COTE: Horikita Is My Childhood Sweetheart

Chapter 158: Small but cute

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"Matsuoka's physical fitness should be better than mine. How did he do that?"

Ayanokoji was very confused.

This was because his own body had been developed in the White Room through scientific training and analysis, combined with the stimulation and supplementation of medicine.

So how had Rin, who wasn't in the White Room, trained himself to have a body with physical fitness even more exaggerated than his?

The answer was—the narration system.

With the enhancement of personal qualities granted by the narration system, Rin's body had become nearly perfect.

The boys in the locker room were all stunned by Rin's figure. Even some people in the girls' locker room were shocked.

One of them was Karuizawa Kei.

Karuizawa glanced at Kushida, who was changing into a swimsuit, and her eyes landed on Kushida's extremely soft and plump breasts.

- So big!

How can they be so big?! What on earth did this girl grow up eating?

Having suffered a "huge" blow, Karuizawa remained silent, repeatedly comforting herself in her heart.

"Small is cute. Small is cute!"

"So what if they're big? Rin likes people like me—someone he can hold completely with one hand!"

...

Karuizawa kept using these words to comfort herself, convincing herself not to care about Kushida's exaggerated breasts.

But what a pity. The more Karuizawa told herself not to care, the more she ended up caring!

"Kei, why haven't you changed into your swimsuit yet?" Shinohara, who had already changed into her swimsuit, looked at Karuizawa in surprise as she stood motionless.

"I'm not in a hurry. I'm waiting for the locker room," Karuizawa replied, pointing to the closed changing room in front, where other girls were putting on their swimsuits.

The school was very considerate and had set up three private changing rooms in the girls' locker area for those who didn't want to undress and change in front of others.

Because of the scar on the left side of her abdomen, Karuizawa would never consider changing into her swimsuit in front of other girls. She could only wait for a private room.

Shinohara glanced at Karuizawa, who was about to enter the locker room to change. Her eyes shifted to Karuizawa's chest, which lacked any obvious curves.

"Kei, don't worry too much about your breasts. We're only sixteen or seventeen years old. Our bodies won't stop developing until around eighteen," Shinohara said sympathetically.

"..."

Karuizawa's lips twitched. Was this person trying to comfort her? She wasn't sure, so she kept listening.

- What qualifications does she have to comfort me?

- Your breasts are just as average as mine!

- We're sisters in misfortune!

Meanwhile, Rin walked out of the boys' locker room. Chabashira, who was sitting at her desk, glanced in his direction.

The moment she saw Rin wearing swimming trunks and revealing his excellent physique, Chabashira's usually cold eyes widened slightly.

-Isn't this kid's body too good?

At this point, the only thing Chabashira hadn't yet assessed was Rin's physical strength, but she no longer felt the need.

Just by looking at Rin's streamlined muscle lines, Chabashira knew there would be no issues with his physical capabilities.

Rin smiled at Chabashira, who was staring at him, and then walked into the indoor swimming pool.

As she watched his back, Chabashira muttered to herself, "Fortunately, I'm this kid's class teacher. If Chie were his teacher, I don't know what she'd do to him."

For example, she might end up molesting an underage boy and getting arrested... ahem.

The indoor swimming pool was large and spacious, surrounded by transparent glass walls. Sunlight streamed through the glass, filling the area with bright, natural light.

Rin surveyed his surroundings and examined the swimming pool in front of him. By his estimation, the pool was about fifty meters long and twenty meters wide.

On both sides of the pool, high platforms were fitted with numerous seats—clearly meant for spectators. Many girls and a few boys were seated there. They were the apprentices who had opted out of participating in the swimming lesson.

Among these spectators were Sakura and Haruka.

Haruka was a stunningly beautiful girl with well-defined features, fair skin, and a figure that was difficult to ignore—her chest almost rivaled Kushida's!

Haruka was fully aware that her looks and figure often attracted the attention of boys, which she detested, especially their lecherous gazes.

Moreover, after enduring Ike and his friends loudly discussing girls' breasts in the classroom, Haruka had firmly decided not to wear a swimsuit for the lesson. Instead, she sat in the audience section.

Sakura, on the other hand, couldn't tear her eyes away from Rin. Sitting high up in the audience seats, her glasses reflected the light as she stared at him.

That figure. Those muscle lines. Those abs. That waist.

As she looked at Rin, Sakura couldn't help but swallow hard.

- I want to touch him!

And she wasn't the only one. Many other girls secretly harbored the same thought.

"Matsuoka has such a great figure. It's a shame I can't bring a camera into the indoor swimming pool. I really want to take a picture of him right now!"

Sakura thought to herself as she continued to fixate on Rin, unable to blink.

The girls in the audience were buzzing about Rin's figure. Even though they tried to keep their excited whispers low, Rin could still vaguely hear snippets of their conversations.

"Matsuoka -san has such an amazing body."

"Just looking at him makes me feel giddy. If I touched him, I think I'd pass out from excitement!"

"Wow, you pervert!"

"What? Don't tell me you don't want to touch Matsuoka-san's abs!"

...

Rin rubbed his nose, feeling slightly self-conscious as the girls' excited chatter reached his ears.

At that moment, Ike and the other boys, already dressed in their swimming trunks, burst into the indoor swimming pool.

"Where are the girls? Where are the girls who've changed into their swimsuits?"

"Ah, why is it only Matsuoka here? Where are the others?"

"You idiot, it takes girls a long time to change into swimsuits. They're probably still in the changing rooms," Yamauchi said, sounding smug and experienced.

"That's true!"

With a dramatic exhale, Ike began scanning the indoor swimming pool, trying to kill time. His eyes landed on Haruka sitting in the audience section on the high platform.

"What...what! Why is Hasebe sitting up there? Doesn't she plan to change into a swimsuit?" Ike exclaimed, pointing directly at Haruka with a finger full of astonishment and disbelief.

Since the indoor swimming pool was otherwise quiet, Ike's loud voice echoed throughout the space, drawing everyone's attention.

Haruka frowned upon hearing Ike's comment. She silently thanked her decision to sit out as an apprentice instead of wearing a swimsuit. She didn't want to deal with the disgusting stares from boys like him.