Chapter 389: Chapter 387: Casually Sleeping with a Girl Is a Serious Offense
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Utaha sat back in her chair, feeling the chill on her legs. She glanced at the stockings in Sui's hand and couldn't help but feel a mix of embarrassment and annoyance.
"senpai, do you still want these stockings?" Sui teased with a smile, holding up the pair.
A faint, pleasant scent still lingered on the fabric.
Utaha awkwardly tucked her bare foot behind the other, a flicker of embarrassment crossing her wine-red eyes. Turning her head away with a haughty air, she replied, "No. Since I said I'd give them to you, they're yours."
This left Sui feeling a bit conflicted.
Although having the original stockings of this senpai would be quite the prized collection, there was already a "dragon" living at home, and finding a place for them would be tricky.
After a moment's hesitation, Sui sighed and decided to return them.
"Forget it. Here, take them back, senpai. Otherwise, you'll be left cold—and what are you going to wear tomorrow?" He handed the stockings back, grinning as he spoke.
Utaha paused for a moment before taking them from him, snorting. "You don't need to worry about that. I have plenty of stockings."
"That's true. You do seem to wear black stockings every day," Sui joked, rubbing his chin.
A faint blush crept onto Utaha's face as she lifted her leg with practiced ease, expertly slipping the stocking back on. Her long, pale leg stood out against the sleek black fabric.
Watching this, Sui suddenly felt a twinge of regret. Maybe he 'should' have kept the stockings.
Noticing the look on his face, Utaha's eyes gleamed with mischief. She leaned back in her chair and, with a deliberate slowness, stretched her legs out on the table. Her toes pointed straight ahead as she ran her hands along her long legs, smiling slyly at Sui.
"But, kohai, if you act this way, you'll break a girl's heart," she said with a teasing smile.
Sui was momentarily speechless. Clearly, Utaha was enjoying turning the tables on him after her earlier embarrassment.
Clearing his throat, Sui laughed and said, "senpai, try to be a little more careful this time. Don't go falling again. I never would have guessed that behind that cold exterior, you'd be so cute. Even your panties are cute."
At his comment, Utaha's smug expression vanished, replaced by a deep blush. She hurriedly pulled her legs back, straightening her clothes.
"Sui, I'll leave these dishes to you," she said, pointing at the empty plates on the table, a sweet smile on her face.
Sui couldn't believe it. She had eaten his food, and now she expected him to wash the dishes, too?
'What a lazy girl.'
"Because I'm your senpai," Utaha added proudly. "Isn't it a kohai's job to take care of his senpai, right, Kohai?"
'Kohai this kohai that….What are you, Rindō-senpai?'
Feeling helpless, Sui gathered the dishes and returned to his apartment to wash them.
While cleaning up, he remembered that Tohru and Kanna had never tried cotton candy before. So, he made several batches and brought them to them.
"What's this? Is it the silk from a six-eyed spider?" Tohru licked it and exclaimed in delight, "It's delicious!"
Kanna also devoured an entire bunch in one bite, her tongue licking the stick clean, her aqua-blue eyes sparkling with joy. "Yummy."
Seeing her eagerness, Sui could only sigh. Even a hundred sticks wouldn't be enough for her.
After a while, Sui thought Utaha might like some too, so he brought her a stick to try.
When he entered her room, Utaha was typing away at her keyboard. She was still warming up, not yet fully immersed in her writing.
Seeing Sui enter, she blinked in surprise, then tucked her black hair behind her ear and joked, "Kohai, have you come to take back the stockings?"
Sui sighed, holding out the cotton candy. "No, I brought you some dessert."
"Hmm? Is this... cotton candy?" Utaha paused, taking the treat and giving it a tentative lick. Her eyes lit up with delight. "It's so sweet!"
"I'm going to keep writing. Feel free to sit around," she said, glancing back at her screen while savoring the candy.
"Okay." Sui nodded. It was his first time in Utaha's bedroom. Since it was just a temporary residence, there wasn't much in it, but it was tidy. A pile of light novels sat on the desk.
With nothing else to do, Sui picked up one of the novels and started reading. It happened to be Utaha's debut work, 'Love Metronome'.
"Do you like reading novels too, kohai?" Utaha asked between licks of her cotton candy.
"Just casually," Sui replied as he lay down on her bed, flipping through the book.
The bed smelled faintly of her—sweet, comforting, and distinctly feminine. The warmth of the quilt made Sui feel drowsy, and before long, he fell asleep.
When he awoke, he was startled to find a pair of wine-red eyes staring directly at him.
Sui jumped up in shock, only to realize that he had been covered by a quilt while he slept. Utaha was lying beside him, under the same quilt, watching him with a calm smile.
"kohai, you're finally awake?" she said softly.
"Uh, senpai, don't you think this is a bit much?" Sui replied, flustered.
"It's you who went too far, isn't it?" Utaha retorted, propping her chin up with one hand while the other rested on her waist. She rubbed her legs together under the quilt, showing off her elegant curves. "Casually lying in a girl's bed without permission is a serious offense, you know."