As he did his job, Rita was hardly calm, and she kept thinking a lot of things in her head. She looked at her sketchbook for a while before she glanced at him, who was working with a serious expression.
She couldn't look away and was mesmerized by his side profile. She kept staring at him until she saw him about to look in her direction, so she quickly looked away. After all, she didn't want him to get all narcissistic, thinking she had fallen for him.
'Hmm!'
However, she glanced at him again.
'Have I fallen for him?'
Suddenly, she felt conflicted.
Without a doubt, the meeting between the two was far from good.
This guy was such a bastard, and he wasn't like any other guys who pampered hers, so why should she fall for him?
Shouldn't she fall for a guy who was gentle and kind to her instead of such a bastard like him?
She grumbled for a while and felt complicated.
If it was in the original, she might not hesitate to chase after her love, especially when her original partner hated a woman so much. If she didn't dare to chase forward and wait for her original partner to move, it was impossible for a relationship to begin.
However, with him, it was different.
This guy was a beast.
He was someone who had put his fangs on various women without hesitation.
On the other hand, she was a virgin, and she knew how important her first time was.
If she knew he loved her and would take responsibility for her, she might not hesitate to give everything to him, yet she didn't know how he felt about her.
Initially, their relationship was far from good, and if he was in her place, she could imagine that he viewed her as an annoying girl.
While he might have helped her and made her return to the world of art, she felt everything was because of Shiina. Because she was Shiina's best friend, he did all of this.
If she wasn't Shiina's best friend, he might even ignore her since she knew while she was beautiful, his girlfriends' beauty didn't even lose to her.
Shiina, Yukinoshita, Nanami, and many others.
She even heard that he also had a famous actress as his woman.
She knew that except for her rarity since she was from England and the others came from this country, which was her advantage, but it could also become her advantage since she didn't know much about the culture of this country.
By now, her mind was a mess, and she wondered what he was thinking about her.
However, when she recalled his previous words, she couldn't help but blush.
'You know the consequences, right?'
She knew that this guy wasn't a herbivore. Instead, he was a carnivore who would bite any delicious prey. She also happened to be his prey, which made her wonder whether he would do that to her.
When she stayed in this dorm, naturally, she knew that this guy wasn't a good guy, and she also heard a moan from his room from time to time. While she wanted to enter, the key she held was already taken by him, so she couldn't do anything unless he opened the door.
While she was annoyed, she also didn't want to be rude since, after their outing to the art exhibition, she didn't want to annoy or make him hate her. She might not have realized it, but she tried to please him whenever she could.
It was like how she tried to dry his hair and massage his head before.
After all, even if she had promised him to become his maid, she didn't do much since Nanami wouldn't give her a task to take care of his daily chores. Still, she told her she could take care of him in that area.
'What's the area you mean?'
She asked back then, and it caused her to blush since she realized that almost all the girls in this dorm had been corrupted by him.
'But if he does that, can I refuse?'
Suddenly, she realized the thought of rejecting had never crossed her mind.
'Am I really falling for him?'
'Ugh...'
She held her head and rolled on his bed several times, hoping to catch his attention. Unfortunately, he was as cool as a rock, and he didn't even turn his head. While she didn't realize it, she puffed her cheeks, showing her annoyance.
Can you see that I am in trouble?
Can you care about me more?
If it was someone else, they would look at her and ask her what was wrong with care and gentleness, but this guy ignored her.
However, why?
Why?
Why couldn't she get him out of her head?
She couldn't think of anything except for this trouble that she didn't realize his work was over and he was looking at her strangely.
"What are you doing?"
"?!"
She was startled when he was in front of her and looked at her strangely. "...have you finished your work?"
"Just now." He looked at her and asked, "So, what are you doing?"
While she was panicked, she quickly calmed herself because of her lady education. She sat on his bed like a lady before she said, "It's rude to ask a lady such a question."
"........"
"I am going to sleep."
"Okay."
"I can't sleep if you are there."
Hearing those words, she smiled and asked, "Didn't you say that I should be ready for the consequences? Are you going to back down now?" Inwardly, she chuckled since she thought that he was still a gentleman and he wouldn't do something as crude as eating her without confirming their relationship or telling her how he felt about her.
By now, even she thought he would sleep on the futon, which he usually put on the wardrobe, but it seemed she was wrong.
He turned off the light, moved into bed, and lay on her side as he pulled her to his side before covering the two of them with a blanket.
"........"
She was in a daze and couldn't react for a while, but after she realized their situation, she panicked.
"Wh-What are you doing?!"
"Aren't you ready for the consequences? Then, you should be prepared."
"Bu-But... that..."
However, she didn't have time to think, and she saw him moving closer and closer to her face. She subconsciously closed her eyes and waited for her kiss, but suddenly her body was rolled to the side like a rolling pin before she was hugged like a pillow by him.
"Good night."
"......."
"What are you doing?!"
She turned her body and faced him, but when she did this, her face flushed red since they were just so close. She could feel his heat, and his scent was just so close.
'Hmm~ he smells nice... wait! This isn't the time for this!'
It was fortunate that they were inside the blanket and the light was turned off, so he shouldn't be able to see her expression, right?
However, just in case, she put on a fierce expression like an angry puppy.
"Anyway, what are you doing?!"
"This is the consequence." He closed his eyes when he said those words.
"Consequences?"
"Yes, be my pillow tonight."
"......."
"After all, a naughty maid like you needs to be punished, right?" He looked at her helplessly while rubbing her head.
"........"
She tried not to blush. Unfortunately, she couldn't, she was blushing red, and her heart was beating so fast at that moment.
'Ugh... what is this? Isn't he too hot? Why do you say something like that at this moment?!'
She almost couldn't control her emotion, and she was in a daze while her mind kept struggling since she was afraid the demon in her heart might tell her to do something she might regret.
"But your hair has a nice smell."
"Right?"
Somehow hearing his praise, she became smug again, but she knew it was just a guise since she didn't want him to see how panicked she was at that moment.
He looked at her for a moment before he kissed her forehead.
"......"
Rita couldn't think of anything at this moment, and she felt that the world had stopped for a moment.
"It's your reward for being obedient. Let's sleep now. I am sleepy."
"...un."
She answered quietly while lowering her head and touching the spot where he kissed her. Even if she tried to calm herself, it was impossible since she knew that, at this moment, her feeling was clear. She knew that she had fallen for him.
However, when she realized this, she let out a long sigh, wondering why she should fall for this scumbag. After all, if she fell for someone else, she could take the initiative, and she could be the one who teased that person. However, unfortunately, she fell for this guy, and this fact couldn't be changed.
It had nothing to do with his talent for painting, identity, or anything else.
It was just that it was him as a person.
This is what made her fall for him.
She looked at him, who had closed his eyes, sleeping so comfortably.
Shouldn't he be more excited that he couldn't fall asleep?
She felt annoyed and pulled his cheek for her revenge. When she saw him grumbling in his sleep, she chuckled, and her mood improved. Still, she didn't do it for too long since she didn't want to wake him up.
She tried to search for the most comfortable position before she closed her eyes too, sleeping since, unexpectedly, it was so comfortable to sleep by his side. She loved him, and she wondered what she should do to take him down.
Sexy lingerie?
That might work.
By now, she had made up her mind and slept comfortably in his arms.
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On the next day, everyone on the Suimei was filled with the festive mood of the cultural festival. Everyone was working hard together, so they could bring this event to success.
While it was good for a normie, it was hell for a loner. Yet, there was nothing that they could do, and they could only become forced laborers in this event.
Shishio might not be a loner, and he might not be a forced laborer, but he had become an unpaid educator, which made him realize that even students had been trained to handle the pressure from the evil capitalists from the moment they entered the school, so when they were an adult, they had become numb.
He looked at everyone and sighed.
"Shishio! Shishio! Is this right?"
"Shishio here!"
He looked at the guy who called him before he ignored him and moved toward the girls.
"........" The guys.