Chapter 85
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 85
Chapter Title: Fading Summer Date (2)
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The movie theater date, filled with pounding hearts and tension, had finally come to an end.
"We've seen the movie, and it's gotten this late already... How about we grab some dinner?"
"Yeah... sure."
Even after stepping out of the theater, her face was still flushed red.
But now, it wasn't from nervousness or anxiety.
Once she understood his heart, which had grown even gentler than before,
she felt so elated that the heat just wouldn't fade.
"Pretty much everywhere except one or two spots are bars... Not many good places for a proper meal around here."
The shops lining the alleys near the theater were almost all bars.
There were Japanese-style izakayas, beer pubs selling a few kinds of snacks,
and even upscale cocktail bars that were pricey.
"Eh... that place over there. We could go there."
The direction Flora pointed to was the opposite way from where Jae-hyun had been looking.
It was another alley packed with bars,
but right at the corner leading into it, there was a franchise chicken joint.
"Chicken okay with you? I can eat pretty much anything."
"It's fine, so hurry up and follow me! I'm hungry."
"Haha..."
Flora had spent the whole day acting like a girl lost in her first love, all hesitant and shy.
Now that she was back to her usual, down-to-earth self,
Jae-hyun felt a strange mix of emotions for some reason.
Even though she'd just spoken to him so rudely and without manners,
it actually made his heart feel a bit more at ease.
"I said hurry up! The light's changing!"
"Ah... right!"
He'd been spacing out for a moment, slowly crossing the crosswalk,
when the signal changed almost immediately.
"Sorry. I was lost in thought for a second."
"What? You were thinking about something else while on a date with me?"
Flora furrowed her brows deeply at the mention of other thoughts.
Yeah. This is the Flora I know.
...he thought, pondering how to fire back.
"Yes. I was thinking about Flora-nim on the stairs earlier."
"Wh-what?! You pervert!"
Looking back now, that confession on the stairs had been so embarrassing,
that when Jae-hyun brought it up, she couldn't hold back and punched his chest.
"Forget it! I'm going in first!"
With that, she huffed and stormed into the chicken shop alone, shoving the door open.
"Man... She's hilarious when you really watch her."
Early evening... The two emerged from the chicken shop after finishing their meal.
"First time trying this brand, but it was pretty good."
"Of course. I picked it—how could it not be tasty?"
At the theater earlier, he'd been so tense he barely followed the plot,
but thankfully, dinner at the chicken place went off without a hitch.
Seemed like spilling his feelings on the stairs had helped.
"You're right. Flora-nim ate a ton too."
"What! Are you teasing me again?"
"You always eat well. No need to get mad over it... Ow?!"
Flora slammed her fist into Jae-hyun's chest again for not letting up on the teasing.
Of course, her tiny fist didn't hurt at all,
but he pretended it did anyway.
"Tch... So what now?"
"Beats me. Anything you want to do, Flora-nim?"
Neither of them had any dating experience before meeting each other.
They knew the basics of where people usually went and what they did,
but not the specifics of what to do in every situation.
"How about a place like that?"
After agonizing over it, Jae-hyun pointed across from the chicken shop.
At first glance, it looked like a store selling fancy stationery,
but focusing closer revealed it was an adult toy shop.
"Hey! How am I supposed to go in there? I'm... I'm a magical girl, you know!"
Magical girls' identities were strictly protected and monitored,
so ordinary citizens rarely knew who they were.
They sometimes appeared in media with the girl's and Management Bureau's consent,
but that was about it.
Occasionally, someone might spot them and say, "Aren't you a magical girl?"
But a firm denial usually settled it, and reporting it to the Bureau handled the rest.
So Flora's excuse was just that—an excuse.
"Hmm... Then what else is there?"
As he started turning his head again and pulling out his smartphone to search,
Flora suddenly grabbed his sleeve and tugged.
"F-fine... Let's just check it out...♥"
Of course, she clearly wanted to go despite her words.
Pretending to reluctantly indulge him with her chin raised,
her eyes were glued to the "Adult Toys" sign.
They crossed the street and cautiously opened the door to the adult shop.
"Whoa..."
From the outside, it looked like any ordinary store,
but stepping inside revealed all sorts of bizarre items.
Near the entrance were consumables like condoms and lube,
but turn your head slightly, and grotesque toys lined the shelves.
"Y-you've never been to a place like this before either, right?"
"Probably not..."
He'd bought adult products online before,
but actually visiting a store like this was a first for Jae-hyun too.
The two steadied their nerves and looked around.
Passing condoms and lubes in various scents and sizes,
they spotted items mostly for women.
Clitoral stimulators for external pleasure,
and dildos of all shapes and sizes for insertion.
Flora peered at them with clear interest.
'Kinda... boring-looking, honestly.'
But the problem was that her first taste of dick had been Jae-hyun's monstrous one.
There were plenty of large, thick products,
but with a massive tool available every day, she didn't see the point.
'No real need for something like an onahole.'
Jae-hyun felt the same while eyeing the men's section opposite.
With three females already keeping his dick plenty busy,
he had neither the reason nor the time for an onahole.
The only intriguing item was a vibrating massager.
No matter how strong or skilled your hands were, they had limits,
and high-speed vibration was a prime example.
"Picking up something like this wouldn't be bad..."
"Yeah..."
The product widely known in society as a "massager."
Jae-hyun and Flora nodded in unison,
then tossed it into their shopping basket.
Moving past the various toys brought them to a large display case.
The left side held items for specific kinks,
while the right brimmed with sexy outfits for mood-setting.
"Wearing this wouldn't even count as clothes..."
The outfit that caught Flora's eye was hole-riddled lingerie.
It looked like normal underwear at a glance,
but with openings at all the key spots, perfect for sex while "dressed."
'Bet he'd love something like this.'
Jae-hyun's attention went more to the SM play tools than the clothes.
Especially since Flora had a slight masochistic streak,
he figured she'd enjoy these.
There were gags for the mouth and restraints for limbs,
but his favorites were the latex blindfold and collar.
While Flora looked elsewhere, he slyly added them to the basket.
"See anything you want to buy?"
"Eh?! Oh... n-no... well...♥"
Flora had been lingering on that lingerie from earlier.
Too embarrassed to say outright that she wanted it,
she just fidgeted with it, head down.
"Flora-nim in this... Just imagining it is nice."
"You real pervert...♥"
As Jae-hyun grinned and added the lingerie set to the basket,
she called him a pervert but smiled brightly anyway.
After checking out, Jae-hyun and Flora each carried a shopping bag.
Having bought adult toys, it was time to use them,
so Jae-hyun immediately opened a lodging app to find a spot.
"Today... let's go to my place. I haven't visited once this week, so it's a mess."
Jae-hyun usually stopped by Flora's place at least once a week
to handle her piled-up laundry or dishes.
But this week, he'd been focused on Koneko and hadn't gone at all.
"Now that you mention it, yeah. I should do the chores too."
He wanted to say it was time she handled housework herself,
but it had become such a habit that not doing it felt weirder.
Besides, it gave him an excuse to spend time with her.
"You've been in heels all day, so your feet must hurt.
Instead of walking, let's take a cab for comfort."
He closed the lodging app and opened the taxi one,
inputting her address to hail a nearby cab.
'See? He acts like he doesn't, but he takes good care of me.'
She hadn't even thought about walking being tiring,
but the consideration made her feel warm inside again.
'She usually wears sneakers... Of course her feet hurt.'
But Jae-hyun had noticed the slight scrape on her heel from earlier.
She normally dressed casually with sneakers for the office,
so heels were bound to strain her feet.
Just like that, the two hopped into the quickly arrived taxi... and headed to Flora's place.