Lonely Boy Becomes Friends With The Popular Girl Who Needs His Skills | Manga Recaps

Okura kuichi was a 15-year-old who kept his otaku interests a secret after being teased in middle school he decided to hide his hobbies and blend in as a typical unremarkable high school student with glasses one day while browsing his phone he saw that new merchandise from a series he loved had just been released he couldn't wait to get home and give it a perfect paint job he was so absorbed in his phone that he didn't notice his Classmate narumi calling out to him it wasn't until now that he realized she had called him otaku Kun

narumi yua was the girl who sat diagonally behind him it had only been 2 weeks since the entrance ceremony so it was strange for her to label someone in otaku without even talking to them first kuichi tried to correct her explaining that just because his last name was otura didn't mean he was an otaku but narumi pointed out that he had been the one drawing a Picture of a girl during class today kuichi felt embarrassed to be caught doing something like that he regretted not considering the diagonal view even though he had been careful to

avoid being seen from the side or by the teacher at the podium he awkwardly explained that he assumed she would be too busy fiddling with her phone or sleeping to notice wanting to change the subject he asked if she needed something narumi grinned and showed off her nails Asking if they weren't totally crazy kuichi was confused not really understanding what she meant by totally crazy her nails were messy and smudged and he wasn't sure how to react he wondered if someone who casually called a stranger in otaku should really be calling something else totally crazy

despite the confusion he figured narumi didn't mean any harm by calling him an otaku still he couldn't make sense of her nail design It was just messy and weird to him he didn't want to say anything negative but also didn't want to lie so he replied that her nails had a very unique design to his surprise she agreed and explained that she was trying to recreate a design she saw on her phone but it didn't turn out as expected she moved closer to show him the nails she was trying to imitate while he was taken

aback by how close she got he was even more surprised by The Original Nails they sparkled and Shimmered as the angle changed narumi told him she had watched a few tutorial videos and tried to replicate the design herself but for some reason it came out completely different still she thought people might say hers looked good too so she planned to ask everyone what they thought kui then understood why she had approached him in the first place he was relieved he hadn't mentioned that her nails looked like a witch's brew as he tried to wrap up

their conversation Narumi noticed that he was good at drawing and asked if he could help her with her nails he attempted to explain that drawing and painting nails were two different skills but she persisted even begging him to help when she leaned in to plead he couldn't help but sneak a glance at her cleavage finding the view appealing pushing that aside he realized that painting plastic models with lacquer paint was one of his hobbies and nail polish was somewhat similar to Lacquer paint as narumi started to lose hope kuichi told her he would paint her

nails Overjoyed she squeezed his hands in excitement and praised him in return he asked her not to tell anyone that he drew pictures in class and she promised to keep his secret with that settled narumi began peeling off her nails at first kuichi was horrified thinking she was removing her actual nails but she quickly explained that she was just peeling off the fake ones it made sense To him that you could apply and remove them like that she then offered to send him the picture of the design she wanted so he wouldn't forget when she

asked for his social media accounts kuichi admitted he didn't use any fortunately he had a line account so they connected through that app kuichi was pretty excited even though two weeks had passed since school started he hadn't exchanged contact info with any classmates yet and now he had this girl's number when he Got home he sat down to do some research his first task was to remove the existing polish and residue from the fake nails he was shocked by the price of nail polish remover so he decided to try paint thinner instead he wet a

tissue with it and started rubbing off the Polish after 30 minutes he finally got them clean which took longer than expected he reminded himself that applying too many layers would make removal much harder next time now the Next step was to paint the nails with plastic paint but he realized that once he applied the paint it wouldn't be possible to peel it off he wondered if narumi was okay with that so he decided to text her to check directly he didn't seem to like the first text he wrote so he tried to make it sound

more friendly but that one made him sound really chummy and she might tell him not to act so familiar he was pretty indecisive about texting her and at this rate it Would take him all night he didn't even have any female friends let alone anyone who was a girl he had no idea how to talk to girls he started checking the mangas he read to see some kind of scene he could reference while he was flipping through the pages his phone started ringing it was naromi asking him if he was up she also sent him

a text that said she just got out of the bath with a cute selfie photo attached to it kuichi couldn't help but scream it was his First time getting a cute photo from a girl and his heart was about to explode he didn't know what to do and he needed to send a quick answer because she saw that he viewed the photo he immediately sent her a response saying that he was awake and asking if it would be all right if the paint never came off from the fake nails he felt like an idiot for

writing a boring reply narumi responded that it would be perfect if the paint would never come off knowing that she Was fine with it he told her that he would get started on it she asked how long it would take and he said that he hadn't figured that out yet he did have a dryer for plastic models there so it shouldn't take very long to dry them he responded to her that he could have it done tomorrow she started praising him again and sent him lots of cute stickers if she was getting this excited over

this he decided that he should get going on it right away he told her that he was Going to start now and he might be slow to reply he started working on the nails carefully while narumi was thinking about him the next day he went to school pretty sleepy because he was still up all night working on the nails he arrived at school earlier than usual expecting it to be nearly empty to his surprise he found found narumi in the classroom they were both taken aback by each other's early arrival when narumi commented on his

early presence he Casually mentioned that he had woken up early in reality he had woken up early to show narumi his new nails and she had also woke up early to see them while taking the nails out of his pocket he stated that he was kind of proud of how those turned out he showed her and asked how they looked narumi was taken aback by the nails because they were super cute she wanted to put them on immediately while narumi was looking for the double-sided nail tabs in his bag he Realized that seeing how happy

it was making her kuichi confirmed that the nail making was a success when she finally put them on she was so happy and asked his opinion he said that they were awesome indeed she wanted to take a photo to commemorate together by the window he didn't even realize how she took the photo in less than a second while she was choosing a filter to take more photos kuichi realized that she was so soft and thought he was going to die Narumi noticed that people were coming in now and showed them to him it was about

the time when most students arrived at school narumi's girlfriend from another class arrived and she wanted to go and say hi to her he told her to not mind him when she left kui felt sleepy again now that his tension was gone suddenly he got a text message from narumi it was the photo she took and she was telling him that he was really nice with that the secret Relationship between okura kuichi and narumi yua began from that moment but it was actually not that secret because narumi immediately told everyone that he made them for

her since that time kuichi had done the fake nails for her narumi and he had a few more chances to talk but she was the girl at the center of everyone attention and seeing as he was just a regular boy it wasn't like he could say they were especially close or so he thought one day narumi came to him And stated that there was something she wanted to ask him something dead serious she said that all day she had been waiting to find him by himself after school while blushing seeing her shy face he thought

she was going to make a love confession his heart started bouncing like crazy but all she wanted to do was show him the Magazine's hairstyles she wondered his opinion so he responded that they were pretty good he was acting like he was interested in Hairstyles because he had read on the internet that it was important to talk to girls the same way they talked she said that she had got a request she wanted to do her hair like this too so she wondered if he would like to help her kuichi was shocked but seeing her

blushed cheeks and shy face he couldn't help but promise to pour his heart in Soul into it he started to flip through the pages and found one that looked like the hairstyle of the heroin in this Season's top anime it was called half up narumi wasn't good at doing this thing called kururin PA which meant making a ponytail then splitting the top top in half and wrapping the tail through quei noticed that the model in this had her hair curled but she didn't curl hers she said that it was because her hair was fine even

if she curls it it goes back pretty fast and on top of that since it was bleached it breaks easily otura used to braid his sister's hair a long time Ago so he thought he might be able to do it somehow he thought there had to be some way to curl her long fine hair without damaging it narumi started to worry that they wouldn't be able to do it but he didn't give up and started searching on the internet he showed her something and suggested using that he wanted to buy one right now which surprised

her because she didn't expect him to do it today he said that they should strike while the Iron's hot Before they left the school narumi wanted to inform her other friend from another class that she was heading out first she told him to wait for her at the school's gate while otura was waiting narumi apologized to her friend Rico that she ended up making plans to go shopping with otaku Rico asked if she meant otura by saying otaku she said that that guy was a wuss and he totally seemed like an actual otaku she started

insulting him saying that he clashed With her so badly that it was gross coochie overheard everything she said and felt super awkward to have to walk out in front of them but if he doesn't go through there he can't get to the gate he couldn't stop himself from thinking about how she found him gross it made sense they would think of him like that as he was actually in otaku he started to think about the possibility that he might just be annoying to narumi if he was with her he decided that it Would be better

to get out of there first he started messaging her that something came up and he had to head home but he stopped when narumi told Rico that she was being weird she said that he didn't do anything wrong and there was no reason to call him gross out of nowhere Rico didn't expect her to defend otokura and started flinching she got embarrassed and ran away when their eyes met she glared at him with pure hate and left the school otura felt Pretty intimidated by being glared at by a girl he didn't know narumi started walking

away he realized that it would have been a lot easier for her to just talk it out with her female friends despite that she got angry for his sake even though he was someone who wasn't really that close to her at all it was obvious that he clashed with narumi when he pulled it together and went to the school gate narumi greeted him like nothing happened she wanted to get going As kuichi made his way to the spot narumi had found in the Metro he was really happy to see her acting like herself however that

didn't change the fact that she had fought with her friend because of him aware of this kuichi decided to make it his goal to be someone useful to narumi even narumi noticed his determination when they arrived narumi couldn't help but scream because she loved this wig shop ura's idea was to use extensions to make the Style work this way narumi's hair wouldn't be damaged and they could curl it he was super nervous about feeling out of place before they came in there but he felt super nervous about feelings out of place before they came in

there but he was calmer if he thought of it as a doll accessory store or the cosplay section at animate animate was a nationwide chain store featuring anime Goods in comics they found the hairline extensions and quickly found the ones That were the same as her color she picked the ones that were suitable for her hair but odakura stated that they weren't limited to that although it was true that using the same hair color wouldn't look bad he suggested they get creative with the extensions and pick something with color gradation she wouldn't normally be able

to have for example he picked pink hair and stated that by combining the color and hairstyle they could achieve a truly Splendid impression on the other hand by using white they could create a striking note while at the same time the entire impression was more relaxed furthermore the one that you picked out paired with the same hairstyle is just like that of the heroin in this season's top anime who had hair with various gradations of white although she was a Fearless young Warrior and so on narumi listened to his words pretty carefully and found it

hilarious how much he knew about this he Totally forgot he wasn't actually at animate and started geeking out she picked a few partial extensions that were also reasonable in price odakura said that they could even use the leftover money for add-ons they spent a long time picking out various types of things from the store and the next day everyone was shocked at how beautiful her hair was she was getting compliments after compliments for her hair as they walked together she was so happy that Everyone loved her hair going back to several hours earlier at the

Umi household she was freaking out because she couldn't even do her hair while looking at the magazine luckily otura thought this might happen so he got up at 5:00 a.m. he said that he was heading out soon so that they could meet at the classroom and he could help her he watched some videos on Kuru rinpa and managed to do it for her when he finished the hair she thanked him with All her heart because there was no way she could have done it herself otura mentioned that there were some tricky parts to it he

suspected it before but narumi was not great with her hands he said that her hairstyles always looked good on her but today he really thinks she was on fire she responded that he was no different she noticed it yesterday after school but he seemed taller she noticed that he had been standing up straighter she said that the Extra height looked good on him otura felt pretty embarrassed and could only smile politely he then stated that he was an otaku and kind of unaware of how he looked to others he had been deliberately acting humble because

he didn't fit in this stuff but maintaining that distance didn't feel right he said that when he looked at her he could feel like he could stand up straighter and walk taller so he thought he would try paying more attention to his posture but It was really hard he was genuinely exhausted as he wasn't used to she told him that his back was already rounded so he must hang in there a bit longer although ura's good posture didn't last long in the end the distance between them might still begin to close bit by bit in

the next scene otokura noticed the board that introduced the club activities he recalled his teacher informing them that joining a club was not compulsory but he thought if he Joined an art style Club he might be able to make some otaku friends that was a great idea since he had haven't made any friends since he entered school and the only person who ever talks to him is narumi but there was no way he could consider them as friends because she was a girl he told himself to distance himself from her but he could not change

his mentality so soon he told himself that he was just a useful classmate and he had only been allowed to walk by her Side while reminding himself repeatedly narumi called out for him she said that she had been looking for him and wanted him to come with her otokura had no choice but to follow her lead they cautiously peered through the door trying to stay unnoticed otokura whispered that they looked incredibly suspicious and asked if they had any business with class D narumi brushed off his concern telling him to focus on the girl standing in

front of the Lecter it Was the same girl who had argued with narumi when they went shopping for hair extensions her friend Rico as they watched a boy approached Rico and asked if she had seen the soccer match last night she mentioned that she had watched it with her younger brother and they began chatting about the game narumi quietly filled him in explaining that the boy's name was Yoshida and he was the most popular guy in class D as Yoshida was popular with both the girls And boys in the class one of his classmates teasingly

asked if that was why he hadn't replied to his text the group soon left the room eager to show off their soccer skills and Rico turned her attention back to her desk just then someone bumped into her causing her to drop her book it became clear that this girl was bullying Rico with a mocking tone she claimed that Rico was so small and cute that she hadn't noticed her Rico quietly ignored the taunt and bent Down to pick up her book The Girl irritated by Rico's silence accused her of being Rudee for ignoring her apology

she then warned Rico not to get ahead of herself and told her to back off both odakura and narumi were shocked by the girls Behavior narumi was fuming with anger especially since this bullying was happening when the boys weren't around to witness it she explained that if she asked Rico about the situation Rico would just deny it and insist that Narumi not worry about her with that in mind narumi told odakura she wanted him to come to her house before school the next day as they grabbed a drink narumi explained her plan tomorrow morning she

would invite Rico over and wanted okura to give Rico a makeover just like he had done for her holding the bribery juice in his hands okura was more confused than ever he pointed out that even if they gave Rico a makeover there was no guarantee it would stop the bullying Narumi anticipated his concern and explained that while she didn't fully understand it some people judge others solely based on their appearance that's why a makeover could be a powerful tool a weapon of sorts still she added she believes people should dress however they want whether it's

flashy or not narum explained that if a little makeover could save Rico from negative thoughts she wanted to help in any way she could she couldn't stand by and Watch her friend being bullied and assured otura that she had a plan with that she asked him to meet her at her house the next day otokura understood most of what she was saying but he still wondered if he really needed to be there he knew that if he tried to handle things on his own he'd likely fail to be honest he didn't have the best impression

of Rico due to her attitude but he couldn't help but remember how he had been treated similarly to Rico in Middle school he often wished someone would have stepped in to help him hearing narumi say that she couldn't just stand by and watch her friend be bullied left a strong impression on him he realized that if he'd had someone like narumi back then someone who would stand up for him things might have been different for some reason looking at her made him feel as though his past self was being rescued too that's why he decided

he was okay with helping her he Didn't know what she planned but if she said so he would do his best to help out with Rico's image change narumi seemed pretty happy with his dedication the next morning at narumi's house Rico was Furious to see otura there narumi quickly explained that she had invited him but Rico was more concerned about why he was there so early at 6:00 a.m. no less and where narumi's parents were narumi casually mentioned that her parents were on a business trip as they Had been traveling a lot lately Rico started

to panic thinking they had spent the whole night together they quickly corrected her misunderstanding and narumi added that they had been discussing her hair in the DMS and that otura was there to help with it Rico wasn't pleased and decided to leave but narumi stopped her insisting that otokura had done her hair that morning and it turned out amazing Rico however wasn't convinced she argued that just Because he fixed narumi's hair didn't mean he should mess with hers Rico's point was so valid that otura had no response but with narumi's persistence Rico reluctantly agreed to

stay she sat down warning otura that she wouldn't forgive him if he tried anything weird as narumi handed otokura a mirror to help him Rico guessed that narumi was likely worried about kanayama and just wanted some distraction seeing how cute 's hair looked today Rico figured that If if it was just about having her hair styled she could go along with it ura's hair iron was pretty small and he explained that it was meant for dolls realizing this would take forever Rico offered to lend him her own Iron then to the girl's surprise odakura asked

if he could borrow some makeup both girls stared at him as if he were an alien narumi asked if he was planning to do makeup and admitted she wasn't sure he could pull it off odakura explained that When she mentioned an image change he assumed makeup might be involved so he had studied some makeup tutorials when he got home the previous night narumi was thrilled and impressed by ura's dedication eagerly suggesting that they do make up too as she showered him with praise Rico couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy she wondered if it was

really a good idea to trust her entire image to change to someone who was still just an amateur and a bit clumsy first things First odakura suggested starting by making Rico's hair straight he asked politely to lend him her hair clip and the hair straightening process started Rico pretended to understand it because narumi was there but she was wondering if this guy was really able to do hair and makeup if he makes it a weird hairstyle he would beat the crap out of him before using the hair iron he asked her to tell him if

it got too hot Rico then realized that if he made a mistake In doing her hair she would get burned too it can't be helped so she decided to hold back for a little bit and she started to feel sleepy because of how early she woke up she realized that she was going to fall asleep because the iron was so warm when they woke her up all her hair was straight including her curtain bangs she started freaking out because she didn't expect herself to change this much narumi agreed and mentioned that Ura was amazing he

was Pretty good at blocking and using the clips he stated that he only used to do it because he needed the doll wigs he was even a little worried since Rico was swaying back and forth but it was good that she wasn't making any Fierce movements Rico realized that this guy had serious marriage skills odakura informed Rico that since she had woken up now they could do her makeup before finishing her hair they prepared the makeup stuff and what they were using Were gold colored eye color bases and those peach pink colored eyeshadows n roomi

said that pink was cute but it was a precious image change for her so she suggested making her into a powerful woman with makeup he was quite confused so she explained that they could make her eyebrows super thick and put in some color contacts and red lipstick she showed an example for them to understand better but odakura wondered what Rico thought she said that she wouldn't want To go to school with that much makeup she decided to leave it to odakura since he had watched lots of videos and prepared himself for her she could just

leave the choice of makeup to him because she wanted him to make her transform neither narumi nor otokura was expecting this kind of cooperation from her so they were pretty happy odakura held her chin and looked at her face he said that since she was so cute he thought about making her eyes a little Droopy and making her lips a bit sharper too the thing she was freaked out was that he called her cute so casually narumi had an idea and suggested changing her clothing style while they were at it too she started taking her

clothes off without caring that there was a guy right next to them Rico yelled at odakura that if he looked at her she would kill him he said that he wasn't looking but he was in fact peeking behind his fingers After a while they were done with makeup and narumi suggested clipping her hair in ura's opinion even covered bangs were good in their own way the alarm for the school rang and it was time for them to go narumi told Rico that she was a different person today so she should have faith in herself now

it was time to prank her whole class when they entered the school everyone was shocked at how the girl who always had a head was so different now they started questioning If she had always been that cute Yoshida was among those who had a hard time recognizing her he stated that she looked so good the other girls praised her eyes and said she looked like a doll the reason why her hair looked like a doll was because of ura's doll Hobby and since Rico's hair fit perfectly it ended up going very well Rico mentioned that

dressing up like this was so cold because her outfit was not something she would wear in April he said that she Would warm up if she moved and suggested playing soccer proving that his mind was always on soccer kanyama came and started bad mouthing Rico again calling her a brat and claiming that she was getting ballsy since she was surrounded by Boys narumi had enough of her and grabbed her to the hall she pushed her to the door and scared the hell out of her she told her that she could hear her and told her

to stop bullying Rico kanayama acted like she was clueless as To what she was saying but narumi told her that she didn't need to play the confused card she knew that kanayama was after Yoshida and didn't want Rico to interrupt her kanayama was shocked and asked how she knew about that meanwhile AR otaku was worriedly watching the first girl fight he had ever witnessed when kanayama claimed that this had nothing to do with narumi she responded that it had something to do with her because Rico was her friend while Glaring at each other with hate

and anger kanayama was freaking out on the inside because narumi was a popular girl that no one could beat and making her her enemy wouldn't be good for her she said that she wouldn't mess with Rico and went to class when she left narumi realized that she won she was relieved a lot and thanked otura otura wanted to ask something to her he wondered if there was any need for Rico's transformation plan since in the end she Ended up with the bullying problem and it would have been faster to just call them out from the

start narumi explained that there was absolutely a to do that because Rico's Consciousness changed along with her looks she made him watch Rico and it was obvious that Rico had become friendly with everyone in the class she reminded him that image changes were a weapon and that the most important thing was to have faith in yourself on this day Rico found the Light in her life once more but if there was something else everyone should know that Yoshida liked the eye- covered bangs and her previous look after school otura immediately wanted to go home because

he was too tired that was a very long day for him because he spent his entire morning at narumi's house doing makeup he remembered how cool narumi was the morning but that manliness was just like that manga's heroin like the part where She keeps her friend precious and her looks from behind were similar too he noticed the club Activity Board again and decided to learn from narumi's positivity while changing his shoes Rico came he was pretty surprised to see her and asked if she needed something she wanted him to stop calling her with her last

name and wanted to be called Rico besides that she thanked him for today he thought of a lot of things to get those guys out of her hair she said that She only did it because she wanted to so he didn't need to worry about it otokura thought he could actually use that experience for the doll works as well when she didn't end the conversation otokura asked if she had something on her mind she said that when he wasn't around she said that he was gross and got scolded by narumi she said something like that

without knowing about him and she said that it was her bad and apologized for that otura was shocked That she was bowing and sincerely apologizing for something that she thought he didn't even hear in otaku's head he was thinking that Rico was apologizing like his younger sister from a while ago and because of that faue my thoughts weren't moving too well so that's why his hand just moved on its own and patted her head telling her that it was okay he was a little shocked then but she went out of her way to apologize and

she was so serious but when Rico Looked at his face with a shocked impression he realized that he was patting a girl's head like it was nothing he immediately apologized and explained that she was acting like his younger sister and her head was just in the perfect position while he was begging her to not sue him she told him to not do it while in front of other people with the reddest face she said if he ever petted her head in front of narumi she wouldn't forgive him that was All she wanted to say and

she left there she said it as if he would pet her as long as it wasn't in front of anyone else but he thought it was just him looking into it too much and wondered if he put on a blush when he did her makeup because her face was so red a few days later narumi called otokura in the cafe shop there was a long line so they started chatting she asked if he comes to caf's often and he responded that this was his first time coming to fter Books the other people were surprised that

a girl was being nice to an otaku suddenly narumi needed to go to the bathroom and wanted him to hold her bag when she left otaku explained to the guy behind him that his friend had gone to the bathroom and the man was pretty understanding towards him he said that he saw him as a man who understood gals after that narumi came and they got their coffees she said that she was really close to peeing herself she said That she was wondering what she should do if her turn came up even though he wasn't here

and fter Buck's orders seemed hard to say they were like an incantation and were a little too hard for her that aside the drink she ordered was amazing she explained that the newly released frappe was popular on social media so she really wanted to try it out she suggested that he should buy one too but he said that he was content with just a coffee he could buy a manga and Still have change left over from the same money to buy that fra n roomi must have a generous allowance he thought he then wondered what

she wanted to talk about she said that it was about Rico the other day narumi looked like she enjoyed talking with him she told him about how Rico got more female friends after that how she wanted him to make new fingernails for her and how she wanted to design some new hair for her again just like that she was able to Talk to her without any effort at all his body felt so ticklish and Fluffy from it it was the most amount of time he had ever spent like that she then asked her if there

was a way to easily lose fat otaku was shocked so he couldn't really respond she explained that it wasn't because he had gotten fat or anything but it was getting warm recently and she would be showing more skin too it was pretty ironic that she was asking this while holding a drink That was high in calories tall in size and had extra chocolate syrup she said that before summer actually comes comes she was thinking of squeezing her fat a little before that he had no idea what on Earth she was talking about she continued to

say that she had been trying not to eat sweet things recently too even though she was holding one right now odakura cleared his throat and asked her if she knew how many calories were in that frappy it was pretty Obvious that she was clueless otokura wasn't sure if he was allowed to say this but he continued to explain to her that that single cup of frappe had about the same amount of calories as a bowl of ramen she was shocked to hear that because in her mind it was just a drink she couldn't understand how

that worked and thought Ramen could be as full of calories as he thought odakura stated that she was straying away from reality he explained that it just meant that the Frappe had a high calorie and high sugar rate and now she didn't want to drink all of it anymore but leaving it behind was a waste she tried to hand it to him and wanted him to drink it he felt nervous because this would be an indirect kiss and he had no guts to ask that on the other hand if he resists too much he might

end up hurting her he gratefully took the frappe and started drinking it while he was drinking her face got red and she said it was an Indirect kiss but she said it so quietly that he couldn't hear her he thought narumi wanted more and asked if she would like some if they split it between the two of them the calories would be lessened she decided to just have one sip of it and started sucking the straw she said it was delicious and he agreed with her even though he was so nervous that he didn't even

taste it at all in the next scene a month has flown by since otokura kuichi started high school And he finally got a break the golden week was here and his plan was to catch up on all the anime he had missed read some manga play some games and build some models he also had to take care of his dolls as he was trying to figure out what to do first his phone buzzed and he had a new message it was narumi asking if Rico and Ura were free for a shopping date since it was

already may she wanted to see the new spring and summer outfits Rico was surprised by this sudden Invitation from narumi Rico thought it wouldn't be bad to look for some new adult-like clothes so she said she could come and asked if otokura was free odakura felt nervous when he saw that Rico was coming he then started to consider shopping costs money and he didn't really care too much about fashion so he kind of wanted to turn it down but when Rico said okura needed clothes to hide his otaku nature he got mad and told her

that he had normal Clothes too narumi wanted to see how he dressed casually so she wanted a picture he decided to prove that he could wear a casual outfit and ended up putting on a good suit thinking that today was the only time he could go so far he was confident about his outfit which included an unknown source of fake black leather pants and a cheap silver accessory with a mysterious safety pin on a black shirt and a black jacket unlike what he thought he looked very Much like a otaku narumi said that it was

his fashion so he could wear whatever he wanted but if he didn't want to be seen as a otaku she would say it was a bad fit Rico told him to come tomorrow after he let his sister pick out his clothes for him the next day he got dissed by his younger sister and she decided that the most casual clothes he had was his uniform he didn't feel like he was on holiday with those clothes and felt pretty bad finally Rico and narumi Arrived without making him wait so long he almost went blind by how

bright they were there was such a level difference between them and and him who didn't even have clothes to go shopping narumi purposefully didn't ask about the uniform because she sensed something and immediately suggested starting with buying him some clothes as they started walking around in the mall he asked how his budget was looking he brought 10,000 yen to start it off which was quite a Lot she always thought that otakus bought so much stuff that they wouldn't have that much spending money his funds for today came from his sold models when he told them

this narumi was shocked and asked if he was in a bad spot he explained that he buys new models often and builds them and once he gains enough satisfaction with them he sells them and uses that money to buy more models he mentioned that it depends on what it is but they usually sell for a fine bit of Money this was a world that narumi was a stranger to Rico said that if he didn't buy something too fashionable 10,000 would be plenty he didn't plan on buying something like that and just wanted to buy normal

clothes now that she knew the budget and what he wanted narumi suggested a shop named Oro otura was so excited because he knew about this store they collaborated with one of the anime he watched they went in inside and started looking around at the clothes of Course they refused to buy anything that otura found interesting narumi noticed the spring vest that the mannequin was wearing and thought it would match him Rico said it would make him look like a nerd so she suggested a half oversized crew neck knitted shirt and since he had a lot

of black clothes if they chose a bright pair of pants he might be able to do some arranging and since it was okura they knew he should be able to do something during the fall too he was Shocked that they were deciding everything at lightning speed in the end they created an outfit that con contained an oversized shirt a cardigan wide pants and sandals odakura liked this fit because even though the colors were plain it looked so fashionable Rico suggested buying the whole outfit and narumi agreed with her he agreed with them and said that

he was going to wear this as much as he could this year he did go over his budget a little but that Happens now it was time to choose the girl's clothes there were so many new releases so narumi didn't know how she was going to decide otura agreed that there were quite a lot of cute ones there Rico had an idea and suggested otura choose their clothes this time that sounded fun to narumi Rico was sure otokura wouldn't know his way around girls clothes and she would tease him when he brought weird clothes otokura

started looking around and picking Clothes for the girls 5 minutes later he returned with the clothes and started explaining what he chose he said that Rico wanted adult-like clothes today so he brought wearing something a bit revealing and chose small things that were adult-like Rico didn't expect him to give quite solid advice but she said that there was no way those would look good on her narumi objected that she should wear these kinds of things otura mentioned that on the other hand narumi Was revealing too much since she had clear white and long hair he

suggested wearing something less revealing immediately he went to pick something out for her narumi ended up taking all the clothes he picked for her she wondered if Ur liked those neat types of clothes more while changing meanwhile Ric was a bit uncomfortable with changing her clothes so close to a boy okura called out for them from the other side of the curtain they were both ready And came out of the cabin narumi was wearing a modest dress with a flower design which made her look like a rich princess Rico came out and asked his opinion

on the fit she looked pretty good with her baby face with an adult-like style while Ura was clapping his hands for them and complimenting they also noticed that both looked pretty good even though ura's Male clothing sense was so bad he was so good at choosing female clothing there was a Reason behind this otaku always chooses female avatars when he plays internet games and is quite particular about the equipment recently he played social games and visual novels that's why he could find good coordination for girls clothes only he was having so much fun looking at

girls clothing he wondered if they could have another look around the store because it might help him personally in the future Rico realized that odakura might have more interest in Girls clothing than her when they finished shopping Rico noticed that it was only three so she asked what they wanted to do now she said that they could just wander around but they had quite a lot on hand Rico suggested looking for somewhere to sit narumi then had an idea and she wanted to go to karaoke Rico was fine with karaoke but she wasn't sure about

ura's opinion but surprisingly he was fine with it too while narumi was putting a reservation In Rico expressed her surprise to odakura he explained that lately anime songs had been in the hit chart so he would choose songs that they probably knew Rico was not expecting too much from him anyway so he could take it easy however he definitely surprised both of them with his performance he was really good at singing and was confident when he finished his song he reached the highest score today Rico's highest point was 95 and narumi's was 94 while odakura

Got 99 odakura was was able to let out a female voice as well being one who had a dionic class voice meaning that he could sing a duet on his own too he was surprised because his sister acted grossed out when he sang at home but here he could sing as much as he wanted he wanted to do his best singing the female part too but before that part Rico wanted to join him because she knew the song judging by his reaction Rico thought he was unsatisfied eventually They started singing together and okura realized that

it was fun when they sang together narumi was cheering them both as they finished as they put all their efforts together to sing the song Perfectly they were pretty thirsty and drank everything that was on the table narumi decided to go refill the beverages while they received their points for the duet it was a full score they were totally taken aback by this result and clapped their hands with Thrill Rico wanted to take a picture before it disappeared to show narumi too as oturu took lots of pictures Rico glanced at him he noticed her face

and asked if something was wrong she asked if she got a good score and he confirmed her she then asked if he had to do something she then bowed her head otura was puzzled at first but then realized that she could be telling him to Pat her head at this moment otura remembered a time when a wild kitten got attached to Him with the hope of her not getting angry he gently petted her head while petting them Rico reminded him to not do that in front of narumi otura didn't know when the appropriate time was

to stop petting her head he wondered if he was meant to continue petting her until she told him to stop thankfully Rico told him to stop when the door opened and narumi came with the drinks even though they w weren't doing anything they still panicked and didn't know what To do at first before she questioned them they showed her the pictures they had taken narumi wasn't really suspicious of them but she still noticed Rico's face because it was so red she asked if she was okay and Rico tried to explain that it was because she

was holding it in and excused herself to go to the washroom when she slammed the door otura thanked narumi for the drinks and asked if she would like to have a duet as well but narumi had different Plans because she asked if he was petting Rico's head just then as he froze there like a statue narumi giggled she got a full view from the other side of the door before she entered the room she said that she knew what was going on and he wanted to pet Rico's hand as he couldn't find anything better to

say otura said he would pet her head as well if she wanted to he was puzzled as to why she was questioning him like that hearing his response narumi leaned on Him and wanted him to pet her too he couldn't believe he was about to pet her head but then realized that the position they were in was pretty uncomfortable for a head pet because he would have to bring his arm around her back besides if narumi didn't get away from him he would get seen petting her by Rico and he would have to explain that

narumi saw him petting her head and then their little secret would come out and Rico would get angry this was worse than hell For otura he couldn't afford to bring down the mood after such a fun day today so he decided to do exactly what narumi wanted him to do he brought his arm around her neck and started petting her head while doing that narumi stated that it was a bit harsh that he called Rico Rico while calling her narumi he explained that it was because Rico wanted him to call her that she said that

she wanted him to call her yua from now on and he agreed with with her Seeing him so nervous like that yua couldn't help but burst into laughter she then promised to keep it a secret that she saw him petting Rico's head due to his expression she responded to his question earlier that she did want to sing a duet too since she got her head pet UA's mood went high it was his first time being petted by a boy so she was a bit happy but the real reason for her happiness was because it was

odakura who petted her but she didn't know that yet Furthermore the trio kept going extension after extension and thanks to that from the first day of the golden week their throats were gone from singing so much coming up to the second half of the golden week the three otokura yua and Rico were enjoying the summer a step early by going to pools yesterday Rico texted the group chat that she got three free tickets for a heated pool tomorrow and asked them if they would like to go thanks to her they Were all enjoying the pool

yua didn't forget to thank her parents too R was glad that they were able to come because she thought yua would be the period where she would be crying over her homework yua didn't even know if they had any homework she then wondered why Aura was taking so long to get ready Rico suggested going towards the changing room suddenly two outgoing college students came and asked if they could come together they said that they Were looking for something to do as well yua responded that they were not free and they were not sisters Rico corrected

them that they were in the same year one of them realized that if they were the same year it would mean that the ladylike blonde was a middle schooler with good growth but the other one told him that they were high schoolers yua had enough and told them that they were waiting for someone but he asked if it could be another girl that they were Waiting for and if it was they could invite her and hang out together yua was about to reject them but when she turned her back she saw okura as he was

waving at them and apologizing for making them wait so long they were taken aback by his Fit Body they couldn't understand what was wrong with those muscles because they were way too much he was explaining that it took a while to put on contact lenses for the first time but all they could focus on was her muscles He noticed the guys next to them and asked if they were friends the guys were so intimidated by his body that they said they were just passing by and left there in a hurry he was pretty confused and

asked who they were and Rico simply explained that they were just hitting on them and there was nothing to worry about but besides that Rico asked what was with his muscles he explained that there was a quite popular training anime a little bit ago and he got so absorbed Into it that he started training at home and drank collaboration proteins so he ended up looking like this yua mentioned that he was skilled good at singing and had a hidden Macho which was not normal she then asked if she could touch his muscles he let her

touch his chest and when she did his muscles moved she found it amazing that his muscles were twitching as she touched them otura told Rico to try holding on to his arms and when she did he easily lifted her and Started spinning the little kids who saw them wanted their dads to spin them too but they were too out of shape to do that yua wanted to join them too but akakura told her that she was too high for this she seemed pretty upset about it but there seemed to be nothing to do Rico asked

if he could walk like this and he started walking yua thought this was just favoring Rico and then had an idea she told told him to squat down a little when he bent over she got on his Back and asked him to carry her too panicking odakura was going to mention that her chest was right on his back but seeing her face he realized that she knew exactly what she was doing he decided to play along and grabbed Rico too everyone was shocked once again that he could carry both girls like it was nothing after

this strength show they went inside the water and went far away they had also come to quite the deep end so they asked if Rico was okay because Of her height but she told them not to underestimate her she wanted to say that she could still touched the ground but she was barely touching it she regretted not bringing us floaties with her but odakura was willing to go get it he asked where it was and she said that it was tied up next to the parasol they thanked him and he started walking to get the

floaty he quickly found it and went back to the pool he realized that yua and Rico were getting hit on earlier And he left them on their own it might be safer with him near them so he needed to get back quickly but a woman stopped him he turned back and asked if there was something and the woman who stopped him asked if she could touch his muscles even though it was a weird request otura was shocked and wasn't sure if she was talking with him he asked if she meant him and she confirmed him

she said that she was very interested in boyish Macho muscles quite a lot he thought she was Asking this because his muscles were rare and didn't even begin to think that he was being hit on she thought he was rejecting her but he said that he needed to head back when she insisted that she was going to touch it just a little bit he seemed pretty indecisive luckily yua and Rico came and they both hugged his arms asking if she was his friend Rico cleared her throat and told the woman that he was theirs she

asked her to go away the woman giggled and said that he Was so friendly and cute but she didn't insist on anything and excused herself when she left the girls had a quick jealousy attack odakura explained that she wasn't a strange person she was just intrigued by his muscles and asked if she could touch them yua and Rico both realized that he was so stupid to not realize that he was being hit on and started dragging him to the pool they both thought leaving akakura on his own at the pool was too dangerous despite The

danger of them being hit on themselves in the next the golden week ended in another challenge for the students arrived the midterm exams yua came to otura and begged him to help her study seeing her beg like that he asked if she was that much in need of help he wondered if her marks were so bad on the pop quiz they had today when she showed her marks he was shocked otura was confused because since she was able to get into their high school he thought She would have been able to study quite well that

was right yua was not dumb in middle school she had passed all her tests with flying colors the reason why she was doing badly with studying now was because because of odakura as long as she had time she would get treated by odakura and she experimented a lot with her hair and nails as she Scrolls through Twitter through the night she often sleeps through her classes and with that her grades suddenly drop she Said that their school was quite easy on how they dress and their hair as long as their grades weren't terrible that was

the reason why she chose this school but if she failed the midterm tests she would have to change her hair and her skirt length which was a nightmare for her okura mentioned that even if he taught her he wasn't great at studying either she said that she was way better than her failing she continued to beg him so he had to accept helping her yua Got so emotional and hugged him very tightly for not abandoning her odakura warned her that there were still people in the classroom and they were looking at them the guys were

pretty jealous of odakura for being hugged by yua Rico came and saw them like that they explained the situation to her and she agreed that yua needed to study yua was thinking of going to the library but Rico said that it was jam-packed they can't chat in the library so she Suggested doing it at home yua suggested going to her house and he was okay with that Rico was impressed that she invited him like it was nothing and he was going with her like it was nothing too yua invited Rico too and she agreed to

go with them as long as they didn't act lovey-dovey in front of her with that being said the after school study session began although it began UA's studying ability was very grave Ura couldn't keep up with this only on Weekdays so they decided to come back there on the weekends and teach her everything in large amounts and here they were on a Saturday at narumi household doorway she rang the bell and yua and Rico welcomed him Rico noticed that odakura had quite a load today he said that it was his secret weapon for the day

when he checked the test she took he noticed that she was getting most of the answers right it was the basics of Basics so it wasn't that Important yua gave up on the basics and wanted them to teach her the bare minimum and she was fine as long as she didn't get failing grades for 3 years otokura responded that they cannot do that since it was already late he was teaching her everything in one go if she forgets everything he teaches her she will fail from the next time onwards and if that keeps on happening

she will repeat a year yua did not want to repeat a year and graduate properly Rico told Her not to worry because even if they were in different grades she would still stay as her friend they triggered her by saying that she could call them Senpai after the teasing ceremony ended they spent their day studying and eating instant Ramen until yua had enough and her body started cracking so much otura decided to take a break and took out the secret weapon he brought he explained that it was good to have sugar when you use your

head a lot so he thought of Those for a snack they were Macedonia an Italian traditional fruit punch the girls seemed pretty interested in this desert when they asked if he bought it from somewhere he responded that he made it himself aanga he liked had the recipe so he tried to copy it and made some however all he did was cut up some fruits and put some jelly inside his younger sister liked it a lot so he thought it would taste good he gave them spoons and let them taste them they both Loved how it

tasted and praised odakura Rico noticed that he wasn't eating and he said that he had a taste when he was making it so he was fine the truth was he only had two jars so he couldn't make enough Rico didn't accept this and told him to open her mouth he was shocked but when she told him that it would be hard for them to enjoy it if he was the only one who didn't eat it he had to open his mouth and let her feed him yua who was watching them with a shocked face Stopped

them because that was an indirect kiss Rico told her that they were not grade schoolers anymore and not worried about something like that yua didn't say anything back so she decided to feed him too otura froze for a moment so she thought he didn't like that she already ate some and was about to cry he eventually opened his mouth and let her feed him and thanked her afterward Rico watched them blush and wondered if yua was embarrassed because of an indirect Kiss but she was always flaunting her chest and legs so there was no way

she would be embarrassed over something like that she decided to stop overthinking it and continued eating her dessert in silence otura decided that it was time to go back to studying just like that with the help of otura and Rico yua successfully passed the test the following week and the reason why she was able to focus so well was because she wanted to distract herself from the Indirect kiss however that was a secret that yua would keep Forever on a certain day in May okura asked yua if she was free this Saturday she eagerly responded

that she wasn't doing anything and asked what they were going to do she thought she was rewarded for not failing the midterm test but he asked her to study over at his place to confirm what she had just heard she asked if they would study even though the study period was over otura responded that this time she Got lucky with what they taught her but they needed to study all the basics again for the next tests when she said she might not be free on Saturday after all he told her that he was not going

to help her with her term-end exams and asked if she was okay with that yua had to agree to study and asked if it wasn't a bother for his parents he said that his parents were on vacation and his younger sister was sleeping over at her friend's house so there was nothing to Worry about the classmates who overheard him inviting yua were shocked when they settled everything otokura stood up to go home yua remember that he started Club activities and asked what club he joined he said that it was the second literature Club otura decided

to imitate 's forward personality and decided to join a club just the day before he first went up to the literature Club room however the director of the literature Club informed him that they mainly focus On Club activities about poetry and novels instead of anime anime and stuff should be in the manga research Club but they get a lot of new club member applications so they already closed new applications already and there was also the second literature club which was a little more Niche she didn't know if they were doing anything this year it was

a small Club where all the main club members graduated she heard from a rumor that it was still continuing with two First years from last year yo was pretty surprised to hear that he joined that mysterious club with no first years he said that the people were quite Niche but they had the same interests after odakura left the class yua had an idea and she started looking for the second literature Club room when she found it she wasn't really sure if she was at the right place because it sort of looked like a store room

he opened the door and asked if anyone was there there were two Guys in the room and they started panicking because they thought she might have misunderstood them they were calling each other other brother and tried to rationalize that it was their club's activities to look at some shady pictures yua froze and tried to understand what kind of Club this was they finally asked her what she needed from them and she said that she came here to ask about otaku they of course didn't understand that she was talking About otura and started freaking out about

a blond-haired gal calling them otaku and wanting to see them she tried to explain that she didn't mean it like that and since it was so confusing she told them to tell her their names the chubby one was choam and the other one was engin because apparently his engines were at full power even though they were not related by blood they were calling each other brothers Chom said that she may have noticed their unique way of Speaking which was a respectful 2000s Akihabara culture that should be loved it was called Y2K and they thought gals

would be into it too but UA didn't care about it at all she never thought it would be this strange she asked if there was a club member named otura choam responded that he was indeed enrolled although he had requested not to come today yua said that she just wanted to talk to them about Aura and asked if she could ask them some questions they Agreed to listen to what she was going to say in the next scene it was Saturday and Ura cleaned everything in the bathroom he had checked over and over again that

there was nothing strange on the floor and hidden everything that might be weird if she saw it he looked around and didn't see anything that he missed but this didn't help him with his worries he knew it was too late to be thinking this but inviting a girl over when no one else was home was Unthinkable there was no way an otaku like him could even be in the sights of yua but today was a study session so all they were going to do was study the doorbell rang and he went down so fast that

he almost fell he welcomed yua and noticed that she was holding a suitcase he thought this was quite a lot of luggage and wondered if she was planning on staying over yua stated that she wanted to get changed he was shocked that she was planning to do that here She confirmed him and started pushing him outside she told him not to worry and she would call him back when she was ready when she closed the door otokura started wondering what was happening because he thought girls get changed as soon as they get to someone's house

although he was wondering what she was getting changed changed into while wondering yua opened the door and told him to come back in when he entered the house he did not expect her to wear a Maid dress and welcome him by using the word master otokura was shocked but he had no idea what she was trying to aim at yua thought he would get it as she was wearing a maid's clothes but he said that he got that it was a maid but the reason why he didn't get it was because he didn't know why

she was wearing them when he asked who told her to dress up like that she responded that it was chob bom and engine she asked them how she could thank him for helping her study And they said a maid would be the best option and even lent her those clothes odakura had so many questions like when she asked them why they had made clothes she said that she wanted to thank him and to do that she was going to service him today she also added that Cham and engine showed her lots of images to understand

what a maid should do odakura was shocked and just hoped that they showed her the safe ones he realized that yua was way too on board and that He could not stop her he decided to request something simple and end this pretend maid thing he asked if she could give him a shoulder massage when they finished studying she agreed to do that right away but he reminded her that he said when they finished studying moving to the next Monday okura was scolding engin and choam apparently they didn't think that she would go with what they

had said to her while choam was trying to calm him down Engen realized that he Was in the same room as yua they began to force him to tell them what happened because they were sure something definitely happened when otokura told them that nothing happened and there wasn't anything he recalled the moment when she said his shoulders were quite stiff while massaging him she asked if he had worked a lot recently since he was hunched she leaned on him and told him that she was going to make sure to give him a thorough massage thinking

About that made him blush and he had to admit that something had happened all the things aside the maid clothes that the two prepared were slightly enjoyed by okura in the next scene yua asked odakura if his group for the Excursion had been decided yesterday in The Home Room they had to make groups of five or six boys and girls it is quite a high hurdle to jump for an introvert like him Yu was wondering what happened and he explained that otuka invited him so he Was in a group with three boys right now she

also invited her friends so she suggested joining their groups together and it sounded like a good idea to otokura he decided to check with otsuka if they could meet up with her group the season turns to June for the Autumn flowers high schoolers it was the first out of school study session it was a season for excursions when they were gathered U said that their class didn't have anything to do after looking at the Local castle ruins it was 11:00 a.m. and in front of the castle ruins Park atsuka said even though they said it

was just free time after they looked here everything was way too easy going and wondering what high schoolers were doing taking an Excursion in their Hometown the other members tried to stop him from saying stuff like that they haven't done much but other classes have gone quite far and the castle ruins course had the shopping district close by so Rico and Class F said they went to some factories he showed him a photo of them and aluka seemed calmer a member named Kanda told otura they were thinking about going to the game center and asked

what he was going to do he said that he planned on going shopping with yua and and yua said she was borrowing otokura while walking the boys commented that going shopping with Yuan narumi was amazing and Not only was it narumi but the Morata sisters were also with her today Meanwhile otura asked the Morata sisters if it was okay if he was with them the girls were completely fine and were pleased to meet odakura the older one was named Canan Morata and the younger one was Shion those twin girls were sisters who stood out and

they were us friends Class B was also assigned castle ruins so they grouped up immediately Shion mentioned that they were fine with anything but wondered if he was okay Canon also wondered if it wasn't boring For him to shop with girls yua immediately explained to them that having odakura was a must because he had a great sense of picking things out for girls she showed her nails and hair and told them that Atara was the one who chose her nails and did her hair for the day Canon said that this was perfect because they were

going to see some extension and told okura to keep an eye out for them Ura mentioned that by going straight into the shopping district they Would find the store he went to with UA last time seeing him talking to them like that yua realize that this was the perfect chance to show the marata sisters how amazing otura was she couldn't even hide her grin because she was so excited when they arrived at The Hair Shop yua was still thinking about odakura he might be a bit self-conscious at first but if they all stayed together she

was sure he would get used to it meanwhile Canon asked otokura why one Was cheaper even though they were the same color he explained to them that it was because of the quality of the hair the ones that said they could withstand higher temperatures for hair irons were a bit more expensive when they asked if they should buy the expensive ones he told them that that wasn't always the case he said that if they don't want to change the forms they should buy the cheaper ones yua listened to them carefully and realized that otokura was

Getting used to talking to girls she couldn't imagine him talking friendly with girls but she always saw him on his guard in the classroom unless he was talking to her she wondered if okura gained immunity to flashy girls because of her she wasn't wrong thanks to UA's efforts odakura had become less scared of girls and he thought if they were U's friends they wouldn't be bad girls and was able to speak quite smoothly with morata's sisters so this situation was Pretty much entirely UA's fault however y was a bit jealous she was the one not

out of the loop and this was not a good thing she called okura over and told him that she wanted to see some accessories after this otokura was puzzled because during the public holiday in May he thought she bought lots of clothes and accessories he then had an idea and thought he figured it out he thought she was trying to make a situation to make them even friendlier because she saw how Well he treated the two he said okay and promised to make sure to exceed her expectations moving to the next store didn't change anything

because he was still surrounded by the marata sisters again okura found very cute piercings and said that the older sister should have gold and the younger one would look better with silver they also felt like it matched their skin tone as well they complimented otura as he was looking over their personal colors too meanwhile Yua was frowning Shion noticed her face and whispered to her sister to look at her it was clear that she was in a bad mood because she wasn't even trying to hide it Canon wondered if it was because they were hogging

odakura and shyen agreed with her and if she was jealous that they were hogging him it means yua and okura might be dating they thought they were completely screwing them over and felt the need to apologize to yua along with returning odakura they made a Plan and told okura and yua that there were so many people outside and that if she walked out of the store she might get lost so all they could do was hold hands and walk together seeing them walking away from the store holding hands yua and otura were both confused they

told them to hold hands too because becoming lost and calling for help here would be so uncool UA's face started blushing and she tried to stop them but they were already walking away she Apologized to otokura on behalf of the Morata sisters but then mentioned that it was true that it would be bad if they got lost otura froze there like a statue he started to freak out on the inside because he didn't know what she meant he calmly agreed that if they were late to the Gathering point it would cause trouble for everyone else

yua was trying to calm down while wondering if it was her fault for getting frustrated over her hands or if odakura was way too calm Thinking about the group odakura was not better than her because he was also thinking about how comfortable yua was about holding hands while they both tried to keep calm and figure out what to do yua reached his hands and stated that if he was okay with it she didn't mind at all odakura was surprised but then told her that he was okay with that too if she didn't dislike it with

that they held hands for the first time as they both tried to process their Feelings yua was the first one to be able to talk and suggested chasing after the Morata sisters he AG agreed with her and wondered where they went while they were walking the marata sisters were watching them in secret even though they were the ones that kicked them off it was too good leaving otokura aside UA's reactions were unexpected it was confirmed that her feelings were true after taking lots of pictures of them they decided to leave them alone until The Gathering

time came in the next chapter otokura and Rico were watching a movie together when the movie ended he asked Rico if she was okay and she said that it made her cry more than she thought it would otura AG greed that it was a good movie and wanted to come back and watch it again Rico looked at him as if she was looking at an unknown creature because she was surprised that he watched movies more than once he explained that he had to watch good Movies more than once to have different perspectives the next day

at the second literature Club yua came in panic and asked if they could go to the movies together she was pretty bummed that they didn't invite her but Rico explained that it was an anime movie and she didn't watch anime she knew that but she thought they could give her a nudge at least she told her that they went off on a whim and apologized Rico meant to go with her younger brother but he had to Do something last minute meanwhile choam and engine were discussing how the second literature Club became a hangout area for

Outsiders but choam wasn't uncomfortable with that since this situation was what happens in youth animes after school hours while doing today's Club activity which was to put on labels odakura and Rico started discussing the movie he mentioned the theme song and Rico said that the lyrics made her think about what was going to Happen from here onward y couldn't stand them talking like that but if they went to the movies alone this would make it a date even though otura held hands with her the other day he was going on dates with Rico she started

to feel dizzy just thinking about this seeing her so upset Rico apologized again and explained that she didn't know that she wanted to go to the movies that badly she told them to be sure to let her know next time UA's fuzziness didn't end there a few days Later Canon came and mentioned how otokura had become quite the popular guy at the class everyone was gathered around ura's desk and was asking him to pull up his sleeves a little more they were were pretty surprised because they thought he was an otaku but seeing those biceps

made them reconsider they all thought he would be super skinny Canon told yua that they didn't know since he had long sleeves but odakura was quite the hidden Macho she asked yua if she Knew it and she casually said that she knew that odakura was amazing when he stripped the whole class including otura was shocked that she could say that so comfortably Canon had to ask if they had gone that far but yua was confused odakura stepped in and explained that he went to a heated pool with her and Rico from class B yua then

realized what she said and started blushing she tried to explain that she didn't mean it in a weird way Canon had seen them together a Lot recently so she just assumed yua was still trying to explain herself but the way she did didn't help her get out of this weird situation at all otura felt bad that yua was in trouble because of him and felt the need to get everyone's attention somehow the only thing he could think of was to show everyone what she meant so he took off his clothes and told everyone to look

at him his plan was a success because everyone was focusing on his muscles instead of yua She was quite surprised but didn't say anything that day it started raining after school and when otokura was about to head home he saw yua waiting at the entrance because she didn't seem to have an umbrella yua asked about his Club activities and he explained that there was no activity because of the tests he asked if she had forgotten her umbrella and she said yes and asked if he could let her in until the station while opening his umbrella

odakura reminded Her to look at the weather forecast in the mornings he also informed her that it wasn't a big umbrella so she might get wet she thanked him and responded that she would just cling to him so she doesn't get wet while clinging onto him she thrusted her melons which made him pretty nervous even if it was because of the rain Ura felt like they were a little too close and something smelled good too and he could feel her breasts even though they held hands the other Day yua used a lot of skinship he

suddenly wondered if she would do this to other boys too and this made his heart start itching yua noticed him and asked what was wrong he tried to gloss it over but she insisted and started to worry that she was a bother asking to be led into his umbrella he said that this wasn't true but she still wondered if he was holding back because he was so kind otura suddenly told her that if she was calling him kind she was Kinder than him She questioned this sudden statement but he said that he always thought that

since he was an otaku he was always called gross in middle school but she never looked at him that way since she always talked to him so casually in class everyone else talked to him as well yua interrupted him and corrected him that he wasn't gross at all he was always helping her out and helped with Rico's image change and he was a good person if he was calling himself gross The people who called him gross just because he was an taku would be even worse otura didn't expect her to be so defensive towards him

and repeated that she was still very kind when they arrived at the station yua mentioned that she needed to go by the shop so they would split up there otura assumed that she was going to buy an umbrella so they said goodbye to each other when yua turned her back to him she started to wonder she should be feeling happy Seeing him making more friends but she had felt strange since the other day and didn't know the reason she opened her bag and took out the umbrella she said she had forgotten feeling guilty for lying

she told herself that she was not kind at all in the next scene their English teacher Aloha informed the class that he marked their tests and was going to give them back before they go home they told them to come and get them in the order of their seat numbers when Otura and yua looked at their results yua asked him how he did on the test seeing UA's facial expression otura knew that she wanted him to ask her back he responded that he didn't do too badly and asked her about her result she calmly showed

her results and told him to look at it he said that all of them were about average to be honest all of them were just below average but she was doing better than before so he had to keep praising her so she kept that drive To study Rico came and showed them her results which were way above average scores UA was shocked and felt super provoked to trigger her more Rico asked okura if he would rather have a girl with a good test score or a girl with a bad test score odakura calmed them down

and took them outside while walking home yua mentioned that since their end of term tests were done all that was left was the summer break okura mentioned that they had career counseling Afterward too and preparations for the cultural f Festival Rico's class was talking about that too they had decided what to do before the graduation ceremony using the first half of September and the summer break yua asked odakura what he wanted to do at the cultural Festival he hadn't thought much about it so yua suggested thinking about it together and making sure to give it

their all odakura almost said there wouldn't be much point if someone like Him gave it their all he may have nearly made a slip of the tongue but if he said something like that yua would be sad so he just matched her energy Rico wished to be in the same class as them and hoped they would be in the same class next year and so they decided what to do during the Culture Festival and held the graduation ceremony summer break starts tomorrow but there is one final event left in July yua came to otura and

asked if he was free next Friday he was but Wondered if something was going on she said that next Friday she and Rico would go over to his house so he should make sure to stay free otokura was okay with that and then noticed that she was walking home so he offered to walk together to the station but she said that Rico had off part-time job after that and left there in a hurry Ura was not used to being invited or refused so he was a tad shocked he realized that yua was in quite a

rush and wondered if She was raising funds for the summer break the following weekend Rico and yua came to ura's house as they promised he welcomed them and felt relieved that his greeting went perfectly he cleaned the place and practiced greetings before they arrived he brought them to his room and told them to sit wherever they liked seeing ura's bed yua jumped right on it she didn't just lay on the bed but started rubbing against it when he asked what the hell she was doing she Explained that she rubbed her scent into his bed and

now he could smell her while he went to sleep Rico frankly told her that she was acting like a pervert and told her to quit it she was quite offended by what Rico said but Rico asked Ura if he agreed he couldn't say anything because he was actually very happy about this that aside he noticed that they brought a lot of stuff with them and asked if they brought homework or something like that yua stood up and Stated that he was wrong she wanted to take it out and Rico agreed they took out a box

and asked him to guess what it was inside he would assume it was a cake just looking at the Box because a cake picture was right on it but he acted like he didn't know it and yua excitedly revealed that it was a cake he acted like he was so happy but more importantly he was confused he wondered if they were just going to eat a cake instead of studying today they didn't Stop there and took out his presents they also wished him a happy birthday which made him freeze for a moment he totally forgot

that today was his 16th birthday since his birthday comes during the summer break every year only ura's family ends up celebrating it and he also didn't have any friends to celebrate it but this year seemed to be different from the rest he couldn't believe this cake was his birthday cake yua noticed that otura was way too Shocked Rico told him to ignore the cake and open their presents yua agreed and wanted to explain what they bought UA's present was a cologne for him since they bought some normal clothes the other day she thought that if

he put this on he could sort of level it up she told him to make sure not to put too much on odakura seemed to like the smell of cologne he then noticed that it was the same one she was using right now the thought of smelling yua on him was quite Stimulating for him the next Pres was Rico's she bought him a good pair of white sneakers it was a color he definitely wouldn't Buy on his own Rico knew that and said he could wear them all season otokura stated how happy he was and

was also surprised that she knew his shoe size apparently she checked his shoe box at the school to find out she also bought a pair for herself but she told herself that she didn't buy them just so they could match like youa did She just wanted a pair for herself too seeing her blushing yua asked if it was too hot when odakura asked if they were okay with this because they gave him such expensive presents he realized that they worked at a part-time job after school he said that he couldn't accept those if they took

oneoff part-time jobs just to buy those they told him that he had to take them to their defense he always helped them out and they needed him to let them pay back the favor every Once in a while realizing that he couldn't change their opinion he had to accept the gifts he thanked them and promised to take good care of them now that they had finished handing out the presents it was time to eat the cake otura said that he would bring them some drinks plates and a knife Rico mentioned that she also o brought

some board games too after the cake they played games and spent their day enjoying ura's birthday otura went to the door to see them off Before they left yua said they would see him then they prepared for the cultural Festival they said goodbye to each other and left as otokura was about to go inside choam and engine came and gave him their presents wondering what it was he opened the bag and it was a maid costume it was a different design from the one yua was wearing they said that if he was an otaku like

them he should at least have one of them for himself odakura slammed the the door on them Because it was a ridiculous present even though he said it was stupid he stored it properly making sure not to create the outfit in the evening her mother came back from work and since it was his birthday she brought his favorite food otura enjoyed their dinner together and took a bath afterward when he got into bed he realized that today was the best birthday he had in a long time since everyone was able to celebrate with him but

he had a hard time sleeping because ENT lingered in his bed it was already August but even during summer vacation morning started early for the students of akihana high school the reason they were preparing for the upcoming cultural Festival otura rushed into the classroom where his classmates buzzing with excitement eagerly asked what he had brought he explained that he had prepared small medium and large versions as examples his classmates were surprised that he had finished so Quickly the reason otura had captured everyone's attention holding a Shinsengumi outfit dated Back to Before summer break their teacher

had announced that their class's project for the cultural Festival would be an end of the edop period Cafe the concept was well Reed received by the boys who found the historical period intriguing however the girls were not as enthusiastic feeling the theme leaned too much toward masculine elements they also wondered What role they would play in such a cafe the plan was to dress up in costumes and serve customers but if they were recreating the end of the Edo period they needed to wear shins Andi uniforms the problem was they didn't know what to do

with the costume Arrangement some of them suggested buying online but they were so expensive there was no way they could all afford this so they had to come up with a new idea yua had an idea and remembered that odakura could make Clothes no one expected her to bring that up instantly the class's attention shifted to odakura and yua as akakura whispered to her trying to clarify that he had only ever made clothes for dolls yua confidently replied that if he could make doll clothes he could make them for people too with curious eyes on

him otokura quickly explained that he had never swn clothes for people and wouldn't be able to make outfits for everyone if they were serious about it They'd have to sew the costumes themselves surprisingly that was more than enough for the class they were eager for odakura to teach them how to sew and they were confident they could handle it the enthusiasm was so high that odakura couldn't refuse meanwhile yua stood to the side wearing a satisfied expression that said this was my idea in a calm collected tone she told everyone to relax and let odakura

finish explaining but the class was Already in chaos bombarding him with questions asking if he could make western style clothes too they surrounded him so quickly that yua couldn't even see him anymore that's how okura ended up in charge of the costumes for the cafe which is why he came to school with those samples it had taken him about half a month to finish his work and his classmates were impressed with the results however while the haori was manageable he mentioned that making The hakama would be more difficult his classmates reassured him saying they could

handle that part themselves they could probably borrow a few pairs from the Kendo Club the girls from the archery club also offered to lend a hand speaking of the girls otokura realized he hadn't seen any around the boys explained that they were in the St St room picking up supplies after brushing off the mention of the other girls they teased him asking if he was looking for Narumi he denied it awkwardly which only LED them to ask if he was dating her he denied that too but they pointed out that the two of them were

always together he explained that it was just because yua was naturally friendly with everyone but they insisted it wasn't true pointing out that yua only had a nickname for him another classmate chimed in adding that narumi didn't usually get close to just anyone it was then that okura realized he might have Been misunderstanding something all along still processing their words yua walked into the classroom and asked if someone had called her trying to calm himself odakura mentioned that since the sample costumes were finished he wanted everyone to try them on yua surprised at how quickly

he had completed them immediately wanted to try hers once she put it on she said it really made her feel like they were at a cultural Festival as yua chatted with the others About costumes from other classes she noticed Ura quietly staring at her concerned she asked if something was wrong he panicked and quickly said it was nothing though he had accidentally been staring because of the strange things everyone had been saying earlier Canon noticing the situation had an idea she pointed out that they still needed to buy a few more things to complete their

preparations and suggested that yua and odakura go shopping together They both seem tense about this idea Canon reminded odakura that he already wanted to look for materials for the costumes and small bits he couldn't find any excuses not to go with yua so they were about to head to the store but before they left the class the class president stopped them and wanted to go with otokura her name was tukum mitsu aaka she said that she did have the responsibility of managing their funds so it would be better she turned to yua And asked if

it was okay and she nervously agreed with her when they left Canon apologized for not being able to help her 3 hours passed and otokura and aaka were still outside when the boys said they might having a lot of fun and having tea Canon tried to stop them but yua already heard them she was looking out the window and noticed that otokura and aaka were returning yua was happy that they had returned but seeing otokura and aaka so close together Didn't sit well with her at all when aaka almost stumbled odakura caught her just in

time like a hero and they both started giggling like a couple yua couldn't believe what she was seeing as they entered the classroom otokura noticed yua frowning trying to lighten the mood she suddenly mentioned that she wanted to go to the pool soon then suggested beach camping and seeing a movie hearing her list all the activities she wanted to do with him Odora laughed and pointed out that they couldn't possibly fit all that into a single summer he was about to ask if something was bothering her but then he noticed the expression on her face

her eyes were welling up and she looked like she was about to burst into tears before odakura could figure out what was happening yua quickly took Morata with her and left the room confused and concerned otokura was left wondering what could be wrong in the next scene Odakura is thinking about yua and her class breakdown something was off about her during the cultural Festival preparations today and she seemed kind of strange it was normal for her to suddenly get excited but she never got upset when he turned her down he thought it might be because

they haven't done any summer activities yet and she was probably dying to do something like that but he was wrong he tried to look for something summerlike from a light novel But he failed he then had an idea and sent their group chat if they would like to light some fireworks at a nearby park tomorrow night Rico had to refuse since her relatives were here but yua agreed she even asked how many Rockets they were going to shoot into the sky he thought that was something yua would say seeing her answer causally made him think

that she might just be in a bad mood during lunch the next day they bought fireworks and headed to the park Yua was in High Spirits odakura suggested they light half of the fireworks now and invite Rico to join them next time since the park was in a residential area they could only use handheld fireworks and they needed to finish by 900 p.m. when they arrived a few people were already there and yua was buzzing with excitement otokura went to fill up a bucket with water as he was doing so a nearby family watched him

and told him to take his time he thanked Them but was puzzled wondering if they were worried the fireworks might be too noisy what he didn't know was that the family thought he and yua were a young couple with water and fire ready yua asked which firework odakura wanted to try first she picked out the pink one while okura opted for the one that changed colors four times yua lit up the fire and she was pretty happy with how it turned out she started jumping around And asked him to take a picture quickly she then

suggested having a sparkler firework match otokura accepted her Challenge and they started even though yua was so competitive she lost immediately after a bit of play competition yua asked if she could light the biggest fireworks she sat down and tried to light it but it wouldn't ignite just as she was wondering if it was a dud okura came up behind her to help however she lost her balance and fell Backward onto okura in an attempt to catch her Ura instinctively reached out but his hands ended up on her breasts both of them were so shocked

that they froze for a moment though it looked like a hug otokura was painfully aware of where his hands were he knew he needed to move but with yua leaning on him any sudden movement could make them both topple over as he cautiously moved his hands lower he realized UA wasn't saying anything she eventually turned her head Slightly and commented on how clear the stars were surprised by her calmness odakura followed her gaze and looked up at the stars still unsure of what to say he said that the one they could see right now was

the summer triangle of denb Vega and Al the constellations they could see in the Milky was were signis Aquila and Leah yua was pretty surprised that he knew so much about the Stars so he explained that there was a good anime song with lyrics like that but suddenly Realized that it wasn't that he wanted to talk about the Stars he couldn't think of anything else at all to talk about but us seemed interested and said that if constellations were thought up a long time ago if they think of some of them now she wondered if

they would still be talked about in the future otura also wondered about that too then she pointed at a star and named it the UA constellation and the next star the Ura constellation the Ura constellation Looked like glasses and the UA constellation looked like it said yua the sky reminded yua of the nails he made for her the evening ended with odakura walking her home and after dropping her off at her door he couldn't stop thinking about their conversation his mind wandered to the Stars wondering if she had been subtly pointing out alter and Vega

he dismissed the thought telling himself he was overthinking it was just a story after all Vega was Orime and alter was hikoboshi two lovers separated by the heavens meanwhile yua sat in her room her heart racing she was certain akakura must have noticed how fast it was beating she could even hear his heartbeat so clearly at that moment a rhythm that echoed her own embarrassment washed over her as she replayed the words she had shared with him feeling shy about how vulnerable she had been yet despite her nerves there was one undeniable truth she was

in love With okura that is the end of the recap at chapter 15 please read the pinned comment of the next part