It was just a matter of getting Horikita Suzune to make three friends before June...
Shiki Natsu stood in the classroom of the dream, watching this absurd scene unfold. He couldn't help but twitch his lips twice.
Is this girl under that much pressure? To the point that she's even making friends in her dreams...
Although there were only a short two weeks left until the agreed-upon June deadline. Still...
Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?
Originally, seeing all of this around him, Shiki Natsu felt a hint of sympathy for her, wondering if he had put too much pressure on her.
However...
When he saw the next scene, Shiki Natsu's ager bit of sympathy vanished in an instant.
In the dream, Horikita Suzune faced the bitter pleading of that 'humble version of Shiki Natsu.' Far from showing a hint of being moved, she instead slightly raised her delicate chin and looked at him with a condescending gaze.
Those burgundy eyes were filled with indifference and disdain.
"I refuse."
Her voice was cold and heartless.
"?!"
The 'Shiki Natsu' in the dream instantly showed a heartbroken expression. He looked as if he had lost his soul, trembling as he asked.
"W-Why... Horikita-san?!"
"As long as you agree... we'll all be your friends!"
At this ti, the 'supporting act' Sakura Airi, who had been standing nearby, also leaned in. With a face full of encouragent, she patted 'Shiki Natsu' on the shoulder to cheer him up.
"It's okay! Shiki-kun!"
"As long as you are a little more sincere and say it one more ti... maybe Suzune will agree next ti!"
"Keep going! Don't give up!"
Looking at this sowhat familiar scene filled with a sense of déjà vu.
The real Shiki Natsu froze right where he stood.
Good grief.
This plot felt awfully familiar.
Since this girl couldn't do anything about him in reality, she decided to strike back at him with heavy blows in her dreams, huh?
Shiki Natsu felt the veins on his forehead throb.
This feeling of watching 'himself' being toyed with like a fool was simply a form of torture!
"It seems... I can't let this girl continue with this beautiful dream anymore."
Shiki Natsu narrowed his eyes and let out a cold laugh in his heart.
Originally, because Kamuro Masumi was around today, he had specially canceled Horikita Suzune's maid service, considering it letting her off the hook.
He hadn't expected this girl to be so ungrateful as to dare to portray him like this in her dream.
If he didn't give her a little lesson, this woman would really think she could turn the tables and beco the master in her dreams.
You're getting a bit ahead of yourself, Horikita Suzune.
Shiki Natsu tried to reach out his hand, wanting to touch that 'himself' in the dream.
However, there was no contact.
His hand was like passing through a layer of air, going directly through the body of that 'Shiki Natsu.'
There was no sensation of touch at all.
"As I thought..."
Shiki Natsu withdrew his hand and nodded thoughtfully.
"Aside from the master of the dream, I cannot touch anything else."
"If that's the case, it will be quite convenient to identify who the dream master is in the future."
At this mont, the 'Shiki Natsu' in the dream seed to have been filled to the brim with Sakura Airi's toxic motivation. He was preparing to pull himself together and open his mouth once more to humbly beg Horikita Suzune for friendship.
"Horikita-sa..."
The very instant he opened his mouth.
Shiki Natsu decisively reached out and lightly tapped Horikita Suzune's shoulder.
Tap.
The mont his finger touched Horikita Suzune's shoulder.
That 'Shiki Natsu' who was speaking, along with Sakura Airi beside him, and all those random background students in the classroom with 'Friend' labels pasted on them... disappeared without a trace in an instant.
In the entire classroom, only Shiki Natsu and Horikita Suzune remained.
"...?"
Horikita Suzune didn't seem to realize the change in the surrounding environnt.
She turned her head, those beautiful burgundy eyes filled with dissatisfaction. Her brow furrowed slightly as she stared intently at Shiki Natsu, as if looking at so incomprehensible piece of filth.
That gaze seed to say—
How dare you touch ?
It had to be said.
In this dream belonging to her, Horikita Suzune's aura was truly at its peak.
That high-and-mighty queenly vibe was several tis stronger than it was in reality.
"What do you want to do?"
Horikita Suzune spoke coldly in questioning.
It was entirely the attitude one would have toward a stranger, or even an enemy.
"I'm telling you, no matter how much you pester , I will absolutely never agree to beco your friend."
"Give up on that idea."
Looking at her small face filled with coldness and arrogance.
Shiki Natsu didn't have any intention of getting angry.
On the contrary, the corners of his mouth curved up slightly, revealing a aningful smile.
He spoke softly:
"That's perfect then."
"Actually... I don't really want to beco Horikita's friend either."
"...Huh?"
Hearing this.
Horikita Suzune's burgundy eyes widened suddenly, looking at Shiki Natsu in disbelief.
In her subconscious, the setting of this dream was 'Shiki Natsu thick-headedly begging to be her friend.'
Therefore, these words shouldn't have co out of Shiki Natsu's mouth at all!
He should be continuing to beg her, crying and shouting for her to agree!
Horikita Suzune was stunned for several seconds before opening her mouth again, sowhat questioning her reality.
"You... what did you just say?"
"I said..."
Shiki Natsu leaned in a bit closer, repeating word by word.
"I don't really want to beco your friend either."
"What? Has sothing gone wrong with Horikita Suzune-san's ears?"
"You can't even understand such simple words?"
Horikita Suzune's expression changed instantly.
What was going on?
This guy...
His tone of voice, his deanor, that annoying sense of mockery...
It had beco very unpleasant.
And... very familiar.
Familiar enough to make one grit their teeth. Familiar enough to make one want to punch him.
Shiki Natsu ignored her shock.
He turned around and casually pulled over a chair from the classroom.
Although he couldn't touch 'living beings' other than the master of the dream, he could touch inanimate objects like this.
He sat down on the chair, crossed his legs, and looked at Horikita Suzune standing before him at his leisure.
"Hehe..."
He chuckled, his gaze playful.
"If Horikita Suzune is willing to co and beg ... I might consider it. Maybe I could beco your friend."
"After all..."
"Right now, it should be you, Horikita Suzune, who has a request for , right?"
"A request for you?"
Horikita Suzune froze for a mont, then as if she had heard so joke, she let out a cold snort.
"Are you kidding ?"
"How could I possibly have a request for soone like you?"
Shiki Natsu couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.
"Really? Not at all?"
Shiki Natsu leaned forward slightly, those pale gold eyes looking directly into hers, carrying a trace of faint pressure.
"Horikita-san, why don't you... try thinking back carefully?"
Horikita Suzune's brow furrowed even deeper.
She instinctively wanted to retort, but deep in her mind, sothing seed to truly be aching faintly.
She tried hard to think, but that mory felt as if it were covered by a layer of mist; she couldn't reach it no matter what.
Watching her appearance of thinking hard yet having no clue.
Shiki Natsu sighed, deciding to give her a hand.
"Here's a hint."
He held up one finger and wagged it gently.
"Before June."
"Three friends."
"And one of them... is ."
This was no longer just a hint.
It was practically shoving the answer right into her face.
The mont these few keywords entered Horikita Suzune's ears.
"...!"
Horikita Suzune's pupils constricted violently.
That small face, which still carried a bit of arrogance, instantly turned deathly pale, and her expression beca quite unsightly.
Those painful mories that her subconscious had deliberately tried to forget surged up like a tide.
When she raised her head again, and her burgundy eyes t Shiki Natsu's pale gold ones.
She saw that familiar, punchable face again, wearing a devilish smile.
"Rembered it now?"
Shiki Natsu spoke softly again, his tone light.
"I said it just now, you know."
"I... won't beco Horikita Suzune's friend."
Looking at Horikita Suzune's increasingly unsightly expression.
The smile at the corners of Shiki Natsu's mouth deepened as he slowly threw out the final blow.
"By the way, let remind you."
"As for the day of the agreent..."
"There's only one last day left."
"Wh...?!"
Horikita Suzune's beautiful eyes instantly bugged out.
Obvious panic erged from the depths of her eyes.
Only... one day left?!
In a place as illogical as a dream, a person's subconscious is very easily manipulated by suggestion.
When Shiki Natsu told her this 'fact' in such a certain tone, Horikita Suzune's brain had almost no doubt and directly accepted this setting.
Even though there were clearly still two weeks in reality.
But at this mont, in her perception, this was a rock-solid fact!
It's over...
Only one day left...
But she still hasn't made Shiki Natsu her friend...
She had even just rejected him...
If she loses...
Brother...
Brother will be completely disappointed in her!
Shiki Natsu looked at her flustered appearance and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well then, Horikita-san."
He asked in a tone as if watching a play:
"What do you plan to do?"
"What are you going to do to make change my mind and beco your friend in this short one day remaining?"
"If you can't do it..."
"It will make your brother very, very disappointed, you know."
"You don't want to let your brother down, do you?"
These words directly shattered Horikita Suzune's ntal defenses. It was like this in reality, let alone in a dream.
She suddenly stood up and looked at Shiki Natsu.
"Then... what do I have to do?"
"Tell ..."
Shiki Natsu chuckled.
He didn't answer her directly.
Instead, he reached out his hand and lightly rubbed his own shoulder, complaining as if in passing:
"Sigh... I don't know why."
"I feel like my shoulders have been a bit sore lately."
In the next second.
With a soft poof sound.
The student uniform on Horikita Suzune's body instantly transford into a maid outfit.
And Horikita Suzune herself naturally walked behind Shiki Natsu and began to massage him. Unfortunately, he couldn't feel the pressure.
"Like this... will this do?"
Horikita Suzune behind him asked as she pressed.
"Well..."
Shiki Natsu leaned back comfortably against the chair, his eyes closed, saying with a light laugh:
"Regarding that, of course you have to figure it out yourself."
"Since you have a request for soone, you have to show so sincerity."
Hearing this ambiguous answer, Horikita Suzune's movents paused slightly.
Shiki Natsu could clearly feel the girl's emotions behind him gradually becoming irritable.
Shiki Natsu decided to play it safe. After all, he hadn't had enough fun yet. What if Horikita Suzune woke up directly because her emotions were too intense?
He turned his head slightly, looking at Horikita Suzune behind him, and asked.
"By the way."
"Since you said you want to make friends, how much do you know about Sakura Airi and i-Yu Wang?"
Hearing this question, Horikita Suzune cald down a bit.
She thought for a mont and began to recount everything in detail.
Regarding the part about i-Yu Wang, Shiki Natsu didn't know much, so he only listened to a general overview.
But regarding the part about Sakura Airi, Horikita Suzune spoke quite logically and clearly, basically matching the situation Shiki Natsu knew.
It seed...
Even this arrogant girl, for the sake of that wager, had privately put in a lot of effort to investigate and understand these two people.
She wasn't as careless as she appeared on the surface.
Wait until she finished speaking.
Shiki Natsu threw out another question:
"Then, Horikita."
"Do you think... you, Sakura Airi, and i-Yu Wang are considered friends now?"
This question was actually a trap.
A friendship is always a two-way street.
Even if Sakura Airi and i-Yu Wang had already unilaterally considered Horikita a friend.
As long as Horikita Suzune herself didn't admit it in her heart and didn't place them on an equal level, then this relationship was rely a hollow one.
However.
To Shiki Natsu's surprise.
Horikita Suzune answered almost without any hesitation:
"Of course we are."
"...?"
This answer made Shiki Natsu freeze for a mont, but then he smiled. If it were in reality, could Horikita Suzune say this so naturally?
"Then... how much of your heart truly wants to beco my friend?"
Hearing this question.
Horikita Suzune's small face, which was originally a bit pale, suddenly flushed with an unnatural blush.
She bit her lip, her gaze dodging as if she were undergoing a fierce psychological struggle.
After several seconds, she seed to give up resistance, turning her head away and sowhat unwillingly squeezing out two words from between her teeth.
"Ten-tenths."
"Ten-tenths... Is that enough?"
Has she even learned to lie in her dreams just to achieve her goal?
Shiki Natsu smiled.
"Very good."
"Since you have ten-tenths of a desire to be my friend..."
"Then, show all your thods!"
"Let see your sincerity!"
As Shiki Natsu's words fell.
The world of the dream seed to have the fast-forward button pressed.
The originally sowhat normal classroom scene instantly beca surreal.
The images began to switch rapidly, just like a movie played at double speed.
[Scenario 1: Shopping Mall]
Horikita Suzune walked ahead carrying large and small shopping bags, occasionally turning back to check on the empty-handed Shiki Natsu. She had completely turned into a hardworking ATM and porter.
[Scenario 2: Kitchen]
Horikita Suzune wore an apron, spinning around in front of the stove, preparing a table full of sumptuous feasts.
Shiki Natsu only needed to sit at the dining table with his mouth open, waiting to be fed.
After eating, it was again Horikita Suzune silently washing the dishes, while also cleaning Shiki Natsu's dormitory until it was spotless.
[Scenario 3: Massage]
Shiki Natsu lay on the sofa.
Horikita Suzune knelt beside him, earnestly rubbing his shoulders and pounding his back, occasionally asking: "Is the pressure okay?"
These images flashed past Shiki Natsu's eyes.
Shiki Natsu looked at all of this and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.
This...
How co it feels like he has beco a complete bully landlord in this dream, while Horikita Suzune has beco the oppressed little wife?
He really was a bad guy, wasn't he?
Finally.
This crazy fast-forward stopped.
The image froze at dusk.
Horikita Suzune stood before Shiki Natsu. That small face, which was usually cold as ice, was now filled with anticipation and anxiety.
"Now..."
"Can I get your recognition?"
"Can I... beco your friend?"
Looking into her burgundy eyes.
Shiki Natsu smiled and nodded, giving a gentle smile.
"Mm."
"You did well, Horikita."
"Congratulations."
"We... are already friends."
"I recognize you."
The mont she heard these words.
Horikita Suzune clearly breathed a sigh of relief. At this ti, the image faded into darkness.
Daylight broke.
Horikita Suzune got out of bed, holding her slightly aching head, recalling what had happened in her dream. She had gone through imnse hardship to finally get the recognition of that nasty guy, and you're telling her it was a dream?
A wave of fatigue instantly filled Horikita Suzune's body and mind.
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