CHAPTER 399: CHAPTER 396: THE FEELING OF BEING WORSHIPPED

"Shirakawa, did you run here with a timer?" Hayakawa Kashi shook her phone, showing the LINE message from a few minutes ago sent by Shirakawa Sawahei.

[Three more minutes.]

"Hayakawa, your guess is spot on." Shirakawa Sawahei lit up his phone screen, on which a stopwatch interface was displayed: "Perfect timing."

"You timed it so precisely, have you been trained for this, Shirakawa?"

"I’m always like this." Shirakawa Sawahei said calmly: "It’s just that you have a bit of a misconception about me, Hayakawa."

"A misconception? Then, please, Shirakawa, give me some time to change that."

"Can someone actually change Hayakawa?"

"Who is that amazing person, could you introduce me to them?"

Miss Kaori smirked: "Are you indirectly complimenting yourself?"

"Me?"

"Otherwise, what else?" Hayakawa Kashi replied leisurely: "I never watch movies in the theater. Isn’t that a change for me, Shirakawa?"

"When I first asked you to watch the premiere, didn’t you say it was because you wanted to see my piano skills?"

"..."

Miss Kaori turned her head, expressionless, and said: "Shirakawa, the movie seems to be starting soon."

"To be exact, there’s still ten minutes."

"Shirakawa... you’re quite talkative today."

"Not really, I’m about the same as usual. Could it be your illusion?"

"No, you really are talkative today."

"Alright then." Shirakawa Sawahei glanced at the time again, chuckling lightly: "Whether it’s me being strange today or you, Hayakawa, let’s go in first."

As they chatted, the two walked side-by-side to the screening room. In the vast space, the silver screen showed the pre-movie animations. Shirakawa Sawahei casually chose a seat in the middle row and let the Little Arrogant sit down.

Don’t ask him why he could freely choose seats, the answer is that Miss Kaori booked out the place. Shirakawa Sawahei initially didn’t want such a hassle, but then thought if Hayakawa Kashi didn’t want too many people, she would book and arrange a separate time to offset the premieres of a few other girls...

Hence, Shirakawa Sawahei promptly dismissed the idea of stopping the Little Arrogant from booking the theater...

Hmm, time management, time management...

"Here."

"Thank you."

Shirakawa Sawahei bought drinks from outside and gently placed them beside the Little Arrogant. Then he sat down, waiting for the movie to start.

There weren’t many others inside, so Shirakawa Sawahei and Little Arrogant could freely chat. Shortly after the movie started, Hayakawa Kashi tilted her head casually and asked:

"Shirakawa, you seem a bit unfocused, have you seen the movie content in advance?"

A certain time-management expert secretly broke into a cold sweat...

Is this the legendary level 4 yandere mastery? Or has the Black Hearted Lolita already stabbed me in the back?

It’s definitely that little loli! She would definitely brag to the Little Arrogant about watching a movie!

He wanted to deny it till death, but the Black Hearted Lolita had already cornered his every move. Based on his inference, this Evil Little Arrogant must have learned about his time management tricks beforehand and was intentionally asking!

At this moment! Playing dumb wouldn’t last!

Shirakawa Sawahei knew this well. He smartly decided to find a chance to counter instead of sitting there waiting to be doomed.

"I’ve watched some, but that’s not the main reason for my distraction."

"Then what is it?"

"It’s because you’re not confident in your charm, Hayakawa." Shirakawa Sawahei said seriously: "I thought you should have self-awareness."

"Are you complimenting me?"

Shirakawa Sawahei nodded.

A smile appeared in the girl’s eyes as she softly responded with a sense of irony or regret: "How rare for Shirakawa to admit that I have charm."

"Sometimes, you are indeed very cute, Hayakawa."

"Sometimes?"

"Sometimes."

Miss Kaori slightly shook her head: "Well~ it’s a shame I couldn’t make Shirakawa always find me cute, I’ll give it my best."

"Always find you cute?" Shirakawa Sawahei pondered for a moment: "Then you might need to make some big changes."

"Oh? What kind of cute girl does Shirakawa see?"

"Probably someone who is a bit more obedient and sensible?"

"Then it seems I’ve got no chance." Miss Kaori sighed: "I’m far from the cute obedient girl in Shirakawa’s eyes..."

Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t help but chuckle softly: "Don’t be too pessimistic; if Hayakawa could be a bit less tsundere, undoubtedly, you’d be the cutest in the world."

"Hehe."

Hayakawa Kashi coldly chuckled twice without expression: "Shirakawa, sometimes you can be quite funny."

"Also, one more thing, I’m not tsundere. Please don’t assign me weird character traits."

Shirakawa Sawahei was satisfied to withdraw his gaze...

The two of them chatted for a bit, then returned their attention to the movie. Soon, a piano interlude played by Shirakawa during the protagonists’ farewell scene started.

Miss Kaori closed her eyes, fingers gently tapping to the beat on the armrest, seemingly engrossed in the music. After a while, she slowly opened her eyes, precisely meeting Shirakawa Sawahei’s gaze.

"What are you looking at?" the Little Arrogant raised her eyebrows.

"I was seeing if you learned anything from my piece."

"Oh? I thought Shirakawa was secretly admiring my cuteness."

Shirakawa Sawahei retorted coldly: "We’ve met before, nothing new to admire, right?"

"So you admired me the first time we met, Shirakawa?"

The old expert was momentarily stunned and recalled the amazed feeling he had when he first saw the Little Arrogant Study Girl’s looks...

"No, not at all."

"Huh? Someone just praised me for being cute earlier."

"I said sometimes."

"Not including the earlier time?"

"Not including."

Miss Kaori was equally satisfied as she withdrew her gaze...

"How much longer is this movie?"

"I don’t know..." Shirakawa Sawahei hadn’t been paying much attention to the previous movie either, so he estimated the time and replied: "Maybe a bit over fifty minutes left."

Which means, spending about a third of the time truly watching with Hayakawa and the others?

The Little Arrogant was very satisfied, she pointed gently at the screen in front and asked: "Shirakawa? Have you ever felt what it’s like to be worshiped by someone?"

"Yes." Shirakawa Sawahei thought to himself, as someone who hangs out with the idle girl every day, even randomly playing a game let him experience being worshiped, how could he not?

"Since that’s the case, wouldn’t you want to always experience that feeling?"