Yukino Yukinoshita was angry—yes, truly angry.
She had thought Lin Ye had resolved to let go of Mai Sakurajima and settle down peacefully with her, moving from their current engaged status toward a future marriage.
She had even imagined marrying Lin Ye after graduating high school.
If they happened to have a child, she could consider taking a two-year leave of absence before returning to university.
As for whether the child would be a boy or a girl, what its name would be, and how it would be educated in the future—she had even thought all of that through.
She had completely and thoroughly envisioned her married life together with Lin Ye in the years to come.
But in the end,
it turned out to be like this.
This guy Lin Ye intended to marry her, but he had absolutely no intention of breaking up with Mai Sakurajima. He was even thinking of changing his nationality—switching to the citizenship of some country that allowed polygamy, so he could take several wives.
How on earth could there be such a thing?
She firmly refused to accept it. The reason she could currently tolerate the three-way relationship between Lin Ye, herself, and Mai Sakurajima was based entirely on Lin Ye's 'threat.'
After all, having experienced Hypnosis once, she didn't want to experience it again.
If she resolutely objected, it could easily invite Lin Ye's Hypnosis once more, and then what she would face would be even greater pressure.
What if Lin Ye gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and simply hypnotized her into a woman who had lost her own self-awareness—what then?
Though she didn't believe Lin Ye would do such a thing—after all, if Lin Ye really had those kinds of intentions, he could have done it from the very start that first time—
but still, still, there was no guarantee that repeatedly refusing wouldn't provoke Lin Ye into extreme measures.
This too was one of the factors behind her compromising and acquiescing back then.
And now, wonderful,
now Lin Ye had brought up something even more outrageous. This bastard not only wanted to have a foot in two boats, he wanted to marry two wives. This bastard—was this something a normal person would dare to even imagine?
At most, one might secretly keep a mistress on the side, carry on a covert relationship. Where did Lin Ye get the idea of just marrying them all and bringing them home?!
Yukino's inner grumbling wouldn't stop, and a nameless surge of anger kept climbing higher.
What was lacking about her, Yukino Yukinoshita? This bastard still wasn't satisfied, and was even thinking of marrying two.
"Yukino, you promised me you wouldn't get angry,"
Lin Ye said softly.
"I'm not angry, I'm not angry,"
she said very calmly, yet her words suppressed a nameless flame of fury. "I'm not angry, but I... am furious."
With that,
she raised her hand, full of rage. "You bastard, you actually have the nerve to voice such a preposterous fantasy!"
"Go ahead and hit me!"
Lin Ye showed no intention of stopping her at all. "If hitting me would make you feel better and more relieved, then hit me! I'll let you do whatever you want."
But this made Yukino, who had never intended to strike him in the first place, slowly lower her hand.
"Go be with Mai Sakurajima! I won't keep you company,"
"I won't let go. Absolutely not,"
He wrapped his arms around Yukino,
The girl with long black hair struggled,
but there was no way she could break free.
"Let go of me,"
"No..."
The struggling girl was pushed down onto the sofa by Lin Ye, pinned beneath him, and Lin Ye kissed down onto the girl's red lips.
The first time didn't land—Yukino turned her face aside and dodged, giving Lin Ye no chance.
Naturally, Lin Ye didn't choose to accept that, and once again pressed his lips onto the girl's.
In no time at all,
the kissed girl let out a soft sigh and gave up struggling, letting Lin Ye do as he pleased,
The span of a few minutes felt as long as several centuries.
The sensation was continuously stimulated,
her body reacted,
and her mind went from rational thought to a complete blank, leaving behind only a dazed emptiness.
Only when she could no longer catch her breath did the girl unconsciously start patting at him, which finally made Lin Ye stop.
"Haah, haah, haah..."
Yukinoshita gasped in great gulps of air, feeling as though she'd nearly suffocated.
Every single time, every single kiss with Lin Ye felt like this.
She felt as if she'd taken a trip to hell, yet at the same time she felt as if she were in heaven.
Yukino, her face flushed, stared at Lin Ye—angry, extremely angry—but the words to curse him just wouldn't come out.
"Let me clarify first,"
Lin Ye said at once. "The reason I'm this skilled is all from practicing with you, Yukino."
Yukino: ???
Flushed with anger and embarrassment, her face reddening, she went to give Lin Ye a smack, but instead Lin Ye leaned in and offered himself forward,
"As long as you're happy with it,"
"Get off."
"No. Yukino's body is soft and tender, so comfortable—I'm not getting off,"
"Get off,"
"I refuse,"
"I said... I'll get off,"
"Fine, but let me kiss you one more time,"
With that, Lin Ye bent down over the girl and, amid her instinctive struggling, kissed her.
Yukino Yukinoshita was very angry, and the consequences were dire—or so it should have been—except in reality, pinned down tightly by Lin Ye, she had not the slightest room to resist.
Five minutes later,
Lin Ye was thoroughly satisfied,
Looking at the girl with her flushed face and disheveled clothes, Lin Ye's heart was full of contentment.
In truth, it wasn't that he felt no urges, but he knew this wouldn't do yet. If he touched her now, he'd have to fulfill his end of the bargain. He could shamelessly renege on it, but that would push the girl away, and that wasn't what he wanted.
Lin Ye knew that to make a girl like Yukino accept him, she absolutely had to accept it from the depths of her own heart—there was no other way besides that.
Unless he used a skill like Hypnosis again, but obtaining the girl and making her agree that way would truly hold little meaning.
The time he did use Hypnosis on the girl was actually because the girl herself urged and pressed him into it—otherwise, why would he have used it?
"Yukino tastes really good,"
That single remark pulled the girl's thoughts back to the beginning,
Just a moment ago she'd been mocking Lin Ye with 'so does the president taste good,' and now this bastard was using the very same line to answer her.
Good, very good!
Yukino was gaining an ever deeper appreciation of just how shameless Lin Ye could be.
"You're really becoming more and more of a scumbag now."
Yukino Yukinoshita said,
"That... shouldn't really count! I never just played around and then ran off. I'm sincere toward you, Yukino,"
"Sincere? You say that to every single girl, don't you?"
"That's not true. When I should refuse, I refuse—like with Student Isshiki, I firmly turned her down, you know that,"
But this example couldn't make Yukino accept it any faster, nor lessen the dissatisfaction and anger in her heart.
"And just now, who was it that went to a hotel to fool around with President Meguri Shiromeguri? You just don't like Isshiki, that's all—you happen not to like her. But a beautiful girl like the president, you can't refuse."
She wouldn't let it go, and continued,
"So Yukino really is jealous, really does care after all,"
"I am not,"
"Your denial only strengthens my certainty,"
This left Yukino speechless,
She realized that saying anything would be pointless.
"I did go to a hotel with the president, but it's not like I tumbled between the sheets and slept with her. How could I possibly do something to betray you?"
That single sentence left Yukino stunned,
Lin Ye really hadn't said before that he'd slept with the president.
So all his earlier words had been deliberate?
A wave of frustration surfaced, as she realized Lin Ye had been deliberately setting a trap to provoke her from the very start.
"Nothing at all? No holding hands, no hugging, no physical contact whatsoever?"
Yukino didn't believe him. She kept pressing, and laid out several specific scenarios.
After listening, Lin Ye didn't know how to answer.
Because it really wasn't 'nothing'—there truly had been something.
At the very least, in the moment after Meguri Shiromeguri fell, he really had had physical contact with her, and quite intimate contact at that. He'd even taken in an eyeful of a beautiful view,
a view he still remembered clearly even now.
"Heh heh..."
In just an instant, Yukino reached her conclusion: something must certainly have happened, only they hadn't broken through that final barrier.
Probably the same as with her!
Every inch of the body toyed with, but without breaking through that last layer of the relationship.
But what difference did that make?
The relationship was already intimate—extremely, extremely intimate.
"Yukino, I can explain,"
"..."
She looked at Lin Ye, as if watching to see how he would fabricate his explanation.
"I really can explain. The responsibility isn't mine—it's yours!"
Facing Lin Ye's accusation, a flicker of astonishment passed over Yukino.
How had this become her problem?
What did this matter have to do with her?
"Do you know what kind of relationship the president and I are in right now?"
"Speak,"
She was very direct, immediately opening her mouth,
"A boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."
Yukinoshita: ???
She never in her wildest imagination expected that her boyfriend now had yet another girlfriend.
"You're really something. Went and got yourself another girlfriend,"
"I didn't go get her,"
"Right, the girl threw herself at you all on her own. I understand, I understand,"
Lin Ye could completely wash his hands of it. Yukino understood not one bit—she couldn't understand at all.
This bastard's ambiguous relationships with women really were growing more and more numerous,
so numerous that they left her wanting to rage and fume yet with no way to even begin.
Just at school, there was her, Isshiki, Rui Tachibana, and Miura Yumiko—and now one more had to be added, Meguri Shiromeguri.
And who else outside of school?
Besides one Mai Sakurajima, she felt the number was absolutely far greater—so many she couldn't even imagine.
This man—
once he had the means, he loved to dally about, loved to go around stirring up trouble with girls everywhere.
The key thing was that those girls threw themselves at him like moths to a flame, not refusing in the slightest,
"It's your sister Haruno's responsibility,"
Lin Ye made it clear he wasn't taking the blame for this one. "Yesterday—it should have been yesterday at noon—she used my body to head to the Sobu High Student Council Office, then borrowed my body and, using what she knew about Meguri Shiromeguri, employed that dirt on her to threaten and pressure her, ultimately making Meguri Shiromeguri agree to become my girlfriend."
Yukino Yukinoshita fell silent,
Her sister had done this at noon yesterday too?
In such a short span of time, she not only got Meguri Shiromeguri to agree to be his girlfriend, but also went and dealt with Miura Yumiko on the side. So besides those, who else was there?!
She couldn't help but marvel at her sister's time-management-master feats.
When it came to scheduling and using time, she truly couldn't help but be even more impressed.
"But this is my sister's responsibility,"
Yukino didn't dispute it, because she knew her sister really had done something to Meguri Shiromeguri. But at the time, Meguri Shiromeguri's account had been being threatened into becoming a girlfriend—she never imagined it had already reached the point of 'becoming a girlfriend.'
Moreover, on this point she didn't think Lin Ye had any need to deceive her,
"Yesterday morning, how did you agree to it, Yukino? You seemed to say you'd keep a close watch on your sister Haruno, right?"
She was rendered speechless,
She really had agreed to it, but, but...
"You gave your word, but didn't follow through, which led to this situation. Don't you think you need to bear responsibility? Don't you need to bear the greatest responsibility?"
Yukino fell silent under the interrogation,
She felt she did need to bear responsibility. From the moment she learned her sister was stirring up trouble, she'd felt she had to take responsibility,
but, but... she just couldn't quite accept it!
"Or is it that you want to argue your way out, Yukino—claim that this was something your sister did, that you can't control your sister's behavior, so what she did has nothing to do with you?"
Now that Lin Ye had said this aloud, it made it even more impossible for her to accept.
She wasn't the type to shirk responsibility either.
"I bear responsibility—are you satisfied now?!"
In the end she still yielded to her own inner convictions and accepted the notion of responsibility.
"So, what is it you want to say,"
"What would I have to say? I'm just telling you about this one matter—President Meguri Shiromeguri became my girlfriend, and today, as arranged, she's going out to eat with me. I'm treating her to a meal to apologize, to express my regret for what happened at noon yesterday, and even more, to express that I'm ending this boyfriend-girlfriend relationship,"
Yukino was stunned,
She truly hadn't expected that Lin Ye would actually take the initiative to propose ending the romantic relationship.
She had thought Lin Ye would tacitly accept this relationship, then use what her sister had done to pressure her into accepting the relationship between Lin Ye and Meguri Shiromeguri.
Honestly, if Lin Ye had really said that, and sweet-talked her a bit, Yukinoshita really did feel there was a chance she might have tacitly accepted this relationship.
In her heart she was opposed to it, but the budding of a certain thought within her also let her know she really might agree.
Because with the breakthrough from zero, with the tacit acceptance of the woman Mai Sakurajima, her tolerance for acquiescing to other women would greatly increase.
She knew of this psychological change.
But, how to put it!
What she hadn't expected was that Lin Ye would actually take the initiative to propose ending the relationship.
"And then?!"
"Very simple—I was refused,"
Yukino Yukinoshita: ???
President Meguri Shiromeguri refused?
This had to be a joke!
"She refused. She firmly disagreed with breaking up. Yukino, you know what? President Meguri Shiromeguri doesn't want to break up. I can't figure it out either,"
Never mind you not being able to figure it out—I can't figure it out either.
Yukino Yukinoshita recalled Meguri Shiromeguri coming to the Service Club for help—it had obviously been about wanting to end the relationship with Lin Ye and get away from him as quickly as possible. Yet when Lin Ye proposed breaking up and ending the relationship, she actually refused, unwilling to end the romantic relationship.
No matter how she thought about it, it didn't add up,
"You didn't make some outrageous demand, did you?"
"You think I'm that kind of man? If I were going to make an outrageous demand to get her consent, I might as well have just done the deed outright,"
That was true, actually,
Lin Ye could just demand it directly. According to what Meguri Shiromeguri said, in the president's eyes Lin Ye held her by the weakness. Generally speaking, if Lin Ye simply threatened her, Meguri Shiromeguri would just comply outright—there'd be no need for any exchange at all.
"Then why?"
"It must be your sister's doing. Your sister can't bear to give up this girlfriend—she must have had a private chat with her,"
In that moment, Yukino understood who was pulling the strings,
Her sister—from beginning to end, it was all her sister's doing,
"You wouldn't know this, but after I dropped Meguri Shiromeguri off at the hotel, I left. On the way I got a call from Miss Haruno, and I turned back, because she said she was over at Meguri Shiromeguri's place,"
"She wasn't, right?"
Yukino guessed. She didn't think her sister would be at Meguri Shiromeguri's place—having already gone off to take refuge, how could her sister possibly voluntarily return and inform Lin Ye of her whereabouts.
"Right, but I still went back. And it turned out..."
Lin Ye sighed. "What I saw was the president coming out wrapped in a bath towel. She got nervous, and in her carelessness, she fell right over. What happened after that, you already know."
Lin Ye spread his hands.
As for what happened next, there was no need for Lin Ye to describe it—Yukino could imagine it all.
It wasn't as if she hadn't been through it herself,
"Tell me in detail."
Lin Ye: ???
This time it was Lin Ye's turn to be dumbfounded,
Detail, huh—that phrasing sounded exactly like the kind of internet stranger fishing for something lewd.
"What... don't dare tell it in detail?"
Yukino coolly arched a brow, and at once a frigid aura bloomed.
What else could Lin Ye do—of course he could only agree.
"Fine, you say you want it in detail, so I'll tell it in detail,"
Lin Ye described it in detail, making Yukino Yukinoshita feel as though she were right there in the scene, that stunningly beautiful tableau sketching itself out in her mind.
"That's enough,"
Yukino looked at Lin Ye and let out two dry laughs.
"Very vivid, very lifelike—even I nearly couldn't help but get lost in President Meguri Shiromeguri's beauty,"
"You're still prettier, Yukino,"
"Heh heh,"
Yukino continued her dry laughter,
"So tell me! What do you plan to do afterward?"
"Find Miss Haruno, and make her pay a heavy price,"
"..."
"Yukino, you're not feeling reluctant, are you?"
Indeed, deep down she really did feel just the tiniest bit reluctant.
"My sister asked me to help,"
Yukino spoke up,
"Fine, for your sake, I can also reduce part of my retaliation against her,"
Lin Ye agreeing so easily to give her sister a break astonished Yukino Yukinoshita,
but after that brief astonishment, she noticed Lin Ye's expression, and quickly connected the dots to something.
For her sister to be let off, she would need to pay a price for it, to make it up to him.
"What do you want me to do?"
"It's very simple. You know,"
"Say it,"
"Agree to be together with Mai..."
"Dream on, impossible,"
Before Lin Ye could even finish, Yukino refused outright, her tone firm. "Don't even think about it, don't even bring it up."
Her firm attitude let Lin Ye know there was no point in even opening his mouth.
"Then use yourself, Yukino, to make it up to me,"
"Fine,"
She agreed directly again. "I'll say the same thing as always—as long as you cut off your ties cleanly with the other women, I'll be yours tonight,"
She knew full well that as long as Lin Ye couldn't manage it, he wouldn't touch her,
"Yukino, you're putting me in a tough spot,"
"Aren't you putting me in a tough spot?"
"Then... then..."
Lin Ye had no intention of giving up,
"If I hold you and sleep tonight, Yukino, I can reduce Miss Haruno's punishment by just a little bit,"
"By half..."
As she haggled,
"Just a little bit. You have to understand, if Miss Haruno isn't properly punished, what might she go and do next?"
Yukino thought about it and found that reasonable.
Besides, just from yesterday's actions, her sister had already crossed somewhat into her bottom line.
Making Meguri Shiromeguri her girlfriend, taking advantage of Meguri Shiromeguri, going to make contact with Miura Yumiko, teasing Miura Yumiko, and at night even taking Isshiki to a love hotel and nearly sleeping with her—
each of these three matters, taken on its own, tested her patience, let alone all three brought out together.
Yukino had grievances against her sister too!
Knowing full well she'd do wrong, she still did it; knowing full well that doing wrong would bring Lin Ye's retaliation, she still did it; knowing even more that doing wrong meant she'd have to bear the consequences—yet still she came to contact Yukino to plead for help.
How could there be such a thing!
Yukino was very displeased with her sister Haruno too, so displeased she didn't even want to bother with her—but a plea for help from her sister was a rare thing in life. She was her own blood sister, and on this point, she really didn't want to refuse completely. At the very least she had to help her sister lessen it somewhat, right!
"Yukino, protecting Miss Haruno this way is actually harming her. Given her temperament, if you protect her once, there'll surely be a second time, a third time, on and on countless times,"
Yukino agreed. Her sister was exactly the sort of woman who pushed her luck—give her the slightest bit of leeway, and she'd advance step by step, taking the initiative, until it reached the point Yukino couldn't accept.
Permitting it this once would only be repaid with her sister pushing her luck further.
"Yukino, I think you know I'm right,"
"Right—just like you, you love pushing your luck."
Lin Ye: ???
I'm talking about your sister—how did you turn the topic onto me?
Lin Ye sighed. "But at least I didn't do anything wrong, right?"
"You didn't? You may be thinking too highly of yourself, Student Lin Ye,"
"I just like taking advantage of you a little, Yukino, and you tacitly allowed it too, didn't you,"
"Heh, aren't you ashamed to say that out loud?"
She had refused—firmly refused—but this bastard Lin Ye paid no heed to any of it, pushing his luck, constantly thinking up ways to take advantage of her.
In the end, she really had no choice but to agree.
"I'm serious,"
"From now on, when I refuse, don't force me,"
"Can't do that,"
"And that's still not doing wrong,"
"Of course not. What's wrong with me being intimate with my girlfriend?"
In any case, Lin Ye seemed to have an endless supply of reasons to explain himself,
Yukino didn't keep tangling with Lin Ye. This scoundrel of a man—sometimes she couldn't out-argue him, because he'd play the shameless card.
"So, Yukino, you absolutely cannot show even the slightest appearance of protecting your sister. Not even a little bit. Only that way can Haruno be kept from offending again in the future—and even if she does stir up trouble, she won't think to persuade you into helping her escape punishment,"
What Lin Ye said made sense, and Yukino thought so too.
"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion. She won't die,"
Yukino's lips twitched,
That's a really low bar you're setting.
"The physical harm will be very minor too, rest assured,"
So in other words, the mental torment would be severe?
That made sense—Lin Ye had Hypnosis, and with it he could inflict enormous mental harm on Haruno.
Yukino felt flustered inside, still a little worried for her sister.
"How about this... when the time comes I'll allow you to be there on the side. Then you'll know the contents of my punishment, and you'll see it's something you can accept,"
With Lin Ye putting it that way, Yukino agonized and wavered before finally choosing to agree.
"Fine,"
She agreed,
Not letting her sister carry on like this was indeed one of the thoughts in her own heart.
Moreover, in a way, getting to watch her sister be punished was something she was quite interested in—she wanted to see it too.
"Oh right, Yukino, when the time comes you mustn't go soft. You mustn't go soft and wish for me to let her off just because Miss Haruno pleads,"
"I won't,"
"Promise me first,"
"..."
Faced with Lin Ye's such solemn demand, Yukino thought it over and nodded in agreement. "Fine, I promise you,"
In any case, the one suffering would be her sister, and she could accept that—at worst she'd just cover her ears when the time came.
Yukino thought to herself.
"That settles today's matter. There's really nothing between me and President Meguri Shiromeguri—at most there was contact when I carried her up onto the bed,"
Yukino said nothing,
but Lin Ye knew this was Yukino's way of expressing acknowledgment.
This matter could be considered as good as over.
Yukino was still easy to comfort,
Compared to the other girls, Lin Ye felt Yukino was the easiest to comfort.
"All right, I'm going to shower and freshen up,"
With that, Lin Ye rose to his feet,
"I haven't given you permission to stay,"
"Just a moment ago, who was it that said she'd wait for me in the room,"
In an instant, Yukino's face reddened.
"That's different—the situation's changed now,"
"I don't care. Oh right, where's the new underwear? In the cabinet in the guest room?"
"No,"
But Lin Ye went there anyway, and found the fresh change of underwear.
Yukino had long since prepared it.
"I'm off to freshen up and shower first,"
With that, Lin Ye stepped into the bathroom, and the sound of running water flowed 'splash, splash, splash' without pause.
Yukino sat on the sofa where she was.
Not that much had happened to Lin Ye today, yet there was still that sense of him having a way with the ladies.
"It's all my sister's fault,"
Yukino took out her phone and dialed her sister's number, but the notice indicated her sister's phone was on Do Not Disturb.
Even her number had been placed on Do Not Disturb—clearly her sister was worried Lin Ye would use her as a channel to reach her.
Guarding against even her was enough to show just how wary her sister was of Lin Ye.
"If you knew it would turn out like this, why did you go and do it?"
"Knowing the danger and not doing it is the best choice,"
Yukino said again,
but she also knew her sister was the kind who wouldn't listen to advice—there was no persuading her at all, otherwise this situation would never have come about.
'Bzzt, bzzt, bzzt...'
The familiar buzz of a phone vibrating.
At first Yukino thought it was her own phone vibrating, her sister calling, but after seeing clearly it was the phone on the coffee table, she realized it was Lin Ye's phone vibrating.
She looked over and saw the name on the caller ID.
Mai,
The big star over in Tokyo.
Yukino didn't stand on ceremony and answered directly.
It wasn't the first time she'd picked up—there was nothing to hesitate about.
"Lin-kun, good evening,"
"Good evening, Miss Sakurajima,"
The girl's voice on the other end of the line made Mai Sakurajima's expression shift slightly.
At this hour, Lin Ye was together with Yukino Yukinoshita—just how many days had it been now?
Mai Sakurajima felt awful.
Cooped up together day after day like this—wasn't that a bit much?
"Where's Lin-kun?"
"He's showering. He just told me to wait for him in the room."
Mai Sakurajima, gripping her phone, nearly hurled it away,
What that meant, she understood all too clearly.
It's fine, it's fine—it's not the first time anyway. A few more times of intimacy is nothing she can't accept.
When the time came later, she'd just make Lin Ye pay it all back with interest,
"Is Miss Mai calling about something? I can pass the message along,"
"No need,"
"It's fine. I'm his girlfriend, I can relay it,"
"Miss Yukinoshita, please don't forget, I am his girlfriend,"
"Mm, and I'm still his fiancée. By the way, today he even said he's going to marry me,"
Mai Sakurajima: ???
For a moment she wondered whether Yukino Yukinoshita was deliberately deceiving her.
"It's true. Lin Ye said it with his own mouth—that he's going to marry me,"
Mai Sakurajima pursed her lips, her heart trembling.
She had a certain understanding of Yukino Yukinoshita too, and knew that woman wasn't one to spin webs of lies. Since she'd spoken up this earnestly, that meant Lin Ye really had said those words to Yukino Yukinoshita.
If Lin Ye was going to marry Yukinoshita, then what did that make her?
Who was she going to marry?
Surely that bastard wasn't planning to marry one, divorce one, then marry another?
If that was the case, Mai Sakurajima figured she had to be the first to marry Lin Ye no matter what,
and then... firmly refuse to divorce him, so that any idea of Lin Ye marrying again would fall utterly through, be completely dashed to nothing,
"Miss Yukinoshita is really impressive. I wonder what bewitching method you used to make Lin Ye accept your proposal?"
"It wasn't my proposal—Lin Ye said it himself. The method is very simple: just rely on your own charm,"
Believe you... like hell,
Mai Sakurajima simply didn't believe Lin Ye would promise marriage that easily.
Something she didn't know about must have happened in between.
It seemed a lot had happened between Lin Ye and Yukinoshita over these past few days.
It must have been because of her earlier successful phone invitation, which drove Yukino Yukinoshita to go after Lin Ye even more intensely, using all sorts of methods to seduce and satisfy him.
All kinds of scenes surfaced in Mai Sakurajima's mind,
scenes of this and that,
and by the end, she'd made even herself blush.
She'd never imagined that cold, aloof woman would turn out to be that kind of woman.
"Student Yukinoshita really is willing to sacrifice herself for Lin-kun,"
This one line first left Yukinoshita dumbfounded, but soon Yukinoshita realized something.
That woman couldn't possibly think she'd been fiercely satisfying Lin Ye in that department, could she?
That guy Lin Ye didn't even dare touch her, all because of Mai Sakurajima's existence,
"Isn't sacrificing oneself for one's boyfriend a perfectly normal thing? Or is Miss Sakurajima unwilling?"
That single line threw the question right back at Mai Sakurajima, but Mai Sakurajima was never the type of girl to admit defeat.
If Yukinoshita dared provoke, she dared to strike back,
"Of course I'm willing. Lin-kun is my boyfriend. Whatever needs he has, naturally I must satisfy them. I am his girlfriend, so satisfying some of his needs is the simplest thing in the world."
Mai Sakurajima continued, "This weekend I'll buy Lin-kun's favorite—black stockings, a Bunny Girl outfit. He's sure to love it,"
And that one line reminded Yukino of the Maid outfit she'd bought—or rather, the Maid outfit Lin Ye had bought.
Only, through a fortunate coincidence, she still hadn't put it on even now.
The 'splash, splash' of hot water continued.
A thought bubbled up in Yukino Yukinoshita.
Why not satisfy Lin Ye just this once.
Mm, she'd had an arrangement with Lin Ye to begin with.
Satisfy Lin Ye once.
So she thought.
"Then this weekend I'll trouble Miss Sakurajima to take good care of my boyfriend,"
"Likewise, likewise. And today I'll have to trouble Miss Yukinoshita to take good care of my boyfriend,"
Mai Sakurajima said with a smile,
Yukino Yukinoshita and Mai Sakurajima, two girls with long black hair, went head-to-head across the phone line, yet both showed restraint, maintaining a ladylike composure—at the very least neither broke into outright cursing like a shrew.
"Well then, Miss Sakurajima, do get to bed early tonight. My boyfriend and I will probably need a while more before we rest, so I won't keep chatting with you now."
Mai Sakurajima gritted her teeth and forced out a smile as best she could, but that smile was very cold.
"Good night. Miss Yukinoshita, do be careful—it wouldn't do to accidentally end up with a life on the way,"
"That's no trouble for Miss Sakurajima to worry about. And if it did happen, I think Lin-kun and I would surely make fit parents,"
You really dare say that—you really do intend to go through with it!
Mai Sakurajima only felt her own pressure surge up another wave.
A sense of urgency came over her. She felt she perhaps had to put in more effort, had to quicken her pace even further.
But thinking it over carefully,
if she really had a child, could it really bind Lin Ye down?
Mai Sakurajima held a skeptical stance.
And was it even really a good thing to bind Lin Ye down with such a method?
So, in the end,
even with the pressure coming from Yukino Yukinoshita's side, she still didn't want to compete with Yukinoshita on this matter.
If she wanted a child, then a child it would be.
"All right, when the time comes I'll be sure to send a gift to your adorable child,"
Yukino was stunned,
She was quite surprised by Mai Sakurajima's answer.
"Thank you,"
But she went along with the topic and expressed her thanks directly.
Getting a sense that Mai Sakurajima had given up the comparison, Yukino's own emotions instead grew strange.
But it wasn't unacceptable,
Thinking it over carefully, Yukino Yukinoshita realized the other party was a big star. If she really did get pregnant, it would be a huge blow to Mai Sakurajima's career.
The last boyfriend incident had already dealt a certain blow to her career. Had she not handled it properly, it might well have become a thing of the past by now.
Mai Sakurajima was a big star, which came with its bonuses in this regard, but she was equally constrained by the troubles this identity brought.
There were many things she still couldn't do.
"Good night,"
With one final courteous parting greeting, the two of them at last brought this voice conversation to an end.
Yukino set down the phone, recalled the thought she'd had earlier during the call, and so, after hesitating for a moment, still went to the room and dug out the Maid outfit that had been tucked away in the corner.
After a rustling 'shff, shff' of sounds,
she changed into the Maid outfit,
"Let's just treat it as a little bit of compensation,"
As for her sister's affair, she really did bear that little bit of responsibility,
Herself in this Maid outfit could count as some compensation for that.
A few minutes later,
Lin Ye was drying his hair.
The hair dryer roared on 'whirr, whirr, whirr' without stopping.
"Let me do it,"
The cool, clear voice made Lin Ye turn his head to look over at once.
The next second, his eyes narrowed, full of astonishment.
Yukino had come out wearing a Maid outfit. You've got to be kidding—had Yukino been possessed by something?
"What's with that look?"
Faced with Lin Ye's gaze, Yukino looked a touch displeased.
She'd swallowed her embarrassment to come out wearing this outfit, and yet Lin Ye reacted like this—of course she was quite displeased.
"It's just that you dressing like this, Yukino, means you want to..."
"You don't like it?"
"No, no, no, I love it, of course I love it,"
Lin Ye immediately denied it. "I'm just surprised what reason would make you put on this Maid outfit at a time like this,"
This was something he wouldn't have even dared to imagine,
For Yukino to just put on a Maid outfit and come here—she must surely have received some kind of stimulus. Could it be... Yukino had suddenly come around and wanted to use this to make it up to him?
As Lin Ye pondered,
Yukino had already taken the hair dryer and begun drying his hair for him.
'Whirr, whirr, whirr...'
At the same time, the girl's slender fingers combed through his scalp, bringing a wave of comfort,
Lin Ye quite enjoyed this feeling.
Because a boy's hair is short, in no time at all Lin Ye's hair was more or less dry.
"There,"
Yukino switched off the hair dryer,
"You can go to the room now,"
"Ahem, ahem, ahem,"
Lin Ye first coughed twice. "Yukino, shouldn't you be inviting me in your capacity as a maid right about now?"
Yukino instinctively rolled her eyes. "Keep dreaming."
With that, she made to walk off, but Lin Ye pulled her into his arms.
"A maid who doesn't listen to her master needs to be properly disciplined,"
With that,
Lin Ye carried Yukino off to the room.
"Hey, hey, hey, put me down,"
"Quiet now—it's discipline time,"
And just like that, Yukino was carried off to the room by Lin Ye.
Set down on the bed, Yukino noticed that today Lin Ye's eyes were filled with a desire different from usual.
This was... because of the uniform, right?
Yukino couldn't help but think.
This guy would have his mood shift over a single article of clothing,
It surprised her too.
A thought popped up in Yukino: maybe next time she should try other outfits?
Something like a police uniform, or a nurse's outfit? Or perhaps something else?
Many ideas surfaced in her mind, but in the end she rejected them again.
If she really did that, wouldn't it be like currying favor with Lin Ye,
She, Yukino Yukinoshita, was above that,
She was not the sort of woman who needed to curry favor with a man.
In the blink of an eye, Yukino looked at the man before her, yet inside she felt a little apprehensive.
"Lin Ye..."
"Yukino, you're really special tonight,"
Yukino: "..."
In no time, her lips were kissed, and she felt the sheer pressure coming from Lin Ye.
This wasn't the first time or the second—today it was even already the third—but every single time, the pressure on her was so immense.
Yet she could only respond,
This reaction coming from her body—after her initial resistance, she'd gotten used to it too,
The next day,
Yukino rose very early, looking at the Maid outfit strewn in disarray on the floor, her face full of helplessness.
Still, in the end that guy had gone and...
"Morning!"
Lin Ye had woken too.
"You can sleep another twenty minutes,"
"Mm,"
Lin Ye didn't stand on ceremony and simply closed his eyes to rest.
Yukino, meanwhile, changed into her clothes and headed to the kitchen.
Besides preparing breakfast, she also had to prepare today's lunch bento.
Of course, she'd already gotten many things ready last night, so this morning it would only take twenty minutes or so to organize and finish putting it together.
'Ding, dong, ding, dong...'
The kitchen grew busy,
Lying under the covers, Lin Ye's drowsiness wasn't very strong, but he just wanted to sleep a while longer,
Here,
he had a very strong sense of home.
Yes,
Listening to the faint sounds of bustling from the kitchen outside, a sense of home welled up in him.
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