Ch. 78.2 - 3 + 1 Pt2
"'Nogami-san, I’m going to assault you now~'—what kind of criminal announces himself like that beforehand?! Honestly, he’s a complete idiot…"
Nogami huffed quietly for his sake, this self-righteous mutt, this stupid dog who kept trying to “teach” her lessons.
"Me too!"
Chouko looked as if she’d finally found someone who understood her pain. She practically poured out her grievances like water, retelling everything Harutaki had done.
“‘Shihou-san, you don’t want those embarrassing photos I took of you spreading around, do you?’ — I mean, seriously, we’re high schoolers! And Hoshikawa-kun actually waited until I passed out and, like some kindergarten brat, used a marker to draw a turtle on my face!”
“Pfft… a turtle? What the heck is that supposed to be…? Hoshikawa, that’s way too childish!”
Nogami covered her mouth, doing her best not to burst into full laughter and disturb the other customers.
“I’m starting to feel embarrassed sitting next to you, Harutaki.”
Sae nudged him with her elbow, grinning.
“If it were me, I’d at least draw a pig snout.”
…Was that supposed to be Sae-style comfort?
How moving. Truly his best bro.
Harutaki thought this as he lay slumped over the table, pretending he no longer had the courage to face the world.
“People call you a scumbag, but honestly? You’re kind of lame. If it were me, I’d just go ahead and give Shihou-san’s huge boobs a good squeeze.”
Minako mimed grabbing at the air twice in front of her chest. As always, she joked lightly, while secretly stealing a glance at Harutaki from beneath her lowered lashes.
“Sanada-san is even bigger than me, so you can just squeeze your own~”
That, precisely, was why he was also someone special to her.
As Chouko and Nogami leaned together, laughing at Harutaki’s misery, Chouko let her gaze drift toward the boy sitting across from her.
She remembered that overwhelming relief of having survived…
That moment when he’d said, “It’s because I like you that I respect you.”
The seriousness in his eyes…
Clearly, with the leverage of her secret alt account and those humiliating selfies, he could command her to do anything.
Clearly, when she’d fainted, he could’ve taken advantage of her however he wished, humiliate her, use her, even take everything from her.
You really are too cruel, Hoshikawa…