Chapter 52 - Ponky Game (1/2)
Ponky Game
“Last time, I was thinking that if I got this, what would I do?”
After finishing dinner, we were sitting on the sofa while eating snacks and watching TV, when Hiirgi-chan said that.
“If you got what?”
“This, this.”
Hiiragi-chan held a Ponky between her fingers and waved it in front of me. [1] It was a long and thin rod-shaped snack coated with a layer of chocolate.
“Haah. What about the ponky?”
“Remember the last time I went to a drinking party, and I told you about how it seemed like a mixer and everything?”
Yeah, I nodded in confirmation. While I was spending time with her at the house drinking party afterwards, Hiiragi-chan told me about what actually happened at the get-together.
“I was wondering if they were going to do he King’s Game or some other lewd game of some sort.” [2]
“You left part way through though.”
“It’s because I thought Seiji-kun would be lonely.”
Uuu. She’s still saying that. It seemed that she had taken a liking to the text that I sent that day, so ever since that day, she would mention it whenever she had the chance. She’s definitely just teasing me about that matter.
“And then. What about Ponky?”
“Doesn’t it just give off the image of being a staple at mixers and stuff? The game where two people start off eating from either end.”
Aaah, the Ponky game. Do you really do that at a mixer…?
“Rather than at a mixer, wouldn’t it be more like a hostess bar?”
“Eh? What did you just say?”
“I said, you don’t really do that kind of stuff at a mixer. Rather, that kind of stuff would be more often seen at a hostess bar—”
“Why do you know about something like that?”
Hiiragi-chan’s eyes were serious.
“…”
This was a huge self-destruct on my part. In the present time, I had been taken along two or three times by my superiors. If I told her that, would she believe me?
There’s no way…
“I have an older relative who’s hooked on hostess bars and stuff. And so, sometimes I hear a little bit about it…”
“Ah, I see. You surprised me there! I almost thought that Seiji-kun had been before.”
Pachin, Hiiragi-chan put her hands together in an accepting pose.
I patted my chest in relief.
Nice job, my relative. Who it is, I don’t know.
“That can’t possibly be the case. I’m still underaged after all.”
“Even if you come of age, you can’t, okay?”
Hiiragi-chan’s eyes were serious.
“Y—yeah… t-that’s obvious…”
Scared of the light in her eyes, I unconsciously became an Edokko. [3]
“And, thinking that you might be playing the Ponky game, were you scared, Haruka-san?”
“Yeah. I didn’t think I would like it. I mean, it would be with a male that I didn’t like.”
I too wouldn’t want that. I don’t want to imagine it.
“In that case ♪”
Hiiragi-chan stuck a Ponky into my mouth.
“The two of us, let’s try it?”
“Wait, it’s fine but—”
“Hold still, let me join in.”
Since Hiiragi-chan looked like she was having fun, I quietly listen to her. In the first place, how do you even determine who wins or loses for the game?
She ended up biting onto the other side. At such a close distance, our eyes met.
““…””
Becoming embarrassed, the two of us diverted our gaze. Then, Hiiragi-chan made up her mind, looked this way, and took one bite forward.
“Fuu, fuun.”
Most likely, she’s trying to say something like, it’s Seiji-kun’s turn, or something like that. I was also quite embarrassed, but I still took my bite. Once again, the distance between our faces decreased.
““…””
Becoming embarrassed, the two of us diverted our gaze. This is 100 times more embarrassing than just kissing. Do adults in this world really do this?
“!”
Saku saku. Hiiragi-chan continued to eat, while I too continued to eat.
Saku.
Saku.
What should I do…? It’s so embarrassing. Hiiragi-chan’s face is also red.
Saku saku.
Saku saku.
Saku. Saku.
Saku, saku.
We were already both quite embarrassed, but still focused.
Then.
Saku saku—chuu.
“Fuyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!? We kiissssssssssed.”
“Uwaaaaaaaah, we kisssssseeeeeed.”