No Welfare Scenes, Truly, Believe Me

"..."

Mafuyu's pupils narrowed slightly, then her eyes became serious and sharp.

"Why did you do this?"

"If I didn't do this, before Itsuki arrived, Sensei would surely think a lot, right?" Shinichi looked confident, even there was an intention to make a joke.

"It's not my way to treat guests by making them worried."

Mafuyu was truly ungrateful. The temperature around her started to drop. She stared at Shinichi firmly and asked in a deep voice:

"Is this how you treat guests by throwing bad jokes?"

Shinichi didn't say anything, he just accepted her gaze calmly.

His expression slowly calmed down, Mafuyu clenched her fists tightly and slowly loosened them, and sighed.

"Disappointed. Asada-kun, you have changed too much from then until now... I thought at least it would change for the better, but in the end, I was wrong."

"Maybe, Nag." Shinichi answered, walking past her with a casual smile.

"If you really want to say that, hasn't Kirisu-sensei changed a lot?"

"From the student days as a skater to you becoming a cold-faced teacher now, you've experienced more changes and growth than I have. How can you say that all these changes are in the right direction?"

"..."

Mafuyu fell silent.

Instead, she didn't expect Shinichi to ask such a question.

She wanted to refute, but memories of the past flashed in her mind. Failure and regret quickly filled her thoughts.

"...I'm talking about your business, not mine."

Even these words, which she managed to utter, had a vulnerable feeling.

Her voice sounded behind him.

"Whether it's you or me, people won't change. If they can change, there's only one way."

"You can only go through repeated painful experiences, leaving scars in the heart that cannot disappear, and through the avoidance instinct caused by pain, you can eventually change your behavior."

Mafuyu hugged herself tightly and could feel numbness like wounds.

What did Shinichi imply? Something now or something in the past?

It's impossible, he might not know about it...

"Anyway..."

Shinichi walked to the living room and stopped in front of the locker regardless of whether Mafuyu stood there.

"Because I want to tell Sensei that even though it's just a joke, I won't take action against you, so I did it... Of course, this statement is very unreasonable and has many loopholes. I can only explain it as my intention."

Mafuyu turned around slowly, not wanting to listen to his nonsense anymore, and spoke coldly.

"Asada-kun, what do you really want to say?"

Shinichi took out a teapot, two teacups, and a box of tea leaves.

Then he turned around and gave her a harmless smile.

"What I want to say is... Just black tea, okay?"

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Mafuyu went to take a bath.

Because Shinichi said she had been hiding in the women's toilet for too long, and her body smelled strange. If she didn't want to bathe, she would be sprayed with perfume.

There was even a hidden disgust on her face.

As a woman, there is no word or action more painful than this.

So even though she was angry, Mafuyu borrowed the bathroom.

Naturally, there would be concerns, but those concerns were much smaller than before. Although Shinichi's words and actions were very annoying, the effect was quite good, and it really made people feel less nervous.

Of course, if he really dared to attack her, even though he was a student, Mafuyu would never show mercy!

Although she hadn't trained specifically, Mafuyu learned how to accurately hit vital points in women's self-defense courses. When she found an opportunity, she would directly hit the opponent with a trap, and when she had time to escape, she would do it.

But now it seems that the man who didn't like the smell of the toilet on his body might not have any evil intentions at all.

Mafuyu often made very reasonable corrections when she saw him, but she still felt unhappy.

Hot water fell from the shower, she tilted her neck and let the warm water flow over her attractive and concave body.

"Phew…"

Turning off the tap, Mafuyu stepped out of the bathtub and took off the scarf wrapped around her head. There was no need to shampoo, it was too troublesome, and she was too embarrassed to use shower gel and shampoo, so she just took a bath, just put soap on it.

After quietly opening the glass door and making sure that no one was in the dressing room, she stepped out of the mist-filled bathroom and began to wipe herself and change clothes.

Before bathing, she asked Shinichi to buy a new set of clothes and a pair of comfortable sports shoes. She would take back the dirty clothes to wash, and the high heels also caused pain in her feet when she ran a while ago.

Since she had already taken off stockings, she might as well wear a pair of shoes, which were not expensive.

As for underwear, she naturally didn't throw it into the washing machine or ask him to help buy it. She still wore the same set. If the other party dared to say that these items still smelled, Mafuyu would never be polite to him again.

After changing clothes, Mafuyu looked at the woman with a rural appearance in white sports clothes and white sports pants in the mirror, nodding in satisfaction.

"Indeed, this is still very calming."

Returning to her usual clothes, Mafuyu's tense spirit relaxed slightly. She tidied her slightly messy hair in front of the mirror so that she could face Shinichi with her usual teacher attitude. She opened the door and walked out.

Shinichi in the living room heard the sound, turned around, and saw her. Without saying anything, he pointed to the teacup on the table.

"The temperature is right, please drink it."

"…Thank you."

As if nothing had just happened, their conversation was very calm.

Mafuyu sat at the low table and sipped the warm tea without questioning if there was something strange added to it.

This could be considered as compensation for doubting that she would attack him. As long as he didn't talk about feelings, Mafuyu trusted Shinichi very much.

She put down teacup and looked at Shinichi who was fiddling with something in front of the TV with confusion.

What is he doing?

"I connected the video game console."

Shinichi answered without turning around. After some operations that confused Mafuyu, the TV suddenly turned on and a racing game interface appeared.

"This…"

Mafuyu had seen this game on TV, Its advertisement was very aggressive, saying that it was a racing game suitable for enjoying with friends, family, and the whole family.

Of course, it was a completely foreign product to a lonely star like her.

After thinking for a moment, Mafuyu frowned and asked hesitantly:

"Do you want to play this with me? Now?"

Shinichi looked back with confusion.

"If not, what can we do? Itsuki will come in ten minutes, is it possible to play staring here?"

Mafuyu's peripheral vision twitched slightly, does this person really think he doesn't need to respect the teacher when they are alone at home?

Our personal relationship isn't that good, please show some respect to me!

Mafuyu crossed her arms in front of her chest and said angrily.

"Narrow-minded. If you want to make use of the time, there are many ways."

"I can give you advice for your studies, and I can also teach you some knowledge not taught in textbooks. There are plenty of things you can do, why play a game?"

Shinichi handed the joystick to her and said casually, "I've set it up, let's play the game. If you don't like it, we'll have to have private lessons again."

"...Let's just play this time."

Mafuyu sighed, reluctantly taking the joystick.

It's just a racing game, although she has never played it before, she doesn't think it's too difficult.