Cote : I Just Want to Grant Your Wish!

Chapter 720 - 720: Should I call you Nazuna-mama instead?

Miyabi's face was dark with rage.So she really did not believe he could beat Kaoru.

What right did she have to criticize him? She had chosen Kaoru, as if Kaoru were somehow nobler than him.

Wasn't Kaoru also the kind of person who used leverage and pressure to get what he wanted?

He was even more shameless when it came to girls.

Whether they were his classmates, his seniors, or his juniors, he did not let any of them slip away.

How was he any different from Miyabi?

Damn it.

Miyabi regretted not being harsher with her from the start.

He could hardly believe there would come a day when someone else would take the girl he had always assumed would stay by his side. It was humiliating.

Miyabi could not stand it.

Just imagining Kaoru laughing at him made it feel as though all the blood in his body had rushed straight to his head.

He gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Next time, even if he could not get Kaoru expelled, he would at least take down a few people around him.

...

Although there had been a small incident, Nazuna still brought her bento and secretly slipped into the Student Council room.

"Nazuna-nee-san's cooking is so good."

Kaoru opened his mouth. "I'm tired. Can Nazuna-nee-san feed me?"

"Pfft, shameless."

A shy blush spread across Nazuna's cheeks.

He had been calling her Nazuna-nee-san every day lately, and it made her feel strangely embarrassed.

"Don't you have hands? Why do you need someone else to feed you? Are you three years old?"

It was currently lunch break, and there was no one else in the Student Council room. Naturally, Kaoru continued being shameless.

"I'm Nazuna-nee-san's kid, after all. Should I call you Nazuna-mama instead?"

Nazuna stared at him in disbelief.

Then she raised her fist as though she was about to hit him and threatened, "Y-you dare say that again, and I'll beat up this shameless underclassman."

This guy was becoming more shameless by the day. Nazuna suspected that Honami had spoiled him too much.

Her suspicion was not wrong. Honami really did cooperate with Kaoru very well.

More than that, she had a habit of indulging him in a way that was almost too nurturing.

Even so, under Kaoru's shameless persistence, Nazuna puffed out her cheeks and reluctantly fed him for a little while.

Then Kaoru said he wanted to feed her too, and she immediately went red, stammering as she tried to shrink away.

In the end, she could not escape Kaoru's teasing and ended up sitting close beside him while the two of them fed each other.

After the first wave of embarrassment passed, Nazuna discovered that it was actually kind of fun.

A sweet feeling rose in her chest for no reason.

Maybe this was what being in love felt like.

After lunch, Nazuna took out a handkerchief and wiped Kaoru's mouth for him.

Looking at his face from such a close distance, her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"What hypnosis app... this is basically it..."

The girl muttered quietly. Even she had to admit that this man's face was the best hypnosis app there was.

"Hm?"

Kaoru had not heard her clearly. "Is there still something on my face?"

"N-no, nothing."

Nazuna suddenly felt guilty for some reason. "Can you let me go now?"

At the moment, she was still sitting very close to Kaoru, held in the warmth of his arms.

Even though nothing improper was happening, the closeness alone was enough to make her cheeks heat up.

Kaoru was clearly reluctant to let go.

"There's still plenty of time. Stay with me a little longer."

Nazuna did not know whether to laugh or cry at the way he acted.

But when she remembered what Miyabi had said yesterday, ripples stirred faintly in her heart, and she bit her lip.

"Kaoru-kun, do you really want to do something bad with me?"

Kaoru paused slightly.

He saw the way her eyes wanted to dodge his.

"Yeah. Emotionally and honestly, I do want to get closer to you."

Kaoru had never been the type to deny that he was attracted to the girls around him.

If he liked someone, he liked them.

There was no need to dress it up with excuses.

"But to me, Nazuna's feelings always come first."

He was drawn to her, but that was separate from pressuring her.

They were boyfriend and girlfriend.

Their relationship was not something forced. Kaoru did not want Nazuna to think only of awkward or uncomfortable things whenever she saw him.

By the same logic, he did not want Kushida Kikyō, Kei, or the others to feel as though the only thing he cared about was teasing them.

If all he wanted was to play around, he would not need to consider their feelings at all, let alone try to keep everyone close in his own troublesome way.

"But I haven't really done anything for you yet."

Nazuna could feel what Kaoru meant, and she hugged him tightly. "Compared to little Honami, am I a lot of trouble?"

Sometimes, she envied Honami.

Even though Kaoru was her boyfriend too, Honami could share him so selflessly.

Nazuna knew she would never be able to do that.

"Not at all. Nazuna is my girlfriend too."

Kaoru smiled. "If anyone is troublesome, it's me. I'm the one always trying to take advantage of my senpai."

Nazuna blushed. Every time Kaoru called her "senpai" or "nee-san," she felt like she did not fit the role at all.

What kind of older girl let her junior tease her like this?

"What if I want to get closer to you too?"

Nazuna leaned against him and whispered.

Kaoru held his breath.

All he could feel in his arms was her warmth and the faint sweetness around her.

"Why?"

"Eh? I'm saying I want to be closer to you, and you're asking why?"

"I want to know if that's truly what you want."

"...And if it isn't?"

"Then I'll wait until you've thought it through. Until you're truly ready."

"Isn't that troublesome? You just said you wanted to get closer to me."

"Wanting to be closer to you and liking you aren't contradictory. Nazuna is my girlfriend, so of course I'm thinking about being with you for a long time. That's why I'm not in a rush."

"You're too good at saying the right things. You must have fooled a lot of girls like this."

Kaoru smiled.

Back at 283 Production, he also had to act as a sort of counselor, often helping the girls there relieve their stress and sort through their worries.

Seeing him smile, Nazuna somehow smiled too and lightly hit him. "You're so annoying. I'm clearly your senpai, but somehow I still got fooled by you."

What Miyabi had said to her was wrong after all.

Nazuna was not conflicted anymore, and she had no intention of telling Kaoru about what had happened yesterday.

"What if I'm saying it because I really do want to be closer to you?"

Nazuna sat close to him, her arms already around his neck, her eyes filled with softness.

Kaoru seemed surprised.

His breathing grew a little uneven, as though he was struggling to hold himself back.

"This isn't the right time." Kaoru answered with surprising calmness.

Nazuna froze for a moment.

He could still hold himself back even now?

"Idiot!"

The girl raised her fist and hit him several times in a row, then could not help laughing.

"But you're right. Now really isn't the right time."

Kaoru was just about to say something when she suddenly lowered her head, and a sweet warmth spread gently between them.

"After a little more time, maybe."

Nazuna breathed softly, looking straight at Kaoru with glistening eyes. "When I'm ready... I want it to be with you. That's your reward from your senpai."

For a moment, Kaoru could not help wondering if she understood just how much weight those words carried.