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"Would you like to go out for a walk?" She extended her hand to invite him.
This was something she had thought about a long time ago, but because of the swimming incident, the night swim originally scheduled for the day before departure was moved forward.
"it is good."
Natsume Rin, who couldn't sleep, agreed without hesitation. Because it would be cold at the seaside at night, he went back to his room, found a coat and put it on before coming out.
Shiina Mahiru was leaning against the wall in the corridor, covering her face with her hands, and she smiled when she saw him appear.
"Don't you need to wear a coat?" Natsume Rin said softly, looking at the beige sweater on her.
"It's okay. Even though it's thin, it's actually very effective in keeping out the cold."
She naturally put her arm around Natsume Rin's arm and took him out of the hotel. At this time, the night outside was gradually getting darker, and the cold sea breeze became even more violent at night.
This kind of weather certainly couldn't suppress the tourists' restless hearts. There were still many bonfires lit on the beach not far from them, and a group of young people were singing and dancing around the bonfires.
If Yukino hadn't suddenly become so manic, their plan for the evening would have been to find a place to light a bonfire.
"Haha." Shiina Mahiru leaned her head against Natsume Rin, followed his gaze, and laughed for no apparent reason.
"What are you laughing at?" Natsume Rin looked at her curiously.
"Don't you think this posture looks like a couple? And the sight of passers-by will be interesting too." Shiina Mahiru stood on tiptoe, her lips almost touching his ear.
Natsume Rin did not respond to the topic of couples, but looked at the gazes of passers-by. Just as she said, the gazes of passers-by passing by them were indeed full of blessings.
It seems that their compatibility has reached this level.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything funny about this.”
"No, that's it." She nodded disappointedly, "It seems that my sense of humour is too low, and I don't match Natsume-san's idea."
"...Shiina-san."
"Ah~"
"We are all so familiar with each other, there is no need to tease me like this."
Natsume Rin looked helpless, Shiina Mahiru leaned against him, patted his arm and laughed happily, "You are so annoying, let me play for a while longer."
Looking at her pretty face, Natsume Rin thought that if they continued playing, who knows who would become unable to extricate themselves.
"But the first sentence was not a joke."
She let go of Natsume Rin's hand and walked in front like a light butterfly. When she turned to look at Natsume Rin, she said something incomprehensible, then smiled and quickened her pace.
This pose looks like a couple...
Natsume Rin silently quickened her pace so that the girl in front of her could not leave her sight. When she stopped and sat down on the bench, she stood in front of her.
"Brother, why are you standing here?"
Shiina Mahiru, who no longer had any of her angelic demeanor, timidly raised her head and looked at Natsume Rin, vividly portraying the fear that a little girl would feel when meeting a strange man at night.
Seeing her being so naughty, Natsume Rin of course wanted to satisfy her bad taste. An evil smile appeared on his handsome face, and he reached out and touched her face.
"Little sister, you are still here alone so late, who are you waiting for?"
"You're not waiting for me, your brother."
He felt ashamed of what he said, but Shiina Mahiru showed a satisfied look and was happy that Natsume Rin was considerate.
"Brother, don't."
She carefully dodged the man's hand, not letting him take too much advantage while also trying not to anger the man.
"I just got out of class."
"Lies!" Natsume Rin's voice became louder, and he looked at her seriously: "By now, the high school students must have finished their classes long ago. You must have been a bad student, and you stayed outside to meet me."
Logically, she should have gotten into the role and played the role of a hot girl playing on the street late at night, but she ended up saying in a delicate voice, "Brother, I'm going to cram school."
However, she soon noticed something was wrong, and forced herself out of the act, seriously correcting Jiang Yi's way of addressing her.
"Brother, that's too wrong. You should call me uncle."
Natsume Rin looked at her in disbelief, pointed at her own face and said dissatisfiedly: "Do you think it's appropriate for someone like me to be your uncle?"
"Don't be angry, it's just a name."
In the face of her smile, Natsume Rin could only pinch his nose and call himself uncle and play with her.
"It's not allowed to go to cram school until so late." The speed with which he got into the role was so impressive that even Shiina Mahiru admired him, and even his tone became greasy.
"The flowers of the motherland should get enough rest during their growth stage."
"Who said it wasn't?" Shiina frowned worriedly. The strange uncle in front of her seemed to no longer be her pervert late at night, but a close friend who spoke a common language with her.
But she still did not forget to keep her distance, and the only part that Natsume Rin could touch was her little hands.
"But my family has no money, so if I want to get ahead, I can only rely on studying. Even if I have to stay up late until now, I am willing to do it."
"It's so tiring." Natsume Rin's voice was like a devil tempting the high school student with excellent character and academic performance: "Do you want to live a rich life without struggling?"
Shiina Mahiru's face hesitated, and she seemed very tempted by his proposal. Even though she knew there must be a blatant trap behind it, she still asked in a low voice.
"Uncle, what did you say?"
"Be my lover, then you don't have to stay up so late every day and you can live a happy life." Natsume Rin solemnly placed his hand on her face.
He thought that his performance was perfect and he would be able to get the best lunch box even as an extra, but the timid Shiina Mahiru suddenly changed his expression.
"You scumbag, you only think about this kind of things!"
Natsume Rin looked at her in surprise, feeling cheated.
How come she changed her state without realizing it?
"…What kind of thing?"
"Of course you want me to be your lover." The young high school student Shiina Mahiru pouted, pushed away Natsume Rin's hand generously, and looked at him with a smile in her eyes.
"You're not satisfied with having me as your lover alone, but you even want to spare a high school student like me."
It's as if Kasumigaoka-senpai isn't a high school student.
Knowing that she would be scolded if she said such a thing, Natsume Rin studied the chair intently, muttering quietly, "I'm just playing with you."
"I don't think I said we were playing. I just wanted to sit here and take a rest, but you stood over here." Shiina Mahiru showed the unreasonable behavior unique to girls.
"Shiina-san!"
"Natsume-kun!"
She stood up and pinched Natsume Rin's face, not timid at all. Looking at his annoyed face, she felt much better.
"Remember not to ask a girl to be your lover just because you see her in the future."
"Got it." Natsume Rin responded weakly, feeling that Shiina Mahiru didn't need to change anything at all to play the little devil.
Everyone in the school was deceived by her angelic appearance and personality. The real Shiina is a complete devil!
"As compensation..."
"I need compensation!" Natsume Rin's voice suddenly increased.
"Of course." Shiina Mahiru glanced at her who was making a fuss, and calmly pinched her hair: "You just hurt the young heart of an underage girl, how can you not pay a price?"
Young mind? Who is she talking about?
Anyway, it is definitely impossible that it is the high school student in front of him whose acting skills are definitely comparable to those of an actor.
"What compensation? Tell me quickly." Natsume Rin gritted her teeth, ready to bear it silently.
"Squat down, squat down." Her excited look made Natsume Rin have a premonition of what was going to happen next.
After he squatted down, the heavy object pressing on his back confirmed his guess.
Shiina Mahiru lay on his back and directed the boys' route.
"Come on!"
"You think you're riding a horse? Why are you rushing? Just walk slowly." Natsume Rin said.
"Tsk." Shiina Mahiru grabbed his shoulders and said, "The horse is disobedient, and the knight will be sad."
"I'm not a horse, and you're not a knight, so don't push your luck."
Even if it really is a relationship between a horse and a knight, the status between the two should be reversed.
"Then keep moving forward!"
Following her instructions, Natsume Rin carried her on his back and walked forward until the bonfire disappeared and the light became dim. At the edge of the dark woods, Natsume Rin stopped and the girl on his back jumped off, holding his hands tightly and looking into the darkness not far away.
If she were alone, Shiina Mahiru would definitely not dare to go in, but with Natsume by her side, she felt infinite courage in her heart when facing the darkness that she usually didn't dare to face.
"go!"
"Do you want to continue?" Natsume Rin looked at her.
This girl is very afraid of ghosts, how come she has become so brave?
"Are you scared?" Shiina Mahiru blew up the strands of hair on her forehead and looked at Natsume Rin provocatively.
What a joke, would he be afraid?
Natsume Rin stood in front of her without changing her expression, and before she could react, he took the phone out of her pocket and put it on himself.
"No one is allowed to shine any light now. Let's go."
He walked towards the depths of the jungle in a cool and decisive manner, and now it was Shiina Mahiru's turn to be stunned.
Seeing the boy walking further and further away, she gritted her teeth and mustered up the courage to chase after him.
"You walk slower."
When they arrived in the woods, Shiina Mahiru felt that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her. When she heard the slightest movement, she nervously straightened her thighs. When she stepped on the dry and yellow branches on the ground and made a strange noise, she let out an exaggerated scream. If it weren't for the back of the boy in front of her supporting her, she would have been so scared that she would have turned back the way she came.
Natsume Rin, who was walking in front, did not slow down because of her voice and continued to maintain a normal speed. When Shiina Mahiru accelerated to catch up with him in the dark, she was frightened by his sudden turn and grimace and screamed.
"what!"
Natsume Rin, who originally wanted to scare her, covered her ears, feeling that she was being countered by her, but looking at Shiina who kept screaming, she felt that this fear was not fake.
"Are you that scared?"
Natsume Rin held her hands tightly and covered her mouth to prevent her from making any more noise.