Chapter 37

"Kitakami-san just looks a bit fat; he's not as unbearable or ugly as everyone says, and he's not bad either?"

"When I return the raincoat, I'll apologize and thank him again..."

"There must be some misunderstanding about the rumors in school, otherwise Kitakami-san would have been expelled long ago."

Aoyama Nanami took the towel from her lower body and wrung it out with both hands.

Splash~

A small stream of rainwater poured down from the white towel.

She felt extremely sorry and guilty toward Kitakami Yoru in her heart, and felt she had to find a way to make it up to him, to do something for Kitakami Yoru, to feel at ease.

Aoyama Nanami's complicated mood seemed to affect her perception of the outside temperature.

At this moment, it didn't seem that cold anymore.

Subsequently, she folded the towel, put on the thick raincoat, and rushed out into the heavy rain.

"Friday afternoon's part-time job time is over; if it rains tomorrow and the day after, that's two and a half days of income lost."

"Next week I can only go to the supermarket at night to grab discounted food, and I can eat less in the morning..."

While rushing out into the heavy rain, Aoyama Nanami calculated her situation.

Closing the door, Kitakami Yoru just treated this as a small interlude.

He didn't care at all.

Carrying the two bags of food, he went to the kitchen and stuffed them into the refrigerator.

Then he cooked his fat-loss dinner.

He fed San-san a little food, rested for a while, and started exercising.

Kitakami Yoru knew that his current heavy weight wasn't suitable for intense aerobic exercise, so he basically did planks, mountain climbers, and jumping jacks.

After finishing these movements and doing a bit of strength training, an hour passed.

Exhausted, Kitakami Yoru lay back on the bed; it wasn't even eight o'clock yet.

Remembering that he had added Kato Megumi on Line today, he rubbed his hands excitedly and giggled.

He sent a greeting message nervously and fearfully.

Kitakami Yoru wasn't good at chatting with girls.

Soon, Kato Megumi replied...

The next day, Saturday.

The rain cleared up.

Kitakami Yoru, who woke up early, finished exercising, ate breakfast, and cleaned the house.

Kato Megumi was coming tomorrow, and Kitakami Yoru had to go home for lunch today.

Taking advantage of the early time, Kitakami Yoru finished his homework and reviewed his lessons for half an hour.

Almost at the time for lunch at home, Kitakami Yoru left the apartment and took a car back to Shinagawa Ward.

Noon.

Kitakami Yoru's family of three gathered in the dining room to eat.

The lunch was very sumptuous, but Kitakami Yoru was a bit absent-minded.

On TV, the soaring stock prices of companies under the Shinomiya Group and the flattery of politicians were being broadcast.

Even the financial venture capital firm his father worked at had a stake in the Shinomiya Group.

Thinking that Shinomiya Kaguya was the young lady of the Shinomiya Group, Kitakami Yoru felt helpless in his heart.

Better hurry up and get on good terms with Kato-san.

That mysterious treasure chest...

After lunch, Kitakami Yoru went out for a stroll, carrying some beef jerky.

It was made by his mother, Kitakami Megumi; it was clean, hygienic, low-fat, and healthy, a snack for his weight-loss period.

While passing a street, he was waiting for the traffic light.

A brown dachshund ran to his feet, squatted obediently, stuck out its tongue, and looked at Kitakami Yoru with effort to please him.

"Here you go..." Kitakami Yoru tore off a small piece of beef jerky and fed it to it.

"Gomen, sorry."

A familiar voice came from afar.

"Yuihama-san?" Kitakami Yoru recognized the person who came.

"It... it's Kitakami-san, sorry, did Sable scare you?" Yuihama Yui looked at Kitakami Yoru with an unnatural expression.

This familiar yet strange classmate.

"No, goodbye." Kitakami Yoru glanced at Sable, and when the green light turned on, he left directly.

35: The Gabril to be Conquered

Weekend, still sunny.

"Morning, Gabril."

Although it was almost ten o'clock in the morning, Kitakami Yoru still greeted Gabril in front of him.

"Ha~ morning." Gabril was wearing pajamas, her hair was a bit messy, and she was yawning with dark circles under her eyes.

This was the first time Kitakami Yoru had seen Gabril appear in front of him like this.

"Anything up?" Kitakami Yoru asked.

"Yes, is there a walkthrough for the ending of this game? I can't beat it." Gabril suddenly pulled a Switch from behind her.

This was what Kitakami Yoru had lent to Gabril to play.

"Walkthrough?" Kitakami Yoru was stunned at the door on the spot, looking at the dark-circled version of Gabril.

"So Gabril wasn't familiar with games; I didn't expect a cute beauty to like playing games too."

"Yes, I'll send it to you in a bit." Kitakami Yoru didn't think much; it was the weekend, meant for playing.

Gabril waved her hand, didn't say a word, and walked back.

Closing the door.

Kitakami Yoru went to wash off the sweat from his exercise, found a game walkthrough, and sent it to Gabril.

Not long after, he received a message from Kato Megumi and hurried to open the door.

"Sorry to bother you, Kitakami-san." Kato Megumi stood at the door with a calm expression, carrying a small bag.

"Come in, there are slippers at the entrance." Kitakami Yoru was a bit nervous.

He didn't expect Kato Megumi would really come.

A fat otaku like him inviting a cute girl to his home, and they had only met twice before!

Kato-san was really easy to get along with.

"Does Kitakami-san live alone?"

Kato Megumi took off her shoes, her exquisite jade feet in short white socks stepping on the entrance floor, looking inside curiously.

"Yes." Kitakami Yoru nodded and led Kato Megumi to the living room.

San-san was already awake; this was also the excuse he used to invite Kato Megumi to his home.

If San-san hadn't woken up earlier, Kitakami Yoru would have had to consider a manual wake-up service.

"By the way, this is a souvenir I brought for Kitakami-san; you might like it." After sitting down, Kato Megumi smiled slightly and placed the bag in her hand on the table.

"Thank you." Kitakami Yoru sat next to her and picked up the so-called souvenir directly.

In Japan, if someone gives you a gift, it is considered polite to open and praise it in front of them.

"It's two bags of different cookies and two pieces of cake; I think Kitakami-san will like them very much." Kato Megumi said at this time.

"Um... thank you..."

Kitakami Yoru had already seen the things in the bag and smelled the rich fragrance, thanking her awkwardly.

He liked these things very much, that's right.

But during his weight-loss period, Kitakami Yoru had to deliberate even before eating a piece of chocolate.

Cookies and cake, he really couldn't eat them!

And he couldn't bring himself to refuse.

He was struggling and miserable in his heart.

"It seems to have grown fat again..." ===== CHAPTER 39 =====