Tokyo's Most Affectionate - Chapter 76

Shiromiya Takes the Initiative

The next day, Kurosawa arrived at school early in the morning.

As soon as he entered the classroom for the required class, Miyazaki beckoned him to an empty seat.

“Ninomiya-sensei seems to be in a good mood today,” Miyazaki eagerly remarked after taking his seat.

“How do you know?” asked Kurosawa

“I saw her before coming to the classroom today,” replied Miyazaki.

“I see… Also, ‘study a hundred times,'” Kurosawa added, realizing that the effect of last night’s phone call was quite effective.

“I get it, I get it,” Miyazaki quickly interrupted before he could finish his sentence.

On Tuesday’s schedule, there was no Ninomiya. After all, she was still a lecturer, and her qualifications were not deep enough.

The day’s classes passed by in the blink of an eye.

At 3:20 in the afternoon, Kurosawa’s classes came to an end.

“Are you going to be a tutor for that young lady again?” Miyazaki asked curiously as he stood up to pack his bag.

“Yes,” Kurosawa replied.

“What’s her house like?”

“It’s a luxurious duplex penthouse in the city center, with extravagant decoration, various famous paintings and antiques, a dedicated elevator, and even a maid.”

“How does the maid look?”

Miyazaki couldn’t resist asking about the maid upon hearing about the other details. 

After all, college guys were at an age filled with yearning for the opposite sex.

“She’s quite beautiful, and very professional. The way she dresses is completely different from the maids in maid cafes,” Kurosawa recalled.

“Rich and taken care of by a maid… tsk tsk, really fortunate.”

Upon learning about this, Miyazaki couldn’t help but sigh.

This kind of conversation left Kurosawa a bit dazed, feeling like it was similar to last Thursday.

“I’m going to my part-time job, see you.”

However, he didn’t deny anything, just packed up and bid Miyazaki farewell.

On the way out of school, Kurosawa greeted his juniors and classmates from time to time. 

Along the way, he was contemplating a question.

Is it really happy to have wealth and a maid taking care of you?

At least in his view, it wasn’t happiness.

Perhaps it was because he had been handed everything on a silver platter since childhood, with food at his beck and call, and all requests would be satisfied.

However, in his eyes, Shiromiya’s future situation seemed quite bad.

A maid is a helper in life, but also an embodiment of surveillance.

Every day, she had to learn different things, even after school, there was no time for rest, and there was no freedom at all.

Such a life, even as a spectator, he found it tiring, and he had no idea what the person involved felt.

……

At 4:15 PM, Kurosawa arrived at a high-end apartment building in the city center.

He swiped the card to enter a private elevator, heading to the 32nd floor.

The maid of the Shiromiya family, Akai Sayaka, was already waiting.

Once again, his identity was checked. Although discerning eyes could tell at a glance whether it was the right person or not, her work was still meticulous.

“Mr. Kurosawa, have you encountered something positive recently?”

Confirming his identity, with short hair cut sharply, Akai, with a cold and serious demeanor, asked.

She was dressed in a maid outfit, looking very beautiful but giving off an inexplicable sense of oppression.

“Why do you say that?”

Kurosawa, seemingly indifferent to this oppressive feeling, responded with confusion.

“Your posture and neck have straightened, your steps have become steady and powerful, and your gaze has become more lively and sharper.”

Akai voiced the doubts in her mind.

She had thought about this last Thursday but couldn’t bring herself to ask at the time.

However, it seemed that Kurosawa had indeed changed. It was an internal change, not just a superficial difference in appearance.

“Miss Akai, your observational skills are really strong. Actually, I’ve started working out recently.”

Kurosawa, surprised that she noticed, smiled slightly and explained.

“Exercising is indeed beneficial for building confidence. Please follow me.”

She didn’t pay much attention to this statement, just replied and led the way.

Not long after, he entered the study again, and the maid turned and left to find the young lady.

Alone in the study, Kurosawa didn’t sit down. Instead, he paced back and forth.

He didn’t touch anything and just walked around carrying his backpack, surveying the environment of the room.

In the past, he didn’t pay attention to the arrangement of this room. 

After all, when he tutored Shiromiya, he mainly used his textbooks from his third year in high school as study materials.

As for the books in the study, they were completely useless to him.

“It’s hidden quite deep.”

Kurosawa came to a corner and looked up at the camera hidden in the corner of the bookshelf.

It was well-hidden, easily overlooked if one didn’t look carefully.

After all, who would think that there would be a camera in the study?

Soon, there was a knock on the door.

With flowing black hair, crimson eyes, and a breathtakingly beautiful appearance, Shiromiya Mirai, dressed in a blue dress, walked in.

“Miss Shiromiya.”

Kurosawa, who was already sitting at the desk, greeted her upon seeing her.

“What subjects are for today?”

Shiromiya walked to the desk, pulled out a chair, and sat down, her attitude very indifferent.

“Academic subjects,” Kurosawa replied.

Upon hearing this, Shiromiya opened a drawer and took out the books and materials needed for the academic subjects.

Subsequently, the two began their lessons.

Akai, as usual, stood at a distance behind them. She didn’t sit down, resembling an emotionless robot, standing there and staring in their direction.

The class time passed quickly, both of them deeply engaged in their studies, and time slipped away.

In the blink of an eye, it was 6 PM. As Akai had to prepare dinner, she left the study.

“…”

As she walked out of the room and closed the door, Shiromiya’s snowy white ears, hidden beneath her black hair, twitched slightly. Her gem-like crimson eyes tilted, gazing at the man beside her.

The short interlude last Thursday, though brief, brought her great joy during that period of interaction.

Because of this, she had been looking forward to today’s class during the weekend.

However, Kurosawa was completely engrossed and showed no sign of stopping.

“Hey.”

After waiting for a few minutes, Shiromiya noticed that he was still continuously talking, facing the contents of the textbook. She couldn’t bear it any longer.

The maid was only gone for thirty minutes.

During this time, every minute and second was precious.

“Do you have any questions?”

Kurosawa came back to his senses and asked.

“Aren’t we doing that today?”

Shiromiya hesitated for a few seconds. Despite being extremely conflicted, she took the initiative to speak up, her voice very soft.

She had been raised as a refined young lady since childhood, and her behavior was quite reserved. However, in this matter, she was eager for that brief break and entertainment.

Exactly, it was entertainment. Even if Kurosawa just chatted with her, as long as it was something outside of academics, it counted as a form of entertainment.

“I was thinking, maybe you wouldn’t like to chat with me, so I didn’t dare to speak up.”

Seeing her hesitantly bringing it up, Kurosawa smiled faintly and explained.

“It’s not that I like it, I just want to take a break.”

Shiromiya didn’t admit to this statement.

Seeing that she was still a bit aloof, Kurosawa didn’t expose her. Instead, he patiently asked.

“What do you want to talk about today?”