"Can I ask you something, Rei?" Nach said in a surprisingly serious tone, free from his usual perverted, teasing demeanor, as they drove away from the thug who was now being devoured by the undead attracted by the gunshot she fired.
"What is it, Sensei...?" Rei murmured, her voice muffled with her face buried against Nach's back as she tightened her embrace while riding behind him on the motorcycle, still terrified from the assault and overwhelmed with guilt for beating the thug to death.
Nach heaved a heavy sigh, then promptly asked his question:
"Rei... just how far have you and Hisashi already gone?"
"You're really gonna ask that after what just happened to me?!"
To Nach's defense, he wasn't exactly asking such an intriguing question to tease Rei, nor simply because he was a degenerate pervert who wanted to know more about the female characters' intimacy—those he used as fap material before falling asleep, only to wake up and find himself transported into the story of Highschool of the Dead.
Nach was actually being considerate and genuinely worried about Rei's current state.
Rei had almost been raped, and even though it was part of the original plot—an important key event, to be accurate—Nach still felt guilty for letting it happen just because he wanted Rei to have some character development.
Of course she would be traumatized, he thought, feeling not only Rei's soft, ample breasts pressing against his back but also her trembling body and her arms wrapped around him, shaking.
"Have you done it already with Hisashi?" Nach continued, trying to distract Rei's mind from the memory of the assault by mentioning her boyfriend.
Rei somehow understood what Nach was trying to do, so despite her embarrassment, she gave her response as she pictured Hisashi in her mind to calm herself.
"We've touched each other, but we haven't done it yet," she said, remembering giving her boyfriend a handjob.
"Heh—he didn't do it even though the two of you have already gone that far?"
"It's because Hisashi isn't a pervert like you, Sensei!" Rei shouted, thinking Nach might be mocking Hisashi with that surprised yet smug tone of his voice.
"Hisashi said we shouldn't rush doing things... or getting intimate..." She then started muttering again, ashamed for lashing out at someone trying to help her calm down.
Is Hisashi a freaking Saint?! Nach exclaimed internally, doubting that a guy could restrain himself when his strikingly hot girlfriend was already giving him a handjob. Not to mention that Rei was already 18 and of legal age.
His astonishment and disbelief only grew after hearing what Rei said next:
"I even took a pill and it was a safe day... but Hisashi said we should wait until we graduate first."
"And when did that happen?" Nach asked, despite already having an idea.
"Just the other night before all this disaster and chaos happened."
So he chose to raise a death flag rather than an erection, Nach thought, making a pun since Hisashi was supposed to die the next morning.
He suddenly held back from laughing as another thought crossed his mind:
At the start of Highschool of the Dead, Takashi's monologue mentions that he spent the night playing video games—unaware that Rei was about to give her first time and virginity to Hisashi that same night.
Isn't that a classic trope…
"Is something wrong, Sensei?" Rei said, noticing Nach's unusual silence, pulling him back from making fun of Takashi in his head.
"Nothing, Rei," Nach said as he slowed down and took a turn toward the place he had been looking for while following Rei's directions toward the Onbetsu Bridge.
"How about we stop here first?"
Nach stopped the motorcycle in front of a shopping mall—one just about the size of a single-story retail store.
"Wouldn't it be dangerous to stop here, Sensei?"
Although there were no undead in front of the mall—aside from beaten corpses lying around the parking lot—even Rei knew that the people going in and out, taking items for themselves, could be as dangerous as the undead, especially the men.
"Don't worry, Rei. This time I promise I'll protect you properly."
Despite not wanting to be treated like a child and wanting to prove she was capable on her own, Rei decided to rely on Nach, tightening her embrace once more before getting down from the motorcycle.
"Are we taking food and other supplies as well, Sensei?" She asked, watching Nach remove the key and lay the motorcycle down behind a car so it wouldn't attract attention and get stolen.
Considering they had only eaten the few snacks they found at the observatory on the school rooftop yesterday—meager portions everyone had to divide and share—even Nach felt his hunger. However, food was actually their second concern.
"Aside from food, we need to find ourselves some new clothes," Nach said, directing Rei's attention down to her torn blouse exposing her bra.
Nach wouldn't mind indulging himself in that erotic sight, but even as a pervert, he didn't want Rei to keep wearing something that had visible stains of a man's release—especially since it wasn't his.
Rei immediately covered her breasts with both hands upon seeing Nach's perverted gaze, though she didn't back away from him. Still, she questioned his intention.
"And you're getting new clothes as well?"
Nach's clothes—a P.E. uniform—were a bit tight on his muscular frame, emphasizing his massive bulge, but to Rei, they were clean enough and didn't need replacing yet. Given her recent experience of being assaulted by a thug, she couldn't help but wonder if Nach might have ulterior motives. But despite her fear, she had no choice—she couldn't enter the mall on her own.
"Of course I want to change as well," Nach said, trying to ease Rei's suspicion.
"I mean, you got that thug's cum all over me when you were embracing me."
His remark made Rei aware not only of the stains on her torn uniform but also of the lingering smell. But instead of being frightened by the memory of the thug's erection spurting his release, she was more annoyed at Nach making fun of her.
"I doubt even Hisashi could wear something stained with another man's cum."
"I know already! So let's just hurry up and get new clothes!"