Chapter 105: Itsuki Wants to Lose Weight
In the living room.
Nakano Yotsuba stared silently at the cup on the tea table, her hand supporting her chin as she sank deep into thought.
Yotsuba: \(๑ -`. '- ๑)/
'Why do humans have to date each other? What is love? What is the purpose of human life?'
What could have turned the usually cheerful and adorable Yotsuba into such a melancholic girl?
It was because of Sakurai Saki and Nakano Ichika!
She had just found out!
Or rather, in such a tiny room, it was hard not to find out!
Her eldest sister Ichika, right in front of her, having segg with classmate Sakurai!
Being lovey-dovey in the morning was one thing, but to do it right in front of her...
Could it be that Ichika is into that kind of play? Just thinking about it was already kinda stimulating.
'If you're gonna be in a relationship, at least don't do that kind of stuff at home!'
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If you're gonna do it, fine, but to do it in the morning, and even worse, to let me catch you red-handed!
Yotsuba's brain was overloaded and about to crash.
For now, setting aside the complicated relationship between those two, there was a more urgent problem!
'How am I supposed to face Sakurai-san now?'
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After knowing something like that, it's hard to even look him in the eye!
"Tap tap~" Footsteps sounded from upstairs.
"Yotsuba, what's wrong?" Ichika was the first to come down from the second floor.
Yotsuba was startled by the sudden voice, she flinched and then turned her head stiffly, "Nothing at all."
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Better to pretend she didn't know anything!
Finding out that your own biological sister was segg-ing with the tutor under the same blanket—how could you even say that out loud, and to the very person involved no less!
"Your expression feels kinda weird." Ichika lazily stretched.
Her curvy, seductive figure was revealed without a single flaw.
Yotsuba glanced at her face, "Ichika, you're not wearing makeup?"
"We're all family here, why bother with makeup?" Ichika replied.
'Family?'
Sakurai-san is family too?
Family = relative.
Known: Ichika and classmate Sakurai slept under the same blanket. In addition, Ichika called classmate Sakurai family.
Therefore, one could conclude: Sakurai-san = Ichika's relative!
Ichika's relative ≈ Ichika's boyfriend!
Conclusion: Ichika already has a boyfriend!
Yotsuba: (°□°) ☝️
Yotsuba's little brain spun like crazy, and very quickly, she arrived at such a shocking conclusion.
But she still asked one question—
"Ichika, Sakurai-san just came over. Are you really okay not wearing makeup?"
"If I had to put on makeup even at home, that'd be such a pain~" Ichika flopped down on the sofa and yawned.
It's over, it's totally confirmed!
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At the same time.
In Itsuki's room.
Nakano Itsuki stared blankly at the number on the scale.
"I gained weight..."
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Have I been eating that much lately? I swear I've been eating about the same as before...
Nakano Itsuki always paid close attention to her weight.
She had thought about dieting, but every time she tried, she ended up binge eating in retaliation, and whatever weight she lost came right back. In the end, it was all meaningless.
"Not even a week and I gained half a kilo, that's 3 kilos in a month, and 36 kilos in a year..." Itsuki muttered as she calculated.
At this moment, her brain was working extremely fast.
Very quickly, she came up with an answer—
"It's over for me!" Itsuki's face was full of despair.
At that moment, there was a knock on the door.
Knock knock!
"Who is it?"
"It's me, it's me!"
Why did that sound so familiar?
"Sakurai-kun?" Itsuki recognized his voice.
This time, she was already properly dressed, so she naturally opened the door.
"What were you doing? Let's get ready to study."
"No... nothing really!"
Then, Sakurai Saki saw her scale.
"Do all five of you sisters weigh about the same?" he brought up the question he'd asked before.
"Umu." Itsuki nodded, and said seriously, "We always maintain the same weight—250kg in total!"
"Is that for real?" Sakurai Saki glanced at Itsuki's full thighs. No way in hell he'd believe that. Those thighs were clearly a size bigger than Ichika's. Probably feels decent to the touch, too.
He was the type who liked to dig until the end—in other words, someone who liked to nitpick.
"It's true!!!" Itsuki reacted violently.
"Eh, digital scales have a display delay too, huh..." Sakurai Saki remarked.
Hearing that, Itsuki hurriedly ran over to the digital scale and picked it up.
She pointed at Sakurai Saki. "You saw everything!?"
"5x...something kilos..." Sakurai Saki averted his eyes. "This one's pretty close to 60 already, almost heavier than me."
Honestly, for a girl—with a curvy figure and less than 160 cm tall like the five sisters—being around 55kg was still within a healthy range, but reaching 60kg was admittedly a bit much.
For reference, Sakurai Saki was 180 cm tall and weighed 67.5kg.
"No way! Still a few kilos to go!" Itsuki loudly objected.
Besides, this digital scale—it's broken!
Could it be that she was so fat it couldn't handle it and broke?
No no no! Absolutely impossible!
"Don't get worked up. I only came to get you because you hadn't come out yet," said Sakurai Saki. Then he added, "As your tutor."
Under Sakurai Saki's odd gaze, Itsuki circled around him and shut the door to her room.
Click — the door was locked.
Itsuki tiptoed and pushed him back against the wooden door with her hand. Kabe-down!
"You saw nothing!"
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Her small face puffed up like a hamster.
"Well…"
Knock knock! Itsuki smacked her hand against the door.
Then her expression turned sweet, and she spoke slowly: "Sakurai-kun~ repeat after me——I have never seen Itsuki's weight."
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Sakurai Saki ignored his conscience and said, "I have never seen... Itsuki's weight."
"Why the hesitation?" Itsuki leaned her face in closer.
The distance between them was so small that if Sakurai Saki leaned down, he could kiss her.
"Whatever. If you won't say it, I don't really mind." Seeing he stayed quiet, Itsuki continued, "Alright, now repeat after me——Itsuki is a beautiful woman, with a perfect figure and a kind heart."
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"..."
"Hmph! Say it!" Itsuki moved even closer.
You're getting really close to kissing distance, Itsuki-san. Sakurai Saki pressed his head hard against the door.
"…Itsuki is a beautiful, chubby woman with a kind but wicked heart." Sakurai Saki was a rebellious teenager.
He liked saying "NO" to the forces of evil!
"Sakurai-kun must've just twisted your tongue and messed up earlier." Itsuki said sweetly, "Can you say it again?"
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As she spoke, she moved in a bit more.
At that moment, Itsuki noticed that Sakurai Saki was trying to avoid her.
That reaction awoke the little devil inside her.
Itsuki gently caressed his cheek, her warm breath brushing against him as she teased, "Come on, say it~"
Sakurai Saki averted his eyes and reluctantly said, "Itsuki is a beautiful woman, with a perfect figure and a kind heart."
"Thanks for the compliment!" Nakano Itsuki said with a slight smirk on her lips, showing no guilt at all for forcing him to say it.
"Itsuki, don't you think… the two of us are standing kinda close?"
As Sakurai Saki said that, he lowered his head and leaned in.
Itsuki's expression immediately turned panicked, completely forgetting how bold she'd just been: "…Huh?"
( ˶o˶˶o˶) !!
"In your own room, pushing your tutor against the wall, acting like this, Itsuki…"
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Sakurai Saki leaned in even more.
Just when he was about to kiss her—
"!!"
Nakano Itsuki, hearing that, instantly reacted like a frightened little rabbit and released her hand from the wall.
"You're the one who peeked at my weight first! You started it!" she rambled more and more: "I'm the one who did the wall-pinning… wait no, that's not right!"
"Anyway, it's all your fault!"
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She actually pinned her tutor to the wall just now! And even leaned the face close.
Wasn't that totally asking to be kissed!?
So embarrassing I could die… Itsuki dove onto the bed and wrapped herself tightly in her blanket.
Sakurai Saki said calmly, "Sorry, I shouldn't have peeked at Itsuki's weight."
Itsuki's face turned bright red—there was no coming back from this now.
"Sakurai-kun, get out of here~"
Seeing her shy demeanor, Sakurai Saki didn't tease her any further.
Still… the seductive effect that came with being a vampire—was it a little too powerful?
Sakurai Saki opened the door and walked out.
A few seconds later.
Click! Itsuki locked the door.
Outside, Sakurai Saki walked toward the stairs.
He couldn't understand why Itsuki was so obsessed with her weight.
So she gained a little—what's the big deal?
Girls talked about dieting all year round, that was totally normal.
As long as your face is cute, there'll never be a shortage of guys chasing after you.
"Sakurai-san, where were you just now?" Yotsuba saw him coming down from upstairs and asked curiously.
"I was in Itsuki's room."
"Eh?" Yotsuba's face filled with question marks.
Could it be Sakurai-san doesn't actually like Ichika, but likes Itsuki?
Or maybe… he likes both of them?
( ˶°ㅁ°) !!