Chapter 642: Animal nature is liberated gradually
Walking home in the darkening sky, Shinichi looked at the palm holding the girl's wrist for a long time.
"Could it be that my animal nature has started to awaken…"
There was clearly a chance to let go at any time halfway, but the soft and gentle touch made him ignore it, and just hold Itsuki's wrist until the end.
Now remembering the feeling at that time, he still felt satisfaction. He thought that if he held her hand next time, Itsuki wouldn't refuse or anything...
This kind of active desire was completely different from what he experienced during the summer vacation.
"Oh, what a shame... I'm really not a good person..."
Shinichi put down his hand, and immediately forgot.
After all, as long as his rationality was running normally, he would never allow himself to make an irreparable mistake.
As for "'wanting to hold hands', the impatience that only innocent virgins have?
It would be a shame to care too much, just let nature take its course, that doesn't mean it's not involved...
Seeing the heavy traffic, he began the long journey home.
Shinichi had an interesting thought in his mind.
"The quintuplets' hands all feel different..."
"Sleek, simple, soft, energetic and warm. Although the body is similar, the actual feeling is very different..."
Just like that, he returned home, Shinichi glanced at his mother who was sitting at the dining table, and stretched out his hand.
"Mom, let's shake your hand."
"Hah?" Kazumi looked confused. She asked in confusion, "What is it? Did you just go to the toilet without washing your hands and want to frame me?"
"…Please don't think of your child in such a dirty way." Shinichi withdrew his hand.
"I see."
"What do you understand?" Kazumi was very curious, not knowing what her son suddenly realized.
Shinichi wiped the corners of his eyes and sighed.
"Middle-aged women's hands are really different from high school girls' hands... Thank you for your hard work all this time, Mom."
Kazumi: "😐"
Veins appeared on her forehead, and an evil grin appeared on her face.
"No matter how sincere your eyes are, you even hold back tears from the corners of your eyes, and you look so filial, you still can't stop this middle-aged woman from wanting to hit your face now!"
Masao picked up his rice bowl and spoke.
"Don't get angry quickly. He had just returned home after holding hands with a high school girl. Otherwise, why would he suddenly sigh like this? We should be happy."
"Is it true?!" The hand that grabbed the rice pot stopped. Kazumi looked at Shinichi with bright eyes and asked excitedly.
"Who's that? Fumino-chan? Or Rizu-chan? Do you, who are still a virgin, finally dare to take the initiative to spoil a girl?"
"...Don't talk too harshly, don't be like the talkative women on the street, ma'am."
Contrary to their expectations, Shinichi looked calm.
"I will take her home and introduce her to you next time. Don't ask or worry about it now. Let's eat."
Of course, this was just a casual conversation so we could have dinner in peace.
Putting aside his shocked parents, he started eating his dinner.
Honestly, there was only one possibility to bring home all the girls he had ever dated, throw a party at his house and invite everyone to play.
As for the more sophisticated thing, namely bringing a girlfriend home, Shinichi could do it any time if he wanted, but because there were too many requests, it was less likely than throwing a party.
Shinichi sighed.
How many people in this world have this kind of problem?
Even though his birthday is on November 11, he is far from single.
This kind of life is really...
It felt so good—Ahem, so confusing.
"I always feel that this kind of child deserves to be beaten..."
Mr. and Mrs. Asada were speaking their minds, feeling like they couldn't eat anymore.
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In the next few days, nothing major happened, and time passed peacefully.
Shinichi's routine was as usual, he did morning exercises in the morning and taught Yotsuba to move her whole body and brain.
"Question 1, why is the Kingdom of Macedonia also called the Empire of Alexander?"
"Because there was a man named Alexander the Great, he was the strongest king in history!"
"Second question, who is Alexander?"
"Eh...! Yotsuba four!"
"Wrong! That's Miku!"
"Ugh——! Actually, I lost to Miku——!"
"Wait, don't rush... Sigh... Don't rush too fast! I can't keep up..."
"Asada-san is so slow!"
"This is a normal person's speed!"
"Ahaha~ Faster~"
"A husky that ran away..."
That morning was full of academic atmosphere.
There was no change during the day because of Nino's visit, after all she had her own life to live and her own friends to take care of, so she wasn't going to bring Shinichi a lunch box every day.
The same goes for Miku. Even though she didn't have many friends, she didn't dare go to other classrooms alone, just to look for Shinichi, so she usually went to the cafeteria with her sister, and only worked with him on games in the evenings, working hard to build their house.
Ichika comes to every meeting after school, but according to her, the pressure of work means she doesn't have time to study. Hina only comes to class on weekends, and there is no way to pass the school exam on Friday.
So she hoped that Shinichi would give her a few lessons, so as not to take up his time teaching Fumino and Rizu. After that, the two of them can go to a coffee shop or family restaurant to catch up.
Ichika could pay for it, Shinichi could choose whatever he wanted to eat, and she could take him shopping after studying, which was considered school fees.
Because these words were spoken personally, her joy in trying to support him was completely undisguised, and she also used learning as an excuse, which made it difficult for Shinichi to refuse...
Finally, he decided to set aside time for self-study in the evening and used video calls to give her lectures.
After all, after school, it was Shinichi and Itsuki's time alone.
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