door opening in the corridor, and Kiyono Rin and Ikki Aoi could be vaguely heard talking.
Toru Watanabe subconsciously reached out and closed the door.
The footsteps gradually approached, as if stepping on Watanabe Toru's heartbeat, and then stopped in front of the door.
"Watanabe-san." The voice was cool and pleasant. It was R-san.
Watanabe Toru waited for a moment and said, "What's the matter?"
Asu Mai put her hands on Watanabe Toru's back and rubbed her little face in his arms, as if to confirm whether he really existed.
"We are going to look for Senior Mai, are you coming?" asked Aoi Ikki.
"No, I'm learning English."
"English? Watanabe-kun is so studious!"
"No, it's French." Toru Watanabe quickly changed his words.
"Really?" asked Qingye Rin.
"Yeah, I'm going to look at the dictionary and the vocabulary list later. The original version of "The Intouchables" is playing on TV," he added.
Asu Mai seemed to finally be sure that Watanabe Toru was really in her arms. She raised her pretty face again and looked at him motionlessly.
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to go. Let's go." Qingye Rin's voice came from outside the door.
"Yeah." Ikki Aoi responded, "I wonder if Mai-senpai will agree to join us."
"Everything went smoothly during the day, so there shouldn't be any accidents at night."
"I hope so, but I always worry..."
I couldn't hear what was happening afterwards, as the two of them walked away.
Toru Watanabe let out a long sigh, and suddenly remembered that Asuka Mai was still in his arms. Wouldn't this be spraying directly on someone's face?
"Senior, I'm sorry..."
"Hu——" Asu Mai's gentle breath was slowly and evenly exhaled on Watanabe Toru's face.
It was warm, with a faint fragrance, and his bangs were blown up.
Watanabe Tetsu called out helplessly, "Senior."
"Hmm?" Asu Mai responded in an inaudible voice, put her arms around his neck, tilted her head slightly, and looked at him with obsessed eyes.
"…Let's go inside and talk."
The wooden door looks very antique, but it doesn't give you a sense of security.
"Yeah." Asu Mai responded obediently.
Toru Watanabe looked at her, hoping that she would let go on her own initiative.
Asu Mai stared at him motionlessly, her eyes gradually covered with a mist of lust, and it seemed that she did not agree to his going inside.
Watanabe Toru had no choice but to pick her up and walk towards the Japanese-style room.
Asu Mai was wearing a yukata. After being picked up, her smooth and round beautiful legs were exposed. The scenery still hidden under the hem of the yukata was even more attractive.
During this time, Asu Mai's eyes never left Watanabe Toru. Occasionally, she would blow air on his face teasingly with a slight smile on her lips.
Toru Watanabe sat down on the chair in the Japanese-style room, with Mai Asu still lying in his arms.
"Senior, what's the matter?"
"Didn't Toru have something to say to me? I came here by myself." Asu Mai gently bit Toru Watanabe's ear and answered with sobs.
Toru Watanabe felt his ears gradually getting wet, his body full of energy, and his blood surging.
But his mind became clearer.
If the two of them continue like this, nothing will get accomplished and they will only hurt each other. They have to put an end to it.
No matter what Asu Mai thinks of him.
Toru Watanabe pushed her away and looked into those clear eyes.
"Mai-senpai, I do have something to tell you."
"Yeah." Asu Mai looked at him infatuatedly, with an expectant look on her face, but her hand reached down.
Watanabe Toru grabbed her hand back and held it tightly: "Meiji is my girlfriend. Her family is very powerful and she has killed people."
"Hmm." Asu Mai stared at the hand that was holding her wrist in a trance, carefully examining each finger.
"If she knew you had a relationship with me, she would never let you go." Watanabe Toru said seriously.
"I don't care."
"You're not afraid of death?"
"I'm not afraid." Asu Mai answered softly, shaking her head slightly.
Watanabe Toru looked at her for a long time, and suddenly said, "But I'm afraid that if she finds out, even if she doesn't kill me, I won't be free anymore."
"I don't care."
"Don't you like me? Don't you worry about me?"
Asu Mai smiled foolishly, her white teeth faintly showing between her lips: "Because I will die with Toru."
Her voice never changed from beginning to end, always in a lazy, teasing tone.
There was no doubt as to why what he was waiting for was not a confession. It seemed that as long as it was Toru Watanabe, it didn't matter what he said.
"But I don't want to die." Watanabe Toru responded coldly.
"Don't be afraid, don't worry," Asu Mai comforted in an ethereal and ethereal voice, "I will always be with Toru."
"You accompany me? What's the use?" Toru Watanabe let go of Mai Asu's hand and pinched her graceful neck.
Apply force slowly.
"I want to stay with Meiji. She's rich, powerful, and prettier than you. There are plenty of girls like you!"
"Cough cough." Asu Mai started coughing uncontrollably.
"You are such a nasty and difficult person. If Meiji finds out, I will lose my bright future, or even get killed!"
Toru Watanabe turned over, pressed Mai Asuka under him, and strangled her neck with both hands.
"Don't you like me and are willing to die for me? I'll grant your wish!"
Asu Mai's lips opened slightly uncontrollably, revealing her pink tongue, and she finally raised her hand.
Watanabe Toru's face was full of ferocity, and he whispered harshly: "There is a drug called succinyl. After injection, people will suffocate to death. As long as I bribe the hospital, no one will know that I killed you!"
Asu Mai's cold hands struggled to reach Watanabe Toru's face, and then gently stroked it.
Her eyes, which were as clear as summer spring water, had become blurred and her brain was gradually losing consciousness. The only thing that remained the same was: she was always looking at Toru Watanabe.
Toru Watanabe looked at Asu Mai in disbelief , without any panic or resentment, he let go of her hand.
Toru Watanabe took a few steps back, leaned against the wall, sat on the tatami, and stared at Asuka Mai who was coughing and breathing fresh air.
"You really could have died just now, why didn't you resist?"
"Toru," Asu Mai lay on the ground, looking at the ceiling, motionless and whispered, "Strangling the neck will leave a mark. I'll stay here and wait for you to get the amber."
Watanabe Toru's throat suddenly felt sore.
He took a deep breath and suppressed his bitterness.
a long time.
"Senior, I lost." I thought I had controlled my emotions, but my voice was still a little hoarse.
Asu Mai turned over, got on her knees, and slowly crawled over.
When they were very close, she raised her face slightly, and looked at Watanabe Toru with her clear eyes again.
"If I have to leave Che, I would rather die now." Her voice was calm and gentle.
Toru Watanabe leaned his head weakly against the wall and looked at Mai Asuka who was looking up in front of him.
"Sincerely?"
"Um."
“Is it worth it?”
Asu Mai's eyes were full of doubts.
Watanabe Toru closed his eyes. Now, there was no need to say anything.
"Mai-senpai."
"Um."
"There is one thing I didn't lie to you about. If Meiji finds out, the two of us will be in real danger."
"Yeah." Asu Mai kept her hands on the ground and moved her face forward, her fair and delicate collarbone slipping out from the collar of her yukata.
"But I'm not greedy for money, nor am I interested in power. Beauty is not important to me... I'm not saying this to prove anything about me. I just want to tell you, senior, that the person you love hopelessly is not completely useless."
"Of course Toru is the best." Asu Mai said softly without any hesitation.
Watanabe Toru looked into her eyes that had been looking at him: "Did you hear clearly what I said?"
"Um."
"What did I say?"
"What did Toru say?"
"……never mind."
Asu Mai pursed her lips and smiled mischievously. She tilted her head slightly, her eyes became misty, and lust began to brew.
"Morning Senior..."
"Call me Mai." Asu Mai said softly and charmingly.
"Mai-senpai, you just heard it too. Ikki Aoi is going to look for you. Go back now."
Asu Mai slightly opened her lips and gently blew Watanabe Toru's bangs.
From left to right, and then from right to left, occasionally twisting her hair into a strand, she would smile happily.
"Mai-senpai, please listen to me carefully."
"Well, Toru, you say."
"Ichimoku Aoi and Kiyono are looking for you. You must go back."
"Don't worry about them." Asu Mai said softly with complete indifference.
She was kneeling on the ground with her long hair loose, her face tilted up, and her watery eyes staring straight at Watanabe Toru.
The burning in those clear eyes was already filled with lust.
"By the way, there is something I want to ask you, has Qingye ever talked to you?"
"Um."
"What did you say?"
“When she was the wind band advisor, she asked me to mentor others more.”
"What about the others?"
"Except for today, no more." Asu Mai tilted her head and looked at him, her lips were rosy as if she had a cold, full of attractive luster.
"If she asks you any questions in the future, you'd better ignore her."
"Um."
"Forget it," Watanabe Toru hesitated, "Just say whatever you want to say, don't worry about me. Of course, it's best to keep our affairs secret from others."
Apart from the system, Toru Watanabe did not intend to hide anything from Rin Kiyono.
Anyway, Qingye Rin has countless handles on him, so one more doesn't matter.
The most important thing is that he can tell her everything she wants to know - considering Kiyono Rin's insistence, Watanabe Toru hopes that their friendship will be built on this premise.
"I heard it thoroughly."
During the time the two were talking, Asu Mai showed no interest in the topic at all.
Sometimes she tilted her head to stare at Watanabe Toru, and sometimes she blew gently at him, her eyes already filled with tears.
A few strands of hair stuck to her rosy, glossy lips.
"There will be no future for the two of us. I will marry Meiji in the future."
"kindness."
Watanabe Toru had nothing more to say. He just looked at her quietly, his breathing becoming heavier.
Asu Mai tilted her head slightly, raised her flushed face, and said in a hoarse voice: "Love me."
Toru Watanabe pinched her already hot face and kissed her hard on the lips.
Outside the window, the clear moonlight, the brightly lit Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka, and the bustling Shinto Road are as distant as the dark Higashiyama Mountains in the distance.
After a long time, Toru Watanabe finally let go of Mai Asuka, and a strand of hair with strong roots stuck to his mouth.
Asu Mai reluctantly stuck out her tongue to lick her lower lip, raised her face, and moved closer again.
While their lips never left each other, Watanabe Toru pulled her over, let her sit in his arms, and reached out to tear off her yukata belt...
"Senior, I like you." Deep in love, he whispered in her ear.
Asu Mai's body trembled slightly.
…
“ Boom boom boom !”
Kunijii Osamu knocked hard on the door.
"Watanabe! Watanabe! Are you there?"
After shouting several times, a voice finally came from inside.
"What's up?"
Kunii Osamu was startled. He had never heard Watanabe Toru's low and impatient tone before.
But then, he was immediately overwhelmed by anger again.
"Didn't you say that Yimu-san would go out to play? I've been waiting outside for almost half an hour!"
Watanabe Toru was about to speak.
“Don’t…” Asu Mai put her hands into his hair and pushed him down again.
Kunijii Osamu's ears twitched, and he exclaimed, "Are you watching a paid movie in there?!"
"I told you Senior Mai is in my room!" Watanabe Toru said gritting his teeth.
"You have Kujo-san, but you were thinking about Asuna-senpai while watching a movie... Although I would also think about Aragaki Yui-chan!"
"Are you done yet?!"
"Hahaha, no wonder you have to live alone. Don't worry, I'll keep it a secret for you! But you have to accompany me to make a date with Ikki-san tomorrow!"
"The day after tomorrow, I have to accompany Meiji tomorrow, hiss——"
Asu Mai bit Watanabe Toru's ear and blew the hot air from her mouth into his ear hole: "Thinking of me..."
"So intense? Let's go! I won't bother you anymore, just enjoy yourself! If you like it, remember to tell me your name!"
…
"Oh, I waited for so long in vain. Where did Senior Mai go?" Ikki Aoi sighed.
"Next time, before calling me, please confirm whether I am there or not, Ikki-kun." Qingye Rin said, rubbing his eyebrows.
Just now, I was waiting for Asuka Mai in the dormitory where my senior lived. She was also very uncomfortable and was asked all kinds of questions.
Ichimoku Aoi smiled sheepishly: "I'm really sorry for making you, Kiyono-san, accompany me for so long."
Qingye Rin sighed: "There is no point in worrying about the past. Tonight's time has been wasted. We must immediately discuss plans for tomorrow night."
"Yeah, I'll listen to Kiyono-san!"
The two of them were walking on the wooden planks of the corridor, and when they passed Watanabe Toru's room, Kiyono Rin suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong?" asked Ikki Aoi.
Qingye Rin put his hand on his chin, thought for a while, and knocked on the door.
"Kunii, what on earth do you want to do? I told you the day after tomorrow!"
"This is the first time I've seen someone with such a bad temper. What are you doing in there, Watanabe Toru-san?"
"Qingye?" There was silence for a moment, and then the tone softened. "Kunii came to see me just now, and I said I was busy. He guessed I was watching a pay movie. Guess what I was doing? Hum——"
Kiyono Rin frowned, Watanabe Toru's humming sounded strange.
"What movie?" asked Kiyono Rin.
Ikki Aoi suddenly remembered how nervous Kunii Osamu was when she came to see Kiyono Rin just now.
"Qingye-san, Qingye-san!" she called out in a low voice.
Qingye Rin said "hmm" in confusion.
Ikki Aoi whispered, "When I came here just now, I found Kunii-san was there too. He had a weird expression on his face, and it felt like he was hiding something. He must have discovered that Watanabe-kun was watching a paid movie!"
"What kind of movie is this?" Qingye Rin frowned.
Ikki Aoi blinked and blushed as she explained: "It's OOO. Watanabe-kun should be in OOO now."
Qingye Rin was confused at first, then surprised, and then her face turned red.
"Kiyono-san, let's go and not disturb Watanabe-kun!" After being persuaded by Ikki Aoi, Kiyono Rin finally came to her senses.
"Unbelievable! Unforgivable! Dirty and obscene!" Qingye Rin quickly escaped from the door.
…
After the footsteps outside the door disappeared, Toru Watanabe released his hand that was pressing on Asuka Mai's head.
"We must be careful with Kiyono, she's too dangerous. Sorry." Although I was prepared for Kiyono Rin to find out, it was best to avoid being caught on the spot.
Asu Mai didn't care at all that someone was passing by outside and just looked at him.
She is already in another world, and at the same time she is tempting Watanabe Toru to give up reality and go with her.
As soon as he looked into her clear yet lustful eyes, Watanabe Toru immediately obeyed and no longer cared about the outside world.