Chapter VII – Smooth, Shiny and Shaved

Ren spent the whole day at home. It was a remedy the psychiatrist inside of her had prescribed in order to cure shock, but she doubted that she would be cured of her shock anytime soon.

Maybe writing would assist her. After all, they had always told her in school that letting out your feelings was a good way to relieve stress as well as helping you get your thoughts all collected.

So Mikihara Ren got out her ever present diary, flipped to the most recent page and started writing, continuing on from the previous contents on the entry.

7. He shaves his legs.

She rubbed at her eyes, wishing that the fact would go away with the closing of her eyes, but to no avail. The image and the fact were burned into her mind. Permanently.

The first time she had seen it was on that fine sunny day when birds were singing their melodious songs, dogs were barking playfully, ducks were quacking and children were splashing around in puddles from the previous night's rain, their happy laughter mingling with the high tunes of the ice-cream van ambling down the street.

And that was the day she went to Hayashimizu's house, for "student council matters" (that darned reason seemed to be the reason why she was shocked a lot lately, Ren reflected). It was during that time that he had advertently asked her for a kiss that his legs were crossed, and his pant leg had, unfortunately for Ren, gone up, exposing a nice two whole inches of smooth, shiny and shaved skin.

And as we already know, she fainted.

What we didn't know was that Ren had gone to the convenience store the following day and while walking down the toiletries aisle, she had spotted her senior at the far end. And if she remembered correctly, that was where the men's shaving needs were situated. Thinking that was quite perfectly normal, she turned to leave. Until she realised that his legs seemed exceptionally shiny, as if it were reflecting the convenience store lights.

Suddenly everything fit into place and she understood the very reason why he was at that end of the aisle. Lights + smooth, shiny and shaved legs = light reflecting surface. Which perfectly fit Hayashimizu's legs.

She paid for the items in her shopping basket and hurried out of the store as fast as she could. But not fast enough for Hayashimizu Atsunobu.

"Ah. Mikihara-kun. What are you doing here?" Ren took one look at her senpai's legs (Ren's thoughts: why on earth was he wearing shorts anyway? He never wears shorts, only slacks! He's like a girl who wants to show off her legs by wearing revealing clothes) and bolted, as gracefully as she could, and in the process her shaving cream fell out of her shopping bag.

Hayashimizu picked it up and studied it, a smug smile on his face as he read: strawberry-scented shaving cream.

So, he wasn't the only one who used strawberry-scented shaving cream. But that was something that he was sure she would never find out.

End Chapter

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