The Story Of How I, A Gloomy Guy, Ended Up Surrounded By the Top-Tier Beautiful Girls In Class After A Seat Change - Chapter 96-97

Chapter 96: Panic While Taking Off My Clothes in My Room

The next morning—

I was sleeping in a room that had become slightly warm, even with the air conditioning on. The heat must have gotten to me because I started having a strange dream.

In the fuzzy state where I could tell it was a dream, I found myself riding a bullet train, staring out at Mount Fuji through the window.

But then, suddenly, the color of Mount Fuji started to change to a flesh tone. I kept staring blankly at it until I realized it had transformed into a gigantic Airi.

(…Huh? A giant Airi!?)

I pressed my face against the window, staring hard at this sight.

For some reason, Airi had grown enormous and was completely naked. Thankfully, her body was covered by clouds, so nothing too revealing was exposed. She was lying lazily across the vast tea fields of Shizuoka.

When she noticed me inside the speeding bullet train, she suddenly jumped up and started running towards me, shouting, “Found you, Ryota!”

(Wait, oh no, this is bad. Her massive breasts are bouncing all over the place, and both the scenery and my lower half are in serious trouble, whoa!)

As Airi, now gigantic, began running towards me, her enormous breasts bounced wildly, destroying buildings and fields along the way—

“Ryota-kun…”

Huh? Something’s off.

Even though I’m in the middle of a super erotic dream about Airi, I hear a familiar voice.

“Ryota-kun, it’s morning already!”

This voice… is so clear and beautiful…!?

“Huh!?”

Waking up from the dream, I blinked and shot up in bed. In my room was a beautiful girl with long, straight black hair, wearing her summer school uniform… Huh?

That greenish-black hair and perfectly symmetrical face… it’s Kuroki Rui!?

“W-Why is Kuroki in my room…? Am I still dreaming? Is this a dream within a dream? Like in a Jiro Akagawa novel?”

“Sorry to burst your bubble, but this isn’t a dream.”

“It’s… not?”

“Nope. I came to pick you up a little early today. And your sister let me in because she said, ‘It’s too hot outside.’”

As Kuroki explained, my brain slowly started to catch up, and I was able to take stock of the situation.

So, Kuroki woke me up… but this is still weird!

“But why are you in my room!?”

“Well, your sister—”

“That idiot sister of mine… Anyway, I need to change, so could you leave the room?”

“No worries. I’ll just face the wall. Go ahead and change.”

“Of course, I’m going to worry about it!”

Even after I told her multiple times to leave, I knew that Kuroki, who never bends to anyone’s will, wasn’t going to listen.

“Fine, just face the wall and don’t look over here, okay? I’m the kind of guy who changes his underwear in the morning, so I’ll be completely naked.”

“You even change your underwear… fufu.”

“Hey, why are you laughing!? Got a problem with that!?”

“No, not at all. Ryota-kun, you’re really clean, huh?”

“…Just face the wall already.”

Like a scene out of an action movie, I made Kuroki face the wall and started changing.

“Hey, Ryota-kun.”

“Oh come on, what is it now?”

“When I woke you up, you thought you were still dreaming… Does that mean I was in your dream?”

“T-That’s…”

If I honestly told her I dreamt of a gigantic naked Airi running towards me with her massive breasts bouncing everywhere, it’d be over in so many ways.

“Fufu… Ryota-kun, you think about me even in your dreams, don’t you?”

“……”

I’ll invoke my right to remain silent here. But why does Kuroki look so happy?

(Come to think of it… Kuroki’s ‘fated partner’ is supposed to be me, right?)

I always thought Kuroki was just teasing me… but maybe she actually likes me?

“…No way. If she did, wouldn’t she be making it more obvious?”

“Ryota-kun? Can I turn around now?”

“No! You can’t! My… uh, thing is still out right now.”

“Hmm…”

Seriously, what kind of situation is this?

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Chapter 97: Super Genius Beautiful Girl

I woke up to a morning call from Kuroki, got dressed in my uniform, and finished my morning routine before heading to school with her.

As I was leaving, my mom said, “Now Ryota’s future is secure,” but… she’s definitely misunderstanding something.

“Hehe, this is the first time I’ve met your mother, Ryota-kun, and she’s pretty young, isn’t she?” Kuroki said.

“Yeah. My parents were childhood friends who got married right after high school, so they always seem younger compared to other parents.”

“That sounds nice… I’m a bit envious,” Kuroki said, staring at me without looking away.

Why is she looking at me like that…? Does Kuroki really like me?

But with Kuroki, it could just be my misunderstanding since she can be so misleading sometimes…

(How do I even feel about Kuroki Rui…?)

Lately, Kuroki has been sending me a lot of random selfies, like she’s trying to be as spontaneous as on BeReal (a social media app), so I’ve started to feel like she’s someone close to me, but originally, it wasn’t like that.

Before the seating change, I always thought of Kuroki Rui as someone far out of my reach.

She’s graceful, elegant no matter what she does, with a perfectly beautiful face and an incredibly cute smile. On top of that, she’s perfect in everything—studies, sports, popularity—always achieving top results in everything she does. My image of Kuroki has always been that of a perfect superhuman beauty.

Since the seating change, my impression of Kuroki has changed to someone who, despite being a perfectionist, occasionally shows a bit of a mean streak and flaunts her incredibly sexy belly button in selfies that are hard to ignore.

Even after learning about her secrets and hidden sides, she’s still the perfect superhuman beauty in my mind.

I’m fully aware that I’m not someone who could ever match up to her, and just the fact that we’re going to school together is something that normally wouldn’t happen. So, thinking that someone like her would like a guy like me—no matter how many times I’ve saved her—it just doesn’t feel realistic.

“Ryota-kun? Why do you look so serious all of a sudden?”

“Oh, sorry. I just started thinking about you, Kuroki.”

“Eh…”

Even if I overthink this, it’s probably just Kuroki teasing me again, so there’s no need to dwell on it… or so I thought.

“Hm?”

Kuroki, who had been walking beside me, suddenly stopped and stood still, looking dazed.

“What’s wrong, Kuroki?”

“…It’s nothing, really. But today’s so hot, my face is starting to feel warm.”

Kuroki, her face unusually red, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off her forehead.

“Hey, are you okay? Even though you’re in the track team, your face is so red from the heat. Are you bad with hot weather?”

“I’m fine! I’m fine… So, can you walk ahead of me now?”

“What? Uh, sure.”

I walked ahead as she asked, and Kuroki walked slightly behind me. The conversation abruptly stopped, and we continued to school in silence.

What’s going on? She told me to walk ahead of her? What does that even mean?

(Could it be… that I smell bad or something?)

They say you can’t notice your own body odor, so maybe Kuroki wants to distance herself subtly by having me walk ahead.

It is summer, so I should be careful about my smell… but this is so sudden. We were just talking normally a moment ago.

(I guess I’ll have Yuria help me pick out some perfume next time.)

“Ah! Ryota, good morning!”

On the way to school, we ran into Airi and Yuria, who happened to be walking together.

“G-good morning, both of you.”

“Good morning, Ryota. You’re with Rui today?”

Yuria asked, looking at Kuroki behind me.

“Yeah, I just happened to run into Ryota-kun, so we came to school together.”

She’s lying through her teeth… Who was it that came to pick me up at my house?

“Is that so? But Rui, your face is really red today.”

“Huh?”

“She’s right! Rui-chan, are you okay?”

“I-I’m fine, I’m fine!”

Kuroki, flustered by their concern, tried to brush it off. This is a rare situation.

“More importantly, Airi, Yuria? The final exams are coming up in two weeks. Are you ready? Did you study yesterday?”

“Ugh. Don’t talk like a mom, Rui. Of course, I didn’t.”

“Hehe, I did study, right, Ryota?”

“Huh? Ryota? Why Ryota?”

“Um, well…”

When Airi suddenly dragged me into the conversation and Yuria asked why, I wasn’t sure how to respond.

(Weren’t we supposed to keep yesterday’s study session a secret?)

Yesterday, Kuroki and Yuria had plans after school, so Airi didn’t mention the study session to them, which made me think we weren’t supposed to talk about it… So why did she bring it up, Airi!?

I guess I’ll have to explain.

“Actually, yesterday, Airi and I—”

“Ryota! Watch how you address me!”

Crap, that’s right… But calling her by her first name in front of Yuria and Kuroki feels so awkward… Ugh.

I remembered how happy Airi was when I called her by her first name during the study session yesterday. Well, I did agree to that in exchange for seeing her huge breasts, so I guess I have to do it.

Reluctantly, I continued speaking.

“S-so, yesterday… Airi and I had a study session.”

“Hehe, that’s better.”

“W-What…?”

Both Kuroki and Yuria stared at me, stunned.

Kuroki, in particular, went from having a flushed face to her usual expression in an instant.

“Oh my, Ryota-kun, why are you calling Airi by her first name?”

Great, I knew this was coming.

Kuroki smiled sweetly, but I could feel a suffocatingly heavy pressure from her that made me want to shrink away.