The Story Of How I, A Gloomy Guy, Ended Up Surrounded By the Top-Tier Beautiful Girls In Class After A Seat Change - Chapter 63-64

Chapter 63:

When Miyama read out the title of that thing, my room froze completely.

I couldn’t even think straight due to the unexpected situation.

To have my favorite work (deep meaning) exposed to female classmates… unthinkable.

“R-Ryota… you…”

Yuria blushed visibly and trembled her lips.

“Hey, Airi? I suddenly feel like having ice, so while we prepare snacks and juice, could you go down to the kitchen and get some?”

“Yeah! Got it, Rui-chan.”

For some reason, Kuroki subtly guided Miyama to leave the room, and Miyama left the room like a dog chasing a frisbee.

“Now, Ryota? I’m curious, what is ‘that’?”

As soon as Miyama left the room, Kuroki approached me with a big smile.

Her smile was a smile, but anyone could tell it wasn’t genuine.

Sensing that, I quickly sat in front of the TV and ended up looking up at the two standing.

This was just a sermon.

“Ryota… why are you watching such a perverted thing! Nowadays, you can see that kind of stuff online normally!”

“Well, um… I’m more of a person who likes to watch it on the big screen of the TV…”

“Huh!?”

“Hehe, that’s so like you, Ryota.”

“Hey, Rui. Why are you agreeing with him!?”

While Yuria was flustered, Kuroki remained oddly composed.

It almost felt like she knew everything about my preferences… No way, what does she know about me?

“So, Ryota… what are you planning to do with this?”

“W-Well, even if you ask what I’m going to do… I’m not doing anything, really.”

“Hey, you.”

“Well, Yuria? Ryota is just a teenage boy, so it’s normal for him to watch that kind of stuff.”

“…Hey, I was thinking, why does it feel like Rui understands Ryota so well? Weren’t Rui and Ryota just classmates?”

“Huh? W-Well, because Ryota and I… right?”

While Kuroki made suggestive remarks to me, she gave me a meaningful look.

Hey! What’s with that insinuation of a special relationship!

“What’s that? Are you two secretly dating behind the scenes?”

“That’s not true! Kuroki and I are just from the same middle school.”

“Isn’t it weird? Rui was cold towards boys since the first year and indifferent to other guys, but she acts differently towards Ryota.”

“Hehe, if you say that, even Yuria usually gives a cold shoulder to boys, but she seems to get along well with Ryota, right?”

“That’s… irrelevant, right? I mean, I’m asking about Rui and Ryota’s relationship.”

The two started probing each other, throwing words back and forth to test the waters.

Yuria and Kuroki probably think they are the only ones sharing secrets.

Yuria’s otaku hobbies and Kuroki’s perfect scheming are things only I know, so it’s natural.

(Thanks to Kuroki’s suggestive remarks, the conversation suddenly got complicated.)

Sigh. I’d rather have them teasing me about my treasured Blu-ray… Huh?

(Is Kuroki diverting the topic like this to avoid talking about the Blu-ray?)

In order to protect me from the unexpected exposure of my secret stash, Kuroki deliberately…

At that moment, the room’s door suddenly burst open.

“Hey, everyone! I brought ice! Let’s quickly do that nip-slip thing together!”

“No way!!”

“Huh?”

Miyama seems to genuinely think it’s a game.

☆☆

“Hey, Rui-chan, you’re too strong! One more round!”

“Hehe. If Airi loses next time, maybe I’ll have you massage my shoulders.”

“Really?”

Despite the ups and downs, in the end, thanks to Kuroki, Miyama started playing fighting games in the room without the contents of the Blu-ray incident being revealed.

With nothing much to do, Yuria and I sat side by side on the bed, watching them play.

“R-Ryota…? I’m sorry for earlier. Due to my position, I had to be a bit harsh.”

Suddenly, Yuria apologized in a low voice.

“Don’t apologize. Just think about it, I’m already a creepy introvert, and if you knew I was watching that, it would be even creepier.”

“…”

“Yuria?”

“Actually… I, um, have seen the same thing before…”

“Huh…?”

I couldn’t hide my surprise at her sudden confession.

S-So, Yuria has also watched “Heart-Pounding! Former Gravure Idol Swimming Competition! Only Nip Slips!”…?

(Why did she come out with it all of a sudden!?)

“Isn’t this fate?”

“I’d rather not have this kind of fate.”

From now on, Yuria is forbidden to get mad at me for anything related to adult content. We’re in the same boat.

“Yuria, you’re not just into 2D girls, you also watch that kind of stuff unexpectedly?”

“R-Ryota might not know, but girls also watch that kind of thing… I mean, there are girls like Airi who are pure and innocent but a bit dumb, so maybe I just have a strong sex drive…”

Yuria said, blushing even more than before.

S-Strong sex drive… that’s kind of erotic. No, it’s too erotic for this gal.

“Ugh, let’s stop this conversation! My bra is showing through the sweat.”

See-through.

“Hey, I wanted to ask Ryota something.”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”

“Um, about the ‘Lucky & H’ manga volume on that bookshelf. Why isn’t there volume 1?”

“Lucky & H… volume 1?”

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Chapter 64:

When Yuria asked me about the missing Volume 1 of “Lucky & H” on the bookshelf, I had no recollection of it.

“Why bring this up all of a sudden? I don’t remember things from that long ago.”

“…Y-Yeah, that’s true. It’s a series from when we were in elementary school.”

Yuria said with a wry smile.

(Even when I was looking for the Snow White picture book before, I had the same thought. I bought “Lucky & H” a long time ago, but I don’t remember at all…)

Maybe I stained it for some reason and threw it away, or perhaps I lent it to Tanaka and both of us forgot about it, or it got borrowed without permission… But Tanaka is so polite that he even wraps snacks when returning something, so the chances of that are very low.

(If not Tanaka, maybe that annoying sister… But she’s a fujoshi, so she shouldn’t be reading NL.)

“By the way, Yuria, did you want to read ‘Lucky & H’? If you’re into similar manga, I recently did a bulk purchase of ‘Inago 1000%.'”

“Oh, it’s okay! I just saw it and got curious.”

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. More importantly, I should join in soon, or Airi will sulk.”

“Sulk?”

Looking at the two playing the game as Yuria suggested, next to the smiling Kuroki, Miyama puffed her cheeks and glared at Kuroki.

“Twenty losses… Ugh! Rui-chan, go easy on me!”

“Hehe.”

This perfectionist…

Even though she usually has a kind face, she seems determined not to lose.

“Airi, don’t get mad over this. Geez, Rui, that’s not very mature.”

“Hey, Yuria! Saying Rui isn’t mature means Airi is a child!?”

“Oh, that’s…”

While Yuria stumbled over her words, I couldn’t help but think, “Well, that’s true…”

There aren’t many people as childish and busty as Miyama.

“Shouldn’t we all play together next time? Like a party game. Come on, Ryota, let’s do it.”

“O-Okay, but… aren’t you guys really not interested in reading the script?”

“Nope.”

*Sigh*… as expected.

They seem to lack a sense of tension towards the cultural festival…

Is it just me being too serious?

Well, for them, it’s a festival, so maybe they don’t feel any tension.

“Hey, Ryota, Ryota~ I want to throw away the snack trash, can you get the trash can?”

“The trash can? Oh, okay.”

At Miyama’s request, I brought the trash can from the corner of the room.

“Thanks for that, Ryota… Huh? The bag hanging inside this trash can…”

“The bag? Oh, I always put a bag in the trash can so it doesn’t get dirty when I throw trash directly in.”

“…”

“What’s wrong, Miyama?”

“N-No, it’s nothing! I just thought it’s rare to see this blue bag.”

“Is that so?”

In Animate, a space full of anime fans, I’m used to it, so I wouldn’t know.

“Hehe.”

“Why are you laughing, Kuroki?”

“Oh, it’s nothing, Ryota-kun. Shall we play the game now?”

“S-Sure.”

Kuroki is still hard to understand.

Sometimes she confuses me, says something suggestive out of the blue, but then she saves me…

“So, what are we playing?”

“Airi wants to play this game called ‘Life Board.’ It seems like it can be played by four people.”

“Wow, Ryota, you have party games?”

“Grr…”

Kuroki, making it sound like I don’t have party games just because I’m a loner.

Well, actually, I only have this game because I played it with my family during New Year’s, so it’s not entirely wrong.

“But it’s fine, right? This game apparently includes player marriages and stuff.”

“Huh…”

“Wow, really?”

Due to Kuroki’s unnecessary comment, Miyama and Yuria responded awkwardly.

What’s with this atmosphere…

And so, our game of Life Board began.