Chapter 24

"Senpai, why don't we go to the festival?" (センパイ、お祭り行きませんか？) is the twentyfourth chapter of the Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro manga series.

Summary
Walking home after shopping, Senpai noticed some girls wearing and realized that night there was the summer festival. Secretly wanting to invite Nagatoro - even imagining her in a yukata - but lacking the courage to do it, he convinced himself that she would have probably forced him to go with her as she always did and that he could have accepted it saying it was out of annoyance. However as evening came, he didn't receive any call, disappointed he start to consider he should have the gut to invite her himself, but deemed it pointless since he believed Nagatoro was only interest in bullying him.

Senpai ended up going at the festival alone, secretly hoping to meet Nagatoro there and eagerly looking for her into the crowd. Saddened, after a while he decided to simply bought some yakisoba and go back home, however he was approached by the girl's two friends, whom correctly guessed that he came there holding to the hope to meet Nagatoro but also informed him that she couldn't come to the festival because she had club practice.

The pair quickly caught him with a dog collar and forced him to accompany them around the festival, then the taller friend sent Nagatoro a picture of all three of them together.

After finishing club practice, Nagatoro was in the locker room with her club president, who apologized for having make her stay up until that late and asked if she planned to go at the festival with someone. Nagatoro blushed and thought to Senpai, then she received a notification at her smartphone and saw the picture sent by her friend.

Characters

 * Hayase Nagatoro
 * Senpai
 * Gamo-chan (unnamed)
 * Yoshi (unnamed)

Trivia

 * This is the fourth instalment of the "Summer Break Arc" which last until Chapter 26.
 * This chapter, alongside the following two, is the third time the story is not self-contained after Chapter 17-18 and 22-23.
 * While in his room, Senpai played "Jas Gear", the same videogame he and Nagatoro has played together in Chapter 18.
 * Gamo-chan and Yoshi (both still unnamed) interacted more with Senpai in this chapter proving that deep down they enjoy his company, Yoshi even complimented how brave he was for marching all the way up to the festival holding to that glimmer of hope that he could have met Nagatoro.
 * Further proving this, the summer festival is usually attended by couples in Japan but is not uncommon to go as friends for those who haven't a date, as it was likely the case of the two girls; nevertheless they made no problem in inviting (or rather "forcing") Senpai to join them, taking part at many games and visiting some stands.
 * Gamo-chan's behavior towards the chapter's end, also proved that she expected Nagatoro jealous reaction and was quite aware of her friend's growing crush on Senpai.