Chapter: 14. My Childhood Friend Can’t Possibly Be a Quiet Obsessive Girl
“Is this the room?”
Nagi, following the information from a text message, took Kanade to a room at the far end of the third floor of the Shiki-kan.
When she opened the door, what greeted them was a spacious area that completely defied the imagination of what a “student dormitory” would look like.
In this rectangular space, roughly a quarter the size of a classroom, not only were there various new furniture items, but there was also a small balcony.
If there were any shortcomings, it would be that the room lacked a separate bathroom and shower.
Using the toilet or taking a shower would require heading to the communal area on the first floor of the Shiki-kan.
“Is this… a move?” Kanade couldn’t help but comment, looking at the five cardboard boxes that seemed to be for moving placed in the room.
Unlike Kanade, who was in a special class, since Nagi was just a student in the elite class, she should be able to come and go from the Ark Academy during regular vacations.
However, the presence of these boxes made it seem as if Nagi was moving in.
This was definitely too much for one person to pack up before dinner—
—Wait, what could possibly be inside these boxes?
Kanade felt an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
So he asked in advance, “Um, Nagi, can I ask what’s in those?”
He pointed to the nearest box.
“That one is… umm, ah, it’s clothes~” Nagi said, running over to inspect it, seemingly recognizing the contents from some labels on the box.
“I-I see…” Kanade couldn’t help but feel relieved that he had asked first.
If he had discovered her clothes while helping her sort her belongings, she would definitely not be pleased, right?
She might even stare at him with a chilling gaze, as if he were a pervert.
Just thinking about such an unexpected outcome made Kanade feel a weight in his chest.
As a healthy high school boy, if he were seen as a pervert by his beloved childhood friend… it would indeed be a huge blow, wouldn’t it?
“Then… how about this one?” Assuming he had eliminated the risky options, Kanade pointed to another box.
“Umm… that’s clothes too.”
“I-I see…”
Huh?! There are even two entire boxes of clothes?
Well, considering that Nagi is a girl of this age…
“Then what about this one…?”
“It’s clothes~”
“I understand… and this one—”
“—is clothes.”
“……”
Huh? How strange, how strange…
Why is it all clothes?!
Four out of the five boxes being filled with clothes must be too odd, right?!
When did Nagi become such a clothes enthusiast? Well, if she has the figure and looks like Nagi, she would probably look good in anything…
“Could it be that this one also has clothes?” Kanade asked, holding on to the last bit of hope.
“Ah, that one is not, though—”
“—Then I’ll help sort out the contents of this box.” Kanade decisively seized the opportunity to respond.
Because he knew that if Nagi, who was so innocent, asked him to help her sort out her clothes, she would do so without a second thought.
For a high school boy in the throes of puberty, handling a girl’s outfit was indeed too stimulating.
In his haste to solidify his target, Kanade did not notice the corners of Nagi’s mouth curling up in a barely restrained smile.
—The plan was working flawlessly.
At an angle where Kanade couldn’t see, Nagi revealed a crescent-like smile.
If Kanade was still the same as before, he would surely refuse to help her with such a gentlemanly demeanor.
So she deliberately placed several pieces of clothing in each box, ensuring that whenever Kanade asked about a box that didn’t contain the deliberately prepared items, she could force him to shift his focus by saying it contained “clothes.”
Even if Kanade eventually found out that there was more than just clothes in the box, she could always use her “naturally naive” personality as an excuse.
And the box that Kanade thought was “safe” was truly the real trump card—
After a brief exchange and division of labor, Nagi and Kanade knelt back-to-back in front of their respective boxes.
While Nagi appeared to be very focused and serious about organizing the boxes in front of her, her attention was actually fixed on Kanade behind her.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Kanade struggling, delicately reaching toward the box in front of him.
The cautiousness in his actions resembled someone preparing to open Pandora’s box.
“As long as I see something suspicious through the gap, I’ll close it immediately,” Kanade’s every move revealed such a thought.
However, all of this was obviously within Nagi’s premeditated plan.
She had deliberately made the tape on that box messy and difficult to open.
Thus, aside from having to forcefully flip the box lid open, Kanade had no other way to access it—
“Eh?!”
As Kanade finally managed to open the box, his first reaction was to emit a strange sound.
—The plan was proceeding smoothly!
What now filled Kanade’s line of sight should have been what she had purposefully placed at the top of the box—her underwear.
“While helping to sort out moving items, I accidentally saw the intimate garments of my childhood friend, who is now a beautiful girl!”
Just like a romantic comedy unfolding.
Moreover, Nagi had specifically chosen some pieces in water blue or white that were not only cute in style but also pure in appearance, which would help shape the impression in Kanade’s mind that she was still the innocent girl he hadn’t seen in years.
At the same time, through the size tags on the underwear, she conveyed the message that she had grown up, successfully exciting the curiosity and desire of boys of this age towards such key information—
And so, in the future, when Kanade looked at her, he would inevitably fantasize about her wearing those intimate items he had seen—
Making his mind unconsciously view her as the desired opposite sex.
—Perfect!
Nagi couldn’t help but reveal a fierce and arrogant smile in her heart.
“Kanade-kun? What’s wrong?”
Then she acted as if she had heard Kanade calling out and curiously turned her head—
The next moment, her once excited heart suddenly sank like a stone into freezing water.
She froze, her whole being feeling like it had been frozen in place.
Because at this moment, what entered her view was not just Kanade, who had blushed upon seeing her childhood friend’s underwear.
More importantly—
The originally pure, cute underwear that was supposed to be on the top had somehow stuck to the lid of the box.
As if possessed by the “God of Ecchi,” Kanade was experiencing a real “lucky pervert” moment.
As he opened the box, the outer layer of underwear fortuitously fell out due to the manipulation of the lid.
This meant that the underwear Nagi had originally hidden at the bottom was now completely exposed to Kanade’s gaze.
Unlike those pure and cute cotton undergarments on the top.
Now, the underwear filling Kanade’s view gave off no impression of what a high school girl should be wearing; rather than pure and cute, it leaned more toward mature and alluring.
Whether it was the various mature and sultry colors or the mature, sexy, semi-transparent lace designs, or the sizes listed on the tags that were quite extravagant for a high school student.
All of it wildly stimulated and stirred the flames of desire within Kanade.
But what truly shocked him was—
Nagi… has she become such a lewd girl?!
Meanwhile.
On the other side, watching this scene, Nagi was filled with cold sweat.
