Chapter 8 - The Anomaly’s Affectionate Assault
The Anomaly’s Affectionate Assault
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Author: Ares
Title: What's with this bitch Lana????
Why are you buying my lunch??
Why are we eating lunch together??
Why are you clinging to me??
Why is it squishy???
You're a fucking anomaly!!!!
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Comments
[That squishiness sounds so fucking enviable, fuck]
ㄴ[Ares: She's an anomaly bitch, what's there to be envious about]
[LunchboxCollector: Kyah, the harem is so sweet]
ㄴ[This bastard never shows up when a ghost story breaks out, only when there's a post that smells like a girl lolol]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Uh uh uh, this is bad]
The weekday after Lana's knock-knock-knock incident had concluded.
Lana approached me with an unusual frequency.
"Ares, what did you buy for lunch today?"
"…A hamburger set."
"Ehh~, you definitely said you liked rice balls more than sandwiches yesterday!"
"Just because I said that doesn't mean I dislike sandwich-type things, you know?"
"You're a boy, so you can eat more, right?"
"What…?"
"I bought an extra rice ball set lunchbox to give to you, Ares."
Lana blushed shyly and glanced at me.
Her gaze felt like one directed at a one-sided crush, and even though I knew she was an anomaly, my heart pounded.
"Let's eat lunch together today?"
"……."
Ssk!
Squish~
As she whispered in my ear, her chest pressed against my arm.
This was 100% on purpose.
This bitch, she deliberately rubbed her chest on my arm.
I knew.
Men aren't idiots either.
But men are idiots.
Thump, thump, thump—
'Fuck, she's so damn cute…!!'
I was definitely flustered by her, reacted, and felt a sense of anticipation.
…Isn't it fine as long as I choose correctly at graduation?
Before then, it shouldn’t matter, right?
[NightRat: ㅇㅇ you can if you wanna die]
ㄴ[Ares: No, you said you kissed one!!]
ㄴ[NightRat: Is a kiss the same as sex, you crazy bastard;;;]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: This bastard is so fucking horny lolololol]
During class, I secretly opened the gallery and posted a thread for advice.
The content was basically a post titled 'Lana is cute…' about how flustered I was by Lana.
And at NightRat's comment on that post, I let out a sigh.
'Really…, if you just look at the surface, it's a happy rom-com school story….'
To think that the absolute limit of what I could do was a kiss….
Isn't that too tragic a story?
Just then, I saw a post that had been uploaded to the gallery.
ㅁ The horny Ares, read this
It was a post written by NightRat.
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Author: NightRat
Title: The horny Ares, read this
I know very well what you're feeling right now
Because I've been through it too
Normally I wouldn't go this far, but seeing the judgment you showed yesterday, you can definitely survive until graduation.
So think carefully.
That bitch is an anomaly.
Now that she's been found out, why would she bother staying by your side and acting all cute.
That's all to make you choose her at graduation in the end and fuck you over.
It's not love.
I hope you don't make the same foolish choice I did.
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"……."
It was a post with touching and serious content.
It was a heartfelt post, offering advice while genuinely thinking of me.
Even if you feel a sense of kinship from being in the same situation, how many people are there who would give such sincere advice to others?
I reflected on my actions.
Right, the important thing was to survive.
I had to survive.
[Ares: But a kiss is still okay, right?]
ㄴ[NightRat: He's fucked]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: His crisis management skills are good, so why is his judgment in that area so shit lolololol]
ㄴ[Ah, we've decided to call this a balance patch]
ㄴ[Ares: So I can't even kiss one???]
ㄴ[NightRat: You're not supposed to do that with an anomaly bastard in the first place, you crazy fuck]
Of course, it was a joke.
I wasn't that much of an idiot either.
My survival instinct took precedence over my reproductive instinct, …I think.
'Right, I'll just stay moderately close, pretend to be bewitched. And I'll look for the real female student on my own….'
And so, I regained my composure and focused on the class.
I had to avoid failing, after all.
After that, I listened diligently in class, and then lunchtime arrived.
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Author: Ares
Title: Currently eating with three girls
Maybe today is the peak of my life??
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Comments
[I get that one is Lana, but who are the other two]
ㄴ[Ares: Levin and a friend Levin introduced me to]
ㄴ[The four of you are eating together?? lolololol]
[Hikikomori: The reality is that two of the three are full of thoughts of sucking your blood (physically) lolol]
ㄴ[Ares: Who's the one out of the three who isn't??]
ㄴ[Hikikomori: Our great empress Levin-noonim, of course]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: If Levin-chan were human, she'd really be everyone's number one pick]
'As expected…, is this one an anomaly too….'
I looked at Ellie, a friend in the same class whom Levin had introduced me to this week.
"……."
"……."
A girl with a gloomy face, eating her lunchbox while mumbling.
She was a small, quiet girl.
Her characteristic was her round, thin-rimmed glasses.
And…
'…They're big.'
They were big.
I will omit the detailed explanation.
"Hey~, Ares? How's the rice ball set lunchbox I gave you?"
"I haven't even tasted it yet because I'm eating a hamburger."
Just then, Lana, who was sitting next to me, shoved the lunchbox she had bought into my cheek as if to cram it in.
"Hurry up and try it, hurry~."
Poke, poke, poke—
For some reason, the lunchbox being jabbed into my face was filled with malice.
"Um, Ares. I'm pretty sure I had a lunch appointment with you today."
"…I promised Levin last week."
"Are you ditching me to fool around with another girl, and with two of them at that? Are you making me jealous?"
Lana was smiling, but she stared at me with a face that didn't seem like a joke.
The gaze in her smiling face was fierce.
Was that an act, or was it real jealousy?
It was such a realistic act of jealousy that I had that thought even though I knew it was an act.
"Hehe, Ares and Lana. You've gotten close already, haven't you?"
Just then, Levin, who was watching us from beside Ellie, chuckled and spoke.
At that, Ellie, who had been eating quietly, also blushed slightly, looked at us, and muttered quietly.
"A-are, a-are you two, by any chance, you know…."
"No, it's absolutely not like…."
It seemed like Ellie was misunderstanding something, so I hurriedly opened my mouth to correct her.
Just then, Lana cut me off and started spouting nonsense.
"Yep, yep! In fact, Ares even knows the color of my precious place."
"……."
"Oh my. Really?"
"Hawawawawa…!"
At Lana's words, Levin was slightly surprised, and Ellie's face turned beet red as her eyes trembled like a hamster's.
I…, wanted to make an excuse, but I couldn't.
Because it wasn't a lie.
Dammit.
"No, that's, …we're absolutely not dating."
I could only manage to say that one sentence.
"Th-th-th, then, by any chance, are you s-se, se-x, se-x, se-x, se-x…."
However, Ellie, whose delusions seemed to have exploded even further at those words, painstakingly stammered out another word.
…We are not that kind of partner either.
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Author: Ares
Title: Gained another friend today
She's a cute girl named Ellie
Small appearance, but 'large'
And she misunderstands me as some kind of casanova who seduces girls just two weeks after transferring….
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Comments
[Fact: It's a fact]
ㄴ[Ares: You son of a bitch….]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: A girl comes to his room every night and begs him to open the door ← that's a fact, isn't it??]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: She even clings to him during the day lolololol]
ㄴ[StudentCouncilTerrorist: Ah, they even know each other’s preferred length, girth, and duration lolol]
ㄴ[Ah fuck, Ares, I'm so envious of you]
[NightRat: So what about her?]
ㄴ[Ares: I don't know yet. She's just a quiet type, but that could be an anomaly thing too]
ㄴ[NightRat: That's true. Stop looking only at the girl's tits and see if there's anything off]
ㄴ[Ares: When did I ever say I only look at her tits;;;]
ㄴ[NightRat: …….]
I can say this with confidence.
To say I only look at her tits was clearly a misunderstanding, a baseless assumption, and an insult to me.
It wasn't that I only looked at her tits, but that she was the kind of girl whose tits were particularly noticeable.
They stood out because of her small frame.
'No, no, I need to look for something off, not her tits….'
During class, I came to my senses and glanced at Ellie.
She was listening to the lecture diligently, looking perfectly normal.
'She looks normal when I see her like this….'
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Author: Ares
Title: What should I do?
On the outside, she's the timid and nice type of girl.
Isn't there some way to draw out that 'off' feeling?
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Comments
[ForGlory: There's no need to forcefully look for something off]
[Hikikomori: ㅇㅇ just get along with her moderately. Aren't you building a relationship with one person per week anyway?]
[Try talking to her when you have time]
[NightRat: First of all, you need to have a lot of time doing things together to have more chances to feel something off.]
ㄴ[NightRat: Just check the ones who seem human and confirm by graduation]
After seeing the rare serious advice from the gallery members, I made up my mind.
Their conclusion was, anyway, to hang out often.
So what I had to do was somehow talk to her and get closer.
And so, after school.
As everyone was packing their bags, I approached Ellie, who was sitting alone at her desk, scribbling something.
"Ellie."
"H-hyeeeh…!"
When I called her, Ellie hurriedly closed the book she was writing in and looked at me.
"A-uh, A-Ares…?"
She looked at me, trembling like a mouse in front of a cat.
Why was she so scared?
This made it seem like I was the anomaly.
"No, it's nothing much. …Are you doing anything after this?"
"H-huh…?"
"If you're free, would you like to go to a cafe or something? I wanted to talk with you a little more, Ellie."
Smile.
I put on my best good-natured smile and spoke to her in a way that wouldn't be burdensome.
It was a natural invitation.
If she refused, I planned to back off coolly.
But…
"Hye, e-eeh…, th-th-that kind of…."
"…Huh?"
Ellie's face turned beet red, and her eyes began to tremble.
Then suddenly, she jumped up!
"S-s-s-sorry…!! I-I'm not good with that kind of s-se, se-x, se-x, se-x…!!"
"No, hey…."
"Anyway, that kind of thing is too much for me…!!"
Dash!
And just like that, Ellie ran away from me.
Like a female student who had just encountered a flasher opening his coat.
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Author: Ares
Title: She ran away
Not me, the girl
I talked to her and she ran away
Is this what it feels like to be a pervert
I didn't want to know
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Comments
[NightRat: lolololol]
[StudentCouncilTerrorist: lolololololol]
[Hikikomori: lolololol]
[LunchboxCollector: lolololololol]
[Ares: Stop fucking laughing and say something, dammit!!]
I felt miserable.
Why did she run away?
No, I knew the reason.
It was the result of the misunderstanding born from that conversation during lunchtime.
'To think my wholesome invitation would be seen with that kind of intention….'
Of course, my gaze had wandered to her chest a few times without my permission.
But hand on my heart, my intentions were genuinely wholesome.
And just then.
"…Hmm?"
I discovered a book on Ellie's desk.
It was the book Ellie had been writing in just a moment ago.
"This is…."
I casually picked up the book with my hand and opened it.
[ㅁㅁMonth ㅁㅁDay]
Today, Levin introduced me to a friend.
A boy named Ares.
For some reason, he kept staring at my chest from our very first meeting.
Levin said he was a nice kid, but is that really true…?
It was a diary.
“Oh no…”
Thud!
I hurriedly closed the book and placed it back on the desk.
A girl's diary, I shouldn't be looking at something like that carelessly.
Because I was a gentleman.
'…More importantly, she noticed.'
From now on, when I face Ellie, let's try my best not to lower my gaze.
I made that resolution.
"Ares~."
Just then.
Thump!
"Whoa…! L-Lana?"
"What are you doing in front of Ellie's desk? Why haven't you left yet?"
"No, I swear I wasn't doing anything weird. I was just about to leave."
"…I was just kidding, but your reaction is kind of suspicious."
"I really wasn't doing anything weird."
"Hmph, well, whatever. Anyway, let's go together? Come on, hurry♡"
"Whoa…!"
And so, I was led by Lana, packed my bag, and we left school together.
Of course, with Ellie's diary left on her desk.
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Author: Ares
Title: This is so troublesome
It's troublesome how much Lana clings to me
Why is every part of a girl so soft?
She smells good too, it feels like it's making me an idiot
If only she wasn't an anomaly…
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Comments
[Fuck, I'm so fucking envious]
ㄴ[Ares: You guys probably enjoyed it and then died anyway, so what's there to be envious about]
ㄴ[I've almost never seen one who clings as aggressively as your Lana]
ㄴ[Ares: Huh??? fr???]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: ㅇㅇ, even I never had one who was so blatant with the sex appeal]
ㄴ[LunchboxCollector: Isn't it because she was completely found out as an anomaly?]
ㄴ[Seriously so fucking envious]
ㄴ[NightRat: Just don't get horny and cross the line]
"I see…, so it's a rare case…."
Thinking about it that way, Lana's troublesome actions didn't feel so bad.
No, in a way, I even felt thankful.
After all, as long as I didn't choose Lana at the graduation ceremony, I was living a school life like a youth rom-com.
"Kuhk…, but I can't do the main event…. This is its own kind of torture…!"
Aah, no one on the gallery understood my pain either.
The only way to relieve this pain was to show off.
I wanted to be comforted a little more by their envious comments.
And so, this time, I decided to rank Lana's most erotic acts of physical contact and write a gallery post about it.
And just then.
"Hmm…?"
I discovered something familiar on my desk.
"…H-huh?"
It was a book I had seen before.
No, it wasn't just a book I had seen before.
It was a diary.
—Ellie's diary, which I should have definitely left behind, was placed on my desk in my room.