The Final Stage

…Uh—so what comes next?

I had no idea how to make the move.

…How did I do it with Karen? We drank, started kissing, and ended up at a hotel…

No, no—why am I using my ex-girlfriend as a reference at a moment like this!?

I just didn’t know how to approach Toko-senpai—the “Goddess of the Library,” the “Shadow Miss Joto University,” the woman I’d admired for years.

…Do I smell bad?

This would be my first time with Toko-senpai. Maybe I stink of sweat; I should shower. If things go well, we could even take a bath together…

“U-um, I’d like to take a shower.”

Toko-senpai answered without looking up, fiddling with her phone.

“Go ahead. You should.”

She clearly had no intention of joining me.

“Well then, I’ll…” I mumbled and went into the bathroom. I stripped and stepped under the hot spray, and just thinking about what might happen made me get hard.

This is bad—will I come instantly? Maybe I should take care of it myself first…

The thought crossed my mind.

I stepped out of the shower to find Toko-senpai watching TV, still messing with her phone.

“That was quite long.”

When she said that, all I could manage was, “Was it?”

I looked at the clock.

…Thirty minutes until midnight.

Earlier she’d said, “We have no choice but to stay like this until twelve.” So once it passed midnight I could make a move—if I even knew how.

But by then my patience would be at its limit.

I sat on the bed opposite her and stared at the TV, but nothing on the screen registered.

…Five minutes left.

I watched the clock. At this rate, the moment it hit midnight I might just lunge at her.

…Three minutes left.

Just then Toko-senpai stood up.

…Is she going to be the one to invite me?

“Well then, I’m going home now.”

Huh? For a second my mind went completely blank. What did she just say?

“You should stay the night, Isshiki-kun. Check-out is at 10:00 AM.”

“Toko-senpai, you’re… going home?”

“Yeah—my dad is here to pick me up.”

Wait—wasn’t the “main event” supposed to start now?

“U-um, are you serious about going home?”

“I am.”

“But you said, ‘We’ll spend the night together’ earlier.”

Toko-senpai gave a troubled smile.

“That’s why I told you I’d tell Tetsuya. And didn’t we stay together until the date changed on Christmas Eve?”

“Wait—‘spending the night’ meant… that?”

Toko-senpai’s face turned serious.

“I don’t know what you were expecting, but I have no intention of doing that sort of thing until I get married.”

I stared at her, utterly stunned.

“Besides, the revenge only requires Tetsuya and Karen-san to think we spent the night together, right? There’s no need to actually do anything.”

“B-but, Toko-senpai—you said Kamokura-senpai was your first, didn’t you?”

“I meant he was the first person I dated. I never said he was the first person I slept with—I have never done anything like that in my life!”

Whoa.

At that moment it felt like my head—and the whole world—had gone white.

“Well, I did tell Tetsuya, ‘I’ll give you my first time on Christmas Eve.’ I used that as leverage to make him go along with my unreasonable requests.”

I stood dazed as she spoke. She gathered her things and headed for the door.

“Well then, see you at the university, Yu-kun!” she said with a smile, opened the door, and left.

In other words: Toko-senpai is still a virgin, and Kamokura never slept with her…

And suddenly everything made sense.

Why did Kamokura give up on his cheating trip with Karen so easily?

How was Toko-senpai able to manipulate him?

What was the “effective card against Kamokura” she had mentioned?

It was all because Kamokura had been counting on having his first time with Toko-senpai!

The moment it clicked I burst out laughing; the sound echoed through the room.

…Kamokura had been targeting Toko-senpai since high school.

…He finally managed to date her this year.

…But he never got to sleep with her.

…And now, everyone thinks I slept with her tonight.

Isn’t this the ultimate snatch from under his nose? Because he got tangled up with a bitch like Karen, Kamokura had his “first” stolen—by me, at least in his mind.

As a man, that’s got to be the most frustrating thing. For me, this wasn’t just double payback—this was the ultimate revenge.

…You’re the best, Toko-senpai. To create a situation like this…

I rolled on the bed laughing—anyone who saw me would’ve thought I’d lost my mind.

But then I realized something.

…I am now dating Toko-senpai.

…But she has no intention of having sex until marriage.

…And obviously, I can’t cheat.

Does this mean I’ve taken Kamokura’s place? That I now have to keep a “second virginity” until I marry her?!

But I renewed my resolve.

…Alright—let’s do this. I’ll be the one to get Toko Sakurajima’s first time.

Only then will the “NTR Payback Plan” truly be complete.

The battle of Yu Isshiki has only just begun!