NTR Kousuke

Chapter 49

Crank up.

With this, my cooperative relationship with Yukari-san comes to an end, at least for now.

Of course, the memories and connections we've built together won't disappear.

Yukari-san has declared that she has something to tell me on the second day of the culture festival.

Probably, no, it's definitely that kind of thing, right?

If I'm misunderstanding this, I don't think I can keep living...

But confirming it would be tactless.

Still...

I keep going back and forth with indecision in my mind.

No, should I just tell her myself? After all, shouldn't the guy take the lead?

In this day and age, people are particular about gender roles, but I was still thinking about stuff like that.

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After cranking up, on the way home.

As we pass by the station, Yukari-san's gaze locks onto a crepe shop, looking reluctant to leave.

"Wanna get a crepe?"

Yukari: "Don't tempt me! That's devil's food! A dangerous forbidden fruit with addictive and habitual qualities! ...Osada-san will strangle me..."

"It's not 'tighten,' it's 'strangle'..."

Class 6 has some dark secrets too...

I realized my own feelings—that I tempted her with a crepe because I remembered Yukari-san's glossy lips licking the whipped cream off yesterday's crepe and wanted to see it again.

Anyway, we talk about this and that while heading home.

A fun and warm time.

The train route home. A little further down the station platform, I spotted Satsuki.

...If she saw Yukari-san right now, she'd be absolutely shocked.

That's exactly why I don't want to meet her now. She hasn't noticed us, so we stay at the far end.

The two of us move to the entrance of the last car.

Yukari: "The end feels calming! Hey, do you think I can beat Mishima-san?"

I nod without hesitation,

"You'll win."

Yukari-san looks anxious,

Yukari: "Even from a distance, I can tell. Mishima Satsuki-san is a beautiful girl. There's no denying that. And me, until recently, I was just a chubby introvert..."

Even after becoming this beautiful, she still can't fully believe in herself... No, it's because you're like this.

Kousuke: "Normally, looks shouldn't be something to compare. But, Yukari-san, you're the best, the very best."

I nod while looking into Yukari-san's eyes, conveying exactly what I feel.

Yukari: "Ahh, ahh, ah—! Geez!"

I get hit again.

While turning bright red, Yukari-san repeats, "I'm the best, the best is me..."

Her face breaks into a goofy grin,

Yukari: "I don't really care if I win the beauty contest or not. No, I have to do my best, or Osada-san will strangle me! Wait, no. If I can be Kousuke-kun's number one..."

"...Yukari-san."

I can't take my eyes off Yukari-san, who mutters something cute and turns bright red.

The train arrives.

The two of us board in silence.

Clunk, clunk, the train shakes.

Our gazes don't waver from each other.

Yukari-san stares at me passionately, straight on.

I get embarrassed. I can't help but feel shy, and I can't look away from the beautiful, dazzling Yukari-san.

The train stops, some passengers get off, and others board.

But I don't care about any of that.

At the next station, Toko Station, Yukari-san will get off.

Our gazes collide again.

The two of us, silent.

Just before arriving at Toko Station, Yukari-san says something completely unexpected.

After thinking for a moment, with a pained expression, but fair and square.

Yukari: "I won't see you for a week starting today, Kousuke-kun."

I'm so shocked that I ask again,

"Huh? Why?"

Yukari: "To be precise, about a week from now, right? On the second day of the culture festival at 17:00, I'll be waiting by the gymnasium. I want to tell you what I asked you to listen to the other day."

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Ah, of course, I'll listen!

But not meeting...?

Yukari: "Until then, I'll work hard to polish myself. There's the beauty contest, the class's maid café, and you're busy too, right, Kousuke-kun? So, no LINE, no meeting! In the meantime, I'll push myself, and build up, build up, build up!"

Pshhh! "Toko—Toko!"

We've arrived?

But! I!

Wait, the door is opening, Yukari-san is leaving!

"But! I!"

Pshhh! Clank! The door right in front of me opens,

Yukari-san steps down lightly from the train, which is slightly higher than the platform, onto the platform.

Squeeze!

!?

Yukari-san pulls my hand, and I lose my balance, stepping down onto the platform.

What?!

The other passengers who got off walk expressionlessly toward the central ticket gate.

Toko Station is a small single-track station, and the opposite platform has no passengers since a train just came.

We're the only ones who got off at the last car.

What are you doing? Well, whatever, I can just take the next train home after a bit, right?

I want to stay with Yukari-san just a little longer.

Yukari-san pulls me a little, still holding my hand.

At an angle where we can't be seen from the train windows, at the very end of the station platform,

Yukari-san?

Chu.

As I'm pulled along, I watch Yukari-san's lips approaching in slow motion.

Slowly, slowly closing in, glossy and plump.

The sensation of wet warmth pressed against me focuses all the nerves in my body!

Pa.

The lips, where all my nerves were focused, pull away.

It must have been just a few seconds.

But it was a vivid, shocking sensation.

I'm so caught off guard that I don't even have time to savor it!

Flustered, I try to take Yukari-san's lips again, this time from my side!

Yukari-san, with a mischievous expression, stops my lips with her index finger and pushes me back into the car with a tap.

"Huh? I!"

Yukari-san, bright red, laughs with an "ehehe,"

Yukari: "My first kiss. I won't see you for a week, but... don't cheat on me, okay?"

Pshhh! The door closes, and the train starts moving.

I stare intently at Yukari-san through the narrow train window until she's out of sight.

After that, I have no memory of how I got home.

I couldn't think of anything but Yukari-san's lips until I went to bed—no, all night long.