Today is Mai’s long-awaited birthday. I’ve been fidgety and restless since this morning. In the meantime, I decided to give the gift at Mai’s house, but I still haven’t decided when is the best time to give it to her.
I still think the surprise feeling is nice, but I don’t want to bother Mai, so I wonder if I should give it to her safely. I’ve been thinking about it a lot, but I can’t seem to come up with an answer to this question.
「Something’s wrong, Akihiko?」
Perhaps concerned about my endless thinking and fidgeting in the classroom, Natsuki spoke to me in a worried tone.
「Ahh, Natsuki. No, don’t tell Mai this, but, you see…」
「Ah— Come to think of it, it’s her birthday. And you wanted to give her a gift. That’s nice, being her boyfriend.」
「How would Natsuki give it to when you had a girlfriend? Let me hear it for reference.」
「Me? I won’t give her anything of the sort. Ah, but I bet we’re gonna fucking do it.」
「……Eh? What is?」
「It’s sex. I’m just trying to make sure her love me.」
I just stiffened up when I heard that unfamiliar word. I–I see… Natsuki is popular and it’s no wonder he’s already doing that. But it never occurred to me to do that on her birthday without giving her a gift.
「Ahh, I see. You didn’t have sex with Mai, did you?」
「W–Well, I haven’t done that yet…」
Hmm, I don’t remember talking to Natsuki about that topic, so how can he be so sure? You mean he can tell from our relationship?
「It’s really your loss if you don’t know that pleasure.」
「T–That much?」
「Ahh. Especially fucking a girl with big tits!」
Seeing Natsuki speak with such enthusiasm, I think my fluffy longing for sexual activity became a little clearer. But I’m not even in the mood for that yet… It’s not like I can take responsibility in case of emergency.
「What, what, what are you talking about?」
「I–It’s nothing!」
As we were talking about vulgarities, Mai came in. I quickly try to fool around and let the moment pass. Natsuki, perhaps sensing this, did not speak further.
「Fuh— You could have told me about it. Stingy.」
「I–It’s not a big deal. Ah, Mai, are you going to finish helping out early today?」
「Today? Ah— …eh, erm… It’s going to be another long day, I guess. So, Akihiko, you don’t have to wait today.」
「Really? Okay.」
Mai must be going through a lot, and I can’t say I want to force her to end it early. Well then, I guess I’ll go to Mai’s house after club activities.
「Really, Mai has a lot of work to do as well.」
「W–Well, I’m preparing for the school festival and… yeah. But Akihiko, after the festival, I’ll have free time! We’ll eat lots of pizza as promised!」
「Ahh! Well then, Mai’s working hard, and I’ll work on my writing too!」
Then, after school. I was hard at work on my writing. This is because I am so nervous about giving Mai a gift that I am concentrating on forgetting about it.
「Senpai, your typing is faster than ever.」
「I was nervous about giving Mai a present. I’m going crazy if I don’t do something.」
「Heeh. If so, should I always put some pressure on you?」
「Don’t do that. That’s because Karen looks scary enough.」
「I see. By the way, senpai, it’s actually already 6:00.」
「Eh!?」
Perhaps I was so focused that I completely lost track of time, and before I knew it, it was 6:00 p.m., the end of the school day. Come on, this was almost enough to make me stay until the lights went out at school.
「J–Just tell me that quickly!」
「Sorry, it was so cool to see Senpai concentrate.」
「You’re kidding, I bet you just wanted to see me flail around! Sorry, Karen, but you’ll have to clean up after yourself today.」
「I don’t have a choice. I owe you one.」
In spite of the slap in the face, I manage to pack my bags and leave the school, making a short run to Mai’s house. My heart is already racing and I’m half nervous, but more than that, I’m a little excited.
I wonder how Mai will react when she sees this gift, which I chose after much consideration. I wonder if she will laugh, maybe even cry. With such imagination in progress, I finally reach the vicinity of her house.
「I’m pretty sure it was somewhere around here. Ah, there it is, there it is. The lights are on.」
Mai’s family is an only child with both parents working, so I thought I would wait for her if there was no light in the house, but the light in her room was on, so it seemed she was there. I ring the chime and call Mai.
「…Huh?」
But she didn’t seem to answer. Is there some business she can’t keep her hands off? Or does it mean the lights are left on? …I decided to open the door, just to try it out.
「… It’s open?」
If she was not there, the door, which should be locked, opens. And there were two pairs of shoes in the shoe box.
「…Eh.」
Like a balloon being shocked, my heart skipped a beat as if it were about to burst. I’d like to think I’m imagining it, I’d like to think I’m imagining it, but… The men’s shoes were the same as those worn by Natsuki.
「…H–How could this happen?」
One hypothesis passes my mind as well as my doubts as to why it was there. I wanted to believe that there was no way that this could be true, and quietly went to Mai’s room to deny the hypothesis I had come up with.
It’s a lie, right? That can’t be true. T–That’s right… Of course it was not. Mai is my girlfriend and Natsuki is my best friend… S–Something like that… w–will never happen…
「…Nnhn… Ah… Ahh…」
But reality descends on me without mercy. As I approached Mai’s room, I heard a familiar voice making an unfamiliar wheezing sound. My heart cries out, “No, no, no, no,” but the voices never stop. Even so, I open the door of Mai’s room, which opens sideways, just a little, and peek through the crack, taking a small chance.
「Ah… Nnhn… Natsuki… It’s fine… It feels good…!」
My mind goes blank as if I had slapped white chalk on it. My heart was palpitating so violently that it could have burst at any moment, and my legs were shaking like a piece of wood.
And all because of the ruthless reality I saw in my eyes. Because there they were, Mai and Natsuki, embracing each other on the bed, single-mindedly devouring pleasure.