I Asked A Beautiful Girl, Who Was About To Jump Off The School Rooftop, 'If You're Going To Die Anyway, Could You At Least Take My Virginity Before You Go?' To My Surprise, She Agreed. - Chapter 2: I Ended Up Pretending To Be Her Boyfriend.

I Ended Up Pretending To Be Her Boyfriend.

Right after graduating from being a virgin.

I was lying on my back on Ichigaya-san’s bed, completely stunned.

It was just… incredible.

Having experienced this for the first time, I felt my vocabulary slipping away. I had given up hope after not encountering any women in the other world, and yet here I was, back in my original world, facing such an unexpected turn of events.

“Well then, it’s time for you to hear my request,” Ichigaya said from beside me.

“By the way, depending on the content, there might be some things I can’t agree to.”

I glanced at her and quickly looked away. It was dusk, and the lights were off, but being so close made it hard not to see everything.

Naturally, she was naked right after our encounter. The way she was propped up on her elbows, lying face down on the bed, emphasized her cleavage.

“Wow, are you planning to just run away?”

“Don’t say that. You’re the one who put me in a situation with no other choices.”

“That’s a convenient excuse, isn’t it? After all that pleasure you enjoyed.”

“…”

Hearing that made my ears burn. At the same time, I was filled with dread.

What on earth would I have to pay now, having just graduated from being a virgin with the top beauty of the school?

“By the way, if you refuse, I’ll report to the police that it was forced.”

“Come on, give me a break.”

I was being threatened. It seemed I had no right to refuse.

“Alright, I’ll listen to what you have to say.”

“Great!”

Upon hearing my answer, Ichigaya bounced up, and in doing so, everything that had been hidden while I was lying down was fully exposed.

“Since I’ll listen to you, could you at least cover yourself up? I can’t look directly at you.”

“…”

Ichigaya, who had seemed completely unconcerned until then, froze in place. She quickly picked up a shirt that had fallen under the bed and put it on.

“…You were touching me directly just a moment ago.”

The expression on Ichigaya’s face was hard to make out in the dim light, but it seemed to have turned slightly red.

Despite having done such bold things, was she feeling shy now…?

Seeing Ichigaya like that, I couldn’t help but think she was kind of cute.

***

Before continuing the conversation, the atmosphere felt a bit awkward, so I took a shower first.

Naturally, we took separate showers.

Ichigaya and I washed off the sweat and whatever else before putting on clothes. I was still in the uniform I had worn when I came to her place, while Ichigaya wore a white loungewear outfit.

We turned on the lights and faced each other across a low table placed in the middle of the room.

“Okay, let’s shake off the weirdness and I’ll tell you my request,” she said.

“Uh, sure.”

I braced myself.

“I want you, Ueno-kun, to be my boyfriend.”

“Eh?”

I had been bracing for some terrifying request, so I was taken aback by the unexpected content.

“Oh, but it’s just pretend, okay?”

“Pretend boyfriend…?”

“Yeah. To put it another way, that’s just a facade. Your role is to act as my boyfriend while also being my bodyguard.”

Facing Ichigaya, who spoke so calmly, I had one question in my mind.

“You were just trying to commit suicide a moment ago, but you need a bodyguard…?”

“Well, I wasn’t actually planning to die.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, really.”

Ichigaya nodded nonchalantly.

“Then why were you doing something so dangerous?”

“It all started because I was too beautiful, and the other girls got jealous.”

“You say that about yourself?”

I couldn’t help but interject.

I didn’t deny that she was beautiful, but the way she spoke about it was amusing.

“Anyway, a senior from the third year approached me because of my looks, but he turned out to be quite a troublesome person.”

“He persistently hit on you?”

“No, he gave up pretty easily, but apparently, he was popular enough to have a fan club as the ace of the soccer team.”

“Oh…”

Here’s the translation while preserving the original tone and context:

Our high school is quite active in extracurricular activities, and the soccer club has national-level skills.

Being the ace of such a team makes you a celebrity, often featured in local news.

“That’s impressive. I heard that senior turned down every girl who confessed to him, yet he got rejected by you instead?”

“Well, I just didn’t feel a spark.”

Ichigaya described the ace of the soccer club, who was admired by all the girls in school, in that way.

Well, considering Ichigaya was also a well-known figure at school, it wasn’t surprising that she hadn’t heard any rumors about her love life.

“But if you are like this, there might be girls who don’t like it…”

“Exactly… I thought it would just end with me rejecting him, but then girls who claimed to be members of his fan club started attacking me.”

“Is that like bullying?”

“Yeah, pretty much.”

Ichigaya sighed dramatically.

“Girls can be scary.”

“Yeah. So, I was thinking of getting back at them. I was scouting for that today.”

“Scouting?”

“Planning out the operation. Here’s the plan:”

1. 1. Jump from a height that won’t kill me.
      2. Make a big fuss about it, enough to cause an incident.
      3. When I survive, my bag will have a will inside naming the girls who bullied me.
      4. Those girls will be socially dead!

“…That was the plan, but at that height, I would have been the one who died.”

Ichigaya smiled wryly.

“That’s pretty outrageous…”

Both the reckless approach and the low success rate made it seem like a far-fetched plan.

“But that was the only way I could think of to deal with it.”

Ichigaya looked somewhat lonely as she said that.

She had no expectations of others.
Ichigaya had mentioned that.
She lived alone, in a place like this.
Surely, she had no one to rely on.
I couldn’t just leave Ichigaya like that.
If someone is in trouble and I have the power to help, I should do so.
That thought was my honest feeling.

“Alright, I’ll do it. I’ll pretend to be your boyfriend.”

“Thank you, Ueno-kun. I didn’t intend to give you the option to refuse in the first place.”

“Don’t say scary things so casually.”

Well, since I had just lost my virginity, I was mostly inclined to accept any request that wasn’t criminal from the start.

“Still, I think it was a good idea to give my first time to Ueno-kun.”

“Wait? That was your first time?”

Her first time.
That meant she was a virgin…

“It’s not that surprising, is it? I’m always alone, after all.”

Indeed, she was often referred to as a distant flower, so it wouldn’t be odd…

“But why would someone who’d turn down the ace of the soccer club choose someone like me?”

“Hmm?”

Ichigaya pondered for a moment at my question.

“It’s because I had a gut feeling about you.”

“A gut feeling?”

So, she meant intuition.
I still didn’t quite understand what she was trying to say.

“It’s because I’m doing all this because it’s you who’s my partner.”

Ichigaya-san giggled happily, her smile too stimulating for a guy who had just lost his virginity.

Rumor had it that Ichigaya Hatsune was a beautiful girl like a distant flower, who rarely engaged in conversation and always maintained an aloof demeanor.
But after actually interacting with Ichigaya-san,
I felt it was completely different from what I had heard.
She was cheerful, approachable, and had an elusive quality about her.
Most importantly, she looked cute when she smiled.
That was the impression I had of Ichigaya-san.
Could it be that this smile was meant only for me…?
With such thoughts racing through my mind, it seemed I was steadily becoming more aware of Ichigaya-san.