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This could genuinely be called the fastest awakening method.
Under Bokue's operation, Yukina Himeragi went from sleeping to waking in less than five seconds total.
When she opened her eyes, her head was still on the pillow, but from the waist down her body had already been lifted into the air.
The Sword Shaman girl's eyes widened at the scene before her.
"Wh-what is this?? Bokue-senpai, what are you doing... ngh!"
Another heavy attack—Bokue, accidentally not holding back, went hard on the Sword Shaman girl, cutting off her half-spoken words on the spot.
"...Huh? You're awake, Yukina."
Hearing Yukina's voice, Bokue finally reacted. He then leaned down to lift up the Sword Shaman girl—still half-lying on the bed—and had her straddle him.
Thus, in the hazy morning sunlight filtering through curtains—not yet too intense—the two sat facing each other on the bed's edge.
Yukina still wore the pajamas she'd changed into after bathing before bed last night. Her delicate face carried a half-shy, half-annoyed blush. Her light brown eyes glared at the young man before her with slight anger as she spoke with forced serious composure.
"Senpai, I need a reasonable explanation."
"Hmm..."
Bokue considered briefly.
"Well, actually I just wanted to wake you up. There's something fairly urgent I wanted to discuss."
"Discuss something?"
Hearing there was urgent business, the Sword Shaman girl's brow relaxed considerably, but quickly furrowed again.
"But that's not really a reason, Senpai. If you just wanted to wake me up, there were much more normal ways. Suddenly going in like this... mmm, does Senpai really think of me as... no, I should ask—what exactly does Senpai think of me?"
Stumbling twice in one sentence, the Sword Shaman girl—ultimately too shy to voice certain words—could only choose more tactful phrasing.
Fortunately, Bokue could still understand the implication.
Translation: Did Senpai really use her as a cup?
Clearly the just-awakened Sword Shaman girl hadn't yet recalled what terrible things she'd said at her peak.
"Not really."
Bokue gently soothed the girl's back in his arms.
"Sorry, sorry. I actually wanted to surprise you, Yukina. Now I know, so next time I won't."
"Eh? Uh, it's not that extreme..."
Not expecting Bokue to actually apologize so seriously, Yukina's serious facade from a second ago instantly dissolved.
She actually wasn't really unwilling to let Bokue do this.
Could only say that since moving to the Keystone Gate, Bokue had been fairly busy. Back when they still lived in the original apartment building, she and Nagisa had already tried every method with Bokue—why would she mind these things?
Just... couldn't he at least give her a small heads-up?
Suddenly doing this without warning... she'd even still been asleep!
What if she couldn't hold it and accidentally spilled champagne all over the bed!
Washing sheets was also quite troublesome, okay?
"Eh?"
As if not hearing the Sword Shaman girl's words clearly, Bokue tilted his head while gazing at her somewhat evasive eyes.
"Did you say something just now, Yukina?"
"N-nothing."
Her internal complaints interrupted, Yukina—suddenly realizing what she'd just been thinking—instantly flushed, her voice weakening.
"Just next time, at least... um, be gentler..."
"?"
Could only hear up to "next time"—after that it became completely incoherent, the kind even pressing an ear to her mouth couldn't make out.
"Alright, alright, let's get to business anyway!"
Unable to endure her increasingly swelling embarrassment any longer, the Sword Shaman girl cut off this topic with a flushed face.
"Earlier didn't Senpai say there was something to discuss? So what exactly is it..."
"Oh, I wanted to talk about Sayaka."
Without dwelling too much, Bokue lightning-speed pulled the topic back on track.
"Sayaka?"
Yukina blinked blankly, not understanding how the topic suddenly veered to a certain Sword Shaman good friend of hers.
"What about Sayaka?"
"She..."
Bokue only now recalled that Yukina apparently still didn't know about his relationship with Sayaka.
More accurately, Nagisa had speculated after returning from the deserted island, but at the time he himself hadn't known he'd done that with Sayaka. At most he'd vaguely guessed but never specifically confirmed it.
But yesterday La Folia had directly torn away that thin veil between him and Sayaka.
"How should I put this... like you know, Yukina, Sayaka originally had severe androphobia. But after returning from the deserted island, her androphobia improved quite a bit... I mean toward me specifically, so..."
"So you two did it, right?"
No longer needing more hints, Yukina's emotionless voice completed the remaining words for the young man before her.
"...Yeah, that's basically it."
Bokue nodded honestly.
She knew it...
Hearing this, Yukina immediately pouted internally.
After all, Nagisa had speculated before, and she—being a girl herself—also had relatively keen intuition, so she'd also somewhat speculated about Bokue and Sayaka's experience on the deserted island.
Just unfortunately, Bokue had denied it so decisively back then that she'd believed him.
Turns out no woman who'd had intimate contact with Senpai could escape, even Sayaka with her androphobia.
Though perhaps this wasn't bad.
After all, as a friend, Yukina had always worried about Sayaka's androphobia. Now that a solution had been found, that was naturally best.
"So what's the problem now?"
"The problem now is..."
Bokue organized his words slightly.
"Sayaka wants to tell you about this, but doesn't know how to explain it to you..."
"Explain?"
Yukina furrowed her brow.
"Could it be... does Sayaka already know about my relationship with Senpai?"
"Uh, not yet."
Bokue shook his head.
"Just that Sayaka feels she previously had androphobia, but now... you get it, Yukina. Plus, on the surface Asagi and I are still a couple."
"I see."
The Sword Shaman girl understood immediately.
Thinking about it, on the surface Bokue-senpai and Aiba-senpai were a couple, while Sayaka had androphobia. But now it had fast-forwarded to Sayaka with androphobia stealing Aiba-senpai's boyfriend.
This transformation was truly too drastic—generally hard to accept.
"I think taking it slow would be better..."
Yukina was about to say this.
Just then, crimson Primogenitor magic power flashed above their heads.
The next second, a certain Primogenitor girl who should be living next door whooshed into existence mid-air, falling with gravity to land squarely between Bokue and Yukina.
Nagisa turned to look at both of them, her tone full of anticipation.
"Ahehe~ isn't this perfect? Just like back then with Yukina-chan, let's prepare a grand celebration for Sayaka-san too, right here in this apartment!"
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