Sitting besides her was the last thing Hakuta wanted to do. For starters, she was basically a stranger to him. Sure they knew each other in class and even sat near the other, but she was a new student. They barely a conversation and she already called him by first name. Something which did irritate him a bit.
The other problem was due to how she laid on this couch. Were she to have given him a spot where he'd sit by her laying head, he could live with that. However, she instead only gave him room to sit where her feet were. Which meant he also got to be sitting in a spot where her short skirt would have a challenging him hiding away any indecency.
"Uh, maybe you could move over for me?" He asked, attempting to get her to allow him to sit by her head instead.
"What's wrong with this?" She countered, refusing the suggestion. "Besides, it's comfy to rest my head here." He gently shook his head in disappointment. These kinds of girls were either heavily unaware of their surroundings or she knew exactly what she was doing. "Now come on, just sit down here." Iruka tapped her foot on the spot she wanted him to take a seat at.
"Fine." He relented and took the free spot on the couch. Hakuta kept his face towards the TV, not even trying to look at her as they waited for the other two to return. It was strange for him to not say much while sitting besides someone in a room. Things were already bad enough that she was inside what might be considered his home. Yet she sure acted like this was her place, not his.
"So what do you normally do here?" She broke the awkward silence between them as they continued to wait. "I can't imagine this is all you do." He hadn't done much at all while she was here. Mainly because he was uncomfortable in acting in his natural manner with her around. "Got any hobbies?"
"Well, I like to play video games." He didn't want to not respond to her inquires. Then it would be plain to see that he didn't want to talk. Even if it were the case, if her dad was going to be working for Kankichi, the man kind enough to allow him a home. Then he didn't want to be the one to ruin this work relationship.
"Nice." She bent up her leg to get into a more comfortable position as she continued to lay down. Her skirt fell a bit down towards her body, giving off more of her legs and eventually what was hidden underneath. His body tensed up as he tried to resist the temptation of peeking at this girl he barely knew. Despite her careless nature, he couldn't tell if she might also be the type of person to get upset if he really did try to look. "What kind of games?"
"Can't say I have a favorite genre." He answered. She kept up on giving him questions he didn't want to answer. Hakuta hoped she would get the hint and avoid him from his lack of engagement in this conversation. "Mostly just stuff I can play by myself is good enough for me."
"You ever play 'Someone's Sus'?" She lifted herself up into a sitting position when she asked her next question. It certainly got her more perked up in trying to figure out what his hobby entailed.
"Just a little bit." He was disappointed to see yet another gyaru only caring about the latest trend when it came to what was popular with many streamers and gamers online. Hakuta turned to her to give his answer to her, now that they were more on the same level. "Not really for me, if you ask me."
"Aw…" It was her turn to be disappointed. Iruka fell backwards once again to return to her original position. He hadn't expected this as he watched her lay back down, her landing caused her outfit to follow along in shuffling about. This gave him a view as plain as day of the underwear she wore.
Iruka was much less innocent compared to her gyaru counterpart in Shiuka. At least in what she wore. Underneath she had on a pair of black, lacy panties. A surprising contrast compared to her naive act in both talking to him and how her body acted. They fit tightly onto her booty, even from the angle he had got from her showcase to his eyes.
As soon as Hakuta's mind was able to process that he was indeed checking out her underwear. His body was finally able to react and move himself to averting his gaze. He put a hand up on his glasses, readjusting them to play off what his eyes had seen. Though his blushing cheeks were a dead giveaway of what went through his mind.
"I suppose we can't all like the same things." He said, trying not to be awkward during their conversation.
"You know, you really are a gamer." She commented.
"What?" He couldn't tell what part of him gave her that impression. It was true that he loved it, but part of him was like most other people who primarily enjoyed themselves through the media of gaming?
"You're really socially awkward." She laughed at her perception of him.
"No I'm not." He defended himself. Hakuta always considered himself to be a person who was not shy. Just someone who didn't like talking to a bunch of people at a time. He'd rather spend more time tucked away at home instead of being in public.
"But you don't really talk all that much on your own." She took note of him wanting to avoid conversation with her. It was just that she took the wrong message from it. "I mean, don't you want to know some things about me? I've been the one asking everything."
"I mean, I'm not really interested in what you like…" He reluctantly admitted. "I'm guessing you like doing things like, singing karaoke, shopping for clothes, and chatting things up with other gals."
"Wow, I can't believe you already know all that." She once again took the wrong impression from him. Iruka thought he was either able to read minds or just really got her in the right ways. "But I guess that's stuff you don't want to do yourself." She chuckled, gently scratching at her cheek.
"Right." He figured she finally got his point to back off a bit now. It would sound a bit harsh from his camp if he straight up told her the truth. Now that would really make things awkward between them. Especially considering they'd still have to sit by each other during class.
"Oh, but-" She was about to make another suggestion, but it was at this point when Shiuka and Omihiro made their return.
"All right, now I know where everything is." He said as they walked back into the living room. Omihiro also carried along some big heavy boxes which he made look effortless to hold as they came in. "This stuff just needs to get donated to the nearby museum. So I figured we'll stop by there on the way home."
"Yeah, it's going to be dinner soon. So I think it's best if you start heading home soon." Shiuka suggested. Her idea made it sound more like she wished for a certain somebody to leave, rather than being nice and considerate of their needs.
"Aw, I was hoping we could stick around for longer." Iruka sighed, sitting back up and no longer appearing indecent to the public anymore. "Oh well, we should get going." She got up and headed for the front door to open it up for her dad. "Hakuta, I hope we can hang out again soon. See you both later!"
"Sure…" He gave a respectful farewell for her. Though he didn't share the same the same enthusiasm as her when it came to wanting to see each other again. "At least we'll see each other in class."
"It's nice to see my daughter's already making lots of friends after moving here." Said Omihiro as he made his way outside. "You two look like a good bunch, so please take care of my daughter."
"We'll make sure to do that." Shiuka let them out with a smile, then close the door to take a deep sigh. "Man, that was dangerous."
"You're telling me." He agreed. "Now that she knows, how can we be certain she won't tell anyone else?" Even if she told them she wasn't going to spill the beans. The way Iruka acted didn't fill Hakuta with confidence that she wouldn't just end up slipping up and letting someone else know what was really going on here.
"Hmm, it's too bad I can't just tell papa to fire that man. Even if he doesn't have the job here, they already moved. So they're just going to stay and find something else so they don't need to change locations again."
"I'd also rather we not cost someone else their job…" She was much colder than he was on how to solve their conundrum. "She definitely doesn't hate us, so I doubt she'd be doing anything to try and ruin our lives."
"I hope we don't have to suck up to her to keep her good graces." She rubbed her chin in thinking about the hypothetical situations they may face in the future.
"I also doubt she's that hard to please." He didn't even try to make her happy earlier, but nothing he did or said seemed to drop her opinion of him. Perhaps they were just dealing with a real nice gal who had no ulterior motives.
Still with this and the problems with Ino. There appeared to be more problems for them coming up in their short time living together.