Why Not Make Both Twins 'Girlfriends'?-Chapter 2Volume 1 .3 - Another Side of Chikage Usami...?

Another Side of Chikage Usami…? 3

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“I lost. You’re strong, huh? I didn’t think Kondo-san would beat me.”

“Thank you…”

Usami approached Sakuto, who remained seated.

Despite her loss, she had a cheerful smile and extended her right hand.

Just as Sakuto was about to grasp it——

『——Hey? Wanna play together?』

Suddenly, a memory from his elementary school days surfaced, and he involuntarily withdrew his hand.

“…? What’s wrong? Don’t like handshakes?”

“Ah… no, it’s nothing…”

Sakuto gave a slight smile to the puzzled Usami.

Usami blushed, retracting her extended hand. Then, she turned away slightly, fiddling with her bangs and peeking at Sakuto with sideglances.

“Anyway… what did you want to ask me?”

He had been so focused on the game that he had completely forgotten about that.

He wondered where to start. But first, there was something he had to confirm.

“You seem different from how you are at school… Is this the ‘real’ Usami-san?”

Usami looked puzzled again.

“Hmm? Oh, I see! Ahem…well… it’s not really about being ‘real’ or ‘not!’ “

“…real or not? What’s with that way of speaking…?”

As Sakuto looked at her skeptically, Usami started to panic.

“Ah, no, I misspoke? Anyway…dear sir, do you have any business with this ‘me’ ?”

“Uh… are you joking right now?”

“No, I didn’t mean it like that?”

“Oh, okay. You’re joking, huh?”

“Cough-cough…! Whoa, it’s hard to adjust… cough! How do I usually speak… Ah, right… cough-cough!”

Usami muttered something to herself while clearing her throat.

Her coughing made Sakuto start worrying about the arcade’s air conditioning.

‘The poor air quality here might be affecting her brain or her way of speaking.’, he thought.

“…So, what did you want to ask me?”

She finally returned to her normal way of speaking.

“First of all… why the arcade? You seem quite used going to this place…”

“Hmm…something like theory and practice, maybe?”

“…what?”

“Theory and practice… as a means of stress relief.”

“Oh, so it’s just for stress relief, then…”

Sakuto was quite taken aback.

“And those headphones? I haven’t seen them before…”

“Ahh, these are the 『KAN-01V』, the initial model of the KANON series. They’re noise canceling, of course, but they’re also designed not to hurt your ears——”

“Sorry, I asked the question wrong… Not about the model or features, but do you usually carry them around?”

“Well… sometimes? Maybe…uh, reasonably often?”

“…Why the question mark? It’s about yourself, right?”

Sakuto was dumbfounded by her responses, but Usami seemed to be enjoying the conversation with a smile.

However, something was different.

Not just her way of speaking——

“Your smile is cute…”

“Oh, about that—… Wait!? Wh-what did you just say!?”

“Nevermind…”

He blurted it out because he thought she was smiling more than usual.

And it was cute. He even found himself wishing she would smile like this more often.

“I don’t mind flattery, but being told so directly is really embarrassing.”

“Sorry, forget I said it… So, you’re quite serious about this stress relief, huh?”

“Somehow…well, did I put you off?

“No, I like people who are serious about what they do.”

“Ahaha… haha… l-like?”

Ignoring Usami who was turning red, Sakuto rested his chin on his hand, thinking about his next question.

“So, my next question is——”

Suddenly, her face moved in close, right beside Sakuto’s cheek.

“Hey, what are you—”

“Sshh… look behind you, but do it quietly…”

She whispered softly into Sakuto’s ear.

Sakuto felt her breath and warmth on his skin and felt a jolt, but he turned around quietly.

There was a familiar figure in a pantsuit, a stern-looking beauty.

She was looking around restlessly.

“Ugh!? The student counselor, Tachibana Sensei!?”

“Haha…that’s too bad. It looks like our date ends here…”

As Usami spoke in a whisper, Sakuto turned back around.

Her face was still there, very close to him.

Her hair brushed against Sakuto’s cheek, tickling him with its scent.

It was the same scent from when he held her two days ago, but somehow, it felt slightly different.

Usami then took Sakuto’s right hand.

She pulled it beside her face, pressing it gently against her hair.

The hair tickled the back of his hand, causing Sakuto to turn red, both ticklish and embarassed.

“——Yeah. You’re really nice…”

“What are you doing?”

“Marking. I thought I’d leave my scent on you.”

With that, Usami rubbed her cheek against Sakuto’s right hand.

His fingertips touched her small ear.

“Hehe, isn’t my earlobe soft?”

“Well…”

Usami deliberately made him touch it.

When he pinched it lightly, it was indeed soft.

“Now you’ll remember the feel, right? …you can touch it anytime, okay?”

“But what is this, exactly…?”

“Hehe, it’s a charm so you don’t mistake me for someone else next time——then, a goodbye hug!”

“Wait!?”

She hugged him tightly for a moment, then quickly stepped back.

Smiling brightly, she lightly waved goodbye.

Sakuto watched in a daze as Usami slowly headed toward the emergency staircase on the second floor.

He was a little confused, but his heart was pounding, and his body felt hot, as if on fire.

That’s when Sakuto thought.

This feeling might just be——

“You, you’re a student of Arisuyama Academy, right!? Your name and class!?”

“Ah! Tachibana Sensei…!?”

——stemming from the fear of being caught.

And then, he was caught.