"Such as a sinister and terrifying laugh, and saying some inexplicable things," Satou said.
"Only that? That's good," Kasumigaoka Utaha breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, 'Good thing I didn't do anything more embarrassing.'
"Also, I think I heard you call my name?" Satou hesitated and said.
"That... that's just you mishearing," Kasumigaoka Utaha's cheeks flushed slightly, and she turned her head away, not daring to meet Satou's gaze.
"You're not, by any chance, imagining me as a character in your novel, are you? And a scumbag one at that?" Satou looked at her suspiciously.
"You... you're mistaken, it's not like that," Kasumigaoka Utaha's face grew even redder, but she still pretended to be unconcerned, speaking in a calm tone.
"Alright." Satou shook his head. Since he had no evidence, he decided not to pursue the matter further.
"Then I'll be going," he said.
"Mm." 14
Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded, then noticed the empty plate in Satou's hand, and asked, somewhat strangely, "Were you eating something just now?"
"No, this is your leftover bowl," Satou said.
"My leftovers?" Kasumigaoka Utaha was stunned. No wonder she hadn't felt hungry all day despite not eating; had she already eaten?
"Yes, and I fed you," Satou nodded and said.
"You fed me?" At this, Kasumigaoka Utaha could no longer remain calm.
"Yeah, didn't you say you wanted omurice? After I made it, you wouldn't eat, you just kept your mouth open, so I had no choice but to feed you bite by bite," Satou said with a helpless shrug.
"Feed me bite by bite?" A blush appeared on Kasumigaoka Utaha's cheeks. The thought of being fed by a boy, bite by bite, made her feel incredibly embarrassed.
"It might just be because you were too focused, causing you not to notice," Satou said, "Then I'll be going."
"Mm." Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded, then saw Satou to the door.
After closing the door, she leaned her body against it, touching her somewhat hot cheeks, and muttered to herself, "How embarrassing."
A few more days passed, and during these days, spice class, dessert class, and others also successively welcomed their final exams for the semester.
In these classes, Satou successfully achieved the highest scores in the entire class.
Besides the exams, Satou also gradually became familiar with his two new neighbors. Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri Spencer Sawamura often came over for dinner, which made Tohru, who prided herself on being a housewife, quite displeased with such freeloading behavior.
Of course, sometimes Kasumigaoka Utaha would fall into that strange state like last time.
Whenever this happened, it was always Satou who, after preparing the meal, fed her bite by bite.
As speechless as he was, feeding a beautiful girl seemed to be quite an enjoyable thing.
This day, after returning from the shop, Satou was watching TV in the living room with Tohru and Kanna.
A knock sounded at the door.
Satou walked over to open the door and saw Eriri Spencer Sawamura, dressed in a green tracksuit and wearing black-rimmed glasses, standing outside.
Whenever she was dressed like this, it definitely meant she was holed up at home creating.
"Didn't you just eat? Are you hungry again?" Satou asked, somewhat speechless. After a few days of getting along, the two had become quite familiar.
"No, I'm not!" Eriri Spencer Sawamura's face flushed, and then she said somewhat angrily, "I'm not here to eat at your place."
"Then why are you here?" Satou was a bit confused. Given this shut-in's nature, unless she was hungry, she would absolutely not come looking for him.
"Um, there's something I'd like to ask for your help with," Eriri Spencer Sawamura hesitated for a moment and said.
"What is it?" Satou asked.
"You come with me first." Eriri Spencer Sawamura furtively glanced around and then walked towards her room.
Satou was quite speechless and had no choice but to follow behind her.
"Speak, what is it?" Upon entering her room, Satou asked.
Eriri Spencer Sawamura sat on a chair with her legs crossed, twirling a paintbrush in her hand. After a moment of hesitation, she said, "The Winter Comiket is about to start, and I've encountered some creative difficulties, so I'd like to ask for your help."
"Creative difficulties?" Satou was stunned. "I don't think I'm very good at manga creation, am I?" If it was cooking, then of course there would be no problem, but with manga creation, he was completely clueless.
"Well, it's mainly some difficulties with character settings and scenes," Eriri Spencer Sawamura said somewhat vaguely. "Anyway, Satou, can you help me?"
"If I can help, then of course, no problem." Satou nodded. Although he didn't know what exactly Eriri Spencer Sawamura wanted his help with, since she had put it that way, he couldn't refuse.
"That's great." Eriri Spencer Sawamura's face showed a smile, and then she asked, "Have you seen 'Prism of That Snow'?"
"203 No," Satou said. He didn't watch much anime or anything like that.
"It's fine if you haven't seen it." Eriri Spencer Sawamura turned and started searching on the bookshelf, then handed a manga to Satou and said, "This is the manga version, please take a look."
"Uh, okay." Satou took it and then braced himself to read it.
About an hour later, he had quickly finished it.
"How was it? Any thoughts?" Eriri Spencer Sawamura asked.
"So-so," Satou said, "So, you're planning to..."
"That's right, I'm planning to draw their doujinshi." Eriri Spencer Sawamura nodded and said.
Satou's face showed an 'as expected' expression. She truly was an experienced one.
"If it's not erotic enough, it won't sell. It can't be helped." Eriri Spencer Sawamura, however, had a matter-of-fact expression.
"But what does that have to do with me? Do you want me to be a reader?" Satou asked.
He still couldn't figure out why she had called him here. If it was to be a reader, he would quite like that.
"Actually, I wanted to ask you to do some role-playing. You be the protagonist, and I'll be Mariko from it," Eriri Spencer Sawamura explained.
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