Stealing Heroine: Honestly, I never thought this far [Smut Warning!]

Ch 97 – 03 June, Going to cosplay event 02

The cosplay event venue was a big park. Kouta could see a message in the entrance that said to everyone who used the park, they were holding a cosplay event to promote international arts and culture as part of the city's cultural plan. 

Kouta looked up at the sky, and he just remembered from his memories what happened in the manga. It was surely a sunny day, which made it pretty hot.

"Do you want to take some pictures or something?" Kouta asked the question to Marin, since she was the one who was excited about this cosplay event.

"Well, of course. There is no way I let this chance go. Hm~~ There is a lot of cosplay that I like. Hehe…" Marin put her two hands on her cheek. Her cheeks flushed, and she smiled while looking around.

"Hehehe, I’m super happy…" She continued. 

While on the other hand, Gojou looked around with a pale and uneasy face. His body trembled, and his eyes were also rapidly circled.

"Wawawa… I can’t… Calm down… There were so many girls…" Gojou said falteringly.

"Well, if you can’t calm down. How about we go to the plaza up ahead?"

"I’m sorry." 

"It’s fine. This is your first time going to this kind of event. You just need to look around and learn about cosplay a bit." 

"Ah… Thanks." 

Kouta heard the two conversations and observed those two relationships. He didn't expect their relationship to develop the way it did in the manga and anime. Because of what he did. He changed their relationship, by simply correcting their miscommunication. Since in the anime, they miscommunicate as a plot to make their relationship develop after all. 

Because of those miscommunications, Gojou finished the cosplay as fast as he could when he was actually having a difficult time. Which makes Marin happy and thankful to him. At the end of this cosplay event, Marin actually fell in love with Gojou. 

The two of them walked in front of the rest of the group since Nowa and Utaha walked much slower after all. 

Nowa walked while looking around with interest. She even said it out loud. "So, this cosplay convention. Huh… There are a lot of girls dressed up as men." 

"Well, of course. They’re cosplaying characters that they like or famous chara."  

"Still… I don’t think there are many guys cosplaying as girls. That’s why… How about you’re cosplaying, Kouta…" 

"Didn’t I say before? I don’t cosplay for free. You need to pay me." 

"Eh~~~" 

"Well, you don’t have to pay me with money. But you can pay me by doing cosplay for me too. Especially the one I like." 

"That's… I hope it wasn’t a perverted one…" 

"Well, what do you think?" 

Kouta and Nowa had their own conversation. While Utaha walked at the same speed, the two of them were in such a bad mood, especially walking in this kind of weather. Utaha wasn’t an outdoor person after all. In the midst of hot weather like this, her stamina was reduced drastically. It was the reason she was walking slowly after all. 

"Geez, I'm tired after having trouble sleeping yesterday too… I didn’t check the weather…" Utaha grumbled her complaint a bit loudly, which could be heard by Kouta. . 

"Hm… You look troubled. Perhaps, are you hot? Ah… How about you’re using this?" Kouta already knew it would be hot at this cosplay event. He took off his hat and gave it to Utaha. 

"Ah, also… drink this… so you stay hydrated." Kouta added.

"Ah, thanks." Utaha thanked Kouta with a smile, and her expression showed that she was happy. Which actually gave Utaha a mixed feeling. In the end, she had some feelings for Kouta, even after she saw what happened yesterday. 

Utaha still felt happy when Kouta cared about her. Once again, show her feelings… 

"Geez… What I’m going to do." Utaha mumbled while her face became pinkish for a short time. 

The five of them finally arrived in the plaza, where the place was more open and there were fewer people. 

"So how about we take some pictures? Is there anything that interests you, Marin? I’m already bringing my camera after all." Kouta said while bringing out his camera from his bag. 

"Eh!? You have such a thing!?" Marin looked at the camera in a vigorous mood. Even though the weather is hot. She was still lively while Utaha and Gojou were sitting in the seats with pale faces. It looked like these two wouldn’t want to take pictures as they were looking tired. 

"Yeah, this is a good camera to take pictures with after all. It’s my father's camera." 

"Ah… is that so? Hm… how about we take a picture with that… She cosplayed amazingly well. More like that girl’s boobs are so big!! " Marin pointed to a cosplayer and casually grabbed Kouta’s hand. Before she pulled him toward the cosplayer. 

The cosplayer wore a kind of nurse's uniform with a short skirt. She had several surgical wounds. It looked like this character came from a game. 

To be honest, Kouta didn’t actually care about the cosplay and was only here to develop a relationship with Marin. They were waiting for a few people to photograph first as they were talking to each other. 

Kouta photographed Marin, Nowa, and the cosplayer several times with many different poses and expressions. After that, Marin came close to Kouta to take a look at the result he photographed. 

"Oh~~ This is a good picture. You’re really good at this too?" 

"Hm… Well, of course. I learned this from my father." 

Kouta remembered his time with his father. Since he remembered his previous life, his memory of his family, which Kouta thought would fade away. It actually became more clear since he had a cheat kill that made him easily access his memory and remember what he wanted. 

Kouta can easily recall his family as a result. In the past, after he remembered a tiny part of his family, he would be depressed. But once he had those memories and had accumulated a lot of experience from them,

Kouta started to let go of his family, he might be sad, but not as bad as before. Maybe…

"Is there anything wrong?" Marin asked with a worried face as Kouta just went silent after replying to her question... 

"Ah… Sorry about that. I can’t help remembering my father a bit." Kouta replied with a crooked smile. 

"Is that so?" Marin didn’t actually know about Kouta’s family, but she sensed there was something about it. "Your dad… must be good." She added.

"Un, yes." Kouta stopped for a moment. He thought for a second, before he made his decision. 

"If that's the case. How about an exchange where you help me with your cosplay? I will be the photographer every time you cosplay?" Kouta stood by her side as he gave Marin a proposal. 

"Eh, really. That sounds like a good idea." Marin all agreed with Kouta’s proposal. At this time, she wasn’t doing cosplay and only had a part-time job as a model. Which is why she still didn’t think about buying a camera, which happened further in the manga and anime. 

Marin thought it was a good idea to have a good photographer like Kouta take her picture while cosplaying. After all, Marin was already accustomed to working with a professional photographer.

"Really, that’s good. I will give you the picture of the character I want you to cosplay as part of our marketing when we launch it in the summer. Well, of course, I will give you the contract too…" Kouta, once again, tried his best to make connections with the heroine and target his liking. 

"I can’t wait." Marin responded to Kouta's words positively.

Well, after that, they spent their time in that cosplay event venue. At some point, Gojou and Utaha joined them too. Kouta himself just wanted to make sure to see what happened, since he didn’t give Marin the idea to come here. She might not have come to this cosplay event. 

And thankfully, just like Kouta thought. Nothing happened between Gojou and Marin. Which, well, is a good thing… 

Now, Kouta’s focus will be talking to Utaha after they leave this cosplay event.