Fumiya Jin followed Nijika into a corner. But just the corner wasn't enough. Nijika then pulled Fumiya Jin into the hallway leading to the practice room. Since no one was practicing at the moment, it was unlikely anyone would come by.
"What's this all about? So mysterious?" Fumiya Jin asked with a smile.
Nijika kept her head down. "You helped out so much today, so before you leave… I have to thank you a little."
"What kind of thank you?" Fumiya Jin asked.
"You... close your eyes first," Nijika said.
"Oh?" Fumiya Jin raised an eyebrow but didn't press further. "Alright." He closed his eyes.
Then he heard the girl slowly draw nearer. He heard her take a single, deep breath. And then... accompanied by the faint rustle of fabric and the slight creak of her shoes... An incredibly warm, soft, and tender sensation pressed against his lips.
It was a touch-and-go. Like a dragonfly skimming the water's surface. The girl was already starting to pull her head back. Standing on her tiptoes, her face was so red it looked like it might start bleeding, as exquisitely lovely as a perfectly ripe peach.
"Th-That's all..." Nijika lowered her head and turned to run.
But Fumiya Jin grabbed her in an instant, pulling her back. "Aah—"
Before Nijika could even start running, she was yanked back into Fumiya Jin's arms, letting out a small gasp of surprise.
"What are you doing..." she said, stunned.
"Kiss me and run? You think I'd let you get away with that?" Fumiya Jin gently turned her around in his embrace, then... lowered his head and captured her lips. He wasn't about to play dragonfly-skims-the-water. The moment their lips met, it was a deep kiss.
"Mmph?!" Nijika was clearly not at all prepared for this. A peck on the lips and a real kiss are two completely different things! Shyness exploded in her heart, and she began to struggle instinctively. But Fumiya Jin paid it no mind, wrapping one arm around her slender waist and using the other to support the back of her head, giving her no chance to escape...
"Mmph— Mmmph... why are you... mmph mmm..."
...
...
A few minutes later. Fumiya Jin returned to the venue entrance alone. Ryo Yamada and Hitori Gotoh looked at him quizzically.
"Where's Nijika?" Ryo Yamada asked.
"Her stomach suddenly started hurting, so she went to the restroom," Fumiya Jin said with a smile. "Well then, I'll be taking Gotoh-san home now."
"Alright," Ryo Yamada nodded.
...
Twenty minutes later... Fumiya Jin and Hitori Gotoh walked out of the train station. The light drizzle from before had intensified into a heavier rain. Fumiya Jin opened his umbrella. Hitori Gotoh walked beside him just as before, but because the rain and wind had picked up, a good number of raindrops were landing on her side...
"Come a little closer," Fumiya Jin said to her.
"O-Okay," Hitori Gotoh nodded obediently, and then... moved about two or three centimeters closer. There was still a gap of about twenty centimeters between their shoulders.
A slightly odd expression on his face, Fumiya Jin asked, "Do I... have some kind of unpleasant body odor?"
Hitori Gotoh froze for a moment. "O-Of course not! Angel-sa... oh, no... Lord Fumiya smells very nice... oh, no... I mean, there's no bad smell at all, none!"
"Then why are you so far away?" Fumiya Jin asked, somewhat amused. "It's fine on a normal day, but the rain is coming down so hard now. If this keeps up, you'll be soaked on one side before you even get home. It's easy to catch a cold."
"But... but I... someone like me... h-how... how could I dare..."
She could barely get the words out. But Fumiya Jin could already sense the meaning from her self-deprecating expression. So, he took the initiative to move closer. Holding the umbrella with his right hand, his left hand went directly around the back of her head and rested on her shoulder.
"Let's go."
"Eh? Eh, eh?" Hitori Gotoh was stunned. Her body went stiff. Even her walking became uncoordinated.
After just a few steps... her left foot accidentally tripped her right. "Aah!"
Of course, Fumiya Jin wasn't about to watch her fall on the wet ground, but at the same time, his right hand was occupied by the umbrella, so he could only use one hand to pull her back. But with only one hand, if he tried to pull her back by her neck, he might just end up spraining it... So he quickly moved his hand down, sliding it under her armpit and wrapping it around her body, and gave a firm tug...
Fumiya Jin's strength was actually quite considerable. He successfully pulled Hitori Gotoh back into his arms. But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly realized his arm seemed to have sunk into a deep canyon... Deep and unfathomable!
And the girl's cheeks suddenly turned a brilliant shade of red. "Thank you..." she said in a small voice, head down, knowing that Fumiya Jin had just saved her from a nasty fall.
At first, Fumiya Jin didn't even register what that astonishing scale was... Because the girl's tracksuit was truly miraculous. Just from looking at her, the visual effect seemed about the same as Nijika's, giving no impression of a canyon whatsoever. So Fumiya Jin shifted his arm slightly... And that's when he understood.
He was instantly astonished—was this tracksuit Doraemon's fourth-dimensional pocket? How could it hide all that? This was on a completely different dimension from little Nijika!
"You're welcome," Fumiya Jin said, his expression unchanged as he slowly retracted his hand.
However, he quickly realized another problem—hey, how come my Sharpness points didn't increase at all? Even though he was saving her, which was a valid reason, he still touched a sensitive area. Didn't she find it the least bit inappropriate?
Fumiya Jin had always been a man with great intellectual curiosity, so he looked at the blushing cheeks of the girl practically cradled in his arms and said, "Hitori-chan, even though I touched you by accident just now... don't you find it inappropriate at all? Like, that it was creepy or something?"
Hitori Gotoh froze. "O-Of course not. Fumiya-san was... was saving me... No matter how I think about it, it couldn't be... be inappropriate..."
"Then, what about this?" Fumiya Jin, embracing the rigorous spirit of scientific research, extended his retracted hand once more and conducted a field measurement... Such high mountains. Such soft snow. Such a deep rift. Terrifyingly so!
"Eh, eh, eh, eh..." Hitori Gotoh was dumbfounded, her body going a bit weak.
But Fumiya Jin listened carefully for the notification sound, yet the one he wanted to hear never came. Fumiya Jin was puzzled. He asked Hitori Gotoh, "Hitori-chan, you still don't think this is inappropriate?"
Hitori Gotoh trembled, her face beet red, and she bit her lip as she said, "Lord Fumiya must have... must have his reasons for doing this... After all, it's Fumiya-san, how could he possibly do something to a girl like me..."
Fumiya Jin: "..."
Alright, he got it. He figured that even if he dragged this girl to a corner and had his way with her right now, his Sharpness points wouldn't increase. This girl's self-perception was just too low; she had no idea that she was actually a top-tier, S-class beauty. It was like an extremely self-deprecating ordinary guy who one day suddenly gets forcefully kissed by an 18-year-old Liu Yifei or a pre-chubby Hashimoto Kanna... would he think she was being inappropriate? Absolutely not.
(Kanna Hashimoto is a Japanese actress. Liu Yifei is a Chinese-American actress)
Therefore, when he bullied Hitori, she didn't feel like he was taking advantage of her. She might even think it was an angel showing her pity... so naturally, the Sharpness points wouldn't go up.
Sigh, what a hopelessly foolish little girl.
Fumiya Jin suddenly lost all interest in teasing her. He pulled his hand back, rested it on her shoulder, and said, "Let's go. I'll take you home first."
And so, Fumiya Jin walked Hitori home, and only then did he head toward his own place. A few minutes later, he was almost at his front door. But in the distance, he saw a small, drenched figure, curled up by his door...
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