88 88. Please Step On Me!

Kyouko blushed. She wanted to protest against Iori, but she couldn't. In the end, Kyouko gave up and just covered her blushing face with her hands. Not only that, she was even laughed at by Izumi at the same time.

Since this moment was so rare, Izumi took out his phone to take a picture of Kyouko wearing a maid outfit.

"Kyouko, Kyouko!" Izumi called her. Called by Izumi, Kyouko unconsciously looked at him.

*Snap*

"A cute maid, Kyouko, get! Hyahahaha!" Izumi laughed out loud after got her picture. It was exactly the moment Kyouko lifted her head with her blushed face, her right hand covered the part of her lip and her left hand was below her chin.

This made her irritated. She took few steps forward, then reached out her hand to snatched his phone. However, instead of being able to snatch, Kyouko was caught by Izumi where he wrapped his arm around her.

"Let me go!!" Kyouko said with struggling.

Izumi brought his lips near Kyouko's ear, then whispered.

"Just this time Kyouko, can you? Please!!? I'll promise you one thing!" Izumi pleaded.

"Then, do you want a promise to let me beat you?" Kyouko gave him a condition. Izumi only scratched his head.

"Do you want to whack your boyfriend that much?"

"That's right, is there a problem?" Kyouko said with a pout. Then, Izumi nodded.

"Yes, there's a problem. You're sick " Izumi said.

"You're the one who is sick!!" Kyouko kicked Izumi, but it was no use. Izumi was able to dodge it easily.

"Hahaha, okay, I promise. If it's for my darling, I will do it eventually, but we will do it later. Don't be mad at me okay?" Izumi tried to calm her anger.

Knowing that it was useless to argue with Izumi, Kyouko complied.

"Just be careful if you break a promise! Humph!" Kyouko turned her head away.

"Heheh, my girlfriend is so scary. If you often get angry, you will get wrinkles quickly, you know."

Kyouko didn't reply but turned her head and glared at him coldly. He immediately said.

"Joke, joke... I just wanted you to smile more often." Izumi stretched his both hand forward to soothe her.

After that, Izumi and Kyouko helped Iori in the shop. Since Kyouko was unfamiliar with the shop, she just stood in the front to greet customers. If she had trouble because a customer wanted to ask questions, it was Izumi's turn to handle it.

— — — —

When it was noon, Izumi had familiar customers.

"Miyamura, I'm dropping by, I—"

"Ehhh, Hori?? You're Hori, are you??"

"Hori, did you work here?"

The 3 people who came were Syu, Tooru, and Yuki. Syu didn't notice Kyouko who was wearing a maid outfit. Meanwhile, Tooru immediately noticed that the one wearing the maid outfit was Kyouko. How could he not recognize the person he likes? Unfortunately, his friend was the one who got her. Yuki was also surprised to see Kyouko wearing such an outfit.

Kyouko tried to cover her embarrassment while hiding behind Izumi. She thought that it was too much for someone she knew to see her appearance in a maid outfit.

"Wah, Hori. You look so cute." Yuki praised her as she approached Kyouko.

Meanwhile, Izumi let out a smile as he looked at Tooru and Syu, then he asked.

"How is it? Cute isn't she? It's so hard to convince her to wear that outfit."

"What a rare sight," Tooru said. He turned to Izumi with a thumbs-up. "Good job!"

"It's the first time I've seen Hori dressed other than the school uniform."

Tooru nodded at what Syu had said. It was also his first time seeing Kyouko outside the school.

Then, the five of them were talking to each other. They also didn't forget to ask for a group photo as it was a rare moment to see Kyouko dressed as a maid.

At first, Kyouko wanted to refuse, but thanks to Yuki pleading with her, they were able to take a picture together.

As they left, Kyouko glared at him with teary eyes.

"It's because of you!"

"Well, well. Isn't it okay for once in a while?" Izumi caressed her hair while letting out his smile. Somehow, her embarrassed expression was alluring and tempted him to hug her. Though, Izumi refrained from doing that because it was still working time.

— — — —

A few days had passed.

At that time it was school time. As usual, Izumi came home from school together with Kyouko.

Izumi knitted his brow when he saw a person in front of him. That person was not alone. Beside him were two high schoolers with a delinquent appearance.

"Eh, isn't that Miyamura?"

The person who said that had short blue-hair. Together with him were a guy with unnatural blonde hair, with his bangs on the left and right, and a long haired guy tied in a ponytail. They approached Izumi.

"Yo, Miyamura. I didn't think to meet you here." A short blue-haired guy greeted Izumi with a mocking tone.

"Dude, those are some freaky piercings!"

"Oh look Tanihara, he does have a cute girlfriend too."

His two friends also commented. It seemed the blue-haired guy's name was Tanihara.

"Wow, you sure found a nice one, good for you, Miyamura."

The two guys looked in Kyouko's direction, but only to see cold glaring for her. Kyouko could see they were sneering at Izumi, so she became furious. When she intended to beat the crap out of them, Izumi held her back.

"Let's go, Kyouko!" Izumi pulled her. He walked together while ignoring them. Naturally, Izumi's attitude was so unbearable to those three. So they got in Izumi's way.

Izumi only knows Tanihara, someone who slandered him which resulted in him having no friends in middle school. Izumi didn't care about that and wanted to ignore him. But because he was still bothering Izumi. Izumi would not remain silent.

"Do you really want to die?" Izumi glared at them. Kyouko was surprised at how Izumi acted. Tanihara was even more surprised. He didn't expect that Izumi's change would be so drastic that Izumi would dare to yell at him even though he was with his friends.

Tanihara gritted his teeth.

"You asked for it!"

Tanihara and his two friends surrounded Izumi. However, without them noticing, Izumi kicked all three of them. They hold his stomach in pain.

"Kyouko. If you don't want to see a violence, just close your eyes!" Izumi told Kyouko. However, Kyouko just smiled.

Izumi grabbed Tanihara's friend's hair.

"Hey, dude. Remember my and my girlfriend's faces! If you ever meet us again in the future, just run! Or else, you'll end up at the hospital. Did you get what I was saying?"

"Y-yes." That guy replied with a stutter. He was so afraid now. He didn't even see Izumi kick him before he flew off. Izumi also threatened Tanihara's other friend with the same words. Then he walked toward Tanihara ignoring his two fallen friends. Izumi grabbed his collar.

"Oi, Tani-something. I tolerated you over and over again. I don't care if you slandered me which resulted in me having no friends. However, you don't seem tired of making trouble with me. You know, even an ant can fight back. Let me tell you one thing! My patience is limited. If you want to end at the hospital or funeral, feel free to come to me! Otherwise, never show your disgusting face ever again! Did you hear me?"

Tanihara just nodded with a frightened expression.

Then, Izumi lightly punched him, but he ended up passing out.

In the original story, Tanihara befriends Izumi in middle school, but…

Just because a pet at school died due to Tanihara's irresponsibility in taking care of it, he blamed it all on Izumi who at that time was just a quiet kid. He was just a quiet kid at that time which was easier for him to be targeted. Izumi, who at that time didn't know how to explain it, could only accommodate Tanihara's mistakes and caused him to be avoided by other students at his school.

When Izumi thought about it. He just shouted inwardly. "Screw that friendship."

When Izumi turned around, he saw Kyouko's eyes shining brightly. He asked her.

"What happened, Kyouko?"

"Aggressive Izumi is nice. Please step on me!"

*cough*

Izumi choked himself when he heard Kyouko. "What the hell did she say?" Izumi shouted in his mind.

Izumi messed with her hair and said.

"Don't let your imagination go wild!"

"Ey, stop it. Don't mess with my hair, stupid Izumi!" Kyouko tried to let her hair away from Izumi's hand but to no avail.

Izumi stopped messing Kyouko's hair and started walking. Izumi remembered Kyouko's personality in the canon, and he wondered if his girlfriend really had that kind of hobby in this world. He decided to ask.

"Do you truly want me to be aggressive?"

Kyouko immediately lit her eyes as she glanced at him.

"Why don't you try that to me?" Kyouko said with a grin.

Izumi was stunned. He didn't know what to do about this weird girlfriend. Izumi suddenly grabbed her shoulder. He wanted to be aggressive to her, but…

"Sorry, I can't!!! It's hard for me to do that to my cute girlfriend!!" Izumi said while scratching his hair.

She immediately grabbed his arm. And at that moment, Izumi felt something soft... Something soft?? She was pressing her chest onto his arm, but he didn't feel a sensation like that.

"Izumi, I have high intelligence." Kyouko suddenly said with a cold voice. She continued, "Want me to guess what Izumi is thinking about?"

"I'm thinking that Kyouko's breast was bigger than it looks." He didn't mean to make fun of her. But, anything he said wouldn't change Kyouko's intention to strangle him.

Izumi didn't use his ability, and he even let Kyouko strangled him since it was his fault in the first place.

"Agh, stop, stop, stop!"

"What is it? Want to say something?"

"Don't be discouraged, I like small ones too. Small ones also deserve love. Believe in yourself." Izumi said with a thumbs-up.

Kyouko's expression darkened. She then punched Izumi multiple times before she felt numb on her hands.

"Hisss, why do I feel as if I hit a wall? What is your body made of anyway?"

"Not saying, hehehe." Then Izumi began to run.

"Hey, wait!!!"

At the end of the day, Izumi took Kyouko shopping. Of course, Izumi bought some interesting outfits which were none other than cosplay outfits. Even though Kyouko always refused, with Izumi always dominating her, Kyouko finally gave up.