The familiar scent of a girl filled his nostrils. She had come back to Kageya Shinjitsu's side, but this time, things felt a little different.
The same words sounded beside his ear again. Kageya Shinjitsu came back to his senses, then scratched his neck.
"Ahh~~ Should I pretend I saw nothing, or admit that I saw everything?"
To be honest, they were both students in Class D.
He had suspected there was something wrong with her, that she was a "defective product."
But he hadn't expected to discover her true nature like this.
And he hadn't expected her to resent him so much, either.
If she disliked him that much, she could've just avoided him.
Chapter 59: Leave a Handprint—Threat or Joke?
This situation was seriously awkward.
So, what am I supposed to do now?
Kageya Shinjitsu was troubled, too.
Should he pretend nothing had happened and let it go?
Or should he say something?
Kushida, my dear teacher~ You wouldn't want the whole school to learn your true nature, would you???
Even if he said nothing, she wouldn't believe him, would she?
With all sorts of strange thoughts befitting a rascal of a teenager, Kageya Shinjitsu decided to take things as they came.
He'd seen the change in Kushida Kikyo's expression when she noticed him.
Her face had started out twisted and terrifying, then shifted to surprise and shock, before growing colder and colder.
It seemed he'd stumbled onto something he wasn't supposed to know.
So this is why you came to this class, Kushida Kikyo.
Kushida Kikyo was cute and good at making friends. Her grades and physical abilities were also above average. There was something off about her being in Class D.
So all his earlier suspicions had been right.
She and Hirata both had serious issues.
"You..."
"So you really did see everything."
Kushida Kikyo stepped close enough to Kageya Shinjitsu to smell his sweat.
She frowned, but didn't back away.
She glared at Kageya Shinjitsu, looking fierce in a cute way as she thought of what to do.
"If I said I didn't see anything, would you believe me?"
Kageya Shinjitsu spread his hands, looking helpless.
"What do you think? If you tell anyone what happened here, I won't let you get away with it."
Kushida Kikyo said.
The answer was obvious.
"Okay, okay. I won't tell anyone, so don't worry."
Kageya Shinjitsu spread his hands, showing that he meant no harm.
"And besides, I'm the one who should be considered the victim here. If I hadn't happened to run into you, I wouldn't even know you'd been badmouthing me like that."
"If you hate being around me, just pretend I don't exist. Why force yourself to interact with me, then hide here and insult me behind my back?"
"You're making such a half-hearted promise that it's hard to believe you."
Kushida Kikyo glared at him.
Her deep purple eyes looked eerie in the darkness.
"This is just how I normally talk. You know that, don't you?"
"And even if I told people, what good would it do? 'Little teacher Kushida Kikyo has another side to her in private.' Something like that?"
"You know perfectly well where I stand in the class."
Kageya Shinjitsu offered a brief explanation.
"You finally remembered my name. So you were doing it on purpose before."
"Don't call me that disgusting name. Do you think I'm joking?"
"Or do you think I can't do it? That I'm just trying to scare you?"
"I'm telling you, you'll regret it if you deceive me."
Kushida Kikyo fixed Kageya Shinjitsu with a cold stare.
Suddenly, she stepped forward and grabbed his hand. Their bodies pressed close together, nothing like her usual gentle manner.
Her hand was still soft, but she gripped him hard, as if she wanted to crush his hand.
"I wasn't making a half-hearted promise. I agreed right away, didn't I? Huh~ What are you doing?"
Kageya Shinjitsu was startled by Kushida Kikyo's sudden move.
His expression began to change.
The next moment, he was even more surprised.
As they spoke, his hand soon came into contact with something even softer and rounder.
His hand was pressed right against Kushida Kikyo's clothes.
Monday's bounty had received a visitor.
She was actually using this to test him.
I didn't know you were like this, Kushida Kikyo.
It was a little soft, though it felt more like her underwear. The sensation was really strange.
Then came the shock: another one of Kageya Shinjitsu's firsts had been taken from him.
He hadn't even been at this school for very long.
"If you dare tell anyone, I'll go around telling everyone you threatened me and tried to force yourself on me here."
Kushida Kikyo spoke with an icy air.
There wasn't the slightest hint that she was joking.
But her words struck a nerve with Kageya Shinjitsu. His relaxed demeanor vanished, and his expression changed.
Being threatened like this reminded him of the past, of unpleasant memories.
He remembered being threatened over something similar before.
Still, as he looked at Kushida Kikyo in front of him, he managed to steady himself a little.
He tried to pull his hand back, but Kushida Kikyo wouldn't let go. She was gripping it tightly with both hands. Afraid of hurting her, he didn't force his way out.
He spoke in a joking tone.
"Is this some new romance lesson you came up with? Girls should have some self-respect. Let's not do this, okay? Let go..."
"And what you said isn't something you can joke about. You shouldn't make claims like that carelessly."
"You did say something pretty shocking, but since it's you, Teacher Kushida, I'll let it slide. If you say you were joking, I can pretend I never heard it."
"What are you rambling about? I'm not joking with you, and I'm not doing this to give you a good time. If I hear that you've told anyone, I won't let you off. This is proof that you touched me."
Kushida Kikyo said, annoyed that she hadn't managed to scare Kageya Shinjitsu.
She didn't pay any attention to the change in his tone.
At this point, she wanted the boy in front of her dead. She wasn't in the mood to play some romance-classroom game with him...
Chapter 60: A Girl With a Disgusted Look
The streetlamp shone down on them.
The two stood close together in an intimate pose. Anyone else might have thought they were a young couple.
But the atmosphere between them was strange. Kushida Kikyo's cold words made her attitude clear.
Having her hand held in place really did feel nice, and it made her heart race, but being threatened was no fun.
And when was this going to end? Looking at Kushida Kikyo, along with everything that had happened before, Kageya Shinjitsu couldn't stop his darker side from surfacing. He really wanted to punish her.
"Evidence?"
Kageya Shinjitsu looked at Kushida Kikyo.
"I'm telling you, your fingerprints are already on my clothes. I'm not going to wash them. I'll keep them in my room as evidence. If you ever betray me, I'll report you to the school and make sure you get expelled. You'll never be able to hold your head up again."
Kushida Kikyo rattled off one threat after another like a machine gun.
"Um..."
"You can't leave fingerprints on clothes like these. You can leave sweat and bits of shed skin, though. Understand?"
"So please, let me go."
Kageya Shinjitsu watched as the girl seemed reluctant to let him go.
He couldn't help interrupting her.
"So what if there aren't any fingerprints? You just mentioned sweat and skin, didn't you? And what you just did would be enough evidence, wouldn't it?"
"I..."
Kushida Kikyo was taken aback, but she still spoke stubbornly.
"Whew~~"
Kageya Shinjitsu couldn't take it anymore. He took a deep breath.
When he spoke again, his voice sounded a little irritated. His free left hand anxiously scratched at his neck a few times.
"You girls really are such a pain, aren't you?"
"Acting unreasonable for no reason, then using your body to threaten people out of nowhere."
As he said the last part, Kageya Shinjitsu yanked at the hand she had grabbed, leaving a mark.
Why had things turned out like this?
Kageya Shinjitsu didn't know, either.
The sudden change in his tone startled Kushida Kikyo a little.
"Hmph. You're disgusting. You're just like the rest of them, a bug who thinks about romance all day."
She took a small step back, raising both hands defensively, then quickly leaned forward again and glared fiercely at Kageya Shinjitsu.
This time, she didn't grab Kageya Shinjitsu's hand again.
Her fierce-but-cute expression and the look of disgust in her eyes were like a girl giving you a disgusted look while showing you her panties.
"Now that you've gotten what you wanted, you should know to keep your mouth shut, right?"
"You're the one who should keep your mouth shut."
"Kushida, I think you've got me all wrong."
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