Chapter 1 - Blissful everyday life
「Fuahh… At last— Class is over, Akihiko.」
The chime rings to signal the end of a boring class, and with a yawn, my beloved girlfriend,「Hidaka Mai」was talking to me while tsunting her cheeks.
「Mai was asleep the whole time, so it didn’t take long.」
「Fuh— Even sleeping is very tiring. Akihiko was dozing off too, you know.」
「I’m tired of dozing off.」
「Ah, I’m cracking up! I’ll tickle you as punishment!」
「What kind of punishment is this… Hi–Hiek!」
While pressing her voluptuous body against me, Mai starts rubbing my sides. From the outside, she is bright, has large breasts, and a face as pretty as an idol’s. In addition, her twin-tail hair looks great on her, and I would be envious of her if she did this to me.
I–I’m actually proud of her, and I’m enjoying the situation!
Looking back, I think it is something of a miracle that I,「Sugawara Akihiko,」 was able to go out with Mai. When we were freshmen in high school, we happened to be on the environmental beautification committee together, and we hit it off playing a game we both enjoyed, and we became friends, and before I knew it, I was in love with Mai… I confessed and got an OK.
To be honest, sometimes I still think it was a dream. But the fact that I was finally able to kiss her the other day gave me a little more confidence.
Mai was too shy to do that kind of thing… Finally, it was a step forward.
「Oh, it’s another hot day, you two.」
「Natsuki Miyake,」a good friend of mine, came over to chill out as we were playing with each other.
Natsuki and I have known each other since elementary school, and at that time it was routine to play with him at the park, where he was a good basketball player. Although I can’t compete with him in basketball now that he has become a professional player, it is a small pleasure for me to play a game with Mai once in a while.
「Hehe— Nhn? You envy me, don’t you?」
Mai says this to Natsuki with a smug look on her face, as if to show our lovey-doveyness.
「I’m jealous that Mai’s boobs hit the spot.」
「Wha–! Lewd! Pervert! Miyake is an idiot!」
Natsuki is disliked by quite a few girls because of this… Well, I hear that he is still popular because he has a good-looking face.
「Hey, Akihiko. Can we go home together today?」
「Ah, sorry. I’m going to be late again today with club activities and getting ready for the festival.」
Yes, I am a member of the Literature Club and I am working on the policy of the club magazine for the cultural festival that will be held in a month’s time. There are only two of us, including me, but the only junior is tough on a lot of things, so it’s a constant struggle.
「I see. How about Mai?」
「I–I guess I’ll be late for committee meetings too.」
「Hmph, you’re busy with a lot of things. Well, Akihiko has a lot of work to do because he has to respond to Karen-chan’s requests.」
「Well— yeah. But Karen gives me solid opinions, and I want to write a novel that will impress everyone.」
「Amazing–! Well then, can I be the first to read it when it’s finished?」
「Mai can’t read a novel, can she?」
「I can read you know! If Akihiko worked hard on his novel, I’m sure it will be interesting… I look forward to it!」
「Ahh, I’ll do my best to live up to your expectations!」
Then after school. I went into the literature club classroom to work on my writing. A few minutes later,「Fukuhara Karen,」the only junior in this club, arrived.
「Thank you for your hard work, Senpai. How is the progress going?」
She has a neat face, long shiny black hair, and clear beautiful skin. And her stature is so slender and beautiful that you can’t help but admire it. She has all these things and is truly a beautiful girl, and she listens to my progress without hesitation.
「Quite so-so, I guess?」
「Senpai’s “so-so work” doesn’t seem to be making much progress.」
「Ugh—」
She is a pretty outspoken person, and in addition, she doesn’t laugh much. So when I first met her, I had an impression that she was a little scary. But I know that she has a cute smile that she shows once in a while.
「You’re a figurehead. You don’t have much time left. We don’t have much time left, and I wish you the best of luck. I’m almost ready to finish mine, so…」
「T–That’s fast… as expected of Karen.」
「Unlike my Senpai who secretly talk to her girlfriend at night, I write well.」
「W–What do you mean by that!?」
「I’m just trying to be coy. But it’s true… Haah…」
I was hooked on it. No, I’m just calling her to at least hear her voice since we haven’t been able to spend much time together after school lately…
And lately, Mai is getting tired and stopping for a few minutes or so.
「Sorry, Karen. I’ll write it down, okay?」
「Yes, please do so. I joined this club because I like Senpai’s novels. I will not be able to read your new works, you know?」
「Yeah, I understand. Then, let’s get working.」
This is my daily life. I have a girlfriend I love, a rotten best friend, and a cute junior colleague. I thought it was no exaggeration to say that the days I spent with them were truly happy routines.
But little did I know that the time would soon come when this happiness would crumble.
At this time also.
After school, without my knowledge.
「Nhhn…」
「That face looks good, Mai.」
I didn’t even want to know it was happening.
