Chapter 208: Hikigaya in Glasses
"Eh? Sending glasses as a gift? Hikigaya, do you have nearsightedness?" Kushida Kikyo curiously scrutinized his eyes.
"Is it possible that these are blue-light blocking glasses?" Hikigaya narrowed his dead-fish eyes.
"It really is...Wait..." Kushida Kikyo took out the glasses, looked at them closely, and confirmed that the lenses had no refractive power.
"But, to be fair, the style of the glasses is quite nice.
It seems the person who gave the gift has decent taste.
Hikigaya, put them on and try them..."
As she spoke, she leaned in with interest, reaching out intending to slip the glasses onto him.
"Let's not?
I'm not interested in glasses."
Hikigaya raised his hand to block her, expressing his resistance.
'Also, you're leaning in way too close!'
"Come on~ put them on, put them on~~" Hearing this high-pitched cutesy voice, Hikigaya actually felt a chill.
"I just want to see how hilarious the 'glasses version' of Hikigaya will look. Hehe~"
Kushida Kikyo was relentless, insisting on putting them on his head.
"!" Hikigaya was a man of integrity; he originally wanted to scold her loudly.
However, faced with Kushida Kikyo playing around practically face-to-face with him—and the sweet scent of a teenage girl wafting over—Hikigaya's heart began to race uncontrollably.
'Damnable woman, she's too cunning!'
Hikigaya's raised hands didn't know where to go, fearing that if he wasn't careful, he might touch the soft assets in front of her.
"Hehe!" Kushida Kikyo seemed to have calculated this perfectly. She leaned her body even closer, squeezing past Hikigaya's blocking arms, and took the opportunity to slide the glasses onto him.
"Haha! Dead-fish eyes with glasses, let me see how—" Her smile froze instantly. Her brown pupils suddenly constricted! It was as if she were looking at something inconceivable.
"What? Is it that funny?"
Hikigaya's eyebrow twitched.
Kushida Kikyo was completely stunned, looking like her soul had been sucked out, standing there motionless in a daze.
"Hello? Your acting is a bit exaggerated.
It's just wearing a pair of glasses, is there a need to be so surprised?"
Hikigaya couldn't help but roast her, and then instinctively reached out, intending to take off the glasses.
Slap! Kushida Kikyo suddenly grabbed both of his hands.
"???" Hikigaya was instantly confused. She was staring straight at his face.
"Heh—" However, almost the instant the sound escaped her, Kushida Kikyo forced herself to stop.
"What? Is me wearing glasses some kind of joyous occasion?" Hikigaya felt completely in the dark.
"Huff... huff..." Kushida Kikyo took several deep breaths before she finally managed to suppress her over-the-top emotions. Then she reached out again and solemnly took off his glasses.
"Listen~ Hikigaya, you better not wear glasses casually in the future."
0Sister? Do you even know what you're saying? 0
Hikigaya's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
"The one who insisted I wear them was you, and now the one telling me not to is also you!
Is me wearing glasses really that ugly?"
Kushida Kikyo shook her head.
"No, that's not what I meant."
"Then what exactly do you mean?" Hikigaya asked irritably.
"I..."
Kushida Kikyo's eyes darted around, and she stammered, "You... just consider it my personal selfishness!"
She thought to herself: 'I absolutely cannot let other women see what Hikigaya looks like in glasses! Otherwise, the number of competitors will probably become super high!!'
"What 'personal selfishness'?
What a strange person..."
Hikigaya looked at her with a weird expression. Why did everyone lately like playing the "riddler"?
"...Can... can you let me see one more time?"
Kushida Kikyo picked up the glasses and put them on Hikigaya again.
Hikigaya's face was covered in black lines; at this point, the word "speechless" was far from enough to describe him.
"Mmmgh—!....."
'Super super super handsome!! I love it I love it I love it!!!' Kushida Kikyo was trying her hardest to restrain the agitation in her heart, but her watery eyes were practically turning into melting honey.
"???" Hikigaya felt a sudden sense of dread.
Why did the woman in front of him give off the visual sense of wanting to eat him alive?
Gulp~ Kushida Kikyo swallowed, reluctantly took off his glasses, and put them back in the box.
"Wait...! Vulgar props like this must be sealed away!"
Hikigaya couldn't hold back his anger this time: "You're the vulgar one!" A pair of ordinary blue-light glasses, not some "hypnosis glasses" from a manga—how was that vulgar?
"A-Ah..." As if her true inner thoughts had been exposed, Kushida Kikyo's face turned red and she looked incredibly embarrassed.
"Kushida, are you on your period?" This rude question was clearly intentional on Hikigaya's part. Asking about a girl's private matters was an attempt to provoke her.
"Don't worry, today is a 'safe' day." Kushida Kikyo answered with total seriousness.
"??? No, who asked you about that?" Even with Hikigaya's thick skin, he couldn't handle her shocking statement!
"Hikigaya~ Pervert~~" Kushida Kikyo swayed her body shyly.
"Stop right there!
You were the one who said it!!"
Hikigaya looked horrified. If this scene was seen by anyone else, he'd never be able to clear his name even if he jumped into Tokyo Bay!
"Hikigaya, I... mmm!" Kushida Kikyo opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say something. Hikigaya quickly used his palm to firmly cover her mouth. He didn't dare let her keep talking, fearing she would drop another world-shaking bombshell.
"Kushida, your head is a bit messy right now.
Be good, go back and take a shower to clear your head."
Hikigaya grabbed her arm while keeping her mouth covered and led her toward the door.
"Mmph mmph~" Unable to speak, Kushida couldn't make a sound.
"Shh~Don't say anything." Hikigaya offered kind advice.
Wait... Lick~
"Ah?!" Hikigaya retracted his hand like he'd been hit by an electric shock. His palm was wet.
"Ehe~~" Kushida Kikyo playfully stuck out her tongue.
Something is wrong with this woman's brain! "Um, Kushida-san?" Hikigaya's face was stiff. "Please don't be like this, I'm scared!"
"Call me Kikyo."
"Kushida-san?"
"Call me Kikyo!"
'Why is it this again? Is everyone into calling each other by their first names lately?'
Hikigaya looked confused. But faced with a mysteriously hyper and clearly "off" Kushida Kikyo, Hikigaya had no choice but to agree for now.
"Fine, Kikyo."
"Mm~ Hachiman~"
'I beg you, stop the cutesy voice! You're scaring the life out of me!!'
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