CH ss - 10

SS 10: The Two Alone in a Room, in the Middle of Typhoon

Translated by: chocolalaEdited by: Seiryuu

“Wow, we really advanced a lot in the game today-” Yuzu heaved a relieved sigh, full of a sense of fulfillment as she closed the ‘save’ window.

“Yeah. We also came to a good place to leave off. Let’s call it a day.” I was also about to lose my concentration by then, so I decided to stop right at this save spot.

Both of us tidied up the game console and prepared to go home.

“Even so, a young couple spending time together everyday, but the only thing that progresses is the game, isn’t that problematic in itself?” Yuzu suddenly blurted that out.

“What progress can you expect from a fake couple…? Game is also fun, isn’t that cool?” I curtly responded, then Yuzu puffed out her cheeks.

“Ehh? Between game and I, which one do you li-?”

“Game.”

“So quick! At least let me finish my sentence!” Maybe I ruined her mood, Yuzu smacked my shoulder.

“Yes, yes….. Mn? Is it raining?” I ignored her still in that state, and I noticed the weather outside the window as I finished preparing to go home.

In order to concentrate on the game and also to avoid leaking sounds to the corridor, we used earphones on each of our ears1 so we didn’t notice it at all; the weather seemed to have a sudden change outside.

“Uwah, I just remembered they said that a typhoon is coming today. I totally forgot all about it.” I frowned as I was reminded of the weather forecast; it was too late to realize it now.

“Is that so? But if it’s only this much rain, isn’t it still okay? We can go home by borrowing an umbrella from the teacher’s lounge.” Yuzu might be thinking that the typhoon was not much trouble, thus intended to just return home as usual.

“No, it’s dangerous.”

“It’s all right, you see?” Yuzu, as if trying to show that a typhoon was not a big deal, opened the window wide.

“Waaahooo-!?” Yuzu lost her balance as he shrieked weirdly.

“There, just when I said it!” I hurriedly shut the window.

“Wuuu…. so cold. The wind is stronger than I thought. At this rate, even things can come flying.”

Yuzu who had given up his naive thoughts was taken aback, so I checked for more information on my smartphone, “If we wait for another hour, we’ll be right in the eye of the typhoon, so shall we wait until then?2“

“Mmn, I agree… Hew, so cold!” Now I had Yuzu’s assent, I glanced up from my smartphone.

“……………..Mnh!?” In that instant, I froze.

Yuzu, this lass, due to her wet school uniform, I could see her underwear through her top…..!

Through the white fabric, her blue bra could be vaguely seen, and owing to her wet top sticking close to her body, it had only emphasized Yuzu’s bodyline—she was unexpectedly endowed—more than usual.

“Urmmm, Yuzu….. You’ll catch a cold if you’re wet, wear this.” I was unable to stay cool in there; I tried to soothe my palpitating heart and I passed Yuzu the blazer that I had on.

She looked calm, but she obediently accepted it.

“Thank you. But Yamato-kun, it’s very rare for you to be this considerate………NO WAY,” Maybe my uncalled-for care for her turned out to be a bad move that she got startled instead and she cast her gaze down to her own body.

In an instant, Yuzu’s face gradually flushed crimson.

“Yo-you saw? You saw it right? Yamato-kun, if you didn’t, you won’t actually be this considerate, right!?” She hid her front with the blazer and she blasted me with questions.

“…….Um.” I knew that it would be of no use to bluff, so I faced the other way and affirmed it.

“Wuuu… Yamato-kun, so lewd!”

“It was inevitable you know.”

“I know but still….” She pouted; she might’ve understood that it wasn’t intentional on my side, she looked like she was at a loss for where she should vent her bashfulness.

“……………………….”

“……………………….”

Somehow, we ended up with a very awkward atmosphere. It was a mix of shyness, embarrassment, and helplessness.

“……Acheww!” The heavy air was punctured by Yuzu’s cute sneeze.

“Are you okay?”

“Mmn…. It feels quite cold after all.”

The season was about to be mid-autumn, once the sun set, the temperature greatly dropped, and with a wet body, any heat on the body would easily dissipate away. Maybe we really should return as soon as we could…..

But we couldn’t, the wind was still strong, and it would be dangerous if things came flying at us.

“Yamato-kun, sit there.” Yuzu pointed to the floor, and prompted me to sit there.

I was puzzled, “Well, I don’t mind, but why?”

Just as she asked, I sat cross-legged on the floor.

“Afterwards, don’t move, okay?” As soon as Yuzu said that, she suddenly came sitting on my lap.

“O-Oi!” I panicked with the sudden close contact leaving no gap between us.

“I-I said, don’t move. I’m very embarrassed here as well.” When I looked at Yuzu, her ears and nape were already flushed red.

“……..Then, why suddenly?”

“Um, for me not to lose in the game, so I thought of making your heart thump by the way.”

“Just for that?”

It seemed like she kept a grudge from what happened just now.

“Besides, I’ll likely catch a cold at this rate. Yamato-kun, you must be happy. You really gained a lot this time.”

“If you put it that way, of course, I lost nothing, but…..” Truthfully, I could feel Yuzu’s body turned quite cold, so I could not exactly refuse.

Her body fits perfectly into my arms. Her cold body was soft, and a sweet smell unique to females wafted about in my vicinity.

“Ah, I’ll say this just in case, although we’re alone and closely stuck together, you can’t take liberties with me.”

“Even if you don’t warn me, I have no such intentions in the first place!” I instantly replied, astounded by Yuzu’s warning, but she in turn looked over here with slight dissatisfaction.

“Hmph. If you say that, that sounds like I’m not desired. To be put in such a wonderful situation, you have to at least have some expectations.” She was being ridiculous as always.

“If you want me to expect something, you have to be more enticing. Yuzu, you lack a little bit of something like an adult’s allure.”

“Hmph….. you darn gloomy bastard. You have too high a pride that you can’t be honest to your real desires, you’re quite formidable.”

“If you’re frustrated about that, you can try letting out a whole ton of allure that is enough to make me lose my self-control then.” I challenged her, thus Yuzu pouted her lips in frustration.

“Just you wait. I’ll raise my allure level real quick and by then Yamato-kun, you would get heart failure just by crossing eyes with me.”

“Isn’t that just love twistedly turning into murderous intent? Wow, a new kind of Yandere.”

“And I’ll make you call me the Goddess of Beauty someday.”

“At that rate, I could only call you Goddess of Death though.”

I chuckled as I heaved a sigh. We bantered like that and waited for the rain to let up.

After an hour, we left the school by the time the rain had stopped.

“Oh man, it has become really late.” Yuzu, whose clothes had dried up while we were sheltering from rain, cheerfully looked up at the sky.

“Yeah. It’s night already, shall I send you home?”

“It’s okay. It’ll be a moment before the typhoon eye moves away, so Yamato-kun, you should go home directly too.”

“Alright. See you tomorrow.”

“Okay, see you.”

Yuzu waved her hand as she walked away. I also turned on my heels and walked towards my home. And then, when I could no longer see her figure at all, I took a deep breath and let it all out.

“That was soooooo dangerous………..!”

What the heck! We were alone and she had the guts to stick that close! If I were to take just one wrong step, I didn’t even know what that would lead us to! That woman, despite being a narcissist, has the tendency to underestimate her own charms!

And she could even say, ‘Even so, a young couple spending time together everyday, but the only thing that progresses is the game, isn’t that problematic in itself?’

You know what? I was really saved by the fact that there was that game we could play. If I didn’t have anything else I could focus on while being alone with Yuzu, by then…….

“……….This can’t go on. I have to reset my mind and feelings while in this stage.”

I shook my head and briskly walked to reach home as soon as possible. I decided to already find the next video game to play after we finished the one we were playing.

Footnotes

woot, that’s so a couple-y thing to do!Apparently it’s calm in the eye of a typhoon