Chapter 377: No one thinks they’re more important than the game, do they?
“Kazumi, I’m sorry! I’ve realized my mistakes, I shouldn’t have impulsively done things that would hurt myself, and I didn’t consider your feelings at all afterward. I definitely won’t do this again…”
In the dilapidated stairwell of the residential area, the blond young man, with a serious expression, practiced the apology he would use later with the air outside the window. After finishing, he even bowed respectfully to the air, as if the person he was apologizing to was right in front of him.
“This should be fine, right?”
Sato Shinichi, reaching up to wipe away the non-existent sweat on his forehead, cautiously glanced up at the third-floor stairwell where Kazumi was. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded, brand-new manuscript paper, rechecking to see if there were any errors in the apology he had memorized.
“Hoo— Let’s go.”
Looking at the sky outside, which had already begun to darken slightly, the young man knew he couldn’t linger here. If he delayed knocking any longer, Kazumi might suspect him of having ulterior motives.
He had wanted to visit his girlfriend to apologize for yesterday’s events since early in the morning, but he was so nervous that he kept practicing repeatedly at home, ending up procrastinating until the afternoon before finally arriving at Kazumi’s residential area. Now, he felt a strange sense of rush.
Taking a few deep breaths, he forcefully suppressed his wildly beating heart and Sato Shinichi, with heavy steps, walked towards the upper floors.
[Don’t be nervous, don’t be nervous. Kazumi is so gentle. If I apologize properly, she’ll definitely forgive me.]
He kept silently reassuring himself, building up his mental strength. In fact, Sato Shinichi knew deep down that Kazumi would forgive him. Because their always gentle and sensible girl wouldn’t act out like other girls. In the time they’d been together, she had indulged and tolerated his childish mistakes to an unbelievable degree.
But precisely because of this, he couldn’t take advantage of her affection by being spoiled!
Compared to his previous mistakes, this was probably the time the girl was most angry. The reason was that he might have hurt himself with his impulsiveness.
This girl, who valued him more than anything else, made Sato Shinichi, who had finally understood this, wish he could have gone to Kazumi’s house that very night, hugged her, and apologized sincerely.
Recalling the girl’s past tolerance and love for him, the young man’s flustered eyes turned resolute at this moment as he slowly raised his right hand and knocked heavily on the somewhat dilapidated big door.
“Knock, knock, knock—” “Coming.”
The familiar voice that the young man yearned for came from the other side of the door. Accompanied by the creaking sound of the big door opening, Kazumi’s small and cute figure slowly appeared before Sato Shinichi.
Without thinking, he lowered his head and loudly delivered the apology he had rehearsed for so long.
“Kazumi, I…”
“Hm? Why are you here? Come in, come in.”
But before Sato Shinichi could finish saying “I’m sorry,” a soft, small hand had already gripped his arm and pulled him inside.
Completely out of the loop, the young man could only follow the girl’s pull into the house. In his panic, he looked up and saw that even the girl’s cold expression couldn’t hide the joy?
…
[Indecipherable]
[Who am I? Where am I?]
[Is she Kazumi?]
Sitting stiffly on the sofa in Kazumi’s living room, the bewildered blond young man looked at the girl in casual clothes busy in the kitchen. His mind was filled with question marks.
Strange, too strange.
If it weren’t for his perception and familiarity with the girl, which allowed him to know that his girlfriend before him was the real deal, Sato Shinichi would have suspected some enemy organization had set a trap for him.
But the problem was that everything was too strange. The young man’s character was exceptionally good, that was true, but all things also followed a certain logic.
Sato Shinichi was confident that after he apologized properly, he would definitely be forgiven by his girlfriend. But the contrast between her being angry and ignoring him yesterday and happily pulling him inside today sent shivers down his spine.
“Here, have some fruit. What did you come for? Do you want to stay for dinner tonight?”
The black-haired girl, completely unaware of his inner turmoil, wearing cute skeleton slippers, walked out of the kitchen with a plate of sliced fruit.
Taking a bite of a sliced rabbit apple, she placed the rest of the plate in front of Sato Shinichi on the table and asked indistinctly.
“…”
His eyes met his girlfriend’s with some difficulty, then shifted to the plate of apples in front of him. Sato Shinichi couldn’t help but swallow, as if there was some unfathomable poison in the plate of apples.
After a moment of hesitation, he reached for an apple, raised his head, and finally asked the question in his heart.
“Kazumi…” “Hm.”
“Are you alright?”
“????”
Sato Shinichi’s abrupt and nonsensical question left Kazumi confused. Looking at her boyfriend, who seemed even stranger than usual, the girl adorable shook her head, sat on the sofa, finished all the apples in her hand, and asked.
“What do you mean?”
“Well… it’s just that… you were still angry yesterday…”
Finally getting to the purpose of his visit, Sato Shinichi looked up at his girlfriend’s cute expression and said stammeringly.
“Mm-hmm? So, you’ve come to apologize.”
The young man’s reply made Kazumi raise her eyebrows in surprise. Her already good mood improved even more, and she responded with a smile.
“Yes, yes, I thought about it after I went back and realized I didn’t consider your feelings at all at the time. And it was indeed too dangerous to be so impulsive…”
“Alright, alright, I forgive you. Don’t wear such a serious expression.”
Kazumi waved her hand, stopping him from continuing his apology, and replied nonchalantly.
Originally, the girl only planned to ignore the disobedient mutt for a few days, but since her mood had been so good lately, she even had less desire to be angry with her boyfriend.
“Kazumi, did something happy happen?”
Seeing that his girlfriend forgave him so easily, Sato Shinichi was quite happy. However, the girl’s current state made the young man even more curious. After all, in all the time they’d been together, he had never seen Kazumi so happy over something like this.
“Hmph, yes. I originally planned to ignore you for three days, but since I’m in a good mood, I’ll let you off.”
Seeing that her thoughts had been guessed, the girl stopped playing coy and directly revealed the punishment she had planned.
“Ah, Kazumi, don’t be so cruel. I really won’t do it again.”
His heart suddenly clenched, as if he had seen what a walking dead person he would be during those three days of being abandoned by the girl. Sato Shinichi quickly acted coquettishly towards his girlfriend.
Then, he moved closer to his girlfriend and asked seriously.
“What is it that makes you so happy?”
Sato Shinichi definitely wouldn’t let go of such important information. Not to mention that making the girl happy every day was his greatest wish, but just being able to save his life when he made her angry was enough to be classified as SSS-level intelligence.
The young man’s obvious thoughts made Kazumi stifle a laugh. As if thinking of a mischievous idea, a sly expression appeared on her cold face, and she beckoned for Sato Shinichi to come closer.
Leaning her cheek close to the young man’s ear, Kazumi slowly said in a drawn-out tone.
“It’s because… a super rare equipment was released in the game!”
“Huh?!”
