Soon, Haruno finished her lunch.
After tidying up the bento box, she set it neatly aside.
With half an hour still left in the lunch break, Haruno's mind grew lively—she planned to go check on Meguri again. Faced with his sudden arrival, Meguri would surely be very 'happy'!
Hahahaha,
She was really looking forward to that scene of Meguri being delighted.
So Haruno stood up. "I still have a few things to take care of at noon, so I'll be heading off first."
With Isshiki Iroha and Yui Yuigahama present, her Sister couldn't possibly speak up to stop her directly.
"No."
But contrary to Haruno's expectations, her Sister did speak up—and even rose to her feet, meeting her gaze coldly.
"Stay here in the Service Club for the rest of the time."
Both Isshiki Iroha and Yui Yuigahama were startled; the hearts of both girls leapt into their throats, terrified that Yukino was about to start something and that the two of them would come to blows.
"Student Yukinoshita, what do you mean by this?"
Haruno asked, feigning confusion.
"You know what I mean."
"So I can't even leave now?"
Haruno laughed. "What right do you have to stop me from leaving? What relationship is there even between you and me?"
Yukino: "..."
Should she just come out and say they were lovers, fiancés?
"You even rejected my confession—what right do you have to manage me? Student Yukinoshita, if you want to manage me, then wait until you officially become my girlfriend, and come manage me then!"
With that said,
Haruno strode toward the Service Club's door.
At this moment,
Yukino Yukinoshita started to speak but stopped, wanting to chase after her, yet facing the gazes of Isshiki Iroha and Yui Yuigahama, in the end she still held herself back.
Her sister had already done it—what difference would it make to go out and do anything now?
It had already happened.
She had already missed the best moment.
"Yukinon, did something happen?"
After Haruno had been gone for a good while, Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing."
But how could Yui Yuigahama possibly believe that!
She didn't buy that Yukino was perfectly fine—there had to be something important, she just wasn't saying it.
What on earth was it?
"Yukinon, we're friends, aren't we—tell me! We can help too, right, Iroha-chan?"
Having said this, she turned to ask Isshiki Iroha beside her, and Isshiki Iroha nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes, Yukinoshita-senpai, we can help too."
But in the end, what greeted them was still Yukino Yukinoshita shaking her head—she refused all the same.
How could she possibly tell something like this to Isshiki Iroha and Yui Yuigahama!
Especially Isshiki Iroha—this underclassman happened to be her rival in love.
"Aw, Yukinoshita-senpai, we really mean it."
But Yukino Yukinoshita still wouldn't accept their offer.
Isshiki Iroha sighed. "Then I'll head off ahead today too—there are some things to handle in my class."
Since she couldn't get information out of her senpai, she might as well get it from Senpai instead.
That was Isshiki Iroha's line of thinking.
If Senpai wouldn't talk, all the better—it gave her a reason to cling to Senpai, to snuggle up to Senpai, which actually made her even happier.
Yukino Yukinoshita saw through Isshiki's aim too, but she didn't stop her—a club member wanted to leave, what right did she have to stop them.
As for Isshiki Iroha's forwardness, she had no real worries.
Her sister doing some intimate things to Isshiki was nothing to fret over—after all, in everyday life, Isshiki Iroha already snuggled up to him of her own accord.
A few more such contacts wouldn't matter.
As long as there was no kissing, or even that kind of act, it would be fine.
That was Yukino Yukinoshita's attitude toward Isshiki.
After Isshiki Iroha left the Service Club, she immediately walked out of the club building.
"Where did Senpai go?"
"I wonder what Senpai was in such a hurry to rush off for—could it be that again?"
The invisible existence?
Isshiki Iroha's heart instantly burned hot again.
She'd go check the usual place first, see if Senpai was there; if not, she'd go check the other spots.
So thought Isshiki Iroha.
She walked quickly toward her destination and spotted a familiar figure—it was Senpai.
But another figure made her reveal an astonished expression.
"How... it's her."
She was thrown into disarray.
...
After leaving the Service Club, Haruno headed toward the Student Council Office.
She was looking forward to Meguri's reaction.
"Yumiko, isn't that your boyfriend?"
Suddenly, a voice reached her ears, making Haruno halt her steps.
She looked toward the direction the voice came from and saw several female high school students, and the most eye-catching was definitely that tall, golden-haired girl.
Miura Yumiko, that was it.
Haruno thought for a moment and recalled the girl's name.
What's more, to the outside world, Lin Ye and Miura Yumiko were in a romantic relationship.
Judging from the words of that female friend beside her, Miura Yumiko hadn't told the people around her about the true relationship between herself and Lin Ye.
At this,
Haruno's mind grew lively.
She'd already had the idea of stirring up trouble with Miura Yumiko, but Meguri was the one she knew best—she looked forward most to Meguri Shiromeguri's reaction—and yet now Miura Yumiko had delivered herself right to her door, so how could she politely refuse!
Haruno had a plan.
Do it—now, with no telling when the Body Swap superpower would end, she ought to fulfill her little wishes as much as possible.
Haruno walked over.
Miura Yumiko had just been about to leave, but seeing Lin Ye's behavior, she stopped in her tracks, slightly puzzled, and looked over.
"Excuse me, I'd like to talk with Yumiko alone."
Haruno's single remark made the girl beside Miura Yumiko nod knowingly. "I get it, I get it, you two have a good talk, I'll head off first. But there's not much lunch time left, so keep an eye on the clock."
As she spoke, the girl beamed with a mischievous smile, her words seeming to carry some other, deeper meaning.
Soon, only Miura Yumiko and Haruno remained, but there were still other students occasionally passing by, making it unsuitable for talking.
So Haruno took the initiative and suggested, "Let's go take a walk over there."
Seeing that Miura Yumiko harbored doubts, she unceremoniously took hold of Miura Yumiko's hand. The sudden act made Miura Yumiko instinctively shrink back, but Haruno gripped her tightly, giving her no chance to escape at all.
"It's not like we haven't held hands before."
At these words, Miura Yumiko gave up struggling.
She noticed that many students were casting their gazes over, and the scattered remarks let her know that her romantic relationship with Lin Ye had been further confirmed in the eyes of Sobu High's students.
In some respects, this counted as a good thing.
Miura Yumiko sighed.
Haruno led the golden-haired young girl to the secluded spot she had once liked most; here, generally speaking, there was no one around.
What's more, being outdoors made it inexplicably a bit thrilling.
Haruno wondered what she should do!
Looking at Miura Yumiko's shapely figure—better than Yukino's, that went without saying, and even a touch better than Meguri Shiromeguri's.
She simply had to tease her good and proper.
"Phew..."
Miura Yumiko looked at the silent surroundings and felt inexplicably uneasy, a cold dread creeping into her heart, sensing that Lin Ye bringing her here might mean some bad intention.
But thinking it over, this man wasn't the type to do something wicked, so she felt slightly more at ease.
She withdrew her hand and spoke. "Lin Ye, what is it?"
Miura Yumiko gazed at Lin Ye, her emotions calm.
Toward this man, her feelings could be said to be somewhat complicated.
He had helped her, helped her uncover the reason behind Hayama's off state, but because of it she had also become this man's girlfriend in name, and to this day, Sobu High's students still discussed it from time to time.
Miura Yumiko also knew it wasn't Lin Ye's fault, but it left her feeling conflicted all the same.
"Calling my girlfriend over for a private chat—is there a problem with that?"
That one rhetorical question instead made Miura Yumiko's brain crash.
Girlfriend?
The romantic relationship between you and me—isn't that just for show, just something claimed in public? What real relationship is there?
"Go on, is there something you want to ask of me? If I can help, I definitely will."
Miura Yumiko quickly assumed that Lin Ye had a request, which was why he was using this identity and reason to seek her help.
That was fine too!
After all, Lin Ye had done her a favor—back then it was thanks to him that she'd avoided the embarrassment and pain of being rejected by Hayama to his face; at least she and Hayama still kept up a friendship.
Even if the two of them had clearly been talking far less lately.
The onlooking classmates didn't know, but she, as the person involved, knew, and Hayama, the other person involved, knew too—the relationship between them in name hadn't changed, but in substance there had still been changes.
Miura Yumiko felt a tiny bit of regret—regret that Hayama really wouldn't accept her—but she didn't regret her choice that day.
At least she had taken that step, and was no longer trapped in that tormenting state of mind, endlessly entangled and wearing herself down, agonizing over whether to step forward or wait a little longer.
"You can definitely help."
As she said this, Haruno stepped closer.
Just as she'd thought, this girl still believed she had some request to make.
A girl who looked like a gyaru was actually quite simple-hearted, knowing to repay a kindness—she just didn't know whether the debt owed to Lin Ye could let her thoroughly tease this girl this noon!
"What is it?"
Miura Yumiko frowned slightly, pondering Lin Ye's purpose for calling her here.
"Do you want to know more about Hayama?"
That single sentence instantly stirred up Miura Yumiko's thoughts, and a certain idea in her heart flared up again.
There was no helping it.
She still couldn't let go of her feelings for Hayama, even though she'd already been rejected and had already become the girlfriend in name of the man before her.
"What do you want me to do?"
"You still owe me a favor, don't you! If not for me that day, the news of Miura Yumiko's confession being rejected would have spread all over Sobu High—proud as you are, you definitely wouldn't have been able to take that, right!"
This was a proud girl.
With a pride all her own.
If not for taking this into account back then, Haruno was certain Miura Yumiko wouldn't have switched the target of her confession to Lin Ye on the spot, but would have gone ahead and confessed to Hayama!
"Say it—what exactly do you want me to do?"
"Of course it's..."
At some unnoticed moment, Haruno had already moved behind Miura Yumiko, her right hand stirring lightly, brushing past the nape of her neck.
The electric-like sensation made Miura Yumiko shudder at once.
She instinctively stepped away, but the next second Haruno reached out and caught Miura Yumiko's hand, pulling her into her embrace.
"You..."
"You're my girlfriend, after all."
In this moment Haruno turned forceful.
To handle this kind of blonde tsundere girl, she had to be even more forceful than her.
Forceful women, deep down, still liked to be conquered.
"What are you trying to do?"
"You tell me! As your boyfriend, what's wrong with doing something to you?"
"We're not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, Lin Ye, you know that."
"I don't know any such thing! How about you, Student Miura Yumiko, go outside right now in front of all of Sobu High's teachers and students and declare that we're not a couple—then I'll accept it, how about that?"
How could she possibly do something like that.
This relationship—she was determined it needed to last a few more days yet.
The matter of Lin Ye confessing to Yukino Yukinoshita again during the day had also reached her ears, which made her quite displeased.
"You confessed to Yukino Yukinoshita this morning."
"Yes, what about it? Not allowed?"
"..."
How was she supposed to answer?
She didn't know either—say 'we're lovers, you're not allowed to do this'? But she'd just been denying this relationship a moment ago.
And yet if she acknowledged and accepted it, then what right would she have to question him.
And so,
Miura Yumiko was left awkwardly stuck.
"So, you're my girlfriend."
"..."
"And as my girlfriend, you need to fulfill certain duties and obligations."
As she said this, Haruno pressed in even closer, her exhaled breath falling against the nape of Miura Yumiko's neck.
The tingling, numbing sensation stirred a wave of intense discomfort in her.
Miura Yumiko stood frozen in place, not knowing what to do.
She wanted to flee, but her legs wouldn't move.
And Haruno only grew bolder, her hand sliding gradually down along the girl's back, reaching a sensitive part of her.
Miura Yumiko trembled even more violently.
It was the first time the opposite sex had touched such a sensitive place,
This—this bastard, so brazen.
But she endured it, gritting her teeth and pursing her lips to bear it.
Didn't this guy want repayment, want her to give something in return?
On that account, she endured, she gave.
The next second,
her thigh came under attack.
"Don't... go too far."
Miura Yumiko didn't move, but through her clenched teeth she forced out her resistance and dissatisfaction at Lin Ye's behavior.
Through clothing was one feeling; direct touch was another entirely.
Now this guy had grown bold enough to touch her directly—how could she possibly take that well.
"What's so excessive about this? I can do far more excessive things."
"Don't think I won't resist, don't think I won't scream for someone."
"Of course you can."
Haruno laughed. "I don't care. Sobu High's students all know we're a couple anyway. Even if you call the police, they'll only think we're just fooling around."
Miura Yumiko was so furious she ground her teeth.
She didn't know whether what Lin Ye said was true, but in the current situation, she had no idea what she herself should do.
"Then how about this—tonight, keep me company!"
Haruno went on.
She wanted to see what other interesting reactions Miura Yumiko could come up with.
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