Chapter 58

“Ahh, that felt good. Sorry to keep you waiting and I was thinking of heading to the convenience st—…”

Drying his wet hair with a towel, Satoru walked back into the room, only to freeze mid-sentence.

“Oh, welcome back. Glad to hear you feel refreshed. As for me, I’m feeling rather unrefreshed… thanks to what you were hiding.”

The sight before Satoru was nothing short of a nightmare: all the p*rn mags he had stashed away earlier were now neatly arranged across his bed.

And sitting calmly atop that very bed was Reika, wearing the exact same composed expression she always did.

“Uh… well, this is, uh… Wait, why would you go digging through the stuff I put away?!”

“Put away? Don’t you mean shoved in in a panic?”

“…Yeah, fair enough. I admit that. But still, that doesn’t give you the right to snoop!”

“When a girlfriend visits her beloved boyfriend’s room, isn’t it only natural to want to know what’s inside?”

“You think most girls would do what you’re doing in this situation…?”

“Probably, yeah. I’m not the type to pry too deeply into things, so I can’t say for sure, but I doubt I’m the only one.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me…”

“Also, I did warn you, didn’t I? I told you, ‘You’d better finish your shower quickly and come back.’”

“…You did. I thought you said that out of concern for me. But it turns out it meant, ‘You’d better come back fast before I go snooping through all your stuff,’ huh?”

“To be fair, about three percent of it was genuine concern about your body getting cold.”

“I’m seriously about to cry from how little you care…”

“To be honest, if you’re taking a break, then I can take one too. And if you’re feeling lousy, I’ll pamper you. Sounds good to me, don’t you think?”

“You sure look for excuses to skip school, huh.”

“I mean, I can study on my own, and while I don’t mind seeing friends, I do get hit on by creepy guys. You’ve been through the same thing, haven’t you?”

“Yeah, I get it. Way too well.”

“Right? …Anyway, we’ve gotten off topic.”

“Damn, I thought I could talk my way out of this…”

“You really thought you could fool me with all this laid out right in front of me? Let’s talk about the content, shall we? You seem to prefer women with quite large breasts. Is that a dig at me, perhaps?”

With that, Reika began picking up each adult item one by one, interrogating Satoru about anything she found questionable.

“That’s not it! You’re not flat-chested or anything…”

“And wow, the content’s really intense. Am I not satisfying enough with our gentle kind?”

“I just wanted to see something unrealistic, that’s all! If we did this kind of stuff in real life, you’d be the one suffering!”

“I’m being serious here. Are you not satisfied with me?”

“No, I am! I’m ridiculously satisfied, okay?! It’s just, you know, sometimes there are things that you enjoy watching, even if you’d never do them in real life!”

His fever had gone down, but now he was sweating for an entirely different reason.

“…There are some things here that do seem doable. If you just told me, I’d try them for you.”

“…Sorry, I honestly don’t know how I’m supposed to respond to that.”

“You could just be happy about it. Not every guy has a girlfriend who’s willing to go along with his kinks.”

“…You’re not wrong.”

“Still, I am a little worried. If a bustier girl came on to you, I can’t deny the possibility you might be swayed.”

“I keep telling you, it’s not just because of the big boobs. It’s because they’re doing stuff that’s unrealistic. That’s the only reason it caught my interest!”

“…Is that really the truth?”

“Of course it is! If I was into big boobs alone, I’d already be chasing after Amamiya-san, wouldn’t I?”

“Good point. So you are keeping your fantasies separate from reality.”

“Exactly. So can we please wrap this up already?”

“Wait. I’m going to take a few of the ones that seem doable. I’ll study them thoroughly.”

“…What?”

“I’ve got to study before the next time we do it, right?”

“No, you don’t! If my mom finds out you’re looking at this stuff, she’ll freak—!”

“Fufu, I’ll hold off on the rough stuff for now, okay? But when we’re in college and living together… well, who knows?”

“You don’t have to! Everything’s fine the way it is! Please, I’m begging you… spare me…”

Letting someone into your personal space always comes with risk.

Even if that someone is a family member—or the person you trust the most.

Otherwise, you might end up losing your dignity.

Satoru deeply regretted his oversight… but it was already too late.