Chapter 16:

A petting problem

Hopeless Romangatic


Dark times have come upon me.

There’s almost no leads on what might be causing this.

I can barely even think about it without getting frustrated.

I try opening a page to my manga. I get enticed for a few moments then close it knowing that I should try and figure out how to fix this all. I come to this park

“But how am I going to do that...?”

“YuYu!”

Karawase sees me sitting by myself trying to process all what had happened last week. I try to ignore her, and resolve this situation. That wasn’t going to happen any time soon.

“Why are you moping?”

“Do you really even need to ask?”

She comes over and puts her hands on top of my head.

“Is it really all that bad that Sara hangs out with him?”

“It’s fine! That was if he wasn’t just using her... but for what? I’m unsure.”

“Trying to force the solution out of your head won’t do you any good.”


“Then what do you think I should do...?”

“I brought something just in case of a situation like this!”

Uh oh... Is she planning on hitting me with a frying pan again? She gets off my head and gets in front of me.

Next thing I know, she pulls out... A pair of blue cat ears?

“Tada!”

“What am I supposed to do?”


Karawase frowns.

“Here... Let me help you out here.”

She curls her hands up and scratches them outwards like a cat. Accompanied by a

“Nya!”

It was cute that’s for sure. But...

“Was that meant to do something to me?”

She hits me on my head with her fist.

“Ow! What was that for?!

“You read manga now don’t you?! You should already know what I intend you to do.”

Karawase knows I read manga?! Sara must have told her... Not minding that, what does that-

“You want me to pet you?!”

She cheerfully nods her head.

“Was that so hard to realize?”

“Well I’m not the one who has cat ears on ready... So I would say no.”

“He-Hey! I keep these ready for any occasion! Not just for this specific one...”

“That’s even weirder.”

“Jeez!”

She turns and sits down in front of me. I sit there for a moment staring at her hair and the cat ears.

“Are you doing to do it or not?”

“I will, I will. Just give me a moment.”

I hesitate just for a second, and then I put my hand into her hair. Rubbing around feels... Nice! It’s so soft and coarse. I can’t help, but wanting to feel it more.

“YuYu are you enjoying this?”

“Hehehehehe....”

“I don’t know why this is so good! More and more I say! More and more! I can’t help it. It’s just so good. Even the at ears have a fluffy sort of feeling to the,.


“Nya!:

“Huh?!”


“I just really wanted to say that.”

I know she’s lying, but I just can’t not help myself! What else am I supposed to do?! More and more and more and more and more and more. It’s just too much fun! More and more and more and more an-

“Mommy why is that cat lady letting her hair be touched by some creep?”

“Teenagers these days don’t know how to keep it inside...”

Ah- Right we’re in park.

I stop feeling her hair. My hands already miss the feeling...

“Um...”

The air becomes stagnant. We both don’t know what to say.

“You liked it too much didn’t you? Creep.”

“Me?! You’re the one that posed the idea!”

“As if! You’re the one that was caught up in his own thoughts!”

We bicker back and fourth about who’s in the wrong. That was until I understood what she was doing.

“Thank you.”

“Nya! You’re welcome!”

She’s still going with the cat thing for some reason.

“I never knew you liked my hair that much Pupupu...”

“No way!”

“You don’t have to lie! I know it’s nice...”

“You’re just trying to stroke your ego.”

“My ego?! I was trying to help you!”


We once again bicker, but in that moment I had forgotten all about what was to come and what I was doing.