Good thing they weren't late.
They made it to the cinema just before the movie started.
Ayaka, having nothing better to do, tagged along.
"Hmph, I just wanna see what's so great about this childish film. Do whatever you want," she said coolly.
Then she really did whatever she wanted.
She declared that before buying tickets.
Her original plan: sit on Satoru's right, Sakura on his left. Classic cheese-in-burger formation.
After what happened at the love hotel, Ayaka figured she wouldn't sleep well tonight anyway. Might as well use the darkness to gather more "research material" up close.
Result? Heh.
Why the hell is this stupid movie so damn popular!?
Every seat to Satoru's right was sold out!!
But she'd already talked big—she couldn't take it back.
Ayaka very casually picked a seat in the very last row.
And to add insult to injury:
"Why do those two get alpaca keychains and I don't!?" she snapped at the staff.
The staff member was a young woman—nowhere near Ayaka's level of beauty, but still cute.
She gave an awkward smile.
"Um… the alpaca keychains are only for couples…"
"We are a couple."
Ayaka pointed at herself and Satoru.
"But…" the girl hesitated.
"He's my boyfriend!" Ayaka gritted her teeth, mood officially ruined.
The staff looked skeptical. Clearly that other girl is the perfect match for him…
"Those two are a couple, we're a couple—separate couples," Ayaka fumed.
No seat was bad enough—now they wouldn't even give her a keychain?
She didn't want the stupid thing, but she couldn't NOT have it!!
Why the hell do they get one and not her!?
The staff's brain nearly bluescreened.
Wait, what is this relationship diagram!?
Satoru figured, since we're here, free merch is free merch. He pointed at Ayaka: "Yeah, we're a couple."
"Then you and this young lady…?" the staff asked.
"We're siblings," Satoru said with a straight face. "Sibling + couple. Only three people, but technically two pairs. Right, big sis?"
Password accepted.
IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE IT'S HERE!!
Sakura's cheeks flushed deep red as she nodded vigorously: "Y-Yes! Whatever my little brother says is correct!"
"…"
The staff looked at Satoru → Sakura → Ayaka.
Something was very wrong with these three.
She suddenly felt she wasn't degenerate enough for this world.
She sighed and handed over the alpaca keychain.
Movie started.
Movie ended.
When the lights came up and the staff went in to clear the theater,
she noticed:
Huh? The couple split up and the "siblings" are sitting together now?
What kind of freaky play is this?
Abandonment play? Voyeurism?
Does the girlfriend have an NTR fetish?
She glanced at Satoru standing up. Still hot. But damn, what a pervert.
She felt deeply inadequate in the degeneracy department.
…
On the way to the station.
Satoru pulled out a slip of paper with a red lipstick kiss printed on it.
Sakura was still lost in the final scene: Alpaca Princess, tears in her eyes, whimpering, "Prince… Prince… I'm sorry… but I… ngh… Prince…"
Ayaka had zero interest in the movie and was openly staring at Satoru.
"Hey, what's that?"
"Oh, the staff from earlier gave it to me."
Written on it: 『Come get it ♡ Absolute discretion, won't affect your family~~~♡』 Followed by a string of numbers that looked like an email.
Satoru typed the address into his phone, tap tap tap.
Sent:
『Is this the lady from the cinema?』
Instant reply:
『Yes ❤ Are you the handsome guy from earlier?』
『Correct』
A long pause, then:
『Tonight, I want the world to go really really deep inside me~~♡♡♡ Do you have interest?』
Satoru smiled faintly, fingers flying across the keyboard, replying with the gentlest tone known to man:
『Fuck off!! Ugly hag!! Go home and ride your mop handle!!』
Bullshit NTR dies, pure love lives forever!
Even if he was faking being someone's boyfriend, she still tried to hit on him!?
That desperate!?
Ayaka peeked at his reply, grinned in satisfaction, then glanced at Sakura.
She had been feeling a little guilty toward Sakura earlier.
After all, it was supposed to be their date, and she third-wheeled, even stole the girlfriend seat… actually sounds pretty thrilling… NO—wrong! Really sorry, Sakura!
But when she was about to apologize, she realized Sakura wasn't mad at all.
Instead, Sakura was staring at Satoru with weird pink sparkles in her eyes…
That expression…
Was exactly the same as Ayaka's own face in the love hotel mirror after barging into the bathroom.
The three lived in different directions.
So they parted at the station.
On the train, Satoru fondly reminisced about "Alpaca Princess Theatrical Version ~The Princess Who Will Never Be Stained White~"
Truly moving. From the bottom of his heart.
Especially the opening line: "I'll never yield to someone like you!" So cool!
And the ending: "I'm sorry, Prince… I'm sorry…" So heartbreaking!
Deeply touched, tears welled up in Satoru's eyes.
He wanted to whip out his phone and write a 3000-word review right there.
The other passengers stared at him like he was insane.
Everyone knows trains lurch forward on start and backward on stop.
That's why there are straps.
But Satoru stood legs apart, unmoving like a mountain!
Behold! The power of Thousand-Pound Drop EX!!
…
Got off at Yotsuya-Sanchome station.
Walked a bit more.
Soon arrived at the apartment building Satoru lived in.
According to original-body's memory:
His parents owned the unit, but most of the building was rentals.
For example, the unit next door had been empty forever.
"Yo, Kobayashi, welcome back."
Someone greeted him at the entrance.
Memory: Takahashi, the building manager.
First time seeing him since transmigrating.
"Your next-door unit got rented," Takahashi said.
"Oh."
Satoru never cared about worldly affairs.
"It's a black guy. Pretty rare around here," Takahashi added.
Satoru: ?
They were just playing black-on-white at the love hotel, and now a real one moves in next door?
Takahashi grinned: "Gonna be lively. I hear black people are great at rap."
Then, like he hadn't talked to anyone in years, he kept complaining: "It's just that the tenant in 503 is about to be late on rent again… one more week, I'll go collect in a week. No idea how many days that lady's gonna delay this time…"
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