Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Volume 10 Chapter 5

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Yuika-chan wants to go on a date!

“Nagase-san! What is going on here?!”

After encountering Yuika at their meet-up location, Keiki swiftly retreated to a nearby toilet in order to question Airi.

“Now now. Calm down, Kiruyu-senpai,” Airi said in a lecturing tone, “This is my Christmas present to you.”

“Your Christmas present?”

“I gave the girlfriend-less Kiryuu-senpai a wonderful date with a beautiful woman as a present!”

“Are you trying to pick a fight with me, Nagase-san?”

“Oh my, are you not entertained? Shouldn’t you be happy about this?”

“You changed my date partner on the day of! That’s cheap fraud, nothing more.”

Keiki felt like he had opened a present expecting to find a new game only to find clothes instead.

“…And here I thought I would go on a date with Nagase-san.”

“Eh? Were you looking forward to your date with me, by any chance?”

“Ah, well…”

“………”

“………”

An awkward silence filled the conversation. Airi spoke up as if she was trying to alleviate the awkwardness.

“W-Well, oh well! Today you’ll just have to escort Yuika around!”

“Ehhhh…”

“I don’t think Yuika will do anything weird like you’re expecting her to.”

“What do you mean?”

“You’ll just have to wait and see.”

Airi’s words clearly implied something, but she gave no more information.

“But it’s true that Yuika has been looking forward to this date. She came to ask me for advice so that she wouldn’t lose against the other Senpais, you know. She wanted to spend this time with you.”

“Yuika-chan did?”

Koga Yuika’s goal was to make Keiki her slave. But he found his heart skipping a beat often because of her. Girls truly were unfair.

“Yuika sure is cute, isn’t she?”

“…When she’s not trying to make me her slave, that is.”

He tried to act calm, but Airi knew that he must have been flustered. She gave a light snicker.

“Take care of Yuika, okay?”

“Fine.”

He couldn’t exactly just go home now that his cute Kouhai had asked him that.

“Ah, but don’t assault Yuika, or I won’t forgive you.”

“It’s more likely that I’ll be the one assaulted.”

Kiryuu Keiki was a virgin. He definitely didn’t have enough courage to take a girl straight to a hotel just like that. He was more afraid that Yuika would tie him up and take him there herself.

The conversation between Airi ended there, and checked himself one last time in the bathroom mirror.

“Yuika-chan put a lot of effort into her appearance today.”

She always looked really charming, but after she put even more effort into her appearance, she looked cuter than ever. Whatever her goal may be, Keiki felt happy that she had gone out of her way to such a degree for him. Men really were simple beings.

After leaving the bathroom, Keiki made his way back to Yuika.

“Thanks for waiting.”

“Welcome back. Did you finish talking with Airi?”

“So you knew, huh?”

“…Are you angry that Yuika is here instead of Airi?”

“I’m not angry.”

“Really? …If you really don’t like it, we can just stop…” Yuika looked up at Keiki with concern.

Keiki just calmly reached his hand out and gently patted her on the head.

“We’re here already, so we might as well go through with the date. You really dolled yourself up, so it’d be a waste not to go out, right?”

“Keiki-senpai…”

“But I have one condition.”

“What is that?”

“For the entire day, anything perverted will be forbidden! Act normal, with no rotten S&M roleplay at the end.”

“Ah, so you found out about our plans.”

“I mean, it was really obvious.”

The four perverts had suddenly turned into pure girls. Anyone rational would have had their doubts. Though he hadn’t expected Shiho to be the mastermind, but that wasn’t really relevant anymore.

“Understood. Yuika will take a break from that for today.”

“What, really?”

“Yuika was planning on doing so from the beginning.”

“Really?”

Apparently, Yuika-chan had sealed away her sadism for the day. If she kept her word, then Keiki might even be able to enjoy the date.

“Then should we go?”

“Yes. For starters…”

Turning towards Keiki, Yuika stretched out her hand.

“Can we hold hands, Senpai?”

“Are you saying that just to keep me from running away?”

“No. Didn’t we just agree that Yuika wouldn’t do any of that today?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Keiki had said this unconsciously. Apparently he was just constantly on guard against perverts.

“We’re just holding hands.”

“Ah, alright…”

Keiki took Yuika’s hand. There was a fresh, unfamiliar feeling to it.

“Ehehe.”

Yuika laughed bashfully, and Keiki himself grew a bit flustered at the sight of how cute she was.

…Oh? When you take out the S&M stuff, isn’t this just like a normal date?

Meeting up with a girl on Christmas Eve, walking through the town. This was as normal as a date could be.

No no no, I can’t let down my guard just yet. She might just be waiting for the moment when I relax, and then devour me whole.

He had been betrayed countless times so far because of his naivety. He would have to be careful.

“I-I’m not that easy of a man, all right?!”

“Why are you acting like a tsundere now? Let’s go, Senpai.”

“O-Okay…”

Pulling Keiki’s hand, the girl headed towards the train station. Thus, Keiki’s Christmas date with Koga Yuika began.

*

When they stepped off the train and made their way outside the station, the town in front of them was filled with Christmas colors. No matter where they looked, everything was sparkling, Christmas songs were playing in the background, and countless people in Santa Claus costumes were standing in front of the stores, selling special cakes. The people walking along the streets were all enjoying themselves as well.

“There are a lot of couples around, huh?”

“Well, it is Christmas Eve.”

Naturally all kinds of couples would use this day to go on dates in town. It’s a once-in-a year event, after all.

Shouma and Koharu-senpai… and even Onizuka-san and Inui-senpai must be out on their own dates as well right now.

Megumi’s self-imposed two-week no-dating ban had long passed. She and Naoya had now became an official couple, and they were probably enjoying their first Christmas Eve together.

“………”

Keiki gazed over at Yuika. Though they weren’t holding hands right now, Yuika remained in a good mood.

“It’s been a while since we went on a date. Right, Keiki-senpai?”

“Now that you mention it…”

His last date with Yuika was back in May. Right before he found out about her fetish.

“So what are we going to do today?”

“Maybe a movie, or some karaoke?”

“No objections from me.”

Yuika loved books, and she also loved movies. She rarely went out to watch them, though, so a change of pace might not be bad. However, Keiki had forgotten one important detail. That today was Christmas Eve—

“………”

“………”

30 minutes later, the two of them were just standing in the middle of the city, spacing out.

“That’s Christmas Eve for you…”

“Both the cinema and karaoke were jam-packed full…”

Indeed, the 24th of December was a prime day for couples to go out. It was a day when almost every couple went out for a date. Not to mention that today was also a holiday, so any sort of entertainment business was packed full of normies. It made sense that standard locations for a date were all packed.

“Well, we could line up and wait?”

“Then again, just standing in line all day would be a waste.”

“Sorry about this. The date fell into place rather abruptly, so I didn’t have time to come up with a proper plan.”

“Don’t make yourself feel down like that. If Yuika is with Keiki-senpai, anywhere is fine, you know?”

“Eh… r-really?”

“…Or so Yuika would say to get Senpai’s heart beating.”

“Don’t go teasing your Senpai, okay?”

Keiki complained, but he felt his face grow hot. When Yuika saw this, she grinned in joy.

I let down my guard… I didn’t think that Yuika-chan’s game would be this strong…

But this was exactly how the girl acted before Keiki had discovered her fetish. She had been rather distant to Keiki in the very beginning, but once they grew closer she had opened up more. She would smile more frequently, making you happy yourself if you watched her. While Keiki was lost in his memories, the girl let out a cute ‘Hoi!’ and clung to his arm.

“Um… Yuika-chan, what are you doing?”

“Isn’t it fine? Everyone else is doing this, too.”

“I mean, yeah, they’re couples.”

“Do you… not like it?”

“I mean, it’s embarrassing…”

“What kind of maiden are you? Shouldn’t you be happy that a cute girl like Yuika is doing this for you?”

“……”

Since this was reality, Keiki couldn’t figure out how to respond. It didn’t feel bad at all.

Yuika-chan sure is more assertive today…

Her suddenly clinging to his arm was completely outside his range of expectations. That might just show how serious she was about winning Keiki over. The odds of this all being part of her slave-ification plan was rather high.

“So what are we going to do now?” Yuika asked.

“Hmm… let’s see, the amusement park nearby is probably no good either.”

“Yuika is bad with crowds.”

“You’re more of the indoor type, aren’t you, Yuika-chan?”

Recently, she had been getting along better with the girls from the calligraphy club, and even Airi, but she was still better with books than with other people.

“Can we just do some light window shopping then?” Yuika asked.

“That doesn’t sound bad. Let’s do it.”

As time passed, the day grew colder. It would soon be too cold to stand around outside. Just when the two of them went to move to a nearby store—

““Merry Christmas!!””

Two beauties in santa costumes called out to them. They had pocket tissues in one hand, baskets in the other. Judging from the time and place, Keiki figured that they must be working at a part-time job, but there was something about them that stood out even more—

“Asahi-san and Yuuhi-san?”

“Oh? Is that Kei-kun?”

“What a coincidence to run into ya here.”

Keiki had seen these two Santas before. Namely, they were the two sisters from the Akiyama household. The one calling Keiki ‘Kei-kun’ was the older sister with short hair, Asahi. The one calling him ‘Kei-chan’ was the younger sister with long hair, Yuuhi.

“Are you out on a part-time job?”

“Yup. Couldn’t catch myself a boyfriend for Christmas Eve, so I ended up working with Asahi-chan to somehow get through this sad time.”

“I-Is that so…?”

That was quite the sad reason to work on Christmas Eve.

“I didn’t have any plans either. Shou-kun is out with Koharu-chan on a date. They didn’t allow me to join them, either, ehe,” Asahi said.

“I don’t blame him.”

Taking your family out on a date with your girlfriend? That’d just be pure torture.

“Are you out on a date as well, Kei-kun? You got a cute girl with you.”

“Ah, yes.”

Asahi directed her gaze to Yuika, who in return gave a stiff greeting.

“Ehm, my name is Koga Yuika. Yuika is a first-year at the same school as Keiki-senpai.”

“Nice to meet you. I’m Akiyama Asahi.”

“I haven’t seen you since the day at the cafe, right?”

“Ah, yes. Yuuhi-san, was it? Nice to see you again.”

Once the quick greeting was over, Asahi gave Yuika a close look.

“Yuika-chan, are you half-Japanese?”

“Yuika is actually a quarter English.”

“Is that so? How cute~”

“Yes, thank you…”

“Hey, can I pat your head? Or hug you? Yuika-tan is so cute… hehehehe…”

“?!”

Overwhelmed by Asahi’s sudden change in attitude, Yuika hid behind Keiki like a small animal.

“K-Keiki-senpai…”

“Asahi-san, you’re scaring Yuika-chan.”

“My, what a shame.”

Yuika was the exact opposite of the energetic Asahi.

“Santa-san will give you this as an apology.”

“…T-Thank you very much…”

Yuika received pocket tissues from Asahi.

“Kei-chan, you take some as well.”

“Thanks.”

Yuuhi also gave some to Keiki. These sorts of tissues were often handouts that different companies gave away, and they often had advertisements within.

“An aquarium, huh…?”

Apparently, you could take the bus from here to the aquarium, which was holding a Christmas event.

“It seems like they have a special dolphin show today.”

“It doesn’t seem to be crowded yet, either, so if you haven’t decided where to go yet, how about you check it out?”

Asahi and Yuuhi gave their spiel.

“What should we do?”

“Yuika thinks it sounds interesting.”

“Then let’s go.”

“Sure,” Yuika returned a smile.

Leaving the sisters behind, the two of them made their way towards their newly-found date destination.

It took them around thirty minutes to get there by bus. Though it wasn’t devoid of people by any means, it was much more comfortable to walk around compared to the amusement park or restaurants, especially for someone like Yuika who was bad with crowds.

“Keiki-senpai! Look, sharks! They have sharks!”

“You’re right.”

Yuika’s eyes sparkled as she watched the sharks soar through the water. There were other fish inside the tank, and Keiki watched them in bemusement.

“Are the other fish not going to get eaten by the sharks?”

“Apparently, if you feed the sharks enough, they don’t have any interest in doing so.”

“Ohh, you sure know a lot.”

“Yuika is an active book reader, after all.”

She really was a bookworm. Back when he first met her, about all she had done was read books.

“Yuika-chan, you were called the ‘Angel of the Library Room’ back when you started attending the school, you know?”

“Eh, people called Yuika that?”

“It was just the Senpai from the library committee, mostly.”

“That’s the first Yuika has heard of this.”

“And also ‘Blondie-chan’.”

“That’s just judging Yuika from her appearance.”

While they exchanged short words like this, they made their way through the aquarium. They watched the fish get fed or play with each other. Time passed quickly.

“It’s pretty dark in here.”

“Are you getting cold?”

“Yuika is fine, thank you very much.” Yuika smiled happily at Keiki’s sympathetic words.

Unlike her devilish sadistic smile, this smile brimmed with cuteness.

That exchange just now… sure was like we were lovers.

Honestly speaking, it felt really good. Going on a date at the aquarium with a Kouhai like her almost made it feel like they were normies. More than anything, he enjoyed spending time with her.

“Ah! Look at this, Keiki-senpai! They even have penguins!”

“Ahh, you’re right.”

Yuika pointed at the corner of the reservoir. A black and white penguin waddled over to greet them. The reservoir had both water and a shoreline, and the penguins could swim in the water or relax on the shore, enjoying their penguin life.

“Did you know that penguins don’t have teeth?”

“Well, most birds don’t, right?”

“They’re so cute. They’re so agile in the water, but on the ground they waddle so helplessly that it makes Yuika want to pick them up.”

“Yeah, I understand.”

That really was cute.

“Speaking of penguins, Nanjou has a penguin stuffed toy.”

“A stuffed toy?”

“Yeah. A rather crude-looking one called Sergeant Penguin. We went to a game center before, and she apparently took a liking to it, so I got it for her.”

During her slump period, Keiki had gone to visit her house, and he spotted it there. Apparently she really treasured it.

“Hmph…”

“Yuika-chan?”

“…You’re on a date with Yuika, so don’t talk about other girls…”

“O-Ohh…”

What was that? It was so cute. It was like when she said she wanted to monopolize Keiki and make him her slave, but it was awfully adorable at the same time.

“As punishment, I want you to take a selfie with Yuika in front of the penguins.”

“I would have done that even without the punishment.”

Keiki took out his smartphone to take the picture. But before he could do anything, Yuika spotted something, and raised her voice.

“Huh? That one’s wings are a different color.”

Keiki followed her gaze. In one corner of the reservoir, there was a single penguin standing in solitude.

“You’re right. Weird.”

The penguin didn’t look all that different from the others, but one wing was colored entirely white. The other penguins had grouped together, relaxing on the rocks or diving into the water, but he stood alone, looking awfully lonely.

“Maybe that penguin is all alone…” Yuika watched this with a sad look on her face.

Suddenly, another penguin approached this white one, only to be shooed away immediately.

“Woah…”

“It’s acting almost like Yuika back when she first started attending the school…”

Yuika would always read books on her own. She didn’t try to get closer to anybody, just passed time doing what she enjoyed the most. She probably saw a bit of herself in that penguin. The desire to not be approached definitely was similar to how Yuika was in the past.

“Ah, that one from before is going up to it again.”

The penguin who had been driven away yet again approached the white penguin. Almost like it was brimming with confidence, the black penguin rubbed itself against the white one. This time around, the white penguin didn’t drive it away. Maybe because it had given up, or maybe because it had just been embarrassed the first time. Yuika watched this scene with a relieved smile.

“That’s good. Apparently it has friends as well.”

“Sure looks like it.”

Maybe they were family, or friends, or even a lover. The two penguins looked happy now.

“…That’s how Keiki-senpai kept talking to Yuika before.”

“Eh?”

“Fufu, nothing at all,” Yuika covered her mouth and smiled.

She took Keiki’s hand and started walking again.

“Now let’s see what else they have!”

Naturally, Keiki had no reason to turn her down. Their aquarium date had just begun.

*

After that, Keiki and Yuika enjoyed their time at the aquarium. They walked through the underwater tunnel, touched starfish and hermit crabs at the petting corner, and watched the dolphin show.

They ate their lunch at a nearby food court, enjoying what seemed to be seafood curry. Then, while they were looking around the gift shop for souvenirs, someone called out to them.

“Ah, there he is! Kei-kun!”

“Yuika-chan’s with him.”

Suddenly, the two Santa girls came approaching them. For some reason, Asahi and Yuuhi looked awfully rushed and slightly panicked.

“What happened to you two?”

“We got a call from our client after that. They said we could stop handing out tissues, but they wanted us to help with the event.”

“What event?”

“This.”

Yuuhi handed Keiki a flyer. Written on there was ‘Calling all Couples: Princess Carry Contest’.

“Calling all couples…”

“…Princess carry contest?”

Keiki and Yuika tilted their heads in confusion at the same time.

“What exactly is this about?”

“As you can see, this contest is for couples to show how lovey-dovey they are by doing a princess carry.”

“I don’t get it.”

Asahi started explaining.

“Basically, the boyfriend is supposed to carry the girlfriend in a princess carry. The winner gets a gift card for the bookstore worth 3000 yen.”

“3000 yen, huh? That’s pretty generous.”

He had to admit that this was quite an impressive prize.

“Yeah, but we haven’t gotten many participants… For now, we called Shou-kun and Koharu-chan here.”

“During their date…?”

“And we were hoping that maybe you two could participate as well. How about it?”

“Hmm… I’m fine with it. What about you, Yuika-chan?”

When he looked to his side, Yuika’s gaze was glued to the pamphlet.

“Keiki-senpai?”

“Yes?”

“Yuika wants this!”

“I figured. You can buy a lot of books with 3000 yen.”

For a high school student, 3000 yen was quite a large amount for spending on books. For a book-lover like her, it had to have been a really sweet deal.

“I don’t know if we can win, but do you wanna try?”

“Yes!”

Thus, in order to win the bookstore voucher for his cute girlfriend, Keiki decided to participate in the Christmas event.

“We’ll call you once the time comes, so stand by in the waiting room until then.”

Led by Asahi, Keiki and Yuika made their way to where they were told. They soon found the aforementioned waiting room. It was furnished like a company meeting room with a conference table and desk chairs. When they entered, the two of them found the other contenders.

“Oh, if it isn’t Keiki and Koga-san?”

“We keep running into each other in the weirdest places, don’t we?”

Sitting on the chairs in front of them were the neatly dressed-up Shouma, and the grown-up looking Koharu.

“Since you’re here, I take it that you’re also participating, Keiki?”

“Oh, right. Asahi-san said you’d be here as well, Shouma.”

“Exactly. We were on our date in town when she gave me a call and begged me to come here.”

“I just had to help her out. I remembered how hard it was to gather participants for the pool event back then.”

“You were looking for participants with tears in your eyes, weren’t you, Koharu-senpai?”

They were talking about the time Keiki and the other members of the calligraphy club, as well as Mizuha, had gone to the pool. Back then, though, the prize had been rather disappointing. Koharu knew the frustration of not getting anybody to join an event, and she had the kindness of heart to step forward herself.

“Kiryuu-kun, are you on a date with Koga-san?”

“Yeah, Asahi-san and Yuuhi-san told us about this aquarium.”

“And just so you know, we’re planning on winning the book store voucher.”

After Keiki answered, Yuika gave the reason that they were participating. Since she knew both of them, Yuika had no trouble talking. But then yet another couple arrived.

“Hello? Is this the waiting roo—Oh, huh?”

Right when she entered the room, her eyes opened wide at the sight of Keiki.

“If it ain’t Kiryuu-shi and Koga-chan. Not to mention Akiyama-shi and the rumoured Legal Loli-senpai.”

“What a coincidence to run into you.”

It was Onizuka Megumi and Inui Naoya, who had just started dating a few days back.

“So you came here as well, Onizuka-san?”

“Yup. When we were out near the train station, these Santa girls handed us tissues.”

“We thought we might as well check it out.”

“So the same as us,” Keiki said.

Apparently, the two of them had also been invited by the Akiyama sisters. Still, it was a weird coincidence for all of them to gather in a place like this.

“Since you’re here, I take it that you’re participating in the event as well, Kiryuu-shi?”

“Yeah, Yuika-chan wanted the bookstore voucher.”

“Ohhh…?” Megumi raised one eyebrow. “Kiryuu-shi, did you start dating Koga-chan?”

“No, I actually tried to go on a date with Nagase-san, but she switched places with Yuika-chan.”

“Huh? …Eh? What?” Megumi blinked a few times, clearly not following.

Not giving her any time to process, Shouma called out to her.

“Onizuka-san. Are you participating, too?”

“Ah. Right, right. We’re out on a Christmas date, so we might as well do something couple-like.”

“I know, right?! Not to mention a princess carry! That sounds wonderful!”

“Ohh, so you understand it, Ootori-paisen!”

Koharu and Megumi immediately got along. They started chit-chatting, and after some time passed, the Santa sisters came back.

“Now then, everyone! It’s time for the event, so we’re moving to the stage.”

“Follow us, will ya?”

““““““Okaay!””””””

Led by Asahi and Yuuhi, the participants started walking towards the nearby stage.

The stage for the event was outside the aquarium. It was quite a simple stage, not much more than a platform to stand on, but it was big enough for all of them.

“There’s a lot of people here.”

“Even guests with children.”

Beneath the winter sky, couples and families had gathered in front of the stage, all of them looking quite excited.

“Everyone! Thanks for gathering here! We’ll be starting the special event, the princess carry contest, right now! The moderators will be I, Akiyama Asahi, and—”

“Her younger sister, Akiyama Yuuhi! Stay with us until the end, okay?!”

Asahi and Yuuhi were given a round of applause. They had handed out tissues in this cold, and now they were standing on a stage. The part-time Santas must have it rough.

“Then let’s start out by introducing the participants! From the right of the stage, the Onizuka Megumi-san and Inui Naoya-kun couple! Both of them are childhood friends, and they started dating just a while ago!”

“Childhood friends becoming a couple is something wonderful.”

“Beside them, we have the Koga Yuika-san and Kiryuu Keiki-kun couple! The two of them are members of the same club at school, so they’re as close as a real couple.”

“A Senpai Kouhai relationship is something great, isn’t it?”

“Finally, we have the Ootori Koharu-chan and Akiyama Shouma-kun couple! Shouma-kun is actually our younger brother!”

“Koharu-chan might look like a loli, but she’s actually a third-year in high school, so don’t call the police. Thank you for your understanding.”

Some of the audience members chuckled at Yuuhi’s joke. The two of them made for excellent emcees.

“I’ll go ahead and explain the rules, okay? The boy will carry the girl like a princess, and the couple who can stay like that the longest will be the winner!”

“The winning pair will receive a bookstore voucher worth 3000 yen, so try your best!”

Asahi and Yuuhi finished the explanation and signaled that the competition was about to start.

“Even if our enemy is Kiryuu-kun, we’re not going to hold back!”

“Yuika will try her best to win the bookstore voucher!”

“Nobody can win against me if I get serious!”

Koharu, Yuika, and Megumi all voiced their determination.

“We’ll be the ones doing the most work, though…”

“Luckily, they’re rather small.”

Keiki and Shouma exchanged some light words.

“I’m the indoor type, so I really don’t have any confidence…” Naoya muttered.

“Then could the boys please prepare!”

Following Asahi’s instructions, Keiki faced Yuika.

“Then… if you would?”

“Y-Yeah…”

He had touched her body countless times until now. They had held hands, crossed arms, and he even touched her breasts before onn accident. Even so, he couldn’t help but feel nervous again. He carefully put his right hand in the girl’s shoulder, his left hand on her waist, and lifted her up in one fluid motion.

“…If you say that Yuika is heavy, she’ll never forgive you, okay?”

“I won’t, I won’t,” Keiki grinned at this cute line.

When he checked his right and left, he saw Shouma and Naoya taking similar positions with their partners.

“Now the princess carry contest is in full action! If you break down, you’re out, so try hard not to let your princess fall! How about we get a few words from the contestants?”

Asashi-san was in high spirits. She had always been the cheerful, energetic type, so a job like this might be quite fit for her.

“Shouma-kun is holding Koharu-chan so gallantly!”

“Heh, I have to live through tennis training every day,” Shouma said with a confident smile. “Koharu-chan is really light, as well. I could carry her forever.”

“Fufu, if I can be carried by Shouma-kun like this, I wouldn’t mind staying small for the rest of my life,” Koharu snickered from inside Shouma’s arms.

“Excuse me, but my younger brother’s girlfriend is way too cute?!”

“This is some deadly cuteness…”

The sisters each said their own words of admiration. Additionally, the audience let out a roar of excitement.

“Kei-chan and Koga-san look pretty good to me, as well.”

“Well, I got Yuika-chan, so I’m on the good end.”

Though she wasn’t quite as small as Koharu, Yuika was still rather small in stature. Naturally, she wasn’t as light as a feather, but he would be able to maintain this position for a while. However, the Megumi and Naoya team—

“Ugh… Heavy…”

“Excuse me?! I’m a girl, so of course I’m not heavy at all!”

Naoya’s knees were shaking from the weight of his beloved childhood friend. After hearing this exchange, laughter came from the audience.

“It seems like at least one pair is having a tough fight.”

“Even if she’s a girl, people are heavy to begin with~”

The two moderators were trying to lighten the mood, but Megumi was already in a state of panic.

“Nao-kun! You can do it! At this rate, they’ll think I’m overweight!”

“Sorry, Megumi-chan… But I’m the indoor type, so…”

“Nao-kuuuuuun?!”

Thus, Naoya broke.

“Ohh, Inui-kun collapsed! Are you okay?! …Ah, he got up again.”

“Sorry, Megumi-chan. Are you okay?”

“…I’m not going to talk to you for a while.”

“No way?!”

From the sounds of it, Megumi was quite irritated that the princess carry hadn’t lasted any longer.

“By the way, how long do you think that was?”

“…T-Ten minutes?”

Hearing Megumi’s response, the audience let out a roar. Keiki almost let go of his princess in the process, but he barely managed to hold on to her.

“They’re flirting while bickering! I’m so jealous!”

“It’s a shame, but please make your way off the stage now that you’re out, okay?”

Following Yuuhi’s instructions, Megumi and Naoya stepped off the stage.

“Now that the Onizuka-san pair is out, it will be a one-on-one match between the Koga-san team and the Ootori-san team!”

“What an abrupt development.”

Five minutes after the beginning, Megumi and Naoya dropped out.

But this might actually be pretty tough…

Naturally, it wasn’t because Yuika was heavy. It was more like her was small, but she was still a high school student. Since he hadn’t done any extensive muscle training, Keiki had his human limits. When he took a peek at his right, he met eyes with Shouma, who gave him a confident smile.

“If you’re going to give up, you might as well do it early, don’t you think?”

“Nah, I can still keep going.”

“Heh. Not bad, Keiki.”

“Right back at you, Shouma.”

The two grinned at each other.

“But just this once, I can’t afford to lose.”

“What?”

“If I win this, Koharu-chan said she’d kiss me on the cheek!”

“I was wondering why you were so serious about this!”

Keiki had been wondering why Shouma was trying so hard even though this event was basically interrupting his precious date, but it sounded like there had been negotiations going on behind the scenes. That being said, no matter how light Koharu might be, she should still weigh more than 30 kilograms. In other words, he was carrying the weight of three 10kg rice bags. Even for Shouma, who had a trained body, there had to be a limit. As if to prove it, sweat started to build up on his face, much like Keiki’s as well.

“Ugh…!”

“Oh, Kei-kun, are you okay?!”

“I…I’m fine…”

For a second, Keiki was close to accidentally dropping Yuika.

“Keiki-senpai, you can do it!”

“Yeah… but, honestly speaking…”

Around ten minutes had passed, and he felt his arms growing numb. It was only a matter of time now before defeat would occur. Seeing this, Yuika whispered a soft voice up at him.

“If you win, Yuika will give you a great reward, okay?”

“A reward?”

“She will listen to one request of yours, whatever it may be.”

“What… did you say?”

Whatever it may be? So, it could even be something slightly lewd, as long as it didn’t cross the line? No no no, of course he wouldn’t go as far as to commit sexual harassment. That was for a married couple.

Maybe I can make her wear some costumes?

Like a school swimsuit, or a nurse outfit? Maybe a Chinese dress? He already had photos of Yuika in a bunny girl and a mad saved on his phone, so maybe something more exotic would be better.That—might possibly be the best Christmas present ever.

“Woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Let’s do thiiiiiiis!”

Limitless power started surging up from every fiber of his being. When he pictured Yuika wearing cosplay, Keiki broke through his limits like a transformed superhero.

“Ohhh?! Kei-kun has made a glorious comeback?! It looked like Yuika-chan was whispering something into his ear! Maybe she made him some kind of special promise?!”

“Boys are really simple.”

Keiki didn’t even bother listening to what Asahi and Yuuhi were saying. His life revolved around continuing the princess carry.

“Sorry about this, Shouma, but I can’t afford to lose that easily.”

“That’s the Keiki I know.”

In order to have his Kouhai cosplay. In order to receive a kiss from the Senpai he loved. Desires and wishes battled against the other, and the two went above and beyond what was humanly possible in this relatively simple princess carry contest.

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

“The goal is to go… EVEN FURTHER BEYOND!!”

Having already passed their limits, Keiki and Shouma mustered up the last ounce of their strength and screamed towards the heavens above. And, at the end of the battle—

*

“I’m sorry that we couldn’t win in the end…”

In the bus as they made their way to the train station, Keiki apologized for their soul-crushing defeat. In the end, Shouma and Koharu had taken the win, leaving Keiki unable to give Yuika the bookstore voucher as a present.

“Don’t be. Yuika is happy that you worked your hardest.”

“Really?”

“Yes… And also, Yuika already got what she wanted.”

In her hands, she held a single picture. It was the participation prize. It showed the moment when she had been carried by Keiki like a princess.

“…Fufu,” Yuika gazed at the picture happily.

When he saw this, Keiki felt glad that they participated in the event.

“Ah, that reminds me, Yuika-chan.”

“What is it?” Yuika lifted up her head.

Keiki proceeded to take out a small envelope from the pocket of his jacket.

“Before I forget it, here’s your Christmas present.”

“A Christmas present?”

When she opened the envelope, Yuika’s eyes went wide.

“This is…”

It was a penguin keychain. Since Yuika had been observing the penguins with so much passion, he had secretly bought this for her at the souvenir store.

“It looked like you really liked the penguins, so…”

“Thank you very much. Yuika will treasure it.”

From the looks of it, Yuika was really happy. She embraced the present with both her arms, flashing a gleeful smile.

“Ah, but… Yuika didn’t get you anything…”

“It’s fine.”

“It’s not. Not giving anything back would go against the pride of the Koga Family.”

“It’s not that big of a—”

“Kiss.”

“?!”

Keiki’s words were interrupted by a sudden kiss on the cheek.

“Fufu. This is Yuika’s Christmas present for you.”

“O-Okay…”

“Did you like it?”

“Thank you very much,” Keiki was so flustered that he gave an automatic reply.

There was no boy who wouldn’t be happy after being kissed like this.

“By the way, Keiki-senpai?”

“Hm?”

“If we won, what kind of request would you have asked Yuika for?”

“………No comment.”

He averted his eyes immediately, earning himself a slight snicker from Yuika. He felt glad that he had given her this present instead.

After they arrived at the train station, they would ride the train home, and the date would come to an end. He felt slightly regretful about that fact, and that showed how much he enjoyed today’s date. But at the same time, there was something that caught his attention.

Yuika-chan didn’t act sadistically at all today…

Keiki did say that he wouldn’t allow any S&M roleplay right at the start, and she kept her word. Now that her battle for a date with Keiki had come to an end, she had no reason to act innocent anymore. Yet she decided to seal away her sadistic self. Did she have a change of heart after all?

“Ah, there’s the station.”

“Yeah, you’re right…”

While he was thinking this, the bus arrived at its destination, disrupting Keiki’s ability to figure out the meaning behind all of this.