Chapter Seventy-Four: Taking It Easy (Bonus Update 3/5) / Chapter Seventy-Five: Class C's Attack

Horikita Suzune's expression stiffened slightly, then returned to normal. She let go of her skirt with both hands.

"I thought you were the kind of pervert who'd stop at nothing."

She really was wearing safety shorts. After all, Suzuki Toru hadn't said what he wanted to see when he asked to look underneath.

"Don't overestimate my patience, Suzune." Suzuki Toru looked at her thighs. "Next time, I might make you go to class without underwear."

A blush flashed across Horikita Suzune's face. Her full breasts rose and fell rapidly for a moment before she gritted her teeth and said, "I picked out the things I'm willing to do. That wasn't one of them."

She was cooperating this readily? Suzuki Toru was a little surprised.

"What do you want to do?"

Horikita Suzune hesitated for a moment, then fixed her gaze on Suzuki Toru and raised both hands beside her face. She made V signs, gently stuck out her little tongue, and showed him its pink tip.

He was silent for a long while, then asked, "What about rolling your eyes?"

Horikita Suzune's face turned bright red as she tried her best to roll her eyes.

For some reason, though, she didn't look sexy at all. Instead, she came across as a goofy idiot.

"Is that all?"

"No. I can do other things too, like let you rest your head on my lap, step on you, or pretend I'm exercising while you're on the phone with someone..."

Looking at her serious expression, Suzuki Toru couldn't tell if she really didn't understand or was just pretending.

Chapter Seventy-Four: Taking It Easy (Bonus Update 3/5)

"To be honest, making V signs doesn't mean that."

Horikita Suzune lowered her hands and frowned, not quite understanding what he meant. Didn't a V sign just mean "peace"?

Sticking out her tongue and rolling her eyes was a little strange, but she knew lots of people liked making V signs in photos. It probably didn't mean anything special.

"No matter what you say, I've already done it. Five thousand Private Points." Horikita Suzune would never have struck that embarrassing pose if she hadn't liked the price.

"That expression usually only comes out at the point of climax, but never mind..." Suzuki Toru changed the subject. "Send me the things you picked out. We'll find a time to get them all done."

"I sent you most of them before I came over." Horikita Suzune glanced away. She'd checked the option about licking feet, too.

She didn't know if Suzuki Toru was a foot fetishist, and she couldn't picture a man willingly licking someone's feet, either.

Apparently, in ancient times, bowing down to kiss someone's instep was a way of showing submission.

Horikita Suzune found the thought strangely unsettling. Whenever she looked at his face, she couldn't help imagining him kneeling, lifting her foot in his hands, and gently kissing it. Then a current seemed to run through her body, and her cheeks grew hot.

"I'll tell you in advance: the list is up to me. Your opinion doesn't matter. You either do it or you don't." Suzuki Toru told her calmly.

Of course, making a V sign hadn't fulfilled the request. It was a rather particular expression, after all; she couldn't pull it off just by pretending.

"Fine, but you have to explain it clearly. Then I'll decide whether I want to do it." Horikita Suzune was on her guard. There was only so much weirdness she could tolerate.

Wearing a collar, groping her breasts, or dating him were all out of the question. She couldn't accept any of that.

"I'll explain. I'm worried you'll do it wrong." Suzuki Toru looked at her again. "How long are you planning to stand here? If someone sees you here, it might hurt my reputation."

"..." Horikita Suzune fell silent. He actually cared about his reputation?

Besides, she was the girl. Wouldn't her reputation be the one at risk?

"I'll bring you lunch again tomorrow."

As soon as he finished speaking, Horikita Suzune was about to leave when he asked, "By the way, how did you know my dorm was here?"

Horikita Suzune paused, then replied coolly, "I asked the administrator. He told me right away."

Suzuki Toru couldn't help feeling a little speechless. So guys weren't allowed near the girls' dormitories on the upper floors, but girls could get information about the boys' dorms?

What he didn't know was that the convenience store had safeguards, too. The school wasn't as strict with students as he imagined.

After watching Horikita Suzune leave, Suzuki Toru returned to his room to tidy up. Then he stuffed the lunch box into his schoolbag and arrived at class just before the bell, as usual.

For some reason, though, he felt like someone was watching him.

"Good morning, Kamuro." Suzuki Toru greeted the girl beside him.

"Don't talk to me." Kamuro Masumi's face was cold, and she didn't want to answer him.

Noticing that quite a few people in class were watching him and Kamuro Masumi, Suzuki Toru seemed to realize something. A faint smile appeared on his face.

"Looks like everyone's gotten the wrong idea about us. I only think of you as a good buddy."

Kamuro Masumi nearly lost it and almost kicked him. So being good buddies meant he got to touch her thighs every day?

"Someone saw us in the library, right when you were lying on top of me..." As she spoke, Kamuro Masumi suddenly felt awkward. "Forget it. Nothing happened between us, so people can say whatever they want!"

All that worrying and keeping her distance just wasn't her style.

"If you don't like it, we won't do it in the library next time." Suzuki Toru looked at her seriously.

Kamuro Masumi kicked at him without a second thought. He dodged just in time, then caught her leg above the ankle.

"How do you manage to dodge every time?" Kamuro Masumi asked in disbelief.

Because someone used to kick harder than you.

That was what he thought, but instead Suzuki Toru asked, "Why do you always want to kick people?"

"That's what you get for being a pervert." Kamuro Masumi looked rather pleased with herself.

Suzuki Toru looked at the girl's lower leg. The black sock felt smooth and warm in his hand; it had the feel of a stocking, but was also soft like a girl's skin.

In short, it felt nice. He wanted to touch it again.

But before he could, Kamuro Masumi pulled her leg back.

When he looked over, she was already sitting properly, ready for the bell to ring.

"Heh. Pervert."

Suzuki Toru looked away. His good buddy was getting more and more brazen with him.

The bell rang, and class began.

Maybe the recent tutoring had really helped Kamuro Masumi. She no longer stared at the blackboard with a confused expression every now and then. Instead, she looked thoughtful.

Before long, it was finally lunchtime.

Suzuki Toru stayed in the classroom and took a lunch box out of his schoolbag. The moment he did, Kamuro Masumi noticed.

"Is that... Wait, the convenience store doesn't sell this set. Where did you get it?"

When she saw what was inside, Kamuro Masumi was a little unsettled.

"I paid someone with Private Points to make it." Suzuki Toru picked up a piece of chicken. The insulated container was still a little warm.

Hadn't someone made him lunch before, too? Tori, or Madoka?

It didn't seem to be either of them.

"A girl?" Kamuro Masumi asked out of the blue.

"If you want some, I can ask her to make you a portion, too." Suzuki Toru didn't look worried at all.

Kamuro Masumi eyed him suspiciously a few times, then stopped thinking about it and said with interest, "That looks pretty good. I want to buy a lunch box, too."

"Okay. I'll ask her to make an extra portion."

"How much?"

"It's cheap. You don't have to pay."

"Right. These days, you're worth as much as our whole class put together."

"What's Classmate Sakayanagi been up to lately?"

"I'm not your spy. Also, why do you two act like enemies?"

"If she and I got into a fight, whose side would you take?"

"Hey, hey, why do you sound like parents arguing and asking their kid to pick a side?"

After chatting for a while, Kamuro Masumi realized she was hungry and hurried out of the classroom to get lunch in the cafeteria.

Suzuki Toru spent the whole lunch break taking it easy. Honestly, wasn't this the kind of life only the vice president of the Student Council and someone in Class A could enjoy?

He didn't have to work to move up a class or worry about being expelled.

No wonder so many people in Class A had agreed with Katsuragi Kohei's plan to wait and see.

As the class that had started out on top, they had every right to watch what the other three classes did before deciding whether to get involved.

In fact, even after Class A split into two factions, some students had remained neutral and didn't care about either side.

I wonder when the lower-ranked classes will start making a move, Suzuki Toru thought.

Chapter Seventy-Five: Class C's Attack

Before long, the end of the month was approaching, and there was only about a week left until midterms.

With Suzuki Toru's guidance, Kamuro Masumi's grades had improved by leaps and bounds. Based on the difficulty of the last test, she could probably raise her score from the low sixties to the high eighties.

However, Kamuro Masumi had thought he would pull some more weird stunts. She hadn't expected him to suddenly behave himself and stop making perverted demands.

In fact, she felt a little out of sorts. There was something strange about Suzuki Toru when he wasn't being a pervert toward her.

Especially when she saw him acting so serious, as though nothing could catch his attention. It made her want to grumble to herself.

Of course, Kamuro Masumi was a little annoyed, too.

Suzuki Toru often talked with Shiina Hiyori about things she couldn't understand. No matter how hard she strained to listen in, she still couldn't join the conversation. It made her feel like she was being left out.

Even more surprising, when Shiina Hiyori had seen her and Suzuki Toru together, she hadn't run away.

Wouldn't most people run at the sight of a boy and a girl fooling around?

Kamuro Masumi didn't really care what other people thought of her. She was just curious what Shiina Hiyori was thinking.

"Suzuki, would you like to try one of Dorothy L. Sayers's series? Her novels have a very distinctive style, and her storytelling is interesting. I think you'd like them."