Chapter 116 Chabashira-sensei: Little Virgin's Fantasy
"Mm-hmm~ that was so comfortable!"
"Yeah, I feel completely relaxed. Thank you, Ichinose-san, for bringing me here to enjoy this."
"No need to thank me. By the way, is Hikigaya-kun not finished yet?"
"You guys go ahead... I want to lie down for a little longer."
The massage had already ended, but Hikigaya remained lying on the bed. Based on certain objective reasons, he was unable to stand up at this moment.
The three female therapists exchanged smiles and said nothing; they simply cleared out of the room quietly.
'I'll probably become the topic of their post-work gossip later, won't I?'
After a good while. The sound of a few yawns came from outside the room.
"Waa~ I'm feeling a bit sleepy..."
"Me too. Hachiman-kun, we're going back to rest first."
"Goodnight, Hikigaya-kun."
Both Shiina Hiyori and Ichinose Honami felt drowsy; they said their goodbyes and left.
Another ten minutes passed.
Hikigaya's "local conflict" finally subsided. He tidied his clothes and walked out of the room. As he walked through the corridor, preparing to leave the SPA center, he happened to run into a tall woman walking out of a room.
Chabashira Sae was dressed in a plain white, loose robe, different from her usual capable image in a professional OL suit. At this moment, perhaps because she had just finished a SPA treatment, she looked radiant. Her skin was moist and glowing; she looked as if she had suddenly aged backward by ten years.
"Chabashira-sensei, good evening." After giving a polite greeting, Hikigaya prepared to walk past her.
"Hikigaya... wait!?" Chabashira Sae was stunned for a moment, then instinctively grabbed his arm.
'Seriously, what day is today? How many girls have grabbed my hand now?'
"Um, Chabashira-sensei, is there something you need?" Hikigaya asked.
"Do you have time to sit with me for a bit?"
"I don't."
"Come over here!"
'Sigh~ why is every single girl so forceful?'
Left with no choice, Hikigaya was dragged to the lounge area by Chabashira Sae.
"What do you want to drink?"
"Is there Max Coffee?"
"Two cups of extra-strong Americano, please." Chabashira Sae replied with a "read but ignored" response.
"At least add sugar for me!" Hikigaya added.
"You brat, you're just never honest," Chabashira Sae rolled her eyes at him.
"Chabashira-sensei, it's not great to be wandering around outside at this hour, is it?"
Hikigaya glanced at the time: 10:40 PM. Although for a habitual night owl like him, he wouldn't be sleeping at this hour—he'd likely be lying in bed playing on his phone—that was still better than accompanying an older female teacher...
"Hey! That expression of yours makes me feel like you're thinking something impolite!" Chabashira Sae suddenly stared at him with sharp eyes.
'Woman's intuition... what kind of mechanic setting is this?'
"It's nothing. I was just wondering what business Chabashira-sensei has with me so late." Hikigaya returned to the original question.
"It's nothing special, I just wanted to have a casual chat with you." Chabashira Sae picked up her coffee and took a sip.
'Isn't that pure nonsense?'
Hikigaya didn't want to dawdle with her. He tore open three sugar packets and poured them all into his coffee.
"If it's about class competition, please don't mention it."
This one sentence rendered Chabashira Sae silent.
After a long while, she finally spoke again: "Hikigaya, killing a conversation with a single sentence like that... be careful, or you'll never find a girlfriend in your life!"
"While I have no interest in finding a girlfriend currently, I think I'll find a suitable marriage partner before I'm thirty. Chabashira-sensei should worry more about herself..."
Before Hikigaya could finish, Chabashira Sae suddenly lashed out with an "Iron Fist of Sanction"!
... just kidding.
She was clearly just an ordinary adult woman who hadn't practiced any martial arts. Her punch was not only slow but lacked power. Hikigaya raised his palm and caught it with ease.
"Senseis hitting students isn't a very good habit, you know."
"Tch! If I had known, I would have listened to Shizuka back then and practiced a martial art." Chabashira Sae looked thoroughly annoyed.
"Shizuka?
You know Hiratsuka-sensei!?"
Hikigaya's mind immediately recalled that "Iron Fist Teacher" from middle school. Being as stubborn as he was, he had received his fair share of sanctions from her. However, he could sense that her intentions were for his own good, and he was quite grateful in his heart.
"Shizuka was my classmate in university," Chabashira Sae said succinctly.
"..."
'So they're both older leftover women!'
"You brat, you're just as infuriating as Shizuka said you were!" The more Chabashira Sae thought about it, the angrier she got, but since her physical force was limited, she couldn't sanction him.
"Ha~ After all, Advanced Nurturing is a school where strength is everything!"
The corners of Hikigaya's mouth curled into a smug smile. For the first time, he felt that practicing martial arts was so satisfying!
"Don't get too ahead of yourself, you brat!"
Under the table, Chabashira Sae's jade-like leg suddenly kicked toward Hikigaya's "base." Caught off guard, Hikigaya's middle gate was wide open, and she invaded the inner side of his thigh. But luckily, his reflexes were sharp; at the critical moment, he squeezed his thighs together, firmly trapping her foot.
"Hey!
That's going too far, Chabashira-sensei!" Hikigaya looked horrified.
"Hmph! Has nobody told you that you shouldn't mention age in front of a woman? Also, let go of my foot..." Chabashira Sae struggled hard.
"Don't—don't move!"
Hikigaya could clearly feel that the sole of her foot was pressing against his "base."
He didn't dare let go now! Fortunately, the person in front of him wasn't an ignorant, naive girl. Upon sensing something was wrong, Chabashira Sae immediately stopped her kicking.
Ahem~
"That was just an accident just now."
Chabashira Sae feigned composure by tucking a strand of hair behind her ear and looking away.
"Now, can you let go of my foot?"
"You promise not to move recklessly?" Hikigaya was full of vigilance. For safety's sake, he leaned down, grabbed her ankle with his hand, and only then slowly relaxed his thighs to carefully move her foot away from his base.
"You're being way too cautious," Chabashira Sae remarked, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"I have to be cautious. This concerns the happiness of my multiple future dream wives!" Hikigaya said seriously.
"Still talking about 'multiple dream wives'...
It's nothing but a little virgin's fantasy!" Chabashira Sae's mouth twitched as she began her mockery.
"What do you mean 'fantasy'? What if everything in the dreams is real?"
Hikigaya didn't know what he was thinking.
He knew it was unscientific, but dreaming it again and again felt too lifelike; he felt there might be a tiny possibility it was connected to reality.