Chapter 322: Kazumi Shimizu’s Dress-Up Game
“Change the pork belly to beef, Shinichi. If you’re keeping up with your exercise, you should eat less fatty foods.”
The cold and aloof words came from the young girl’s mouth. After carefully examining the order form in her hand, Kazumi set it aside and looked at the young man, who was not yet in the right state, smiling as she spoke.
“Sure, I’ll listen to you.”
The girl always managed to touch him in some very subtle ways. Although his girlfriend wasn’t good at expressing her feelings directly to him, the care that showed through their everyday interactions was sometimes more genuine than direct declarations of love.
Sato Shinichi chuckled foolishly, scratching the back of his head. He had only casually mentioned he was hungry from watching videos, and Kazumi had now called him out for a late-night snack.
As for the concern about gaining weight, it was out of the question. Putting aside the fact that the young man was still growing, given his intense exercise regime, his current intake was already quite restrained.
Enjoying his girlfriend’s concern, Sato Shinichi watched the cute girl count on her fingers whether the portions for the two of them were too much, and couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Kazumi.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
The girl raised her head with a hint of confusion, her jet-black eyes looking directly at the blond young man whose eyes held a smile.
“You’re so cute.”
“…….”
“What are you talking about!!”
The action of raising her head froze at that moment, and her face, which had finally calmed down, was once again filled with red, even showing signs of spreading to her neck.
And the tissue box that had been lying quietly on the table, being closest to the girl’s right hand, was also caught in the crossfire, transforming into a harmless projectile and being thrown at the young man’s face.
“Hahaha, I just suddenly thought you were particularly cute, Kazumi.”
Taking the shy attack from his girlfriend on his face, Sato Shinichi’s smile didn’t change; he continued to look at the adorable girl in front of him with indulgence.
“Change the subject!”
Reaching out and bringing the boy’s cup to his mouth, Kazumi, with her face flushed red, tried to stop him from saying strange things in a manner akin to making someone drink medicine. Otherwise, given her current state of lost capabilities, the remaining undead will within her wouldn’t be able to suppress the nascent feelings of young love.
[Are you a rabbit? Getting excited so easily!!]
She couldn’t help but roar inwardly at her own inexplicably strange body. Perhaps because other emotions were lost, the only remaining emotion became extremely sensitive. The girl was always so helpless in front of the young man. In fact, even a slightly serious love confession or contact made her body react very sensitively.
“Mmm, okay!”
Swallowing the warm water in the cup in one gulp, Sato Shinichi also felt a bit of the other party’s shyness from the girl’s cute little actions.
He nodded obediently. The young man had just said what was on his mind naturally, but if the girl didn’t like hearing it, Sato Shinichi had other questions he wanted to ask Kazumi.
“Kazumi… were you in a bad mood earlier?”
Reaching over and handing the menu to the waiter beside him, the young man took the girl’s cup and refilled it with water, then poured himself a cup. Picking up the cup, he asked his girlfriend.
Although Kazumi seemed to be in good spirits now, and her somewhat lively demeanor tonight was indeed a bit beyond his expectations.
But in fact, when she had first called him, the grievance and dependence in her tone couldn’t be hidden at all. Coupled with the fact that they hadn’t been in contact for so long, Sato Shinichi was worried if she had been bullied.
This was also one of the reasons why the young man had come to the vicinity of Kazumi’s residential area so quickly. Compared to the romantic fantasies in his mind, the girl’s safety was clearly what Sato Shinichi cared about more.
“A little bit.”
The girl’s slender hands lifted to support her slightly red cheeks, while the other hand used a finger to poke open the packaging of a disposable bowl and plate, playing absentmindedly with the plastic wrap in her hand as she answered with a hint of dejection.
“Yes, well, Kazumi, would you be comfortable telling me about it? Sometimes, talking about unhappy things makes you feel much happier.”
The girl’s reaction was within Sato Shinichi’s expectations. He put down the cup in his hand, sat up straight, and looked seriously at the girlfriend in front of him.
“Eh……”
Seeing Sato Shinichi’s earnest look with his eyes shining brightly, the girl’s subconscious desire to blurt out a lie couldn’t come out at all. She could only play with the chopsticks in her hand with a complicated mood.
“It’s just… I lost a game earlier.”
The girl’s answer surprised Sato Shinichi at first, but he quickly recalled that his girlfriend did have a habit of playing a mobile game. However, to have such a big mood swing over a game could only be attributed to her being a girl.
As if finding a point of release, the girl took out her phone from her pocket, tapped it a couple of times quickly, then brought up a dress-up game featuring pretty girls with incredibly cheap-looking graphics and showed it to Sato Shinichi.
“In a costume battle, I lost to a player who spent much more on microtransactions than me and also played for much longer! And I lost many times in a row! So… I was a bit unhappy.”
Recalling the rules of some dress-up game PVP battles she had learned about in her past life, the girl couldn’t help but complain to her boyfriend. After all, even if she could only vaguely express a part of it after experiencing such a thing, it was much better than keeping it bottled up inside.
And it shouldn’t matter if she told him.
“Ah, this… game… Kazumi, I…”
The girl’s rare childish behavior made Sato Shinichi feel a bit unaccustomed, but he soon came to terms with it.
After all, Kazumi was just a fifteen-year-old high school girl. No matter how cold or mature she appeared normally, those were just thorns she put up to protect herself.
Only in front of him would the girl let down her guard and show the softest part of her heart.
And what he had to do was protect the sincerity that the girl handed to him with all his might.
Awkwardly pulling out his wallet from his pocket, the young man was clumsily comforting his girlfriend, but before he could say anything further, his mouth was blocked by a pair of chopsticks.
“What are you taking your wallet out for?”
“To… give it to you.”
The girl’s sudden cold gaze made the young man tremble at his back, feeling for a moment as if he had done something wrong again.
“Please, it’s just a game. Besides, girls don’t have the right to casually use their boyfriend’s money.”
Looking at Sato Shinichi, who was handing his wallet to her, with the gaze of someone caring for an idiot, should she praise him for being a loyal dog or for his low emotional intelligence?
“Then… if it’s just a game, why are you unhappy, Kazumi?”
“That’s none of your business!”
