Tokyo: Oreimo

......

Ruri Aragaki felt like her whole body was about to shatter.

After they finished eating the fruit that Meiko had brought and ended their chat, Takashiro Ryono suggested playing a game.

"Since we're already here, why don't you take a look at my collection, Liuli?"

As she said this, Ling Nai took out a cardboard box that was almost half her size from the closet.

"Are there really that many?"

"It's alright. I only kept a small portion of the works at home. The rest of the ordinary ones were put in the company. If you have time next time, come to my studio and we can work together."

Even though Ruri Aragaki was mentally prepared, the girl still felt like she was going to go blind when the box was opened.

Seeing something that completely shattered her worldview had a far greater impact on her than what she had seen and heard at the CM exhibition, giving her goosebumps all over.

An overwhelming sense of resistance arose within her; these collections were so erotic they made her feel like white smoke was rising from her head.

Even the Dragon Knight, which she had recently neglected, would be completely inconspicuous among this pile of things.

Ling Nai excitedly introduced the origins and selling points of each of the works to her.

Ruri Aragaki could only nod, trying to appear calm, without uttering a single word.

But after Ling Nai put one of the games into her computer drive, she couldn't hold back any longer.

"I need to use the restroom!"

"Huh?"

After saying that, without waiting for Takashiro Ryouno's reply, the girl turned and rushed out of the room.

If I don't leave soon, I might not be able to resist making that kind of expression.

"Go to the restroom, then make an excuse to leave."

She thought to herself.

I wasn't prepared to play that kind of game at all. It's not like FSN, which is a serious series. Just looking at the cover tells you how terrifying the content is.

If I can't control myself and say some hurtful things, my relationship with Ling Nai might get worse again.

Because I wasn't paying attention to the road, it seemed like something was blocking my way.

.....

Ryosuke felt a blur before his eyes, and then a soft, warm object crashed solidly into his arms.

The impact came so suddenly that he instinctively tried to steady himself, but his heel tripped on the edge of the stairs, and he lost his balance and fell backward.

"Well!"

Ryosuke was forced to move backward due to inertia, but the girl in front of him seemed unable to stop either.

If this continues, she'll fall off the building.

He had no choice but to hold the girl in front of him tightly, and with a sudden burst of strength, try to regain his footing on the edge of the stairs.

However, the steps on the stairs were too narrow, and when he missed a step, his center of gravity completely shifted.

Ryosuke only had time to turn his body to the side and cushion himself underneath.

The next second, after a series of thuds, the two of them fell heavily to the corner of the stairs.

"hiss....."

I almost thought I was going to die, but thankfully my head wasn't injured.

Ryosuke felt a dull pain in his back. Fortunately, the stairs weren't too high, but he fell rather awkwardly.

He opened his eyes and met a pair of eyes that were wide open in fright.

"...Are you alright?"

Ruri Aragaki's mind went completely blank.

She only remembered trying to escape the room, then everything went black, she bumped into something, and then the world spun around her. When she came to her senses, she was lying on top of someone.

The girl finally came to her senses and realized that her hands were on Ryosuke's chest and her legs were awkwardly crossed.

A surge of heat rushed to the top of my head.

What a terrible development!

Ruri Aragaki frantically tried to get up, but it seemed that because she had hit her head when she fell, her limbs were a little unresponsive. Her hand, which was bracing against Ryosuke's chest, slipped, and she fell back down.

My face almost collided with the other person's chin.

"Yes! I'm sorry!"

Ruri Aragaki almost cried.

It was terrible; she could hear her own heart pounding loudly.

Chapter 120 Don’t look at anything inappropriate

The air in the Takashiro family home became completely still.

Fortunately, it seems my parents went back to their room. If they had seen this scene, it would have been better.

Ryosuke really didn't know how to explain it.

"Shouldn't you get up?"

He looked down, meeting the gaze of Ruri Aragaki looking down at him.

The girl, like a frightened rabbit, struggled to get off him.

Because of the angle, Ryosuke's gaze was briefly drawn to the girl's skirt, and he inevitably saw something he shouldn't have.

Blue and white stripes?

You shouldn't look at what you shouldn't see.

He looked away until Ruri Aragaki was completely steady on her feet before getting up from the ground.

"hiss."

My back hurt quite a bit. Fortunately, the stairs in the Takashiro family's house were covered with a soft carpet for warmth. Otherwise, given Ryosuke's physical condition, he might have broken a bone from that fall.

"That's too reckless, Aragaki. This isn't like you."

In Ryosuke's memory, this model girl was much more mature than Takashiro Ryouno, and she even rushed out of the room without looking where she was going.

Being knocked down the stairs is unimaginable; the pain from the impact on the floor made him not even want to relive the soft touch on his chest.

"I'm so sorry."

Ruri Aragaki bowed deeply, her face showing not only apology but also a complex emotion, a look of despair as if she had been defiled.

Although she would have been the one to fall so badly if the other person hadn't acted as a cushion, if she had a choice, she would rather have crashed headfirst into the stairs and died while sitting on the other person.

That's so embarrassing.

Unfortunately, the object of her affections was Ryosuke Takashiro, the man she considered her rival in love.

"I was so nervous that I didn't look where I was going when I came out."

"Nervous? What's there to be nervous about playing in a room?"

Ryosuke had told Aragaki Ruri that he had invited her to his house, but he hadn't expected to have a chance to meet her.

After all, the other party is currently hostile towards me, and I never expected something like this to happen.

"Because Ling Nai wants to play...that kind of game with me."

Just saying it out loud made Ruri Aragaki feel completely drained.

"That kind of game? Oh, I think I know."

He had the privilege of browsing through Ling Nai's collection at Rongting Studio, so he had a general idea of ​​her preferred tastes.

“I thought you were used to it, after all, you can even put ‘erotic’ things in your bag.”

Ryosuke looked at her in surprise.

If you can accept a work like Ryukishi, then most of Ling Nai's collection should be acceptable, right?

It's true that my younger sister likes to play with ecchi works, but at least her values ​​are correct. She doesn't touch works from groups like "A Certain English Prosecutor" at all, and she rarely does anything that's considered bizarre or grotesque.

I just like looking at cute girls who are naked.

Upon hearing Ryosuke's words, Ruri Aragaki looked guilty.

"Is that so?"

Ryosuke realized that the other person probably had never played this kind of game before, and that saying he liked it was just to make Ayano happy.

"So you rushed out of the room because you're having second thoughts, right?"

"I can't be as twisted as my older brother. I lost this time."

Having her true situation exposed in a single sentence, Ruri Aragaki lowered her head in disappointment.

Fiasco.

Not only did she fail to muster the courage to take that step, missing the opportunity to take things a step further with Ryosuke, but she also collided with Ryosuke in that manner.

It's absolutely terrible.

What do you mean by "not as perverted as me"? It's as if he played this kind of game with Ling Nai.

Ryosuke's eyebrows twitched involuntarily.

What image do I have in the other person's mind right now? A sleazy and gloomy otaku?

"I don't play the kind of games that Ling Nai likes, so don't get any ideas."

"Who knows? After all, my brother is such a good liar."

Ruri Aragaki turned her head away, completely disbelieving Ryosuke's words.

Once you discover that the other party has deceived you, you can no longer verify the authenticity or credibility of all previous exchanges.

The girl now only believes what she sees, and of course, this view only applies to Ryosuke personally.