Chapter 50

She planned to move to a different place, as the soundproofing of the house she was currently living in was too poor.

Recently, the neighbor had gotten a girlfriend, and it was so noisy every night that she couldn't sleep.

But her budget was limited, yet she wanted to rent a house closer to school to save commuting time.

"It's too hard to find a house that meets the requirements," Aoyama Nanami put another piece of cookie into her mouth.

The taste was very good, crispy and delicious.

Sometimes, she didn't even have money for lunch.

"Aoyama-san?"

Suddenly, someone came to Aoyama Nanami's desk.

"It's Kanda-kun, right, I'll pay you back."

Aoyama Nanami looked up and immediately remembered that she hadn't given Kanda Sorata the money yet.

She hurriedly took out a few yen coins from her pocket and placed them on her desk.

"You can count them," Aoyama Nanami said, looking at Kanda Sorata.

"No... I already said it was my treat," Kanda Sorata shook his head with a smile; that wasn't his goal.

Seeing Aoyama Nanami with Kitakami Yoru earlier had made him restless.

Why would Aoyama Nanami get involved with a fat otaku for no reason?

Taking advantage of the time, Kanda Sorata finally couldn't help but ask.

"I don't like owing people things," Aoyama Nanami shook her head firmly.

"Alright then, actually I came to ask you..."

"It's just, I saw you chatting with Kitakami Yoru earlier, did something happen?"

Kanda Sorata collected the coins and asked with a hint of worry.

As the words fell, the girl eating the cookie was visibly stunned.

"Nothing happened, why are you asking this?" Aoyama Nanami asked, puzzled.

She certainly didn't know that Kanda Sorata had a slight crush on her.

"It's just that Kitakami Yoru is a fat otaku that everyone hates..."

"You chatting with him, I was wondering if you..."

Kanda Sorata scratched his hair.

"That's not it, Kitakami-kun is actually quite a good person," Aoyama Nanami waved her hand casually.

"Why would you say that?" Kanda Sorata pressed.

"Last week, when I was working part-time, I delivered an order to Kitakami-kun, and it was overtime because of the rain."

"Kitakami Yoru-kun didn't give me a bad review and even kindly lent me a raincoat and a towel."

"Right... this bag of cookies was also given to me by him."

Aoyama Nanami raised the cookies in her hand and said casually in a simplified manner.

An unsolicited favor is either a trap or a crime!

This was Kanda Sorata's first reaction in his heart, along with a faint sense of jealousy.

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If it were someone else, Kanda Sorata definitely wouldn't have had such thoughts.

"Is there anything else?"

Aoyama Nanami took a sip of water and continued.

"Aoyama-san, do you really trust that fat otaku just like that?" Kanda Sorata regained his composure and continued.

He felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart and just wanted to persuade Aoyama Nanami to stay away from Kitakami Yoru!

"Why would you say that?" Aoyama Nanami was stunned, completely not understanding Kanda Sorata's meaning.

"That Kitakami Yoru is a thief! He's disgusting and bold enough to steal a senior's personal items, don't you know that, Aoyama-san?" Kanda Sorata asked rhetorically in an exaggerated manner.

"Ah... no..."

"That's just a private rumor, isn't it a bit bad for you to talk about him like that, Kanda-kun?"

Aoyama Nanami shook her head decisively.

"Why would the rumor be about no one else but him, and why did the school punish him?"

Seeing that Aoyama Nanami was a bit stubborn, Kanda Sorata's tone became anxious.

Especially since Aoyama Nanami was actually blaming him in a calm tone for Kitakami Yoru's sake.

He had a crush on Aoyama Nanami!

Kanda Sorata couldn't accept this at all.

On the other hand, he didn't believe from the bottom of his heart that Kitakami Yoru could be a good person.

Men understand men best.

There are quite a few perverted fat otaku on some forums; so what if he's a student?

In Japan, there are news reports every year about fat otaku molesting high school and middle school girls.

"This???"

Aoyama Nanami was confused by the question.

"Aoyama-san, you have to know, Kitakami Yoru is just a disgusting fat otaku."

"He's bold enough to steal Kasumigaoka Utaha-senpai's personal items, what else wouldn't he dare to do?"

Kanda Sorata excitedly pressed both hands on the desk in front of him, his body language revealing his seriousness.

"Maybe he's already targeted you..."

"Giving... giving..."

Kanda Sorata looked at the cookies in Aoyama Nanami's hand, his brain spinning rapidly.

"Giving you cookies for no reason, maybe he just wants you to lower your guard."

"Once you get used to the things he gives you, maybe one day he'll drug your food and knock you out!"

"You've seen those news reports about girls living alone falling into the hands of perverts, right?"

Kanda Sorata deliberately made the matter sound very exaggerated and serious, but it had a factual basis, making people associate it and believe it.

Such news really isn't rare in Japan; one pops up occasionally.

Aoyama Nanami was frightened for a moment, and following Kanda Sorata's words, she imagined it, and it really seemed to be the case.

Recalling when she graduated from middle school and came to Tokyo to chase her dreams.

She was all alone, for the first time, traveling far away with a little money, and she was also very scared.

She had searched for many posts online about self-protection and how to protect herself from falling into others' traps.

"In short, Aoyama-san, think about it carefully and stay away from Kitakami Yoru; just stay away from him."

"If one day he really has bad intentions, you'll be in trouble."

Seeing that Aoyama Nanami's expression was gradually becoming conflicted, Kanda Sorata breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of whether he had a crush on Aoyama Nanami, he was genuinely thinking for her.

A fat otaku approaching a beautiful girl—just thinking about it, you could imagine a doujinshi plot.

"Isn't that too exaggerated?"

Aoyama Nanami swallowed the cookie crumbs in her mouth, her expression filled with shock and suspicion.

"Anyway, you're not familiar with him, so why don't you just stay away from him from now on?" Kanda Sorata said calmly.

"This..."

Aoyama Nanami opened her mouth and remained silent.

Just because of an inexplicable guess, she was doubting Kitakami-kun like this and deliberately avoiding him.

Now she was still eating the cookies Kitakami-kun gave her while speculating about him without any evidence.

Isn't that very bad?

Aoyama Nanami stopped all her actions, strange colors flashing in her eyes, and it took a while before she replied: "It shouldn't be that bad, but I'll be careful."

She said this with her mouth.

But in Aoyama Nanami's heart, she couldn't help but start to waver...

"If my guess is correct, maybe Kitakami Yoru will take the initiative to find you, and that will expose his purpose," Kanda Sorata sized up the beautiful girl in front of him.

The more he looked, the more beautiful he thought she was.