Chapter 422: Meet a Bunny Girl Senior at Night!
Chapter 422: It’s Impossible to Meet a Bunny Girl Senior at Night!
Clutching her arm tightly, Sakurajima Mai walked against the flow of people, deeply feeling the pain of being unnoticed. Now, she had been unseen for many consecutive days, as if she had disappeared.
Even more terrifying, she had lost her apartment key. Not only could she not go home, but because no one could notice her, calling the police yielded no response. She couldn’t even stay at a hotel. It was the first time she had experienced such despair.
"Gulp~" Her stomach growled again. She only had a little money left. Lost, she walked into a convenience store. As usual, she picked up a loaf of bread and placed the money at the counter.
"Wait a moment!" The sudden voice of the cashier made her turn back excitedly, thinking she had been seen. However, the reality was not so. "Excuse me, sir, this item..." The cashier was speaking to a gentleman behind her.
"..." Mai turned and left in disappointment, sitting on the steps outside to eat. Looking at the bustling street, a sense of helpless melancholy arose.
"It seems you need help."
"..." She didn’t react, thinking it was another conversation.
"If you don’t look up, we’ll leave, Sakurajima Mai."
"!!!" This time, her name was called. She looked up. Ren and Hiratsuka Shizuka stood before her.
"You... you can see me?" she tried to confirm.
"How should I put it? It would be strange not to see such a beautiful bunny girl," Ren chuckled. "You’ve encountered a supernatural event, haven’t you?"
As if grasping a life-saving straw, Mai hurriedly stood up. She clearly saw his face. "You’re Ren!"
"Mm-hmm, this should be our second meeting, shouldn’t it?" he hinted. This made her recall when she saw the monster Tomie. Since he could deal with monsters, he must have some knowledge of supernatural phenomena.
Thinking this, she gathered her courage. "Ren, do you know how to resolve the phenomenon on me?"
"Solving it is very simple," he gave her hope, but then asked, "So, have you ever thought that this is due to your own inner wish?"
"Me? How could I possibly want to disappear?!" she denied at first, but then froze. It seemed there was such a wish. Probably from when she was thirteen, when her mother told her to do a swimsuit shoot and she ran away. Since then, her mother only treated her as a tool. Returning to school, she couldn’t integrate. Annoyance filled her life. From then on, she genuinely wanted to go to a world where others couldn’t see her.
"Could it be... I made myself disappear..." she looked at her hands in disbelief.
"Cough, Sakurajima-san, I’m Hiratsuka Shizuka, a teacher from Sobu High. Why don’t you calm down and think for a while?" Seeing her confusion, Shizuka spoke to guide her.
Ren also took off his jacket and draped it over her. "Solving some surface issues might not be what you truly want. Go home, think it over, and you can contact me." After leaving his contact information, he prepared to leave.
"Thank you..." Feeling the warmth, Mai understood she needed to think. With pursed lips, she requested, "Um, could you help me book a hotel room? I’ll pay you back!"
"You don’t have a place to stay?" Shizuka asked.
"My mother doesn’t remember me, I lost my key, and I can’t stay in a hotel."
"So that’s how it is," Shizuka gave Ren a look. As a teacher, she couldn’t just leave a student alone. Ren shrugged, indicating he didn’t mind. So, Shizuka said, "Come stay at my place for now. I also live in an apartment."
"C-Can I?"
"Of course."
"Thank you, Shizuka-sensei!"
When they arrived at her home, Mai gradually regained her composure and realized her strange outfit being visible to Ren made her uncomfortable. She tightly wrapped herself in his jacket. But what puzzled her even more was why Ren also followed them. Are they relatives?
"I’ll find you some clothes. Go take a shower first," Shizuka said, feeling the girl’s body was ice-cold.
Sakurajima Mai went to take a shower. Shizuka’s own clothes were not suitable, so Ren created a set of innerwear and pajamas that would fit Mai. "Mai-san, your clothes are at the door. They’re all new."
"Oh! Th-thank you." Perhaps because a boy was outside, her voice was a bit stiff.
"Don’t worry. I’ll stay in the bedroom," after reassuring her, Ren pulled Shizuka into her bedroom.
"Ren! You’re not going to..." Shizuka was flustered. "Sakurajima-san is still in the bathroom!"
Ren snapped his fingers. "I’ve set up a sound barrier, so that should be fine, right? I’ve been holding back all day. You wouldn’t go back on your word, would you, Shizuka?"
"Hmm, this... Alright. As a teacher, I will lead by example," she bit her lip and agreed.
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