Chapter 100: It's okay to just hold it in your arms, but you also want to touch it!
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In less than ten seconds, Rin Matsuoka had removed his white inner shirt, revealing his upper body.
Rin had a well-proportioned physique. His abdomen was flat and firm, with no trace of excess fat. His six-pack abs stood out clearly, outlining his flawless form.
The perfect contours of his abdominal and pectoral muscles did not give him an overly muscular look. Instead, Rin's body had a streamlined, lean muscularity. His upper body looked like a piece of art, meticulously sculpted by a master craftsman.
With such a nearly perfect figure, once you set eyes on it, it's hard to look away!
This was exactly the case for Asahina Nazuna and Ichinose Honami. Both of their gazes were firmly fixed on Rin's upper body.
Asahina Nazuna stared at Rin's exposed torso with wide eyes, slightly shining as she swallowed quietly.
Even though Ichinose Honami felt shy seeing Rin's exposed upper body, she covered her face with her hands, unable to look away from his well-defined abs.
In truth, girls are often shyer than boys, yet they can be equally captivated by the male form…
Ichinose Honami's breathing grew slightly rapid. It wasn't as if she had never seen a boy's bare torso before—she had seen shirtless guys on TV dramas.
But when she looked at those actors, she only felt embarrassment. Rin's physique, however, made her heartbeat quicken, causing an unfamiliar tingling sensation throughout her heart and body.
"What's wrong with me? Why am I feeling this way about Matsuoka-san's body…?"
Ichinose Honami found herself troubled by her own reaction, but that didn't stop her from staring at Rin's abs without blinking.
She wanted to touch them…
She really wanted to reach out and touch Rin's abs…
Initially, Asahina Nazuna had only intended to tease her handsome junior, but she hadn't expected that he would have not only a handsome face but also such an impressive figure!
Now, Asahina Nazuna shared Ichinose Honami's urge—the desire to reach out and touch this junior's irresistible abs!
Unfortunately, the troublesome pink-haired junior was right here, which held Asahina Nazuna back from reaching out to touch Rin's abs.
"No, I only asked my junior to take off his shirt to check his physique. What's wrong with touching him? Isn't that just a normal part of the examination?"
Asahina Nazuna found a convenient excuse to justify her desire. She swallowed and said, with a serious expression, "Although I can see your physique, I still need to touch it to check thoroughly."
"Hey!" Ichinose Honami's eyes widened slightly as she continued staring at Rin's abdomen. Was this senior really planning to touch Matsuoka-san's abs?
This was unacceptable!
Before Ichinose Honami could say anything to stop her, the eager Asahina Nazuna reached out and placed her hands on both sides of Rin's waist.
The feel of his toned muscles beneath her fingertips and the smoothness of his skin were sensations that lit up Asahina Nazuna's eyes with delight.
"Wow, your waist feels amazing, junior."
"Thank you for the compliment, senpai," Rin replied with a slightly awkward expression.
Seeing Asahina Nazuna's hands on Rin Matsuoka's abs, Ichinose Honami's cheeks immediately flushed. She quickly grabbed Asahina's hands, pulling them away to stop her from taking advantage of Rin.
"That's enough, Senior! You've touched him plenty."
Although Asahina Nazuna had been all over his waist and abs, Rin didn't feel embarrassed at all.
On the contrary, Ichinose Honami's reaction seemed to be more intense than Rin's…
After all, it was Rin who had been touched on the waist by Asahina Nazuna, not her.
"Not enough!" Asahina protested, trying to reach out again. "Come on, junior! Rin's abs feel amazing—don't you want to touch them too?"
Asahina teased Ichinose, who turned an even deeper shade of red.
"No, no, no! This is too rude to Matsuoka-san!"
Despite her own curiosity to touch Rin's perfect abs as freely as Asahina Nazuna had just done, Ichinose's modesty and shyness held her back.
"Matsuoka-san, please put your shirt back on," she requested firmly. "The senior has already finished her inspection."
"Heh…alright, alright, put your shirt on, junior," Asahina conceded with a sigh, realizing that if she continued, the pink-haired junior would surely force her to back off.
Rin glanced at Ichinose, who was doing her best to keep Asahina at bay, and couldn't help but chuckle softly as he slipped back into his shirt.
The perfect figure disappeared beneath the white fabric, and both Asahina Nazuna and Ichinose Honami felt a sense of loss and emptiness in their hearts.
"So, senior, can I apply to join the swimming club now?" Rin asked Asahina Nazuna.
Asahina Nazuna's expression brightened, and with a beaming smile, she replied cheerfully, "Of course!"
Even though she could no longer see Rin's amazing abs at the moment, she knew that after he joined the swimming club, there would be plenty of opportunities to admire his flawless physique!
Ichinose also understood that with Rin joining the club, Asahina Nazuna would likely be fawning over his abs whenever possible. She spoke up, feeling a slight pang of jealousy.
"But, senior, didn't the vice president of the student council issue a rule prohibiting boys from joining the swimming club? Letting Matsuoka-san join would break the rules."
"Oh, it's fine," Asahina said nonchalantly. "I don't need to follow the rules Nagumo made, and he wouldn't dare challenge my decisions."
If it were another matter, Nagumo might not have objected to Asahina's decision.
But when it came to the topic of "Rin joining the swimming club," Nagumo would certainly do everything in his power to stop it!
Earlier, Rin had simply been chatting with Asahina Nazuna, and they had exchanged Line accounts. Yet the petty Nagumo took it personally, feeling as though he'd been slighted by Rin, and even brought a group of followers to confront him.
Now, with Rin planning to join the swimming club, Nagumo would likely feel infuriated, especially considering Asahina Nazuna would be wearing a bikini every day at practice. It was all but certain he'd put every effort into preventing Rin from joining the club!
Asahina then turned to Ichinose Honami with a smile. "Junior, why don't you join the swimming club too? That way, you'd get to see Matsuoka's physique every day."
"N-no, no, no!" Ichinose's flustered emotions, which had just started to calm down, immediately flared up again at Asahina's teasing. Her face turned a deep shade of red, and she waved her hands in a flurry of embarrassment.
"I… I already applied to join the student council, so I can't join another club!"