Woman, You Are Truly Interesting

Things are unpredictable; he had originally set his sights on Hasebe, yet he never imagined he would end up as Horikita's boyfriend.

However, he found that he couldn't bring himself to be happy.

It made sense, as his feelings for Horikita Suzune were still limited to her appearance. Although he had been slightly touched by her sincere heart yesterday, it wasn't enough to make him infatuated with her.

And she had also explicitly stated that she didn't like him.

It would be strange if he could be happy.

But fortunately, he was the type to develop feelings for the opposite sex over time; if the affection wasn't there yet, he could just cultivate it slowly.

It was just that he didn't know what to do yet.

Carrying these inexplicable feelings, two more days passed. During these two days, he hadn't said a word to Horikita, nor had he sought her out.

Horikita hadn't cared at first, but today, the third day, she finally came to his dormitory.

"What exactly are you doing?" the beautiful black-haired girl demanded aggressively.

"What's wrong?"

He asked, sounding somewhat exhausted.

"Didn't we agree to work hard together?"

"Then do you know what we should do?" He looked up at Horikita's refined and elegant face.

The girl furrowed her brows, yet she looked unexpectedly beautiful.

As expected of a beautiful girl, no matter what expression she made, it wouldn't make one feel annoyed.

Horikita sighed, took out a bento box, and placed it on his desk:

"Didn't you say last time that you wanted to eat my cooking? This is it, eat it."

He was slightly stunned, touching the steaming lunch box, and said slowly:

"That's thoughtful of you... but why would you do something like this? This isn't like you at all."

"That's a really annoying thing to say. Aren't you my boyfriend? Although I'm not happy about making a bento for you, considering how pathetic you look, it doesn't matter if I do it once."

Horikita said coldly, with an expression of bestowing a favor on her face.

Although her expression was a bit unpleasant, after carefully savoring her intentions, Bai Ye still felt a warmth in his heart.

"Since that's the case, I'll accept it. Thank you."

"Hmph!"

Horikita crossed her arms and turned to the side.

The lighting was dim, but with his vision being twice that of an ordinary person, he could still see a blush creeping up the side of her neck.

He smiled slightly and pointed to the seat next to him:

"Sit down, let's chat."

"What is there to chat about..." Horikita hesitated for a long while before sitting down.

"Hey, Horikita, do you have any hobbies?"

"Reading, studying, exercising."

"...I meant hobbies."

"Is that not allowed? I just like doing these things. Otherwise, what else could I do? Argue with you?"

"You think I want to argue with you? I'm not that bored."

"Likewise. Watch your mouth in the future, or don't blame me for..." Horikita pulled a compass from her bosom, its sharp tip glinting with a keen light, "...administering family discipline."

"..."

Bai Ye said, speechless: "Why do you carry a weapon with you? With this, what man would dare to marry you?"

"It's for self-defense. Don't worry, as long as you don't do anything bad to me, I won't do anything to you."

While Horikita was talking eloquently, he quickly snatched the compass from her and threw it into the corner.

Then he looked at her with disdain: "Now what? What can you do to me?"

Horikita's eyes were filled with shock, and she said resentfully: "Why did you throw my things? Go pick it up for me."

"Not picking it up."

"...I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, but..." Horikita pulled another one out of her pocket, "I already anticipated this move of yours. Go, pick it up for me."

"Uh... alright."

He had the strength to resist Horikita, but the moment he thought about how it was a compass, it wouldn't be fun if he accidentally poked a hole in someone while messing around.

So, he had no choice but to compromise.

However, just as he was about to return the compass to Horikita, she quickly picked up the other one and threw both of them into the corner.

All is fair in love and war; Horikita had actually made two consecutive mistakes, and he couldn't help but let out a mocking laugh.

"You actually..."

Horikita was just about to be surprised when she saw him lunge forward, grabbing both of her wrists and pinning her down onto the bed.

Her long, raven-black hair spread out across the bed, and the girl's exquisite, beautiful face showed a hint of shock before she began to struggle violently the next second.

"Let go of me... you pervert!"

"You really aren't a good person..."

"I'm going to bite you!"

"..."

After struggling for half a minute to no avail, Horikita finally gave up her resistance. Breathing slightly, she shot a cold, icy glare at him:

"What exactly do you mean by this?"

"Do you realize the disparity in strength between men and women now? Aren't you going to be a bit more polite to me?"

"I realize it now, so what?" Horikita's expression slowly turned indifferent. She let go of all her strength to resist, tilting her head back to expose the snow-white skin of her neck. "Go ahead, vent your disgusting, filthy desires to your heart's content."

"If I did that, would you kill me?"

"No, I would cut off your tool of the crime."

"..."

Bai Ye sighed and let her go.

Only then did Horikita's gaze soften slightly. She sat up and straightened her disheveled clothes.

She then stood up: "If there's nothing else, I'm going back."

Just as she had taken two steps, Bai Ye said:

"Wait a second, I'll wait for you downstairs at the dormitory building tomorrow morning. Wake up early."

Horikita pondered for a moment and nodded:

"Anything else?"

"Also... about what just happened, I'm sorry."

"I see." Horikita looked at his face and teased, "I can understand. After all, I am a beautiful girl, so it's normal for you to lose control for a moment."

"However, considering you were able to restrain yourself, I'll give you a little bit of praise this time."

Hearing Horikita's words, his slightly guilty expression vanished instantly, and he said dryly:

"Then I thank you for your grace, Lady Horikita... I bid you farewell, Lady Horikita."

"Don't bother seeing me out."

Horikita tossed her beautiful long hair and walked away gracefully, her lovely silhouette trailing behind her.

Leaving Bai Ye alone to stare blankly.

"This woman is really... interesting."