"Do you know what you're saying?"
Takashi's pupils dilated sharply, revealing an expression that could shock his mom for a whole year.
Did I somehow cross over into a Japanese visual novel? And into the NTR series, no less?
If that were the case, then he would have to follow the romantic French style and only fall in love, not get married.
"I know."
Marin's fair face was flushed, like a ripe apple, making anyone who looked at her want to take a bite.
Please, she was still a bit shy about this kind of thing with boys.
"This is to restore the character, right?"
"Who told you that Kuroe Shizuku is that kind of character?"
"She gets pleasure from the male lead's humiliation, and..."
"Stop, stop!"
Before Marin could finish, Takashi raised his hand to interrupt: "I'm not interested in your fetish, honestly, you don't have to say it for my benefit."
He didn't care at all what Marin dreamed of becoming.
"I just want to know, why is it me controlling? Why can't Gojo-kun do it?"
"Gojo-kun is too honest and especially shy. If he knows that the remote in his hand controls the little devil, he won't be able to press it. He might even stop me from doing it."
Marin spoke with a tone full of helplessness.
"Honest people have it hard."
Takashi looked sympathetically at Wakana, who was talking to Tanaka Kouta and Ohtani Shouta, and felt sorry for him.
Although he hadn't interacted much with Wakana, Takashi could generally judge his personality in just a short time.
Takashi suddenly realized something and his expression turned sour: "Wait, are you implying that I'm not honest?"
"Takashi, let me explain."
"You're not denying it?"
"Who told you that you have a face that doesn't lack girlfriends, you can chat and charm girls, and every time I see you, there are different little sisters around you? Do you believe you're honest?"
"Of course I believe!"
Seeing Takashi and Marin talking non-stop, Tanaka Kouta shouted at them: "Hey, what are you guys talking about? Are we filming or not?"
Marin handed the remote control to Takashi and clasped her hands together: "Please, Takashi! This is my one and only request in life."
"Then your life is way too short."
Takashi muttered under his breath as he looked at the remote in his hand. He sighed: "Just so you know, I won't take responsibility if anything happens."
After all, Marin wasn't his girlfriend, and he wouldn't be the one to end up holding the bag, right? He wasn't losing anything.
It would only make Gojo Wakana suffer.
To be honest, Takashi didn't have high hopes for Wakana and Marin's relationship.
He didn't think Wakana, such an honest person, could handle someone like Marin with her personality.
Maybe at first, his honest, gentle, accommodating, empathetic, and meticulous nature could attract Marin.
But if you like someone's personality, you also have to accept the flip side.
Honest people are likely to be boring.
Gentle and accommodating people are likely to have a hard time saying no, and lack decisiveness.
Empathetic and meticulous people tend to internalize everything and keep it bottled up.
Perhaps those flaws weren't obvious now, or maybe even if Marin saw them, she might think they were cute.
But that was only the case for now.
People change.
Sticking to the initial intention is the hardest thing to do.
Takashi had experienced friendships that had grown distant over the years.
He had also seen couples who swore eternal love, only to end up revealing each other's wounds and turning into enemies.
Seven years is enough time to replace all the cells in the body.
Takashi didn't believe they would last.
But that had nothing to do with him.
Marin smiled brightly when she saw Takashi agree: "Takashi, thank you."
Takashi smiled: "Don't waste time, hurry up."
"Okay."
Since she had to wear the headphones, Marin went to the restroom.
Soon, when she came out again, she was walking slowly.
Not only was she afraid of adjusting the settings, but also the uncomfortable sensation caused by the friction with each step.
And that was before the headphones were even turned on.
If they were activated, Marin couldn't imagine how intense it would be.
She walked carefully to the shooting location: "Sorry for the wait."
Everyone looked at her.
It was a very ordinary, routine action, but perhaps because of the headphones, the blush that Marin had just managed to dissipate spread across her face again.
"Kitagawa-san, why is your face so red? Are you okay?"
Wakana asked with concern.
"I'm fine, it's just... ah!"
Before Marin could finish her sentence, she felt a sudden strong vibration. She couldn't help but scream, her legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground.
"Kitagawa-san?"
Wakana wanted to help her up, but Takashi was closer, extending his hand.
Marin squeezed her legs tightly together, her eyes filled with tears as she glared at him angrily: "Takashi, I didn't expect you to be so perverted!"
Who starts it suddenly while talking to someone else?
She had zero defenses.
"Accident, accident."
Takashi looked embarrassed, explaining in a low voice so only the two of them could hear.
He hadn't expected the headphones to start vibrating immediately.
He had never actually used them before.
Takashi knew a lot about the theory and had done hands-on practice, but this was his first time using them with headphones.
"Is it really an accident? You know it better than anyone!"
Marin didn't believe that it was an accident!
He was so good at this, didn't he know how to use the headphones?
He was doing it on purpose!
He was intentionally trying to embarrass her in front of everyone.
Although she didn't mind the sensation too much, she couldn't stand such a strong vibration at full intensity right at the start!
Not to mention, it was her first time trying on the headphones.
At the very least, he should have let her get used to it for a while.
"Alright, just pretend I was wrong, let's not sit here on the floor, can we stand up?"
Takashi coaxed her.
"No!"
Marin seemed determined to stay on the floor, refusing to get up. "With that loud noise, Gojo-kun and the others must have heard it, right?"
"I can't face them anymore!"
"It's all your fault, Kitahara!"
Is it my fault?
You're the one who agreed to wear the headphones.
You also put them on yourself.
And now you're blaming me?
What, did your pants fall down by themselves?
Takashi felt a little speechless but still patiently comforted her. "Don't worry, they definitely didn't hear anything."
"These headphones are very advanced. Not only do they have features like [intelligent adaptation], [surround heating], and [sterilizing drying], they're almost silent."
Saying they make no sound at all would be a lie, but the sound is indeed very low.
"I checked it myself. These headphones are under 50db, and as long as you don't scream, no one will notice."
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Just so you know, the headphones here refer to the vibrating egg. Same thing with the little devil.
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