Cute

Asahi took the coffee brought by the waiter. His eyes were aggressive.

"Can you stop looking at me like that?"

Mai gently waved her hand as if to drive away something unclean.

"Why?"

"It feels like I'm going to get pregnant just by looking at you."

"In that case, what do you think would be the most suitable name for the child?"

Mai glared at him unhappily, and changed the subject: "Can I ask, how did Asahi-kun find out about my cell phone?"

"When it comes to this, I'm a bit surprised. Why did Mai-san appear at Comiket wearing a bunny girl costume and a mask around noon."

To be honest, Asahi couldn't figure it out at all.

In his memory, the reason why Sakurajima Mai wore a rabbit, was due to her own loss of sense of existence, and it was obvious after two years.

"You saw it at the exhibition?"

"It's weird that I can't see such a coquettish and sexy look."

Asahi felt that it shouldn't be a matter of presence, as it was clear others saw her then.

"It's just a bit of fun, and it's just a life experience that's worth taking part in."

Mai's expression was as usual: "When you step into a strange field that you have never touched, you will feel a joy that makes your heart beat faster, that's all."

Asahi felt that she shouldn't lie, but even if it was an acting skill, no one would doubt it. So he didn't care about it, it was indeed abnormal for unbelievable things to happen in reality.

"So you went to the fair dressed as a bunny girl on a whim?" Asahi spoke louder.

"Can't I?"

"I thought you were playing some kind of intimate sex game with someone else."

"How could that be."

"You've never been in love?"

"Such a thing never happened."

Mai pursed her lips out of boredom.

"Um?"

"Are you annoyed that I'm still a virgin?"

Mai looked at his face as if teasing Asahi.

They stared at each other silently.

Immediately, Mai's face gradually turned red, reaching her neck, as if she were a "virgin".

She was embarrassed by this word, clearly saying it herself.

"Don't mind it, I don't discriminate against virgins, instead I want to encourage her." Asahi said.

This made Mai very angry.

The side of Mai's face that had become angry with embarrassment looked a little naive, and she felt a little refreshed because of her previous mature appearance.

Next, while she was chatting with him while flipping through her phone, Mai showed a flustered expression.

"You're done asking, so now it's my turn to ask."

After finishing talking, Mai turned the phone screen towards him, pointed to the last call record and said, "Excuse me, what happened to the call records for these two minutes?"

Asahi glanced at the manager's call record, and said casually: "Just when I picked up the cell phone, it happened that your mother called."

It's no secret that Mai's manager is her mother, so Mai isn't surprised how Asahi found out.

"What did she say?"

"She didn't say anything, just asked me to return the phone to its original owner and asked you to call her. Her tone was quite angry."

A sneer appeared at the corner of Mai's mouth after hearing this.

"Aren't you calling back?"

Asahi pretended to understand everything and asked.

"I know exactly what that person wants to say."

Instead of following his advice, Mai immediately put the cellphone in her jacket pocket.

Asahi looked at the girl who was inexplicably depressed, and seriously said: "I heard that you have a bad relationship with your mother, so it's true."

Mai neither acknowledged nor denied, drinking coffee in silence.

The reason she retired was because of the photo book she published in third grade of junior high school.

"Obviously, swimwear is absolutely not allowed, but as a broker, it's definitely better to sell. For such reasons, she signed the contract without permission, so you decided to retire." Asahi sprinkled salt on Mai's wound as if nothing had happened.

Before that, Mai didn't wear a swimsuit even when she appeared in magazines. Even so, the sales volume of the magazine was quite high. Instead, she was assigned a special status because she didn't let her skin show. As long as there is a beautiful girl's nameplate, it is enough.

"Because of that incident, you had a big fight with your mother, and then Mai-san chose the option that shocked her the most to stop her performing arts activities to retaliate."

After hearing Asahi's words, Mai's expression slightly changed.

"Looks like a child is playing around..."

Asahi smiled.

"Not playing!"

"If you give up all the things you desire, it will be meaningless."

Asahi spoke with emotion because he knew the girl in front of him very well.

"Say no more!"

Mai clenched her fists tightly, and became emotionally excited: "I also decided after thinking for a long time."

At that time, she was still a junior high school student, but when she entered the studio, she suddenly got dressed in a swimsuit. Surrounded by adults, they said that she had signed a contract, and she clearly hated it.

If she couldn't do it, she had to because it was work, she could only force herself to smile!

On an average day, she might be able to say no, and if she cried, got into trouble and hanged herself, she might be able to refuse.

But she is Sakurajima Mai, and has been working as a professional in the entertainment industry since she was six among adults.

Therefore, it is not allowed to cause trouble at the scene. She had to look at the faces of the people around her and make a favorable judgment. She was clearly still a child, but she had to pretend to be an adult.

"As a result, that person only wants to use me to make money."

This is the most important reason for the intensity of her emotions, which are a rebellion against her view of her mother as a commodity.

Maybe the wound was touched, but Mai couldn't help but lose her patience with strangers she met for the first time.

But before long, she suppressed her feelings with her professionalism: "I'm sorry."

"No problem, I don't mind."

Asahi said: "Although it is a bit of a joke, the candor is really cute."

"W-What are you talking about?"

Mai was confused about what to do with the sudden praise.