Before long, the server brought over steaming coffee and delicate macarons.
"Ichinose..."
Tatsuya Sakuya changed tack. He slowly turned his head and fixed Ichinose Honami with a deep gaze, putting on a pitiful, utterly harmless expression.
"Please, you mustn't tell anyone what's in that notebook. Whatever you do, don't let it get out. As long as you keep it a secret, I'll do anything..."
Ichinose Honami was deeply shaken. A powerful sense of guilt welled up inside her, as though she really had committed some unforgivable crime.
Damn it! I actually peeked at something so important to him just because I was curious. How am I supposed to make it up to him?
She even felt like a vicious female lead who abused her power to force herself on an innocent young man.
After silently repenting, Ichinose Honami drew a deep breath and nodded solemnly.
"I-I promise I'll keep your secret, Shiba. You can trust me unconditionally!"
"Really?"
At first, Tatsuya Sakuya had only acted on a whim, intending to tease Class 1-B's resident angel. But once he put on the expression of an innocent victim and saw how guilty she looked...
This felt so... so... so good.
"I absolutely won't tell anyone! I stake my integrity on it. I won't break my word!"
Ichinose Honami desperately wanted Tatsuya Sakuya to believe her. In her urgency, she stood up, planted both hands on his shoulders, and looked straight into his eyes.
Then, right before her eyes, the "victim's" shoulders began shaking violently, and he turned his head away.
"Pfft, hahaha!"
Tatsuya Sakuya couldn't help laughing out loud. It took him quite a while to calm down before he turned back and teased her in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz.
"For realsies? I'll trust you, then, okay!"
Ichinose