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"I forgot, I forgot. Oh, I'd better take a shower quickly, it's getting late."
"Tsk——"
Shinomiya Haruka chuckled, drawing circles on his chest with her finger, her vibrant red eyes captivating.
"People say that once you've pulled up your pants, you don't recognize someone anymore, but you're different. You didn't even take your pants off before you started to deny it."
Her teasing made Kitahara Hakuba's face turn bright red.
Seeing his shy expression, Shinomiya Haruka was overjoyed. Her bright, captivating red eyes gazed at him, and she reached behind him, teasingly saying:
Is it... here?
As soon as Shinomiya Haruka finished speaking, Kitahara Hakuma's right buttock was pinched hard by her.
Kitahara Hakuba's facial muscles twitched, and he heard her joyful laughter.
"Wait! Did I hit that hard?" he said, rubbing his buttocks.
Shinomiya Haruka chuckled sweetly:
"You're just that heavy. Didn't you realize it when you were squeezing? Boys, you really only care about your own pleasure."
Kitahara Hakuba felt utterly ashamed by her words.
What could he do? It was just too tempting, practically an invitation to commit a crime! And they hadn't even caught anyone yet!
Shinomiya Haruka blinked and whispered in his ear:
"Did you react to me today? Were you moved, both physically and emotionally?"
"Huh?" Kitahara Hakuba was stunned for a moment.
"Hurry up, gaining the approval of the opposite sex is very important!"
".......No."
"Lying~~"
"Then why did you ask!"
"I want you to tell me yourself." Shinomiya Haruka was like a demon from hell, forcing him to tell the truth.
Nothing could be more painful than this, Kitahara Hakuba told himself not to be nervous, and his brows gradually relaxed.
"Responsive."
"Oh~~ Kitahara-sensei, you pervert~~"
Shinomiya Haruka looked at him with a smile, then took a few steps back, crossed her arms, and said...
"Alright, today's challenge against Kitahara Hakuba's Inch Stop is perfectly over!!"
"you--!"
"I?"
"Humph!"
"Hmph!" she mimicked, laughing as she said, "You're so cute~~"
No matter what he said, he would be ridiculed by Shinomiya Haruka. Kitahara Hakuba, exasperated, picked up his pajamas from the tatami mat and opened the door.
"Hey, where are you going? Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"I'd rather go to a public bathhouse than shower here!"
"Really? I even bought bath scrubbers. You really don't plan to stay?" Shinomiya Haruka looked at him curiously, her eyes blinking like an innocent rabbit.
For a moment, Kitahara Hakuba was indeed tempted, after all, rubbing his own back was no easy task.
But he immediately came to his senses.
No way, Kitahara, don't you know how many times you've fallen? This is just her scheme to toy with you!
A handsome man is born into this world! How can he remain submissive under the skirts of a wicked woman for long! My mind is not without strength!
"I, Kitahara, am unworthy; I take my leave!"
After he finished speaking, he closed the door.
Watching Kitahara Hakuma leave, Shinomiya Haruka smiled sweetly, locked the door, and sat in front of the mirror to remove her makeup.
But as soon as she sat down, she started to feel uncomfortable all over.
"Was I too harsh on him today?" Shinomiya Haruka pondered as she untied her pleated skirt.
I need to take a shower right away.
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The next day, Kitahara Hakuba got up early, tidied up his room, and then went out to the hotel restaurant.
During Sapporo Music Week, almost every shop with accommodation is fully booked, and even some parks have people setting up tents.
This place is no exception. At just 6:30 in the morning, there are already many people eating here, most of whom look like students.
"There are so many people here."
"At least I feel grateful to have a place to stay; it was my fault for being picky."
He heard voices nearby and recognized them as Kuno Tachibana, Kirishima Mai, Nagasawa, and Goto.
They also spotted Kitahara Hakuba and quickly came over to say hello.
"Good morning, Kitahara-sensei!" Kuno Tachibana said with a happy smile.
"Hmm, you're up so early? You're not going back until after lunch?"
"That's why we have to get up early! We've come all this way to Sapporo, so we should explore as much as possible!"
Kirishima Mai said somewhat dejectedly, "I'm used to getting up at this time, but I didn't expect so many people to be eating breakfast."
"It'll probably take a while, how about we go out to eat?" Nagasawa Miya suggested.
"That's possible, but where do we go?" Goto Yu asked curiously.
"Oh, isn't there an adult here—" Kuno Tachibana stood next to Kitahara Hakuba, waving his hands like blooming flowers.
Kitahara Hakuba smiled and said:
"If the other students find out, they'll say I'm being biased towards you."
"Oh, it's alright."
Kuno Tachibana gently scratched Kitahara Hakuba's cat-like fist and said...
"We'll split the bill, so the teacher doesn't need to pay. And even if the teacher is biased, it doesn't matter, since they're not capable of doing it themselves."
That makes sense, and even Miyako Nagasawa couldn't help but nod in agreement.
Kitahara Hakuba gave a wry smile and said:
"Okay, I'll take you to the morning market to eat, but don't go around telling everyone."
The group immediately left the hotel and headed to the morning market at the central wholesale market. However, the morning market was even more crowded, with so many people that it was difficult to walk in a straight line.
Compared to Hakodate Morning Market, one of the three major morning markets in Japan, Sapporo Morning Market offers a wider variety of seafood at more affordable prices, so the two are actually quite similar.
The most obvious example is that the price of a king crab here is less than half that in Tokyo.
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A seafood rice bowl topped with crab meat, served with Hanasaki crab miso soup, costs only 2,000 yen.
Clean the hairy crab shells, stuff them with salmon roe, sea urchin, and crab meat. One serving costs 3,000 yen.
A squid the size of a face is pressed down on a hot plate and grilled with a spatula; one serving costs only 1,480 yen.
The price of pork chop rice bowls in the city can only afford here, but you can enjoy a seafood feast.
Adhering to the principle of eating more with less, Kitahara Hakuba ordered a crab meat and seafood rice bowl, a giant squid, an eel drizzled with a mysterious sauce, and a crab leg that was almost as long as Kuno Tatsukasa's arm.
He had never been so extravagant before, and it wasn't expensive either; all that he ordered only came to nearly eight thousand yen.
When they sat down, Kitahara Hakuba noticed that Kuno Tatsuka and the others were eating very simply: a regular crab rice bowl and a small bowl of miso soup.
"Ah, it's so much better to be an adult. I really want to become an adult right now," Kuno Tachibana said, looking at the white crab meat.
"We don't know when we'll be back, so why don't you order more?" Kitahara Hakuba asked with a smile.
As soon as he said that, not only did Kuno Tachibana almost lose his composure, but even Kirishima Mai showed an embarrassed expression.
"Teacher, we are still students."
Mimasaka Nagasawa gave an awkward smile and said,
"To be honest, I only have 8,000 yen of pocket money a month. If I want to have a serious social life, I need to plan it out."
Kuno Tachibana blinked, his face full of worry, and said:
"Similar to me, my allowance is pitifully small each month. To save money, I can only eat egg dishes every day, and I have to eat the leftovers the next day. Sigh—"
"What are you, a high school student, complaining about?" Nagasawa Mia teased. "You just had barbecue not long ago."
Kuno Tachibana narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
“Miya, you’re not good at this. If you don’t play the victim, why would Kitahara-sensei treat you to a meal? Shinomiya-sensei said that women must use their intelligence. If they don’t rack their brains, they can’t achieve their wishes.”
Upon hearing that she had actually brought up Shinomiya Haruka, Nagasawa Miyako didn't know whether to refute or not, so she just ate in silence.
Kitahara Hakuba grinned. What exactly had Shinomiya taught his students about managing people in his spare time...?
"I'll treat you to a meal, but like I said, don't tell the other students." Looking at the three people in front of him, he smiled sincerely.
Sure enough, people always unconsciously favor special people, and Kitahara Hakuba is no exception.
"Look, with just a little trick, Kitahara-sensei treated us to dinner." Kuno Tachibana said smugly, getting up to order food.
"What about you? Aren't you going to order?" Kitahara Hakuba looked at the three people sitting in their original seats.
Kirishima Mai and the other two seemed glued to their seats, not moving an inch.
He could understand to some extent that not everyone was as outgoing as Kuno Tachibana. They hadn't known Kitahara Hakuba for long, and besides, they were teacher and student.
"Thank you, teacher. I can't eat too much this morning." Kirishima Mai took a small bite of the crab leg in her rice bowl.
Misaki Nagasawa and Yu Goto both gave the same reason, and Hakuba Kitahara didn't insist.