Unlike the hotel at the beginning, Kikyo Kushida pushed open the cafe door without any psychological burden.
The small bell on the cafe door jingled as Kikyo Kushida entered.
The sound of the bell attracted the attention of the cafe waiter. A waiter in a clean uniform walked quickly to Kikyo Kushida: "Welcome, are you alone or...?"
"Thank you, but no need. My friend is right there."
Politely declining the waiter's enthusiastic welcome, Kikyo Kushida gave the waiter a sweet smile and pointed to where Ren was.
Looking in the direction Kikyo Kushida pointed, seeing that Ren had already ordered two coffees and other things, the waiter made no further moves: "Alright, enjoy your meal."
Without any disturbance, Kikyo Kushida began to carefully observe this cafe she had never visited before.
The cafe wasn't big. Wooden furniture made up a large part of this cafe, filling it with a heavy sense of age, which Kikyo Kushida found very novel.
Many cafe decorations become more and more uniform with the times, lacking any focus on coffee. People go to cafes just to socialize and talk business.
Here it was different. The rich aroma of different kinds of coffee permeated the entire cafe, making Kikyo Kushida unconsciously immerse herself in it, dissipating much of the negative emotion in her heart.
There were few customers in the cafe. Everyone sat scattered, doing their own things without disturbing each other.
It was like a paradise amidst the bustling city.
After taking it all in, Kikyo Kushida didn't forget the main business of coming here.
"My girlfriend, when did you confess to me last night? How come I don't know?"
Pushing the small cake on the table in front of Kikyo Kushida, who was sitting directly opposite him, Ren asked with a hint of a smirk.
If his brain wasn't broken and he couldn't clone himself.
Then last night he should have been crazy with Little Chie all night.
Ren was also a little curious why Kikyo Kushida dragged him out as a shield.
"Bastard, just like I said before, that disgusting guy Haruki Yamauchi was planning to confess to me today, so I used you as a shield."
Without any disguise, Kikyo Kushida looked disgusted when talking about Haruki Yamauchi, as if talking about a disgusting bug.
Stirring the caramel macchiato Ren ordered for her, Kikyo Kushida remembered the cup of coffee she paid for when she was with Airi just now, which she hadn't even taken a sip of.
Hiss...
Heartache!
A cup of coffee wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either.
Kikyo Kushida, living frugally in Class D, took a breath of cold air. If I had known, I should have taken a couple of sips before leaving.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt at a loss. Kikyo Kushida looked at Ren with bad intentions.
Ren wouldn't be polite. He pinched Kikyo Kushida's cute cheek and let go.
Pinch~
Release~
Duang~
Although he didn't know what Kikyo Kushida was plotting against him, Ren wouldn't let her off just because he didn't know.
Caught off guard by Ren's sneak attack, Kikyo Kushida covered the cheek Ren just pinched and scolded: "Bastard, what are you doing!"
The force Ren used wasn't light; Kikyo Kushida could clearly feel a little pain on her cheek.
"Is there a problem with me pinching my girlfriend's cheek?"
Ren looked at Kikyo Kushida in confusion, not understanding what nonsense Kikyo Kushida was talking about.
"Bastard, I am not your girlfriend."
"True, after all, I haven't heard your confession yet."
"Bastard! Die!!!"
Knowing she couldn't out-talk Ren, Kikyo Kushida stood up and punched Ren.
Perfectly dodging Kikyo Kushida's punch, Ren took advantage of Kikyo Kushida's forward leaning body and hoisted her onto his shoulder.
Now Kikyo Kushida panicked, hurriedly pressing down her short skirt with her hand and whispering to Ren: "Bastard, I was wrong, put me down."
"No, you weren't wrong." Not accepting Kikyo Kushida's submission, Ren carried Kikyo Kushida out of the cafe and walked toward the hotel opposite.
A waiter saw this extremely explosive scene and asked the white-haired grandfather at the front desk: "Manager?"
Without stopping the motion of wiping the glass in his hand, the old man called Manager sighed: "Youth, truly enviable."
In the hotel,
Kikyo Kushida, carried on Ren's shoulder, watched in horror as Ren took a room card from his pocket and showed it to the hotel waiter.
The waiter, knowing Ren had already booked a room, walked in front to lead the way for Ren.
Kikyo Kushida panicked completely: "Bastard, didn't you say... say you sent the wrong location?"
"Oh, it was wrong. My original plan was courtesy first, then force. How does that not count as wrong?"
Bang!
Entering the room, Ren threw Kikyo Kushida onto the bed, then sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the flustered Kikyo Kushida with amusement.
"My girlfriend, what are you afraid of?"
"Bastard, you know I didn't confess to you!" Kikyo Kushida shrank back. She didn't expect Ren to be so bold.
"Mhm, I know."
"Knowing that, you still..."
"So what? I told you, everything has a price. So this time the price is..."
Ren interrupted Kikyo Kushida, who wanted to continue arguing.
Sensing something bad was about to happen, Kikyo Kushida trembled: "N-no!"
"No? You have to even if you don't want to!" Ren placed his head on Kikyo Kushida's lap.
Unlike the lap pillows of Little Chie, Little Honami, and Little Airi, Kikyo Kushida truly lived up to her name (Bellflower), smelling faintly of bellflowers.
This refreshing and pleasant scent was quite nice.
As for Kikyo Kushida's worry, it was completely superfluous.
If it was just for desire... bluntly speaking, Ren could have as much as he wanted.
Rolling over to a more comfortable position, Ren closed his eyes to rest: "Alright, I'm sleeping for a while."
Huh?
Huh???
This isn't right???
Kikyo Kushida was a bit lost. She didn't know what Ren's purpose was with this action.
She didn't dare move, afraid of angering Ren and making him actually do her right there.
After a while, the sound of Ren's even breathing reached Kikyo Kushida's ears.
So... this bastard fell asleep?
Feeling the weight on her lap, Kikyo Kushida found it unbelievable.
The price this time... was just sleeping on her lap?
[Then why did this bastard have to be so rough? Just saying it directly would have been fine!]
Kikyo Kushida, who only dared to complain about Ren internally, noticed Ren's gentle expression while sleeping. She hesitantly placed her hand on Ren's head.
Gently stroking Ren's long hair with subtle movements, Kikyo Kushida felt very novel about this experience.
[I said it! He's just a little bad, not comparable to those disgusting guys.]
The little girl inside spoke again.
"Mhm, you're right."
Stroking Ren's long hair, Kikyo Kushida looked at the sleeping Ren and murmured.
If Rokusuke Koenji were present at this moment,
He would discover...
Ren's current state was exactly the same as the state he was in that night when he pretended to sleep to trick Ren into paying the bill!
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