Chapter 84

Back at Izumi's side.

Komori, still unable to bear the dark atmosphere of the wake, opened his mouth heavily.

"I've been wondering about something."

"Is it my three sizes?"

"No!"

"You've been waiting for the right moment for me to get vulnerable and slip up, haven't you? It's a secret I've never told even my boyfriend, but from the top–"

"No, no, no. I don't hear anything."

Komori covers both ears with his hands while his mouth is agape.

(Why do I have to listen to Izumi-san's three sizes that even Sunagawa-kun doesn't know! It's too much!)

"…I'm a C cup."

"You waited for the right moment when I took my hands away from my ears!? Terrible! I've been wrongly incriminated!"

"I can feel your eyes on my chest. It's so obscene."

"That's too nasty!"

Izumi let out a "fufu…" at the same time Komori tsukkomi-d.

Apparently, she had reached the limit of her ability to hold back her laughter.

"You're like a pig as always."

"Pig!? I just got the biggest abuse in the history of this century! Just because you're depressed doesn't mean you're allowed to say anything, okay?"

"Well, well, don't say that and hang out with me a little longer. Shota-san is the only person in this world who understands my despair at this point."

"No, well… It doesn't matter if making fun of me is enough to heal Izumi-san…"

"Hmm? Are you an M?"

"Why is Izumi-san tilting her head!"

"Um, who are you again?"

"Suddenly, it's the weekly comedy show!"

"And well, that's it for the 'Mori and Izumi' gag comedy–"

"'Mori and Izumi'!? That's the first time I've heard of that duo before!"

"Good day to all of you."

"It's a bit cloudy, though!?"

Komori finished the tsukkomi at once.

Looking sideways, Komori saw the tears that had accumulated in the corners of Izumi's eyes being wiped away.

"…Um, have you cheered up a little?"

"Yes. If I had to say, I would say that I didn't whip you enough."

"That's the only thing I won't approve of, no matter how depressed you are!"

"Said Komori, but inwardly, he is not satisfied yet."

"What's this narration!? I'm not satisfied? No, no, I'm fine with everything right now!"

"Fufu, you really are a kind person, Shota-san. So, what is it that you say has been bothering you?"

Izumi is finally ready to answer Komori's questions.

"…How did you get that video? Was it perhaps spread on social–"

"–Ah, no. This is a video I shot."

"EHH!?"

Komori let out a bare voice in response to Izumi's admission.

Her response was unexpected.

"The app I installed to remotely monitor Shota-san was capable of sharing location information, so I went looking for him near where the source of the call disappeared and happened to see the crucial scene."

"That means–"

A possibility was on Komori's mind as he became aware of the source of the video footage.

It was a wild speculation that further complicates the already complicated situation.

However, Komori couldn't help but mention something that had always been puzzling him.

"–One more thing I've been wondering, how was Sunagawa-kun able to encounter me at that place? I think the timing is too good (or bad) for any number of reasons."

This is where Komori and Izumi's misaligned reasoning began.