If You Wanted Your Back Scrubbed, You Could Have Just Asked Me

"Sakura, help me charge my phone."

"Okay."

"Sakura, help me clean up."

"Sakura, take off your glasses."

"Sakura..."

"Sakura, I'm going to take a shower, help me scrub my back."

"No..."

"Hmm?"

"I don't want to! Why would I do that..."

Sakura was unexpectedly useful, and Ju Ji was starting to get a little addicted to it. However, he hadn't forgotten his original goal. Even though he had been immersed in the fun, he had remembered it a bit late.

She had organized his originally messy room until it was neat and tidy; could it be that Sakura was very good at housework? Of course, it was also possible that she was used to tidying up her room for her selfies.

Knock knock!

"Ju Ji, are you home?"

[Oh no, has it already reached the time Kikyo usually comes over without me realizing it?]

That's right, Kikyo would come to Ju Ji's room every day. She came to engage in some very friendly and passionate exercise with him—of course, it was passionate sparring to vent stress, nothing unhealthy at all.

But because Ju Ji had been immersed in the pleasure of bossing Sakura around, he hadn't paid any attention to the time, which led to this tragedy. He had to stop Kikyo from discovering this. Even if Kikyo wouldn't betray him, he didn't want to leave a bad impression in her mind.

"[Sakura, hide.]"

"Yes."

Under the influence of Hypnosis, Sakura quickly hid inside the wardrobe. And for some reason, she even pulled Ju Ji in with her. With Ju Ji's strength, he was completely unable to resist the hypnotized Sakura; had her hidden potential been triggered?

Because the inside of the wardrobe was very narrow, it was a tight squeeze for two people. As a result, Ju Ji and Sakura were now in a very ambiguous position.

"Strange? Hasn't he returned yet? But I clearly heard some noise earlier. Could a thief have broken in? I'd better go in and check just in case."

Then came the sound of the door lock being opened. This was the spare key Kikyo had made earlier. Although he had wanted to take it back at first, he had given up after failing a few times. Anyway, giving Kikyo a key didn't do him any harm. And now, that thought had come back to haunt him.

Because the space was too cramped, he felt very uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but want to shift his body.

"Please... don't move around."

Perhaps it was because her body had been subjected to a certain level of stimulation, but Sakura was now awake. And this was clearly not a good time to be awake. Perhaps because of the intimate physical contact with Ju Ji, Sakura's face was beet red. Plus, she wasn't wearing her glasses, and her natural features were quite good. He actually found Sakura a little cute.

"Hmm? There's the smell of perfume... The juice on the table isn't finished yet. Don't tell me this guy Ju Ji brought a woman into the dorm and hid her because I arrived? Hmm... I must stop this impure behavior; it's still too early for Ju Ji."

[Kikyo, is your nose really that sharp? And are you a detective who ran out of some detective drama?] Kikyo's guess was so close to the truth that Ju Ji couldn't help but complain in his heart. Right now, he was mostly panicked, but since he didn't have any good solutions, he could only pray silently that she wouldn't discover him hiding in the wardrobe.

"Under the bed... no. Behind the curtains... no. On top of the wardrobe... no. The wardrobe isn't big enough to hold two people. Did I guess wrong? Have they already gone out? I'll just wait for Ju Ji to come back and ask him. I'll head back for now."

Then Ju Ji heard the sound of the dorm door closing; Kikyo seemed to have left. This made Ju Ji breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Did you think I would say that? ...What are you two doing?"

"It's not what it looks like, Kikyo, listen to my sophistry... no, my explanation. Quick, Sakura, you explain too."

Then the wardrobe door was flung open, and Kikyo's face, looking like a demon, appeared before Ju Ji. Yes, this time she was truly a demon.

Ju Ji tried desperately to explain, but because he was too panicked, he misspoke, which only made Kikyo's expression darken further. In his desperation, he wanted to ask Sakura for help, but at this moment, Sakura seemed to have suffered too much stimulation and her brain overloaded. Her eyes spun in circles and she fainted.

Only then did Ju Ji realize that there really were people who would faint from brain overload. And it was the "eyes spinning in circles" trope that only existed in novels. What? The world of Classroom of the Elite was based on a novel? Never mind then.

A few minutes later, Sakura was helped onto the bed by Kikyo to rest, while Ju Ji was kneeling on the floor in front of Kikyo. He didn't know why he was doing this either. Perhaps Kikyo's aura was just too strong. He felt that if he resisted, there would be bad consequences, so when Kikyo demanded he kneel, he just went along with it.

"So... why was Sakura-san in your room?"

"Actually..."

Forced into a corner, he had no choice but to speak. So, Ju Ji told her the whole story, though he kept the Hypnosis part hidden. In the process, he painted himself as a noble person with high moral awareness who was looking out for his classmate. During this, Kikyo kept nodding, indicating she was listening. As for how much she believed, only heaven knew.

"So that's how it is... Did you think I would say that? Even so, bringing a girl back to your room like this is too much, isn't it? Couldn't you have chosen a better way?"

After hearing Ju Ji's explanation, Kikyo actually believed most of it. Because she didn't believe Ju Ji had the courage to bring a girl to his room to toy with her; if he had that kind of nerve, she would have already succeeded herself. She wouldn't have waited until now.

"Sorry, that was the only fast and effective method I could think of."

They only had one month, and a week had already passed. Time was too tight, so he had no choice but to take a risk. He certainly wouldn't admit that he was also looking forward to intimate contact with a beautiful girl, or becoming friends with her. Although he didn't quite get along with Sakura's personality right now, once she overcame her cowardice, she wouldn't be a bad person to be friends with.

"So what should we do about Sakura-san now?"

"I can only wait for her to wake up before sending her back. After all, she's not in a state to be moved. And I don't want to be labeled a pervert."

"I didn't expect Sakura-san's appearance hidden under those glasses to be so cute. Do you dare say you didn't have any other thoughts?"

"Of course... maybe."

"To be so indifferent when facing such a cute girl, are you even a man?!"

Hmm, this was a death trap of a question. So, how on earth was Ju Ji supposed to answer that?

"If you wanted someone to scrub your back, you could have just asked me, you know."

"Did you say something, Kikyo?"

Because Kikyo's self-muttering was far too faint, Ju Ji hadn't heard a single word of what she had actually said.

"I said that leaving Sakura in your room is far too dangerous, so I will be the one to take her back."

"What am I, some kind of wild beast!"

After going through a few twists and turns, Kikyo carried Sakura back to her own room. Hmm, I really hadn't expected Kikyo to have such great strength; it seems that is the result of her martial arts training...