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Inside the room, the two girls finally calmed down a little and were drinking coffee in silence.
“As I expected—I still
 love this coffee’s flavor the most.” Chiaki smiled gently at Haruka. “The taste of coffee that you personally brewed for me.”
“Is that so
” Haruka averted her gaze as her cheeks flushed slightly red.
‘Honestly, wasn’t this exactly just like before?’
But there was no helping it; even though she knew that she shouldn’t, these were her real feelings.
Although she’d tried her utmost to restrain herself and to forget
 she couldn’t.
That alluringly sweet, dazzling, mesmerizing time she spent together with Chiaki.
It had been like a dream she couldn’t wake up from.
Haruka thought that she had gotten over Chiaki after breaking up with her for so long. For the first time, she discovered that she was still hung up on her.
She told herself she brought a male companion in order to prevent Chiaki from getting close to her again. But on closer inspection that was probably
 her fear of facing her true inner self.
‘How terrible am I
’
Like her classmate outside, Haruka Shimizu also fell into a state of self-loathing.
At this moment, Chiaki took her hand.
Chiaki gently caressed her hand before bringing it to her soft lips and licking gently. As her cute red tongue darted out, she eyed Haruka with a seductive expression.
Haruka’s face instantly turned bright red.
That gaze, these feelings
 they’re so distressing
 Her body trembled slightly, half in fear and half in anticipation.
Chiaki used well-practiced motions as she licked every inch of Haruka’s fingers, fingertips, back of her hand, and palm of her hand
 Without missing a single spot, Chiaki licked her softly and gently, taking her time as if she was tasting an exquisitely fine meal.
As the blue-haired girl’s trembling became more and more obvious and her cheeks flamed crimson red, Chiaki gently pulled Haruka into her arms.
Haruka suddenly regained her senses.
“N
 No
”
‘We’ve already broken up, we can’t
’
However, her resistance was so soft and helpless that it didn’t seem like she was resisting at all.
To Chiaki, Haruka seemed like she’d regained her feelings for Chiaki as her eyes were watery, her face flushed completely red, and her tiny mouth was slightly puckered open.
Chiaki brought her face close to Haruka’s, then leaned in and kissed her.
“Mmm
 Ah
”
After their lips came into contact, they stuck together as they mashed lips.
Haruka felt like all her energy had been drained; she could only allow Chiaki to tightly hold on to her body and let Chiaki do whatever she wanted.
‘We can’t
’ She was shouting this in her heart, but her body had zero strength as she was enjoying this, unable to resist.
Time became a blur to them.
After losing track of time, Haruka finally felt herself being released.
Chiaki licked her lips in an alluring expression that seemed like she was saying “thanks for the meal.”
“Wahh
 Honestly!” Haruka summoned a sliver of energy and lightly hit Chiaki. “We can’t be like this
 Your
 your boyfriend, isn’t he waiting outside for you!?”
“Oh, do you care a lot about him?” Chiaki chuckled.
“This
 this isn’t about whether or not I care about him! You’re the one who should be caring!” Afraid of having her true feelings found out, Haruka raised her voice in an attempt to cover them.
Chiaki wore a light smile as she gazed at Haruka’s face.
As long as she was able to open the door to Haruka’s heart, Haruka would become unexpectedly soft and express a rich variety of emotions. This was one of the traits which caused Chiaki to fall in love with her.
“Seigo
 isn’t my boyfriend.” She told her the truth. “I actually haven’t known him for all that long, so we haven’t moved on to being boyfriend and girlfriend.”
“Oh
 That means, as long as time passes, you’ll become
” Haruka furrowed her eyebrows slightly.
“I don’t know~” Chiaki shrugged. “If you ask me whether or not he’s suitable to become my boyfriend, I’ll say yes, and add a definitely in front of yes. Even though we’ve known each other for only a short time, he’s really an amazing as well as handsome guy. He’s basically like the main male idol lead in a television drama
 No, even an idol actor wouldn’t move me as much as he does.
“If it wasn’t for your existence, I would definitely fall in love with him
 Actually, I’ve already fallen for him a little, but one of my best friends fell in love with him first, and I don’t want to ruin our relationship. But human emotions are very difficult to control
 So I don’t know what will happen in the future.”
“Wah
” Haruka puffed out her cheeks.
Chiaki really wanted to poke her cheeks like she would in the past, but she managed to restrain herself.
“That’s my story. How about you, Haruka?”
Haruka’s face stiffened slightly before she ended up sighing.
“Okay, I admit it as well, Tetsuo
 is not my boyfriend; he’s actually my younger cousin.”
“I knew it; you would never fall in love with his type.” Chiaki smiled knowingly.
Haruka’s expression flickered.
“Tetsuo
 is a good guy. It’s just
 maybe he’s a little too arrogant
”
“‘A little?’ Hah, fine, I teased him plenty anyways, so I’ll let it go with that,” Chiaki said casually.
‘If that guy still keeps acting up, Seiji will definitely give him a good lesson.’ She was certain of this.
‘Seiji Haruta can be quite fearsome if he truly gets angry, after all~’
At any rate, the two of them went outside quite a while ago, and who knows what they’d been up to. Chiaki suddenly wanted to see the arrogant Tetsuo Sasaki learning a well-deserved lesson from Seiji.
That’s right; she still bore a grudge towards him!
Even if she knew now that he was only a fake boyfriend, she still felt unhappy inside and wanted to see him suffer!
Seiji would surely comment about how illogical her grudge was, but this was just a part of her nature.
Actually, her taunts just earlier were already unreasonable, but Seiji resolutely stood by her side and helped her out in order to make her feel better.
Chiaki was inwardly delighted about this.
Just as Seiji said, he wasn’t exactly a “good person,” nor did he believe in right and wrong. He simply helped those he wanted to help, protecting and taking care of his friends.
This made Chiaki extremely happy and instilled her with a feeling of safety.
Of course, if she went overboard Seiji would surely stop her. This would be a method of protecting her as well, otherwise the situation would get out of control, and she’d be the party who’d bear the brunt of the consequence.
At any rate, Seiji Haruta was simply a trustworthy and reliable person.
‘Honestly, you seem so cool; what will happen if I really fall in love with you?’ Chiaki mentally asked the person who was outside the door.
Seiji sneezed.
‘Why am I feeling a sudden chill?’ He rubbed his nose.
He didn’t know what was going on inside.
But Chiaki would surely be able to take care of things. He had confidence in her.
He was a bit bored just standing outside like a door guard, though.
With nothing to do, he glanced at the boy beside him, and just happened to notice Tetsuo looking towards him as well.
They looked at each other wordlessly for a few seconds before Tetsuo finally piped up.
“Seigo Harano
 right?”
Seiji raised his eyebrow at the unexpected question.
“Yes, what is it?”
“Just earlier
 Perhaps I was a bit rude.” An indescribable light flashed through Tetsuo’s eyes. “However, you and me, we’re different.”
‘Sigh
 Arrogant people like him are so difficult to deal with.’
“Yeah yeah, you’re an excellent student from Kaoki High School, you’re a genius, you’re an elite, you’ll definitely be successful in life, you’re at a completely different level from a commoner like me, you’re so great.” Seiji praised Tetsuo in a sarcastic tone that made it obvious it wasn’t praise at all.
Tetsuo furrowed his eyebrows.
He’d already calmed down, so it was easy for him to tell that Seiji didn’t mean his praise, but
 It was difficult for him to say anything back.
If he did anything rude, it would hurt Haruka.
But there were some things he still needed to say.
“It’s good that you understand,” he said lightly. “We
 Compared with you guys, Haruka and I are vastly different, not only in the school we go to.”