THE CURSED GAMER

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Chapter 115: Target Locked (4)

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The next morning, Rumi woke up on the bed beside Neji, shocked.

Her face went pale immediately when she recalled last night's incident.

She had invited him to the bed...by herself. 

'The hell…'

However, her pale face regained colour when she recalled the next part...

She threw the blanket from over his body, looking at his hands.

'Dangerous.'

Those hands almost made her do something that she wouldn't have done normally. It's unbelievable, how she would have done that unspeakable thing with a teenager if said teenager pushed her just a bit more.

But… 

Neji hadn't actually tried something weird with her. She was drunk enough to do anything right then if he pushed a little. Rumi was certain a guy like him realised that too, but he didn't do that push.

Was he scared…? 

Her eyes locked on Neji's sleeping face.

Was he really all bark and no bite?

It was surprising that this kid, the same guy who has been saying he's in love with her, didn't touch her when she was inviting him herself, drunk in pleasure.

'No...'

Rumi doubted he was scared to make a move. It just didn't make sense to her. The only reasonable conclusion was, he didn't want to do it with her when she was not in her right mind.

...He's a playboy, a womaniser, but he seems to have manners. 

If he hadn't held back… she didn't know what she'd have done this morning. Maybe she'd have been disappointed with him? Never to see him again after their internship ended… Either way, she was indeed happy that nothing happened last night.

But…

"Tsk."

A part of her felt betrayed… pessimistic about this situation.

She had never really cared about her appearance, but… was she not charmful enough that a teenager could ignore her approach even after he got to touch her butt?

"Bastard."

Rumi growled at Neji's sleeping face and went to the kitchen to cook breakfast.

When she was out though, she might have just heard an amused chuckle from inside the room.

—★—

"Nice food."

Neji took in the aroma of chicken as he took a seat in front of Rumi.

Rumi didn't reply and only stared at his eyes sternly while chewing on chicken legs.

"Uh… anything wrong with my face?" Neji said as he watched Rumi shake her head. "Don't tell me… have I grown more handsome in a night?"

"No…" Rumi grunted. "I am imagining how that face would turn out after today's training."

Neji held back a smile and feigned surprise. "Huh? We aren't going to patrol?"

Rumi froze. "Oh… yeah… we have to do that too."

She was about to sigh, but Neji waved his hand. "It's fine, it's fine. You were… injured quite badly in our last training session. Even if I did some massaging, there must be some pain that still lingers in there, right? No need to overwork yourself in this situation."

Rumi's face brightened as she nodded. "Yes, yes, indeed. You are right. I agree."

She started to eat her food faster as if scared that Neji might change his mind.

As she ate, Neji watched her.

'What a cute musclehead… guess it was the right choice to delay things for a day or two.' He was, of course, hornier than usual last night. But he held back from pinning her down. Since, in a sense, it was like having sex with a drunk person. He didn't plan to commit Kimi-2.0, after all.

It's usually not a good idea to fuck a drunk virgin. Neji learned the hard way in his last life. Either way, now that she was fully awake now, it was time to move forward again.

"Alright!" Rumi thumped her plate on the table. "Get ready, we will start training!"

—★—

A few minutes later, they gathered on the training ground again.

"Okay!" Rumi hopped on her legs as she had her arms in a boxing posture. "This time, I will burst your head!"

She kicked the ground in a swift motion and immediately found herself behind Neji.

Her right leg moved, going at Neji's ribs, but the boy skillfully, like a Kung Fu master, shoved her leg to the side. Then elbowed on her abdomen with another hand.

"Keuk...!"

Rumi groaned as Neji's elbow dug into her abdomen.

That was shocking. He usually doesn't attack. He usually just dodged and spanked her. But he was actually retaliating today.

Rumi flung back a few steps before she kicked the ground again and came in front of Neji.

She went for a barrage of kicks against Neji, who tried to dodge, but she didn't let him. He was overwhelmed and forced to cross his arms in front of him.

His arms felt like a concrete wall against Rumi's leg, but she could effortlessly break those said concrete walls.

So she intensified her assault.

She kept pushing forward, but Neji found an opening. Every time she kicked, she had to raise her leg and then drop to a spot in the ground after the kick ended. 

Neji skilfully slipped his feet on the spot where her leg was supposed to fall, and as it did, it stumbled and Rumi lost her ground.

She fell towards the ground and raised her arm to try to push up, but before she could fall, Neji grabbed her hair and pulled while his foot crashed on the back of her head, causing her face to slam down on the ground.

"Augh-!"

The noise of a nose cracking sounded out upon impact.

But there was no delay as Rumi's legs wrapped around Neji's before her body twisted and forced him to stumble and fall to the ground.

He fell on his back and Rumi jumped on top of him, grinning as blood trickled down her nose.

"Hehe," She spoke. "You're finally taking it seriously? But even though you could heal my ass, what about my nose?"

"A night of love can heal off any wounds," Neji said from below her. "Anyway, let's continue."

Rumi tilted her head at that. "Mhm. Instead of that… I noticed your movements are quite stiff against an opponent on a similar level such as I. Guess you're too dependent on your quirk." She said, "Say, how about I teach you parkour? It will boost your movement abilities a lot, and it's fun too. Just say yes."

Neji stared at her for a moment before nodding.

She was the one who wanted to train, but it's interesting to see her change her mind into 'teaching'. Though he was curious why so suddenly.

"Okay." Rumi jumped up with a backflip. "Follow me."

She turned and kicked the ground, immediately hopping on top of the boundary in the far.

Neji slowly stood up and tried to imitate her. But because of too much power poured in the initial jump, he simply passed the boundary.

Rumi snorted. "Noob. Watch and learn. And yes, no using your quirk."

She jumped again, leaping on top of a tree in the far as Neji sighed and kicked behind her, again failing miserably.

Without his quirk to help him, his movements were hard to control.

—★—

They started in the morning and ended when the sun was setting in the sky.

"Huff...huff…"

Neji breathed in and out, lying on the rooftop of a 50-story-building. 

His eyes were locked on a system message.

[Parkour Proficiency: 9.69%]

That was ridiculous… In a single day, he gained so much. Of course, the growth will slow down by a large margin when it passes 10%, but still…

He knew it was possible to train Parkour like this, but he never saw the need to do so because of his Quirk. But this was certainly useful.

Neji turned his head to the side where Rumi casually drank water while eyeing the huge orange ball that was the setting sun.

"Thanks," Neji spoke. "I learned a lot."

Rumi gave a smug smile at that. "Of course you did. You look tired as hell too."

It would only need a minute or two before he was back to top condition, though.

 "But it was fun, wasn't it?" Rumi asked. "Though it kinda feels like raising a tiger cub who will eat me up when he grows up."

Rumi giggled as she turned her eyes back to the sun. "Ah, if only I had the chance to see this scene every day."

Neji followed her gaze. "Really beautiful. But the city area doesn't do it justice. For instance, I have travelled the whole of Japan and have seen the sun from all angles. You're missing out a lot if you think this is pretty."

"Tsk." Rumi chuckled. "Just shut up and watch. No need to brag about your rich childhood."

Neji shrugged as he slowly stood up.

"Huh. Actually not bad." 

It's been a while since he last saw the sunset like this. It was refreshing.

"...Hah, you almost made me regret coming here today. But this sight redeems it all." Neji said as Rumi scoffed.

"Really? I thought the reason would be that you got to spend time with me differently than usual." Rumi poked him with her elbow.

"Huh?" Neji shrugged. "Don't you feel you're thinking too highly of yourself?"

Rumi's head snapped at him. "..."

"I am joking, chill."

She looked ahead again. "I see…"

She simply stared, as she felt a hand wrap around her waist.

"..."

The hand tugged her towards Neji as her head hit his chest.

Her fingers twitched as she contemplated this situation. They should leave, it's getting late after all...

"Though," Neji spoke. "I believe it's more suitable to watch the Moon with the bunny. Why don't we stay up here for a while more?"

There was a long stretch, before Rumi pushed Neji backwards, on his back, and jumped on top of him.

Rumi covered Neji's vision of the sun, causing her body to look almost divine as she stared at him with a bandage over her nose.

"You sure your girlfriend doesn't mind?" Rumi asked softly, her hands beside Neji's shoulder. 

"As long as I am in love with her, yeah," Neji spoke slowly too.

"...Does that apply to me, then?"

Neji thought for a moment before smiling. "I believe it does."

It actually didn't. He didn't love Rumi. He liked her, quite a bit even. But love doesn't develop in 5 days. 

But to develop a relationship, someone like Neji must lie.

"...Well, fuck it."

Rumi parted her mouth and leapt at Neji's lips.

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Cheese notes: It's not that Neji is hella good with women, but that he looks like a gigolo Gojo

A/N: You’re wrong. It’s because he’s hella good with women. Yes.