Shirakawa Sawahei looked at Ise Yu Yuzhijin wrapping her chest with a slightly speechless expression, thinking to himself, I'm not doing anything to you, so why are you making such a move for no reason?
You're not like Tsukimi Sakurazawa, that Paramecium Minister; her figure doesn't interest me at all, so why would I care about your soft flesh?
If nothing else, you should at least have the capital like Hayakawa Kashi to justify showing such a defensive expression, right? A weakling only fit to arm-wrestle with Asano Nazuki dares to make moves belonging to the strong.
Have a little self-awareness, Ise Yu?
"You must be thinking of using the secrets in your hand to force me, right! Threatening a beautiful girl to submit to you! It's just too awful!"
Ise Yu Yuzhijin cried woefully, painting a tearful picture of her future fate.
"Using unspeakable secrets to make me bow, forcing me to do things I dislike... even... even..."
"I will never surrender!"
"Awful! So awful! Shirakawa, I really misjudged you!"
"To think I even thought you were a good person at first! Boohoo...!"
Shirakawa Sawahei, utterly confused, thought this girl has an overly active imagination.
Would a normal person think this way? Have you read too many comics or something?
If the other person wasn't aware of anything, your self-explosive ranting just proves there's an unspeakable secret about you, right?
This classmate... could she be an idiot?
He secretly felt grateful that he didn't covet her drawing skills today, or else with such a foolish learner in his repertoire, it might affect his intelligence.
"Ise Yu, calm down a bit..." Shirakawa Sawahei whispered.
"How do you expect me to calm down! Clearly still a blossoming young girl, but I have to face this sort of thing... I'm bound to be ruined by you... boohoo... mama, someone save me..."
"I really don't know what your secret is..."
"You're still denying it! You already know I have a secret! Don't deny it! Damn it, Ise Yu-sama would rather die than let you succeed!"
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
"Then jump already." Shirakawa Sawahei stepped aside, indicating Ise Yu Yuzhijin could head for the window.
She paused, and tearfully corrected herself, "Even if Ise Yu-sama had to expose herself and fall into disgrace, I wouldn't let you succeed!"
"But you're already exposing yourself..." Shirakawa Sawahei said helplessly.
The girl finally realized, looking around, and found that many eyes were drawn to her tearful performance. However, they all adhered to the Neon principle of not causing extra trouble for others, keeping their distance while enjoying the spectacle.
Shirakawa Sawahei pulled her to the side of the window and whispered, "Please calm down first."
"Though I don't know what secret you hold, but the Art Club's saying... was something I deduced."
"Deduced?" The silly girl Ise Yu Yuzhijin was stunned, her tears still clinging to her fluttering lashes.
"Yes." Shirakawa Sawahei proceeded to fabricate, "I'm a fan of detective novels."
This statement did not arouse much suspicion from Ise Yu, considering detective stories and dramas were very popular in Neon, and many were fans of mysteries.
"So, after our first encounter, I noticed some small traits about you and deduced that you might be a hidden art enthusiast."
"There are calluses on your hands, eraser crumbs on your nails, and your way of holding a pen is a bit different from others..."
Shirakawa Sawahei casually strung together an implausible deduction process from the Conan storyline. You can't blame him, as in this situation, the only way was to fabricate something to fool this fool.
Otherwise, not just Ise Yu Yuzhijin but he too would face disgrace.
Ise Yu Yuzhijin was taken in by it.
If carefully scrutinized, Shirakawa Sawahei's deduction wouldn't hold up at all.
But luckily, the subject was Ise Yu Yuzhijin, who put all her points in imagination and none in logical thinking. Relaxed after realizing she hadn't spilled her secrets, she breathed a long sigh of relief, patting her chest, saying, "Phew, scared me to death..."
"I thought a R-rated storyline would happen to a beautiful girl like me..." Ise Yu Yuzhijin muttered quietly.
"..."
He finally understood why Ise Yu Yuzhijin and Asano Nazuki became fast friends; their self-perceptions differed significantly from normal people. Except one had slightly more wits and the other was slightly less serious.
Neither were good people.
"So embarrassing, crying in front of everyone on my first transfer day... (;´д｀)ゞ..." Ise Yu Yuzhijin sighed quietly.
He had no interest in quarreling too much with Ise Yu Yuzhijin; rather, a lot of his club activity time had passed today.
"If there's nothing else, I'll be going."
"Ah... wait up!" Ise Yu Yuzhijin stopped Shirakawa Sawahei.
"Sorry for the trouble just now, Shirakawa!"
Cute little Ise Yu sincerely bowed in apology. As she straightened up, she clasped her hands together, her eyes sparkling with expectation as she hinted, "I hope Shirakawa won't take what happened today to heart~"
"Rest assured, I won't pursue it." Shirakawa Sawahei replied with amusement.
"To make up for it, I'll treat you to a meal this weekend, Shirakawa!" Ise Yu Yuzhijin generously said, patting her chest.
Shirakawa Sawahei couldn't help glancing at her chest, feeling a strange premonition that this girl might have depleted her assets by patting them like that.
"No need. I have to work on weekends." He politely declined.
This was the truth, as he could earn a decent income from his scholarships, but the pay from part-time work wasn't insignificant either.
Since it didn't really encroach on his skill development time, there was no reason to give it up completely.
"Reserve it! It's a must, I'll find you then, Shirakawa!" cute little Ise Yu insisted.
As if recalling something, Ise Yu Yuzhijin carefully supplemented, "But... Shirakawa, don't read into it, I'm not inviting you to dine because I have feelings for you..."
"'Just because a girl invites you to eat, doesn't mean she's secretly into you'... Don't get that idea, Shirakawa..."
"Of course, if you keep that thought quietly in your heart and never show it, there's nothing I can do, but if you express it outright, I'd find it really troubling..."
Ise Yu Yuzhijin spoke cautiously, watching Shirakawa Sawahei's expression, as if afraid of hurting his self-esteem.