novelzi Chapter 4.5.1 — Love Simulation
Chapter 4.5.1 — Love Simulation
Volume 4 Chapter 5 - Love Simulation Part 1
“Senpai, she still hasn’t come huh.”
Before, he was waiting for Mio in the afternoon at the front of the station. This time, he was waiting for Hikaru-senpai.
He designated this place in an instant, but like this, it was as if he…
{As if you are taking and replacing girls constantly, right? Exactly like a Harem King!!}
Leme came jeering at him through telepathy. However, it was exactly like what she said.
Next, he had promised to go on a date with Kaguya-senpai. He also had the feeling of wanting to lead Koyuki, who tends to shun other people, outside. He also needed to find a suitable time for Lotte, who wanted to check for the new productions of the workshops in Akihabara again.
{Isn’t it fine to have fun with everyone? When Leme looks at all of you, Leme too feels the desire to become human. …That’s right, I get the feeling that in the past too, I also thought like this along with the
Leme had said once before that she was [a Diva that harbored a longing for humans]. Because of that [she became a Diva that could materialize easily] also.
“Is that so…even for you to regain your memory, you have to recover your strength completely too right?”
{It’s fine even if you don’t worry too much about Leme though. Well, it’s a good thing to stay positive.}
That was right, he had to stay positive when he faced Hikaru-senpai.
Hikaru-senpai was a girl. She harbored a shirking feeling toward males. He had to correct senpai’s [distortion] that made her keep insisting that she was a male on this date!
{My King…you are really heated up for your proactive date, huh. Oops, looks like Hoshikaze Hikaru has come.}
“…I, I made you wait! Sorry, I didn't realize how much time had passed…!”
When Kazuki turned back while calling out “Senpai!”―right there, what he saw was a handsome guy.
Even in TV shows, there was not such a cool guy as the one before Kazuki now.
Not only a good looking face, the clothes were also so stylish that even Kazuki could understand. She was wearing a crisp black tailored jacket and denim pants that were not too formal. The denim was a slender thing for men, but there was room for Hikaru-senpai, who was actually not a man. It also went well with her small face, an extremely stylish appearance.
There was a stylish feeling that wasn't too rough. Having said that, it was also not too exaggerated. Right in front of him was one of the examples that men should try to follow in what clothing they had to wear on a date. Even Kazuki was taken aback in admiration, wondering whether he also should dress like this.
The problem was that this handsome guy was actually a girl.
“Ho, how is it?”
Feeling Kazuki’s stare, Hikaru-senpai fidgeted around. It looks like her injuries have completely healed.
“It’s very cool. For the first time, I understand the feelings of senpai’s fans. There is no doubt that if I were a girl, I would fall in love.”
“Really? Hehhehhe, as expected. I wonder if it’s like that~. But even something like that could also happen I wonder~”
Hikaru-senpai’s expression burst open brightly just like a young boy.
She was cool, but also cute. She had a smiling face that gave you an unknown throbbing inside when you saw it.
“Please don’t be happy! …Even though I said before to please go on a date with me as a girl, why does senpai look that much like a handsome guy!?”
To have nothing but men’s clothing to this degree, she was a prince that far exceeded his expectations.
“I was thinking about whether I should wear a jersey. But I wonder if it will make you ashamed instead.”
“Even if senpai came looking like that much of a handsome guy, I only got this huge feeling of failure you know…”
“I, I think you look cool though!”
“I don't really feel that I got praised. By the way, for the date, of course for today.”
“As expected, this is really a date?”
“Even I don't really understand something like a date, I didn't really plan anything but…the thing we should do first is decided! Let’s go shopping for women's clothing!”
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Kazuki forcefully pulled Hikaru-senpai, who repeatedly said, “It’s impossible, impossible you know―” and finally arrived at a Fashion Workshopboutique.
It was a boutique he had visited before with Mio. Saying it clearly, Kazuki didn't understand a thing about women's clothing, but if it was the boutique that the stylish Mio favored then there would be no problem, he thought.
Moreover, this workshop made western clothes by themselves to sell. Of course they also gathered [truly good products] from other workshops and sold them too. These kinds of business conditions were called
“I want to escape.”
The stylish aura that was emitted from the shop overpowered Hikaru-senpai and made her whisper such.
“No way. After this, I will dye senpai with my color!”
With forcefulness from the experience he had when he was led around by Mio, Kazuki pushed Hikaru-senpai’s back forward.
“Geez, you're really forceful―” saying that, Hikaru-senpai made a troubled expression. However, a skull mark didn't come flying.
When the automatic door opened and they entered the inside of the shop, the stylish shopkeeper Onee-san was,
“Welcome…?” she said.
Her words trailed off in the end, showing her confusion that was surely because she was seeing two males entering this store for females.
When the shopkeeper took a glance at Hikaru-senpai, her expression of confusion receded and her cheeks were dyed pink.
However, as expected of a stylish professional, she immediately saw through Hikaru-senpai’s real identity as a female and floated a smiling face as if having apprehensions toward this side. “Today, what kind of items are you looking for, dear guest?”
Kazuki felt relieved and was going to consult the shopkeeper, at that time―
“Eh, Kazuki? And senpai?”
“Mio!?”
Mio was inside the boutique. Kazuki unconsciously twitched in surprise like a man whose affair was discovered by his wife.
However, when he really thought about it, this was a boutique that Mio regularly visited after all. It was just normal to unexpectedly come across her on a holiday here in this store if he just used his brain.
After Mio tilted her head seeing Kazuki’s behavior, she pulled Kazuki’s arm suddenly and forcefully.
“…Kazuki, come here for a second. Tell me the situation.”
Trailing behind, Kazuki was dragged into one of the corners inside the store, leaving behind Hikaru-senpai.
“Are you taking Hoshikaze-senpai on a date to raise her positivity level for the sake of winning the battle election?”
Mio unreservedly cut to the core of the matter.
“I’m not taking her on a date aiming for her magic! It’s just…there is something distorted in the relationship between me and Hikaru-senpai. I want to correct that distortion so that I can create a bond with senpai in the true sense.”
“…Distortion?” Mio made a dubious face.
“The relationship between me and senpai has become completely wrong somehow. I understand that from Leme’s power. Because of that, I can't use Hikaru-senpai’s magic, but…I'm not doing this for that reason! I just don't want the two of us to stay like this forever!”
“Fuun. Certainly Kazuki and Hoshikaze-senpai looked to be on good terms with each other, yet Kazuki had never used the same magic as senpai huh.”
“For the sake of correcting my relationship with senpai into how it should have been originally, …first senpai has to be made to look feminine, that’s what I'm thinking.”
“I see. Then I'll cooperate too.”
Mio gave that response decisively. “Eh?” Kazuki was raising such a voice.
Because Mio talked with a small voice, Kazuki thought she was angry. But it seems to not be like that. Right at this point, she changed completely and made a lively voice.
“It'd be great if we could make Hoshikaze-senpai look cute using this store’s clothes, wouldn't it? It sounds fun! I too have been thinking for a long time that I wanted to do something about senpai!! If it’s about such things, then leave it to this Great Teacher Mio!!”
“If you say that, then it’s a great help! I really don't understand anything in this area! …But I, after this, I am still planning to continue the date with Hikaru-senpai though…”
“I don't really mind. I have been given a kiss the other day after all. Right now, I'll believe in Kazuki’s feelings. But the things that you do for senpai today, I will hate it if later on, you don't do it all for me too, okay?!”
Mio was not feeling jealous toward his other companion, but she was demanding for the same treatment or if possible, even more of it for herself.
Mio was the type of girl who used that method to make herself content.
“Nevertheless, Hoshikaze-senpai’s personal clothes are really cool, aren’t they? She looks like the second most handsome man in the world.”
“That is the second best you say? Then, who is the first?”
“That’s Kazu-nii without a doubt!”
Suddenly, Mio kissed (chuu) Kazuki’s cheek.
“Yo―sh, I'll show you Hoshikaze-senpai’s fresh start in life! Follow me!!”
Mio exultantly returned to the area of the store’s entrance where the vacantly standing Hoshikaze-senpai was left behind. After Kazuki was dumbfounded for a while, he followed along behind her.
By then, a lecture by Great Teacher Mio had begun.
“For the sake of saving money too, if I can, I want to make use of the clothes that senpai wears right now and spend as little money as possible but…this tailored jacket is completely men’s wear, so I wonder if it’s possible.”
“Don’t girls also wear jackets like this?”
When Kazuki interjected, Mio said “Chihchih. The silhouette is completely different” and waved her finger about.
“There is also a way to make use of this denim as boyfriend denim and coordinate it.”
“Boyfriend denim?”
“A somewhat large denim that looks as if it is borrowed from a boyfriend and when worn is called that. A boyish denim with the cuff rolled-up and then from there the slim ankles are tightly exposed while also wearing something like cute pumps. With that, the girliness would be all the more increased. It’s super cute!! Wearing boyfriend denim for the purpose of falsifying fat legs is no good! Slim ankles are the greatest!!”
“I see, I don’t get it.”
However, the shopkeeper kept nodding while making voices of agreement (un un) with a full, smiling face. It seems there is nothing mistaken in Mio-sensei’s words. Hikaru-senpai was staring vacantly with round eyes.
“But a first date with a boy should use a more orthodox style that looks as girly as possible, right? As I thought, rejected, let’s replace the whole outfit! …Hey, Hoshikaze-senpai, is it okay to let the hair down too?”
“Eh!? …No, no way, it’s embarrassing, it will become disheveled!”
“It'll be okay, we're going to use a brush after all.”
“Mio, so you carry around a mirror and brush? You really are a girl.”
“Fufu, this is only natural for a girl! Come on senpai, please don’t move.”
“U, uuu…” From behind, Mio combed down Hikaru-senpai’s curly hair.
“If we use this product, created by the greatest alchemist of the fashion industry, Junko Takeo…”
When Mio brought out a cream that looked to be very treasured by her and used it in the brushing, in the blink of an eye, Hikaru-senpai’s hair became silky.
“L, lies…” The person herself was the one who was most surprised.
“How great. So this is the secret behind how Mio’s twintails look so pretty.”
“Though this is really expensive you know~. Even though father is like that, he is really generous when it comes to this. At first, I too was hesitating, but he really had fun dressing up his daughter to be stylish. So like that, it couldn't be helped.”
‘Is that so?’ was what he thought. But as expected, it seems that Headmaster Amasaki was extremely doting on Mio.
“Yosh, looks good! As expected, senpai is cute! If it's like this, then senpai already looks extremely girlish and attractive! But still~, there are a lot of spring one-pieces with flower patterns, but it looks a little too sweet though~. On the other hand, now is still not the time to use summer colors.”
“Myon-chan, what if it's this newly arrived product, I wonder!? Although this is not something we made ourselves!”
The shopkeeper came bringing a yellow mustard one-piece in her hand. Myon-chan?
“There is something like that!? Masumi-chan, this is good!!”
So you too were calling the shopkeeper by adding -chan to her name?
Mio was like “Yee―ii!” and did a high-five with the shopkeeper. They're too friendly with each other.
“These clothes aren't good if they're not worn by someone like Hoshikaze-senpai, who would look like a college student or an office lady when wearing them. If that point is coordinated with this one-piece, then it would endow senpai with the combination of the impact of a leading actress with elegance! Yellow suits Hoshikaze-senpai, the fashionable color of the year!”
Mio checked the correctness of the sewing and then she fluently flipped off the tag to confirm.
“This is from a still nameless workshop!? This kind of great bargain…Masumi-chan, not only as a attire alchemistcouturier, but your skills as a stocking officerbuyer have gone up too, haven't they?”
“This is nothing big.”
When Mio’s eyes shined brightly, the shopkeeper Masumi-chan talked strangely while rubbing her hands together.
“Wearing a one-piece means you don't need trousers or a skirt. Then only this is enough right?”
“Idiot! Just calling pants "trousers" already shows that you are an idiot! Kazuki, are you planning to combine this one-piece with the leather sneakers that Hoshikaze-senpai is currently wearing!? Isn’t it obvious that the footwear is the most important thing!!”
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―Much, much later, Hikaru-senpai, who was holding a lot of items in her arms, and Mio entered the dressing room.
“Senpai, why are you wrapping something like sarashi on you!?”
Mio’s scream could be heard from the dressing room.
“I, if I’m going to look like the appearance of a cool boy, then the breasts are just a hindrance so…”
“There is that but, please don't do things to the degree of pressing your own breasts just to look cool! Senpai, even though you have beautifully shaped breasts, they were completely crushed!”
“It’s, it’s going to be fine see, it’s not tofu after all.”
What a conversation they were having.
Before long, the curtain was opened swiftly. The figure of Hikaru-senpai, who was starting a fresh life, appeared.
A beautiful lady was standing there. This was not a handsome man, no matter how you saw it.
She looked like an adult. But for Kazuki, the fidgeting and embarrassed figure was cute.
“Senpai, you look really beautiful. I don't really get what Mio was talking about even a little bit, but it really suits you!”
“Th, that’s a lie~. There is no doubt that someone like me dressing as a woman will look like they're wearing a costume.”
“That's not true at all; even I have said that it suits senpai, haven’t I? Hey, Masumi-chan thinks so too, right?”
“It matches dear guest very well, to the degree that I want to have you as the exclusive model for our boutique aimed at the media.”
Even Mio and the shopkeeper said such things. Hikaru-senpai looked down because she couldn't deny it anymore than this.
“Kazuki, I'll bring the clothes that senpai wore before back to the Witch’s Manor. It would be a hindrance on the date, don't you agree?”
Mio held a paper bag while saying that. And then she quietly drew near Kazuki and whispered in his ear.
“My bra, I lent it to Hoshikaze-senpai after adjusting the size. That’s why right now, I am wearing no bra.”
And then Mio hugged Kazuki’s arm as strong as she could. Her breast was pressed on his arm as if mixing together.
(munyuu munyuu munyuu) Softness was transmitted almost directly across just one piece of cloth.
“Yo, you, what are you doing!?”
“Ehehe, Kazu-nii’s face is red! Yosh, I’m satisfied, see you later!”
Mio left the store while laughing mischievously.
“By the way, if dear guest is planning to purchase all of this, the total amount is as followed.”
Looking at the memo the shopkeeper suddenly presented, Kazuki almost screamed.
But to show the memo at Kazuki first was the nice consideration of the shopkeeper.
“Of course, I'll buy it all.” With that, Kazuki took out his wallet.
Kazuki had some savings. The Hayashizaki household was not a wealthy family, but Kazuki had also received some pocket money, just like Kanae. At first he was reserved to receive it. But his stepfather kept saying, “You are already my son.” and scolded him in return; it made him sad so Kazuki obediently accepted it in the end. But with no other way to use the money except for something like buying presents for his family’s birthday, he was doing nothing but continuing to save up the money.
He never imagined that western clothes were this expensive, but this was by no means an amount that he couldn’t afford.
It was for his long-cherished ambition that he was using this money, for the sake of making Hikaru-senpai beautiful.
“Wait, I'll pay for it myself! I won’t do something like making my junior pay!”
Sensing Kazuki trying to settle the bill, Hikaru-senpai tried to butt in.
“Isn't this something that I am forcing senpai to buy? Please let me pay for it.”
“I'm not really forced to buy it, this isn't something I'm grudgingly doing. I was thinking whether it would be better to have at least a piece of clothing like this…”
“Senpai says that, but will senpai really wear this kind of clothing by yourself if you buy it?”
When Kazuki pointed that out, Senpai went “Uu” and muddled her words. Right now, she is wearing a one-piece and has become a cute girl. But it's obvious that when they return home, she would go back to being a prince.
“Then let’s do it like this, at least please, let me pay half the amount.”
Kazuki proposed while taking out some bills.
“On top of senpai paying with your own money, senpai can't let these clothes just lay around uselessly. At the same time, with me paying half the amount, I will have only half the right to meddle with what will be done with these clothes.”
“Half of the right…? It feels complicated somehow, but what kind of meddling will you do?
“When senpai is going out together with me, I beg you to please, absolutely dress yourself like now. It’s already forbidden to look like a male when senpai is together with me!”
“Bu, but when the winter comes, this appearance will be cold you know?”
“When that happens, let’s come shopping together again for the season’s clothing.”
With an exhausted face, senpai went “Uu―…… Okay.” and nodded her head.
For some reason, a heart mark came flying from her chest.
For some reason… in other words, senpai didn't hate looking like a girl deep inside her heart.
Even for senpai, deep within her heart, there were feelings of wanting to become a normal girl.
That was why the [male friendship] that senpai was hoping to create was not actually senpai’s true feelings.
This distortion, he would rectify it throughout this whole day!
When they exited the workshop, the sun was still high in the sky. The date was still in the opening phase.
“What are we going to do after this?”
Hikaru-senpai asked helplessly while holding the short hem of her one-piece.
The moment they came out onto the street, the stares of men in their surroundings were nailed toward senpai. It was different from the usual female fans of Hikaru-senpai. Right now, she was in the state of being unable to calm down from the impolite and vulgar stares of men.
When he saw senpai, who was tightly pinching the hem of her skirt, he hesitated taking her to an active event.
“How about going to the movie theater? I think we can calm down and have fun there. I also think we can watch a romantic movie and ought to learn the thing called adult love between male and female.”
“…Until now, I have never seen any movie except for the hero or ranger squad genre.”
“Actually, I also have never seen any movie except for those kinds of things. Kanae liked that kind of thing since we were small.”
“Even now, I still like them you know, hero!”
Hikaru-senpai took a characteristic pose of some kind of hero with a snap.
“That's the reason why we need to learn from the romantic movie! Watching a romantic movie and learning the examples of dating from there…and then let’s try to imitate various things that are done inside the movie!”
“We're going to imitate it!?” Hearing Kazuki’s idea, Hikaru-senpai made a troubled face again.