Shopping With Friends and Enemies

Ito Yui, the book club president, stays rooted to the ground while she darts a look from Sakura's direction to Rin and back to Sakura once again without having any idea what is going on here.

Finally, after being silent for a couple of minutes, Yui finds the chance to speak and immediately interferes between the two parties before the situation gets out of hand.

Clearing her throat, Yui says, "Guys, let's just chill alright? How about we proceed to our shopping plans just like what we had planned earlier in our group chat, Hayashi-san?"

That's right. The club president had already added her newly recruited members to their group chat to discuss things that are related to the book club.

Before Sakura responded to Yui's words, Rin, on the other hand, sees the shopping activity as an opportunity to get closer to her enemy.

Thus, she interjected, "Shopping? I love shopping! Lemme join you!"

Yuna and Sakura only became speechless, while Yui finds it amusing to know that these new recruits find a way to stay connected with their fellow members.

"Alright. As they say, the more the merrier, right?" Yui said in delight.

The dumbfounded looks plastered on both Yuna and Sakura's faces didn't really look like they could agree with that.

Once the mess has been settled already by the club president, they don't have a choice but to go along with it.

Setting aside her doubts for a while, Sakura tried to enjoy shopping with her friends. After all, this would be her first time shopping with others.

Though it would have been more fun if there weren't any interference (namely Watanabe Rin and her group), Sakura decided to cherish this experience in her heart.

***

Since they went shopping to purchase swimwear in the first place, Yui and the rest of them went straight ahead to the mall that's only a few walking distances from their school.

In that case, Watanabe Rin tried to recommend a clothing store that sells high-end swimwear that the group may like.

At the back of her head, she perfectly knew that Sakura came from a mediocre family and that she's too broke to afford clothes from that specific store, thus she'll be humiliated like crazy for not affording anything in that particular shop!

Oh, she can't wait to see that embarrassing face anytime soon!

Of course, as an understanding leader, Yui gave the final decision of trying out that store that Rin recommended.

Watanabe Rin was right though. The swimwears that are displayed in this store were top-notch in Yui's opinion. The labor was done perfectly well, and the texture of the cloth used is neither too rough nor too silky. It's just right to her tastes.

Sakura and Yuna were on the other end of the clothing rack when Sakura found a swimwear that suited her taste. It's a v-neck one-piece baby blue swimwear that is too revealing on the chest part.

Sakura's face turns red as she remembers the sad truth of her existence that she was not really blessed with a big chest unlike other girls she knew-- like Yuna.

She was just about to go past that swimwear when Yuna also takes a notice of it and pulls it out of the rack and shoves it on Sakura.

"I'm sure this one would suit you best, Hayashi-san!" Yuna said proudly. When Sakura turns around, she immediately places the hanged swimwear and tries to imagine what her friend would look like in this.

Sakura's face blushes and shoves it back to Yuna right away.

"No! I can't wear that! It's too revealing," she said shyly, her face beet red. She can't let others see her wear it without any bumps on her chest at all!

Unlike Yuna who was blessed with an F cup as her size, Sakura's was a little closer to A cup.

If only she knew this was happening, Sakura would have brought her PE swimwear back in high school. At least, it's a little more decent to look at compared to this one.

Yuna might have sensed her friend's hesitation because of her small cup size, so she extended her arm around her neck and tried to encourage her a bit.

"It doesn't matter if yours is small or large, but what's more important is you feel good and sexy in it. If you feel that you might look good on this one, then try it!"

Sakura felt Yuna's words earlier when she was eyeing that particular swimwear a while ago. But still…

Sighing in defeat, Sakura reaches for the swimwear in Yuna's hand and tries to look for it up close.

Of course, the first thing that she needs to check before purchasing it is the price.

Sakura could literally feel all the blood in her face immediately drain as soon as she saw the tag price.

"5,000 yen?" she almost bellowed if it weren't for her quick reflexes to cover her mouth.

There was no use moping for it when it's literally worth one-fourth of her income in the cafe!

Plus, she has little money left. She simply cannot afford this.

As someone born into a rich family, Yuna finds Sakura's response quite confusing

Creasing her forehead, she asked, "Why? What's wrong?"

"The price is too much for me to handle right now." Sakura looked at her in disbelief, like, 'Seriously? Do I really need to explain it?'

Yuna finally gets it and smiles at her reassuringly.

"Oh, if you're concerned about the price, don't worry! I got your back!"

Sakura's expression changes and is now ready to reject her offer when Yuna added, "And you can't stop me from buying it for you too! So no buts!"

In the end, Sakura can't do anything about Yuna's persistence and takes the swimwear to the fitting station to see if it fits her.

***

While all of these are happening, meanwhile the boys of the book club are also gathered together by Ryo himself with the help of Ken under his persistence to show off to Yuna. Along with him are Ken, Alan, Hiroshi, and Ren.

"So…" Alan speaks first when no one talks for a few minutes. His eyes take a careful look at their surroundings and immediately recognizes where Ryo had taken them.

"I thought we would go to a bookstore… but this… This is simply not a bookstore." Alan continued shyly.

All the other boys except Ryo had that same embarrassed and pissed expression plastered on their faces the moment they realized that they have definitely fallen to this cunning guy's trap.

Ren can't take it anymore and blurted out, "This is not a bookstore idiot, but a manga store!"

What if their classmates and friends saw them here? Then, they're all doomed!