Sweet Cohabitation Romcom With My Senior Girlfriend and Alcohol Starts At Twenty - Volume 1 Chapter 1.4

Can Legally Drinking Alcohol and Living Together After Turning Twenty

“Really, there’s no need to hide it. It’s because you’re setting traps so weird that I’m tempted to find them.”

Kureha Senpai then started sorting through my treasured stash of erotic magazines that were hidden behind the fake wall.

On her left side, she placed the ones she reacted positively to, and on the right, the ones she didn’t like.

” ‘Shall we have fun with the red-haired heroine?’ Sure, that’s fine. The blue-haired heroine? No, absolutely not.”

She said, reading the titles of the erotic magazines one by one and sorting them to the left or right.

I sat there in proper seiza, watching her work. That was all I could do, being someone who easily found satisfaction in erotic magazines despite having a beautiful red-haired girlfriend like Kureha Senpai.

“Alright, I guess that’s it. Takashi-kun, look this way?”

It seemed she had finished sorting the erotic magazines, as Kureha Senpai called my name.

Slowly, I raised my head to look at her, trying to gauge her mood.

“Why are you smiling?”

I asked, surprised to see a content Kureha Senpai in front of me. I had assumed she would be angry, so her demeanor instilled a bit of fear in me. But there she was, unmistakably the usual Kureha Senpai.

“…Takashi-kun, did you really want to do naughty things with me that badly?”

Who else could it be saying such outrageous things if not the usual Kureha Senpai?

“Um… what are you talking about?”

“Well, it’s usually the breasts and thighs you’re always looking at.”

“No, what are you talking about?!”

I have absolutely no idea what Senpai is talking about. Is she suggesting that me looking at her chest and thighs is connected to the ‘naughty’ stuff she’s talking about in erotic magazines?

Indeed, I can’t deny that my gaze does wander to Senpai’s cleavage and her thighs, but that’s a different matter entirely.

I find myself internally swayed by the usual outrageous Senpai, and here she goes saying strange things again.

“I mean, you were consoling yourself with this book as a substitute for me, weren’t you?”

“No comment.”

“You don’t have the right to remain silent, so please answer properly~”

It seems there’s no escape. Could this be retribution for being satisfied with erotic magazines despite having a girlfriend like her?

Even so, it’s not like I could have just abstained from the magazines and approached her directly. That would be impossible.

Well, I’d probably just be teased and skillfully brushed off.

After all, it’s been almost a year since we started dating and we’ve still not gone beyond almost kissing.

Even when the mood was right, she’d say, “Not yet♡” and disrupt the moment by placing her index finger between our lips.

I could never tell her, “I can’t stand erotic magazines anymore, please do something naughty with me!!”

Of course, I couldn’t possibly tell her that I’ve been consoling myself alone with the magazines as a substitute for her.

“By the way, maybe I’ll do some of the things depicted in the book for you if you answer properly? Don’t worry, I won’t make you throw them away or anything.”

“I did it. Almost every day, I’ve been comforting myself.”

“I like that honest side of you too.”

“Thank you.”

If she herself is offering to do naughty things, that’s a different story.

I’ve cleared my mind in the face of sexual desire.

That’s right. It’s a natural physiological response. I’m a healthy male college student, after all.

What’s wrong with relying on erotic magazines?

Especially when I have permission from my lover, that’s even better.

“So, about the remaining books…”

“Ah, yes.”

The conversation up to now was about the book on the left.

And now, Kureha Senpai is pointing to the books on the right, the ones she reacted unfavorably to.

But, I’m sure the good-natured Senpai I see now would forgive even an undesirable book. I’m confident about that.

After all, the Senpai before me is unusually smiley today.

“Shall we burn it on the stove now?”

“…What did you just say?”

“Didn’t you hear? I said to burn the book that has no resemblance to me right now.”

“Could it be that you’re actually quite angry…?”

Kureha Senpai continues to smile sweetly. Her reaction says it all, and yet, it’s the scariest I’ve ever seen her.

“Okay, as you wish.”

Today is my birthday. It’s also the day my collection of erotic magazines was reduced by half…

***

“Well, now that the cleaning is done, happy birthday once again.”

“A-ahaha… thank you…”

After gathering the remnants of the erotic magazines that burned and scattered on the stove, Kureha Senpai and I sit down on the living room cushions, looking exhausted.

Senpai had thought they would burn nicely, never expecting the wind from the stove’s burner to blow them away. Her flustered figure was a bit cute, and I almost burst out laughing.

However, the shock of burning the erotic magazines with my own hands was huge, and it seemed like I wouldn’t recover from it for a while. With a solemn expression, I could only respond to Senpai’s birthday wishes with a wry smile.

Even in front of such a me, Senpai remained herself, her carefree voice echoing in the heavy atmosphere.

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m not that much of a demon. I’ll prepare something to apologize.”

“An apology, like what for example…”

“Eh, how about a naughty photo book of myself?”

“You can’t be serious, your own creation?”

“I’ll even get it properly printed and bound by a printing service.”

“I don’t think you need to go that far!?”

I still can’t read Senpai’s thoughts at all, but I at least understood that I shouldn’t dwell on anything that doesn’t remind me of Senpai.

I understand Senpai’s anxiety. I wouldn’t like it either if Senpai was fantasizing about other men besides me. The erotic magazines that we ended up burning were a small price to pay if it helped ease Senpai’s worries.

It wouldn’t be a big deal if I just stopped being distracted by girls with tanned or blue hair and did something more with Senpai.

Yeah, if Senpai would let me have some physical contact without teasing, it wouldn’t be an issue at all.