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The literature club room after school, bathed in the setting sun with a heat uncharacteristic of June.
The space was quiet, save for the faint cries of athletic clubs working hard in the distance.
I sat in my usual seat, and straddling my lap directly in front of me was Yuzu senpai.
The distance was zero.
My left hand was wrapped around Yuzu senpai’s waist to support her from behind, and my right hand held the plastic bottle.
In contrast, Yuzu senpai had both hands wrapped around my back as if clinging to me—or rather, she was definitely clinging to me.
With her face tilted up, eyes closed, and small mouth open.
How many times had I already explained this criminal situation where I was waiting to feed her water?
Such an unreal situation was worth explaining however many times it took.
Please help.
Actually, don’t come.
A contradiction.
Sports Course Class 1-B, Kido Kakeru.
…Oh man, my head was starting to go crazy too.
“H-Hahyafuu…”
She was in an even crazier state over there!
Yuzu senpai! With your mouth open! Speaking is! That! It’s kind of like that! Like that!!
Whoa, her teeth alignment was super neat and the inside of her mouth was also… Wait, am I a pervert?!
“Yes! Right away!”
There was only one way to solve this critical situation.
That was, to make Yuzu senpai drink some water.
Simple, high-difficulty, no escape, all good.
“Ah—”
Kido Kakeru was going to do it.
We were still in a senpai-kouhai relationship, and doing an “ah” feed was a dream within a dream, but I felt like I was doing something way more dangerous than that!
I was going to, make Yuzu senpai, drink, some water…!!
“E-Excuse me…”
I opened the cap of the plastic bottle and brought it closer, carefully, very carefully.
When it touched those pink, plump lips that were poison to the eyes, I gently tilted the angle.
“…Nn… Nn… Nkh… Nn…”
This is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water, this is just drinking water!!
…The sense of guilt!!
“Fuaah…”
Eh, cute.
Not pah, but fuaah—that was cute.
I gently pulled the plastic bottle away from Yuzu senpai’s mouth.
The sense of accomplishment was off the charts.
…What on earth is this?
“A-Are you okay, senpai?”
“Ah, yeah… Thanks, Kido-kun…”
Thank goodness!
Yuzu senpai was back to her senses!
Except I was not okay!
“Kido-kun…”
“Yes! What is it, senpai?”
Being the kind of person who answers immediately whenever called, no matter the situation, was who I was.
“Kido, kun…?”
Oh?
“Eh… Me, to Kido-kun, eh…?”
Ah, this was bad.
“…Senpai.”
Since it had, come to this.
“…Do you want another sip?”
“Hya—hyawawawawawawawaaah!?”
I had no choice, but to resign myself to it.
It didn’t work.
With a face redder than an erupting volcano, Yuzu senpai scrambled to stand up from my lap and tried to back away, throwing off her balance—!
“Senpai!!”
“Fueh!?”
Clatter!
Catching the stumbling Yuzu senpai, I tumbled backward onto the floor of the literature club room along with the chair I had been sitting on.
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