Striving to Become the Ideal Man in a World of Reversed Chastity - Chapter 2: My Classmate Kashima-san ②

“W-wait a minute, Kurahashi-kun!” 

“Yes, what is it?” 

“Um, well, th-that, my hand being held is a bit… umm…” 

“Huh? Do you not like it?” 

“I-I didn’t say I disliked it!”

I was walking briskly down the hallway while still holding Kashima-san’s hand.

Since this was a dream, I was trying to enjoy doing things I couldn’t normally do. If this were reality, suddenly grabbing a girl’s hand would definitely make her angry.

But for some reason, in this dream the concept of chastity was conveniently reversed, and somehow this development was way too, once again, convenient for me.

“Then it’s fine if I keep holding your hand, right? Come on, let’s hurry to the prep room!” 

“O-okay! I get it!”

I said that and entered the prep room while still holding Kashima-san’s hand.

“Alright, let’s quickly prepare and go back to the classroom!” 

“Huh!?”

I said that and let go of Kashima-san’s hand.

Kashima-san looked at me with a surprised expression. It was a look that seemed to say “That’s not what we agreed on!”

“What’s wrong, Kashima-san?” 

“Huh? Um, well… th-that…” 

“Hmm? What do you mean by ‘that’?” 

“Th-that is… um… n-nothing at all…”

She seemed to have the same awkward attributes as me, an adolescent virgin.

Somehow, seeing Kashima-san being adorably awkward made my heart flutter for some reason.

“B-but what’s going on with you, Kurahashi-kun? You seem different from usual.” 

“Hmm? What do you mean?” 

“Well, how should I put it… I feel like Kurahashi-kun used to be more serious.” 

“Ah…”

As expected, until now I was apparently a straightforward and serious male student, just as Yuji had said earlier. So I had quite a strict personality, huh?

Then the previous me probably didn’t interact much with girls.

“S-so I wasn’t expecting to have my hand grabbed by Kurahashi-kun… I was surprised, or how should I say it…” 

“But Kashima-san, if I let go of your hand, wouldn’t you run away?” 

“N-no, n-n-not at all! I-I’m super serious, you know?” 

“Huh, Kashima-san is serious? You’re serious but you want to touch my chest?” 

“Th-that’s not it!? Th-that was just… j-just a joke! Kurahashi-kun, you’re taking jokes too seriously!”

Kashima-san started speaking rapidly. Somehow it felt like a boy who was teasing a girl and got scolded.

“Hmm? So you don’t want to touch my chest then?” 

“Wh-what!?” 

“Huh? Do you want to touch it?” 

“N-no! Th-that’s… um, ahaha…”

Kashima-san was becoming increasingly suspicious in her behavior. And watching this scene, I started to remember something.

Let’s see… that was… Oh, right, I got it! This suspicious behavior was exactly like how Yuji and I had reacted when we’d received obligatory chocolates from girls.

I remembered our exchange: 

“Do you want chocolate?” 

“Um, well…” 

“So? Which is it?” 

“Ah, um, y-yes please!”

I recalled that day when we really wanted the chocolate desperately but were too embarrassed to say it right away, becoming increasingly awkward.

But it couldn’t be helped, right? The rare events where you could interact with girls were precious to adolescent virgins.

(…Wait??)

Then maybe… “that taunting phrase” in this world… could it be like this?

“Kashima-san, you’re acting like a virgin.” 

“Wh-what!? V-v-virgin!? I-I’m not a v-v-virgin!”

…Ah, I get it. As I thought, this Kashima-san is the female version of my former self. So she’s the female version of an adolescent high school boy – okay, okay, I completely understand now.

“…Ahaha!” “W-why are you laughing!? I’m telling you that’s not true!!”

But if that’s the case, this dream might be really interesting. There could be all sorts of fun things I could do, right?

“H-hmph! I’ll have you know that I… um, s-sex… I’m extremely good at sex! I’ve been with all sorts of guys, switching from one to another! I-it’s true! So I’m n-not a virgin at all!” “Yes, yes, I understand, haha.” “Y-you don’t believe me!! H-hmph…! A-and… wh-what about you, Kurahashi-kun?” “Me?” “Yeah, that’s right. You’re kind of making fun of me, but… what about you, Kurahashi-kun? I bet… y-y-you’re a virgin, aren’t you?” “Oh yeah, I am a virgin.” “S-see! J-just as I thought! Since you’re the serious Kurahashi-kun! It’s obvious that—” “But I’d like to graduate from being a virgin soon.” “Wh-what!?”

She apparently wasn’t expecting those words, and Kashima-san looked surprised and blushed.

“Oh, but Kashima-san, you’re extremely good at sex, right? If you’re that good… would you take my virginity?” “Wh-WHAT!?”

When I said that, Kashima-san completely froze. And her face gradually turned bright red.