CH ss - 27

SS 27: The Fake Couple and Indirect Kiss

Translated by: chocolalaEdited by: Seiryuu

“Um…just where’s Yuzu?”

In a fast food outlet a distance away from school.

After getting the food and drinks for two from the cashier, I was looking for Yuzu, who was supposed to be waiting for me at a table.

“Yamato-kunnn! Here, here!”

Yuzu, who was seated at a table for two at the back of the room, spotted me and waved at me. I went over and sat down opposite her.

“Thanks, Yamato-kun.”

“You’re welcome. But just as expected; so crowded. Isn’t it better for us to be at the literature club room instead?”

I felt a little uncomfortable in a restaurant full of students just like us.

“You say that, but it’s hard to concentrate when there’s a game nearby, isn’t it? We have almost twice as much homework as usual, and we’ll never finish it if we play games.”

“Well, that’s true, but…”

Damn you, teachers. Why did each one of you have to give us such a huge amount of homework?

“No choice then, let’s quickly be done with it.”

There was no point in complaining. I let out a sigh and took out a mechanical pencil from my pencil case.

“Oh, wait. At least let’s do it after eating these freshly fried potatoes.”

However, Yuzu’s appetite got the better of her and she started to eat the fried potatoes like a rabbit.

“Hey, if your attention is taken by the food instead, there’s no meaning to coming here.”

In the end, she couldn’t concentrate, could she?

“Come on, don’t say that. See here, how about you also eat this, Yamato-kun? I’ll even feed you.” Yuzu brought a piece near my mouth.

“No need.”

As I refused, Yuzu tilted her head in wonder, “What, you’re full?”

“Not that.”

“Ah, then, is your heart full? I can do nothing about that, it just happens when you’re with me.”

“Not that too, alright?”

It was of no use in stopping Yuzu’s weird train of thoughts since she seemed to have already come to a conclusion and started to eat the potatoes she had been offering me with a self-satisfied look on her face.

“No need to force yourself. When your heart is full, food can barely go down your throat and you find it hard to breathe, right? That’s called love-sickness, you know.”

“I think I might get sick in my stomach from the stress of this failure in communication between us.”

“There, there, you’re being a tsundere again. But well, I’m a magnanimous girlfriend, I’ll open-heartedly accept that not-so-honest part of you.”

“Ow, I’d rather you meekly accept my words instead.”

But well, as a magnanimous boyfriend myself, I should accept this narcissistic side of hers and let this slide.

“Good. I’ve had my fill, I’ll eat the rest later. Let’s get started.” After eating a few bites of potatoes, Yushu seemed satisfied and was finally ready to go.

“Finally…” I released a sigh and made some space on the table to lay out our homework by combining the two trays and placing them in a corner.

“Then, shall we start from classic literature”

“Alright!”

The two of us spread out our notebooks and textbooks and began to solve the problems on the pages assigned for homework. After a few questions, my hand stopped a little.

“Um…, this is complicated,” I muttered with a raised eyebrow as I put down my pen and began to think while sipping my coffee.

Perhaps she noticed me in that state; Yuzu, who was sitting opposite me, raised her head.

“You should use this instead of this here, it’s quite difficult to grasp this part anyway.1”

“Ah, it’s true. Thanks!”

At times like this, it could be helpful to have a smart girlfriend. With Yuzu’s help, the study went smoothly, and when the classical literature was finished, we decided to take a break.

“Phew… that was tiring. Finally, this is finished!”

“We still have three subjects to go,” I replied with a sigh as I saw Yuzu stretching her joints.

Yuzu frowned and grumbled, “Yamato-kun, you shouldn’t remind me of that. What a letdown.”

She then munched some leftover fried potatoes and drank some juice. Suddenly, her eyes widened in surprise.

“Hn? This is coffee. I ordered juice!”

“That’s mine.”

Apparently, she got the wrong cup since I had combined the tray into one.

“S-sorry, Yamato-kun.” Yuzu was a bit rattled.

“I don’t mind, it’s not even much.”

“Ye-yeah, um.”

For some reason, Yuzu’s sight was on the straw in my cup and she reddened.

“What’s wrong? You’re not feeling well?” I asked her out of concern, but Yuzu only responded awkwardly with a shake of her head.

“No-nothing. Yup, I’m alright.”

“I see. Then, you’re only shy because you were thinking that we had an indirect kiss?”

“Why would you simply say that out loud?! Rather than that, if you’ve noticed it, how could you be pretentiously concerned about my well-being?! Why would you let me make a fool of myself?!”

“Nah, I was about to brush the matter away, but Yuzu’s reaction was so cute, I just…”

“You should endure! Keep your wits till the end!” Yuzu poured out her complaints and she pouted her lips in a sultry manner.

“But why are you so calm, Yamato-kun? You just kissed me indirectly, so you should be more embarrassed and excited about it.”

“Well, I might be embarrassed when I’m the one who did it, but I don’t seem to be the type to get upset when I’m on the receiving end of an indirect kiss.”

“Uggghhh…! It’s not fair that only I’m the one who’s embarrassed. I’m returning this cup to you, you may drink it,” Yuzu passed me the cup from which she had sipped.

“No, thanks. I’d be in trouble if Yuzu were to die of embarrassment, so I’ll just order a new cup later.”

I was sure to be embarrassed if I became the one who took the initiative in the indirect kiss, so I shrugged off Yushu’s nonsense and ate my hamburger.

“Damn you… You should suffer the same embarrassment, Yamato-kun!”

If I really did what she told me to, she surely would be embarrassed yet again; but even then, did she still want to drag me with her?

At that moment when I was sneering inside…

“Hn…?!”

Right when I had let my guard down, an emergency situation occurred. What the heck, this had totally caught me by surprise. As a result of eating the hamburger without drinking, they accidentally got stuck in my throat…!

“…uk!”

No way, I couldn’t breathe. I’d like to drink some water right away, but unfortunately, both of the drinks I had on hand were the ones already drunk by Yuzu. I should go to the cashier and order a new drink.

“Mmgh..!”

Alas, my throat couldn’t possibly last until then. Should I do it? Did I have any other choice?

…This is an emergency, just brace yourself, me!

I picked up the coffee in front of Yuzu.

“Huh…?”

Then, in front of the dumbfounded Yuzu, I drank it.

“Ya-Yamato-kun?” Immediately, Yuzu turned bright red.

I tried sipping the coffee from the straw, but the coffee didn’t get sucked up the straw. Damn, after Yuzu had drunk it, the end of the straw was positioned right where there was no coffee!

“A-ah, so Yamato-kun really wanted to kiss me indirectly. Yep, yep, I understand how you feel.” Yuzu still spouted out some narcissistic remarks to show off her composure despite her crimson face.

However, I could not afford to care about that, I was on the brink of death here. I completely ignored what Yuzu was saying and started to drink from the cup with cola–the one Yuzu ordered.

“Eh, you’re drinking that one too?! This is my first time hearing someone getting a second helping of an indirect kiss!”

The fizzy liquid passed through my throat and washed down the hamburger that was stuck in my throat and I was finally revived.

“Phew… I’m back to life,”

“Back to life… by indirect kisses with me?! You’ve been holding back from kissing me indirectly to the point of dying like that?!”

I noticed that Yuzu had become as red as a boiled octopus. Somehow, while I was in a panic, a bad misunderstanding was created.

“Wait, wait. I was only nearly dying from suffocation.”

“Nearly dying from suffocation…? Isn’t that a symptom of lovesickness?! So you truly craved to have indirect kisses!”

“NO! It was just, some food got stuck in my throat…”

“There, another symptom of lovesickness! You craved indirect kisses with me that bad!”

Oh no, there was no way out of this.

And she was not even close! I was just physically dying!

“I-I see. Yamato-kun, so you like me that much, ohhh…” Yuzu shyly said that, but her face didn’t show that she was averse to it.

Now it had come to this, it felt tactless to deny it completely; what a strange thing.

“…Just think of it like that. Yuzu-chan, I-love-you.”

In the end, I gave up on clearing up the misunderstanding and accepted the stigma of being a man who loves indirect kissing.

chocolala: Just when will a real kiss appear?? lol.

BTW, for the main story, I’m hoping to start release in November, but, hehehe, we’ll see…

Footnotes

They were talking about some elements in classic literature, I never learnt that so I had no idea what they were talking about, thus the ambiguous line here, lol