My deskmate is actually my yandere reader.

Kurose Izumi listened to these inexplicably gentle words with a feeling of wanting to cry, and realized that he was really going to become henpecked.

You call this a flower on a high mountain, a lone king of aviators, an iceberg that never melts?

Damn it, she's even more horny, more playful, and more flirtatious than me!

No wonder you play gal games, there must be eroge in them, otherwise you wouldn't know so much about them!

but……

Even like this, Shiraishi Chire is quite adorable.

She became like this because of him—Kurose Izumi.

Only he was worthy of her showing an unusual side.

For each other, it's because the other is special that they act this way.

Thinking of this, Kurose Izumi smiled with a mixture of helplessness and happiness, thinking that this might not be so bad.

92. Kurose Izumi is completely under his thumb.

After dinner, they washed the dishes, took a shower, and finished their weekend homework together, leaving them with nothing to do.

Tomorrow is the weekend, so I can stay up a little later tonight and plan where to go and how to spend the weekend.

Kurose Izumi actually wanted to go on a date, but she felt that going on a date so soon after starting to date might be moving too fast.

Logically speaking, people should spend a week getting to know each other's interests and hobbies before making dating plans, right?

Otherwise, it would be very awkward if the other person wanted to go to the aquarium but you took her to the zoo instead.

He didn't know Shiraishi Chiren very well yet, so he thought he would spend a week subtly trying to get to know her before going on a date.

'But... if you're already dating and still don't understand each other, isn't that just too pathetic?'

Kurose Izumi silently berated herself in her heart.

He also has ways to understand each other.

That is—playing games!

Asking questions in the style of a game would be less abrupt and a good way to pass the time, wouldn't it?

"Qianlian, how about we play a game?"

"Hmm? What do you want to play?" Shiraishi Chiren propped her chin on her hand. "PvP or online?"

"Let's play online, like a sandbox game."

Kurose Izumi knew that Shiraishi Chire's gaming talent was abnormal, so naturally she couldn't choose PvP competitive games.

The game he wanted to play was a sandbox survival game. When he saw a white flower, he said he liked white and then asked Shiraishi Chiren what color she liked.

"Which one should I play?" Shiraishi Chiren thought for a moment. "Sandbox survival games, there are only a few that are really interesting, right?"

"Famine!" Kurose Izumi exclaimed excitedly.

"Famine... I've never played it before, please give me your guidance."

"It's okay, it's very simple. Survival games are all about ensuring your own survival, right?"

Afterwards, the two took out their laptops, quickly downloaded the game to Steam, installed some expansion game content, and started playing immediately!

During this process, Izumi Kurose also explained the gameplay.

While listening to him speak, Shiraishi Chiren was also looking at the beginner's guide, her expression thoughtful the whole time.

Don't Starve isn't a difficult game. In the early stages, you just need to run around the map to find resources and then find a suitable place to settle down.

Kurose Izumi chose a strongman character, whose advantages are high attack power, high health and large stomach, while the disadvantages are that he is afraid of the dark and gets hungry easily.

Shiraishi Chiren chose Wilson, an early character who has no particular strengths or weaknesses, making him a very smooth character.

Its unique characteristic is that it can collect beards to create statues, thereby resurrecting itself.

However, in Don't Starve Together, you can revive at the spawn point via a portal and craft revival items, making this character seem useless.

At the start, Kurose Izumi directly picked up a flower and said that she liked white flowers, then asked Shiraishi Chire what color she liked.

What he didn't say was that he liked a flower called "white lisianthus," whose flower language is eternal love.

Kurose Izumi originally wanted to say it, but he was too embarrassed to think about Shiraishi Chiren's nickname on MF Bunko, "White Kikyo".

It wasn't that Shiraishi Chiren deliberately chose this name to get closer to him; it was just a coincidence.

As for Shiraishi Chiren, she didn't have so many concerns and just wanted to tease Kurose Izumi and see him blush and his heart race.

So she smiled and said, "I like black, the black of Kurose Izumi."

"Qianlian, you—"

As expected, Izumi Kurose's expression amused Chire Shiraishi.

—It was a look of astonishment, mixed with embarrassment and annoyance.

After a long pause, Kurose Izumi said in a muffled voice, "Let me correct my favorite color. I like white, the white of Shiraishi Chirei, and my favorite flower is white lisianthus."

After saying this, he stopped controlling the character, turned his head to look at Shiraishi Chiren, and carefully observed her reaction.

But the result disappointed him greatly.

Shiraishi Chiren simply smiled gently and did not react in any particular way, unlike him who was panicked.

She looked at the screen and said in a flat tone, "Oh, I'm honored to have Izumi's affection."

Seeing this, Kurose Izumi reluctantly withdrew her gaze, continued to control her character, and then explored the map.

At the same time, he was also thinking about how to ask the question next time!

At this moment, his purpose in playing the game was not only to understand Shiraishi Chiren, but also to make her feel shy!

As he was thinking about these things, Shiraishi Chiren, who was beside him, suddenly asked, "Izumi, do you want to understand me?"

Upon hearing this, Kurose Izumi paused for a moment, then resumed his normal actions.

"...Yes, of course I want to know about Chirei, whatever it may be."

"In this respect, we are the same. I also want to know about the spring, both big and small."

"Whether it's big or small... it might be a bit long and boring, right? After all, I don't seem to have anything worth talking about."

"No, it won't." Shiraishi Chiren shook her head, then suddenly pressed the ESC key to stop the game.

Then, she turned to face Izumi Kurose and said earnestly, "Izumi, I want to know everything about you, is that alright?"

"Uh……"

Kurose Izumi scratched his head, slightly annoyed, and said, "It's possible, but I don't know what to say or where to begin. Why don't you ask him?"

"Hmm..." Shiraishi Chiren looked thoughtful, as if she was considering what to ask.

After a long pause, she slowly said, "Shall we start by talking about what you like?"

Kurose Izumi blinked, feigning nonchalance, and said, "I like Chirei, a person named Shiraishi Chirei."

Faced with his direct question, Shiraishi Chiren nodded, her expression calm, and said, "Yes, I also like Izumi. Next, what do you like to eat?"

"That's...that's it?" Seeing Shiraishi Chiren's calm reaction, Kurose Izumi was taken aback.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Shiraishi Chiren asked in confusion.

Next, as if suddenly realizing something, she spoke up again: "Oh~ I know, I didn't say enough?"

"Do not……"

Just as Kurose Izumi was about to retort, Shiraishi Chiren interrupted her with a smile: "I like that although Izumi is easily embarrassed, she can express her feelings very frankly."

"No, Qianlian, you..."

"I also like Izumi's gentle side. She is very responsible, polite, and humble, which is completely different from others."

"Don't..."

"Izumi's sleeping face is so cute, and so is her embarrassed look, so I want to see it again every day... no, every moment."

"As expected, Qianlian, you did it on purpose..."

"I like the spring, good or bad. The good is like the sun, and the bad is like the stars. No matter how many stars there are, they all disappear as soon as the sun comes out."

"Qian Lian——!"

Having been interrupted repeatedly and constantly praised and told she liked him, Kurose Izumi was now at a loss, her face flushed red.

"Well, in short, I love everything about Izumi."

Finally, Shiraishi Chiren nodded in satisfaction, her face beaming with a smile.

—Today's results: Kurose Izumi suffered a crushing defeat, while Shiraishi Chire won a resounding victory!

93. Izumi, please forgive me.

"Let's go on a date tomorrow."

Before going to sleep, Kurose Izumi mustered up her courage and invited Shiraishi Chire, who was about to enter the bedroom, to a date.

After spending the night getting to know her, he learned about Shiraishi Chiharu's interests and hobbies, including her favorite foods, sweets, black things, music, and games...

And—Izumi Kurose!

"Well, then I'll look forward to tomorrow." Shiraishi Chiren stopped in her tracks, turned around, and smiled. "I might not be able to sleep."

"It can't be that exaggerated..."

Kurose Izumi scratched her head, thinking that although she was looking forward to it, it shouldn't be so bad that she couldn't sleep, right?

But he was wrong, terribly wrong!

After saying goodnight to each other, Izumi Kurose spent an hour researching the date location and plans for tomorrow.

And then... I had insomnia.