Chapter 96
Seeing the fury and coldness radiating from her eyes, Mineo suddenly moved, flipping her over and pinning her down! After a momentary shock, Mai-senpai began struggling with all her might beneath him.
She tried to kick him, but he had both of her legs pinned down! Even so, she wasn't about to let him "oppress" her without a fight!
"Bastard, let me go!"
"You... what else do you want to do?! Isn't... isn't your bullying enough already!!!"
"You just love harassing me, don't you!"
While cursing him out, she tried to lift her head, wanting to give him a nasty bite. But there was nothing she could do; Mineo was far stronger than her. Her little resistance didn't make a dent!
Eventually, her strength gave out. She lay there motionless, though her gaze was still full of fire!
"Done throwing your tantrum?"
"Are you tired now!?"
"Since you're tired, take a breath. I'm telling you, Mai-senpai, why do you have to torture yourself like this? I told you to listen to my explanation! Give me a few minutes to tell you what happened yesterday, and that'll be it. After you hear me out, you can decide if you want to kick me out or not, okay? After knowing each other for all these years, you won't even give me a few minutes?"
Mineo released his grip, and Mai slowly sat back up. Her beautiful eyes remained locked onto him, but without his restraint, she chose not to continue her attack.
Seeing her calm down slightly, Mineo knew he finally had an opening. He pointed toward the medicine bowl and the thermometer sitting not far away.
"My dear, honorable Mai-senpai, take a look at those things over there!"
"Do you have any idea how dangerous your condition was last night?"
"A girl, actually taking a bath in ice-cold water. Look at you now, you've caught a hell of a flu!"
"Last night your fever was so bad, you were practically unconscious!"
"After I fed you the medicine, you were the one who grabbed my neck and said you were cold. I wanted to leave, but you held onto me so tightly. To keep an eye on your condition at all times, I stayed with you."
"I might like to tease you usually, Senpai, but even I have principles, you know!"
"Before I get your consent, before you truly accept me, I won't do anything over the line, got it?"
"My good intentions were treated like a crime!"
"Can't you feel it for yourself? Your clothes are still perfectly intact. Can't you tell whether you've been 'bullied' or not?"
"Honestly, I'm feeling pretty hurt right now. For your sake, Senpai, I barely slept all night. And in the end, uh... I get attacked by you! Don't you think that's a bit unfair?"
Hearing his words, Sakurajima Mai suddenly went quiet.
She really had been too emotional earlier. Seeing her collar open, she had immediately assumed the worst.
Now, looking at the medicine bowl and the thermometer, combined with the lingering fatigue and weakness in her body, she quickly realized that she really did have a severe flu last night.
In other words, she really had misunderstood him.
At this moment, Mai-senpai didn't know what to say. Her heart felt incredibly relieved, but as a proud person, she didn't know how to apologize to him.
Seeing her silence, Mineo intentionally said:
"Senpai, do you not believe me?"
"If you don't, there's nothing I can do. I don't exactly have evidence to prove all this anyway..."
"I'm sorry!"
Before he could finish, a soft apology escaped her lips. Mai-senpai looked up, meeting his eyes. She bit her lip hard, her body looking quite tense.
"I'm sorry... I... that is... I..."
"Forget it, Senpai doesn't need to apologize. You're not the type to apologize naturally anyway, so why force it? As a man, I'm not going to hold a grudge against the girl I like. As long as the misunderstanding is cleared up, that's what matters."
"To be honest, I just feel a little regretful now!"
"Regretful?"
Mai-senpai's gaze was a bit confused as she looked at him again. Mineo grinned.
"If I had known Senpai would misunderstand like this, I should have just done something truly excessive last night!"
"I figure if I had tried just a little bit, maybe in ten months our child would be born!"
Initially, Mai-senpai was feeling guilty and blaming herself for her impulsive actions. But after hearing that last sentence, she exploded again!
"Mineo! You... you bastard!"
"You... you should just go die!"
She seemed to forget her exhaustion entirely, grabbing her pillow and hurling it straight at him!
At that moment, she didn't even realize that behind her "angry" glare, there was a trace of embarrassment she couldn't quite hide.
With just a few teasing words, she had regained her spirit!
Her look toward Mineo seemed "fierce," yet he could feel a growing sense of attachment coming from her.
Senpai... has she finally started to accept me from the bottom of her heart?
After the commotion settled, Mineo got up to tidy away the medicine bowl from the night before. To his surprise, Mai-senpai reached out and tugged on the hem of his shirt.
"Mineo... let me ask you... did you measure my temperature last night?"
"Of course. If I didn't, how would I know how bad you were?"
"Which means... you really were the one who opened my collar!?"
"Yeah..."
Seeing Mineo answer without a hint of hesitation, Mai-senpai's face gradually darkened!
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