It was a three-stop ride to the seaside.
After getting off the train, Mori Shinra deliberately stretched, then placed his left hand on his hip, intentionally leaving just enough space for a certain girl nad 'Sakurajima Mai' to link her arm through.
"It's not too far from the sea from here. Should we walk..."
As he spoke, his eyes couldn't stop glancing at her right hand.
At the side, Mai had long noticed his little movents and couldn't help but find it amusing. She then naturally linked her arm with his and said, "Then let's walk. We can enjoy the scenery along the way."
To be honest, there wasn't much scenery along the way. The houses, lawns, and passersby were all very ordinary, almost no different from the area around their hos.
However, neither of them found it boring. On the contrary, they found it very novel.
So roads are boring to walk alone, but with two people, it's completely different.
Take Sakurajima Mai, for example. She had never walked so intimately with a boy on the street before. What was even more incredible was that she was the one who had proactively invited him.
The Puberty Syndro had indeed brought her a lot of trouble, but it had also brought her an experience completely different from the past.
It seed... it wasn't so bad after all.
"By the way, why did you talk to back then?"
"That's naturally because your bunny girl outfit was too stunning, Mai-san. I felt that if I didn't say sothing, I would regret it for the rest of my life."
"Not that ti, but later, at the station."
"I guess I was just a little worried. Besides, even without the bunny girl outfit, just in your school uniform, you're still incredibly cute. I felt that if I didn't help, I would regret it for the rest of my life."
Mai pursed her lips, looking a little happy from the complint, but she still kept a straight face. "Although I know I'm cute, you're the only one so far who has dared to hit on so brazenly."
"In other words, I took your first ti?" Shinra said, with a look of honor.
"That's not wrong, but the way you say it is too weird!" Mai said, pinching the soft flesh at his waist with her free left hand.
Ever since she had played like this last ti, she seed to have gotten a little addicted.
"Ow, ow, ow!" He felt that the bit of Constitution he had added the day before was completely useless.
So when was he going to get a body-strengthening type of ability? The kind that could add resistance to the soft flesh at his waist.
"I feel like you're a bit of a sadist, Mai-san."
"Yes, that's right. Scared?"
"On the contrary, I happen to be a bit of a masochist," he said proudly, giving a thumbs-up.
Her statent was so perverted that for a mont, she didn't know how to respond.
"By the way, does no one hit on you at school? With your popularity, you should be at the very top!" he said.
"Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm no different from 'air' at school."
As she said this, her tone was frighteningly calm. It felt like he had stepped on a landmine.
He wasn't flustered, though. He had plenty of experience with stepping on landmines. But why were the outstanding won around him always so unsuccessful in their campus social lives?
Of course, he himself was in no position to talk about others.
"I see. Is it because you're too dazzling that people don't dare to approach you?" he said, pinching his chin thoughtfully.
He didn't think it was bullying. After all, she had been shining in front of the cara since she was eight and had dealt with adult staff mbers on a daily basis. Her social skills were definitely not weak.
So even if she couldn't integrate into the campus cliques because of her status, she was more than capable of protecting herself. Besides, the school she attended wouldn't want a scandal like a big star being bullied on campus.
But... bullying wasn't just about violence. The cold shoulder was also a form of bullying.
Having a falling out with her mother over a photo shoot and moving out to live alone, being treated as 'air' by her classmates at school, and being stared at by countless pairs of eyes, both good and bad, on the street...
To be honest, even he felt a little suffocated just putting himself in her shoes. He didn't know how she had endured it. Even if she had, in the long run, it would definitely cause psychological problems.
Originally, he thought the root of the problem was her mother. Now it seed there were other reasons.
"I guess so. But I'm used to it. Being treated as air is better than being surrounded by a group of people asking all sorts of strange questions."
The hand she had linked with his unconsciously tightened. Although the soft and warm touch beca more distinct, his mind was no longer on it.
"That's true. By the way, I basically have no friends at school either. We're quite similar in that regard," he said, tily giving her a sense of 'kinship'.
Don't underestimate this feeling. It's the best way to close the social distance. After all, humans are social animals.
But he wasn't using this to get closer to her. He just felt that at this mont, he should give her so comfort.
"No friends? Then what about that pair of sisters we t the other night?" Mai narrowed her eyes.
Seriously? She still rembers after just one eting?
He felt he had underestimated a girl's mory.
"Friends. But Yukinoshita and I are not in the sa class. We're in the sa club; she's the president. Besides, you saw it last ti. She barely spoke to . It was her sister who was talking to the whole ti," Shinra said, calmly, thodically, and selectively telling the truth.
Yare yare, have I learned so strange skills without realizing it?
It's all the system's fault!
"I see. I'll let you pass."
Although Mai knew there was definitely more to it, she chose not to delve deeper. After all, with their current relationship, she was in no position to say anything.
"Is it tough at school?"
"The coursework? It's fine. It's no problem for to get into a good university."
It seed Sakurajima Mai was a rare intellectual in the entertainnt industry.
Shinra said, "You know that's not what I was talking about, right?"
Mai was silent for a mont, then she brushed her hair back with her left hand and said in a relaxed tone, "It's actually fine. At least for , going to school is easier than dealing with those reporters."
To even be compared with dealing with reporters, how can that be easy?
But since she didn't want to talk about it, he wouldn't be tactless enough to press the issue. Instead, he chid in, "That's true. They're all from the school of journalism."
"What about you? How do you feel at school? My similarly reclusive classmate, Mori Shinra," Mai asked back calmly, as if she wanted to see how he would answer.
"Like a fish in water," he replied. He didn't socialize because he didn't need to. In terms of both ntal and moral fortitude, he was a top-tier powerhouse.
Never any internal friction!
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