"Welcome."
The clerk's greeting the moment she entered startled Sakura Airi.
She instinctively averted her gaze, both hands clutching her skirt, her heart pounding as if about to explode.
But she immediately realized this wouldn't do - it would make the clerk suspicious.
She had to lower her head, pretending not to see the clerk, and quickly head toward the inner shelves.
Airi didn't even know what snacks to buy, just wanting to quickly end this thrilling adventure.
Fortunately, he hadn't lied - there really weren't many people in the store, which made the girl feel slightly more at ease.
As she walked toward the snack section, Airi's pocket suddenly vibrated slightly.
In her current state, she could even feel the vibration against her thigh, causing her pretty face to flush crimson instantly.
"Guh..."
Airi frantically pulled her phone from her pocket.
The screen showed a message from Kaoru, telling her to watch her step.
Watch her step? Why?
Airi felt confused.
She looked down and saw the convenience store floor was so clean it clearly reflected the ceiling lights, along with her own shadow.
Instantly, the girl's face turned bright red as she covered her skirt, tightly clamping her legs together.
She turned back angrily and saw Kaoru standing not far from the entrance.
The guy nonchalantly placed his index finger on his lips, signaling her to keep quiet.
'Damn it, he did it on purpose!'
The previously somewhat relaxed Airi immediately tensed up again, starting to have second thoughts.
She only felt a chilling sensation below, as if she might float away at any moment.
Biting her lip, uncontrollable images flashed through Airi's mind - in some of those doujinshi, the female protagonists were always pitifully toyed with both physically and mentally.
Just like now, where the male lead controls the female lead's body with strange devices, watching her become unable to endure it.
Under the male lead's commands, the female lead casts hateful glances at him but shamefully complies anyway, revealing her hidden side - all in a busy convenience store where a third party could appear at any moment...
Sakura Airi frantically knocked on her head, trying to toss out these chaotic thoughts.
Ever since discovering Kaoru's alt account, she had inevitably become interested in strange things.
In the past, she would never have looked at such things, let alone fantasized about these meaningless thoughts.
Now, although she strongly wanted to deny it, deep in her subconscious, she was anticipating his next instruction.
[Roll your skirt up a little higher.]
"Wah!"
Sakura Airi's face flushed bright red.
She never expected him to actually send her such a message and hurriedly replied that it wasn't acceptable.
[If it's not acceptable, then why have you been spacing out there?]
Sakura Airi snapped back to reality.
So she had been lost in wild thoughts, standing foolishly under the shelf for several minutes.
She quickly grabbed a few packs of snacks without even looking at them and rushed to the checkout counter.
'What if someone came in later?'
"Alright, that will be 560 points."
The clerk flashed her a professional smile.
However, Airi didn't dare meet the other person's gaze, afraid she might reveal something.
"Um... please, please... add this too..."
Perhaps suddenly remembering Kaoru's words, Airi spotted gum on the small shelf at the counter and timidly took a pack.
"Alright, anything else?"
The clerk hesitated for a moment before maintaining their smile.
Airi felt as if their eyes saw right through her.
The flustered girl couldn't even bother to respond, hastily grabbing her shopping bag and darting toward the door like a rabbit.
Halfway there, she abruptly stopped and slowly walked toward Kaoru waiting outside.
"Simple, isn't it?"
Seeing his smile, Airi suddenly felt wronged.
He had no idea how nervous she had been just now—from the floor, certain views were completely visible.
"Why didn't you come in with me?"
Of course the girl would feel angry, thinking that if he had accompanied her, even if there was a chance of being discovered, she wouldn't have been afraid with him by her side.
"Because I wouldn't be able to control myself."
Kaoru had already taken off his jacket and used the opportunity to tie it around Airi's waist, instantly blocking the view of her skirt.
"Seeing your back from outside, thinking you weren't wearing anything underneath, I already had a reaction."
Just as Airi felt touched by his consideration, his words startled her.
Her gaze uncontrollably drifted downward, and her ears turned cherry-blossom pink.
"P-pervert."
After saying that word, the girl's mood actually began to improve.
What, he really is a pervert, only staring at her with lewd eyes.
Hmph, she wouldn't hold it against him now—after all, he's a pervert.
Airi shoved the shopping bag into his hands and said stiffly, "I didn't know what to buy, so I just grabbed some things randomly."
Kaoru hadn't paid much attention at first, but his peripheral vision caught something unusual.
'This is... condom?'
Instantly, Kaoru's expression turned strange.
It wasn't that he was overreacting, but Kushida Kikyo and Karuizawa Kei had left too deep an impression on him.
"Airi, you're not angry, are you?"
"About what happened just now?"
Airi still didn't realize she had picked up the wrong item.
"I am angry... clearly... you rejected me before, but now... hmph, I'm really angry!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
Back then, she had mustered immense courage to offer Kaoru her black stockings, only for him to reject them outright.
If she hadn't gotten serious later, Kaoru wouldn't have done anything improper to her at all.
On his alt account, he was always spouting nonsense—saying things like "I'd only ever get off to you in this lifetime," or "Anyone who can resist not jerking off to Shizuku-chan is a saint," or "I'd grab you hard and go at it."
Really, some of the things he said were too embarrassing to repeat.
Despite all his bold talk online, he never laid a finger on her in person.
Instead, he went after people like Ichinose Honami.
For a while, Sakura Airi thought Kaoru was just toying with her, and she fell into a depressed state for several days.
Today's incident was humiliating, but deep down, Airi felt a little happy—it meant Kaoru desired her.
If anyone else had treated her this way, she would have been disgusted and might have withdrawn into herself forever.
"Are you angry?"
Kaoru nonchalantly took the condom.
"I think if you can stay calm in a situation like this, you'll have no problem taking photos."
Airi felt both embarrassed and furious. This was way too extreme!
"You can have these snacks. I just want a piece of this."
"Go… go die."
"…"
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