Chapter 58: Rin wants to play a trick, but doesn't want to die…
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With Rin Matsuoka's cover and help, Masumi Kamuro successfully put the two cans of beer back in their original position.
After returning the beer, Masumi Kamuro didn't feel any joy in her heart but only embarrassment and awkwardness, and she knew very well that the source of these emotions was the boy who had helped her.
Now, Kamuro Masumi had a strange thought... she didn't want this boy to see her doing bad things.
"I've returned it. I... I'm leaving," Kamuro Masumi said to Rin in a low voice.
Without waiting for Rin's response, she hurriedly walked away.
"Wait a moment."
The three words spoken by Rin made Kamuro Masumi instinctively stop and turn to him.
"Why? I've already returned it."
Rin looked at Kamuro with a serious expression and said, "I know, but I want to tell you—don't steal anything again in the future."
"I'll try my best."
"Try your best?"
Rin narrowed his eyes and clenched his fist. "Then I'll try my best to control my strength. Next time I hit you on the head, I'll make sure you get confused but not hurt."
"Okay, okay!" Kamuro Masumi said quickly, covering her head. "I promise, I won't steal anything anymore, okay?"
"I hope you'll keep that promise."
"Yeah, bye."
Masumi Kamuro left, and Rin went back to pick up the shopping basket he had put down earlier. When he grabbed the basket, he saw Kamuro Masumi again.
She had stopped in front of him, with an awkward expression and a faint blush on her face. She hesitated but finally handed her phone to Rin.
"Um... Matsuoka, can we exchange Line accounts?"
Her voice carried an unexpectedly humble tone.
"OK."
These simple words made Kamuro Masumi feel a happiness stronger than when she had successfully stolen something. It filled her with even more excitement.
Rin and Kamuro Masumi exchanged Line accounts and followed each other.
Now, Rin had gained another Line friend.
And, this new Line friend was a girl.
After exchanging Line accounts with Rin, Kamuro Masumi finally left. The way she walked away was as if she had just successfully stolen something—full of joy and lightness.
After Rin bought all the necessary daily items, he went to the checkout, where he happened to run into Horikita Suzune.
Horikita Suzune glanced at Rin, her eyes filled with disgust and contempt, as if looking at someone who flirted with girls all the time.
Rin was baffled by her disgusted look. He asked, "Horikita, what was that look you just gave me?"
However, Horikita Suzune ignored Rin. She simply stood in line with her shopping basket, waiting for her turn at the register.
Feeling ignored, Rin rubbed his nose. At that moment, something on the shelf near the checkout counter caught his eye—it was a pack of ultra-thin Okamoto condoms.
Big balloons for adults, no doubt about it.
"There are so many of these here," Rin thought silently. "Looks like the school knows that a dormitory guideline alone isn't enough to stop hormonal high schoolers."
If these items were meant for the adult staff, they shouldn't be displayed in a shop on the first floor of the Beech Shopping Center where students could see them.
So, on the surface, the school forbids students from having intimate relationships, but in reality, they turn a blind eye, understanding they can't completely prevent it.
As long as no one dies, the school can pretend they know nothing.
Moreover, the school could also track which student bought the items through the Okamotos placed here.
Looking at those Okamotos, Rin Matsuoka suddenly had an extremely mischievous idea. He thought about secretly taking a box and slipping it into Horikita Suzune's shopping basket.
Her reaction when she saw the box of Okamoto at checkout would be absolutely priceless!
But... Rin was only entertaining the thought. He had no actual intention of doing it.
After all, it would really be a terrible thing to do.
Secondly, Rin knew that Horikita Suzune would immediately figure out it was him who had thrown the Okamoto in her basket, considering he was standing behind her while she was checking out.
And lastly, Rin imagined Horikita Suzune's furious reaction. It would likely be even more interesting than her initial shock at seeing the Okamoto…
As he thought of the inevitable disaster, his wicked idea of using the Okamoto to prank Horikita Suzune vanished even quicker than it had appeared.
Around ten minutes later, Horikita Suzune finished paying and left with her plastic bag, showing no sign of waiting for Rin.
Rin didn't care. He knew what kind of person Horikita Suzune was.
If someone like her, who was so used to being alone, suddenly waited for him and walked back together, Rin would probably feel like he was dreaming.
After a minute or two, Rin finished checking out. Carrying his plastic bag, he headed back to school, walking through the quiet school corridor on his way to the first-year dormitory.
By the time Rin reached the school gate, it was already 4:37 PM, and the sun was setting, casting a warm, golden glow across the campus.
Since most students had finished their club activities and already left, the school grounds were especially quiet.
Suddenly, he heard light footsteps. Rin glanced to the side and noticed a girl struggling to carry a very heavy plastic bag.
The girl had particularly delicate pink hair, which shimmered under the soft glow of the evening sunlight. Her facial features were well-proportioned and pretty, while her pink lips had a subtle, inviting sheen.
The girl with long pink hair had an exceptionally developed figure. The upper part of her school uniform strained to contain her ample chest, the exaggerated and seductive size creating concern that the fabric might tear at any moment.
The contrast between her school uniform, which highlighted her youthfulness and purity, and her overly mature, voluptuous figure made her seem both innocent and alluring at the same time.
Rin glanced at the girl with long pink hair not far away and couldn't help but mutter, "It's so swollen... I'm really worried it's going to burst."
[Host, you better be talking about the plastic bag she's carrying.]
"Of course, I'm talking about the plastic bag. What else would I be referring to?" Rin retorted with mock indignation.
Just as he spoke, the plastic bag that Ichinose Honami was holding suddenly tore, causing the bottled and canned drinks inside to spill out, rolling across the ground.
"Ah! Why did the bag have to break?" Ichinose Honami said with a distressed expression, looking down at the scattered drinks in dismay.