The humid summer weather persisted through July, but that had nothing to do with Akira and Sajuna in their private room at the manga cafe.
Sajuna looked at Akira in front of her, not speaking, feeling as if they could stay like this forever, even if they were just spacing out.
Akira ate some of the remaining takoyaki on the plate, then fed a portion to Sajuna, finally finishing the not-so-large meal.
The two, having just engaged in intimate acts, were now blushing, and for a moment, the atmosphere in the room was rosy, making one's heart beat faster.
Akira remembered that when he was with Sajuna before, he would always boldly make intimate gestures like this, but never as intensely as today.
Although they had kissed more than once, most of them were fleeting. This French-style act was his first time with Sajuna, and he felt that seeing Sajuna's reddened cheeks, even he couldn't help but be influenced by her.
After finishing the food they bought, Akira neatly placed the chopsticks on the tray, then pushed the tray to the edge of the table, turning his head to ask Sajuna.
"A manga cafe is for reading manga, right?"
Sajuna leaned towards Akira, with an indifferent expression on her face.
"Aki-Kun, is there anything you want to read?"
"I just want to be with Aki-Kun. As for what we do, as long as it's Aki-Kun, Sajuna won't mind."
Akira nodded, feeling that as long as they were together, that was enough. As for where they went or what they did, it was all unexpected surprises.
Akira stood up and gently stroked Sajuna's hair.
"I'm going out to pick a manga; we'll read it together later. You wait for me here."
"Mm."
Sajuna leaned back, hugged a cushion, and looked eagerly at Akira as he was about to leave.
"Aki-Kun, come back soon, okay?"
"I'll be right back. Don't act like I'm going on a business trip out of town."
"I'm not!"
Sajuna argued.
Akira opened the door and walked to the bookshelves filled with various manga, searching row by row for manga they could read together.
Otherworldly, shojo, shonen, adult doujinshi…
Akira ignored them one by one, then found the category he wanted: slice-of-life manga.
Placed in the most conspicuous spot was "It's a Pain When I, a Super Popular High School Light Novel Author, Get Harassed by a Succubus Every Night."
That name is really long, Akira walked over, picked up the manga and flipped through it a few times. It was a slice-of-life four-panel manga.
It seemed that starting from anywhere wouldn't affect the plot.
This seems to be a manga Marin likes, Akira suddenly thought, and she even cosplayed with Wakana.
As Akira thought this, he suddenly wanted to know Sajuna's opinion on this kind of manga.
If he wanted to see Sajuna cosplay a succubus from it, Sajuna probably wouldn't refuse, right…
Holding the chosen manga, Akira casually picked up another school slice-of-life series from the bookshelf, then returned to their reserved private room.
When Sajuna saw Akira return, she hummed a few times to express her dissatisfaction with Aki-Kun taking too long. Aki-Kun surely knew she was impatiently waiting, and also knew that she was just being spoiled, so Sajuna's anger became even more unrestrained.
"Aki-Kun, why did you take so long? Don't you know I was anxious waiting here?!"
Sajuna said, feigning seriousness.
Akira propped himself on the cushion with one hand, sat down, then reached out and stroked Sajuna's hair. Sajuna, blushing, immediately leaned into Akira's embrace.
"Because I wanted to read a good manga with Sajuna, so I took a little longer to choose," Akira replied, then reached out and tightened his arm around Sajuna's shoulder, pulling her halfway into his embrace so that her gaze could see the manga in his hand at the same time as his.
"Aki-Kun, what manga did you pick?"
Sajuna leaned her face closer to look.
Akira picked up the manga and slowly read the title on the cover.
"It's a Pain When I, a Super Popular High School Light Novel Author, Get Harassed by a Succubus Every Night."
Sajuna looked up at Akira with a blank expression.
"The name is too long…"
"I can't help it, I don't like such long book titles either."
Akira shook his head helplessly. "My light novel title only has six characters."
"But Aki-Kun's volume titles are long…"
Sajuna lightly punched Akira's chest, then leaned against his chest, curiously looking at the manga in Akira's hand.
"I feel like I've heard my classmates talk about this manga."
"Is it popular?"
"It seems so, it's supposedly been a bestseller for a long time."
"No wonder it's in the most prominent spot for slice-of-life manga."
Akira nodded, opening the manga in his hand. Sajuna looked up at Akira, her cheek gently pressed against his chest, feeling so strange. Even though they were just quietly reading manga here, her heart couldn't help but start beating faster. This only used to happen when Aki-Kun surprised her.
This must be proof of their deeper feelings, after all, Aki-Kun had already met her parents, and could be considered to have received their blessing.
However, a boy like Aki-Kun is hard not to fall for, Sajuna thought about the boyfriends of the girls she knew in class, and felt that none of them were as good as Aki-Kun in front of her.
"Aki-Kun." Sajuna leaned her head over, gently brushing against Akira's cheek as she asked.
Her smooth hair gently brushed against Akira's skin, making his face tingle slightly.
"What's wrong? Weren't we going to read manga together?"
"I can't help but want to talk to Aki-Kun."
Sajuna whined.
Akira put the manga down on the cushion, reached out and straightened Sajuna's head, then placed his hands on Sajuna's waist, positioning her in the center of his embrace.
Looking at Sajuna's body, which had begun to stiffen, Akira lowered his head, gently placed his head on Sajuna's shoulder, and blew a breath into Sajuna's ear.
Sajuna's earlobe immediately turned red. Akira hugged Sajuna's waist again, gently tickling her side.
As Sajuna struggled, Akira held the squirming Sajuna tightly, warning her.
"If you're not serious, I'll keep punishing you like this."
"Oh, Sajuna will be good."
Sajuna replied weakly, her cheeks flushed.
But in her heart, she couldn't help but think: this kind of punishment, it seems, isn't so bad for me?
What?! Why would I think that?
Clearly, this is Aki-Kun's preference, right?
Sajuna wanted to bury her face in Akira's embrace again.