Shiorin, Akarin and Mihorin happily opened the bags of popsicles that weād brought for them.
āHaaah~, I can feel it coursing through my heated veins~!ā
āSo good~!ā
āItās so cold and refreshing~!ā
They all sucked on their long, thin popsicles and started licking them with their tongues.
āAh. This scene might have some indecent connotations, huhā¦
This ridiculous crossed my mind for a moment before Hasumi suddenly blushed and whispered in my ear.
āJ-Just as Iād expect from you, Ritsukiā¦ You specifically chose to buy the popsicles in order to watch this scene. Iāll also lick my popsicles as hard as I can, so you can watch me too if youād like, okayā¦?ā
āN-N-No, youāve got it wrong, Hasumi! This is just a coincidence! I didnāt have any ulterior motives behind the popsicles!ā
I panicked and hurriedly denied her accusations, but my voice ended up getting heard by Shiorin and the others in the process.
Hasumi deliberately chose to whisper in order to prevent this exact thing from happening and yet here I am. What a fool I am.
Shiorin and her friends looked at how each of them were licking their popsicles, which made their faces flush red.
(Ah, this is the end. Theyāre going to prohibit me from entering the house forever. In fact, they might even choose to never talk to me for the rest of my life ever againā¦)
Shiorin, whose face was still flushed red, audibly cleared her throat. āAhem!ā
Then, with a cramped smile on her face, she said.
āR-Ritsuki-kunā¦ Donāt worry, I believe that you donāt have such evil thoughts!ā
When Shiorin said that, Akarin also followed suit with her eyes looking up at the ceiling, clearly avoiding eye contact.
āT-Thatās right, Ritsuki-kun! I-I donāt even know what you guys were talking about~!ā
Thank god they forgave meā¦
āHmm?
Everyoneās been calling me by my name without any sort of honorific these days, but now it seems like theyāre attaching a ākunā behind it.
āS-Sudou-kunā¦ Iām grateful for the popsicle, but it looks like my body has already cooled enough now. Iāll store it in the freezer and eat it later.ā
Mihorin even went back to calling me by my last name and put her popsicle back into its packaging.
Ah, I was completely wrong about them forgiving me.
Theyāre now completely distrusting of me and theyāre even putting some distance between us.
Shiorin and her friends are beautiful idols, so Iām sure they have more than their fair share of fans who look at themĀ thatĀ way.
Of course, for these girls who seriously devote themselves to their idol activities without any ulterior motives, they see those kinds of fans as people they have to stay away from at all costs.
I think theyāre now seeing me as one of those kinds of peopleā¦
I guess my appearance also doesnāt help my caseā¦
āNo! Shiorin and the others arenāt people who judge people based on their appearances!
I want to believe that theyāre only āsuspectingā me for now.
If I can win back the trust of Shiorin and the others, I should be fine!
āRitsukiās a boy too, after allā¦ā
āHasumi, please. You of all people should believe in meā¦ā
Even Hasumi was suspecting me of deliberately choosing to buy the popsicles with an ulterior motive in mind.
Well, in Hasumiās case, she actually does have justification for suspecting me since she found out about me browsing her bookstore for lewd books, so this is just me reaping what I sowā¦
To Hasumi, I am one of her few friends, and because I am a regular at her store who buys lots of books, she has no choice but to stay friends with me.
But in reality, Iām sure sheād love nothing more than to stay away from a pervert like meā¦
āIn the end, although I wasnāt prohibited from entering the house ever again, the girls were now harboring suspicions of me being a pervert.