The Kansai Villain’s Rebirth: I Accidentally Ended Up With a Harem.

A Kansai Boy, Together with Natsume Shina.

The one-sided conversation with the Natsume parents—who wouldn’t even let it be a proper discussion—had ended with them dumping Shina-chan on me. But I still held the card of reporting them to Child Services, something that would utterly crush their precious family reputation. A father who cared so deeply about face would surely talk it over with the mother later and come around to doing exactly what I wanted. There’s no way in hell I’d ever leave Shina-chan in the hands of parents like that. Anyone who makes her sad—anyone at all—will never be forgiven.

I hurried home. The moment I opened the front door, Shina-chan came flying into my arms.

“Dai-chan!! Dai-chan…!”

“Sorry I’m late. Everything’s settled for now. I told them you’ll be staying here, so the police won’t come or anything. You can relax.”

“Dai-chan… thank you…!”

“Let’s stay together tonight, okay?”

“Yeah…!”

Shina-chan started crying again. Damn… her wounds run this deep. In the original story, she was hurt just as badly, yet she still tried so hard to act bright around Imaimiya. That’s why some of her darker remarks had slipped out here and there.

“Shina-chan, you can stay over anytime—no need to hold back. Hey, how about we go shopping together for tonight’s side dishes? I said it before, but let’s find the foods you love together. Weekdays might be tough, but… Saturday nights should be fine, right?”

“Mhm… I want to discover all my favorites with Dai-chan, too… Dai-chan, I… I want to be with you and learn what love really is. When you get married… you have to say ‘I love you,’ right?”

“Well, saying ‘I really like you’ works just as well, I think…”

“No… I want to say ‘I love you.’ Because it’s you, Dai-chan…! I want to say ‘I love you’ because it’s even stronger than ‘I really like you’…!”

“Then let’s find that together, too.”

“Yeah! Dai-chan…”

She buried her face in my chest. She was still crying, but then—an “ehe…” and a smile broke through. That smile was truly beautiful. I gently cupped her small face in my hands and held it steady. She let out a little “ah…” and closed her eyes. She already knew what was coming. So without asking, I simply brought my lips to hers. A soft, fleeting bird’s kiss. Even that was enough to turn everything from her neck upward crimson.

“Ehehe… my first kiss… I’m so glad it was with Dai-chan, the person I love most… ehehehe…”

“It was my first kiss too, Shina-chan.”

“Really…? Ahaha… I’m so happy… ♪ Hey, Dai-chan… more…”

The way she looked up at me with those melted, dreamy eyes was unbearably cute, and I kissed her again and again. This wasn’t the broken smile from the drugs, nor the face stained with despair. It was the face of a girl in love. I cherished that Shina-chan more than I could bear. We held each other, I stroked her hair, and we kept kissing for a long while.

“Shina-chan, the bath’s ready. It’s late, but go warm up and take your time.”

“Eh…? O-okay…!”

At that moment, I genuinely didn’t realize what it meant to tell a girl “go take a bath” in this kind of mood. I’ve never dated anyone, still a virgin—and Shina-chan had turned brilliantly red, but I completely failed to notice while I tidied my bedroom. A girl’s going to sleep here, I thought idly; I really should’ve aired the sheets earlier…

To think that an otaku who believed love ended with 2D girls would reincarnate into Tennouji, grow close to Shina-chan… not stealing her from Imaimiya like in the original story, but going on actual dates, receiving her confession, returning her feelings, and now—reaching the sleepover stage at breakneck speed. Part of it was her parents’ fault, sure… but becoming the boyfriend of Natsume Shina herself? Could anything in this world be happier?

Now that we’re together, I will never, ever let anyone take her from me. Not Imaimiya, not any guy who thinks he can NTR his way in—I’ll protect Shina-chan to the end. That little-devil-yet-angel smile of hers… I won’t let it fall into darkness. I won’t let her make that sad face ever again. Because above all, she’s my favorite girl.

Shina-chan’s taking a long time in the bath… I started worrying something might have happened. No, girls just take long baths, right? I told myself and waited. Eventually I heard the bathroom door click open—good, just my imagination. Five more minutes passed, then the living-room door opened, and the sight of Shina-chan walking in made me spit out the black tea I’d been drinking.

“Sh-Shina-chan!?”

Of course I reacted like that. Shina-chan had come into the living room wearing nothing but a single bath towel!!! W-wait a second… I never expected this! She had underwear, and I’d even laid out some of Mom’s clothes in case the size worked!!

“I… finished my bath… You’re going in next… right, Dai-chan?”

“Y-yeah, I will… but, um… clothes…”

“…Um, well… You said you love me… and you talked to Papa and Mama for me… I’m always just being saved by you, Dai-chan… I’m an idiot, so… I thought this is the only way I could ever repay you…”

“N-no, no! You don’t have to repay me like that!”

“…I love you so much, Dai-chan. And you love me too… right? That’s why… I want to give my first time… to you.”

This was escalating beyond anything I’d imagined…! A-are Shina-chan and I really about to… do it…? But turning her down now wouldn’t make me a man. She’s gathered every ounce of courage to say this… and they say a man who refuses a meal set before him brings shame upon himself…

“Shina-chan… are you sure…?”

“I only want it to be Dai-chan! My first… has to be with you!”

Then… I have to steel myself.

“Got it. I’ll go take my bath real quick… My room’s over there. I made the bed, so wait for me.”

“…! Okay…!”

Still in just her bath towel, Shina-chan headed to my room. I headed to the bath.

If I’m being honest in a slightly perverted way—the thought that the girl I love had just used this bath made my heart race like crazy. We use the same shampoo, yet somehow the scent lingering in the air felt completely different… Shina-chan in my house’s bath… No! Calm down…! Well, we are about to do what we’re about to do… Oh crap—no condoms… What am I supposed to do…?

I agonized the entire time I bathed.

***

In the bedroom, she waited in just her bath towel. I had only a towel wrapped around my waist. The moment she saw me, Shina-chan let out a soft “ah…”—her whole body had flushed a delicate cherry-blossom pink.

“U-um… well… Tonight… please… be gentle with me…”

“Likewise…”

“Dai-chan… thank you… for loving me.”

“Ever since we met again at the end of summer vacation, I’ve liked you, Shina-chan.”

In terms of years, I’ve loved her for several—but there’s no need to say that. I pulled her gently into my arms.

“…Me too. Ever since that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about you. And those feelings kept growing… until now I love you so much… so, so much… that I want you to take my first time…!”

“So we’ve liked each other for about the same amount of time, huh, Shina-chan.”

“Yeah… I want you to change me… until I can say ‘I love you’ too… Ah—!?”

Gently, I laid my adorable Shina-chan down onto the bed and…

***

I woke up. The clock read 8 a.m. Even when I go to bed late, my corporate-slave body still drags me awake in the morning… Well, it’s my day off, so it’s fine. When I tried to sit up, I felt weight on my left arm and couldn’t move. Right—Shina-chan and I…

Shina-chan was sleeping with the most blissful expression. What an angelic sleeping face. The moment I thought that, her eyes fluttered open.

“…Mmm… Dai-chan… It wasn’t a dream…”

“Morning, Shina-chan.”

“Morning… Dai-chan… I’m so happy…”

“I’ll keep making you happy from now on, too.”

“Ahaha… yeah ♪”

I kissed her again, thinking I’d savor just a little longer this happy weight and the pleasant numbness in my arm.