“If… if there’s anything I can do for you, Big Sis Diona… then I’d be so, so happy.”

Lin Mo did his best to put on a bashful act.

It worked like a charm.

Diona’s brain was practically short-circuiting.

She was so flustered she started stammering out a string of words that didn’t even form a sentence.

“Y-yes, g-ga—huh? I… love… always… last…?”

“Gah—gah!”

Out of nowhere, Diona accidentally bit her tongue.

That finally brought her back to her senses.

After a quick shudder, Diona solemnly began wondering if she should drop to her knees right then and beg Lin Mo to take off his boots so she could lick his toes.

He said he wanted to do something for me… so that means absolutely anything goes, right?!

Flames burned in Diona’s eyes.

They burned so brightly they even outshone the gleam of her golden hair.

So Diona put her hands on the sofa and kept inching closer, closer…

Her face stiff, she stared straight at Lin Mo’s delicate features—damn it! How could this adorable boy be so ridiculously good-looking?!

But—

In the end, her sense of decency as a girl won out over her powerful desire.

At the very last moment, Diona held back again! Yes—what she wanted wasn’t just a quick thrill or two. She wanted a future where she could keep enjoying herself for a long, long time without having to take responsibility!

The important part was not having to take responsibility.

Maybe she’d spend her whole life with this boy. Maybe she’d fall so deeply in love with him that she couldn’t escape it.

But freedom was priceless.

Once she had to take responsibility, she’d have to do her duty and satisfy every one of a man’s selfish and material desires…

Yikes. Even her freedom to hang out and drink with her friends would be taken away. Just thinking about it was terrifying.

“Ahem… cough, cough…”

Diona forced her heart, which had nearly leapt up her throat, back down into her belly.

She pretended to cough twice, then put some distance between herself and Lin Mo again.

“Well… as long as you can live a happy life, that’s enough for me.”

She stood up.

She began pacing around the room, trying to calm her heart, which felt like it was about to bleed from frustration.

Her copper-plated metal boots clomped and clanged against the old but clean floor as she paced with barely concealed impatience.

“By the way, are you bored right now?” Diona suddenly asked.

“…” Lin Mo stared at her in annoyance.

He kept his lips pursed and deliberately said,

“Yeah. I’m just a tiny bit bored.”

As he spoke, Lin Mo casually sank deeper into the sofa. Then his gaze drifted to Diona’s lips.

“If you could find something fun for me to do, Big Sis, that’d be even better…”

Something fun!

What did he want to do?!

Diona’s heart started racing all over again.

She took a few steady breaths and quickly reined in her feelings. “Actually, my TV still works. And I happen to have quite a collection of movies…”

She swallowed. Lin Mo had just crossed his legs, after all.

They were close enough that she could clearly make out the shape of his feet, tucked inside those little black leather boots.

“Really? That’s great.”

Lin Mo raised a hand and scratched at the corner of his eye. “Hey, Big Sis, do you have anything else to do later?”

“Huh? Um—! N-no, I don’t.”

Diona had no idea what he was getting at. “I don’t have anything else planned for now.”

“Then let’s watch something together,” Lin Mo said with a grin. “Ah, but—you brought it up because you wanted us to watch together, right?”

He leaned forward. “That’s definitely it, right? Big Sis Diona, you wouldn’t leave me here to watch movies all alone, would you?”

“O-of course not!!”

Diona’s spirits instantly lifted.

She hurried toward the dim little storage room beside the kitchen. “Let’s watch together! I’ll go find something right now!!”

…

Hmph.

As soon as she started moving, Lin Mo quietly rose from beside the sofa too.

He casually patted his butt, then fixed his displeased gaze on the pitch-black storage room, lit by just one rather dim little lamp.

(What a self-righteous woman…)

(She’s a ** from a feminist world, and even though they’re already living through the end of The World, she’s still acting like she’s all about manners and virtue.)

Lin Mo lifted a hand and gently smoothed down his unruly hair.

He straightened his slightly rumpled clothes, then crept toward Diona from behind with slow, light steps.

The girl had gorgeous, pale-gold hair and a slender yet athletic figure.

What interested Lin Mo most, though, was her backside. It looked like she’d be excellent at having children.

And as a man, he was every bit as good-looking as she was.

They were clearly a perfect match, so why was he—the one she should be eyeing hungrily—being brushed off with one excuse after another, like some oblivious male protagonist?

If she really wasn’t interested in Lin Mo, then fine…

(From your actions, the way you talk, your breathing, and the whole vibe you’re giving off, it’s obvious you want to jump me so badly you can barely stand it!)

Lin Mo slowly came up behind Diona.

A sly smile crept onto his lips.

“Hey, Big Sis Diona?”

Suddenly, Lin Mo pressed right up against Diona’s protruding backside from behind.

He leaned forward, reached past the girl’s right arm, and tilted his curious face toward her hands and the movies she was searching through.

“Gah—!!”

The sudden bump nearly made Diona explode.

S-s-s-s-s-s-stay calm!!

That was all well and good, but there was no way she could stay calm in this situation.

Diona’s hands were trembling. She’d been about to pull out an old romance movie, hoping to keep building her relationship with Lin Mo and make him fall for her—but the way they were positioned now was way too much! Even in the H-movies she kept hidden away, this kind of close-up action was rare. It was top-shelf stuff, the sort of thing only a woman among women deserved to enjoy!!

U-uh… uhhh…

Diona’s brain was about to boil over.

But right now, she’d completely lost the urge to get naughty. She was already satisfied… so satisfied she’d practically come before anything had even started…

“Wow, you’ve got so many movies.”

Lin Mo eagerly reached out and placed his hand over Diona’s as she picked through the discs.

He rested his fingers lightly on the back of her hand. Since she’d worn fingerless gloves for so long and spent so much time under The Sun, the tan lines there were quite distinct and sharply defined.

“This one, this one, and this one…”

“Hehe. By the way, Big Sis Diona, don’t tell me you don’t have a few adult films in your collection?”

Physical contact, a whisper, and a suggestive remark.

Lin Mo had made up his mind: even if this woman insisted on pretending not to understand, he’d make her lose herself to desire and turn completely shameless!

“Ah, hahaha. I might have some adult films, sure. But there’s no way I’d let you find them, Xiao Mo.” Diona gave him a tiny, playful wink.

“Let’s see… Do you like romance movies?”

“They’re okay, I guess.” (Lin Mo)

“Then how about action movies?”

“Hmm… all the fighting and killing can be pretty fun, but I don’t feel like watching that right now.” Lin Mo studied Diona, puzzled.

He couldn’t understand it. He’d gone this far, so why hadn’t she lost it? Somehow, she seemed even more composed than before.