Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Volume 11 Chapter 4

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The First Pervert

That night, Keiki sat on his bed, thinking about the incident that had happened a few hours prior.

“Sayuki-senpai confessed to me.”

Keiki was caught by surprise on his way home, driven into a corner, avoided the crowd, and finally heard the girl’s true feelings.

“She even said she didn’t need the response right away…”

Keiki was already having trouble thinking of a response for Yuika, and now a second confession had surfaced. Naturally, that meant that Keiki had to think about the response for that as well.

“How do I feel about Sayuki-senpai?”

She was the Senpai who Keiki had always admired. She had good grades, was very skilled in calligraphy, and the sight of her painting with her brush had robbed Keiki of his breath several times. At the same time, he found her cute. How she could be clumsy at times, how she pouted now and again, how she could act childish… He liked all of that.

“Well, the instant I found out she’s a hardcore masochist, that image of a perfect Senpai was ruined…”

He thought back to his Senpai’s fall from grace, as she held that red dog collar in her hand, pushing the leash towards Keiki.

“‘Please make me your pet,’ she said. What a horrible line to hear from a Senpai you admire.” Keiki laid face-up on his bed, thinking back to that time. “She was the very first pervert I met, wasn’t she?”

Ever since Keiki had started searching for Cinderella, Tokihara Sayuki was the first pervert he had encountered. And she was one of the more extreme ones as well.

“She wants to be my pet, she wants to go on a walk like she’s a dog… Honestly, I got a headache every time she asked for that…”

They went on a date to the amusement park, only for him to find out she wasn’t wearing any panties. She had worn underwear she had stolen from Keiki’s room. She was constantly acting like a pervert. But when Keiki had to make a choice between the student council with Ayano and the calligraphy club, Keiki chose the latter. The student council was a comfortable place, thanks to Shiho’s kind leadership. Ayano was a comfortable classmate, and there were other cute Kouhais. And yet Keiki had decided to return to the calligraphy club. Because he didn’t want to move away from the place where he had spent more than a year together with the girl.

“Do I… actually like Sayuki-senpai?”

It was true that Keiki liked Tokihara Sayuki as a person. But if you asked him if this was romantic affection, Keiki had no confidence in his answer.

“Both Yuika-chan and Sayuki-senpai said they’d stop being perverts, so I just have to figure out my own feelings…”

Keiki had planned on removing the perverted attribute from the girls in the calligraphy club, and ultimately wanted to get a girlfriend in the process, but he wouldn’t have imagined that those same perverts would actually confess to him.

Angelic Keiki-kun: “Basically, their attributes don’t have anything to do with your choice, right?”

Evil Keiki-kun: “It’s about who you like more, right?”

Angelic Keiki-kun: “No, no, no. There’s also the choice where you don’t pick anybody.”

Evil Keiki-kun: “Or go out with both of them at the same time?”

Angelic Keiki-kun: “You can’t two-time like that.”

Evil Keiki-kun: “But, I want a cute girlfriend~”

Angelic Keiki-kun: “Yeah, that~”

Yet again, the angel and devil inside Keiki came to an agreement. Of course, Keiki wanted a girlfriend. He’s a healthy high school boy. Should he choose the cheerful and cute younger Koga Yuika, or should he choose the beautiful and enjoyable Onee-san Tokihara Sayuki? Or should he continue to protect his chastity and choose neither?

“What should I do about this?”

“…Nii-san?”

“Mizuha?!”

A voice suddenly responded to Keiki’s outburst, and he realized that the door was half-open, with his little sister Mizuha taking a peek inside.

Don’t tell me she heard that?!

It’d be bad if this exhibitionistic girl had found out about the two confessions. Mizuha might look calm on the inside, but if things go south, she’s one of the first who’d go crazy. She might actually target her Onii-chan’s chastity at this rate.

“I never knew Nii-san was agonizing about it this much.”

“I-It’s not that!”

“It’s fine. I totally get it.”

“Huh?”

“You’re debating between if you want to invade your little sister’s bath or sniff her underwear first, right?”

“What kind of hellish choices are those?!”

“Personally, I’d love it if you could sniff my panties while watching me take a shower.”

“That’d make me an awful pervert!”

Keiki hoped to high heaven that no such older brother existed in this world.

“Then what are you so troubled about?”

“That’s…” Keiki thought about it for a while. “I was wondering which is better: Big breasts or small breasts.” He came up with the worst possible response.

“And your conclusion is?”

“You can’t compare them. Everyone has their own taste.”

“What a mediocre conclusion. The bath is free, by the way, so you can take yours next.”

“Yes, I will gladly do so.” Keiki felt like he had lost something very important, but he still felt happy that he had managed to hide it from Mizuha. While putting the thinking about confessions on hold, Keiki enjoyed his bath.

*

“Sup, Kiryuu.”

“Ohh, Nanjou. Sup!”

The next Monday morning, when Keiki opened his shoe box, Mao called out to him. She was wearing a coat on top of her uniform, with her school bag hanging down from her shoulder as she took out her slippers from the shoebox. After they both finished changing shoes, they headed to the classroom together. Mao spoke up in a nonchalant tone.

“…That reminds me.”

“Hm?”

“Is it true that you had a lover’s quarrel with the club prez last week?”

“…How do you know about that?”

Of course, she was talking about that reverse wall-slam. Keiki had assumed that none of the calligraphy club members were present, but…

“Megumi sent me an email.”

“It was Onizuka-san, huh?”

That’s the student council’s vice president for you. The news had reached her quite quickly. Then again, it wouldn’t have taken long for rumors to spread.

“I heard that the club prez pulled a reverse wall-slam on you? And you looked like you were really enjoying it?”

“That’s… not true…”

“Clearly not.”

“I mean, her breasts were basically rubbing against me.”

“Woah, Kiryuu, you’re a total pervert.”

“I don’t want to hear that from a BL doujinshi artist.”

She was the kind of pervert who’d fantasize about boys and men from around her mingling with each other. Keiki felt he was much better off mentally than a BL manga. And while they were talking back and forth about perverts, they made their way up the stairs.

“Kiryuu, you’d been avoiding the club prez as of late, right?”

“Yeah…”

“Did that get resolved?”

“I guess, but another problem appeared in the process?”

“What kind of problem?”

“…Well, it’s a bit complicated…”

Just like Mizuha, Mao was a pervert who was targeting Keiki (and the material he could provide her). He wanted to avoid leaking the fact that he had been confessed to. But what were the right words to say here?

“…You’re always hiding something.”

“Nanjou?” Keiki turned around. There, he saw Mao standing still on the stairs.

She directed her obviously-displeased gaze up towards Keiki.

“When a man is hiding something, it’s usually because he’s cheating, isn’t it?”

“What are you talking about?!”

“I’m just doubting you. I’m wondering if you threw Akiyama away to take the club prez.”

“Just for the record, I’ve never once gone out with Shouma, nor do I have any plans to do so.”

Where did that even come from?

“Then there’s nothing going on between the club prez and you?”

“Y-Yeah, nothing at all.”

“So you say, but knowing you, you probably got cornered by her and your thing grew huge.”

“Seriously what are you talking about?!”

That was a really dirty joke, even for Mao.

“You cheater! Keeki should only have eyes for Shouto!”

“Okay, is this what I think it is?! You were working on your manuscript all night, weren’t you?!”

“I sure was! What of it?!”

That explained a lot. This side-tail girl had worked on her manuscript until early morning. Since Mao was skilled at putting on make-up, Keiki couldn’t tell right away, but now that he looked closer, he could see bags beneath her eyes. She must be suffering from a lack of sleep.

“Let’s go to the infirmary.”

“The infirmary?”

“Yeah, we’ll go ask Tachibana-sensei to give you a bed.”

“I don’t think it’s good to skip classes!”

“When did you turn into such a diligent person? There’s no way you can take classes seriously like this.”

“Fine, then. I’ll take a nap if you sleep with me.”

“No, I won’t. What are you talking about?”

“Hmph. So stingy.”

“What kind of cute face are you trying to make? Stop pouting.”

When he saw his classmate puff her cheeks, Keiki’s heart tightened. Nanjou-san might just be the type of person to end up acting like a spoiled kid. At the same time, that just showed how tired she must be, which was why Keiki took her hand and led her to the infirmary.

“I can go by myself. We don’t have to hold hands.”

“And who was it that almost collapsed on the day of the shrine visit?”

“Now that you mention it, I don’t have anything to rebut that with…”

“See? Let’s go.”

“…Fine.”

Mao stopped resisting and started just following Keiki silently.

“Good grief, why do you have to work so hard?”

She’d been totally out of it during the shrine visit as well. Why had she been going overboard so much as of late? Offering every part of yourself for something you like is a good thing, but Keiki felt worried that she would break down from the exhaustion.

“…Does Keiki like the club prez?”

“………”

While he was leading Mao to the infirmary, Keiki heard something quiet muttered behind him, but because of all the confusion and stress as of late, he decided to ignore it.

Once school came to an end, Keiki made his way to the clubroom.

“Good work today~” He gave a brief greeting as he entered inside. He spotted Sayuki sitting on the tatami mats, greeting him with a smile.

“Ah, Keiki-kun. Good work today.”

“H-Hello, Sayuki-senpai.”

The confession came to Keiki’s mind again, making him feel slightly embarrassed. Trying to hide it, he headed over to his usual spot and put down his bag. Right when he sat down on the folding chair, he remembered what he was supposed to share.

“Oh, right. Nanjou isn’t coming today.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yeah, she’s still pretty busy.”

After taking a rest in the morning, Mao went to her classes in the afternoon. She told Keiki ‘I’m working on my manuscript, so I’m going home’ and left the classroom before anyone else.

“Also, Mizuha said she has cleaning duty, so she’ll probably be late.”

“I see… Oh right, Koga-san mentioned she went over to the library office today.”

“Oh really? That sounds like her.”

“Basically, it’s just the two of us until Mizuha-san shows up, isn’t it~?”

“Huh?”

“Fufufu, Keiki~~~kun!”

“Woah?!”

It was a surprise attack. Sayuki suddenly appeared behind Keiki, embracing him from behind. Her hands wrapped around his neck and started tickling his chest. At the same time, her well-endowed chest sent a warm sensation down his back.

“Sayuki-senpai?! What are you doing?!”

“Hmm? I’m just showing you my love for you.”

“In this position, your something else is showing something else entirely!”

“I’m just using my womanly weapons. It’d be a waste not to use them.”

“You don’t have to act all calculating now!”

That being said, the breasts held no sin. And no boy would hate this situation.

It pains me to say it, but I guess I should just let this happen…

All his skinship so far with Sayuki was related to her own masochistic desires. And what is this current situation? A beautiful, big-breasted Senpai of his was embracing Keiki from behind. She had her arms around the boy’s neck, and her soft breasts were pressing against his back. A sweet scent drifted over from her.

Is this not the perfect situation I’ve always dreamed of?!

Of course, Keiki wasn’t the most assertive boy out there, but that didn’t mean he never wanted something like this to happen. Of course, he had always hoped for a destined encounter with an unfamiliar and cute girl, but he’ll gladly take the same with an older Onee-san.

“How is it? Do you… dislike this type of girl?”

“That’s…”

How could he hate that? Compared to Yuika’s childish and spoiled attitude, Sayuki used her entire body to show him affection, making her seem cute in her own way.

“If you made me your girlfriend, I’ll do something even better for you.”

“Something even better?”

“For example… a sandwich?”

“What kind of sandwich are we talking about?!”

“Fufu. I’ll leave that up to your imagination.” Sayuki snickered. “By the way, Keiki-kun?”

“What is it?”

“I’m happy you came to the clubroom today.”

“Of course I would… after what you said yesterday…”

How she felt sad being avoided, and the face she made. Keiki couldn’t just stay away after seeing that.

“Fufu. I really like that about you, Keiki-kun.”

“Ugh… you really throw a straight ball, don’t you?”

That sort of move held the highest destructive power, so Kieki would have appreciated it if she could dial it down a bit. Not to mention that Keiki had reached his limit with the soft sensation against his back.

“I-It’s fine now, right? Could you let go now?”

“No can do.”

“Eh, why?”

“Because… if you look over here now, you’ll see how red I am…”

“Huuuh?!”

Sayuki-san said something like a true maiden in love. She had apparently gotten flustered after saying ‘like’ and ‘love’ and all that. After that, the girl’s mouth didn’t open again, but feeling the racing heartbeat hitting his back made Keiki’s heart race also.

Was Sayuki-senpai always this cute?

No matter how grown-up she might look, she was still an adolescent girl on the inside. She’d get hurt if you avoided her, and she’d get flustered if she’s revealing her true emotions. Now that Keiki understood that, his face started to burn up.

“…Why are you flirting around in broad daylight like this?”

“Huh? …Yuika-chan?!”

How long had she been there? With the closed door behind her, Yuika sent an ice cold gaze directly towards Keiki.

“My, if it isn’t Koga-san. Welcome.”

“…Witch-senpai, aren’t you closer to Keiki-senpai than usual?”

“It’s just your imagination. Maybe your eyes have gone bad, Koga-san.”

“What did you say?!”

Another battle started not even ten seconds after they ran into each other.

“For now, get away from Keiki-senpai!”

“I don’t want to. Nor do I think you have any right to tell me what to do.”

“Hmph…” After her request was flat-out denied, Yuika puffed out her cheeks. “If you say that, then Yuika has her own idea.”

“What?”

Without answering Sayuki’s question, Yuika put down her bag and moved in front of Keiki.

“There!”

She clung to him from the front. Her small body pushed right against Keiki, leaving no gap between them.

“Y-Yuika-chan?!”

“Hee, hee. Now we’re even.” Her victorious smile was cute.

So cute that Keiki couldn’t even get angry at her.

“Excuse me, Koga-san, but you could maybe move away? I was the first one who caught Keiki-kun.”

“No. Unless Witch-senpai moves away, Yuika won’t.”

“Then I won’t let go unless you do, Koga-san.”

“Sorry, but we can’t stay like this forever, you know…”

Keiki was getting close to his limit. Both Sayuki and Yuika’s behavior hadn’t changed even after they stopped acting like perverts. Keiki realized that he couldn’t do anything about this, so resigned himself to this fate and closed his eyes. With Sayuki at his back and Yuika had his front, he had no option of moving.

“Is this the sandwich she was talking about?”

Surrounded by big and small breasts, Keiki couldn’t do anything but sit back and enjoy it until Mizuha came back from cleaning duty.

*

“Huh. A sandwich from Tokihara-senpai and Koga-san. Aren’t you a lucky boy?”

“Honestly, it wasn’t half bad.”

Tuesday came around, and after classes came to an end, Shouma and Keiki sat by the window in an otherwise empty classroom, talking about this and that. Shouma had known about the perverts for a long time, and now that he had a girlfriend of his own, he was always Keiki’s number one advice-giver.

“That aside, you sure are greedy, Keiki. Getting confessed to by two girls? If the boys found out, they’d plot an assassination against you.”

“I think so, too.”

“So what’s your plan of attack now, Keiki?”

“To be honest, I’m at a loss.”

“Will you choose big breasts or small breasts? It’s an endless debate.”

“No, I’m not hesitating because of the size here…”

“If it were me, I’d take small ones in a heartbeat.”

“I wouldn’t have expected any less from a lolicon.”

Maybe Keiki had asked the wrong person for advice.

“I really am at a loss. I’ve been thinking about it for quite some time now, but I can’t come up with an answer.”

“Hmmm?”

“Since the two of them said they like me, I want to seriously think this through, but the more I think about it, the worse it gets.”

Like or hate. Pervert or no pervert. All of these things were jumbled together, hiding the answer he should be looking for.

“Maybe you just don’t want to hurt anyone, Keiki?”

“Huh?”

“You’re a kind person, after all. You don’t want anybody to cry, and maybe that’s why you can’t find your answer.”

“……”

Not wanting to hurt anybody. Not wanting anybody to cry… That truly was something Keiki was always thinking about.

“That… might be true…”

If he had to guess, Shouma was probably speaking the truth.

“I think I might be scared. Scared that by finding my own answer, or by choosing someone, that I might hurt someone else in the process.”

In the end, Keiki might just lack the courage to choose a single girl. Even if he were to choose someone, someone else would be hurt. Someone else would cry.

“How about you stop doing things for someone else’s sake, and just act according to your own desires?”

“Eh?”

“Think about who you’re the happiest to be around. Maybe then you’ll find an answer.”

“I see.”

Keiki had never thought about it that way. He had only ever focused on the other person, completely disregarding his own feelings.

“I was only thinking about what kind of answer I’d give the two of them.”

“That’s the good part about you. And that’s why I want you to be happy, Keiki.”

“Shouma…”

Why? Even though Shouma had said something so moving and gratifying, Keiki felt more relieved than anything as he thought I’m glad Nanjou isn’t here.

“Thanks. I’ll try to think about myself some more.”

“Yup. Whatever choice you take, I’ll be there to support you, Keiki.”

Thanks to this conversation, Keiki started to feel like he was seeing the light. He was glad that he decided to talk to Shouma, after all.

“Still, it finally happened, huh?”

“What do you mean?”

“Both Koga-san and Tokihara-senpai had been giving off a lovey-dovey atmosphere whenever you were around. It was just a matter of time until they confessed.”

“Really?!”

That was the first Keiki had heard of it.

“Then again, I didn’t expect both of them to go for it at the same time.”

“Why didn’t you just tell me, then?”

“That would be too unsophisticated, don’t you think?”

That it would be. If Keiki were in his position, he probably would have done the same. As the conversation calmed down a bit, Shouma flashed a relaxed smile.

“I wonder which princess will capture Keiki’s heart.”

After that, Keiki accompanied Shouma down the hallway towards his club. He spotted two familiar silhouettes.

“Hm? Isn’t that… Rintarou and Mizuha?”

Oddly enough, Rintarou was wearing the male uniform, and facing him stood Mizuha, wearing a coat over her uniform. Judging from the situation in front of him, Keiki guessed that Rintarou must have called out to Mizuha in the hallway.

“That’s a rare match to see.”

“Yeah.”

Mizuha and Rintarou had met each other before. On top of that, Keiki remembered his conversation with Rintarou.

“So what he said during the shrine visit was true…”

“What are you talking about?”

“Rintarou said he was planning on going on the offensive with Mizuha?”

“Really? Mitani-kun and Mizuha-chan, huh~?”

“……”

“I wonder what they’re talking about. Mizuha-chan looks like she’s enjoying herself.”

“Who knows?”

Keiki couldn’t pick up what exactly they were talking about, but since Mizuha was grinning, it couldn’t be anything like the usual sexual harassment that Rintarou loved.

“And why are you making such a complicated expression, Keiki?”

“I don’t know. It feels like I’m a father who’s about to have his precious daughter stolen away from him.”

“Oh, right. I forgot you’re a total siscon.”

“Am I really that much of a siscon?”

“Indeed you are.”

“I see…”

Well, if he was a siscon, then it couldn’t be helped. And since he was such a siscon, seeing his precious little sister talk with another boy would make him agitated, and of course he would feel the desire to break between the two right away.

*

That day, a heavy atmosphere reigned in the student council office. Sitting around the large table were the members of the student council: Fujimoto Ayano, Onizuka Megumi, Nagase Airi, and Mitani Rin (in girl’s clothing).

“This is a grave situation. If you compare it to last year, we’re in an even more unfavorable condition.” The vice president Megumi looked at the documents at hand as she said this.

“In terms of numbers, the difference is about 5%, but if this continues on for every year the school will be in big trouble eventually.” The treasurer Airi gave more accurate numbers.

“So that means we have to come up with a better strategy. It isn’t something we have to prioritize right away… but what do you think, Ayanon-senpai?” The secretary Rinko directed his gaze over towards the student council president.

“Hm…” Ayano thought about it for a moment.

It hadn’t been very long since she had been elected the student council president, but she still had to make a choice beneficial to everyone.

“It’s something we cannot ignore as the student council, so let’s try our best at it.”

“Alright, no objections.” Megumi gave her consent, and Airi and Rinko nodded along as well.

Seeing this, Ayano flashed a tender smile and gave her conclusion.

“Alright, then. Airi, could you take care of this?”

“Leave it to me, Ayano-senpai! I will definitely fulfill my role!” Airi gave an immediate response.

The fact that her admired Senpai trusted her was enough to get her excitement boiling. The meeting ended fairly quickly after that, and Rinko pointed at Airi’s hands, or more accurately at the memo book she was holding.

“Nagase-san, is that a new memo book? It’s so cute!”

“Eh? …D-Do you think so?”

“Yes, the cherry blossom pattern is adorable! Where did you buy it?”

“W-What does it matter?!”

“Ehh? You could just tell me… Then let met at least get a good look at it~”

“No! No can do!” Airi embraced the memo book, hiding it from Rinko’s hands, who gave a defeated ‘So stingy~’.

“Really, that Mitani…” Airi grumbled.

Some people just love talking about everything, and sometimes that can be more of a problem than a blessing.

There’s no way I can tell him that I got it from Kiryuu-senpai…

If Rinko found out the man-hating Airi would actually use a present she had received from a boy, rumours would start to spread immediately. She knew she couldn’t disclose this information.

Speaking of Senpai, he still hasn’t given Yuika a response. He should just say yes and go out with her…

All it would take would be a short ‘Yes’ from Kiryuu Keiki, and then Yuika’s happiness would be guaranteed.

“Ah, I know.” Airi came up with a good idea and smiled to herself. “For this, I think I’ll ask the calligraphy club for help.”

*

Exactly one day passed since Keiki had asked Shouma for advice. Inside the clubroom of the calligraphy club, Keiki, Sayuki, and Yuika all sat around the table, drinking tea, when a rare specimen showed up.

“Excuse me.”

“Ah, Nagase-san. It’s been a while.”

“Good day, Tokihara-senpai.” The twin-tails Kouhai—Nagase Airi—gave a short bow.

After everything that had happened, Airi and Sayuki had gotten much closer.

“So what brings you here today?”

“Ah, about this…” Airi took out a booklet.

It was the official pamphlet for their Momozawa High School that they were attending.

“Ohh, how nostalgic. I took a look at that before I was studying.”

“Yuika as well.”

“We’re making a new pamphlet for the students who are graduating this year.”

“So the student council even does work for that?” Keiki said in surprise.

“I became responsible for it, so I was hoping everyone from the calligraphy club could help me out.”

“Help you out in what way?”

“Because of the declining birth rate, the number of graduating students at our school has gone down in number.”

“Ah, that sounds pretty tough.”

Keiki had even heard of some schools that had to close down because they didn’t have enough students.

“As the student council, we would love to attract more students, so we decided to put a lot of work into the pamphlet this year.”

“I see, I see.”

“And we decided to use a cute girl to model our uniform.”

“Hmh, hmm.”

“As the person responsible for it, I would love it if I could get Yuika as the model.”

“Wait, Yuika-chan?!” Keiki asked in confusion.

Airi nodded. “If we could get Yuika, a world-renowned beauty, to act as our model, we’d definitely get more people to apply here.”

“Well, I bet you’d get more boys for sure.”

“Leaving aside all that, Koga-san is a total beauty after all.”

Keiki and Sayuki both consented. Then again, would Nagase-san be okay if more boys started attending the school? And there was also the problem of Yuika’s opinion.

“No thank you. Yuika would rather not become some kind of attraction.”

“No way?!”

“Well, I figured as much.”

As expected, Yuika made a truly disgusted expression.

“Why not have Airi be the model instead?”

“But I’m not as cute as Yuika.”

“Huh? You’re plenty cute yourself, Nagase-san.” Keiki said.

“…Wha?” Airi froze when she heard the boy’s praise. “Y-You won’t get anything even if you praise me, okay?!” She grew beet red and gave a template tsundere response.

“Keiki-senpai calls everyone cute, doesn’t he?”

“I think Keiki-kun would make a great host in a host club.”

“I don’t do it on purpose…”

Yuika’s and Sayuki fixed Keiki with cold gazes, and he suffered through it. Airi cleared her throat and spoke up.

“Yuika, why is it no good?”

“Because Yuika said so.”

“Hmmm? I guess? What a shame~ But wait… who helped you score that Christmas date again?”

“Ugh…” Yuika was clearly shaken.

Indeed, the person who had caused the date between Yuika and Keiki to happen had been Airi. In other words, Yuika still had a debt to repay—

“…Okay, Yuika understands.”

“Really?!”

“But she has a condition.”

“What kind of condition?”

“A boy will have to be in that picture, right?”

“Indeed, we have to show the male uniform as well.”

“Then Yuika will think about it if you make Keiki-senpai the model.”

“Huh? Me?!”

“That’s just perfect. I was thinking of asking Kiryuu-senpai in the first place.”

“Really?!”

Keiki never expected to be scouted as a model.

“Kiryuu-senpai’s facial appearance doesn’t really stand out, in a good way of course, so Yuika’s cuteness will be emphasized even further.”

“Nagase-san, even someone like me will feel hurt if you say that.”

It did hurt to be told that he basically looked average.

“Wait a second.”

“What is it, Witch-senpai?”

“If you’re going to introduce the school, wouldn’t a black-haired model be much more impactful? I mean, blonde hair makes her look like a delinquent.”

“Excuse you?!” Yuika shouted in anger when Sayuki said that. “That’s too much of a cliché! Yuika’s hair is natural!”

“Anyway, I want to apply as a model to take a picture together with Keiki-kun.”

“No way! The person who will take a picture with Keiki-senpai will be Yuika!”

The two model candidates glared at each other. Airi observed this scene and flashed a teasing smile.

“You’re as popular as ever, Kiryuu-senpai.”

“Thanks to a certain someone.” Keiki couldn’t even be bothered to deny it anymore.

That being said, they wouldn’t reach a conclusion at this rate.

“…Alright, it can’t be helped then.” Airi let out a sigh and stepped between the two fighting girls. “Now, now. Calm down, you two.”

“But Witch-senpai…!”

“Koga-san just…!”

“Yes, yes. I understand where you two are coming from. Why don’t we just take pictures of the two of you and then choose the better one? How about it?”

“That’s…”

“A wonderful idea…”

Of course, no voices of complaint were raised.

*

On the day of the photoshoot, five people had gathered in front of the student entrance after classes came to an end. The people present were the three models Keiki, Yuika, and Sayuki. Airi was also there to oversee the process as a member of the student council. Finally, a certain hoodie-wearing girl arrived, taking the role of the photographer.

“I’m Ootori Koharu, and I’ll be the photographer for today. Let’s make this a success.” Koharu introduced herself, giving a slight bow.

Keiki watched this and felt healed by his upperclassman.

“Koharu-senpai is the photographer, huh? There isn’t anyone else who’d be better suited for the role.”

“She helped us a lot during the election, after all. I thought that the picture had been professionally taken.”

After Keiki, Airi also gave a very positive evaluation herself. Koharu-senpai had become something of a personal photographer for the student council.

“I’m not losing today, Koga-san.”

“That’s Yuika’s line, Witch-senpai.”

The two girls were exchanging a few words of banter.

“Alright, let’s get this started!”

Following Koharu’s instructions, the photoshoot started. More than half of the students had already left school, making this the perfect chance. Yuika and Keiki started out as the models, but—

“Hmm. It feels a bit… normal.”

Airi checked over a few of the test pictures, but didn’t seem quite satisfied.

“It’s for the school’s pamphlet, so shouldn’t that be just fine?”

Koharu’s picture showed Keiki and Yuika standing next to each other in front of the entrance. It should be totally enough to show off the uniform.

“No, we’re planning on trying to get more people to apply to our school with this pamphlet. We have to have an impactful picture that will make more people want to come here!”

“O-Okay…”

Keiki’s Kouhai was oddly passionate about this. She was fired up enough for you to burn your hand if you touched her.

“So what kind of picture are you imagining?”

“Nagase-san, do you have something specific in mind?”

“Let me think…”

Keiki and Koharu asked this, and Airi put one finger on her chin, thinking.

“I know! Kiryuu-senpai, please embrace Yuika from behind. I want you to look like lovers.”

“Huh?!”

“Hold on! Airi?!”

Both Keiki and Yuika shouted in disbelief.

“I won’t accept any complaints. This is for the school’s sake. We want to give other people the idea that you can enjoy both your youth and your studies here at the same time.”

“Urgh, that’s really solid reasoning…”

“What should we do, Keiki-senpai?”

“I mean, I don’t mind…”

“If Keiki-senpai is fine with it…”

The two grew conscious of each other and started fidgeting nervously.

“Wait a moment! I won’t accept something as indecent as this!”

The only person to complain was Sayuki.

“Once Yuika is done, you can do it as well, Tokihara-senpai.”

“Then I will wait in expectation.”

Sayuki immediately grew quiet. Nagase-san had gotten exceptionally good at handling Sayuki.

“So then, let’s restart the photoshoot. Kiryuu-kun, take care of Koga-san properly.”

“Understood.” Keiki stood next to Yuika. “Yuika-chan, here I go…”

“Y-Yes please…”

Since he had come this far, Keiki had to go through with it. He walked around his Kouhai’s back, wrapping his arms around her small body.

“Hawa?! Hawawawa?!”

The moment his arms touched her, Yuika let out a shriek. Her face must be as red as a tomato by now. And Keiki’s was the same—

Yuika-chan is so small. She fits right into my arms, she’s soft all over, and she smells really nice…

Yet again, Keiki grew fully conscious of Yuika’s femininity. She seemed completely different from a normal girl, which made his heart race yet again. And if that weren’t embarrassing enough already—

“Waah! This looks great!”

“Yuika is super cute when she’s beet red~”

“Ugh, I feel like my owner is being stolen by another dog…”

The people around them made their own comments about the situation.

Just what am I doing…?

No one had an answer to that, most likely.

“Yuika~ Could we get a more natural expression?”

“How could Yuika make a normal expression now?!”

A few minutes passed like this, with occasional teasing from Airi’s part.

“Alright, I think we’re done!”

Koharu lowered her camera with a smile, finally freeing Keiki and Yuika.

“Y-Yuika thought she would die from the embarrassment…”

“Same here…”

While the two of them caught their breath, Airi checked the pictures on the camera, seeming satisfied.

“Good job, Kiryuu-senpai! Thanks to you, I got to see possibly the cutest picture of Yuika I’ve seen yet!”

“I’m glad to hear that…”

It seemed like her goal had changed midway through, but Keiki lacked the energy to point that out.

“But can you really use this picture? They’re way too close. People might think that this is an indecent school…” Oddly enough, Sayuki was the first person to bring up decency.

“More importantly, I doubt the teacher would give us permission to publish this.”

“Then this picture will have to be rejected.”

“Why did we work so hard, then…?”

Koharu and Airi gave their merciless conclusion. It just shows that effort and investment don’t always pay out. Keiki grit his teeth at the unfairness of the world, and Yuika walked over to Koharu, speaking in a quiet voice.

“Um, Ootori-senpai? Could Yuika have a copy of that picture later?”

“Fufu, of course. I’ll send you a copy later, okay?”

“Thank you very much!” Yuika gave a beaming smile.

“Yuika-chan looks like she’s happy.”

“Of course she is.”

“Nagase-san?”

Keiki had originally just been talking to himself, but his Kouhai next to him had apparently overheard.

“Do you not even understand why? You sure are dense, Kiryuu-senpai.”

“Oho? So you’re saying that you understand?”

“Of course. She’s happy to have a picture taken with the person she likes.”

“Ahh…”

It’s a picture with the person she likes. That’s why she wants it. When you put it like that, it sounds so simple.

Now that I think about it, she was always looking at the picture of us on the date with such joy…

She treasured it because it was so important to her. On the way home that day, as they sat in the bus, she continued to gaze at their picture where Keiki was carrying her like a princess. The instant Keiki understood that he himself had made her this happy, his cheeks started to burn up like a volcano.

“That Yuika-chan… How far is she willing to go to seduce me…?”

Keiki’s heart couldn’t catch a break. She had, on purpose or by accident, been pressuring him more and more after the confession.

“Hehe. If you understand how charming Yuika is, then get together already and live happily ever after.”

“Happily ever after…” Keiki didn’t expect to hear that. “Nagase-san, did you set up this photoshoot for Yuika-chan’s sake?”

Keiki thought it was weird from the very beginning. Since Airi was Yuika’s friend, she should know just how much she hated being a model for anything. But she used this photoshoot as a chance to get Keiki and Yuika closer.

“Oh? Who knows?” Airi smiled and chose to remain silent.

Of course, Keiki had his ideas, but he had no way of confirming them.

“It’s my turn now!”

After a brief break, Sayuki switched places with Yuika, and the photoshoot continued.

“Tokihara-san, could you move closer to Kiryuu-kun?”

“L-Like this?”

“Perfect! It looks very cute!” Koharu gave a few quick commands as she pressed the camera shutter.

Koharu-senpai should just go work as a professional cameraman, Keiki thought to himself as the photoshoot continued.

“Ah, you’re taking pictures for the new school pamphlet?”

“Okita-sensei?”

Their teacher Okita, the club advisor of the calligraphy club, appeared.

“Ah, don’t mind me, I was just walking around school,” She said. “Don’t mind me, just continue—Hm? Tokihara is participating?”

“That’s right… Is there some sort of problem with that?”

“It’s not really a problem, but wouldn’t it better to take a picture with a student who isn’t going to graduate this year?”

“““““Ah…”””””

Thanks to that nonchalant comment, Sayuki’s retirement as a model had been decided, and they used Yuika for the pamphlet.

“Ahhh, I’m so tired…”

The photoshoot came to an end, and Keiki flopped onto his sofa at home without even changing out of his uniform. Mizuha had returned home earlier, and she brought him some cold tea.

“Good work today. I never expected Nii-san to be chosen as a model.”

“I was just there for support, though.”

“Fufu. Then as a reward for your hard work, I’ll make Nii-san’s favorite meat and potato stew, okay?”

“Ohh, that sounds great!”

Mizuha returned back to the kitchen wearing her apron, humming to herself as she started preparing dinner. Keiki heard rhythmical cutting with the kitchen knife, and then he remembered something.

“Say, Mizuha?”

“Hmm?”

“You were with Rintarou at school a while ago, right? What were you talking about?”

“Ah, Mitani-kun? He invited me out for some tea.”

“That bastard has no restraint!”

That was something only a normie would be able to pull off.

“I had to go shopping for dinner, though, so I had to decline.”

“I see…”

“That reminds me, I feel like Mitani-kun has been talking to me pretty often as of late…?”

“O-Ohhh?”

Rintarou seemed to be the assertive type.

He looks like a beautiful girl on the outside, but he can be so manly when he wants to…

Keiki often forgot about it because Rintarou wore female clothes, but Rintarou always talked about breasts, so he was definitely a normal boy.

There’s no doubt that Rintarou is out for Mizuha’s breasts. She’s got more than it looks like, after all.

She was actually the second biggest in terms of size in the calligraphy club, even beating Mao in the process. Of course, Keiki knew that Rintarou wasn’t a bad person by any means. But using this as the main reason to approach his little sister was no joke for Keiki.

“…Hey.”

“Hmm?”

“He might not look like it, but he comes from the planet of boobs. Be careful, okay?”

“Huh…?” Mizuha’s hand came to a stop, and she raised her head.

She made an expression like she had seen something unexpected, and then she flashed her usual gentle smile.

“Fufu. Okay. I’ll be careful.” She seemed happy as she accepted her older brother’s advice.

*

“It might be a bit sudden, but I’d like to hold a winter training camp!”

During the latter half of January, on a normal weekday after classes had come to an end, Sayuki came to the clubroom and immediately blurted out a strange request. Out of the four people sitting at the table, Keiki gave the first response.

“Where did that come from?”

“Good question. It’s mostly because I’m tired of studying.”

“If anything, you’re not studying at all. Are you, Sayuki-senpai?”

“Indeed. Thanks to my academic skills, I should be able to make it into the university I’m aiming for.”

“So you say, but isn’t our local university here pretty top-class?”

That’s the genius girl of the calligraphy club for you. She should be able to get into her university of choice with ease.

“But everyone around me is studying! I just feel mentally tired. Is this the exam doldrums?”

“That sounds a bit different from the exam doldrums Yuika is used to…”

“Don’t worry, the club prez is just weird.”

Yuika and Mao muttered to themselves. But Sayuki continued talking without being bothered in the slightest.

“That being the case, I don’t have to worry about my studies in the slightest right now, so now that I’ve finished the National Center Test, I want to relax! Let’s go on a 2 days, 1 night trip this weekend!”

“And where were you thinking of going?”

“Hee, hee. There’s only one place you can go, right?”

“A hot spring city?”

“No. That sounds pretty good, but that’s not it. It’s the snowy mountains!”

“The snowy mountains…?”

A ski slope definitely sounded in-season. However, the reaction that the girls had to the idea was relatively cold.

“I’m bad with cold places…”

“Same here. I like curling up under a kotatsu much better.”

“Yuika just wants to lock herself up in her room instead.”

Mizuha, Mao, and Yuika all voiced their opinions.

“That’s a pretty mediocre response from the crowd.”

There are a lot of girls who don’t like the cold, so Keiki had expected as much.

“A-Anyway, we’re going there! It’s already been decided!”

“““Huh?”””

The girls stared blankly at Sayuki, utterly confused.

“Well, if you all don’t want to come, it’ll just be Keiki and I alone together for 2 days and 1 night~”

“““?!”””

In that moment, all three girls visibly twitched.

“That might be even more fun, I guess. Nobody will bother us that way, after all.”

“I don’t have any say in the matter, huh?” Keiki felt oddly nostalgic when he realized his opinion wouldn’t be taken into account.

“Th-That won’t do, Witch-senpai! Yuika won’t allow a trip to happen with just the two of you!”

“Right, leaving a high school boy and girl alone like that would be unhealthy.”

“I suddenly feel like going skiing.”

Provoked by Sayuki, the girls made an immediate 180-degree turn in attitude.

“That’s a pretty nasty way of getting what you want,” Keiki sighed.

That being said, the snowy mountain trip with everyone from the calligraphy club was quickly planned.

“…I guess I’ll have to arrive at a conclusion now.”

The only boy in the club secretly steeled his resolve.