When the exam was about to be held, everyone decided to focus on it first since no matter how important the cultural festival was, it had nothing to do with their future. However, an exam was different since the result of the exam would change their lives.
Especially those who were in the 2nd grade and wanted to continue to study at the university since they had planned to enter Kyoto University. As the 2nd best university in this country, it was naturally hard to enter, and they had to study hard, or else it was impossible for them to enter, especially when they knew the capability of their brain was rather average.
It was fortunate that their man was better than most teachers in this world, and he could teach them efficiently and make them understand everything faster.
However, if he was asked whether he was the one that contributed the most to their exam, he would say that he didn't since everything also depended on their efforts. Even if he taught them, if they didn't show much interest and didn't work hard, then everything would be useless. It was because they were working so hard that they could get good grades.
Even Yukinoshita, who was usually in the top position in her grade, also decided to join them since she had to say her ex-fiance's brain was abnormal. He was so smart that it made him helpless.
Still, even if most of his girlfriends asked him for help to teach them, there were few who didn't ask him, such as Rio Futaba and Nana Sunohara. Their heads were smart enough that they didn't need his help. Instead, they threw a war declaration to him that they were going to take the throne of the number one on their grade.
Naturally, they also put a bet on this challenge that if he lost, he would agree to their request, but if they lost, they would agree to his request.
Once again, he wondered how they could be so confident in the challenge, which made him speechless.
However, because of this study group, he didn't go back to Sakurasou and stayed in his apartment. Even Shiina, Nanami, and Misaki also followed and stayed with him. Naturally, Ritsu also came.
Even if Ritsu wasn't his girlfriend, she was his friend and one of his longest acquaintances after he became Shishio Oga. They also had their game, so she also stayed.
As for where she was going to sleep?
There were many rooms in his apartment, but if she wanted to stay with him, it was also okay, though.
However, with Ritsu's personality, he could tell that it was impossible for her to make the first move.
Honestly, he also wasn't sure what to do with this girl. He wasn't in a hurry to get her, and she wasn't confident enough to approach him. Maybe their current relationship was nice and all, but they knew inwardly that they wanted more.
Trigger.
This was the one that he needed the most to solve his relationship with Ritsu.
'If you can't do it by waiting, then what if I make it?'
He suddenly thought of a certain method, but he shook his head since he felt he was manipulating her feelings instead of letting them bloom naturally. If he was an adult, he might not think too much about this method since everything was legal in war and love. However, when he thought about his conversation with Yukinoshita's mother, he wanted to have a pure relationship.
The purity of what he meant wasn't about a healthy relationship where they would only hold hands and wouldn't kiss or have sex before they married.
Instead, it was a relationship where two people formed naturally.
It wasn't created because of a certain manipulation.
He knew that it was too late for all of this, especially when he was sure that he would enter hell after he died. He was far from good, and it was impossible for a relationship to be 100% pure without any mixed elements on them.
Naturally, what he meant was about a normal person.
If someone was a bit different and special, they might be able to achieve this purity feeling, and he had an example.
Shiina Mashiro.
She was the purest person that he knew.
If she liked someone, she liked them. If she hated someone, she hated them. Everything she did only followed her heart.
Even now, she had always liked this, even if he had tainted her.
Instead, he might be the one that was affected by her, and he also wanted to seek such purity.
An unmistakable feeling purely because of love, not something else.
It had nothing to do with how he wanted to erase his past, his loneliness, a system, or any other.
He only wanted this girl or woman to be his. Not someone else. It was that kind of feeling.
Even if he was a scumbag, he was despicable, but even in that darkness, a single dot of white purity still existed.
It was the feeling of love.
The feeling of wanting to own someone for himself.
It was the most selfish feeling in the world.
You could only be mine, not someone else.
Yet this feeling was beautiful.
Even if it was selfish, it was beautiful.
He was gazing into the scenery of Tokyo with a cup of Toraja coffee in his hand, sipping it gently, thinking there was no need for hesitation anymore.
The girls that he was interested in would be his, not someone else.
He didn't care if people called him a scumbag or anything else.
Instead, he just did what he truly believed.
As for whether it was wrong or right, it wasn't on his consideration.
He was just like a child who wanted something.
It was just like that.
"Shishio, what do you think of this?" Misaki came and brought her laptop, showing her hard work.
"...you're not studying?"
"It's okay. The result of my exam isn't that important. As long as I show a result on my anime."
"Well, that's true."
Not everything has to be seen by how awesome your grade is, your position, and any boring-related thing in the world.
The art was expressive and free. Because of this, many often got lost, but for those who were able to find their path and success, it would bring them happiness, which was as sweet as the sweetest fruit in this world.
"Okay."
They didn't waste their time and discussed their game.
Still, their discussion didn't take a long time, and Misaki suddenly sat on his lap, resting, and snuggled on his chest.
"What are you doing?"
If those were the only things she did, he wouldn't care, but she took a deep breath and breathed so heavily, which reminded him of a pervert or person that was so horny.
"I am trying to recharge my Shishio's energy!"
"Is there such energy?"
"Of course! It's a new energy that I have just found out on this earth!"
He smiled and rubbed her brown hair. "Well, you're an alien, after all. By the way, welcome to Earth. It is such hard work to find this place, right?"
"Yes, it is hard to find this place." Misaki smiled and kissed his lips without hesitation.
It was a painful journey filled with ravines, setbacks, and many others. It was a long lonely journey where she was alone without anyone by her side. During that journey, she wasn't sure how much she had cried, but she had never given up, and finally, she found a place where she could comfortably live.
It was her heaven.
It was her only place.
Staying by his side was her only wish now.
Oh, she also wanted to make the greatest anime too!
"Next year, should I go to Kyoto and make a Kyoto Animation?"
".........." Shishio stared at Misaki for a moment before he rubbed her head gently. "Do what you want. I will support you even if you want to make a company."
"Oh!" Misaki was dumbfounded and surprised.
"What are you surprised about? I believe in you. I am sure that you can become the greatest female animator in the world, and having you as my woman, I can flaunt you to anyone."
"Bastard! Is that why you eat me?!"
Misaki was annoyed and bit his neck.
"Ouch! Ouch!
He wondered why they loved to bite his neck, but when he thought it might be their way to mark their territory. It was kind of cute, but he had to say it was quite troublesome.
"Of course not. There is only one reason why I have made you my woman."
"What?" Misaki looked at him curiously.
"It's because I love you." He kissed her forehead gently before he smiled gently.
"............."
Misaki blushed and felt shy before she hugged him tightly, rubbing her head against him, trying to mark him again like an animal.
"But I love you more!"
"Yes, yes."
"You should say that you love me more than I do!"
"How troublesome."
The two continued to bicker for a while before he asked, "Have Mitaka-senpai talked with you?"
"Ugh." Misaki was speechless and asked, "Why did you mention him now?" They were in a good mood, and it wouldn't be weird for them to have sex now, but he suddenly mentioned Mitaka. Her mood was strange, and it was like her body was thrown by cold water.
"I am just asking. You two are in a fight, right? I thought that he would come and apologize to you."
He had been curious about Mitaka since school had started, so he thought Mitaka would approach Misaki.
"If he apologizes to me, then the sun will already rise from the west."
She felt the possibility of Mitaka apologizing to her was simply zero.
"Anyway, enough about him. Come on!"
She stood up and pulled him inside.
"Where are we going?"
"I will wear a cheerleader costume."
Misaki didn't give a clear answer, only telling him what she would do while walking and shaking her well-shaped buttocks.
Shishio didn't say anything afterward and followed Misaki obediently.
As for Mitaka, Misaki didn't care about him anymore. Even if their relationship would keep awkward or fought from now on, it was okay since she was already Shishio's.
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On the Sakurasou, Rita was in his room. She rolled on her bed several times and felt annoyed.
"Bastard?! Where is he?!"
She wanted to ask others where he was now, but they didn't answer her. This made her helpless, so she could only stay in his room. She had been living here since the owner wasn't around. Even Shiina also didn't come to Sakurasou, leaving her alone, which made her sigh.
He was a scumbag with a lot of girlfriends, then how could Shiina accept such a relationship?
She thought he had deceived Shiina, but she was also someone from a high class, so she knew what kind of virtue the man in this class usually did. She hugged his pillow tightly as if she wanted to strangle him.
'Hmm... his pillow smells nice.'
'Wait!'
She quickly threw his pillow away, but soon, she picked it up again, feeling a bit lonely since she was alone in this place.
"Dammit, hurry up and come back!"