In that instant, Katsuragi Ren seemed to become a completely different person.
The mask named gentleness usually worn was instantly shed, replaced by his true, rebellious face.
Katsuragi Ren dismissed Chie Hoshinomiya's reminder: "Little Chie, do you really know how to use a Joker?"
Before Chie Hoshinomiya could answer, Katsuragi Ren continued speaking on his own.
"The Joker isn't meant to be hidden; you have to show it."
"If you hide it in your hand, you'll think about not revealing it until the last moment, thinking about using it to catch the opponent off guard."
"The price of doing this is that, when the end finally comes, even if you win, the victory will cost you so much that it won't feel like a victory at all."
"So, something like a Joker, as long as you have it, show it directly to remind others not to mess with you. Whoever messes with you, you explode on them."
"This is the meaning of a Joker."
Katsuragi Ren stood up and came to Chie Hoshinomiya, bowing slightly and running his finger across the teacher's face, continuing to speak.
"As for the artificial genius you mentioned?"
"Sorry, since I was born, I have met too many geniuses, and those geniuses..."
"Without exception..."
"They call me a genius!"
Staring at Little Chie, whose body began to tremble slightly, Katsuragi Ren messed up her hair fiercely with his hand and revealed a ferocious smile.
"Little Chie, let me introduce myself again"
"Katsuragi Ren, the Ren who is the sole heir to the Katsuragi Group."
Seeing Chie Hoshinomiya lowering her head, badly scared by him, Katsuragi Ren decided to let her calm down alone in the tea room.
A gentle smile appeared on his face again as he stepped out of the tea room.
"Ha... ha... ha..." Contrary to Katsuragi Ren's expectation, Chie Hoshinomiya was not trembling with fear. At this moment, her face was flushed, making unintelligible sounds.
She was simply too excited, so excited that her face gradually became frantic.
Little Sae, sorry.
My Joker seems to look down on your Joker completely.
...
"Ren-kun, what were you sneaking around talking about with Hoshinomiya-sensei?" Honami Ichinose, who had finished grading papers, rotated her sore wrist to relieve fatigue.
"Talking about when Little Honami and I will get married."
Seeing no one else in the office, Katsuragi Ren placed his hands under Little Honami's armpits and lifted the girl up like a kitten, bringing her eye level with him.
"Hate it! We're still in the office!" Blushing at Katsuragi Ren's sudden attack, Ichinose kicked her legs, signaling Katsuragi Ren to put her down quickly.
Katsuragi Ren, understanding Little Honami's body language, pretended not to understand, brought his face close to Little Honami's, and said shamelessly: "Kiss!"
"Kiss your big head, put me down quickly!" Pushing Katsuragi Ren's face away with one hand, Ichinose threatened Katsuragi Ren angrily with her fist.
Seeing the plan fail, Katsuragi Ren had to put Ichinose down.
Facing Katsuragi Ren who suddenly became so obedient, Ichinose was a little at a loss, standing there blankly for a moment.
Ren-kun, is he angry?
As if he could read minds, Katsuragi Ren squatted down and stroked Ichinose's smooth cherry-pink long hair: "Not angry."
He also felt a little helpless inside.
Women are so hard to understand. If I really let go, you aren't happy.
Seeing the sky outside getting dark, the hungry Katsuragi Ren invited Little Honami: "Little Honami, want to go eat together?"
"Mhm mhm." Both being dragged to the office by Hoshinomiya-sensei, if Katsuragi Ren was hungry, Ichinose was naturally no exception.
"Want to eat at my place?"
"Hmm?"
"My cat can do backflips!"
"Ren-kun, that's enough!" Doesn't she know if Mochi can do backflips?
Ichinose said and punched Katsuragi Ren lightly, but the weak force was just like a girlfriend acting coquettishly with her partner.
...
Arriving at the villa door and opening it with his fingerprint, Ichinose immediately saw the two cats in the living room: "Mochi, Koharu."
Mochi and Koharu heard Ichinose's call and looked towards the entrance together.
Mochi moved her short legs and ran thumping towards Ichinose's open arms.
Koharu, on the other hand, remained lying in the living room, just wagging her tail at Ichinose as a greeting.
"Little Honami, go in first, I'm still behind." Katsuragi Ren, carrying two large bags of vegetables and meat, urged Ichinose to go in quickly.
After changing slippers at the entrance, Katsuragi Ren pushed Ichinose, who wanted to help in the kitchen, out, letting the girl go play by herself.
Strange to say, Ichinose, who did well in other aspects, had truly mediocre talent in this regard.
Unwilling, Ichinose sneaked into the kitchen and hugged Katsuragi Ren from behind.
"Ren-kun, let me try, let me try~"
Bonk!
Ichinose, who received a light flick on the forehead from Katsuragi Ren, understood the young man's determination not to let her in the kitchen.
She had to go back to the living room, turn on the TV, and hold Mochi to watch dramas.
In a short while, Katsuragi Ren poked his head out of the kitchen: "Little Honami, wash your hands and come serve the dishes."
"Coming~" Hearing Katsuragi Ren's voice, Ichinose put Mochi from her lap onto the sofa and ran to wash her hands.
Ordinary three dishes and one soup, without any expensive ingredients.
Soft and fall-off-the-bone cola chicken wings, tomato scrambled eggs with more eggs than tomatoes, peeled shrimp stir-fried with vegetables, plus a savory meatball soup—this was today's dinner.
Bringing the last meatball soup to the table, Katsuragi Ren found evidence of Little Honami stealing food and said calmly to the girl: "Little Honami, wipe the corner of your mouth; there's sauce on it."
"Ah? I didn't!" Just like the genius who stole dragon fruit in the drama, Ichinose chose to deny it.
"Okay, okay, you didn't steal food."
Pulling out a tissue, affectionately wiping the sauce from the corner of Little Honami's mouth, he even mischievously showed it to the girl before throwing it into the trash can.
After doing all this, Katsuragi Ren went into the kitchen again and brought out a large basin of cooled lean meat porridge, pouring it into a large and a small bowl respectively.
"Mochi, Koharu." Clapping his hands to attract the cats' attention, Katsuragi Ren reminded the two cats who were engrossed in watching the drama to come eat.
As soon as Katsuragi Ren finished speaking, he saw Mochi moving towards Koharu's feet, and Koharu habitually lowered her head to bite Mochi's scruff, bringing Mochi to Katsuragi Ren.
"Lazy cat!" Katsuragi Ren scolded laughingly.
"Meow~"
Mochi didn't care about this; after meowing once, she buried her entire head into her small food bowl.
"Roar~"
Koharu nodded to Katsuragi Ren, and her large head was also buried in her large food bowl like Mochi.
Returning to the dining table to sit down, Katsuragi Ren also began to have dinner with Ichinose.
"Little Honami, have you gained a little weight?"
Wrapping his hands around Little Honami's waist, Katsuragi Ren pinched the girl's small belly through her clothes and whispered in Little Honami's ear with a voice only she could hear.
Soft and very comfortable.
"I did not."
No girl would admit to gaining weight, and Ichinose was no exception.
"Really? I thought I raised you well." Katsuragi Ren said with some regret.
"I heard that being loved makes new flesh grow wildly. So Little Honami feels she is not loved."
"I understand. Love is mutual. It's useless if only I like Little Honami. Little Honami doesn't like me at all~"
"This is just my wishful thinking."
Ichinose had never seen such a shameless Katsuragi Ren. She felt the hands around her waist loosen.
Ichinose panicked.
She pulled Katsuragi Ren's withdrawn hands back and wrapped them around her waist again.
Placing Katsuragi Ren's palm back on her small belly, Ichinose lowered her head, blushed, and whispered: "Mhm... I gained a little weight."
"Little Fatty Honami~"
The successful Katsuragi Ren hooked the corner of his mouth.
"Ren-kun!"
Katsuragi Ren's phrase "Fatty Honami" woke Ichinose up instantly.
Everything before was just Katsuragi Ren teasing her.
Ichinose puffed up her somewhat round cheeks.
Katsuragi Ren gently bit Ichinose's puffed-up cheek: "So cute~"
Looking into the villa from the outside, under the warm and soft orange lighting.
One house, two people, and two cats.
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