NEET Receives a Dating Sim Game Leveling System

- Chapter 72

"Oh, do you care a lot about him?" Chiaki chuckled.

"This... this isn't about whether or not I care about him! You're the one who should be caring!" Afraid of having her true feelings found out, Haruka raised her voice in an attempt to cover them.

Chiaki wore a light smile as she gazed at Haruka's face.

As long as she was able to open the door to Haruka's heart, Haruka would become unexpectedly soft and express a rich variety of emotions. This was one of the traits which caused Chiaki to fall in love with her.

"Seigo... isn't my boyfriend." She told her the truth. "I actually haven't known him for all that long, so we haven't moved on to being boyfriend and girlfriend."

"Oh... That means, as long as time passes, you'll become..." Haruka furrowed her eyebrows slightly.

"I don't know~" Chiaki shrugged. "If you ask me whether or not he's suitable to become my boyfriend, I'll say yes, and add a definitely in front of yes. Even though we've known each other for only a short time, he's really an amazing as well as handsome guy. He's basically like the main male idol lead in a television drama... No, even an idol actor wouldn't move me as much as he does.

"If it wasn't for your existence, I would definitely fall in love with him... Actually, I've already fallen for him a little, but one of my best friends fell in love with him first, and I don't want to ruin our relationship. But human emotions are very difficult to control... So I don't know what will happen in the future."

"Wah..." Haruka puffed out her cheeks.

Chiaki really wanted to poke her cheeks like she would in the past, but she managed to restrain herself.

"That's my story. How about you, Haruka?"

Haruka's face stiffened slightly before she ended up sighing.

"Okay, I admit it as well, Tetsuo... is not my boyfriend; he's actually my younger cousin."

"I knew it; you would never fall in love with his type." Chiaki smiled knowingly.

Haruka's expression flickered.

"Tetsuo... is a good guy. It's just... maybe he's a little too arrogant..."

"'A little?' Hah, fine, I teased him plenty anyways, so I'll let it go with that," Chiaki said casually.

'If that guy still keeps acting up, Seiji will definitely give him a good lesson.' She was certain of this.

'Seiji Haruta can be quite fearsome if he truly gets angry, after all~'

At any rate, the two of them went outside quite a while ago, and who knows what they'd been up to. Chiaki suddenly wanted to see the arrogant Tetsuo Sasaki learning a well-deserved lesson from Seiji.

That's right; she still bore a grudge towards him!

Even if she knew now that he was only a fake boyfriend, she still felt unhappy inside and wanted to see him suffer!

Seiji would surely comment about how illogical her grudge was, but this was just a part of her nature.

Actually, her taunts just earlier were already unreasonable, but Seiji resolutely stood by her side and helped her out in order to make her feel better.

Chiaki was inwardly delighted about this.

Just as Seiji said, he wasn't exactly a "good person," nor did he believe in right and wrong. He simply helped those he wanted to help, protecting and taking care of his friends.

This made Chiaki extremely happy and instilled her with a feeling of safety.

Of course, if she went overboard Seiji would surely stop her. This would be a method of protecting her as well, otherwise the situation would get out of control, and she'd be the party who'd bear the brunt of the consequence.

At any rate, Seiji Haruta was simply a trustworthy and reliable person.

'Honestly, you seem so cool; what will happen if I really fall in love with you?' Chiaki mentally asked the person who was outside the door.

Seiji sneezed.

'Why am I feeling a sudden chill?' He rubbed his nose.

He didn't know what was going on inside.

But Chiaki would surely be able to take care of things. He had confidence in her.

He was a bit bored just standing outside like a door guard, though.

With nothing to do, he glanced at the boy beside him, and just happened to notice Tetsuo looking towards him as well.

They looked at each other wordlessly for a few seconds before Tetsuo finally piped up.

"Seigo Harano... right?"

Seiji raised his eyebrow at the unexpected question.

"Yes, what is it?"

"Just earlier... Perhaps I was a bit rude." An indescribable light flashed through Tetsuo's eyes. "However, you and me, we're different."

'Sigh... Arrogant people like him are so difficult to deal with.'

"Yeah yeah, you're an excellent student from Kaoki High School, you're a genius, you're an elite, you'll definitely be successful in life, you're at a completely different level from a commoner like me, you're so great." Seiji praised Tetsuo in a sarcastic tone that made it obvious it wasn't praise at all.

Tetsuo furrowed his eyebrows.

He'd already calmed down, so it was easy for him to tell that Seiji didn't mean his praise, but... It was difficult for him to say anything back.

If he did anything rude, it would hurt Haruka.

But there were some things he still needed to say.

"It's good that you understand," he said lightly. "We... Compared with you guys, Haruka and I are vastly different, not only in the school we go to."