Chapter 529

Tap, tap.

I kept drifting in and out of a light sleep until Miyuki tapped my thigh.

"Don't sleep."

I had been perfectly fine through second period, but a wave of drowsiness hit me as lunchtime approached.

Miyuki had woken me up entirely too early. Not that I blamed her.

"Then don't wake me up."

Miyuki stared at me, dumbfounded by my shameless retort.

Gazing at me with a cute, open-mouthed expression, she slid her hand deep into my inner thigh, forcefully squeezing and releasing my flesh.

"Don't pinch me."

I glared at Miyuki, my upper body hunched so low it almost touched the desk. She smiled sheepishly and lowered her gaze.

At the same time, her hand trailed even higher up my thigh.

My body flinched on its own the second that soft touch grazed my crotch.

"What are you doing?"

"Be quiet."

"Wait a minute..."

The ticklish, strange sensation was already driving me crazy. If she went any further, I was going to get completely hard.

She was being incredibly bold considering Bread Girl and the Vice Representative were sitting right in front of us.

Doing this on the first day of school, no less... I wondered if we should head up to the Rooftop during the break for a quick round.

Scribble, scribble.

Suppressing the pleasure from Miyuki's provocation, I jotted something down in my notebook.

Miyuki's head immediately leaned in close to my shoulder.

She could read my handwriting without getting this close, but seeing her show how much she liked me made me happy.

[I'm going to the Nurse's Office.]

Confusion crossed Miyuki's face when she saw the sentence on the top line of the notebook.

But only for a moment. Her cheeks flushed bright red the second she read the word I wrote right beneath it.

[Erection.]

Feeling guilty even though no one was watching, Miyuki glanced around to make sure the teacher hadn't noticed. Then she picked up a pen and poked the back of my hand.

She started writing a reply.

[You're just going to skip class.]

[I'm not.]

"Can you even stand up like that?"

Miyuki asked, dropping her voice to a whisper.

I lightly tapped my forehead against the side of her head and replied.

"Why wouldn't I? Of course I can."

"Can you hide it...?"

"Is there a need to hide it? My goal is to show everyone who made me like this."

"Ah, don't do that...!"

Miyuki's voice rose a little in her panic, causing the Vice Representative and Bread Girl to whip their heads around.

Miyuki hurriedly covered the words in the notebook and flashed an awkward smile. The Vice Representative clicked her tongue softly, looking as though she found us completely hopeless.

"You two back there, be quiet."

The teacher's warning followed.

Miyuki bowed her head in apology, then glared at me and grabbed her pen again.

[I got scolded because of you, Matsuda-kun.]

[How is this my fault? You're the one who raised your voice.]

[That's because you were saying weird things, Matsuda-kun...]

[Is getting an erection a weird thing?]

[No, you saying you were going to show everyone who made you like this is what's weird.]

[You blame me for everything.]

[Idiot.]

Ah... this was fun. My mood lifted without me even doing a thing, brimming with the distinct feeling of youth.

Wasn't this just the simplest kind of happiness? Happiness really wasn't something you had to look far for.

We flirted throughout the entire class, only shutting our mouths and keeping our hands still after receiving a few more verbal warnings.

I felt a gaze on me from time to time; it probably belonged to Tetsuya.

His jealousy wasn't a new development, so I could cleanly ignore it now.

Once class finally ended, Miyuki unreasonably demanded that I buy her Strawberry Milk since she couldn't focus on the lesson because of me. I decided to indulge her.

I had somewhere to stop by anyway.

Leaving the classroom, I went down to the first floor, walked past a relatively quiet corridor, and stopped in front of a certain door.

Then I knocked.

Shortly after the dull knock rang out, a gentle voice from inside told me to come in.

I opened the door and gave a slight bow at the sight of the woman inside, who was wearing a white lab coat, a light blue dress shirt, and a tight black skirt that barely covered her knees.

"Hello."

"Oh, Matsuda-kun? Hello."

She remembered my name quite well.

Of course, I had been a troublemaker in my first year and visited the Nurse's Office often enough for her to memorize it, but it still made me happy. It felt like I was a special existence, unlike the other random students.

"Have you been well?"

"Of course. Are you sick?"

Did I have to be sick to come here?

I could just come to see her face. It made me a little sad to hear her say that.

"No, I just came to say hi."

Strangely enough, the school nurse wasn't a heroine candidate, but I often found myself wanting to see her.

I wondered if it was because her face and body were just too erotic.

"What's the occasion?"

"I came by last semester too, don't you remember?"

"So many students come to say hi, I can't remember all of them. Sorry."

So there were plenty of other guys like me...

I completely understood how they felt.

I wanted to slide my cock between the school nurse's full breasts and shoot my seed straight into her mouth.

I wanted to dirty that light blue dress shirt visible through her white lab coat with my thick white fluid.

After indulging in those thoughts for a brief moment, I spoke.

"It's fine. I'll get going now."

"Already? Why don't you stay for a cup of tea?"

"Aren't you busy?"

"Unlike the other teachers, things are pretty quiet in here on the first day."

"I see. Can I come sleep here during lunch?"

"That's not allowed."

"Okay. I'll take that cup of tea, then."

"You're really going to stay?"

"Were you just saying that?"

"No. Come here and sit down."

She waved her hand in the air as if she had just been joking, pulling out an empty chair next to her and offering it to me.

It was probably because she kept giving me openings like this that I kept coming back to see her.

Was there any way to get her to move near my house later on?

I pondered the thought.

My change in mindset wasn't the only difference between this semester and the last.

The other difference was lunchtime.

Miyuki, Renka, Chinami, and Hiyori.

Sitting at the same table and eating lunch with all four of them felt somewhat like a family meal.

Wherever you went, there was always that one guy hanging out in a group of girls.

Thanks to that, the five of us didn't draw too much attention.

Only the people who were acquainted with the four heroines would shoot us a brief glance and look away.

"I wanted to eat with Miho. We were going to get hamburgers."

Hiyori complained as she worked her chopsticks right next to me.

I offered her a wide grin and replied.

"Let's just eat together like this for today."

"Is there a specific reason it has to be today?"

"Not really."

"Right."

"Don't put your leg on the chair. Sit up straight and eat."

"Why are you nagging me like my mom...!"

"Just eat your food."

When I scolded Hiyori in a strict tone, she pushed out her lips in a pout and picked up a sausage from today's side dishes.

The atmosphere during the meal was mostly quiet. Still, the other heroines occasionally kept the conversation going through Chinami.

Things were playing out exactly as I envisioned—Chinami acting as the perfect mediator to foster harmony among the heroines.

The problem was that they were passing messages through Chinami instead of speaking directly to each other...

But that would naturally resolve itself once the heroines got used to eating together as a group, so I wasn't too worried about it.

After finishing our meal and stepping outside, I tilted my head at the blatant hostility in Renka's eyes as she followed me out.

"Why are you glaring at me like that?"

"Why do you treat Asahina differently than you treat me?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You just scold her with words and... you're not harsh with her."

To think she was jealous because I wasn't being as forceful with someone else as I was with her... Our Renka was acting cuter by the day.

I could call it childish and immature, but I decided to view it as her growing dependence on me.

"Should I have spanked her right in front of everyone, then?"

"N-No, not that... And that's not what I meant..."

"Then what? Do you want me to treat you, the President, the same way I treat Hiyori? It'll be a lot harder for you than it is now."

"Well, no... I didn't say that."

"You were going to."

"I wasn't...?"

"Sure you weren't. You're going to get into real trouble if you keep trying to play innocent."

"...You piece of Trash."

"Are you ever going to fix that habit of cursing when you run out of things to say?"

"Why should I listen to someone like you?"

"Suit yourself, then."

Pat, pat.

I tapped the small of her back, completely unfazed by her defiance. Startled, she darted her eyes around the area.

Then she made eye contact with Miyuki, who was just walking outside. Renka flashed a forced smile and started needlessly adjusting her hair.

As I had thought earlier, it was still too soon for them to be comfortable around each other.

But things would gradually improve. They weren't strangers; they were students at the same Academy, and thanks to their connections with me, they would meet often enough that they wouldn't have to start entirely from scratch.

Since time would resolve the issue, I just needed to be patient and wait.

"Mngh."

I tapped Chinami's shoulder as she stood next to Renka. Hearing her signature little squeal brought a wide smile to my face.

"You two are heading to the Club Room, right?"

"Yes. We have something to discuss with the coach."

"He didn't call for me?"

"He didn't mention it, so I think you can just rest."

"Understood."

"Then we'll be going now. Let's eat together again next time... Junior, I can't bow if you keep pressing down on my shoulder..."

"We're going to see each other tonight anyway, so you can just do it casually."

"I can't do that..."

Maybe it was because Chinami looked so cute as she struggled?

Hiyori, who had been pouting the entire time, let out a small, defeated laugh.

This was how their bond would deepen—moving forward slowly, step by step.

Thinking that today was going to be an extremely satisfying day, I released Chinami's shoulder.

Once Renka and Chinami walked away, I turned back to Miyuki and Hiyori.

"You guys don't have anything to do, right? Follow me up to the Rooftop."

"W-What...? Why...?"

Miyuki looked visibly startled.

She seemed a bit anxious, as if she thought something lewd was going to happen on the Rooftop.

Hiyori was slightly intimidated, just like Miyuki.

It wasn't like I had traumatized them or anything... It was absurd seeing them cower like frogs caught before a snake.

"Just to get some fresh air."

"Are we really just getting fresh air...?"

"Yeah."

"I have to go to the Student Council..."

"Why are you only saying that now? Are you lying?"

"N-No, I'm not...? I'm telling the truth...!"

Seeing Miyuki so fiercely protest her innocence, it seemed she was telling the truth.

When I looked at Hiyori with disappointed eyes, her bright golden eyes darted back and forth.

It didn't look like she was trying to invent a fake excuse, so hanging out with Hiyori until afternoon classes started would do.