Kawaikereba Hentai demo Suki ni Natte Kuremasu ka? Volume 13 Chapter 3

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No-Panties Girl Does not Look At Her Brother’s Face

Morning starts early for Kiryuu Mizuha. She would get up way before her older brother, change into her uniform with an apron on top, and make her way to the kitchen. This was her time to prepare both breakfast and lunchboxes for the two of them. She always enjoyed cooking, and making food for the person she loved made everything much sweeter and enjoyable. A boundless feeling of happiness filled Mizuha just from imagining Keiki eating her cooking with bliss and enjoyment.

“Yesterday wasn’t a dream, right…?”

While making the rolled omelette, Mizuha reminisced about yesterday’s events. Right now, Kiryuu Mizuha was her older brother’s fiancee, even accepted by their parents. They are a couple, dating with prospects of marriage. Basically, she would one day become his wife—

“I’ll be Nii-san’s wife…” Just thinking about it made Mizuha grin uncontrollably. “…Ah, this isn’t good. This isn’t the time to be spacing out.”

Mizuha focused on her cooking, putting the food and side dishes into the lunch boxes. She waited for the food to get cold before putting on the lid. As for breakfast, she made scrambled eggs and sausages along with some tomato and lettuce salad.

“Ah, I need to hurry and wake him up.”

Because both of the Kiryuu family’s parents were absent most of the time, Mizuha took up the role of Keiki’s mother at times. Waking up Keiki so he wouldn’t be late for school was an important part of her duties. She took off her apron and left the living room.

She headed up the stairs to the second floor and stopped for a moment in front of Keiki’s room to fix her hair. Since she had always been conscious of him as a member of the opposite sex, she always wanted him to think that she was cute, so she took great care of herself when he was around. Then again, a dense prince like him would never understand the efforts that Cinderella went through.

“…Alright.” Mizuha knocked on the door.

No response came after Mizuha waited for a brief moment, so she opened the door herself.

“Excuse me~ ……Ah, he’s still asleep.” She had figured as much when there was no answer to her knock, and as expected, her older brother was still sleeping safe and sound. “Fufu…”

The person she loved was lying supine on the bed, breathing softly. Waking him up while he was sleeping like a child seemed like a crime to her. However, now that her parents had given Mizuha the responsibility of caring for him, she couldn’t allow him to be late. She slowly approached her sleeping brother and gently shook his shoulder.

“Nii-san, it’s morning. Wake up.”

“…Mmm… Five more hours…”

“I feel like that’s asking for a bit too much.”

At least ask for five minutes instead. Mizuha couldn’t grant this request, so she shook his shoulders a bit more fiercely this time.

“Come on. You’ll be late if you don’t get up soon.”

“Mmm… Mizuhaaaa…”

“Eh? …Kya!?”

It happened in an instant. Keiki’s hand suddenly reached for Mizuha’s arm and pulled her into the bed. Not to mention that he passionately embraced Mizuha in the process.

“N-Nii-san…?”

“…Mm… Nnn…”

“He’s still sleeping…”

It seemed like he had been moving in his sleep. But that made little difference.

“Nii-san is using me as a hugging pillow…”

These two siblings had always been fairly close, so they had hugged each other many times. However, this was the first time since they had started dating. Mizuha’s heart raced painfully fast from being hugged by the person she loved and from feeling his warmth. They really should be getting up soon, and this would make Mizuha’s uniform wrinkly, yet she couldn’t bring herself to push her older brother away, even though she knew that the more time they took here, the more they would have to hurry later.

“…We’ll really be late, you know?”

So she said, but not a single cell in her body was intent on actually waking up her brother.

“…Alright, just five more minutes.”

Mizuha decided to be gracious this morning. Or so she told herself, but in reality kept enjoying this happiness to the point where they almost ended up being late.

*

Classes went by in a flash that day, and Keiki found himself in the calligraphy clubroom. Keiki was sitting on a random chair, his eyes glued to his smartphone, when the door opened. Yuika walked inside the room with a grossed out ‘Woah…’ voice.

“Yuika has never seen such an indecent smile on your face, Keiki-senpai…”

“Eh? Was I making that kind of face?”

“How about you look at yourself in the mirror? I can’t even look at it.”

“It was that bad?!”

“So, what were you grinning about, Senpai?” Yuika walked behind Keiki, taking a peek at his phone.

Shown on the screen was the Kiryuu Household’s living room sofa, with Mizuha and Keiki taking a selfie.

“This is…”

“Yup, we took this yesterday to celebrate the start of our relationship.”

“It’s been one day, and you’re already a lovey-dovey couple…”

Although it was a simple picture taken at home, it was also Keiki’s first picture since getting his first girlfriend. That fact alone was enough to make Keiki grin with joy.

“Just explode already…”

“I’m so happy, I actually don’t mind exploding once.”

“Yuika didn’t need to hear your bragging…” Yuika looked at Keiki in disgust. “Getting a girlfriend and flirting around like that… Not too long ago, you were happy taking embarrassing pictures of Yuika…”

“Can you not make it sound like I was taking illicit pictures of you without your consent? If you said that in court, my life would be over.”

Keiki had already received titles like ‘Great Siscon Demon Lord’ ‘The accursed who has chosen the path of a siscon’, and so forth, but if Yuika added ‘Perverted Cameraman’ to that, Keiki might actually get strung up by the boys at this school.

“But thanks a lot.”

“Eh?”

“You gave me advice earlier, so I wanted to thank you.”

When Keiki was afraid of confessing to Mizuha, she was the one who gave him that push.

“Yuika didn’t do anything special.”

“Even so, you really helped me.”

“…Well, Yuika is glad everything worked out for you.” Yuika must have gotten flustered, since she averted her face.

Her gestures really resembled small animals, which made her even more adorable.

“Honestly speaking, it’s not fun at all.”

“Sayuki-senpai!?”

Tokihara Sayuki-san barged in right at this sensitive moment. She completely ignored the mood of the room, which earned her a harsh complaint from Yuika.

“Where did you crawl out from, Witch-senpai?”

“I just opened the door like a normal human being, okay? More importantly, I heard it all, Keiki-kun. You started dating Mizuha-san with the premise of marriage in mind.”

“That you heard correctly.”

“Rejecting your first love and flirting with another girl, huh? You really are a cruel boy, Keiki-kun.”

“Witch-senpai was Keiki-senpai’s first love!? What is that about!?”

“Ahh, look what you did…”

Every time Sayuki entered the stage, things always turned complicated.

“Oh my. You didn’t know? There was a time when Keiki-kun held passionate feelings of love towards me.”

“Wah, Sayuki-senpai!?”

“E-Even if you say that, Keiki-senpai told Yuika that he was close to falling in love with her! He was utterly entranced by Yuika’s approaches.”

“Even Yuika-chan!?”

Sparks flew between the girls who had once fought for Keiki’s affection. Could there be any place even more uncomfortable than here, right this moment?

“Honestly speaking, I think you should take responsibility for stealing our hearts, Keiki-kun.”

“R-Responsibility…?”

“That’s right. How about we decide on days where we share Keiki-kun between us? You can be Mizuha-san’s boyfriend on Monday, and my master on Tuesday. That sort of thing.”

“What are you even talking about?”

“Are you stupid, Witch-senpai?”

Keiki and Yuika both made their own share of complaints, but…

“We can make it so you can have him as your slave on Wednesday, Koga-san.”

“That sounds wonderful! Let’s go with that!”

“Yuika-chan!?”

Yuika was seduced by the devil’s whisper not a moment later. All of the girls in the calligraphy club were far too honest with their desires.

“So now that that’s decided, Keiki-kun will be my master today.”

“Ah, that’s not fair, Witch-senpai! Make Yuika’s turn on Tuesday!”

“Hey now…”

Keiki found himself in a problematic situation as both Sayuki and Yuika clung to him from each side, so he immediately voiced his own opinion on the subject.

“I-I already belong to Mizuha, so there won’t be any sharing!”

“Keiki-kun…”

“Keiki-senpai…”

When he made that announcement, both girls grew silent. Finally, Sayuki let go of Keiki’s arm with a sigh.

“Alright. I’ll accept the fact that you are Mizuha-san’s boyfriend.”

“I don’t think you have any other choice, yeah.”

“But I won’t let anybody else take my position as your pet!”

“Nobody wants that, and there’s no open position for that, anyway.”

This person might actually be done for. At the same time, Yuika also let go of Keiki’s arm, with a more saddened expression.

“You really like Mizuha-senpai, huh? Even though you used to search through Yuika’s underwear before… What a shame…”

“Where did that come from!?”

“Because Yuika is angry.”

“That’s just too cruel!”

She was clearly just venting her anger at Keiki.

“Hmph. You rejected a cute girl, so you’d better be happy that this is all you have to pay for.”

“Oh, so you confessed to him too, Koga-san?”

“That means you did too, Witch-senpai?”

“We both got rejected, huh?”

“Yuika utterly despises being put in the same category as Witch-senpai.” Yuika’s expression was distorted with displeasure.

“Sheesh, how many girls do you plan on making cry before you’re satisfied, Keiki-kun?”

“You can say that again. He’s a playboy even though he has such a harmless face…”

“I’m really not a playboy…”

Then again, Mao also confessed to him, so he really couldn’t argue much. He probably would never be as popular as he was right now.

“So what made you attracted to Mizuha-san in the first place, Keiki-kun? I get that she’s alluring enough thanks to her looks and household skills, but that’s not the only reason, right?”

“Ah, Yuika is curious about that, too!”

“Eh…?”

The conversation suddenly started going in an odd direction, and both of the girls closed in on Keiki once again.

“Tell us, Keiki-kun.”

“Why did you fall in love with Mizuha-senpai?”

“Do I really have to tell you?”

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

“Ehhhhh…”

Keiki was backed into a corner. The two girls crossed their arms in front of him, and an average boy like Keiki had no hope of rebelling against them.

“A-Also, Yuika is curious as to what made you become conscious of her.”

“So many requests… Well, it’s a bit embarrassing to explain, but the reason I started to fall in love with Mizuha was the confession. After finding out that we weren’t related by blood, I just started to be more conscious of her… and when I saw her talking with Rintarou, I realized that I was jealous, which caused me to notice my feelings…”

“Waaah, that’s actually pretty sweet!” Yuika commented.

“Indeed, just listening makes me feel embarrassed.” Sayuki agreed.

“I’m gonna stop if you make fun of me, alright?”

““We’re listening~””

Yuika and Sayuki backed off. Sometimes, Keiki felt like those two were actually pretty close.

“So then… After constantly being attacked by Mizuha, knowing that she’s loved me this entire time… how could I not end up attracted to her?”

She would cook him delicious food every day, prepare chocolate for Valentine’s every year, stay at his side when he was lonely, and cheer him up. He felt happy because of all of the love coming his way, and eventually reached the same feelings as Mizuha had.

“I see. Now I understand how you got so attached to Mizuha-san.”

“Yuika is jealous that Keiki-senpai loves her so much!”

“Right? After hearing such a sweet confession, I’m quite curious about how the person in question feels.”

“Hm? Hold on, where are you two looking…?” Keiki looked away from the two grinning girls and looked behind him.

Standing by the door were Mao with her hand up and Mizuha with her student bag in hand.

“Eh, Mizuha!?”

“H-Hello…” Keiki’s little sister slash girlfriend was fidgeting awkwardly.

Not to mention that her face was as red as a tomato.

“Um… did you hear that just now?”

“Ah… well, yeah…” Mizuha nodded with a troubled smile. “I’m used to Nii-san sounding like a siscon, but hearing all of that was a bit more embarrassing than I expected.”

“Please just kill me!”

Keiki could only tell the other girls about it because the person in question wasn’t present. Now that he knew that Mizuha had heard all of it, he was too embarrassed to go on living.

“But I’m also happy to hear that you feel this way, Nii-san.”

“Mizuha…”

“I feel like kissing you right now.”

“In front of everyone!?”

That crossed the line of being embarrassing and reached the territory of being publicly shamed. Keiki ended up declining the kiss right away, but he couldn’t avoid being teased by the rest of the calligraphy club.

*

A bit before hearing her older brother’s embarrassing confession in the clubroom, Mizuha had just finished her cleaning duty and stepped out of the classroom.

“…Phew.” While walking down the hallway, she let out a sigh.

The talk about Keiki and Mizuha being engaged and dating has spread across the entire school, so Mizuha was exhausted from being constantly questioned by her classmates.

“Everyone loves talking about love, after all.”

And Mizuha didn’t hate it either. This was the first time she had been asked so much about her older brother, and it was pretty embarrassing. It didn’t feel bad by any means, but Mizuha needed to get used to it.

I never got a chance to really gush about my feelings, after all…

Up until not too long ago, she had to hide the feelings for her older brother, and even after she was found out to be Cinderella, she really only talked about all of this with Mao.

“Mao-chan must know that Nii-san and I are dating…”

The rumor had been spreading quite a bit, and since Mao was in Keiki’s class, she probably had heard everything from him already. With this in mind, Mizuha passed by the restroom, only to run into a girl leaving at that exact moment.

“Ah…”

The reason Mizuha stopped in her tracks and let out an awkward voice was because she met the person she had just been thinking about.

“Mizuha…”

“Mao-chan…”

Mao and Mizuha always got along quite well. They were in the same year, part of the same club. And unfortunately—they had feelings for the same boy.

“Are you heading to the clubroom as well, Mizuha?”

“Ah, yeah…”

“Then let’s go together.”

“Sure.”

They lined up next to each other and started walking. However, no more words were exchanged after that.

I figured this would be how it would be, but I guess we really can’t go back to normal…

The reason for this awkward atmosphere was as clear as day. Mizuha had started dating Keiki.

Earlier, we all said that we wouldn’t have any ill feelings towards whoever won, but…

It wasn’t that simple of a thing to just get over. When a friend of yours starts dating the person you like, that incident is big enough to shatter a friendship between girls.

“…Listen, Mizuha.”

“Ah, yeah… what is it?”

“Because of that rumor going around, I figured as much but… you’re going out with Kiryuu, right?”

“…Yeah.”

“That guy worked really hard. He had the student council and the newspaper club help out. They even created that entire article about it…”

“I see…”

Knowing him, he must have gone above and beyond as always. He was always the kind of person who’d work hard even if it meant ignoring his own needs.

“When I saw that, I realized just how much he treasures you, Mizuha. I learned that I really couldn’t get between the two of you…”

“Mao-chan…” Mizuha stopped in her tracks.

Mao turned around and continued talking with a beautiful smile.

“That’s why I decided to support the two of you.”

“…!” These kind words put Mizuha on the verge of tearing up again.

Her chest burned hot, and all the anxiety and fear of having lost a friend was blown away.

“Thanks, Mao-chan.”

“But I haven’t given up entirely, so if you show any openings, I’ll be taking Kiryuu for real.”

“Fufu, I’ll make sure that it doesn’t go that far.”

Mizuha once again made up her mind to treasure this boyfriend she had so that she won’t ever lose someone important to her ever again.

*

That night, Keiki had just finished his bath, and was now lounging in the living room, when Mizuha joined him after she finished hers.

“Nii-san, do you have any plans for later?”

“Nah, I finished my homework, so I’ll just chill.”

“Then, how about we watch a movie together? I rented some that looked promising.”

“Oh, great idea.”

It was around 8pm in the evening. It was clearly too early to head to sleep. They put in the DVD, prepared some sweets and juice, and sat down on the sofa.

“……”

“……”

After that, they sat there in silence. They were a bit closer compared to before they started dating. With oddly comfortable feelings, Keiki pressed the play button on the remote. As the trailers for the upcoming movies were playing, Keiki spoke up to Mizuha.

“Oh yeah, how is school? Have the rumors died down?”

“Nobody’s judging us anymore, at least.”

“I’m glad to hear it.”

“But the girls from my class often ask me what you’re like and all.”

“It’s hard being famous.”

“We have become like a celebrity couple at school.”

“Rintarou was all like ‘What good deeds have you done in your previous life to have these breasts all for yourself?’ and that sort of thing.”

“Sounds like Mitani-kun.” Mizuha let out a snicker. “But I feel a bit guilty about Mitani-kun. I pretty much used him.”

“It’s fine. He was above the clouds just having been invited out to tea.”

It was a give & take, so the end justifies the means.

“You don’t need to feel guilty at all, Mizuha.”

“If you say so.”

Even worrying about a pervert like Rintarou was very much like Mizuha. While Keiki was thinking about that, Mizuha suddenly put her hand on his.

“Mizuha?”

“…Sorry.”

“Hm? About what?”

“We couldn’t go on the date…”

“Ahhh…”

On the night of their double date at the amusement park, they promised to go on another date with just the two of them the following weekend. However, because of the rumor going around, they clearly weren’t in a favorable situation for doing so. Of course, Keiki had been looking forward to it himself, but nobody could be blamed for it.

“A lot happened, so it can’t be helped.”

“But…”

“I don’t mind at all.”

“…Really?”

“In the end, I got to have you as my girlfriend, and we’re having a sort-of date at home right now anyway.”

“Nii-san…”

Although watching a movie at home doesn’t feel too different compared to before they started dating, just the fact that the distance between them had closed some made Mizuha happy enough.

“Not to mention that we can always go on another date soon.”

“Ah…”

They promised to always be together. Just like he as an older brother promised to always be with his little sister. Now he had promised to be with her as her boyfriend. There would be countless more chances for them to go on another date.

“…Yeah, you’re right.” A smile returned on his girlfriend’s face, making Keiki feel relieved.

By the time they focused back on the TV, the real movie had started, so they enjoyed it to the fullest while holding hands the entire time.

*

The following day after they watched the movie, Keiki and Mizuha walked to school together happily.

“Then I’ll see you after school.”

“Yup, later.” Mizuha waved her hand at Keiki and walked away.

Even though this was the same as always, possibly because they had spent more time together after they started dating, when it came to actually parting, Mizuha felt more and more lonely.

“How greedy am I…?”

She pondered visiting her older brother in the classroom during lunch time. Or would that be too bothersome for him? These thoughts went back and forth in her mind as she made her way towards the shoe lockers when someone tapped on her shoulder.

“Yaho, Kiryuu-san.”

“Ah, Takasaki-senpai. Good morning.”

The person who called out to Mizuha with a friendly tone was the former student council president Takasaki Shiho. She was as much of a beauty as ever, and her wavy hair was gorgeous today. Although she never talked with Mizuha much, they had become acquainted when Keiki worked as a temporary student council member.

“I keep seeing you together with Keiki-kun. Aren’t you lovey-dovey?”

“We only came to school together.”

“Really? I feel like heart marks came out of your hand when you waved at your older brother just now.”

“This sounds like something that would happen in a manga.”

“Ahahaha, that’s just what it looked like, you see.”

What a cheerful person she was. Although their tone sounded different, the atmosphere she gave off resembled Sayuki.

“But you’re right. There might have been heart marks coming out.”

“Eh?”

“I’m way too happy being able to date Nii-san after all.”

“Hmmm? You really like Keiki-kun, huh…?”

“…Takasaki-senpai?”

Somehow, the girl’s voice had an oddly sad tone to it…

“You should probably be careful.”

“Eh?”

“Keiki-kun has a lot of female friends, so there’s no guarantee he won’t ever set his eyes on another girl, you know?”

“I doubt that’ll happen, knowing Nii-san.”

“People’s feelings change, right? From what I’ve heard, Keiki-kun’s first love was Tokihara-san, right?”

“Urk…”

She had heard about that.

Nii-san even thought that he still liked Tokihara-senpai…

Keiki was always kind to other people, but he had an especially soft spot for Sayuki. He even cleaned the clubroom for her when it was just the two of them. Even the big cleaning operation that caused the Cinderella incident was because the teacher instructed Sayuki to clean it, and Keiki got everyone together to help.

“I know that Keiki-kun is the devoted type of person, but it wouldn’t hurt to be careful, right? You should know that Keiki-kun is pretty popular.”

“……”

She knew this as well. Mizuha’s step-brother was quite popular with girls, not to mention that all of them were exceptionally cute. There was Tokihara Sayuki, Koga Yuika, the endless tsundere Nanjou Mao… And all of them harbored special feelings for Keiki, so the odds weren’t zero.

“Even I think that Keiki-kun is pretty nice.”

“Eh!?”

Shiho dropped a bomb like it was nothing special. It had enough impact to completely throw Mizuha off.

“Well, just think of it as advice from a Senpai, and keep it in mind… Anyway, bye bye~” She said what she wanted to say and walked off.

In reality, she had battle power completely different from Sayuki.

“I doubt Nii-san would cheat on me, but…”

She had trust in her older brother, she really did. However…

“It’s true that he’s popular with girls…”

He would surely devote himself solely to Mizuha. This hope was inside of her, but after listening to what Shiho said, she grew anxious.

“…Looking into it won’t hurt anybody, right?”

This was a necessary investigation as Keiki’s future wife—or so Mizuha made up excuses and secretly made up her mind.

*

That day during lunch break, Keiki walked down the hallway in order to buy some drinks, when he ran into Mitani Rin on the first floor.

“Ah, Kei-kun-senpai!”

“Oh, Rintarou… Wait, it’s Rinko right now.”

Since Rin was wearing a skirt now, he looked more like a beautiful girl than a guy.

“It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve seen you wearing that.”

“I’ve been holding back on crossdressing, after all. I wanted Mizuha-senpai to see me acting as manly as possible… But I was rejected despite all my efforts.”

“That’s because you were only looking at her breasts, okay?”

“It must be nice being able to do whatever you want to those badonkas, Senpai.”

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but I definitely am not.”

Keiki wasn’t from the planet of breasts like a certain someone.

“Well, since we ran into each other, why don’t we talk a bit, Senpai?” Rinko said and clung to Keiki’s arm.

“…Rinko, what are you doing?”

“I’m angry that you stole Mizuha-senpai from me, so I’ll be playing a little prank on you.”

“What kind of prank?”

“Isn’t this basically like you’re cheating? You have a girlfriend, yet you’re on a rendezvous with another girl.”

“Get away from me immediately!”

This wasn’t just as simple as a honey trap. Since Rin looked exactly like a girl, if someone who didn’t know his real gender knew about this, people would accuse Keiki of cheating.

“Hey, let go already!”

“Don’t wanna~”

“Damn it, how are you this strong!?”

“I am a boy after all!”

It was a hard battle to push away Rinko. As Keiki struggled to break free…

“Yuck…”

“Hm?”

Keiki heard an oddly cold voice near him, and when he turned towards the voice, he spotted Nagase Airi with her usual chestnut-colored twintails giving the two boys a stare as cold as ice.

“Kiryuu-senpai is flirting with a boy…”

“I’m clearly not!”

No such weird Rintarou x Keiki route existed.

“Since Ai-chan has arrived, I’ll be taking my leave now! Arrivederci!”

“Wait, hold on!”

Rinko must have felt the imminent danger upon him. He let go immediately and ran away.

That guy sure has beautiful legs despite being a boy…

Information that nobody would ever care about filled Keiki’s mind, and he heard Airi sigh.

“So why were you two passionately embracing each other?”

“He said he was pranking me by creating some kind of fake cheating scandal. Apparently he’s angry that I stole Mizuha from him.”

“Ahh, right. Mitani had a thing for Mizuha-senpai and all.”

“She didn’t care about him at all, though.”

“Even so, it was a shock for him, right? That’s probably why he’s wearing the female uniform right now, as a way to cope.”

“What a horrible way to relieve stress…”

Long ago, he had mentioned that he could pretty much only dress as a girl during the afternoon. Wearing the female uniform now must have been healing his broken heart at least a little bit.

“Also, things seem to be working out quite well with you and Mizuha-senpai, I see.”

“All thanks to your help, Nagase-san.”

“It’s the duty of a student council member to protect their students. Not to mention… that previous rumor was just taking it too far.”

“You really are kind, Nagase-san.”

“I’m only kind towards girls. The reason I helped out wasn’t for your sake, but because I felt bad for Mizuha-senpai. Make sure that you don’t mess up your chance with her.”

“Yeah, of course.” When Keiki responded with a confident tone, Airi made the first smile he’d seen her make today.

“…W-Well, if she ends up breaking up with you, I’ll be there for you, so don’t worry.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.” He put his hand on the girl’s head.

“Auuu…”

Normally she’d brush his hand away with a cold ‘Don’t suddenly touch me like that’, but now the girl just narrowed her eyebrows and let it be done to her.

“…Hm?”

“Nagase-san?” Shortly after, the girl let out a confused voice, and Keiki pulled his hand away. “What’s wrong?”

“I feel like someone was watching us from the shadows… Maybe that was just my imagination…”

Keiki looked in the same direction that Airi did. However, he couldn’t see anyone, and even Airi tilted her head in confusion.

After leaving Airi, Keiki satisfied his thirst with some strawberry milk, and after making a quick stop by his classroom, he headed to the student council office with a plastic bag in hand. Waiting there for him was Fujimoto Ayano, who had prepared some delicious black tea. Keiki kneeled down in front of her and offered her the plastic bag.

“Here are the goods you requested.”

“Let me inspect them.” Ayano accepted the plastic bag and checked its contents.

What was inside was an average men’s t-shirt. It was colored a dark grey, made out of soft fabric. It might seem like nothing out of the ordinary, but for Keiki’s respected student council president, there could be no greater object of gratitude.

“Hmm…” Ayano inspected the item with an oddly serious gaze and even pressed it against her face.

What followed that were a few deep breaths. After thoroughly sniffing the shirt, the girl slowly raised her head and flashed a satisfied, almost intoxicated, expression.

“No doubt about it, this is your used shirt, Kiryuu-kun.”

“Naturally.”

Keiki didn’t expect a smell fetishist like Ayano to be easily deceived, which was why he offered her a shirt he had worn all day before.

“I would have preferred your underwear over this, though.”

“I considered it, but after thorough consideration, I arrived at the conclusion that I sure as hell ain’t gonna give you my used underwear.”

Keiki truly was thankful for Ayano’s assistance with that rumor that was going around school, and he wanted to fulfill whatever request she had, but giving a girl your age a pair of used underwear was crossing the line. That’s why Keiki struck a deal with her by offering a used shirt instead.

“Well, this is still a wonderful item, so I’ll be using it plenty once I get home.”

“A-Alright…”

Keiki decided not to think too deeply about how exactly Ayano would use that shirt.

“Either way, you really helped me with that rumor. Thanks.”

“If it’s for you, I’ll use my powers as much as I need to.”

“That surely is a problem, is it not?”

It was great to know, but she might really ask for used underwear next time, so Keiki made a mental note to not rely on her power too much.

“Anyway, I’ll be heading back now.”

“Ah, wait…!”

“Hm?” Keiki turned around, only to find Ayano grabbing the sleeve of his uniform.

“I don’t think… that was enough… of a reward.”

“Huh? But I really can’t give you my underwear…”

“I don’t need that. I’ll have you pay for the rest with your body.” After saying this, Ayano closed the distance between the two of them and embraced Keiki from the front.

“Wah, Fujimoto-san!?”

Her slender arms wrapped around Keiki’s back, and her chest pressed against Keiki’s, sending shivers down his spine.

“The best way to get Kiryuu-kun’s scent is to directly smell it, after all.”

“Thanks, you saying that really helped me calm down a lot.”

All of the indecent feelings rising up inside of Keiki vanished in an instant. That being said, this wasn’t a reason to let her cling to him for all eternity.

“…Um, Fujimoto-san? Could I ask you to let go?”

“Just a bit longer… this will be the last time after all…”

“Eh? Last time…?”

“I’ll make this the last time I’ll directly cling to you when sniffing your scent.”

“So that means you’ll still keep sniffing me in general, right?!”

“How could I stop this? Sniffing your body odor has become Ayano-san’s destiny.”

“I can hardly see how this is destiny…”

“Also, if I can’t enjoy a boy’s scent during periodical intervals, I’ll shrivel up and die. You’re like my oasis at this school, Kiryuu-kun.”

“You’re acting like this is a respawn point in a game…”

But, for some reason…

More than sniffing my scent, this feels like an ordinary hug…

Normally, she’d be sniffing every part of his body at this point, to the point where Keiki would feel grossed out. Today, it felt like she was holding back from doing so, giving off no airs that she was actually a pervert at all. Keiki was busy thinking that it was weird when Ayano herself pulled away.

“Charging complete.”

“Are you okay now?”

“Yup, fully charged.”

“I see.”

“Since I’m satisfied, I’ll give Kiryuu-san the special right to make you her hugging pillow.”

“I don’t remember you having any right to decide that, Fujimoto-san.”

“I want to share this wonderful scent with Mizuha-san, you see.”

“My scent isn’t some kind of lucky item, is it?”

While participating in this questionable conversation, a certain thought came to Keiki’s mind.

Maybe Fujimoto-san is just trying to be considerate?

Ever since Keiki and Mizuha started dating, he had been a bit more distanced from the other girls, and Ayano must have been aware of this, which was why she said that this was the last time.

“…Maybe I don’t mind giving you my used shirts from time to time.”

“Really!?”

“Well, I wouldn’t want you dying on me.”

Keiki had always been in Ayano’s care. She might be a pervert, but deep down she was a kind person, so offering her an oasis wouldn’t hurt.

“Then I’ll be taking my leave now.”

“Yeah, thanks for giving me your shirt.”

Keiki bid farewell to Ayano and was about to return to his classroom. But when he put his hand on the doorknob, something felt off.

“…Hm?”

“What’s wrong?”

“Well… I thought I shut the door all the way when I came in here…”

He had checked that the door was latched properly. However, right now the door was slightly ajar, barely enough to allow someone to peek inside the room. Because of this odd occurrence, Keiki tilted his head in confusion.

After offering his used shirt to Ayano, Keiki made it through the afternoon classes, and by the time he made it to the clubroom, he let out a sigh while dropping his bag as he sat down.

“I feel oddly exhausted today…”

This day had been filled with misbehaviour from various perverts.

“Rinko’s honey trap was especially bad…”

Being seduced by a boy right after getting a girlfriend was just too much. Compared to Ayano’s gentle hug, it was no joke.

“But…”

Even so, each of them had blessed Keiki’s relationship with Mizuha nonetheless. In that sense, it wasn’t all bad.

“…Huh? Nii-san is the only one here?”

Keiki was just relaxing without doing anything in particular when the door opened and Mizuha peeked in.

“Where’s everyone else?”

“Yuika-chan is busy with her work for the library committee, I haven’t heard anything from Sayuki-senpai, and Nanjou is working on her manuscript.”

“I see.”

Mizuha responded with the same attitude as always and put down her bag. The reason Keiki was practically staring at his lover wasn’t because he was entranced by her, but rather because he felt like something was off.

“Mizuha, did something happen today?”

“Eh, why are you asking?”

“I don’t know. You just look a bit bothered.”

“Weird. I’m not angry or anything, you know.” Mizuha gave a perfect smile, denying Keiki’s assumptions.

Mizuha’s really good at hiding her honest feelings, though.

She had been hiding her feelings of love for her step-brother for several years. Keiki didn’t expect to immediately get any kind of information from her. However, there was one easy way to figure out what was going on.

“Mizuha. Can I ask you something?”

“What?”

“Are you wearing your panties today?”

“Fueh!?”

At that moment, Mizuha reflexively pulled down her skirt as she stood in front of her older brother.

“Ah…” And then her expression became much more easy to read. Her expression basically said ‘I messed up’.

She averted her eyes in an awkward fashion, probably as some kind of final resistance. Keiki had pretty much figured out what was going on from that, but he decided to confirm it one last time.

“Mizuha-san… you’re not wearing panties?”

“Hm…”

“You’re not, huh?”

“…Yes, I’m not wearing any panties today.”

The accused admitted to her guilt. Keiki found out that his girlfriend came to school absolutely defenseless. Because of this abnormal high school life he was experiencing, he felt dizzy.

“I totally forgot because you’ve been behaving yourself lately, but you’re still a pervert, huh?”

“But you still like me despite that, right?”

“That doesn’t mean I accept your exhibitionistic tendencies, okay?”

Then again, Keiki had confessed to her while being aware of her fetish, so this kind of incident wouldn’t make his love simmer down at all, but he still had a few complaints nonetheless. More important than that right now was the reason she hadn’t worn any panties to school today.

Whenever she has her no-panties days, it’s because she’s built up some kind of stress that she needs to cope with…

This often happened when her beloved older brother got along exceptionally well with another girl. Judging from that, Mizuha must be displeased about something right now.

“Were you… not wearing panties the entire day?”

“No, I took them off during lunch break.”

“Why did you do that?”

“Because… Nii-san went and cheated on me with other girls…”

“Excuse me?”

“I was actually following you around today, Nii-san.”

“Following me!?”

That was quite the ominous term to use.

“Why would you…?”

“This morning, Takasaki-senpai told me to be careful because you’re so popular.”

“Her again…?”

It all made sense. Just like during Christmas last year, Shiho had been a troublemaker.

“So when I was looking into that, I saw you flirting around with Mitani-kun, patting Airi-chan on the head, being hugged by Fujimoto-san…”

“So you saw that…”

Setting Mitani aside, because he was a boy, and the fact that Ayano had clung to him of her own volition without his consent, this was still bad.

Now it makes sense why the door to the student council office was open…

Mizuha had observed Keiki’s exchange with Ayano. She probably couldn’t hear what they were talking about in detail, but it was still dangerous enough. Not to mention that she probably saw Keiki hand over his clothes.

“I know it might sound weird coming from me, but that wasn’t my intention, okay?”

“I know that, but seeing Nii-san getting along with other girls still makes me jealous. I can’t help it.”

It’s not like she was accusing Keiki of cheating, but Keiki was fairly close to those girls, so that part was no joke. Keiki might not know how to properly handle it yet, but he knew how complicated a girl’s heart could be.

“Anyway, I understand what’s going on.”

“…Nii-san, are you angry?”

“I am a bit pissed that you attended classes without wearing panties, but that’s about it.”

“Really? You don’t think I’m being annoying?”

“Not at all. If anything, I would be pretty sad if you didn’t feel jealous at all.”

Even though she was a pervert who purposefully took off her panties, Keiki couldn’t help but think that she was cute as well. That’s love for you. Keiki stood in front of his beloved little sister and gently smiled while rubbing her head.

“It’s true that I made you worry. So I’ll try my best to only have eyes for you from here on out, Mizuha.”

“Nii-san…”

“Also, you don’t need to hold back with me, okay? If there’s anything you’re worried about, then let me know. Tell me whatever you want me to do. I’m your boyfriend after all.”

“…Okay.” Mizuha must have felt relieved to hear that, because she showed Keiki a smile and nodded. “Then there’s one thing I’d like to ask for right now…”

“Ohh, there’s no need to hold back. Just tell me.”

“I want you to think about it. What is it that I want to do right now?”

“What do you want to do…?”

“By the way, I’ll give you a hint.” Mizuha slowly closed her eyes.

This was more than a simple hint. It was probably nothing short of the answer itself, but it was rare to see her ask for something like this so earnestly. Knowing that he had made his cute girlfriend angry with his actions, Keiki didn’t hesitate for a moment. He wrapped his arms around her back, pulling her closer. And then Keiki initiated his second kiss with her, filled with love and affection.

After a moment passed, the two of them moved away from each other, and Mizuha bashfully put one hand on her mouth.

“…This really is pretty embarrassing.”

However, she seemed to have enjoyed that kiss, and she smiled happily at Keiki, her cheeks beet red.