Ch 38 – 07 May, It’s not weird to meet a Cosplayer character in a cosplay store.

"Really… Well, if that's the case…" Kouta leaned forward and brought his face closer to Takao’s. "Can I kiss you?" He whispered to her ear.

"Whahahatttt…" Flustered, Takao shook her head.

"Can I?" Kouta once again asked her.

"That’s… that’s… Kiss? Kiss… No… No… That’s weird… Isn’t that something you do with someone you like?" Takao smiled stupidly for a moment before she realized something and asked Kouta.

"Well, of course… I like you, Prez." Kouta replied bluntly. He looked seriously at her.

"Like… Like… Hehe… Really?" Her face blushed, and she scratched her reddened cheek.

"Yes… I mean, you're a beautiful and kind senior… and sometimes cute too."

"Awawawa… Beautiful and kind… You’re exaggerating things… Hau…" Takao cutely stood as she thought that it was her first time to be praised like that.

"Un… I mean, I don't think any boy wouldn't want to kiss you..." Ignoring Takao's cute reaction, Koutas smiled and continued.

"Hehe… Huhu… Hm? Wait… Wait…" Takao smiled wryly at Kouta’s words, but she realized something weird about his words. All that built up just went away, as she found a bit of a red alert.

"Is there anything wrong?" Kouta asked her.

"Yeah… Wait… What do you think about Inada?" This time, Takao asked him the question.

"Well, she is a bit weird, but sometimes cute." Kouta said it honestly.

"Do you want to kiss her?" Takao started her interrogation.

"Hm… I don’t think so, but why not…" And Kouta answered pretty honestly without batting an eye at all.

"...How about Sakura? Do you want to kiss her?" Takao’s brown eyes started to lose their life.

"Hmm… Sakura? Well, I don’t know what she thinks, but she's a cute girl. So why not…" Once again, Kouta answered pretty shamelessly.

"..........How about Chitose?" Takao's eyes were completely a single color.

"Chitose-senpai, huh… She looks like a tough girl, but she’s a beautiful one. I like to kiss her." But Kouta didn’t stop being honest to the point. Takao was smiling faintly, but the pupil of her largely opened eyes was opening. It was a face that should never be seen on a beautiful girl.

"................................How about Roka?" And so she asked her last question.

"Roka-senpai? Well, she’s a cute one…" Kouta tried to reply, but before he finished his word.

"What's wrong with you!!!" Takao's angry tone as she tried to slap this shameless boy.

"What!?" Still somewhat confused, Kouta began reflexively avoiding Takao's slap. It was such a heavy blow…

"Don’t dodge your stupid!! Return my heart throbbing back, you idiot!" Takao screamed half-heartedly while attempting to slap Kouta.

"What are you doing, Prez?" Kouta innocently asked her senior as if what she was doing was unreasonable.

"Those things… not love, but lust! You just play around to fulfill your lust! Your playboy, maniac!" Takao stopped and told him off for being shameless.

"Eh… But I’m really like you, Prez…" Kouta said, once again interrupting Takao's argument, while confessing again to her.

"Ugh… Gezz… Still, that’s wrong. That's not what love is about. Love is a feeling of affection for someone. Someone! Only one!" Takao blushed for a moment… She shook her head and made a reasonable argument.

"Eh… but I kiss someone who says she loves his childhood friend… and she’s really into it when I kiss her." But Kouta dropped another bombshell that surpassed Takao's expectations. It was such a shameless thing for an innocent Takao.

"...Gah… what are you doing to such an innocent couple!!" Takao, once again tried to slap this shameless boy, but he evaded it with ease. Which of these angers her more…

"But they’re not going out with each other… and just like before, I asked her if I could kiss her or not. You know… it’s not my fault…" Kouta smiled bitterly while giving Takao his absurd reasoning.

"That’s… That’s… Not something called true love! If that’s true love… she wouldn’t agree with it… If not… she's just a slut!" Takao, who couldn’t take it anymore… and said something, saying that if Eriri heard that, she would likely be crying.

"Hm… but Prez, I’m quite certain that you will kiss me if I say I love you without mentioning any girl…" Kouta then confidently answered along with his smile.

"That’s… That’s why I said get my feeling back… You’re the worst." Takao couldn’t fully deny that, since she may truly agree with his statement. That’s moment, she was actually happy to hear that from him. And she was really grateful for what he did to make her and Roka's relationship normal again. But this guy… that’s too much.

"Ahaha… Well, if that's the case. May the favor still stand right?" Kouta laughed for a moment, before he asked her another question.

"Well, that’s…" Takao hesitantly gave her answer.

Kouta used that moment as he came forward at her and said, "So my favor is… can I seduce you… Takao-senpai. At least, to try it?"

And naturally, Takao finally had enough, and got angry at him. "What… Ugh… Fine… Do what you want! You’re really the worst! Enemy of women!" She answered after she stomped her feet in frustration and left Kouta alone.

"Hm… I failed, huh. It may be too good to be true. Well, at least… she actually gave an okay for me to seduce her. So at least there is something in her heart. So I can say it's a success?" Kouta mumbled words as Takao left him.

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"Is there anything, Prez?" Inada asked her senior, who had an angry expression on her face.

Takao let out a short sigh and pouted her lips, "What… There is nothing."  Even so, she stared at Kouta angrily.

Kouta himself ignored Takao's antics and led them toward the cosplay store that had been notified by Satomi. Which of course led to Satomi asking why Kouta needed to know those stops.

Kouta talked about his cross-dressing. That made that degenerate teacher want to see it too. She even specifically paid for those maid uniforms for Kouta. Yes, she acted as his sugar mommy for Kouta's cosplay project in exchange for those privileged crossdressers time.

"Hm… this place. Huh." Kouta said as the three of them arrived at the place Satomi recommended.

A white apron coupled with a wavy skirt, a blouse, and white stockings only served to make any girl more adorable. The lacy headband and the large butterfly-knot increased any girl's charm. It wasn’t that kind of sexy maid, but it wasn't the usual maid either. It was a Japanese maid outfit. A bit shorter skirt that above the knee to show their white stockings.

Kouta let the two girls choose while he walked around the shop searching for something interesting.

Until Kouta heard a cute voice that rang across the room. He got curious and went to the source voice. And there were two people who were talking to each other, including, surprisingly, someone Kouta was familiar with.

One of them was a girl who appeared to be a beautiful girl with blonde, silky long hair tipped with pinkish-red  and dark pink eyes. She wore the Toyogasaki High School uniform, something Kouta wasn't familiar with, but she was none other than Kitagawa Marin.

Beside her was a tall man for his age, standing at least 180 centimeters. He had short black hair and looked nervous talking with the girl, who was none other than Wakana Gojou. They came from an anime/manga called My dress-up darling.

A romcom about two classmates, an unsociable and awkward boy who was good at making clothes because he was the grandson of a doll maker, and a sociable girl who liked and wanted to do cosplay. Which is a story about how to learn about cosplay and cosplayer itself. Since it was quite detailed about those things, with so much sweet romance between those two people.

And not different from any other character Kouta saw. It was an immediate urge in his blood. It was like his mind was whispering… ‘She is the best gyaru ever’ ‘She's a kind girl’ and stuff.

An urge to steal those heroines. Those feelings didn’t go away even though Marin was a bit different than Eriri and Utaha, who were a loser heroines. Which are heroines who actually lost to the main heroines. And Marin and Gojou were like a good couple as they helped each other. Each chapter saw Gojou grow into a better man. Rather than gone—those feelings became stronger.

Even in those dilemmas, Kouta's desire was still the same. To be honest, at that moment, Kouta couldn’t help himself to think— ’I wonder if it would feel better than making them distant; or I took her while they were still close to each other.’

Such a villainous way of thinking.