V1C1 Part2

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We waited for Yukina to feel comfortable coming back. When she did, I told them about what happened in the principal’s office. I told them about how everything went through without any problems. I told her about the more personal conversation we had after, and asked for their opinions.

“Mitsuki and I aren’t too in-sync, right?”

The room was silent. Their body language said more than enough: they silently and awkwardly turned their heads away.

“Well, I had a feeling you’d think that, but… that much…?”

“Yuuya, we’re in a clean and proper relationship though… right?ー”

Ironically, I said ‘right?ー’ at the same time as Mitsuki did. Well, it was a bit of a joke, but still, probably only 30% joking. And how did Taiga and Yukina react?

“…Haa…”

They looked at each other for a while, then let out a very deep sigh.

“…Yukina. Let’s show ‘that’ to these two?”

“Yeah, I was about to say the same.”

After their exchange, Yukina turned on the student council room’s laptop. She took out a USB from her backpack and put it in.

“…Uhh? What do you mean by ‘that’?”

Mitsuki looked at him curiously, and I also had no idea what he was on about. With a very calm expression, Taiga started talking.

“Actually, I took a survey to see if people thought you guys were getting it on.”

(In unison) ““…Why?””

“Yuuya’s dad asked us at some point: ‘What do your fellow students think of their relationship?’. The survey was only done for our class, though, so don’t worry.”

How’s that supposed to make me feel better? And what was my dad thinking? I guess it’s part of his little ‘investigation’ into our public image, but as someone who knows our ‘successful businessman’ a bit more personally, I wouldn’t put it past him to do this just for kicks.

While Mitsuki and I stood there, dumbfounded, Yukina turned the screen toward us and started showing the data.

“ーYup. Here are the results.”

““Let’s see.””

TN: ““…”” will be used when they say something in unison.

68%: Of course they do.

・They have sex like it’s a sport.

・Even if Toba isn’t into it, Mitsuki-chan would initiate it.

・If Fushimi-san’s not having sex with him, then he’s got ED or something.

・They can just explode already. (Got this one a lot)

8%: There’s no way they’re doing it.

* Comments omitted. (Rude)

24%: Other/no response.

・…Isn’t this a pointless question? (Many responses of this type, too)

We sat in silence.

…In other words, most of the class thinks we’re doing it all the time?

“ーUm, Yuuya?”

“What is it, Mitsuki?”

She turned to me, looking a bit nervous and lost in thought.

“Yuuya, do you have ED?”

“I do not.”

A rule of thumb is that if Mitsuki looks serious in a situation like this, she’s not going to say anything smart. Not just Mitsuki, actually.

“ーYuuya.”

“…What is it, Taiga?”

I turned toward Taiga, who approached me with a serious face, looking a bit grim.

“I think you should talk with your family about it and get treatment as soon as possible, for the sake of your family lineage’s survival.”

“I said I don’t have it!”

Mitsuki and Taiga’s words were very similar, but don’t clump them together. Mitsuki… She knows what she’s doing. Taiga, on the other hand, is just naturally an airhead.

…I don’t think either of them has bad intentions, though. While Taiga and I were talking, the two girls snuck glances at us.

“So, Yukina? There’s team ‘comments omitted’, and then there’s team ‘do it all the time’ー”

“…Yeah, they said pretty much what you think they did. I haven’t shown these responses to Taiga-kun yet, but maybe you’d want to see them.”

“Oh, by all means. Absolutely.”

…I’ll pretend she never offered to show them. I get it already. Mitsuki and I are weird. Any more, and it’ll give me a headache. For now, I’ll give Yukina a cold glare since she went out of her way to get this data.

“ーAhem. By the way… What’s the true story?”

Yukina took a hint from my gaze, and after a deliberate cough, asked me in a mischievous way.

““The true story?””

“Yeah. I know you guys aren’t doing… that… but you guys spend most of your time at home together, so don’t you ever get in the mood?”

““Hmm…””

Since she mentioned it, the two of us thought about it.

“…Not really, I guess?”

“Right? It’s not like I don’t see you as a person of the opposite sex, or that I don’t like stuff like thatー”

“ーSame. It’s not that I don’t want to, just I don’t feel like going out of my way to do that, and I don’t want to make that kind of atmosphereー”

Objectively speaking, of course, I think Mitsuki is beautiful, and I’m glad she’s willing to show me her vulnerable side. So, of course, I’m aware of her as a member of the opposite sex. But for some reason, I don’t get that ‘atmosphere’ from her. If I had to describe itー

““I guess we just have better things to do?””

“We’re not in some sort of dating sim.” “This isn’t an eroge or anythingー …Ah.”

Well, the more sex-related side of this we were split on, but who said what?

Silence.

“…A-, anyway! It-, it’s not like you’re purposely avoiding it, right?!”

Mitsuki and I were looking at each other with an ‘…oh?’. Yukina, with her face flushed, tried to continue with her questions. She was a little teary-eyed, so we thought that we probably shouldn’t tease her too much.

“ーYuuya, Mitsuki-san, you guys don’t dislike each other, right?”

He smiled bitterly at Yukina’s condition, then asked us. While looking at her, who breathed a sigh of relief that Taiga asked for her, I replied without hesitation.

“Of course. I only think about Mitsuki.”

“I don’t want anyone other than Yuuya too. Yeah?”

My answer was very matter-of-fact, and Mitsuki’s was cheerful.

“…Yeah, it’s the fact that you guys can say these things without feeling embarrassed…”

“Sureー What they’re saying is sweet, but they don’t seem to have that kind of atmosphere…”

I looked at the two of them, who looked like they had headaches, and kind of understood what they were trying to say. They call us ‘husband and wife’ because we say stuff like that without a hint of embarrassment. But because we think it’s natural, it makes a sort of distance between other people and the two of us. I wonder if this is the reason why even Tsuyuki-san was worried about the situation.

“Ahaha… I see… I get what you’re saying, but is there even anything we can do about it?”

“ーYeah… If you want to change something, Mitsuki, sure, since it won’t cause any harm. Though you don’t have to go that far.”

As Mitsuki said, it’s basically impossible to be bashful about it all of a sudden. The only harm I can imagine is that a sudden change like that would make it seem like even more progress was made… But even if people have suspicions about it, it doesn’t affect us as there’s no proof in either direction.

“I mean? Asuka-oneesan basically just confirmed that it’s fine, right? I’m sure it’ll turn out alright.”

“…If you say so. I guess it’s fine if everyone misunderstands Mitsuki-san and Yuuya, in a way.”

It’s exactly as Taiga said. If you look at it from the perspective of ‘keeping other members of the opposite sex away’, it’s better that they think we’re closer than we really are. So I’m going to go with ‘I don’t mind if things stay this way’.

“But… If you’re that close, why don’t you have this ‘sexual atmosphere’ everyone thinks you do?”

Yukina’s comment interrupted my thoughts.

“…Now that I think about it, when Asuka-oneesan asked us if we’ve done it yet… Have we ever had a ‘sexual atmosphere’ enough to get used to it?”

I thought about what Mitsuki said. We never got used to it, but I do remember the last time we had such an atmosphere. This is, in a way, more of an issue than people misunderstanding us… Doesn’t this mean that there’s a problem with our relationship…?

“…If this really were a dating sim, you could say ‘shouldn’t there be some development here’ or something along those lines, right?”

“Ahaha… It’s easy if it’s a game, but I can’t think of any development that you and Mitsuki-chan haven’t had yetー …Huh?”

As she casually replied to Taiga, Yukina seemed to realize something, but what?

“Hm? Yukina, what is it?”

“…Yeah. I’ve been thinking about itー”

When Mitsuki asked her about what was on her mind, Yukina thought a bit more and hesitantly opened her mouth.

“I’ve never seen you and Mitsuki-chan hold hands like a couple would…”

““…Huh?””

I didn’t expect her to point that out. I thought about it.

“…We really don’t, I guess. ーMitsuki?”

“ーI can’t remember us doing it either. I wonder why?”

I don’t know why, but… I definitely don’t remember holding hands with anyone. Well, there were times when I was escorted to parties or school events as a kid, sure, but when it comes to romance, I can’t think of a single time.

“…Really, why don’t we do that? ーYou want to hold hands?”

“Why don’t we? Let’s do it. Holding hands like lovers~”

I was thinking about why we hadn’t done it before, and what Mitsuki’s reaction would be if I held her hand. Mitsuki came up to my right side, and my right hand and her leftー

““ーHuh?””

Just before our hands touched, we both froze, and our hands separated. Yukina and Taiga watched us, confused.

“Huh? What’s wrong?”

“…No, it’s nothi…ng?

“Y-, yeah. It’s nothi…ng?”

I’m not sure why, but I’m feeling a bit nervous and self-conscious about it, though I also thought that it’s nothing much… right?

“…Alright. Let’s do it, Mitsuki.”

“O-, okay…!”

We made up our minds. Yukina and Taiga looked at us, confused at what we were doing.

…Actually, even the two of us don’t really know why that happened.

Anyway.

We nervously but surely closed the distance between us. Our hands touched, our fingers intertwined with each otherー

““…!””

We held on for a while, but I felt like I couldn’t take any more, and we hurriedly pulled our hands apart.

““…Eh?””

Yukina and Taiga look like they’ve seen something truly unbelievable, but… I can’t really believe it either.

“ーYuuya-kun and Mitsuki-chan… why are you both so red…?”

Just as Yukina pointed out in a stunned tone, Mitsuki and I… our faces were beet-red. It was so obvious that even I was aware of it.

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