Chapter 890 - 890: Kotomi and Megumi Kato's Little Understanding

Kotomi Izumi picked up her schoolbag, planning to stop by the podium and joke around with Eiren Kanagawa a little on her way out of the classroom.

However, to her surprise, in the blink of an eye, Eiren Kanagawa had already hurried out of the classroom.

"She sure left fast..." Kotomi Izumi muttered.

Kotomi Izumi was not the only one. Since tomorrow was a day off anyway, some students who had wanted to chat with Eiren Kanagawa before leaving school also noticed that she had disappeared unusually quickly.

"Where's Ms. Kanagawa?"

"No idea."

"She was still at the podium just now. How did she disappear in the blink of an eye?"

"Oh, you mean Ms. Kanagawa? I saw her while I was packing my bag. The moment she finished speaking, she hurried out of the classroom. Maybe something urgent came up."

"Come to think of it, Ms. Kanagawa was in a hurry this morning too."

"Maybe she was rushing to find somewhere private so she could call her lover~"

"Eh—no way. At Ms. Kanagawa's age, rather than saying she's dating someone, isn't she already at the age where she should be getting married?"

"That's true. Ms. Kanagawa talked about quite a few things concerning herself today, but I don't think she ever mentioned her relationship status."

"Maybe she just doesn't want to talk about it. Stop overthinking things. We only met her today, after all. We still need time to get to know one another. Maybe once we're more familiar with her, Ms. Kanagawa will talk to us about her love life."

"A fine arts professor from a prestigious university is actually our homeroom teacher. I'm definitely bragging about that to Mom and Dad when I get home."

"I'd advise you not to. If you tell them, then whenever you get a bad score on a test later, your parents will use it against you. They'll say stuff like, 'You already have a professor from a prestigious university as your homeroom teacher, so why are your grades still this bad? Are you even studying properly at school? No allowance for you this month!' It doesn't matter that Ms. Kanagawa teaches art. The moment your parents hear that your homeroom teacher used to be a professor at a prestigious university, they'll automatically assume your grades should improve."

"Wah—don't curse me with something like that!"

"I want to be Miss Kotomi Izumi's dog!"

"What the hell was that?"

After spending the whole day together, the students of Class 1-F had all formed quite a strong impression of Eiren Kanagawa.

Although they still did not know how good Eiren Kanagawa was at actually teaching, it was not difficult to tell from the way she chatted with her students that she was very skilled at using casual conversation to teach them certain lessons. What sounded like an offhand topic would always, at just the right moment, become a way for her to convey the knowledge or experience she truly wanted to pass on to her students.

If that knowledge and experience were presented on their own, they would sound extremely dull. At the very least, for first-year high school students who were only sixteen or seventeen, knowledge and experience coming from a university professor would inevitably feel somewhat tedious.

But when that knowledge and experience were woven into stories or casual conversation like this, what would otherwise have been dry lectures gradually became interesting, preventing most of the students from getting so bored that they fell asleep or started playing with their phones.

Though, while Eiren Kanagawa was talking, Kotomi Izumi had continued playing with her phone as usual...

In any case, Eiren Kanagawa had made fairly good use of the day. At the very least, she had managed to leave everyone in Class 1-F with a good impression of her.

Especially during the afternoon self-study period. After all the subject teachers had written their assigned homework on the blackboard, one student suddenly noticed that the chemistry teacher had never come by to assign anything. When Eiren Kanagawa learned about it, she did not send the chemistry class representative to fetch the teacher. Instead, she closed the classroom door and said mysteriously to everyone:

"The chemistry teacher didn't come assign any homework. Maybe she forgot. After all, she should already be around the age of menopause, so forgetting a few things is inevitable. If she didn't come assign anything, doesn't that mean you have one less piece of holiday homework? In that case, let's all pretend we know nothing about it. Nobody go and call the chemistry teacher. If she comes by later, then you'll just have to do whatever she assigns. But if she doesn't show up before school ends, then congratulations, everyone. You've got one less chemistry assignment this holiday!"

After saying that, Eiren Kanagawa added enviously:

"I'm seriously jealous of you. When I was in school, the thing I looked forward to most was the teacher forgetting to assign homework. Unfortunately, from elementary school all the way until I graduated from high school, I never once got lucky enough to have a teacher forget."

The moment Eiren Kanagawa finished speaking, the students of Class 1-F cheered for her. Having one less assignment to do was practically a blessing from heaven for students.

And because of that incident, everyone in Class 1-F became increasingly convinced that their new homeroom teacher was someone they could definitely get along with.

"Kotomi, did you forget something? You've been standing there in a daze this whole time."

Megumi Kato, who had packed her schoolbag and was ready to go home with Kotomi, noticed that Kotomi had been standing beside her desk staring toward the podium, her expression making it seem as though she were thinking about something.

"Ah, it's nothing. I was just thinking about what to have for dinner tonight." Kotomi Izumi came back to her senses and shook her head to indicate that nothing was wrong.

"I see. Then let's go home."

Megumi Kato did not think much of it and spoke to Kotomi with a faint smile.

The moment Megumi Kato finished speaking, she once again drew envious looks from Yui Yuigahama and the others. Among Yukino Yukinoshita, Yui Yuigahama, Megumi Kato, and Mashiro Shiina, only Megumi Kato could go home from school with Kotomi every day. After all, the two of them lived in the same direction.

Kotomi Izumi nodded. After saying goodbye to Yui Yuigahama and the others, she left the school together with Megumi Kato.

On the way home, Kotomi Izumi still remembered the unpleasant conflict that had occurred between Megumi Kato and Mashiro Shiina that morning.

Kotomi Izumi had already decided back then that she needed to find an opportunity to properly coax Megumi. After all, Mashiro Shiina had been the one to provoke Megumi Kato first this time.

Why not today? The thought surfaced in Kotomi Izumi's mind. As it did, she slowly spoke and began asking Megumi Kato:

"Megumi, are Uncle Kato and Aunt Kato home?"

"Mom and Dad went to a wedding banquet today. They probably won't be back until tonight. Since they're at a wedding banquet, Dad will definitely drink during the meal, which means Mom will be the one driving them home. My mom always drives really slowly, so naturally, it'll take them a little longer to get back."

Megumi Kato explained. As she continued speaking, a hint of amusement crept into her voice. Ever since she and Kotomi had confessed to each other at the aquarium, they had been dating for a decent amount of time, neither especially long nor especially short, and by now, the two of them had developed a few sweet little understandings between them.

The moment Kotomi asked whether her parents were home, Megumi Kato had already guessed what Kotomi wanted to do.

So after finishing her explanation, Megumi Kato suddenly pulled Kotomi Izumi into her arms. The slightly forceful movement startled little Kotomi, who had not expected Megumi Kato to suddenly hug her.

Even though Kotomi had already been suddenly hugged by Megumi Kato plenty of times, she still got startled every time it happened.

Looking at little Kotomi in her arms, who resembled a frightened little penguin, Megumi Kato curled her lips into a meaningful smile and teased her cheerfully:

"Why are you so surprised? You're still not used to being hugged? If you really said that, I wouldn't believe you. After all, if you weren't used to me suddenly hugging you, how could you have just taken the initiative to suggest going to my bedroom?"

Megumi Kato always thought Kotomi looked incredibly cute when she blushed, so whenever she saw Kotomi's face turn red, she could never resist deliberately teasing her a little.

Of course, whenever Megumi Kato teased her, as long as she had not lost her reason, she was always extremely careful not to go too far. She was terrified that one careless move might make Kotomi cry and cause Kotomi to dislike her.

In reality, however, what Megumi Kato did not know was that Kotomi Izumi actually looked forward to being thoroughly bullied by her. Forget simply being made to cry. Kotomi even hoped that Megumi Kato would leave a few marks on her body.

Kotomi had a long-hidden kink that she had never told Megumi Kato about, nor had she told Yui Yuigahama.

Namely, when they got intimate, Kotomi Izumi wanted the person she loved to grip her neck hard—preferably with enough force to leave her hovering right on the edge of suffocation!

The reason she had never voiced this kink was not because she was afraid to do so. Rather, Kotomi Izumi had not yet prepared herself mentally. She worried that this preference of hers might be a little too strange and that Megumi Kato or Yui Yuigahama would not know how to react after hearing it.

Of course, Kotomi had not told Ayani Kika either. The main reason was that she and Ayani Kika had only become intimate for the first time not long ago, and so far, it had only happened a few times.

Every time they got intimate, Kotomi would be "bullied" until she lost consciousness and could no longer speak, which meant Kotomi kept forgetting to discuss something with Ayani Kika: 'When we're intimate, could you grip my neck hard, like you're trying to snap it?'

As for this particular kink, Kotomi Izumi did not know whether she had been born with it or whether it had developed because of some person or experience. In any case, whenever she was intimate with someone, she desperately wanted her lover to grip her neck hard.

Back to the present, while Kotomi Izumi was being held in Megumi Kato's arms and faced with Megumi's question, she could only feel her cheeks growing hotter and hotter. Her adorable face turned completely red as she said in embarrassment:

"Of course I'd be startled if you suddenly hugged me! And Megumi, you're the worst. You obviously knew why I was asking whether your parents were home. You could've just treated it as our little unspoken understanding, but you had to say it out loud... Megumi, you meanie!"

Even though Kotomi Izumi was calling her mean, Megumi Kato was not nervous in the slightest. As Kotomi's girlfriend, she could still tell which of Kotomi's words meant she was genuinely angry and which were merely her acting spoiled.

For example, right now, Kotomi was simply acting spoiled out of habit. After all, her personality had always contained a slightly tsundere streak. She had originally wanted to hint that she wanted to get intimate, only for Megumi Kato to say it outright, so naturally she would feel shy and embarrassed.

And once little Kotomi became embarrassed, her tsundere side would emerge.

"Hehe, I understand. I'll definitely be more careful next time~" Megumi Kato laughed happily as she held Kotomi in her arms. At that moment, she felt like the happiest person in the entire world!

Amid their playful flirting, Kotomi Izumi and Megumi Kato soon arrived at the Kato residence.

Megumi Kato unlocked the door with her key and led Kotomi inside.

Just as Megumi Kato had said on the way back, neither of her parents was home at the moment.

Kotomi Izumi could no longer remember how many times she had visited the Kato residence. In any case, after coming here so often, she had long since stopped feeling restrained. She lazily sat down in the entryway and prepared to take off her shoes.

Just as she was about to remove them, Kotomi Izumi seemed to think of a good idea. With a soft laugh, she lifted one leg and hooked the toe of her loafer with her foot, making the black shoe sway back and forth from her white-stockinged foot.

"Megumi, I'm too lazy to walk. Will you carry me upstairs?"

"N-No problem!"

Kotomi Izumi's sudden initiative left Megumi Kato both surprised and delighted. She hurriedly tossed her schoolbag aside without caring where it landed, scooped Kotomi up in a princess carry, and headed upstairs.

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Meanwhile...

At the Izumi residence.

After finishing lunch at noon, Aimi Izumi had gone back to bed and fallen asleep again. Now, she slowly opened her drowsy eyes.

Because of her fever over the past few days, Aimi Izumi felt that her daily routine consisted entirely of eating until she was full, sleeping until she was rested, then eating again, with a little time squeezed in between to play gal games.

"Mmm—what a wonderful sleep. I dreamed that Kotomi and I went on our honeymoon after getting married. What a beautiful dream~ But I'm confident I'll definitely turn that dream into reality!!!"

Aimi Izumi sat up in bed and pumped her fists to cheer herself on. Perhaps because she had been resting properly over the past few days, Aimi felt that after waking up, the discomfort caused by her fever had diminished even further. She was practically fully recovered already.

At this moment, Aimi felt exceptionally energetic. The groggy sensation she had still been experiencing before had now vanished completely.

"At this rate, I'll be able to go back to school normally next Monday."

Aimi muttered to herself as she rolled her neck, got out of bed, and prepared to head downstairs for some water.

Only after getting out of bed did Aimi, who had been completely immersed in her wonderful honeymoon dream with Kotomi, realize that it was already approaching evening.

"Phew, I slept all the way from noon until now? Let me see what time it is... It's almost five already?! Good thing I woke up. If I'd slept a few more hours, I wouldn't have any hope of falling asleep tonight."

Aimi Izumi stretched and spoke with some helplessness.

After that, she slipped her bare feet into her slippers, left Kotomi's bedroom, and decided to get herself a glass of water first.

As she walked downstairs, Aimi Izumi muttered quietly to herself, her voice full of anticipation:

"It's almost five already. Onee-chan must be home by now! Hehehe, she must be watching TV in the living room right now. Instead of going straight back to her bedroom to play on the computer like usual after coming home, she's staying in the living room to watch TV. Onee-chan must be doing that because she's worried she'll disturb my rest~ Onee-chan cares about me so much~ Hmph, once I reach the living room, I'm definitely going to shout 'Onee-chan!' and give her a surprise!"

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