I Was Hired As A Tutor By A Cute Little Devilish Junior - Chapter 20 On My Lap

After eating Shiina’s homemade cookies, I cleaned up the plates and prepared to study as usual.
Then, I waited for Shiina to sit down next to me to start my tutoring work…Then it happened.

“Senpai. Can you teach me on your lap today?”
“…What?”

The words were so sudden that I couldn’t help but reply in a dumb voice.
What did this kouhai just say?

“Sorry, I might have misheard you. Just now…What did you say…?”
“Please let me study on your lap.”
“…What?”

I thought maybe my ears went deaf, but it was Shiina’s head that was wrong.
No, what do you mean study on my lap?
Does it mean that she wanted to study while leaning on me like before? Or does she mean that I’m going to hold her on my lap?

If it’s the first then I’ve done it before, but if it’s the second, it’s a bit of a problem.
I’m used to holding someone on my lap because of my younger sister Kanade.
I often watch TV or study with Kanade, who is a pampered child.

As such, I don’t mind holding her on my lap, but when it comes to Shiina, it was a different story.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the guts to put a normal high school student, much less my student and kouhai, on my lap.

“Err, can I ask you why?”
“Why?”
“Yeah. Why do you want to study all the way on my lap?”
“Of course because I want to. Because I want to study while being close to my senpai.”
“…R-Really?”

I couldn’t help but be flustered by Shiina’s frank and direct statement.
For a long time, Shiina had been wanting to get close to me.
If Shiina thought of it as an extension of that, it might not be a big deal to her at all.

We have slept on each other, shoulder to shoulder; is it weird that I’m flustered about this now…

“Does it really have to be on my lap?”
“…Yes. Just for today, can’t you do it…?”
“Gugh…”

Shiina asked with sad eyes.
I wonder how many times I’ve been hit by this upward gaze since I met Shiina.
No matter how many times I was hit with it, I really couldn’t develop a tolerance. I was not as tough as I thought.

“…I get it. Study hard.”
“Yes. Then, excuse me…”

After saying so, Shiina came into my legs, which are on the floor.
Shiina’s small body fits snugly inside my legs.

“!”

Shiina’s hair was right in front of my nose, and the sweet smell of shampoo tickled my nostrils.
She was wearing a t-shirt, so her clothes were rolled up, and her hips were directly touching my thighs.
Very, very bad. Plus twenty points.

Leaving me to my own devices, Shiina leaned back against my chest.

“Ehehe~. It’s soothing to smell Senpai~”
“I don’t feel soothing at all.”
“Senpai, are you getting excited by the smell of a high school girl~?”
“Yes, is it bad? I’m just a healthy high school boy.”
“It’s not bad at all~ Fufu.”

I was expecting her to say, “eww,” as high school girls do nowadays, but for some reason, Shiina’s mood improved.
Then, humming languidly, we began to study.

I don’t mind that she was in a good mood, but I don’t want her to move her body too much.
Since a while ago, her soft hips have been hitting my important parts. Don’t be conscious of…it…purify my mind…

I kept my mind at peace, thinking of my dead great-grandfather, whom I’ve only seen in pictures.
Great-grandfather. I’m living strong now…

“Senpai, I have a problem here.”
“Hmm, where is it? Ah, I’m sorry.”
“Ah, no…”

When I raised my body to look at the text, I lost my balance with Shiina sitting on top of me, so I quickly held her in my arms.
I put one of my hands around her waist, adjusted my position, and looked at the question again.

“Yeah, this problem. The first thing to do is to multiply both sides by a minus sign and write… Shiina, are you listening?”
“Yes, I’m listening! You’re supposed to put two hands on the flower!”
“Who said anything about two? There’s only one solution to a linear equation.”
“Ugh, I know!”

For some reason, Shiina blushed and revealed her agitation.
I wonder if the hand I put around her waist was a wrong move. I think she said before that it was sexual harassment to touch her or something.
But it was completely unavoidable this time…

In the meantime, I don’t want to pursue it any further, so I’ll continue with my explanation.
Even the restless Shiina seemed to understand after listening to the explanation.
She didn’t say anything in particular, so I tried to slowly remove my hand from her waist.

“…Shiina?”

For some reason, her hand interrupted me from doing so.
To be more specific, she grabbed my hand tightly to prevent me from withdrawing it.

Shiina didn’t answer my question, and she even put my other hand around her waist.
As a result, I ended up in a hug with Shiina sitting on me.

Almost my entire body is touching her, and I could feel the girl’s softness as much as I wanted to.
I was so nervous that it was nothing compared to holding Kanade at home. I could tell that I was getting red in the face.

In addition, although I couldn’t see Shiina who was in front of me, her ears were so red that I couldn’t believe it.
This girl is embarrassed while finally doing it herself. Is she forcing herself?

Shiina remained frozen in that state for a while, but after a little while, she resumed her studies as if she had remembered.
I peeked over Shiina’s shoulder to check if she was doing what I had taught her.

“Hey, you made a calculation error in the middle.”
“Eh? W-Where is it?”
“Here.”
“Ah, right…”

When I pointed out the equation, Shiina immediately noticed and corrected it.
This kind of elementary mistake was not something that she would normally do…
I was a little curious and asked her back.

“Shiina. Aren’t you pushing yourself somehow?”
“Heh? I-It’s not like that?”
“If that’s the case, why do you look so nervous?”
“S-Senpai, surely your heart is pounding! D-Doing something like this with a high school girl would normally be difficult, even if you paid for it!”
“I don’t think a normal person would want to do such a thing.”

I replied, but Shiina said unfaithfully, “That’s not true.”
How could anyone want to pay to hold a high school girl in their arms? It just smells like a criminal act.

The pay reminded me that I hadn’t asked Shiina about it yet.
Maybe I should ask her about it before I forget.

“Hey, Shiina. Can I talk to you about something important?”
“What’s the matter, you’re so serious. Could it be that you’re finally going to…!”
“I don’t know what you think you’re talking about, but you’re probably wrong. I’m talking about the pay of tutoring.”
“…”
“Don’t give off such a blatantly disappointing aura that I can tell without looking at your face.”
“Senpai is stupid.”

Shiina mumbled something. I didn’t hear what she was saying, but I had a vague feeling that she was saying something disgraceful to me.

“I’ve been thinking about it for a while. The pay of a tutor.”
“Pay…Huh? Can’t we just use regular money?”
“I told you at the beginning, high school students can’t trade money with each other. This is non-negotiable.”
“Hmm. You’re serious, Senpai.”
“Is that bad?”
“No. I like that kind of senpai.”

Shiina said such a thing without hesitation.
I was not sure what she was thinking because she was sitting on top of my lap and I couldn’t see her expression, so I was a little shaken.
If I was shaken about this now, I won’t be able to handle it.

“To tell you the truth, I’m thinking that I don’t really need a payment.”
“Eh?”
“We called it tutoring, but lately it has been helping me study, so I don’t really want anything in return.”
“No, I can’t do that!”

Shiina suddenly raised her voice and slammed her hand on the desk. Without thinking, I let go of the hand that was around Shiina’s waist.
Then she turned her body 180 degrees to face me.

Shiina’s legs, which had been sitting in a gymnastic position until then, are now spread to the left and right, straddling my legs, as if she’s about to push me over.
And when her face came within inches of mine, I almost turned my head.

“I’m grateful to Senpai. You’ve always taken care of me, not to mention my studies… It’s impossible for me to not give anything back to Senpai! This is a must!”
“I-I see… Sorry, I was being selfish.”
“Right! I’ll work with you on the pay, okay?”
“Y-Yes. Sorry.”

I was so intimidated by the close range that I found myself apologizing. I wondered why I was being lectured by a kouhai.
Well, it was actually my fault, but I didn’t expect her to be so opposed.
It seemed that Shiina had her own pride and beliefs about tutoring. I mustn’t do anything that would trample on that.

It was a moment when I realized that I had to think seriously about my pay.