My System Always Wants to Force Me to Confess
Chapter 112: Addicted to Beauty, Unable to Extricate Oneself

Chapter 112: Chapter 112: Addicted to Beauty, Unable to Extricate Oneself

"Okay." Shirakawa Sawahei agreed, "Maybe you’re just not used to interacting with others much. How about this? Try lifting your gaze when you walk next time. Instead of just staring at the ground, could you do that?"

Tachibana Tomoku tried to imagine it, looking a bit aggrieved and said, "It’s a bit scary... feels like I can’t do it..."

Well, this action seems a bit bold for someone who usually keeps a low profile.

"Alright..." Shirakawa Sawahei thought for a moment and then said, "Let’s start with familiar people. If you don’t want to avoid eye contact, then try making eye contact more often."

"I’ll help you with your training."

"Tha... thank you!"

"Starting today, one minute of eye contact training a day." Shirakawa Sawahei set down his bag and asked, "One minute should be okay, right?"

"Seems doable~"

"Then let’s start the timer." Shirakawa Sawahei pressed the stopwatch on his phone.

Within three seconds, Miss Tachibana Tomoku immediately blushed and wanted to flee.

Shirakawa Sawahei sighed and paused, "Tachibana, you can hold on for a bit longer."

"I’m sorry... let’s... do it again." Tachibana Tomoku cupped her cheeks, as if trying to hold them still.

However, that didn’t seem to help much. Within three seconds, she shyly turned her head away again.

"Let me help you keep it in place then."

The male protagonist Shirakawa Sawahei didn’t choose to cup her cheeks but placed his hand on the back of Tachibana Tomoku’s head and asked, "Ready to start?"

This time, Tachibana Tomoku managed to last a full five seconds.

Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t bear to see her on the verge of tears, so he proactively paused the timer.

"Ahem... let’s take a break first."

Thinking that a minute might be too ambitious for Tachibana, Shirakawa Sawahei said, "How about we train for thirty seconds first and gradually increase it?"

"For today, let’s stop here and tomorrow..."

"No." Tachibana Tomoku surprisingly opposed Shirakawa Sawahei’s suggestion. Holding her little hands tightly, she earnestly said, "I don’t want to run away anymore..."

Shirakawa Sawahei was taken aback.

Indeed, Tachibana Tomoku asking for his help today must have taken all her courage, and him backing down like that wouldn’t do her much good.

Pretending to be considerate while actually discouraging her wasn’t his usual style.

Shirakawa Sawahei quietly reflected on himself, "Then let’s continue, but let’s go gradually with the training."

Tachibana Tomoku nodded in agreement.

Thus, they began their third round of eye contact bravery training.

In the first five seconds, with Shirakawa Sawahei’s help, Miss Tachibana Tomoku tried very hard to maintain eye level.

By the seventh second, her expression seemed to start calming down.

Eight, nine, ten seconds ticked by, and Shirakawa Sawahei, who initially was observing her closely, found himself increasingly captivated by her.

A face as bright and cute as blossoms, intricately braided fairy-like locks beside her ears, eyelashes fluttering like little fans, clear and pure eyes, and lips soft and lovely... everything reminded Shirakawa Sawahei how exceptionally pretty the girl before him was.

Why was such an adorable girl so lacking in confidence? Shirakawa Sawahei couldn’t understand and didn’t have the time for such musings in the moment.

If he had to sum up his state in one simple phrase: enamored by beauty, unable to extricate himself.

He felt an impulse to smile to ease the awkward tension but suppressed it, knowing a smile might make the awkwardness worse here.

As the staring continued, Miss Tachibana Tomoku became more composed.

A subtle whiff of ambiguity quietly developed.

Unconsciously, the two seemed to have moved a bit closer.

Miss Tachibana Tomoku’s eyelashes quivered and she slowly closed her eyes.

Shirakawa Sawahei resisted the urge to pinch himself, because as the girl closed her eyes, he felt a sudden impulse to lean closer.

This was dangerous...

Detached from her captivatingly pure eyes, Shirakawa Sawahei regained some clarity, reaching out to stop the timer and break the romantic tension.

At the same time, the activity room door gently opened.

For a moment, the three of them, eyes now open, stared at one another in silence as the air grew thick with tension, almost freezing time.

Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Asano Nazuki, entering the room, were stunned for a solid five seconds upon seeing the two standing face to face with Miss Tachibana Tomoku’s eyes closed.

By now, Shirakawa Sawahei finally understood how Brother Yu and Qiong felt when someone barged in on them back then.

Though he and Tachibana weren’t doing anything untoward, the scene’s painterly feel was universally felt by all.

"I can explain..." Shirakawa Sawahei withdrew his hand and coughed lightly.

This also startled Miss Tachibana Tomoku, who opened her eyes.

Following Shirakawa Sawahei’s gaze, she noticed the stunned Tsukimi Sakurazawa and Asano Nazuki.

So, as expected, Tachibana Tomoku turned red.

Then pale...

Then she grabbed her bag, hid her face, and quickly ran away. Not seeing clearly, she bumped into the activity room door before blindly rushing off...

Shirakawa Sawahei opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to call out to her, but couldn’t get the words out before Tachibana Tomoku’s figure disappeared behind the door.

No matter how one looked at it, the protagonist of this misunderstanding fled under pressure before any chance to explain...

Leaving accident’s male lead Shirakawa Sawahei awkwardly facing two stern witnesses.

The situation became extremely awkward...

...

"Defendant Shirakawa, do you have anything to say in your defense?"

In the activity room, Tsukimi Sakurazawa sat upright, looking at Shirakawa Sawahei with disdain, almost as if the words "You’re a scumbag!" were written on her face.

"I can’t believe you’d make a move on Xiao Mo, Shirakawa, I misjudged you!"

"Shirakawa, I never expected you to be the type to secretly date familiar girls..."

Asano Nazuki looked furious as well. You’re my weapon against scheming women; how can you start dating so easily!

If you want to date, how dare you not choose me! Instead, you chose someone else! Are you blatantly challenging my level of attractiveness!

I thought you were a sister-complex, but you like the cute type too? Are you saying I’m not cute enough!

Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, "I already said it’s a misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding! Your hand was holding Xiao Mo’s head, and she even closed her eyes! You still claim it’s a misunderstanding! Are you challenging our intelligence?"

This left Shirakawa Sawahei speechless, as he also had no idea why Tachibana Tomoku suddenly closed her eyes. The timing of their entrance was too coincidental...

Sigh, if Orikin had been the one to find us, it would have been easier; such a scatterbrained girl is easily distracted and led off topic.

"Tachibana and I were doing courage training." Shirakawa Sawahei explained, "You know, Tachibana doesn’t like making eye contact when talking..."

"So, you wanted to take the opportunity to sneak a kiss from Xiao Mo!" Tsukimi Sakurazawa exclaimed indignantly, "I haven’t even tried that yet, how can Shirakawa do it first?"

"..."

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