Tokyo: Oreimo

But what if he dares to bring up what happened last night?

Ling Nai had no idea how to respond.

Should I pretend to be indifferent, or should I yell at him?

Honestly, it's all his fault that this happened; if he hadn't refused to show me the notes...

"I've come in?"

Ryosuke's voice came from outside, unchanged from usual.

"Huh? Wait! Wait!"

Takashiro Ryouno quickly stopped her, ran to the door, and gripped the doorknob tightly.

The girl took a deep breath, held it, and then exhaled when she could no longer hold it in.

The panic in my heart subsided a little because of the difficulty in breathing.

She opened the door.

Ryosuke stood at the door and was taken aback when he saw Ling Nai, whose face was flushed red.

"It's just a regular academic tutoring session, not an exam, so there's no need to be so nervous."

Ryosuke stepped aside and walked directly into the room.

Ling Nai stared at him with her neck stiff, like a taut little animal ready to puff up at any moment.

Ryosuke noticed, but said nothing.

He simply sat down in his familiar spot, placed the prepared test questions on her desk, and pointed to the chair next to her: "Sit."

Ling Nai sat down, slightly stiffly.

"Don't just stand there, we can begin."

Ryosuke tilted his head and glanced at her from below.

"You have two hours to finish, and I'll check your mistakes after you're done."

Ryosuke looked away and lowered his head to start writing and drawing in his notebook again, just like when he was tutoring students.

Ling Nai secretly glanced at him.

Well, it seems I was overthinking it.

It's as if nothing really happened.

Ling Nai's heart gradually calmed down, but she was inexplicably a little annoyed.

What? I'm the only one struggling with this, while this guy is acting like nothing's wrong.

Or is it that, for him, encountering his sister's private parts is also an insignificant matter?

The moment this thought crossed her mind, Takashiro Ryou's heart, which had just calmed down, suddenly became restless again, and the more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

The pen tip pressed against the paper with such force that it seemed as if the test question was about to be killed.

The only sound left in the room was the scratching of pens on paper.

Ling Nai was hunched over her desk, while Liang Jie remained leaning against the wall.

There was a moment of silence.

"Ling Nai."

The atmosphere was suddenly broken.

"what?"

The girl glanced over with a hint of displeasure.

"About last night..."

Before Ryosuke could finish speaking, Ayano drew a crooked line on the paper with the tip of her pen.

Coming, coming, coming!

Her back tensed instantly, and her mind went blank.

"I'm sorry." Ryosuke's voice was calm. "I was too careless. I should have been more careful to keep a safe distance. If this has caused you any trouble, I apologize."

Ling Nai didn't look up.

"What kind of explanation is that?" She stared at the crooked line on the test paper, her voice muffled. "It's like I did something wrong..."

"Yeah, after all, it gave you bad memories."

"Um what?!"

Ling Nai finally raised her head, glaring at him with a mixture of embarrassment and anger.

"It was just an accident, after all. You didn't do it on purpose, so there's nothing to apologize for."

What is this? This attitude of admitting fault is infuriating. To put it another way, it's disgusting.

It's like saying she's an unreasonable person who, despite making a mistake herself, insists on blaming others.

Seeing Ryosuke leaning against the wall with his head down, she felt quite uncomfortable.

"If anyone should apologize, it should be me, unless I was deliberately trying to take it..."

Upon hearing Ling Nai's words, Ryosuke suddenly looked up to meet her gaze, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

"Really? So you know it was your fault after all?"

"...Huh?"

Wait, what is this guy saying?

Ling Nai stared at him for three seconds, wondering if she had misheard, but the other person's eyes were full of smiles, not at all like the guilty look she had imagined.

"If you hadn't insisted on taking it, I wouldn't have pushed you away at all, and you wouldn't have pulled me down, right?"

Ryosuke continued, as if to add something.

"..."

Takashiro Ryou fell completely silent, but her shoulders began to tremble slightly.

“I almost bumped my head and got a bump last night, and my knee hurt a lot. Now that you realize it was your mistake, I’m relieved.”

"It's really not easy, all to maintain family harmony, apologize to the stubborn younger sister, and keep the family's reputation up to standard."

Ryosuke looked wistful, as if he had made a great sacrifice for his family.

"You bastard..."

Takashiro Ryouno spoke through gritted teeth.

"what?"

Instead of answering Ryosuke's question, the girl pounced on him like a tiger descending a mountain.

Under the force of the monstrous strength, Ryosuke, who was just arrogant, was instantly suppressed. Ling Nai jumped onto his lap, pressed down on his shoulders, and pinned him to the wall.

Then, she opened her mouth wide and bit his shoulder hard.

"hiss!"

"You really are an extremely annoying person!"

"I thought you were sincerely apologizing to me. I was so naive."

At this moment, the shyness that Ryosuke had felt when he touched her sensitive area vanished instantly, leaving only rage.

We've been tricked, completely and utterly tricked.

This guy never cared about that kind of thing from the beginning!

I'm so angry.

Does this guy not treat me like a girl at all? He took advantage of me but doesn't feel any remorse?

How dare they say it's my fault? I'm the one who's at fault; what others say doesn't count!

What's with that arrogant attitude? It's infuriating!

I'll bite you to death!

"I surrender! I surrender!"

Ryosuke seemed to wince in pain as he shook the arm holding the notebook.

"This is what you wanted, right? Here you go. That evens things out now, considering what happened last night."

Takashiro Ryouno snatched the notebook from his hand and let go of his mouth.

She flipped through the notebook in her hand and recognized it at a glance as the Little Circle script that she had been longing to steal.

A look of surprise appeared on the girl's face.

"Hmph! I'll let you off this time for the sake of the script, since you ran into what happened to me. If you had just brought it out earlier, none of this would have happened."

What a simple mind! A little stimulation is all it takes.

Ryosuke gave a bitter laugh to himself.

If Ling Nai had spoken properly about that kind of thing, even if they had talked it out, they would have drifted apart a lot in the future.

To be honest, I've gotten used to this guy. If she were to tone down her personality, it would be quite unsettling, so I have to resort to this approach to ease the tension.

As it turned out, the effect was very good.

If you anger her, she'll quickly forget all her other troubles.

However, to Ryosuke's surprise, the price he paid was rather heavy, and he felt a burning pain in his shoulder.

Because this guy really bit, showing absolutely no mercy.

"So, can you get off me now?"

To be honest, Ryosuke felt that their current position was much more awkward than last night.

The girl felt as if she were sitting in his lap; the distance was almost the same as yesterday. A few strands of her golden hair rested on the tip of his nose, making it feel a little itchy.