Chapter 491: Chapter 483: Did You Experience a Breakup?
For several consecutive days, Shirakawa Sawahei stayed with the lounging girl at the "Ise Yu’s Magic Hut," working together and enjoying a few days of all-nighters. Occasionally, when tired, the girl would rest against his shoulder in a careless manner, but more often than not, Shirakawa Sawahei would lie down first, and then the lounging girl would take the opportunity to say the floor was too cold and squeeze under his arm to rest together. The position was a bit ambiguous, but not overly so.
The cute little Ise Yu didn’t know why Shirakawa Sawahei suddenly behaved so oddly. Accompanying her in playing games and watching anime. Meals were takeout with fizzy drinks, perfectly illustrating how a holiday should be.
Could it be that I did something recently that made him feel like he should reward me?!
The lounging girl pondered meticulously for a moment but ultimately couldn’t figure it out, so she decided to drop it and continued happily clearing game after game with Shirakawa Sawahei. There were RPG types, strategy ones, and even simulation types. By the end, Shirakawa Sawahei was surprisingly interested in playing Galgame.
The cute little Ise Yu immediately pouted.
Seriously, with such a pretty and cute roommate like me around, and you’re thinking of conquering a paper wife?! Does that make sense?! Can’t I do whatever they can?!
I can feed you fizzy drinks, and give you takoyaki, and even warm your bed! Paper girls don’t have warmth, Shirakawa, wake up!
This won’t do, I have to correct Shirakawa’s aesthetics promptly. Let him like the 3D me first, and it won’t be too late to introduce him to the 2D world slowly.
Ise Yu felt it wasn’t jealousy of paper girls driving her, nor worry about being defeated and becoming a loser; it was simply for the good of Shirakawa Sawahei, to not let him sink deeper.
Operation Sweep Paper Girls begins with disrupting Shirakawa’s Galgame strategy!
"Shirakawa, you should choose this one here."
"Why?"
"I’m a girl, I obviously know what to choose, don’t worry about it so much, just listen to me."
Shirakawa Sawahei shifted his position, not letting the cute little Ise Yu take the controller: "Even though you’re a girl, galgame is specifically designed for boys. I don’t think you understand the mindset of a bunch of middle-aged men."
"??? Isn’t Galgame made by beautiful girls like Hui and Ying Lili? What does this have to do with middle-aged men!"
"..."
"If that were true, all the otakus in the world would flock to Neon."
"Hmm... seems right... huh? Shirakawa, didn’t you say you wouldn’t listen to me? Why did you still choose the option I suggested?"
Shirakawa Sawahei took a sip of cola and casually said, "I just happened to want to pick that option too."
"Tch~ Saying I don’t understand, no one knows Galgame better than I do, I’m at least a beautiful girl manga artist."
"Mm, true."
The cute little Ise Yu: "..."
"Shi-Shirakawa..."
"What is it?"
"Why aren’t you refuting me?" The lounging girl tested: "You used to always refute that beautiful girl remark before... but you didn’t just now... You’re suddenly not being tsundere... I’m kind of scared..."
"Get a grip, Shirakawa... Are you... heartbroken?"
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
I initially didn’t want to be forceful, but you compelled me, so what’s the point?
That’s why you shouldn’t always call me a hypocrite, there’s a reason... If it were Tachibana Tomoku, I definitely wouldn’t be this speechless.
"I just didn’t see the need; before, I was afraid you’d get conceited."
"Huh? Shirakawa, you admit I’m cute?"
"By normal standards, you are pretty cute."
The lounging girl held her cheeks, giggling for a while. Shirakawa Sawahei skipped a few dailies and quickly reached the decisive line.
"Hmm?? Confession already, Shirakawa you looked up a strategy, didn’t you!"
"No."
"Absolutely did! I bought this game ages ago, but I hit the GG line with this heroine many times to clear it, how about you!"
"I’m naturally talented."
"Playing galgame is what talent?" The lounging girl murmured, thinking if you truly had talent, go ahead and win me over quickly, I assure you won’t NG more than once.
However...
The lounging girl looked at the focused Shirakawa Sawahei playing games, staring at his side profile for a good while before satisfactorily withdrawing her gaze.
Mm, very handsome, as expected from the guy I like, he looks good even in his slack gaming mode, I’m really lucky~
Ordinary otakus play Galgame, ha, investing romantic feelings in such an unreal game, boys are truly amusing.
Shirakawa playing Galgame, ah, even playing games doesn’t stop him from learning how to interact with girls! So impressive~
So the essence of love really is double standard, goes to show this phrase is true after all.
The heroine’s heartfelt confession appeared on the screen; Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at it, saved the game, and exited without intending to continue. The cute little Ise Yu, seeing this, asked in confusion, "Huh, Shirakawa, aren’t you going to hear that girl’s confession? It’s very touching, you know?"
Shirakawa Sawahei noncommittally pursed his lips and replied, "No big deal, I’ll see it next time."
Ise Yu: "!!!"
Indeed, competing with paper girls is outright stupid, Shirakawa can still distinguish between 3D and 2D... But... something seems off here.
The lounging girl hesitated a bit, then inquired, "Shirakawa, is there something bothering you?"
"Hmm? No."
"Liar, there is."
"Truly not."
"???"
"Would someone without worries complete several Galgame at a stretch, only to save and stop just before winning over the female protagonists? This clearly indicates a problem, a big one too."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "..."
Fine, got me.
He sighed, trying to brush off the topic, but the cute little Ise Yu held his face seriously, "Shirakawa, no running away, you should rely on me for once too, right?"
"..."
"What, don’t you trust me?"
"No..."
"Then what is it! You clearly don’t trust me that much." Ise Yu Yuzhijin lamented, "We’ve been together for so long, don’t I deserve the right to console you, guide you onto the right life path?"
"..."
"Shirakawa~ just tell me, I promise not to blabber and will do my utmost to help you solve it~"
The girl expertly swayed his arm, Shirakawa Sawahei remained silent for a while and reluctantly said, "It’s not that I don’t want to say, it’s just that this problem... I don’t even know what it is."
"You’re lying!"
"To be more precise, I don’t even know what I’m worried about."