Chapter 161 – Discomfort (4)

I froze at the words that came out of Rapid’s mouth.
Asking for a phone number… It’s the first time I’ve heard this from a woman since a woman belonging to a cult on the street suddenly said that she was interested in me and asked me to write her number here.

No… Come to think of it, Grape did ask for my phone number once.
It must have been the next day after drinking at a company dinner.
The team leader said, “Why are you asking me for my phone number?” And didn’t give me my number because I thought I was less sober.
Still, the fact that Rapid, who was not an ordinary woman, asked me for my number was as exciting and embarrassing as it was the first time I had been asked for it.

It was Rapid’s phone number that I wondered if I could get it after a little more time even if I hypnotized him.
It’s only possible when you want to be close enough to exchange contact information with each other.
In other words, Rapid wants to get close to me.

Friends of friends are friends.
Wants to be friends with me
Progress is much faster than expected, but that’s not bad news.

“Number… Yo. This?”

Even though he is vehemently in favor of exchanging phone numbers, his voice trembles with nervousness.
When Rapid heard my voice, he blushed and looked at him as if he thought I would reject him, then opened his mouth.

“Each other… Hey, it’s a hobby too… Go, I thought it would be nice to contact you from time to time…”
“A hobby?”
“Even food… A book or something… ? And, even if you know you’re a magical girl, you seem to be keeping secrets well…”

When it comes to food, it’s like a sweet dessert… The book is a romance novel.
Come to think of it, I don’t think Ash, Grape, or Esther would like romance novels like Rapid.
It seems that pretending to have the same hobby had a bigger effect than I thought.

“Excuse me… Then, we… He’s a friend… Are you?”
“Ah! Ah… Yes yes… ! Friend…”

Just in case, I asked a question to make sure I knew what Rapid was thinking, and Rapid was surprised and slightly covered his face with his hand.
Covering the corner of his mouth, he turned his gaze to the side and blinked his narrowed eyes.

“Friend… ?”
“Friend…”
“Friend?”
“Yes, friend… !”

I couldn’t believe it even though I said it, so I stupidly checked it a few more times. Rapid followed my words and nodded.
You’re friends with Rapid.
She thought it might be someday, but she never thought it would be this fast.

“Joe, fine.”

I blankly held out my vision phone to Rapid, who was looking at me with a blushing face, as if he thought I would reject him.
Turn on the contact sharing function, and put the vision phones together for a while.
With just this, each other’s contact information can be exchanged as quickly as exchanging business cards.

As soon as I exchanged numbers, Rapid put down his vision phone without saying a word and was making eye contact with me quietly.
A strange atmosphere pervades the surroundings.
Just exchanging numbers with each other somehow tickles me.

“Something feels a little strange…”
“I-I will… Me too, it’s my first boyfriend…”
“Yes?”
“Ah! A friend who is a man, it means that this is the first time I have saved a man’s number!”

The moment I heard Rapid’s words, my ears tensed as if the back of his head had been pulled.
I knew she was a virgin, but I would never have thought she had no dating experience.
The first male number registered in Rapid’s contact is my number.
Tremendous.

“Maybe I… Week, are you busy on the weekend?”
“Weekend?”
“If… It might be difficult if you are busy looking for another job… If you don’t mind, I’d like to have a meal with you…”
“Yes?”

I was in a daze after receiving Rapid’s contact information, but I lost my mind at the story that followed.
The meal that Rapid wants to eat together first… ?
Maybe this is a date… ?

“Different! Doesn’t mean… Do you want to become a little closer as a friend? And, since you helped me, I also reciprocated…”
“Ah.”

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a date.
Well, I don’t date friends.
I was about to be misunderstood.

Just as Grape asked me to go out to dinner after working overtime, it is a story that is far from romantic feelings.
It was simply because I was suffering like back then, so I simply wanted to treat you to a meal.
However, just having a meal together means that we can spend time alone, so it was a great opportunity for me.

“I like it, a magical girl who is a fan said she would hold a fan meeting.”
“It’s not a fan meeting… It’s just eating with friends.”
“Hmm… But, it would be a big deal if someone accidentally showed us the two of us eating.”
“Ah! That will be fine.”

Even if Rapid wants to dine with me as a friend, dining alone with the most popular magical girl can cause a big scandal.
When I said this worryingly, Rapid smiled broadly as if to reassure him and nodded confidently.
There seems to be a way to eat alone without anyone else noticing.

“Then… On the weekend?”
“Yes! On the weekend…”

It’s a much better situation than trying to hypnotize and induce a chance encounter.
Eventually, I made an appointment with Rapid to meet up on the weekend.
After making an appointment with me, Rapid nodded hard with a creak of his head, looking very nervous.
Then, an awkward moment passed as they met each other’s eyes again.

“Can I contact you on the phone number… ?”
“Ah! I will do it… And, contact us via messenger if possible… I’ll add the messenger and send you a message!”

Contact only via messenger… Is it because she’s a top-tier magical girl and she’s busy?
It’s hard to answer the phone during battle, so he might be asking you to send it via messenger so you can check it later.
After a nod, Rapid and I were left speechless again.

… I think I found a commonality between Rapid and myself.
I feel that there is a lack of experience in dealing with each other.
The conversation doesn’t go well.

“… Well, then I’m done… !”
“Yes… !”
“I’m, hey, bar, busy! It came secretly right before training!”
“Ah, ah yes!”

I was locked in a strangely itchy and embarrassing air, but I immediately nodded at the word that I had to go back quickly and reached out to the side of Rapid to open the front door.
Then, Rapid looked up at me as I got closer, then blushed and said in a voice that seemed to be crawling.

“Excuse me… I, space movement…”
“Ah!”

When I heard Rapid’s words, I remembered something I had forgotten for a while.
Rapid can use space movement magic to return without having to go outside and walk.
If you want to use magic, it’s better to be in an enclosed space than to go outside.

“Then… See you next time!”

When I closed the door again, Rapid greeted me and immediately raised his mana.
Rapid’s body is bathed in light, and he feels the area around his skin contort.
Immediately, Rapid’s body disappeared, and air rushed into the space where Rapid disappeared, causing wind to blow in the sealed room.

“Ah…”

As soon as Rapid disappeared, I ran the hypnosis application and opened the tracking function.
In an instant, you can see the location of Rapid, which has returned to Area 0.
Even after Rapid returned, I did not feel a sense of reality, so I stood blankly and stared at the coordinates of Rapid, which had returned to Area 0.

“Ah.”

She was so dazed that she belatedly remembered that she hadn’t harvested Rapid’s hair.
… However, since we decided to meet again on the weekend, there is no need to regret it.
When I switch screens and open Contacts, Rapid’s phone number comes to mind.
As I stood there, a messenger suddenly rang.

{I arrived well!]
“Uh, uh… !”

I really got a message from Rapid.
When I open the messenger, I can see Rapid’s name and profile picture popping up in the recent chat window of my messenger, where only Grape and company people are registered.
As soon as you click on it, after adding friends,
With shaking hands, I quickly replied to Rapid.

[See you on the weekend! Good luck with your training!}
{Yes!]

A cheery cat emoticon flew along with the message.
This is a cute picture suitable for Rapid.
After Rapid went into training, he didn’t send me any more messages, but I kept the chat window open and read the messages Rapid sent me over and over again.

I can’t believe that Rapid actually sent me a message.
I was still surprised, but I wasn’t.
As time goes by, you slowly adapt to the situation, and your beating heart calms down quietly.

After calming down a bit, I clicked on Rapid’s profile picture.
This is Rapid’s messenger profile picture that only magical girls have probably seen.
When I clicked on it, the picture enlarged, and a small window popped up where I could see the pictures I had taken before.

The picture currently registered was a picture that was a bit difficult to understand what the situation was.
It is a picture of Ash sitting still, Esther laughing while chasing Grape, Grape running away covered in mud, and Rapid chasing after holding a towel from behind.
It’s a picture that seems to have been taken before, not now.

The next picture is a picture of Esther, Grape, and Rapid cooking together.
This is a scene I also saw when Esther was broadcasting.
Esther is seen fretting and chopping in a mess, Rapid putting food on a plate, and Grape stirring the pot.

“Ohhh…”

The last… Surprisingly, it was an impossible photo that would not have been released anywhere.
Lapid, Esther, and Grape are filmed lying in a row wearing only bikinis and sunbathing.
Each has a different vibe, but all three of them have good bodies so that their bikinis look small, and they thought that no one else would see their photos… This picture looks a bit dangerous.

Saliva is swallowed by itself at the sight of the bikini, which has been pulled to expose as much skin as possible to burn in the sun, and only the narrowest areas are covered by a bikini that has reduced the fabric area.
All three of them are confidently looking at the camera, as if they really had no intention of showing it to anyone even while taking pictures like this.

By the way… All of the profile pictures are pictures from when everyone was good in the past.
It’s a sad picture even though it looks kind of fun.
… And naughty

I enlarged the picture with two fingers and turned it over and over, comparing Grape’s breasts, Rapid’s breasts, and Esther’s breasts.
Slowly lowering the picture, passing the belly and looking between the legs, you can see a bikini that is pulled more erotically than naked.

“Ah… !”

The lower part throbs, and the left hand becomes cold.
Fatigue suddenly dissolves as if forgotten.
Got an erection