The evening clouds were filled with a glow, like a giant oil painting.
Peaceful, serene, and beautiful.
Hurrying back to the car, Saionji Ryuichi saw Hoshino Jun leisurely crossing his legs, drinking a cola he had chilled in the car's refrigerator.
He immediately felt a surge of displeasure.
baka yarou, I'm helping you plead with Kachiko, and you, this scoundrel, are happily drinking cola.
I feel like a chump.
"Get ready, Kachiko will be here soon."
"Don't worry, I'm always ready."
Hoshino Jun straightened his back, his eyes shining, and assured Saionji Ryuichi, "I will never let Kachiko suffer."
"..."
Hearing this, Saionji Ryuichi's mouth twitched, and his peripheral vision caught sight of the girl slowly walking towards them, a hint of reluctance stirring within him.
Finally, he looked at Hoshino Jun with a touch of pleading.
"Be gentle later, Kachiko is afraid of pain."
"Uh, okay."
Hoshino Jun almost couldn't maintain his composure.
He still couldn't understand Saionji Ryuichi's thought process; he had just thought Saionji Ryuichi was going to back out.
But then he said something like that.
After a while, Kachiko finally arrived.
'My husband, Ryuichi, hasn't even touched me yet, but I'm going to be taken twice by another man.'
'What kind of talk is that?'
'But...'
'Ryuichi needs his help, so I have no choice but to do it.'
Kachiko bit her lip, trying to maintain her composure, and before getting in the car, she turned to look at Saionji Ryuichi again.
She hoped to give her newlywed husband a little more time to think, to use something else to exchange for Hoshino-kun's help.
Unfortunately, she didn't get Saionji Ryuichi's change of heart; all she got was an urging.
"Kachiko, what are you still standing there for? Get in! Hoshino-kun is waiting for you."
As he spoke, Saionji Ryuichi also pushed Kachiko, then slammed the car door shut.
"Bang—!"
The moment the car door closed.
Saionji Kachiko's fantasy was completely shattered.
Now, she had no choice but to face Hoshino-kun.
"I didn't expect us to meet so soon, Kazuko-san."
Hoshino Jun smiled as he watched Kachiko slowly sit down opposite him, perhaps now she could also be called Mrs. Saionji.
Kachiko was an introverted woman, gentle and obedient, considerate and sensible; this kind of girl was very appealing to men.
Especially when her figure was also good, she was even more endearing; her white shirt was very tight, perfectly accentuating the proud swell of her chest.
The pleated skirt on her lower half was not long, but not short either; when she sat down, it didn't reveal anything unusual.
But her slender, beautiful legs trembled slightly in sync with her current timid mood, which was also extremely striking.
"Hoshino-kun." Kachiko lowered her small head, not daring to look at the handsome young man sitting opposite her.
She had thought it was only yesterday, but she didn't expect...
Seeing the atmosphere grow silent, Kachiko remained quiet, and Hoshino Jun, as a man, naturally took on the responsibility of starting a conversation.
He was a man; he couldn't wait for a woman to make the first move.
"Kachiko."
"Hmm?"
"You are the most beautiful Tokyo girl I've ever seen; your eyes seem to hold stars."
As Hoshino Jun spoke, he leaned closer to Kachiko, slowly, slowly moving to sit beside her, his hand lingering on her soft, slender waist.
The girl's delicate body suddenly tensed, and she couldn't help but let out a soft moan.
"Mmm~!"
"Hoshino-kun, there are no stars in my eyes."
Kachiko rejected Hoshino Jun's sweet talk, but she gently didn't refuse Hoshino Jun's wandering hand.
Because...
Ryuichi had a favor to ask of Hoshino Jun.
She had to endure it.
Kachiko thought this, and a faint mist gradually rose in her watery eyes, her cherry-red lips tightly sealed, extremely alluring.
When any woman is being bullied and shows such an expression, it holds a fatal attraction for men.
But at this moment, Hoshino Jun stopped, released his arm from around Kachiko, and sat back opposite her.
"Kachiko, if you don't want to, you don't have to force yourself. Let's tidy up and go down together."
Clapping his hands, Hoshino Jun maintained his gentlemanly demeanor and said with a smile.
Kachiko opened her eyes and asked somewhat blankly, "Why?"
"No reason." Hoshino Jun said, "I just don't want to seem like a scoundrel who forces women. Let's get out of the car!"
The wind outside the window was silent for a few seconds.
Kachiko was stunned for a moment, then asked expectantly, "Then Hoshino-kun, you'll still help Ryuichi, right?"
"Of course."
Kachiko's eyes lit up.
"No!"
The subsequent firm refusal, however, plunged her into despair.
"Why should I help someone for no reason? Do I look like someone with a lot of free time?"
Hoshino Jun's gentle, sunny smile delivered the coldest words.
After speaking, he was about to get up and leave.
"Wait!"
Kachiko quickly grabbed Hoshino Jun, her anxiety almost spilling out of her eyes.
Although she didn't know what kind of help Ryuichi needed from Hoshino Jun, Ryuichi had pleaded with her like that, so how could she stand by and watch her newlywed husband get into trouble?
Just now, when Ryuichi said, "It's better not to have gotten married," his disappointed expression was deeply etched in her mind.
"Kazuko-san, is there anything else?" Hoshino Jun turned to look at Kachiko.
He wasn't pretending; he really intended to leave. He, Hoshino Jun, wasn't some lecherous demon, nor was he some trash who had never seen a woman.
Kachiko made it seem as if Hoshino Jun had forced her, which made him feel cheap.
It would be better to go home early and watch TV with Mei.
Seeming to sense the young man's mood, Kachiko pursed her red lips, made up her mind, and reached for Hoshino Jun's belt, stopping his footsteps.
'Ryuichi, I'm doing all this for you.'
'I had thought that what I should give you was already gone, so I would give this as a gift to you.'
'But now, for your sake, I have no choice but to offer myself to Hoshino-kun to appease his anger.'
Kachiko's beautiful peach-blossom eyes stared at Hoshino Jun, filled with pleading.
"Hoshino-kun, I'm sorry. I will correct my attitude."
"Please don't get out of the car."
Kachiko's eyes narrowed slightly, she lowered her head, knelt on the floor, and spoke with difficulty.
The air seemed to solidify again.
Hoshino Jun swallowed, looking down at the waves stirred by the girl's snow-white, plump parts pressing together.
He couldn't help but swallow again.
He admitted, he was attracted.
And he was willing to stay for Kachiko's sincere apology.
Although Hoshino Jun didn't know how Saionji Ryuichi had talked to Kachiko, nor did he have any idea what Kachiko meant by "helping Ryuichi."
"Kachiko, Ryuichi is truly blessed to have a wife like you."
Kachiko blinked, a faint blush on her delicate face. She probably wanted to say something.
But due to her timidity and the sincerity required for an apology...
She ultimately stammered and didn't get the words out.
Perhaps she was afraid Hoshino Jun would leave, too nervous; her breath became heavy, and her small head swayed with the rhythm of her breathing.
"That guy, Saionji Ryuichi, is really lucky."
Hoshino Jun was envious, jealous, and resentful. He reached out and ruffled the girl's hair, comforting her timid emotions.
Because she was kneeling, the skin on Kachiko's knees, beneath her pleated skirt, quickly turned red from friction with the carpet.
Hoshino Jun's heart ached at the sight, and he quickly urged softly:
"Kachiko, don't kneel anymore. I promise you, I won't leave. Quickly turn around and lie on the sofa to rest."
"Mmm~!"
Kachiko suddenly felt her breathing become difficult, her eyes rolled back, and her small mouth was slightly pursed.
Then she exhaled like sandalwood and said, "Alright, alright."
'Hoshino-kun, sometimes he's quite gentle.'
'No, Kachiko, how can you think that? The person you love is Ryuichi!'
'Only Ryuichi is the best in the world.'
'Even if your relationship with Hoshino-kun deepens, you cannot fall in love with someone else because of it.'
But...
My relationship with Hoshino-kun is truly too deep and crucial now.
And Ryuichi himself caused it.
Kachiko looked at Saionji Ryuichi, who was standing outside the car window with his back to them, a trace of guilt flashing in her eyes.
Because, on a mental level, Hoshino-kun had already quietly entered her mind.
"..."
The sky gradually grew dim, the clouds intertwined, somewhat gray and dull.
The sun had already set, and the traffic lights and streetlights on the ground gradually lit up, emitting streaks of light.
Blowing in the night wind alone, Saionji Ryuichi didn't know what was wrong with him at this moment; he suddenly felt a lot of regret.
He should have known not to drive this car here.
The soundproofing was too good; not only could he not see anything, but he couldn't even hear anything.
How unlucky.
"Yo, Ryuichi, why are you still here?"
Suddenly, a familiar figure entered Saionji Ryuichi's line of sight, arrogant and swaggering.
He was dressed impeccably, sitting in a luxury car, with women on both sides, looking like he was showing off.
It was Saionji Ryuichi's cousin, Yamada Tsukasa.
'This bastard, he didn't believe me, found someone else to deal with Hoshino Jun, and now he's still grinning in front of me.'
Saionji Ryuichi clenched his fists and fake-smiled, "I'm waiting for Kachiko here."
Truly waiting for Kachiko.
Yamada Tsukasa stared at him for a while, then chuckled, "What, weren't you just stringing her along? Have you fallen in love now?"
His voice was too loud, and Saionji Ryuichi was afraid Kachiko would hear, so he instantly furrowed his brows, "It's none of your business."
"Hey, hey, what are you getting angry about? You didn't really fall in love, did you?"
Seeing his cousin's face grow darker and darker, Yamada Tsukasa chuckled and said,
"Alright, alright, I won't provoke you anymore. Remember to kill that disobedient trash, Hoshino Jun. Just make sure Yamada Kaoru doesn't find out it was my order. Any method is fine."
Heh heh.
Saionji Ryuichi suddenly felt relieved, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes as he looked at Yamada Tsukasa.
"Your mother is about to die, and you're still thinking about dealing with Hoshino Jun."