After leaving the school grounds, the group could finally ride their bikes.
There were four people and three bikes, so Kasumigaoka Utaha naturally sat on…
…Yukinoshita Yukino's moped.
Originally, Kasumigaoka Utaha had envisioned that she would reluctantly agree to sit on Tanaka Masao's bicycle's back seat after his earnest invitation.
This would not only greatly satisfy Tanaka Masao's male vanity and self-esteem,
but during the ride, there might also be some intimate physical contact, giving Tanaka Masao some heart-pounding benefits.
Kasumigaoka Utaha had prepared for this, but Tanaka Masao's active invitation never came.
Helpless, she had no choice but to speak up.
Tanaka Masao's mini-lesson began.
"My goddess always ignores me?"
"Most likely, you're just a simp."
"See? You don't need to be too proactive when facing a goddess. As long as a man has charm, the goddess will come to him."
Tanaka Masao considered his talent to be average, so the goddess must have been attracted to his looks.
When Kasumigaoka Utaha proactively asked to sit on his back seat, Tanaka Masao decisively refused, and the reason was very simple…
Traffic rules state that adults cannot ride on the back seat.
As for him riding with Kashi in the morning, it was because her child-like appearance met the regulations.
Hearing Tanaka Masao's reason, Kasumigaoka Utaha was speechless, and her gaze towards him became somewhat strange.
If Tanaka Masao had said that his back seat was reserved for someone else and she couldn't sit there, it would have been more acceptable than this reason.
Although this reason was correct and very much in line with common sense, it was precisely because it was so proper and in line with common sense, and coming from Tanaka Masao's mouth, that it sounded so odd.
"I'm talking about romance with you, but you're talking about the law."
"Can't we have fun together anymore?"
Unwilling to give up, Kasumigaoka Utaha still tried, explaining that as long as they were careful outside and didn't make too much noise, they definitely wouldn't be discovered.
And even if they were discovered, it wouldn't matter. As long as they weren't riding with someone in a high-traffic area, and considering they were a couple, most police officers would turn a blind eye and let them go.
However, even after all that, Tanaka Masao's stance remained firm.
A refusal was a refusal; he couldn't agree to such an unreasonable request from her.
Tanaka Masao even took the moral high ground, criticizing Kasumigaoka Utaha's unruly and reckless behavior.
It was bad enough that she didn't follow the rules herself, but she even wanted to tempt him to fall with her; how truly wicked!
This made Kasumigaoka Utaha grit her teeth again, clenching her fists and enduring for a while before suppressing the urge to lash out.
Facing the unyielding Tanaka Masao, she snorted coldly and angrily sat on Yukinoshita Yukino's back seat, while furiously complaining about Tanaka Masao in her mind.
"Fei Zhai Jun is too unromantic. No girl would ever like a guy like him."
"He's stubborn and unyielding, like a rock, and even has thorns that prick people."
To get back at Tanaka Masao and make him regret it, Kasumigaoka Utaha, sitting on the back seat, wrapped her arms around Yukinoshita Yukino's slender waist, pressing her 'slime' against Yukinoshita Yukino's back, deforming it.
Then she lifted her head, looking at Tanaka Masao with great provocation.
More helpless than the regretful Tanaka Masao was Yukinoshita Yukino.
"Why are they both like this?"
…
Sitting on the seat, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the direction they were heading and asked,
"Where are we going?"
"To the supermarket."
"Not directly to Junior's house?"
"I say, Senior Kasumigaoka, can you not be so impatient?"
Feeling the strange looks from the other two girls, Kasumigaoka Utaha, for once, felt a bit awkward. She lightly coughed and said,
"I… I just thought it was a good ride. What is Junior buying at the supermarket?"
She glanced at Yukinoshita Yukino and Kawasaki Saki again.
Before she met them, the three of them must have planned to go together.
Going to the supermarket to buy things before going to Tanaka Masao's house—could they be buying some practical tools?
Then, was her sudden joining inappropriate? Would she be forced to join in then?
Kasumigaoka Utaha claimed she still had some knowledge reserves, and the moment such a scene appeared in her mind, her heart started pounding and her face flushed.
Should she run away quickly? But she still had two novels waiting for her.
Just as our "Juicing Princess" was lost in thought, Tanaka Masao spoke.
"Going to the supermarket to buy groceries for dinner."
"Buy groceries for dinner."
Kasumigaoka Utaha's eyes flashed with deep disappointment. "What? I wanted to see something exciting to add inspiration to my novel, but you're telling me it's this."
"Are Xuezhixia Classmate and Kawasaki-kun going to cook for Junior? It seems Junior has quite the luck with women; it almost makes me envious."
Tanaka Masao had already introduced them earlier. Although Tanaka Masao said he, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Kawasaki Saki were just classmates and friends, Kasumigaoka Utaha said she didn't believe it.
Besides the superficial classmate and friend relationship, they definitely had other relationships in private.
"I'm cooking."
"Junior, you mean you're going to cook yourself?"
"That's right. Is there a problem? Senior Kasumigaoka, you can come over to my house later and have dinner with us."
"Hmm, Junior, do you often prepare dinner for your family?"
"No, today is the first time."
"Speaking of which, Senior Kasumigaoka, you've come at just the right time."
"You're just in time for my first time, aren't you looking forward to it?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha said she didn't think there was anything to look forward to.
"Are things made for the first time really edible?"
"Forget it. If Junior can't do it, I'll just pretend to be very satisfied and praise him a little to satisfy his self-esteem."
Thinking this, Kasumigaoka Utaha showed an awkward but polite smile.
"Oh, really? Then I'm so lucky. I'm quite looking forward to Junior's first time."