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It was a Tuesday, with exactly a week having passed since the visit to Yamazaki-kunâs house. While blearily rubbing my hazy eyes, I was standing outside at the bicycle parking lot after school. My upper and lower eyelids didnât seem satisfied with playful nips, craving a strong, overlapping, and intense kiss.\n
To get straight to the point, I was tired.\n
ăSaku~!ă\n
As if to dispel my meagre slumber, with her hand *bun-buka-bun* waving and her E-cup hemispheres *tayun-tapun* shaking, Yuuko ran up to me. If other boys were to see this act, thereâs no mistaking that they would either die of anger, or else conspire to make me suffer a death by burning, drowning, or crushing.\n
ăSorry for having you tag along with me.ă\n
ăThereâs nothing to be sorry about. Itâs Sakuâs request, after all. To sum it up, we just have to persuade this Yami-something Keisuke-kun to come to school, right?ă\n
The result of much deliberation, after explaining the situation to her, this time I had asked Yuuko to accompany me. Yua was kind and warm, and for that reason she would go out of her way to match the other partyâs pace. This much I understood from the last time.\n
In the first place, the objective had been to gather information, so in the beginning, asking Yua had been correct. However, what was about to happen from here on out would require a bit of bargaining.\n
For an opponent like that whoâs a twisted, complicated, and warped gloomy character, you needed a power that anyone could easily understand. To borrow Kura-senâs phrasing, itâs about visiting an important point earlier than expected.\n
ăItâs a long way to walk, so Iâve borrowed Kaitoâs mom-bike.ă\n
ăAh, is that so? Okay!ă\n
Without a momentâs hesitation, Yuuko placed a foot on each of the rear wheelâs hub steps and grabbed my shoulders.\n
ăLettsu goăź!ă\n
ăCome now, thatâs improper. If you stand there with a skirt that short, people can see your panties, you know?ă\n
ăEhhh, if two people are going to ride a bike, isnât this the way it works? Iâm not really bothered about getting seen by nameless passerbys A or B either.ă\n
ăWell then, would you permit my humble eyes to take a gander for a short while?ă\n
ăSaku-kunâs a special case, so no.ă\n
ăIsnât it something youâd usually show to a special someone?ă\n
ăOnly when the special time comes, that is.ă\n
That aspect of Yuuko is pretty crafty.\n
I started to pedal the bicycle, and after a bout of shouts likeăYahhoăźăor ăSlow! Youâre too slow!ăfrom Yuuko, she suddenly held on to the bottom of my neck.\n
I can smell the scent of a super sweet perfume, that velvety hair is tickling my cheeks as if in jest, and my back is enjoying a true lucky puni puni panic, so please do stop or I wonât be able to get off the bicycle.\n
ăCompared to last year, you donât really smell as sweaty.ă\n
Whispered Yuuko into my ear.\n
ăWell, Iâm part of the go-home club now, after all.ă\n
ăBooring. I didnât even hate Sakuâs sweaty smell. I wanted to come cheer for you againâŚă\n
Perhaps tired of standing, Yuuko sat down on the luggage rack, this time wrapping her hands around my waist. Through the blazer, I couldnât even comprehend the softness of the cheek which pressed against my back.\n
ăAnyway Yuuko, did any good ideas come to mind after hearing about Yamazaki-kun?ă\n
ăHmm, that kind of thing isnât really what Iâm good at, so I havenât given it any thought. After all, since Saku-kunâs here, itâll definitely be resolved in the end. Since youâre my hero.ă\n
ăâŚI guess so. For the time being, itâs okay to be honest and speak your thoughts. Since no matter what you say, Iâll be around to cover for you.ă\n
ăCa~piche!ă\n
I wonder what the requirements to be a hero are. Most likely, it involves having to be a hero at any and all times.\n
Such were my thoughts as I gazed at Yamazaki-kunâs approaching house.\n