My deskmate is actually my yandere reader.

Kurose Izumi interrupted Shiraishi Chiren, not daring to let her finish speaking.

Otherwise, the atmosphere will definitely become very strange, and who knows what unexpected things might happen!

"As expected, Kurose-san looks down on me, doesn't she? She thinks that someone like me, who seems to study hard on the surface, is actually so playful and has so many games on my computer."

Just as Kurose Izumi turned to leave the bedroom, she heard the dejected words behind her and suddenly stopped in her tracks.

'Could it be... that it really is study material, and I'm just overthinking it?'

This idea suddenly came to him, and it was very strong.

Therefore, he couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Shiraishi, what are those study materials on your left screen?"

"Study materials?" Shiraishi Chiren looked puzzled. "It's just study materials, what else could it be?"

"No... I mean what type, which subject? What do they teach?"

"There are Chinese language materials, as well as ancient history, biology, and mathematics. Some of these were given to me by Professor Komi, and some I found myself."

"Oh, that's alright then." Kurose Izumi immediately felt relieved.

At the same time, he cursed himself in his heart for being such an idiot with such impure thoughts!

"So, Kurose-san really does look down on me, doesn't she?" Shiraishi Chiren said, lowering her head, her tone seemingly filled with sadness.

Kurose Izumi had never seen anything like this before, and immediately stammered, "No, no, no! How could I look down on you? I love playing games too!"

He does love playing games, but they're all adult games, which are quite hard on the hands.

For example, there are titles like Chocolate and Vanilla, Sister Hug, The Witch's Banquet, and Senren Banka.

He and Hirasawa Shinbu are butter masters.

The two have only known each other for a year, but together they've watched at least two hundred adult films!

Two hundred titles may not seem like much at first glance, but the entire process of a single eroge (adult game) typically takes around 20 hours!

Aside from necessary time spent going to school, eating, sleeping, and writing, there are only a few hours left to push out each day!

"Really? What do you usually do for fun?"

Shiraishi Chiren immediately raised her head, as if she had found a kindred spirit, her eyes sparkling with bright light.

But in reality, she was overjoyed.

Doesn't she know what games Kurose Izumi usually plays?

"Uh..." Kurose Izumi scratched his head, thought for a while with a troubled expression, and then said, "LoL?"

In his past life, he also loved playing League of Legends, and I think he was even a Master.

His rebirth was a reversal of time, returning him to the past.

Unfortunately, it wasn't a return to the past in the original body.

Perhaps there were too many reborn people, and something went wrong.

But as long as I can be reborn, at least I can live another life.

"I've played this before, but not much. I quite like it..."

After that, Shiraishi Chire went on and on about all the games she liked to play.

She plays all kinds of games.

Shooting, RPG, 3D, competitive, and all sorts of other genres.

"I've been playing Sekiro lately, and I'm trying to beat it on double difficulty in one life!"

"Huh? Sekiro? I'll play that." Kurose Izumi immediately chimed in upon hearing the familiar game name.

He still remembers being killed by a few small monsters several times when he first started playing...

Later on, I was tormented by the boss time and time again, to the point of mental breakdown.

"Really?!"

"Of course, but I'm too bad at the game and I keep getting crushed, so I stopped playing when I got to Genichiro."

"That's a pity." Shiraishi Chiren looked regretful. "This game is very fun. I've already completed it once and started my second playthrough."

"Mmm, I'll play if I get the chance. Now...shouldn't we go to sleep?"

At this moment, Kurose Izumi really just wanted to sleep and didn't want to care about anything else.

After all, so much happened today; he needs to think it through and process it.

Upon hearing this, Shiraishi Chiren said embarrassedly, "Oh... I'm sorry, I always get like this when I talk about games!"

"It's alright, I understand." Kurose Izumi shook her head slightly. "If you have the chance, you can ask me to play games. I would be honored and happy to do so."

He felt that someone like Shiraishi Chiren must be someone who didn't play games with him, and because he was afraid to tell others, he had been suppressing his feelings, which was why he was so agitated.

Since she is his loyal reader and someone who has taken him in, he should play along with her.

"Really?! Can we really hang out together?"

Shiraishi Chiren suddenly stepped forward, approached Kurose Izumi, and looked at him with a joyful expression.

Kurose Izumi subconsciously took a step back and said, "W-really... Shiraishi-kun, you're too close!"

He looked at Shiraishi Chiren's face, which was so close to his own, his Adam's apple bobbed, and he swallowed hard.

The other person's delicate, flawless face, her cool and aloof eyebrows and her cherry-colored lips that radiated a moist glow, all made his blood boil and his heart beat faster.

This is the normal reaction any normal man would have when he sees this stunning face up close!

"Sorry, I got too excited again," Shiraishi Chiren said regretfully.

"It's nothing, it's just..."

"I know, I'll go get you some bedding to sleep in."

"I'm glad you understand."

After that, it went smoothly to take the bedding out of the cupboard and spread it on the floor.

After turning off the lights, the two said goodnight to each other and went to sleep with mixed feelings.

That night, they both tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, deep in thought.

25. Go home

Tuesday, 6:55 a.m.

Drop drop-

As a noisy alarm clock rang, the two people lying on the bed and on the floor frowned and turned over.

...No one got up.

Beep beep, beep beep beep...

The alarm clock was still ringing when the two of them finally couldn't stand it anymore, so they threw off the covers and sat up.

"Ha~~~"

They yawned almost simultaneously, a long, lazy yawn.

Rubbing their sleepy eyes, the two turned their heads and looked at each other.

Good morning, Shiraishi-kun.

Good morning, Kurose-san.

After greeting him, Kurose Izumi was half awake and could open her eyes completely.

In a blur, he saw that Shiraishi Chiren's clothes were slightly disheveled, and several buttons on her chest were undone.

"Kuchiki..." Kurose Izumi suddenly had a sense of déjà vu and subconsciously called out softly.

Shiraishi Chiren, who was rubbing her sleepy eyes and yawning incessantly, did not show any unusual reaction when she heard his soft call.

She simply said in a languid tone, "Hmm? Kurose-san, who are you calling?"

"Ah...sorry, I wasn't fully awake and called out my cousin's name. I used to play with her a lot when we were back in our hometown." Kurose Izumi immediately snapped out of it and apologized in a low voice.

Yesterday, he did not tell Shiraishi Chiren that the person who kidnapped him was Kuchiki Touko.

'I'm such an idiot, I just blurted out whatever came to mind when I saw someone who looked like them…'

Kurose Izumi thought to herself with annoyance, certain that Shiraishi Chire was not "Kuchiki Touko".

They have very different personalities, and their appearances, hair lengths, and overall temperaments are also different.

The only thing they had in common was that they were both beautiful, had great figures, and fair skin, which is why he mistook them for each other.

"It's okay, I'll go wash up first."

Shiraishi Chiren shook her head slightly, then stretched her two fair and slender legs out from under the covers and placed them on the floor.

She put on her slippers, walked slowly out of the bedroom, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Looking at herself in the mirror, completely unmasked, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

'It seems he cared a lot about 'Kuchiki Touko,' but sadly, we'll never see her again…'

Shiraishi Chiren hadn't expected that Kurose Izumi cared about "Kuchiki Touko".

She thought Kurose Izumi would only have a lingering memory, but she never expected that seeing someone who looked similar would naturally make him call out to her.

But this is good, because it helps us figure out what kind of interaction Izumi Kurose prefers.

This is something that cannot be obtained through investigation and collection of personal information, since Izumi Kurose has very few friends and does not come into contact with many people.

Chire Shiraishi was able to tell what he liked to eat by drawing on the protagonist of "The Abyss of Youth" and their nearly one year of getting to know each other.

She learned of Kurose Izumi's identity six months ago.

Since then, she has been observing and keeping an eye on Kurose Izumi, occasionally following her.

If you're lucky, you can see him buy dinner and eat, and then deduce his taste from that.

Kurose Izumi knew nothing of these things; she simply lived her life as it was.