After Becoming a Spirit in Date A Live, I Refuse to Date

With trembling hands, he pulled Lingmeng's swimsuit down just far enough to expose her back.

Although he had prepared himself, the sight of the girl's skin, as white and flawless as jade, still left him utterly stunned.

He even found himself thinking, Was someone like him really allowed to touch her?

But since Lingmeng herself did not mind, Shido could only steel himself and get on with it, however embarrassed he felt!

Chapter 43: Can't Be Bothered to Think of a Title (Yep, I'm That Brazen)

Spreading the last of the sunscreen in the bottle evenly over both hands, Shido nervously reached toward Lingmeng's snowy-white back.

"Ahh~"

The instant his sunscreen-coated palms touched her back, Lingmeng felt an icy sensation shoot straight to her brain.

She involuntarily lifted her head, her face flushing red in an instant. Her lips parted slightly, letting out a sound that invited all sorts of misunderstandings.

"..."

Her moan shook Shido's resolve a little. He stopped what he was doing and asked her a question.

"Lingmeng... if this is too much for you, should I have Kaguya and Yuzuru put it on instead...?"

Lingmeng turned her still-flushed face toward him and gave him an exceptionally gentle smile.

"No—I want. You. To. Do. It!"

She delivered that last sentence one word at a time.

After all, Shido had already put sunscreen on Kaguya and Yuzuru. She had to get the same treatment!

Otherwise, she would feel as though she had lost...

"All right... I understand..."

Seeing how adamant she was, Shido could only nod lightly and get back to work.

He placed his hands on Lingmeng's back again and gently stroked downward, then upward.

"Mmm..."

Lingmeng closed her eyes and knitted her brows. As though desperately enduring something, she clenched the carpet beneath her with both