Just a bastard

Everyone was stunned still, watching the fight between Ibara and Kendo.

Kendo had shown everyone's incredible power, but Ibara was even stronger.

That vine-like hair was just simply unbeatable!

"So-So strong..."

Kaminari was dumbfounded before he looked at Mineta. "Mineta, your girlfriend is too strong!" He wanted to tease him that if Mineta wanted to cheat, Mineta might be slapped by that vine-like hair, but unexpectedly, he didn't see Mineta anywhere.

"Huh? Where is Mineta?"

"He is going to his girlfriend."

"....."

Kaminari was speechless before he let out a long sigh, feeling depressed and lonely. Fortunately, he wasn't the only one, and many were also depressed, especially the girls. Still, if he knew, he would be even more depressed since Mineta hogged all the girls in this school!

---

After the end of the battle, Ibara and Kendo spoke a few words before they walked into the passage where they had entered.

Kendo seemed calm and still maintained her smile in public, but as she walked, she could hardly maintain her composure, and her eyes were reddened. She had worked so hard in the past few weeks, yet everything was effortlessly wrecked by Ibara.

Did she feel disappointed? Naturally.

However, more importantly, she didn't want to see him disappointed, especially when she thought about the promise they had made earlier.

She bit her lower lip, trying to hold her emotion.

"Itsuka."

"Minoru? Why are you here?"

She was surprised to see him here.

"Good work. You did your best."

He smiled gently and hugged her warmly.

She couldn't control her emotions anymore and hugged him tightly while crying.

---

When Mineta disappeared, Hagakure decided to follow him, too, since she knew this guy planned to see his girlfriend. As expected, she saw him with Ibara, smiling, laughing, and flirting like a lover. Even though earlier, he had just flirted with Reiko.

While Hagakure felt at a loss, she also felt a strange emotion. It was an emotion as if she had won a lottery of billions of yen. She felt she had won something, and she felt she could use this.

'No, no! I need to bring him down the right path!'

She realized how messed up her thoughts were, and her intention had always been pure since she wanted her "friend" to go back to the right path.

'Friend, huh?'

Suddenly she thought about his conversation at the bus last time. At that time, everyone was still happy and ignorant. She was also the same and thought that being a hero was a happy thing, but the reality woke them up with the cruelest method.

The hero wasn't a happy job anymore, and it was a dangerous job.

Yet it was impossible to give up, especially when Mineta didn't give up and still stayed.

While no one said anything, she knew everyone was glad he was there.

However, no one would expect that the perfect leader for everyone would be a scumbag. He was a playboy who played with the girl's heart. He was also lazy and often skipped class.

On this side of him, she was the only one who knew.

Only she knew.

No one else.

So, she was going to bring him back. She didn't want him to stumble because of such a small matter, and she was going to help him.

It definitely had nothing to do with the fact that she had some interest in him.

Definitely.

Yet she didn't know that each of her moves was watched by him.

When he flirted with Ibara, he saw him and could clearly see what she had planned from her facial expressions. He could see her clearly, but he wouldn't say it to her. He would keep it his secret, like how she kept a secret of what he had been doing.

While he congratulated Ibara and observed Hagakure, he still didn't forget to coax Kendo. It might be strange that he could be in different places at the same time, but as one would expect, he was using his "Doppelganger" ability.

He had to say this ability was good since it made him able to be in two different places, handling his relationship with all his women better. Naturally, the real one was with Kendo since he planned to comfort her.

Still, the match between Iida and Sero was about to start, but Kendo didn't plan to let him go.

"You know I am going to lose earlier, right?" Kendo suddenly asked.

This question startled him a bit, but he nodded. "Yes, but I thought by giving you a reward, you might get stronger like those protagonists in the story."

"...." Kendo was speechless, but then she said, "I thought you set up that bet because you knew that I would lose..."

"I am not that low and won't do such a thing to the woman I love."

"Really? You have always bullied me," Kendo said with a pout, but her mood improved.

"....." Mineta was speechless, but he knew there was one way to solve this. "Sorry." Even though he knew he wasn't at fault, a woman had always been unreasonable, so he apologized. The sooner was better since he was too lazy to coax for too long.

"No."

"....."

"I won't forgive you." Kendo bit his neck, trying to leave a mark on him.

"If you leave me a hickey, how can I fight on the stage?" His tone was quite helpless.

Kendo quickly stopped since she knew he was right. If she left him a hickey, everyone on the television was going to watch it. She knew she was being unreasonable, so she didn't do it. Instead, she hugged him and asked, "Stay with me."

"Okay."

"Until your next match."

"...what?"

"Until your next match, stay with me." She buried her face in his neck. She knew how dangerous her request was since their relationship might be known to Ibara. After the match between her and Ibara ended, he quickly appeared on her side without going to Ibara. While she was happy, she was also unhappy since she knew he couldn't stay with her too long.

They might be together, but he had always prioritized Ibara instead of her, but this time, she was hurt. She had lost to Ibara, and because of this, she felt she needed his presence more.

Not Ibara.

But her.

She knew that she was being unreasonable and his relationship with Ibara might end. While she didn't have such a plan, deep inside, such a feeling might have been born from her heart.

The thought of monopolizing him.

The thought of announcing to the world that he was hers.

The thought of them not needing to hide this relationship anymore.

Many things resurfaced, almost flooded out like how one poured water into a glass until it overflowed and wet the beautiful furniture. When it happened, one should wipe the water clean, but she decided to let it flow until the two of them drowned.

He hugged her gently and fell into silence. He knew that even if he agreed, it didn't really matter since he was using his ability. However, if he agreed to this request, he was afraid he might lose control of Kendo. If he agreed to this request, in the future, her request to him would be even more outrageous.

This was the first time, then next time, she might ask him to stay in her apartment even if Ibara was at his house.

He took a deep breath and said, "No."

"..."

Kendo couldn't say anything and the tears that should have dried wet her eyes again. She wanted to say something, but her voice choked, realizing he might be playing with her.

"But, I can help you to forget everything."

"Eh?"

He whispered something to her ear, causing her to blush from face to the root of her ears.

"Are you serious? We're in school! If we're caught, we might get expelled!"

She couldn't believe what she had heard from his mouth. While Yuuei was lax, it was also quite strict toward the students who broke the rules and morals. If they were caught, even if he was the winner of this Sports Festival, he might be expelled!

"You don't need to worry. Everyone is busy with the Sports Festival, and I know a place where there are no cameras, sensors, or anything. It is empty and completely safe." He had been in this school for a while, so he knew a place where people wouldn't come and safe to do what they planned to do.

Even if people came, he had his "Invisibility" and "Calm Manipulation," so everything would be okay.

"...but." She hesitated.

He smiled and whispered again, "Just imagine what it feels like to do it at school. It will feel really good..." He bit her ear lobe, causing a sweet moan to escape from her lips. Her breathing was quite hard as she imagined being dominated by him. She couldn't think straight anymore, and her head was almost blank.

She never thought of what he thought when she wanted him to accompany her in a quiet space since she only wanted him by her side, but this guy would ask her to do something perverted in the quiet space. She struggled for a while, but his devil-like whispers could pour into her brain, and he also touched the sensitive parts of her body. She took a deep breath and let out a long sigh.

"...o-okay, but if it isn't safe, let's-let's stop, okay?"

"Good."

He didn't hesitate to bring her to that place.

Being led, she knew that this was wrong.

As future heroes, they should be a living example for everyone, yet what they were doing was far from being an example.

Yet...

Why?

Why was she so excited at this moment?

In the end, she decided to blame this bastard for tempting her.

As for the match between Sero and Iida, neither of them bothered to care about this.