Chapter 135: So-Called Classroom Duty!
The damp, sticky air enveloped the entire school building. At dismissal, the crowd of students only made that clinging discomfort even worse.
A few days after the workplace experience, the weather had turned continuously rainy. Luke had not seen the sun for several days.
It seemed the rainy season had begun~
Although he hated scorching weather, this heavy humidity was not particularly pleasant either.
More troublesome than that…
"How did you two manage to drop an eraser behind the shelf?"
Luke moved the shelf aside with a speechless expression and retrieved Miura Yumiko's eraser from the dusty floor.
"We were only studying with Hina~"
Yumiko accepted the eraser and gently wiped it clean.
"Where are the useless Hayama and overconfident Tobe?"
Luke returned the shelf to its dusty position.
Honestly, who was responsible for classroom duty? Couldn't they clean properly?
How irresponsible!
"They went to their club activities."
Yumiko played with her hair.
"Besides, didn't that cold club president of yours say the Service Club had nothing important today?"
That was true.
According to Hiratsuka-sensei's unreliable explanations, very few students could gather the resolve to visit the Service Club with a request.
Most of their activities consisted of reading books or looking at their phones. After Yui joined, chatting merely became another way to pass the time.
"The main problem is that you went all the way to the clubroom for something so trivial. Wasn't that troublesome?"
"Hah—? Do you have a problem with a boyfriend doing something for his girlfriend?"
Whenever Miura Yumiko stretched out her words like that, her expression could appear unexpectedly frightening.
Yet sometimes, it also looked rather cute.
After spending more time with her, Luke had come to feel that her turned face and dissatisfied expression resembled spoiled pouting.
Amused, he pinched her firm cheek.
"Of course I have no complaints. I'm delighted to obey Queen Miura's commands."
"What nonsense are you saying? I'm not a queen."
Yumiko swatted away his troublesome hand, her cheeks reddening as usual.
If Hina were here, Yumiko would probably be blushing so fiercely that she began jumping in embarrassment.
Luke smiled at the thought.
"Since you don't have any complaints…"
Yumiko immediately returned to normal, walked to the classroom entrance, and picked up a broom.
"Then do today's classroom duty for me. I'm one of the students assigned to it."
Luke fell silent.
So this was what she had been planning?
How heartbreaking…
"Here!"
Miura Yumiko approached and offered him the broom with a mischievous little expression.
Luke's gaze swept over her.
Today, she was the picture of a fashionable high school girl. Her high-waisted socks complemented the skirt that ended about twenty centimeters above her knees, drawing attention to her stunning legs.
But that wasn't enough.
"Miura-san, people should handle their own responsibilities."
Luke gave her a righteous warning.
"Eh? But I haven't done classroom duty since elementary school."
Mm.
That answer suited her perfectly.
Wait.
If she had not done it since elementary school, didn't that mean she had never truly done it?
"What did you normally do when your turn came?"
Luke asked curiously.
"I let the other people in my group handle it…"
"Then where are the others assigned today?"
"I'm covering for Hina~ She said she had something to do and abandoned me."
Yumiko rested a hand on her waist with an irritated expression.
"Honestly, I'll make her pay tomorrow."
After speaking, she shifted her gaze toward him again.
Helping her was not impossible.
Yumiko had already visited the Service Club and borrowed him for the day, receiving permission from President Yukinoshita for him to skip club activities.
"I can do the classroom duty, but a greedy exorcist always receives payment for accepting a request."
Luke finally revealed his true intention.
"Even someone close to me must offer a reward."
"Eh?!"
The moment she heard "reward," Yumiko defensively looked toward the classroom doors.
"N-no! Teachers and students are still nearby. If someone sees us kissing…"
"It would become troublesome," she finished quietly. "I'll buy you a drink instead~"
"I never said the reward had to be a kiss. A drink is acceptable."
Luke had not originally planned anything, but he leaned closer and whispered beside her.
"Still, don't you want to try again? I bought strawberry candy this time. It's from the same brand."
"Hurry up and work~ It might start raining again soon."
Miura Yumiko pushed him gently with both hands, her face glowing red.
"What do you spend all day thinking about?"
"Fine, fine."
Luke walked to the blackboard, picked up the eraser from the teacher's desk, and began wiping from the top row.
Since Ebina Hina belonged to Miura's group, the duty assigned to her was not especially difficult.
Luke cleaned the blackboard and podium, bagged the rubbish, and even swept the dust behind the shelf.
"Finished."
He looked at the rubbish bags and wiped away his sweat.
The weather remained unbearably stuffy even when it rained.
More than thirty students produced a surprising amount of rubbish in one day.
Although most of it was wastepaper, they had still filled two entire bags.
Having finished everything, Luke turned toward Miura Yumiko, who had not even offered him encouragement.
"Classroom duty is exhausting!"
Yumiko put down her phone and stretched.
"Hey, you did nothing but give orders. Why are you complaining about being tired?"
Luke fanned his face with one hand.
Ignoring him, Yumiko asked, "Hey~ Should we go somewhere afterward? How about bowling? I heard a new bowling alley opened!"
"We'll see. Let me catch my breath first. This weather is suffocating."
Luke continued, "For now, pay the reward you promised."
"Okay."
Miura Yumiko took several coins from her wallet, raised her head, and looked directly at him.
Only then did Luke realize something was wrong.
Did she intend to pay while making him go buy the drink?
"Well? Why are you staring? Take the money."
Luke pointed at himself.
"I'm going to buy it?"
"Yep."
Yumiko nodded.
"There's standing water near the vending machine~ If I go, my socks and shoes will get wet. That feels awful."
Luke scratched his forehead as she pouted and stared at him.
How could such soft lips produce such cold words?
"Sigh! Yumiko, instead of these little tricks, I prefer being more direct."
He took the red strawberry candy from his pocket, slowly removed the wrapper, and placed it in his mouth.
Yumiko froze while watching him.
"Wh-what are you doing?"
His hand had already caught her shoulder.
"Hah—? Do you have a problem with a boyfriend kissing his girlfriend?"
Luke imitated her earlier tone.
"But someone might see us…"
Yumiko looked away and muttered.
"Don't worry. Come to my seat."
"Eh?!"
Yumiko cried out, then hurriedly covered her mouth.
Luke guided her toward his desk near the wall, where neither teachers nor students passing the doors could easily see them unless they entered the classroom.
"I was wrong! I'll treat you to the drinks, just let me go buy them!" Yumiko pleaded, shivering as she felt the cold surface of the desk beneath her.
"Too late~"
As her boyfriend leaned in, Yumiko squeezed her eyes shut. Even though they'd already shared their first kiss, her heart still pounded wildly, and her cheeks burned with a fierce blush.
His breath was like a drifting wisp of smoke—warm and soft, blurring the line between reality and fantasy. The strawberry candy clicked against his teeth as he passed it to her, the sound echoing in her mind like a sweet, strawberry-flavored melody.
"Hey, keep your hands out of my skirt!" Yumiko whimpered, her voice trembling as she tried to press her skirt down.
"No can do," Luke whispered against her ear, his warm breath sending shivers down her spine. "I only put you on the desk so I could touch your legs. Since you're the one who played a trick on me, you have to accept the punishment. Fufu~"
Lips or legs—he wanted it all.
Before Yumiko could even argue, he stuffed another strawberry candy into her mouth.
Her face felt hot, her thighs tingled, and her body went limp. This was how Yumiko felt as she was caressed on the thigh and kissed for a second time.
And one more thing...
The strawberry-flavored kiss was actually quite sweet.
Leaning against the wall, Yumiko stopped resisting. She gazed at Luke with a dazed expression, her tone a mix of playful complaint and longing as she murmured, "Go buy the drinks... my lips are all dry now."
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