Chainsaw Man: Mangekyo Sharingan

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: I Like You Too

She said it...

She actually said it...

After saying the words of confession, Kobeni Higashiyama suddenly felt like she was about to suffocate.

She was full of expectation, yet also full of fear. She looked forward to Asaba’s answer, but she was terrified of being rejected by him, or even hated.

She lowered her head, shifting her gaze elsewhere, not daring to look at the reaction on Kotone Asaba’s face.

At that moment, Kotone Asaba looked somewhat surprised. He had not expected Kobeni to truly confess to him.

"I like you too."

Kotone Asaba was only stunned for a moment before immediately giving his answer.

Of course, those were also his true feelings. Even before he had transmigrated, when he read the original manga, he had already liked Kobeni.

Hearing that, Kobeni Higashiyama immediately raised her head. Her flushed face showed an expression of utter disbelief.

She had imagined that Asaba might reject her with a look of disgust. She had also imagined that Asaba might reluctantly accept her. The only thing she had not imagined was Asaba directly saying that he liked her too.

[Kobeni Higashiyama Affinity +20%]

[Kobeni Higashiyama Affinity progress has reached 60%. Achievement reward acquired: Constitution +1]

[Kobeni Higashiyama Affinity progress has reached 70%. Achievement reward acquired: Constitution +1]

At that moment, Kobeni Higashiyama’s Affinity skyrocketed.

Originally, because she had such low self-esteem, she had always suppressed her own feelings, not daring to like Asaba too much.

When Kotone Asaba said, "I like you too," all of that suppression was released.

Kobeni Higashiyama’s Affinity increased so much that even Kotone Asaba was surprised.

"See? I told you. Kobeni is so cute, there’s no way Asaba would reject her."

Rika Matsumoto nodded with satisfaction.

Kobeni and Asaba had finally gotten together.

She hoped Asaba could help Kobeni deal with the problems at home.

Although Kobeni had never taken the initiative to talk to her about her family situation, Rika could tell from how she usually interacted with Kobeni that Kobeni definitely did not have an easy time at home.

Now that she had such an impressive boyfriend, Kobeni had someone to rely on.

It was still club activity time, but Kobeni Higashiyama could no longer calm down and read.

She had confessed in a sudden rush of emotion just now, and she had not thought about what she should do after really becoming Asaba’s girlfriend.

All she remembered was seeing in books and on TV that couples would hold hands, kiss, and even do those kinds of intimate things.

Holding hands felt manageable to her. Kissing was a little embarrassing. As for intimate things, that was even harder to imagine doing.

At that moment, Kobeni Higashiyama’s mind was completely filled with those thoughts. The shy flush on her face had not faded for even a moment, and she had no mind to read at all.

"What’s wrong, Kobeni? Is something on your mind?"

Seeing Kobeni looking like this, Kotone Asaba could not help asking.

Kotone Asaba’s sudden voice nearly startled Kobeni Higashiyama.

"N-no! I’m just... too happy, so I can’t really calm down!"

Kobeni Higashiyama hurriedly explained.

How could she possibly say what she was truly thinking? If she said it out loud, Asaba might think she was some shameless girl. That was absolutely something she did not want to happen.

"Oh, okay."

Kotone Asaba did not overthink it either.

He had just thought Kobeni might be thinking about matters at home.

However, no matter what, he felt that he should begin thinking about how to handle Kobeni Higashiyama’s family problems.

Before today, he had only been an outsider, with no right to forcefully interfere in someone else’s family affairs.

But starting from just now, he was already Kobeni’s boyfriend.

Even if he did not forcefully interfere, he at least had the right to help Kobeni resolve those problems.

After that, Kobeni Higashiyama tried her best to throw all those messy thoughts to the back of her mind, and finally managed to read somewhat normally.

As for Rika Matsumoto, she actually was not very interested in reading. She had joined the Reading Club for Kobeni’s sake.

Now her goal had already been achieved, and there was not even much need for her to keep staying in the Reading Club.

But she would not go so far as to quit the club. There was nothing bad about staying in the Reading Club, and she did not want to join any other club either.

So now, Rika Matsumoto was reading while zoning out.

As for Kotone Asaba, he was reading while thinking about how to deal with Kobeni’s family matters.

When Kotone Asaba went to the bathroom, Kobeni Higashiyama took the opportunity to quietly ask Rika Matsumoto beside her, "Um... Rika, do you know what couples are supposed to do?"

Although she was very embarrassed, she had no better option besides asking Rika.

Among the classmates she knew, Rika was the one she had the best relationship with. There was also no computer at home for her to search online, unless she went to the library specifically to find related books, but that was a little too troublesome.

Rika Matsumoto almost failed to react for a moment. Only in the next second did she realize why Kobeni was asking.

She could not help reaching out and pinching Kobeni’s cheek. "Kobeni, you really are too cute!"

"Couples don’t need to deliberately do anything. For example, walking home together after school, holding hands when you want to hold hands, going on dates when you want to go on dates, isn’t it fine to just let everything happen naturally?"

"Oh!"

At that moment, Kobeni Higashiyama suddenly understood.

At the same time, she felt a little ashamed. She had actually been thinking about those intimate things just now.

"Of course, if you want to, you can also do some embarrassing things~"

Just then, Rika Matsumoto teased her.

Kobeni Higashiyama’s face instantly turned bright red.

Gradually, club activity time seemed to pass very quickly.

The three members of the Reading Club were just about ready to go home.

When she walked out of the school gate together with Kotone Asaba, Kobeni Higashiyama was very conflicted about whether she should walk home with Asaba.

If she happened to be seen by her family on the way back, that would be bad. And she absolutely could not let Asaba walk all the way to her front door before parting. If that happened, she would definitely be found out.

Seeing Kobeni Higashiyama looking so weighed down, Kotone Asaba deliberately asked, "Kobeni... are you thinking about your family?"

"Mm... Huh?! How did you know, Asaba?!"

Kobeni Higashiyama had not wanted to talk to Asaba about her family, but she had not expected Asaba to actually know what she was thinking.

"When you spend enough time with someone, you can more or less tell. Your relationship with your family isn’t very good, is it?"

Kotone Asaba found an opportunity to bring up the topic.

"It’s a little... My relationship with Nazuna is fine, but with everyone else..."

Because Asaba had taken the initiative to lead her into this topic, Kobeni Higashiyama could not help starting to talk about it.

"Can you tell me exactly what’s going on?"

"Huh...? That..."

Kobeni Higashiyama hesitated a little.

"After all, you’re my girlfriend now. I should help share some of your worries."

Kotone Asaba smiled.

Hearing those words, Kobeni Higashiyama’s eyes widened slightly, and her heart suddenly thumped hard. She was instantly touched.

At that moment, she could no longer hold back. She wanted to pour out all the grievances buried in her heart.

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