Catch-22

When he heard that Shishio and Shiina wouldn't come back for a night, Sorata couldn't close his eyes for an entire night. His eyes were all open, and he couldn't fall asleep since his mind was bombarded with various negative emotions. After all, who would like to hear their crushes spent a night together with another guy.

'Hopefully, nothing happens...'

'Nothing's happening, right?'

"No, no, he's got a girlfriend!'

'So there's no way something can happen between them!'

For an entire night, Sorata tried to suggest to himself that something wouldn't happen between Shishio and Shiina, but he just couldn't let go of his worry, and at the same time, his chest was hurt. He just couldn't understand how Shiina would decide to go on a date with Shishio, even though Shishio already had a girlfriend. After all, on the Sakurasou, there was also someone more perfect to go on a date rather than Shishio, right?'

'Like me.'

Sorata didn't have a girlfriend, and he was also very free, so why didn't Shiina decide to go on a date with him?

Sorata's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't think straight. If possible, he just wanted to sleep, thinking that everything was a dream, but he also didn't really want to sleep since he hoped for Shiina and Shishio to return late at night so he could confirm nothing had happened between them.

Unfortunately, no matter how long Sorata had been waiting, neither returned to Sakurasou. While he was in his room, he was wondering whether his decision to move from Sakurasou was right or not. Even though he had decided to move out from Sakurasou and his things would be sent to the regular dorm today, he just couldn't bear it when he thought that Shishio and Shiina might spend their time together from now on without his presence.

The time passed so slowly, and Sorata just hid under the blanket, feeling depressed until morning. When the morning came, he was so absentminded and couldn't believe that a night had passed, but both Shishio and Shiina hadn't returned.

Sorata felt that his chest became even more painful, but then he saw a familiar black luxury car, and Shishio, Roberta, and Shiina returned together. Looking at Shiina, who was snuggling on Shishio's arms, he felt his chest was tight, but when Shishio glanced in his direction, he quickly closed the curtain and hid.

"Ha... Ha... Ha..."

Sorata panted and was a bit panicked, but at the same time, he wanted to know what was happening between Shishio and Shiina, hoping that nothing had happened. However, at the same time, he also felt scared to learn what had happened.

Sorata was alone in his room, and Hikari also didn't spend time in his room after he lashed out his anger toward Hikari before. Still, he had never thought that he was the one who was to blame. Rather he blamed Hikari, who didn't feel grateful toward him since he had saved it before, which somehow made him feel regret to save it before.

"I need to confirm it."

Sorata decided to learn what was happening between Shishio and Shiina. Hence, he walked out of his room, but he didn't immediately walk down from the stairs since he was quite hesitant since he didn't dare to ask that question to Shishio directly!

Sorata stood in the middle of the stairs, unable to move forward until he heard the voices of both Shishio and Ritsu. Still, then he also heard the voice of both Chihiro and Mayumi, and when they started to talk, he sighed in relief since it seemed that he didn't need to do anything and he could learn what was happening between Shishio and Shiina.

"Hey, did you have sex with Mashiro?" Mayumi asked directly.

Hearing Mayumi's words, Sorata felt like he was about to pass out, but at the same time, he also felt strange since there was some strange sense of delight when he thought the possibility of Shishio and Shiina were...

---

"....."

Shishio looked at Mayumi with a blank gaze.

"Mayumi!" 2x

Both Ritsu and Chihiro really wanted to slap Mayumi's mouth since this woman was too vulgar, right?

"Mayumi-san, I went to Iwafune with Mashiro yesterday," Shishio said, changing the subject, and didn't deny that both of them had sex.

"Hey, Iwafune?" Mayumi was dumbfounded and asked, "What are you doing in that small city?"

"Did you go to Iwafune last night?" Chihiro asked, looking at Shishio curiously.

"Um." Shishio nodded and said, "You know, Mashiro has decided to come to Japan to draw a manga, right?"

Chihiro, Mayumi, and Ritsu nodded at the same time.

"But she isn't good at writing a story, so she has decided to use the story that I have written," Shishio said.

"5 cm per second?" Ritsu asked.

"Yes." Shishio nodded and said, "I'm the author, and she's the artist."

Chihiro and Ritsu nodded and thought that it was quite common to see a combination of both author and artist make a manga since not all mangaka were good at writing a story, and not all writers were good at painting. Still, in Shishio's case, if he wanted, he could publish a manga when he was in high school, considering he was able to write a story and his drawing ability was also good.

"How boring!" Mayumi pouted while complaining.

"....." Shishio, Ritsu, and Chihiro.

Shishio shook his head and said, "I'll go back to my room first." He didn't have time to think whether Mayumi had fun or not since he didn't care, and he also had a date with both Saki and Nana after this. If someone asked which one was more important, the answer was obvious, right?

But then Shishio noticed someone who was standing on the stairs and couldn't help but greet him. "Oh, Kanda-kun, good morning."

Sorata, hiding so he could eavesdrop on them, was stunned and couldn't help but reply to Shishio in panic. "Go - Good morning, Oga-kun."

"Hey, what were you doing there? Did you eavesdrop on us?" Mayumi asked in doubt.

"Hu - Huh, what are you talking about, Mayumi-san!" Sorata was stunned again before he quickly retorted.

"Really?" Mayumi looked at Sorata and really wondered what was happening with this kid since Sorata's appearance was just too awful. Red eyes, dark circles, lifeless expression, and some pimples here and there made her wonder what was happening with this guy.

Chihiro didn't think too much and asked, "Kanda, have you prepared your luggage? You'll move later, right?"

"Ah, yes..." Sorata's voice was quite low at that moment.

Chihiro nodded, then looked at Shishio and asked, "Shishio, are you free today? Can you help him to move to the regular dorm?"

Sorata was dumbfounded when he heard Chihiro's words.

Chihiro's thought was pretty simple, Shishio had a car, and he was also a male, so she thought he could help Sorata, who would move to the regular dorm. After all, she could also see that Sorata's appearance was quite pitiful. In truth, it wasn't her first time seeing a student like Sorata, who felt pressured by his surroundings because all the people around him were too dazzling, which made him feel inferior. It was such a normal scene in Sakurasou, which was why she didn't feel that much surprised by Sorata's situation.

As a teacher, Chihiro also couldn't do anything. After all, it was a matter of mental health, rather than forcing someone to stay in Sakurasou and have such stress. It was better to move out as soon as possible.

Chihiro had reminded Sorata before, but this guy didn't listen to her, so what had happened to him wasn't her fault, and he reaped what he sowed.

However, at least Chihiro thought to help Sorata to move by asking her nephew, but...

"Sorry, I have something to do later, and I can't help Kanda-kun to move out," Shishio said without hesitation.

"Huh? Where are you going?" Chihiro asked with a frown since her nephew had been out all the time.

"I'm going on a date," Shishio said.

"..."

There was nothing to hide. After all, everyone knew that he had a girlfriend, so Shishio didn't need to hide that he was going on a date with his girlfriend.

"Huh? You just went back with Mashiro. Then you went on a date?" Mayumi looked at Shishio with some dissatisfaction since this guy was quite a scumbag, right?

"I'm going out for a date today because I went out with Mashiro yesterday." Shishio stared at Mayumi speechlessly and said, "If I don't go out with my girlfriend today, then won't it be unfair for her?"

"....."

His explanation was logical, but somehow, the three of them were still quite unhappy.

"Well, I'll bring some souvenirs when I go back later," Shishio said.

"Where are you going?" Chihiro asked.

"Enoshima."

"Enoshima!" 3x

Ritsu, Mayumi, and Chihiro were surprised, but at the same time, they felt jealous!

"So I might return quite late, but I'll try to buy something for all of you," Shishio said.

"Well, be careful..." Chihiro couldn't say anything. She had let go of him, so as long as he didn't cause trouble, then she would let him do what he wanted to do.

"I'll change my clothes first." Shishio was only wearing a t-shirt and wrapped his lower body with a towel. He noticed that Ritsu, Mayumi, and Chihiro had glanced at his big bulge from time to time, but he didn't think too much since there was nothing to hide, but...

"Shishio!"

Suddenly Misaki jumped into Shishio's back and shook his body. "I'm hungry! Can you cook me something?"

"Wait! Wait! Senpai, don't shake me so hard!" Shishio was speechless and wanted to throw this stupid girl away, but...

"...."

Everyone was in silence when the white towel fell to the ground, and they saw a huge thing on his nether region.

"..."

Shishio sighed, took his white towel calmly, and wrapped it on his waist again. He looked at Misaki blankly and asked, "Can you let me go now?"

"Um." Misaki nodded shakily and stepped down from Shishio slowly.

Then everyone watched Shishio, who walked away, but they didn't say anything. However, they had to admit that even though it wasn't standing, it was still huge, but it was quite cute for some reason, and it resembled an elephant's trunk.

"Cough! Cough!" Chihiro blushed and said, "Well, I'm going to sleep first."

"Um, me too." Mayumi also blushed, but at the same time, she really wanted to push Shishio to the bed right away.

As for both Misaki and Ritsu, they also blushed feverishly and quickly returned to their rooms.

However, in the minds of four females, they thought the same things...

'Huge!!!'

As for Sorata, he just left, and everyone forgot about him, but at the same time, he was just dumbfounded, squeezed his thighs tightly, and felt in shock since he thought that the world was just too unfair. Right?

---

Yotsuya Station.

Shishio made an appointment with Saki to go on a date to Enoshima, and they would meet each other at the Yotsuya station. Still, unlike their original plan, Nana also joined this date, so the three of them would go to Enoshima together.

Nana let out a long sigh. "I want to meet him as soon as possible..." When she thought about what had happened yesterday, she thought that she needed to talk with him face to face since there were many things that she wanted to say to him.

"There's still a time before the date, or rather we have gone too early, right?" Saki spoke helplessly, but she also felt the same time since she wanted to meet him as soon as possible.

It might be because it was their first time to go on a date with him, so they became quite excited and came one hour earlier than the appointment time.

"Still, I'm quite surprised that we're going to Enoshima," Nana said and felt quite excited to go to Enoshima. "Have you been there before, Senpai?"

"No, this will be my first time," Saki said.

"Really?" Nana was surprised, but then she said with a smile, "Then our first time will be taken by Shishio at the same time."

"...." Saki.

Nana and Saki were waiting at the entrance of the Yotsuya station together, and even though they were beautiful, they didn't attract too much attention since they were wearing a facemask. It wasn't that they felt sick or something, but even though Suginami district was quite huge, it was also quite small. There were many students in Suimei living around this area, and they didn't really want to be seen by someone, especially when they were going on a date. If they were going on a date with him alone, they might not do this, but they were going on a date with him together, which made the situation very troublesome.

While talking, Nana thought that she should live alone and rent an apartment nearby. That way, she could spend more time with him. She thought that she should talk about this problem with her parents and she also should invite Shishio when she talked with her parents too, so they could believe in her to live alone.

But when they talked to each other and felt a bit annoyed when Shishio had been making them wait so long, they heard their names being called.

"Saki! Nana!"

Hearing this familiar voice, they turned their heads, and somehow all their annoyance disappeared like magic, especially when they saw his smile since his smile was too dangerous!