Beautiful Yuri Couple Surrender to the Cock - Chapter 31

 "...I hate men. ...Or maybe I'm just not good with them?"

Rika began to speak as they walked slowly. There were very few people around, and since her voice was so soft, there was no risk of being overheard. Not wanting to linger and stay out too late, she kept the conversation moving as they walked. She had said she hated men, but after chewing on the words as if to test their flavor, she shook her head, feeling they weren't quite right.

"...I'm afraid of them."

Yes, afraid. That was the most accurate word. Hate, or being "not good with them"—those were emotions that came later. At the core was her primal fear of men. Her feelings of disgust and avoidance were merely barriers she had built to keep those terrifying things away.

"...A long time ago, on my way home from school, I was walking alone when I was suddenly attacked."

This was the event that had planted that seed of terror in her.

"...It was a place a lot like that park back there. Of course, it’s not the same spot since I've moved since then."

Rika thought back to the park where she and Eiji had just talked. The place from her memory was a bit smaller, more secluded.

"...I was dragged in there and pinned down in the bushes. It was a place where hardly anyone ever passed by, so I think even if I had screamed, no one would have come to help me."

She had been grabbed from behind and hauled into the park. It happened in an instant. She couldn't remember clearly now, but there might have been people nearby. Yet, it was done so quickly that no one noticed, and Rika hadn't even been able to cry out for help. ...No, she corrected herself.

"...No, I couldn't even make a sound. The man's strength was incredible... I couldn't do anything against it. When he covered my mouth, I couldn't move an inch."

She remembered that moment. Rika was slender now, but as a child, she had been even more fragile. If a child is pinned down by a grown man, it's only natural that they are rendered helpless.

"...He was so big, and with him on top of me, I couldn't get up. My clothes were being torn off... no matter how much I cried or screamed, it didn't matter..." 

"I see. I guess if you're gonna hate men, you've got a pretty damn good reason for it."

Eiji didn't offer any empty words of comfort. She’d likely heard all of those from her parents and friends long ago. Instead, he simply accepted the confession she had summoned the courage to make.

"...But in the end, I was saved before he could go all the way. And since the person who saved me was a man, I know it’s wrong to hate all men."

Back then... the young Rika Onizuka had been powerless. The only reason she had made it through without being fully defiled was because of her savior. Eiji blinked, looking slightly surprised.

"Is that so? Well, that's lucky. You said nobody ever passed by there—it's a wonder he found you." 

"...Yeah. I don't remember much, but it wasn't a grown-up. A boy? I think it was a boy... but my mouth had been covered for so long and my head was spinning, so..." 

"Huh."

Between being pinned down and the trauma she wanted to forget, the memory wasn't perfectly clear. All she remembered was that her savior wasn't an adult man, but a boy around her own age or slightly older. The man pinning her down had suddenly lost all strength and collapsed after a loud thud. Rika had squeezed her eyes shut and screamed, but then a boy had grabbed her slender arm and pulled her out from under the man. He had left before she could even say thank you. She wondered what he was doing now.

"Onizuka, do you want to fix that? That hate... or, that fear of men?" 

"...I think so."

Eiji’s question pulled her thoughts back to the present. Her fear of men. She couldn't go through life without ever interacting with half the population; she couldn't let things stay this way.

"Then, why don't you go out with me? Just the two of us." 

"...With you, Ogawara-kun?"

Rika’s eyes went wide at the proposal.

"Yeah. Like how I hung out with Terui. Don't try to kill the fear all at once—just try to dilute it gradually, you know?" 

"...And 'hanging out' with you would do that?" 

"Yeah. I mean, if you're against the idea, that’s fine. Just talking to a male classmate is a good start."

Rika fell into thought for a moment. Eiji had been unfaithful with Mai, but he was currently the only man she felt she could actually talk to. She didn't think he would force himself on her, and after sharing her secret, the distance between them felt smaller.

"...No, could I... ask you to do that?" 

"Sure."

She decided to accept his offer. And so, their first date was set for a few days later.

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