Striving to Become the Ideal Man in a World of Reversed Chastity - Chapter 11-12: Having Another Fun Dirty Talk Session with Kashima-san ① & ②

Lunchtime after class.

Since Yuji, whom I usually ate lunch with, was at a club meeting, I decided to eat alone today.

“Well, this works out fine.”

I sat at my desk, eating the sandwich I’d bought at the convenience store while taking out my smartphone. I had something I wanted to look up.

There were several things needed to become a “convenient man”, but the biggest issue, as a virgin, was finding a place to have sex.

I mean, I could use my apartment, right? But what if Himeko burst in while we were doing it? …That would be the end.

So, I wanted to know how couples normally secured places to have sex at… though I kind of already knew.

“Hmm…”

So I opened Google on my smartphone and typed in a certain search term.

“Love hotel – what are they like?”

For the first time in my life, I searched for such a “practical” term. Until now, I’d only searched for material to use as “stimulation”.

“Huh, so that’s what they’re like.”

The search results showed rows of love hotel exteriors, interior photos, and facilities. This was information I needed to study thoroughly to become a convenient man!

While I was absorbed in looking at the search results on my phone, someone suddenly called out to me from behind.

“Um, excuse me…”

“Hmm… huh?”

I turned around and there was Kashima-san, my fellow closet pervert.

“Oh, it’s Kashima-san. What’s up?”

“H-Hello, Kurahashi-kun.”

“Hi. Did you need something?”

“Ah, well…”

When I asked, Kashima-san spoke with a slightly nervous feeling. Maybe she was a bit tense because I’d told her to her face yesterday that she was cute.

“N-No, I just thought you looked like you were enjoying something on your phone, so I was curious about what you were looking at.”

“Oh, this? I was just researching love hotels.”

“Pffft!? W-Why!?”

Kashima-san suddenly burst out laughing. Well, I’d definitely laugh too if our positions were reversed in my original world.

“Well, I’m at that age where I’m interested in naughty things, just like Kashima-san.”

“I-I see… I-I get it… S-So that’s it…!”

She was really flustered.

“Oh, by the way. Have you ever been to a love hotel, Kashima-san?”

“Eh!? N-No! I-I mean, of course not…”

“I see, that’s too bad.”

“Huh? W-Why is that too bad?”

Kashima-san looked puzzled when I expressed disappointment.

“Well, I looked it up, as I’m really curious about what kind of facilities love hotels actually have.”

“W-What kind of facilities? That’s… um… well… you know?”

“Haha. I mean, I kind of get it in general. But aren’t you curious about what the rooms are actually like?”

“Huh? Um… I-I don’t know, I’m not really that interested, maybe.”

“…Oh really?”

Oops, this was her trying to look cool in front of the opposite sex and pretending she wasn’t a closet virgin! But unfortunately, acting like “Haha, I’m not interested in such perverted things☆” was obviously virgin behavior! Besides, someone like that wouldn’t have tried to touch my chest in the audio-visual room!

“I’m super curious though. Oh, look at this room, isn’t it amazing? It has an open-air bath. And this one even has a sauna.”

“W-Wow, they have things like that?”

“It’s really impressive. I thought love hotels were just rooms for doing naughty things because of the name, but there’s a lot of variety.”

“I-I see. It does sound amazing.”

“Man, I’d like to actually go, but it’s financially difficult to go alone… Oh, Kashima-san, would you like to go check one out together?”

“Bweh!?”

So that’s how I threw a preemptive jab at Kashima-san who was pretending not to be interested in erotic things. I wondered how she’d react?

“Um, well, that… huh? Why do you want to go to a love hotel anyway, Kurahashi-kun?”

Kashima-san asked me a perfectly reasonable question. Well, of course she would ask that.

“Hmm, I’m just genuinely interested in the facilities. I just want to find out how a regular hotel differs from a love hotel.”

“Huh? Well, if we were to go to a love hotel together… th-that… um… well…”

“Yes?”

Kashima-san started fidgeting with a red face. I understood what she was thinking, but I deliberately chose not to say it. I’d decided to become a “convenient man”, but I still needed to play the game properly.

Besides, if the roles were reversed and a female classmate (someone I only talk to in class) suddenly asked me, “Want to have sex?” virgin me would definitely think, “Huh, is this a prank!? There must be some catch! She must be trying to trick me!” I’d be 100% suspicious.

And since virgin me would be 100% suspicious, Kashima-san in this world would probably be suspicious too, since she was also a closet virgin.

So my strategy going forward was not to be too aggressive—the tortoise beats the hare, as they say.

“Oh well. If you ever become interested in love hotels, feel free to tell me. If you invite me, I’ll go anytime.”

“Huh!? Oh, um, I-I’ll think about it!”

“Okay, I’m looking forward to it.”

Kashima-san answered with flushed cheeks. I smiled, said I was looking forward to it, and then went back to looking at my phone.

“Huh, this one has a large monitor installed. ‘DVDs and various game consoles available’… it says. It sounds like it would be fun just as a room to hang out in.”

Since I’d never researched love hotels before, I was enjoying learning all sorts of new information.

“W-Wow, they have that kind of equipment too. It would be exciting to play games on a big TV, wouldn’t it?”

“Huh? No, that’s not it. If you have a big TV, you’d watch A-V…”

“…A-V?”

I froze mid-sentence as I remembered the tragedy that had happened early this morning. Oh right… all my precious porn was gone…

“…Ah…”

“W-What’s wrong? Why did you suddenly go quiet?”

After I suddenly went silent and let out a big sigh, Kashima-san looked at me with concern.

“Oh, sorry, it’s nothing… wait a minute?”

“Y-Yes?”

Oh right, I forgot. There was something I needed to ask Kashima-san when I saw her today. I was so focused on becoming a “convenient man” that I’d completely forgotten.

“Hey, come to think of it, there’s something I wanted to ask you…”

“Huh? What is it now?”

—Ding dong, ding dong…

Just as Kashima-san asked, the bell signaling the end of lunch break rang. I wanted to talk about something super important to me, but I guess it couldn’t be helped.

“Ah, sorry, break time’s over, so I’ll talk to you another time. Oh, Kashima-san, would you like to exchange LINE contacts?”

“Huh!? Oh, yes, that’s fine! Let’s exchange!”

When I said that, Kashima-san excitedly took out her smartphone. By the way, LINE was a free call and chat app for smartphones.

“Here you go! If you send a request, I’ll approve it right away.”

“Okay, I just sent it, so please add me.”

Kashima-san showed me her QR code, so I scanned it with my phone and sent a friend request.

“I added you! Looking forward to chatting!”

“Yeah, likewise.”

So, although it was a bit late, I managed to establish a connection with Kashima-san in this reversed world. From now on, I’d consult with Kashima-san about various things whenever I had problems.