Volume 5 - CH 8

It was during a break in the physical fitness test.

“Did you sleep with Takasegawa-kun already, Arisa-san?”

“Kehou!”

At the question of her friend, Nagiri Tenka, Arisa spewed out the contents of her water bottle.

While coughing and wheezing, she glared at Tenka.

Her white skin was slightly tinged with red.

“P-please don’t ask me strange questions all of a sudden!”

“So, did you sleep with him?”

She was asked in a curious tone.

Arisa looked away and answered with a little hesitation.

“No, I mean… not yet…”

“You stayed over, but you haven’t done it yet?”

“No, well… as high school students, we thought we should maintain a platonic relationship for a while…”

Then Arisa puffed out her chest slightly.

“But we kissed, you know?”

“…Even if you proudly say that”

She was annoyed that her proudest step (for Arisa) was denied.

Then she gave a small snort.

“Since you say that, have you ever done anything like that, Tenka-san?”

“No, never…”

“I’m ‘above’ then.”

“No, that doesn’t make you above or below…”

“I’ll wait for you above.”

Tenka was annoyed by Arisa’s smug face.

So, she silently gave Arisa a small poke on her side.

“Hey, please stop it… hya… ah.”

Tickled, Arisa grabbed Tenka’s arm and pressed against the opposite side.

She easily pushed Tenka down.

“Damn, you strong-armed gorilla… hya ha ha ha…”

“You’re just weak, Tenka-san. Here, why don’t you say something… hya!”

Arisa’s body as she physically mounted Tenka came to a halt.

It was because someone had grabbed her by the neck.

Arisa was rather sensitive, so this was enough to make her unable to move.

“You seem to be doing something interesting.”

“Please let us join you!”

The two people who said that from behind Arisa were Ayaka and Chiharu.

Incidentally, Ayaka was the one holding onto Arisa’s neck.

“N-no …It’s nothing big… Yeah, I’ll leave it at that for now.”

When Arisa realized that she was going to be attacked by three people, namely Tenka, Ayaka, and Chiharu, she decided to retreat as soon as possible.

Arisa does not fight against those she cannot win, and she does not fight battles she cannot win.

“So what were you talking about?”

Chiharu’s question was answered by both Arisa and Tenka respectively.

“We talked about how far Arisa had gotten with Takasegawa-kun.”

“When I told her it had progressed to kissing, she made fun of me… Even though she’s never done it before.”

“It was Arisa-san was the one who mounted on me for something trivial.”

“You’re just paranoid.”

“You were smug. You were smirking.”

“No, I wasn’t.”

“You were.”

“I wasn’t.”

“You were.”

“I wasn’t.”

“You were.”

“I wasn’t.”

“You were (wasn’t)”

“Is it Kodama?”

“No, it’s Hikari.” (TN: Kodama & Hikari are two bullet train services in Japan with different speeds. Ayaka & Chiharu are comparing Arisa & Tenka’s arguments with them I guess.)

When Ayaka and Chiharu heard what Tenka and Arisa had to say, they nodded their heads in understanding.

And they sighed in exasperation.

“It’s like an acorn race…”

“It’s hard for me to keep up with… It’s unbearable…”

The two of them pretended to start crying.

Tenka and Arisa were pissed off and wanted to say something back, but decided not to.

The two of them don’t fight opponents they can’t beat, and they don’t fight battles they can’t win.

“So, all you did was kissing.”

“I thought you two were already going at it all the time.”

“G-going at it you say…”

Arisa blushed as she imagined the act.

She could imagine herself doing such things with Yuzuru …and she had done so before, but it didn’t feel very realistic.

“Have you had any deep kisses?”

“N-no… so far only the shallow ones…”

As for Arisa, she thought it was a big step.

But when she thought about it calmly, it was too small a step.

It’s not unusual for a slightly more advanced elementary school student to have at least a light kiss.

To be proud of it in high school was certainly… a shameful story.

…Still, though, Arisa thought, she had beaten Tenka.

“By the way, how far have you two gotten… or rather, have you been doing it?”

Tenka asked Ayaka.

The fact that Ayaka and Chiharu are a so-called lesbian couple, and that they have a rather strange relationship with Soichiro, was something that needed no further confirmation.

“Yeah, I’m too embarrassed to tell you…”

Chiharu answered Tenka’s question coquettishly.

Arisa and Tenka could guess that the two of them were kings of the field.

“Just the other day I sent Soichiro-kun a video of me and Chiharu doing it, you know ‘Netorare video letter’ play.”

” ’Your childhood friend certainly adapts well.‘ “

Ayaka said, pretending to be embarrassed.

Meanwhile grabbing her chin, Chiharu said such a thing in masculine speech for some reason.

Both Tenka and Arisa’s mouths dropped open at the sheer level difference.

“…In all seriousness, we don’t record naked bodies on recording media.”

“Kidding. I was just joking.”

They were the children of a good family, despite their inner nature.

They hurriedly explained that they hadn’t left any images that would be unpleasant for a third party to see.

“If we do that, Soichiro-kun might threaten us…”

“‘If you don’t want me to send this video to your parents, you understand, right?’ “

“’Kuh…’”

Ayaka and Chiharu started their stupid little play again.

It was a little funny, so Tenka and Arisa couldn’t help but laugh.

After laughing, they regretted laughing at such a silly thing.

It’s frustrating… but it was funny…

“…By the way, as I thought, am I being too shy?”

In a very serious tone, Arisa asked Ayaka and Chiharu.

In response, Ayaka and Chiharu showed some thought and then answered.

“Isn’t… normal?”

“Considering you’ve been dating only for a few months, it’s not too late, is it?”

Generally speaking, it was in the average category.

Ayaka and Chiharu replied.

“Well… Takasegawa-kun wouldn’t get angry about something like that in the first place, would he?　He’s a gentleman after all.”

Tenka was reflecting on how she shouldn’t have stirred up the situation a bit and encouraged Arisa by saying so.

However, Arisa’s expression was not excellent.

“No, well.. it is so, but…”

“What?　Could it be that Yuzurun said something to force you?”

“That’s a problem. Let’s go to Yuzuru’s mom and tell her about it.”

“Takasegawa-kun is the worst… I misjudged him. I’m going to stop buying pencils from that 〇 △ company.”

At the words of Ayaka, Chiharu, and Tenka, Arisa hurriedly shook her head.

“N-no way!　It’s not like that… Rather, it’s the opposite…”

“….Opposite?”

Ayaka asked back.

Arisa gave a small nod.

“How should I say it, lately Yuzuru-san seems to be… a bit complacent with the current state of things.”

Tenka tilted her head in response to Arisa’s concern.

“…What’s wrong with that?　As long as you are satisfied with it, why not?”

“No, well, that’s true. That is true, but…”

Tenka’s words made Arisa hesitate.

But Ayaka and Chiharu grinned when they realized what Arisa meant.

“Haha, Arisa-chan …you are surprisingly taciturn.”

“All you’ve got are big breasts.”

Arisa unconsciously hid her breasts.

“The size of the breasts is irrelevant.”

As expected, after listening to this exchange, Tenka could understand Arisa’s worries.

Then she smirked.

“Oh, so you don’t deny being taciturn.”

“…I’m not taciturn either.”

Then Arisa showed a sulky look and turned her face away.

Ayaka and Chiharu sat down next to her.

“Well, well… If Arisa-chan is not happy with it, why don’t you actively appeal to him?”

“No, but it’s… embarrassing, and if he might find it too petty…”

“Just show a little opening and invite him in lightly. After that, the guy will try to do the rest on his own.”

“…Is that how it works?”

“If you feel you can’t go any further, just hit him. Yuzurun will back off.”

“Is that so… I see.”

Although she had no particular reason to believe it, Arisa had a feeling she could pull it off.