Vol 8 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 02: The Maid’s Prank

In my opinion a holiday exists for the sake of curing the stress and fatigue that acc.u.mulates in the daily life. Therefore you could nap leisurely. Or immerse yourself in your hobby. At any rate, you should do anything fun, but… Right now that seemed impossible for me.

The morning of a long-awaited holiday. I was made to sit formally on the floor of the living room amidst a heavy atmosphere.

Luna, Machina, Nazuna and Kaorun, who had changed into her maid clothes, had gathered in the living room that resembled a court. Moreover, Elni was missing, as she was still sleeping, so I had no attorney.

In this situation, Luna, the judge, lightly knocked with her toy hammer as a replacement for the usual wooden hammer and calmly opened her mouth.

“The court is opened. First off, any words from the accused s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san?”

“—I didn’t do anything. I’m just beautiful. That’s all.”

I had completely woken up.

I perfectly recalled my memories of last night, still of the opinion that I was innocent. So I puffed my chest with pride, whereas Luna dropped the hammer with a smile.

“I believe s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san. Not guilty. Court dismissed.”

Instantly, Nazuna and Machina both whooped it up, hastily calling up objection.

“L- Luna-oneechan! It’s still to early to make a verdict!”

“Nazuna is right, Sister! He might actually be guilty! s.h.i.+n.o.bu looked at Kaoru with lewd eyes!”

“Not really? I looked normally. Unintentionally, of course.”

“…S- So impudent. This att.i.tude will only worsen the court’s impression on you, you know?”

Machina replied to me, who stayed obstinate to the end, with a weary expression.

However, Luna declared with her still unchanged smile from earlier.

“It cannot be helped if it was not on purpose. Even if Kaoru-san’s clothes and underwear were scattered in his room, even if Kaoru-san was naked in his bed and even if they were clinging to each other like lovers… Uhh, I believe in s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san. Please let me believe in him. I want to believe in him.”

Midway Luna got moved to tears, whereupon Kaorun, who stayed silent so far, interjected composed.

“It appears that Luna-sama does not want to acknowledge it. s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama’s youthful mistake, that is.”

“…Hey, don’t say anything weird. Don’t cling to me, don’t rub your cheek against mine and stop with the kiss. What’s up with you so early in the morning!”

Taking my distance from the erotically approaching Kaorun, I continued persuading.

“It’s just your usual joking anyway, right? Right now I’m willing to forgive you on a ‘I’m sorry’. So why don’t you give in?”

“J- Joking!? Uhh! You are so cruel, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama! Even though you were so pa.s.sionate and gentle yesterday! Trying to brush it away now is too much!”

Maybe acting, Kaorun broke down crying on her words.

“Last night you relentlessly fondled my bottom, at times smacked it gently, moreover you licked me all over and lastly, from behind, you… well, it is too embarra.s.sing, so I cannot say anything further. Anyway, pretending that this pa.s.sionate night never happened is too cruel!”

“No, wait! What the heck!? I don’t know anything about that! There’s no way I would forget about such a wonderful experience! So don’t lie!”

I hastily denied it in a commotion, but

“B- Brother, you pervert! So adult! You really are a natural gigolo, like everyone says!”

Nazuna turned bright red and raised a voice,

“…W- Wonderful experience? s.h.i.+n.o.bu, you loved bottoms that much? I thought for sure you were into b.r.e.a.s.t.s…”

whereas Machina reddened her face in a weird misunderstand and Luna finally burst into tears.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san! It is not fair that it is only Kaoru-san! I am living together with you! Why did you not come to me when you were s.e.xual frustrated! Is my bottom not satisfactory!?”

“—The French cuisine just isn’t suited for me. For a j.a.panese it has to be j.a.panese food. In other words, I like a j.a.panese’s bottom.”

…Hey, Kaorun. Stop mimicking me at a time like this. Just stop it.

I tried to defend myself right away, but Luna knocked the toy hammer on the table and shouted in tears.

“Guilty! s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san is found guilty! Please prepare yourself! You will not get any lunch today!”

…Such a weak verdict.

Somehow, Luna was cute beyond help. As I forgot my situation and formed a smile, Machina interjected with tears dwelling up in her eyes.

“Geez! You’re too lenient on s.h.i.+n.o.bu, Sister! Only giving him no lunch is so half-hearted!”

Momentarily stopping her words, Machina then continued with a rough voice.

“He doesn’t get any breakfast either!”

“Y- You’re rather lenient on Brother as well, Machina-chan! We have to be more strict! Dinner is suspended too!”

Could it be, the girls were even more preoccupied than me? Even afterwards,

“I will not speak to s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san for a week!”

“Eh? Luna-oneechan, can you really get through with that?”

“…I think that’s going to be hard, Sister.”

“R- Right. Why would I have to impose a punishment on me as well?”

they were going on about the same old thing.

However, if my mother had been here, I would have been sentenced to death without doubt.

While such thoughts crossed my mind, I silently watched over Luna, Machina and Nazuna, who made a ruckus with “Cleaning the bath for one week!”, “And doing the dishes for one week!”, “Also, playing with me for a week!”, when suddenly the door of the living room yanked open.

“—Objection!”

Along with a dignified voice, Elni showed up with a nightcap on her head.

While everyone widened their eyes all alike, Elni leisurely came over and rested her hand on my shoulder to rea.s.sure me.

“You’re safe now that I’m here. I’ll properly advocate for you. Let me join the court game. This is war.”

“…We’re not doing this for fun, you know?”

As she was still half-asleep, Elni didn’t comprehend the current situation. When I retorted wearily, Elni tilted her small head and faced Kaorun.

“Oh, here you are, Kaorun. You said we would sleep together until noon today, but when I woke up, you were gone, so I looked for you.”

“…Wh- What could you be talking about, Elni-sama? I have no idea what you mean. Actually, who are you?”

Kaorun showed an obvious agitation. Elni tilted her head once more. With that I got the gist of things and asked Elni with a smile.

“Hey Elni, could it be that you let Kaorun into the house?”

“Yeah. I went downstairs to get some time when I woke up at dawn and saw Kaorun in front of the window of the living room. I called out to her and it seemed she came over to play, but it was still early, so we settled to sleep together in my bed.”

“…I see. So after successfully infiltrating our house, the perverted Maid waited for you to fall asleep and then snuck into my bed, playing this outrageous prank on me.”

When I reasoned so with complete confidence, everyone started to stare at the perverted Maid and Kaorun awkwardly averted her eyes.

“Uhm, well, actually it was meant as a little joke. But the panicking s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama was just so cute that I unconsciously…”

Kaorun, showing signs of guilt, dropped her gaze, whereupon Luna softly opened her mouth.

“Just to be sure, Kaoru-san, you did not do anything to the sleeping s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san, correct?”

“Of course not. On this occasion I can tell you the truth. At first I considered seducing s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama as the opportunity seemed good. However you all entered the room, thus foiling my plan. I did not do anything.”

“I see. Good. That rea.s.sures me. So, how was s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san’s sleeping face?”

“Just like a puppy’s. It was so unbelievable adorable that I ended up kissing him, even knowing I should not, and unable to control myself, next him, I…cough.”

Kaorun stopped her words with a cough, as she noticed her verbal slip midway, then puckered her lips a bit.

“Oh my G.o.d, how mean of you to deceive a frail woman! I never thought you would be a person to ask leading questions, Luna-sama! I am disappointed!”

Standing up resentful, Kaorun faced sideways sore.

“I am taking my leave! I was a bit hurt! Farewell!”

Along with her words, Kaorun headed for the door of the living room with swift steps in a huff. Her behaviour seemed all so natural, but I suddenly noticed and raised a voice.

“H- Hey, she’s trying to escape!”

“Huh!? She just seemed like a victim, so I was about to let her go! Hold it there, Kaoru!”

“You are not allowed to do anything weird to s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san while he sleeps! I can relate to your feelings, but even I am holding myself back!”

“S- So the pervert was the Maid and not Brother! Sorry, Brother! I apologies for doubting you!”

“No, Nazuna, that’s alright now. Right now we’re going to catch Kaorun!”

Following after Machina and Luna, who had chased after the escaping Kaorun first, Nazuna and I also sprinted out of the living room together, whereupon

“…Oh, the court game is already over?”

I could hear Elni’s sad voice from behind, but for now I ignored it. She must have wanted to escape outside. Calling Kaorun, who ran towards the front door, to halt, we chased after her.

There, at that moment, the front door opened with the just right timing and my mother, who came back from jogging, showed up— Instantly, I shouted.

“Mom! Please! Stop that perverted Maid!”

On my words, my mother quickly spread both her arms and blocked Kaorun’s path.

“Stop! You won’t get away! What a bad girl! Also, ehm… what did she do?”

s.h.i.+fted her gaze towards us, my mother asked puzzled, whereupon Luna frowned and answered.

“Kaoru-san did something perverted to s.h.i.+n.o.bu-san while he was asleep! And even pulled a perverted prank on him when he woke up! She also told a perverted lie about having her bottom touched! I am so envious— no, I made the same mistake again! Anyway, she did something bad!”

“I, I don’t really get it, but at least I understand that Luna is angry on a rare occasion. And it’s Kaoru-chan’s fault.”

“…Tomoe-sama, I certainly believe that I am at fault this time. However, I am going to bestow you with a picture of s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama’s sleeping face, so please overlook it.”

“Thanks. I’ll take it for the timing being. Now then, let’s hear the whole story in the living room.”

Kaorun’s bribe attempt failed sadly. While taking the picture, my mother grabbed Kaorun at the neck and dragged her, who showed a bitter expression, to the living room. Once more the living room turned into a court and this time Kaorun’s trial started…

The result of the trial, needless to say, was that Kaorun was found guilty.

Luna, once again the judge, knocked her toy hammer and faced Kaorun.

“—Now then, the sentence for Kaoru-san. She will have to clean our bath today and have lunch together with us.”

“Eh? Luna-sama? It might be strange for me to say it, but is that not a rather lenient sentence? I doubt everyone agrees with it.”

A bit surprised, Kaorun looked at everyone, but no one objected. Everyone made a “Sounds good” kind of face.

Upon that, Karoun awkwardly squeezed herself, as she felt guilty, and timidly raised her hand.

“Excuse me, Luna-sama, to atone for my sin, will you at least allow me to work in this house as a maid for the whole day today?”

“…You have reflected on your actions, right Kaoru-san? So you do not have to do that.”

“No! Please let me work! Otherwise my heart will not be able to take it!”

Kaorun pleaded like that, so everyone showed a wry smile and accepted her offer. Then Kaorun took over all house ch.o.r.es from Luna and started to clean diligently.

Amidst that, I stayed in the living room and absent-minded watched Kaorun, whereupon she called out to me a bit troubled.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, please move away a bit. I cannot clean if you keep standing there.”

“Hey, wait, my existence is far more important than any cleaning, isn’t it?”

“Haah, you may have a point there, but for now please obediently listen what I told you. I will play with you afterwards.”

Having my head gently patted, I was completely treated like a kid…

But well, I felt bad about bothering her any more. I gave up on playing with Kaorun and went out with Luna. I bought the long-awaited new release of a novel at the nearby bookstore and Luna smiling left the store with a free part-time job information magazine in her hands.

Then we took a stroll through the park while chit-chatting, slowly getting back to the house under the soft evening sun.

I had become quite relaxed and the instant I opened the door of my room,

“…Bloomer?”

I inadvertently doubted my own eyes.

The top a gym uniform. The bottom a red bloomer.

Dressed in that wonderful outfit, Kaoru was in my room for some reason.

She was just hiding something under my bed and as soon as she noticed me, she hastily corrected her posture, showing a smile to distract.

“Welcome back, Master. Will you take a bath? Will you have dinner? Or, will you take m.y.s.e.l.f?”

“…You showed up again.”

“Your composure is unlimited!?”

Kaorun received a light shock, but I paid it no mind and approached her. Cowering down, I reached my hand under my bed, whereupon I pulled out an erotic book about maids.

“…The older girl is a maid? A gentle introduction to s.e.x? What the heck?”

“Well, I wanted you to understand the merits of maids, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, so I brought it with me at night. If you like, I can go buy some erotic books about little sisters or mothers as well?”

“Fufu, what do you think would happen if my mother or Nazuna were to see that?”

“…I believe a forbidden love would blossom.”

“Okay, get out, this instant. Before I crush your vertex.”

I warned her with a low voice, but Kaorun showed an erotic expression and replied.

“My apologies, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama. You seem angry, so I apologizes. There was also the incident this morning, so to make up for teasing you, I will allow you do something perverted with me.”

While saying so, Kaorun got on all fours on the bed and pointed out her plump bottom into my direction.

Round hips clad in red bloomers.

Without doubt, that beautiful bottom must be full of flexibility. While I ended up getting some bad fantasies, Kaorun turned around her head and showed me a bewitching smile.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, you are allowed to touch it. I do not mind either if you slap it. Please do whatever you want with my bottom.”

Just like to seduce me, Kaorun slowly rocked her waist, seductive jacking her bottom. Upon that, as to show of it’s flexibility, the gorgeous bottom bended, trembled and shook, making the bloomer gradually encroach into the beautiful bottom.

“Fufu, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, just do not stand there staring, but please come over. You are allowed to take them off, you know? I would not mind showing you everything, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama.”

If I were to slide the bloomers down and even take off her underwear, like she tempted me to, I would be able to gaze upon her white bottom. Moreover, with this position, Kaorun’s precious place would come into plain way as well.

For a moment, I forgot myself and reached out my hand, but suddenly I felt something amiss and stopped my movements.

“…Somehow, you’re a bit weird today.”

Previously, Kaorun had told me “Please get used to females with my body”. Because it would hinder the yin-yang technique that Hijiri wanted to use, if I was weak to females. Therefore Kaorun sometimes did some seducing things to me.

But, unlike Hijiri, she never did any aggressive seduction like this now. I could always recognized that she was kind of joking.

…But why did that suddenly change?

Doubtful, I asked softly.

“Don’t tell me, something happened?”

“…Nothing has happened.”

Slowly changing her posture, Kaorun clouded her expression a bit. But it was only for a moment. Then she said “More importantly” to distract, clung to me this time and continued.

“You can do all you want with me, you know? Please do not say anything strange and take this opportunity to enjoy yourself to the fullest.”

Along with a bewitching smile, her beautiful b.r.e.a.s.t.s pressed onto my chest and Kaorun moved her body back and forth. Normally I would get agitated by the sensation of her soft b.r.e.a.s.t.s, but I just couldn’t get Kaorun’s earlier expression out of my hand, so I rested my palm on Kaorun’s head and softly told her.

“I already told you before, but you can rely on me. If it’s really nothing then okay, but if something happened, you can rely on me anytime… Kaoru.”

“K- Kaoru!?”

When I petted her head, Kaorun turned bright red for some reason.

“Wh- Why are you suddenly properly calling me by my name? That is not fair!”

“Ah, it just slipped out. You didn’t like it?”

“No, no! That is not really it, but keep your surprise attacks to a limit! I was trying to seduce you, but you completely ruined that now! Please also stop petting my head, as it is embarra.s.sing!”

Red up to her ears, Kaorun quickly got away from me.

…Maybe Kaorun was the type that was fine with doing the seduction by herself, but got bashful if something was done to her?

The moment I thought of that, Kaorun appeared even cuter than before, which made me smile unintentionally, whereupon she puffed her cheeks a bit, as she was angry.

“Wh- Why are you looking so happy! Just to tell you in advance, I will not get excited anymore. I will remember this!”

Leaving such a parting remark behind, Kaorun left my room with still red cheeks. In regards to that, I watched after her back and once more remembered Kaorun’s gloomy expression from earlier.

…Seriously, what was up with Kaorun?

I was a bit worried, but not so much as to force an answer out of her at this point. I should wait until she was ready to tell me.

Therefore, I sat down on the bed with lingering feelings and started to read the novel that I bought at the bookstore… spending my holiday like that.

But, apparently Kaorun’s seduction was continuing.

After dinner, I was scowling at the talisman, when Elni came into my room and told me this.

“s.h.i.+n.o.bu, the bath is heated up, so get in— is what Kaorun asked me to tell you. Just among us, it seems Kaorun is waiting for you in the bath. Kaorun tried to bribe me off with snacks, but it won’t go so easily.”

Pulling out snacks from her pocket, Elni made a bitter expression and continued with an “I mean,”.

“On a closer look, this heart-shaped chocolate has a crack. It’s kind of sad…”

“No, no, I don’t think Kaorun did that on purpose. Don’t look so sad. And if you want chocolate, I’ll buy you one at the convenience store next time. So, Mad Dog, send my mother to the bath for now.”

“Roger that!”

A complete turn-around from the bitter expression. Elni saluted sternly with a smile, then hurriedly left the room. There I waited for an appropriate time and headed for the anteroom, where I eavesdropped sneakily.

Just like planned, it had turned into the awkward situation of Kaorun and my mother being together in the bath. I could faintly hear their conversation.

“I knew it, your skin is so pretty, Kaoru-chan. And your bottom is so well-formed as well.”

“No, Tomoe-sama, you also— wait, Kyaah! Wh- Why are you suddenly fondling my b.r.e.a.s.t.s! Please stop it! This is s.e.xual hara.s.sment!”

“Ufufu, you’re our maid for today, Kaoru-chan. And maids have to be treated perverted. That’s a rule.”

“Wh- What kind of perverted game development is this… Hyahn… You cannot… Yahn… Seriously… Uhhn.. please stop…”

“Mhm~ I wouldn’t mind stopping if you tell me your b.r.e.a.s.t.s size, Kaoru-chan.”

“—My bust is 95.”

“Hee… let’s see, mhm, mhm. I see, indeed. 85, 57, 84 from the top with a D-cup, I guess? Quite the ideal proportions.”

“H- How can you tell all this just by touching!? Not just s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama, but you as well, Tomoe-sama. Just who are you people!? Or rather, how did it even come to this…?”

After lamenting words, Kaorun raised a bewitching voice, as my mother resumed the s.e.xual hara.s.sment once more. On the other hand, my cheeks gradually turned hotter upon hearing that bewitching voice and while I felt sorry for Kaorun, I quietly left the place…

By the way, afterwards Kaorun lightly beat my chest with the words “s.h.i.+n.o.bu-sama you meanie!”, as her plan was foiled, and then went back to the Gogyou Mansion with teary eyes.

After the end of a fun holiday, it now was after school on Monday. Done with my personal interview for future plans, I left the consolation room and suddenly stopped my feet, looking through the window in the hallway on the grounds outside.

My vision fell on endeavouring sport club students at their club activities. And I also saw some cla.s.smates practicing for the upcoming sports festival.

Recently, our cla.s.ses met up after school, albeit voluntarily, and practiced together pa.s.sionate.

Of course the pa.s.sion of each cla.s.s varied for the sports festival. Some were laid back, some fired up. Our cla.s.s was a prime example of the latter.

That probably was due to the fact that our cla.s.s got along well. To be honest, I wasn’t so enthusiastic about the sports festival as Nazuna. But Machina seemed to look forward to it, so not to spoil her fun, I decided to help out as best as possible.

There, the door of the consolation room suddenly opened and a female with a bit of a baby-face appeared.

It was my homeroom teacher Hiiragi Akane, who moments ago had discussed my future plans with me. When she noticed me, she opened her mouth reserved.

“Nanjou-kun, Minami-san isn’t here yet, even though it’s time for her appointment. Sorry, but could you go call her for me?”

“…If you took a s.e.xy pose, I wouldn’t mind.”

“Tehe~”

On my joke, Hiiragi-sensei threw me a kiss along with a wink.

“Uwah, so s.e.xy.”

Careful to not to say it monotone, I accepted Hiiragi-sensei’s request and started to walk down the hallway with swift steps to search for my cla.s.smate.

Upon that, I ran into Hijiri, who wore her kendo uniform, right at the corner of the hallway, as she was on the way to her club activities. Instantly, Hijiri flushed her cheeks right away and with a panic “U- Uwaaah!” scream, she turned her back to me, running away.

…Ever since we took that bath together, Hijiri had been like that.

Upon seeing me, she would turn bright red and run away.

But well, during cla.s.s she would sometimes sneak a peek at me, so it wasn’t really like she came to hate me.

Still, it was harsh being avoided by Hijiri. Wanting to talk to her properly once, I chased after Hijiri right away, but she turned red up to her ears and tried to escape from me.

…That reaction was rather hurtful. I continued to run without giving up while showing a wry smile and when I finally cornered Hijiri at the end of the hallway, I made dubious motions with my hands and cracked a joke to lighten the atmosphere.

“Hehehe, you sure took up my time. I won’t let you escape any further.”

“Ah, yeah, sorry.”

…Uhm, having my foolery replied with such a normal reaction was quite saddening for me. Lightly shrugging my shoulders, I cleared my throat with a cough and got to the main topic.

“—So? Why are you avoiding me? Are you by chance angry?”

“N- No. That’s not it. Uhm… Isn’t it you, who’s angry?”

“Mh? Why would you think I’m angry?”

“I mean, in the bath… I saw and… touched yours, right? I felt bad and wanted to apologize, but when I see your face, I just keep thinking of weird things…”

While reddening her cheeks, Hijiri faintly wetted her eyes and weakly grabbed my sleeve.

“I’m sorry, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-kun. I apologize for running away…. So please, don’t hate me.”

“No, no. I won’t hate you for something like this and you don’t need to apologize. Weird thoughts apply for you and me. Your body was so pretty that I always think of your— cough.”

Midway noticing my verbal slip, I hastily covered it up with a cough.

But, it wasn’t all too effective. Hijiri turned even redder and cast her eyes down, which made even me embarra.s.sed. I better changed the topic quickly.

Deciding so while scratching my head, I opened my mouth with “Reminds me” after I calmed down.

“have you decided on your future plans yet, Hijiri? For the time being I plan to go to university, but what about you? I guess you’ll join your family business?”

“No, same as you. I plan to go to university.”

“…Is that so?”

Hijiri wanted to changed the exorcist organisation, which treated hybrid devils like Kaorun as tools, by earning achievements as an exorcist. Practically she was working hard for a promise she made with Kaorun in her childhood.

I was aware of that, so I had thought that Hijiri would start working as an exorcist fulltime right after graduation.

So I asked back with surprise, whereupon Hijiri showed a small, wry smile and continued “That said,”.

“I only decided to go to university recently. I actually had planned to take over my family business after graduation. But when I talked with Luna-san over the phone the other day, I became a bit reflective.”

“Reflective?”

“Yeah. I think you already know, but Luna-san wants to go to university, right? After hearing her out, I also pondered about a lot of things. And I came up with an important aim.”

Changing her tone into a serious one, Hijiri s.h.i.+fted her gaze towards the window of the hallway.

“I need my father’s strength to reach that aim. I don’t know yet if it will go well, so it’s a secret to Kaoru-san until then.”

“A secret to Kaorun? That’s rare. Is it somehow related to her?”

On my question, Hijiri smiled softly and firmly nodded with a “Yeah”.

“I hope Kaoru-san will be happy about it…”

With a faintly excited voice, she sparkled her eyes like a kid.

To be honest, I was curious about Hijiri’s aim. But as it was a secret to Kaorun, I got the feeling it would be bad to hear about it before her. Either way, I had forgot the time chatting.

I ended our chat there regretful, parted with Hijiri and searched for Minami again.

Then I found Minami chatting with the cla.s.s representative Katagiri-san in front of the cla.s.sroom.

Instantly, as they noticed me, Katagiri-san smiled suspicious while looking at me and left. Meanwhile Minami showed a friendly smile and waved her hand a bit.

Big eyes that sucked you in and a smooth nose bridge. And two plenty voluminous b.r.e.a.s.t.s. Fascinated by these, I slowly approached Minami.

She— Minami Ouka was my childhood friend.

Well that said, I didn’t realize that at first. She had changed, in a good way.

In the past, she had been a timid cry-baby that couldn’t do anything.

But now she didn’t show any signs of that. She had cut her previously waist-long hair, so until a small incident at the sea school, I didn’t know that Minami was my childhood friend Sakura-chan.

That fact made my chest hurt in regret even now.

However, I hid that and called out to Minami in a casual tone.

“Minami, got a minute?”

“Mh? What? Could it be, you came to see me?”

Minami let her big eyes sparkle, which reminded my of a pet dog that wagged it’s tail upon seeing it’s master. I repressed a smile and replied to Minami with a nod.

“Well, in a way, yes.”

“Really? I’m so happy. I’ll give you a hug.”

With her big b.r.e.a.s.t.s bouncing up and down, Minami reached out both her hands. But, before she could hug me, I pinned her down with one hand on her head, keeping her movements in check.

Instantly, Minami puffed up her cheeks sulking.

“…Geez, you’re so cold, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-chan.”

“Sorry, I don’t go for cheap bait.”

“Ch- Cheap!? I’m not a cheap girl!”

No, that wasn’t what I meant, but as I made her angry, Minami coloured her cheeks red.

“If that’s what you think, why don’t you try to seduce me? I’m actually not that easily swayed by!”

With her cheeks still red, Minami blurted out something rather strange.

To be honest, I wasn’t all too enthusiastic to play along, but Minami urged me with “Come on!” in a strong tone, so with no other choice, I spread both my arms and declared gently.

“Come here.”

“Yay, love you, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-chan!”

…You were swayed by in a second flat.

Regardless of Minami being cheap or not, confronted with such an adorable smile, I was about to be swayed by instead, so I quickly pulled back my body, avoiding Minami’s hug.

—As a matter of fact, even now Minami seemed to be in love with me.

Of course I was happy about these feelings. However, I couldn’t respond to them.

I had properly told Minami about that, but she apparently had no intentions to give up. She often approached me like this and her way of calling me turned from “Nanjou-kun” back to the “s.h.i.+n.o.bu-chan” from the past.

Well, that aside, I told Minami the original matter.

“Minami, stop s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g around and go to the consolation room already. You’re up next for the interview. Hiiragi-sensei is waiting for you.”

“…There’s a lot I want to say, but I’ll refrain from doing so today. I’ll go there immediately. But before that, I have a favour to ask of you, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-chan.”

Beginning to talk, Minami changed her tone into a serious one.

“It’s about the sport festival games. The costume borrowing relay is short on one member. Would you pitch in, s.h.i.+n.o.bu-chan?”

“Let’s see, if you strike a s.e.xy pose for me, I wouldn’t mind consider— wait, hold it! Don’t take off your clothes! I’ll pitch in, so stop it!”

Quickly stopping Minami, I made a sigh and pondered.