I Was Reincarnated as a Mob in a Completed School Rom-Com Manga, and When I Tried My Best to Cheer Up the Broken Losing Heroines, I Realized I Had Surpassed the Original Story - 28

Chapter 28: The Night Before the Festival

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“I’m sorry, Kurosaki-kun! I just… I’m really sorry…!”

Chadani-san ran over, dropped to her knees, and placed her hand on my shoulder as I lay writhing on the floor.

“Y-yeah… I’m okay, I’m alive…”

“What should I do? R-right, then kick me as hard as you can too!?”

The nonsense she began spouting showed just how shaken she was.

“I’m not doing that… And besides, I was being insensitive too, so I’m partly at fault…”

After taking several deep breaths, the pain gradually eased.

“Even though you’ve seen me in far more embarrassing situations, I still lost my composure over something like this… I’m ashamed of myself…”

The student council president blushed as though she was remembering something. With the moonlight pouring down on her, she looked sensual and alluring.

“Wait—why bring that up now!? I was finally starting to forget…”

“Is it not bruised? Let me see for a moment.”

Saying that, Chadani-san forcefully lifted my shirt.

“W-wait, wait, wait—stop! I said I’m fine!”

“As I thought… There’s a bit of blood, and it’s turning blue…”

My lifted shirt conveniently acted like a blindfold, so I couldn’t see the injury. In that instant—a warm, damp sensation ran across the spot where she had kicked me. It tickled for a moment, and the air touching it afterward felt strangely cool.

“W-what did you just do!?”

“I’m licking the wound as a substitute for disinfecting it… The infirmary is already closed after all…”

Her voice sounded slightly slurred, as if she had her tongue out.

“Ha!? No no no no!”

I scrambled backward to put distance between us. Sitting demurely with her legs to the side, she ran her tongue over her lips. That sultry gesture, like a seductive demon, made me involuntarily catch my breath. When I pressed my hand over the wound on top of my clothes, it felt faintly damp. Seeing Chadani-san’s flushed face and the hazy look in her eyes, I felt something welling up from inside. This kind of thing was still way too stimulating for me!!

“C-Chadani-san…?”

“Kurosaki-kun…”

As she slowly slid her knees forward toward me, I couldn’t help tensing up. It felt… As if she might push me down right then and there. Coming right up to me, Chadani-san reached a hand toward my injury and met my gaze.

“Does it hurt…?”

The seductive aura from moments before had vanished. Instead, she looked meek, her eyes damp with worry.

“Y-yeah… I’m fine now…”

“I’m really sorry…”

“It’s okay already…”

“You’re not starting to hate me, are you?”

“No way I’m going to hate you over this…”

“I’m glad…”

“But… Not only was it shocking, but it’s also unsanitary so you really shouldn’t lick someone’s wound…”

“Kurosaki-kun isn’t dirty at all…”

“That’s not the issue here…”

“Could it be… You hated it because I was the one who did it…?”

Tears began pooling rapidly in her round eyes.

“That’s not it! To be honest, somehow it’s making me feel really lewd, so I really need you to stop!!”

“…!? “

The moment I blurted out my honest feelings, her face swelled red, as if it were about to explode. Having reached the peak of our embarrassment, we both turned our heads away. After a moment of silence, Chadani-san spoke.

“Um… This is just a question out of curiosity, but… Have you ever done that kind of thing with someone before?”

“I haven’t…”

“Do boys prefer a sexy bombastic body type like Akaboshi-san’s…?”

“I think a lot of people do… Probably.”

“What about you, Kurosaki-kun…?”

“I… I will leave that to your imagination…”

“I see… So you do like that type…”

“I-I will exercise my right to remain silent…”

“If someone told you that you could do whatever you want with either me or Akaboshi-san, who would you choose…?”

“What kind of question is that…!?”

When I reflexively turned my gaze back toward her, I saw Chadani-san staring up at me with shy, reddened cheeks.

“It’s… I asked purely out of curiosity…”

“I wouldn’t do anything with either of you…”

“Why not? Of course I mean with proper consent, not by force.”

“I can’t put it well, but… I think those things are supposed to be between people who like each other, and happen when both of their feelings rise at the same time…”

“As expected of you, you really are earnest…”

“You’re the last person I want to hear that from, Chadani-san.”

“That’s not true… I bet you secretly think I’m a shameless woman, don’t you?”

“I don’t think that at all…”

“Even if I said I was having a very indecent fantasy right now?”

“Huh…?”

Still on her knees, Chadani-san suddenly lifted her hips, grabbed my shoulders, drew close, and whispered softly into my ear.

“Kurosaki-kun… Would you not get excited if I were your partner…?”

Wh-what is this…?

My body froze up as if I was trapped under a spell. And I could smell a clean, pleasant scent—like soap—coming from somewhere.

“N-no, that’s not the case at all—”

“Then… Is it okay…?”

“Ch-Chadani-san…!?”

I let out a ridiculous, startled sound. And then, Chadani-san laughed.

“F-fufufufufu…”

“W-what do you find so amusing…?”

“Kurosaki-kun… For all the noble things you say, with reactions like that, I feel like you’re going to get swept away very easily someday…”

Pulling her face away from mine, she smiled with a teasing, triumphant look.

“You didn’t tease me, did you…?”

“Well, it wouldn’t be fair if only you got to hold all my weaknesses, now would it?”

Having had my innocent heart toyed with, I let out a long breath.

“That’s it. Now I’m mad. I’m going to give you Kirari-level Spartan training starting right now.”

“That sounds terrifying. Please be gentle with me.”

Chadani-san let out a small laugh through her nose, her smile blooming. I could no longer see her as the Amakoi heroine I had thought I knew so well. Her complete change in demeanor had utterly destroyed the image of Suzu Chadani I had built inside me, to the point I could see her as an entirely different character.

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