It's a romantic comedy for everyone, so why am I the only one single?

She hasn't even won over Iura Hide yet, and she's already doubting him. Isn't she just making things harder for herself?

With a quick glance, Kitagawa Kaimu immediately changed tactics.

"I was just kidding. Actually, I can't cook at all. Every night, I eat discounted bento boxes from the supermarket for dinner."

This time, Kitagawa Kaimu didn't deliberately show any pitiful expression. Instead, Okiura Hide playfully stuck out her tongue.

However, her appearance, coupled with the truth in her words, touched Iura Hide's heart, making him involuntarily soften.

"How about we have sukiyaki tonight?"

"Eh?"

Kitagawa Kaimu was stunned for a moment, then stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Senior, you mean—"

Seeing the excitement and anticipation in her eyes, Iura Hide felt a little nervous and turned his head away to avoid her gaze.

"Yeah, I suddenly have a craving for sukiyaki tonight, but I need to take my bento to Mashiro first to heat it up—"

"No problem!" Kitagawa Kaimu excitedly interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"I'll wait for you downstairs, senior!"

"Uh"

Iura Hide chuckled awkwardly and scratched his head. He was going to make dinner for Mashiro, but he was making Kitagawa Kaimu wait for him downstairs. Wasn't that a strange scene?

"You don't need to stay downstairs. Go back and put your bag down first. We'll meet at the supermarket entrance later."

"OK then!"

This time, Kitagawa Kaimu didn't hesitate and readily agreed.

Being able to have dinner with Hideki Iura, and even go to the supermarket together to buy ingredients and make sukiyaki together at home, was already a huge surprise and made her incredibly happy.

"What time should we meet?"

"6:30, no, how about 7:00?" Iura Hide said after thinking for a moment.

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Kaimu was taken aback for a moment. Then, her long-term experience and intuition in buying discounted bento boxes and food made her understand why Iura Hide had chosen seven o'clock.

With a chuckle, Kitagawa Kaimu teased, "Senpai, you didn't buy CDs again and use up all your allowance this month, did you?"

"cough cough"

Doesn't this guy know the meaning of "seeing through something but not saying it"?

Iura Hide awkwardly twitched the corner of his mouth.

Although he spent his last tens of thousands of yen of pocket money on dyeing and styling his hair, he did indeed spend the previous tens of thousands of yen of living expenses and the wages he earned from hard work on CDs.

It really hurts to think about it now!

What era are we living in? Why can't we just listen to music on our phones and online? Why buy those ridiculously expensive CDs and records!

"If you ever buy CDs randomly again, I'll chop off my hand!"

"Hahaha!"

"Your senior is so cute!"

Seeing Iura Hide's frustrated and depressed expression, Kitagawa Kaimu burst into laughter, clutching his stomach.

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Chapter 44 Mashiro's Initiative

"Didi dididi——"

Enter the password, and the electronic door lock will pop open.

Having finished work for the day, Iura Shu carried a tonkatsu bento box (not discounted), a vegetable salad, and pineapple buns and Baumkuchen as a late-night snack into the apartment.

“Tadaima”.

Iura Shu subconsciously called out, but realized halfway through that he didn't think it was right.

This isn't his home, and even if he shouted, probably no one would respond.

"Hmm, there are no new clothes scattered on the floor, only two empty beer cans on the coffee table. It seems that Chihiro Sengoku hasn't come back yet."

"But that's fine too. If she comes back, this one bento box won't be enough."

Hideaki Iura smiled and shook his head, put the shopping bag aside, and began to change his shoes.

To his surprise, he had only changed halfway when Mashiro, who had heard the noise, came out of the room with her bare feet and a drawing pen in hand.

Yes, the clothes on my body are still there!

The thought immediately popped into Iura Hide's head, and then he froze the next second.

"Welcome back."

Although there was no emotional fluctuation, the voice was so soft and cute that Iura Shuu couldn't help but widen his eyes and show a look of astonishment on his face.

"Huh? What's going on? Mashiro actually came up to me and said 'Welcome back'!?"

A huge question mark popped up above Iura Hide's head.

Although being "three-no" doesn't mean being an idiot, and Mashiro wasn't born "three-no," it's just that she has focused solely on drawing since childhood and has never been exposed to anything else, which is why she appears to be "three-no."

But this sudden response still caught him off guard and left him in disbelief.

"No, in the original anime, Mashiro was actually quite proactive."

"At least Mashiro would proactively go to the supermarket to buy her favorite Baumkuchen and pineapple buns, and she would also proactively explain her relationship with Kanda Sorata to Aoyama Nanami, who had a misunderstanding. She would even proactively ask to see Kanda Sorata's naked body because she was studying painting techniques."

"Damn! Thinking about it this way, it feels a little unpleasant."

For some reason, Iura Hide's mind wandered to the part where Mashiro asked to see Kanda Sorata's body and even touched it. He almost became depressed.

He was just about to say something when Mashiro said again, "Don't you like it, Xiu? I've seen it like this in manga."

""

Hideaki Iura's eye twitched slightly.

So, is what we see in comic books just imitation of the plots in the comics?

But then why ask me if I like it?

It seems that in the anime, Mashiro has special feelings for Kanda Sorata because he was the first boy she had met besides her grandfather, and he was also responsible for taking care of her.

So, if it were him now, it would probably be the same, right?

Iura Hide had mixed feelings, but he still managed to force a smile.

"No, I love it."

Then he changed the subject, saying, "Dinner tonight is a tonkatsu bento and a fruit salad, but it will take a little while to be ready. You can continue drawing."

"Oh right, take your clothes off, I'll put them in the washing machine later."

"Oh"

Putting all those messy thoughts aside, Iura Hide changed his shoes and went to the kitchen with a shopping bag. He first heated the bento in the microwave, and then, just like yesterday, he started making miso soup and omelet rolls.

Besides adding a little ritual to dinner, this is also to ensure that Zhenbai's meals are more nutritionally complete and balanced.

Mashiro obediently returned to her room and changed her clothes.

Of course, taking off her own clothes is already the limit of Masashiro's self-care ability at present. As for putting on clothes, she can't put on anything with buttons properly.

As for T-shirts, underwear, and the like, she doesn't know how to choose them herself, so she needs help from others.

So when Iura Hide put the freshly cut tofu and kelp, along with two shrimp and shiitake mushrooms that he had specially bought, into the pot that already contained miso paste, and simmered it over low heat.

Holding her school uniform, underwear, and panties that she had just changed out of, Mashiro once again displayed her milky white skin and her seemingly slender but actually well-endowed and voluptuous figure in front of him without missing a single detail.

Even though he had anticipated this, he still almost lost his Dao heart!

"Ahem, still unsure which one to choose?"

"Okay, you need Xiu to help me choose."

Iura Hide took a deep breath, trying his best to control his not-so-firm Dao heart and calm himself down in the face of this masterpiece of nature.

He then wiped the water off his hands, took the clothes from Mashiro's hands, and walked towards the washing machine.

Seeing this, Mashiro instinctively followed him barefoot.

Completely unaware that the scene revealed by her movement caused Iura Hide's hard-won composure to waver violently once again.

Honestly, it's not like he's lacking in that area, so how could he not react to this naked girl so close to him?

Especially since the other party is a beautiful girl like Mashiro.

Even though he had seen Mashiro's body more than once, he still felt a strong urge to hold Mashiro in his arms and devour her.

But when he met Mashiro's crystal-clear, clean, and slightly bewildered eyes, it was as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head, extinguishing the flames within him. All his evil thoughts transformed into a deep sense of guilt, making it impossible for him to bring himself to do it.

Bullying an innocent girl who knows nothing—what's the difference between that and those perverted rapes?

So he had already made up his mind that he would only enjoy a little bit of the benefits at most. As for going further and devouring Mashiro, he would wait until Mashiro understood what love was and truly fell in love with him.

Iura Hide took a deep breath, forcibly stabilizing his Dao heart, and put the clothes that still exuded the girl's fragrance into the washing machine one by one.

However, he was not a saint after all. When he picked up the still warm panties, which had a strange new fragrance created by the combination of a girl's fragrance and another scent, he couldn't help but feel his heart race. Even his hands slowed down for a second before he pretended to be nonchalant and put them into the washing machine.

This scene was also noticed by Mashiro, who was standing nearby.

Perhaps due to her world-class drawing skills, or perhaps it is simply a unique talent, Mashiro's observational and visual memory abilities are actually quite similar to those of a certain elementary school student who is a death god.

"Does Xiu like my panties?"

Mashiro murmured to herself, tilting her head to look at Iura Hide, who was diligently operating the washing machine. A thoughtful expression appeared in her beautiful ruby-colored eyes.

Fortunately, Iura Hide didn't know what she was thinking. After setting the time, he took her back to the room and helped her change her clothes.

During the process, Iura Hide inevitably touched some places that he shouldn't have.

The girl's delicate and soft body aroused him once again.