Date

Sorata and Misaki, who were both wearing their usual clothing, left the Sakura Dormitory in the sweltering afternoon as the sun was about to set at any moment.

"Kohai! Are you sure that you want to go out with me?" Misaki looked a little reluctant and depressed as she asked Sorata.

"Of course, are you asking if I am reluctant to have a date with a beautiful senpai?"

With a smile, Sorata grinned as he turned to look at Misaki, who turned to look at him, having that unique but sad smile on her face.

"Misaki-senpai, I think you should ask this question not to me but to yourself."

Even though he was losing the quest, Sorata lacked the fortitude to coerce Misaki into going on a date, which would only be detrimental to her feelings in the long run.

"But I like him, so how can I do something like this, knowing that he might be watching us from the side?"

Sometimes pure and innocent love can be really painful, but this is also one of the bitter sides of love, which only appears once in a lifetime.

"Then are you fine being hurt like this and not even complaining about it? Given that, as long as you will try to explain to him your feeling by words, the more he will get used to it."

"After all, we men can sometimes be very greedy; although we might love a person deeply, we also tend to hurt them the most." Remembering how the original story had made Mahiro feel that much pain and cry.

Sorata was sure that he might end up hating himself if he were to end up making Mahiro cry and be sad in this life too.

Nevertheless, he was not Sorata Kanda, and he was aware that he would never be envious of Mahiro for something so trivial.

"Never mind, Kohai-Kun, let's go on a date now." Her expression changed as she grabbed Sorata's arm and started to run while dragging Sorata, who was barely able to keep up with her.

Sorata started training more rigorously every morning as a result of this incident as well, because he thought it was the greatest shame to have lost to a girl in a stamina contest that day.

On the other hand, Jin Mitaka, who had been following them the entire time, appeared extremely irate as he looked at Sorata, whose hand Misaki was holding.

As the duo came to a stop and took a cab for the shopping district.

"First, let's go clothes shopping. Misaki-Senpai, you are rather cute and energetic, but your plus point is always blowing away due to your dressing sense, alright?"

It was Sorata's turn to shine, as in his previous life, he had a great dressing sense for both boys and girls. He accompanied Misaki-senpai to the particular store, where he began searching for dresses that would fit Misaki-senpai.

While asking Sorata for his opinion, Misaki Senpai was pacing back and forth inside the store and trying on various oddly tailored clothes.

"How about this one, Kohai? It must look good on me."

When Sorata turned to look at the white top, which looked really good on Misaki senpai, he discovered a skirt that had a stretcher added to it in the shape of a belt.

"Hmm, that one is good, plus wear that top along with this skirt."

He gave Misaki a serious look and grinned, while Jin, who was sitting outside the mall in a coffee shop, had a strange expression on his face as he pondered whether to enter the establishment to look at them or not.

"Hehe! This looks really lovely, Misaki-Senpai."

Misaki had a girly charm due to her exposed curves when she first stepped out of the dressing room, sporting a single ponytail to the side and somewhat tomboyish attire.

"Hmm, it looks really weird, and it is a little uncomfortable, Kohai-Kun."

"Misaki-senpai, believe in me, you looked really beautiful in this dress. I would like to see Jin-san's expression if he were to see your current looks."

He laughed, and Misaki's eyes brightened up a little as she thought out, "But I used to dress more exposingly, but I never was able to tempt him at all, as if I did not have the girly charm."

Looking at her shadowed expression, Sorata closed his eyes and thought for a moment before he spoke to her.

"Girls who love themselves more than others and dress appropriately can be more seductive to men because they feel the urge to slay the girls who others are unable to, even if they are not wearing exposed clothing."

"Kohai-Kun..."

Misaki felt that her Kohai words were spot on, making her look and appear more excited when Sorata walked toward her and held her chin up as he closed up his face toward her and spoke in a light tone.

"Since we are currently on a date and it is a little annoying that you always turn to remember Jin-san when I am trying my best to make you happy, I sincerely hope you won't try to think of anything about Jin-san today."

"Hmm..."

When the store's door opened, Jin made the decision to go inside and was surprised to see Sorata and a stunning woman who appeared to be similar to Misaki exiting the building.

Jin quickly realized that the girl had changed into new clothing but that Misaki herself had given her a completely different look and personality in the split second before she spoke.

"She is Misaki, but her looks are different." Even Jin, who had a long relationship with Misaki, found it difficult to believe what he was seeing.

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