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Chapter 3 ā Interacting With Enami-san \nVolume 1\n<hr class="wp-block-separator is-style-wide">\nEnami-san opened a video streaming site in her browser.\n
Apparently, she wanted us to enjoy the videos together. I stared at Enami-san as she moved the mouse.\n
In the end, I regretted sitting next to her.\n
After all, I was nervous sitting next to Enami-san. I was fine when I taught her how to study in a family restaurant, but now it was just the two of us in a private room. And itās not even called studying.\n
This is a kind of date, isnāt it?\n
I was nervous when I started to feel a little self-conscious. This is the first time Iāve ever looked closely at Enami-sanās profile. I can almost hear her breathing. There is an overwhelmingly beautiful woman within armās length of me. This made my heart beat faster.\n
āHey.ā\n
So, when she suddenly spoke to me, I felt as if I had been caught doing a bad thing.\n
āDo you like this kind of thing?ā\n
I looked at the screen, trying not to let my agitation show on my face.\n
The title of the movie was displayed. It seemed to be Hollywood. In this day and age, you can watch movies on video streaming sites. It looked like she wanted to watch it with me.\n
Ā The movie was about an hour and fifty minutes long and will end just as I will be leaving the cafe.\n
āI donāt mind action movies. This one is fineā\n
āThen letās watch this one.ā\n
Enami-san played the movie. However, no sound was playing. When I looked closely, I saw that the PC had headphones plugged into it. It would be annoying if I put it on speaker mode since other customers are using the nearby rooms.\n
As I was thinking about what to do, Enami-san pulled out a white earphone from her pocket. She pulled out the headphones and plugged them in instead.\n
āHere.ā\n
Then, Enami-san handed me one of the earphone sides.\n
While I was puzzled, Enami-san put the earphone in her right ear. Hey, are you serious about this situation? Itās like two people using one earphone together, just like lovers, isnāt it?\n
Of course, Iām sure Enami-san doesnāt have such intentions. Weāve only known each other for a short time, but Iāve come to understand that Enami-san is very careless about such things.\n
Probably, I will be teased as a āvirginā if I am confused here again. Then, who cares. Let go of all shame and pretense. I plugged the earphone into my left ear, trying to keep my face as calm as possible so that my hesitation would not be obvious.\n
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Letās focus on the screen. If I think about this situation calmly, Iām going to go crazy.\n
About 10 minutes after the movie started, I started playing with the options on my mouse.\n
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I wasnāt used to it, so I didnāt know how to use it very well. But I went by feeling and found the item I wanted, so I clicked on it and changed the settings.\n
Finally, I could concentrate on the movie. Just as I was thinking this, Enami-san took off her earphones and started talking to me.\n
āDonāt change it to the subtitled version without permission.ā\n
Yes, the movie has been dubbed in Japanese since a while ago.\n
When I watch a movie, I always watch it with subtitles. I donāt mean to disrespect dubbing, but I think subtitles give a more realistic feeling because you can directly hear the voice of the performer.\n
Itās been a long time since Iāve watched a dubbed movie, and I felt very uncomfortable, probably because I wasnāt used to it.\n
āGive me that.ā\n
āAhā\n
The mouse was forcibly taken from me. And she put it back in the dubbed version.\n
I also took off my earphones and complained to Enami-san.\n
āI canāt concentrate if you donāt put the subtitle version on. I donāt like dubbing.ā\n
ā I donāt like subtitles either. Why do you go to the trouble of making it difficult to understand?ā\n
āWhat?ćSubtitles are better for the atmosphere. Dubbing is a bad idea.ā\n
āSubtitles are often mistranslated. I think dubbing is more reliable.ā\n
āI can understand English to a certain extent, so I can enjoy it even if there are mistranslations.ā\n
āYouāre proud about that? As expected of a virgin.ā\n
I donāt know how that leads to the word āvirginā.\n
I tried to take the mouse back, but Enami-san put the mouse on the other side. Itās reachable if I stretch my body, but Iāll end up touching Enami-sanās body if I do that.\n
āā¦ā¦ā\n
She looked at me with a smirk on her face. It seems that she saw right through my thoughts.\n
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The word āvirginā is wordlessly conveyed to me.\n
I wonder if thereās anything I can do about it. And I thought hard about it. I donāt mind watching it dubbed, but I didnāt want to keep losing to herĀ \n
The mouse was placed under Enami-sanās left hand. If I try to take the mouse, I will have to touch Enami-sanās hand.\n
I guess she thinks itās impossible for me anyway.\n
I put my hand on top of Enami-sanās left hand. And tried to pull Enami-sanās hand away from the mouse.\n
āā¦ā¦ā\n
Enami-sanās eyes widened in surprise. Then, her cheeks relaxed faintly, as if to say, āHmmā.\n
I fiddled with the options again via Enami-sanās hand. Then I switched the movie back to the subtitle version again.\n
I confirmed it, then took my hand away.\n
Inwardly, I was very agitated. Enami-sanās hands were colder and smaller than mine. Every time I touched her delicate fingertips, I felt an indescribable emotion.\n\n
Enami-san stared at her hand that touched mine. The mouse is still in her hand. However, she did not try to return to the dubbed version again from there.\n\n