We had arrived at the shopping mall.
“Clothes looky! Akari wants clothes~!”
My twin sister, Akari, tugged on my arm and pulled me into a women’s clothing store. ”…It’s cool in here~”
“Mm… It must be scorching out there.”
Nanako and Torusia fanned themselves with their hands, pat-pat-patting the air to create a breeze. ”?” Where is it?”
“Ahh, Ichika-chan is outside~”
Just as Akari said, Ichika was standing outside.
I left the three of them behind and stepped out of the store. “What’s wrong?”
The beauty with her black hair tied in a ponytail said this, looking troubled.
“It’s just… Okaya-kun. This is a place for young girls.”
Looking at the clothes on display, I saw that they had very little fabric coverage. “I wouldn’t look right in these.”
Hiiragawa prefers rather formal clothing.
But her limbs are long and she has a great figure.
“Is it? I think it suits you pretty well.” “R-Really…?”
Glancing around at the clothes on the display, Niwaka said,
“M-Mr. Okaya… do you… do you like that kind of stuff? Where they show off their midriffs…”
“Nah, not really. It’s just that you’re young too, so I think you could pull it off, at least if it’s for your personal life.”
“Ah… um… well… okay. G-Got it… i-if, if you want me to try them on, Mr. Okaya… I’ll do my best!”
Niwa walked confidently into the store. I followed behind her.
Inside, Nako and the others were gathered together, discussing something.
”…This skirt is gorgeous! It suits Lulu-chan perfectly!”
“Nako, how about these jeans?”
”…Maybe they’d match~! Will Teacher praise me though?”
“M-Mom would… be pleased to see them?”
I drift along, watching her shopping from a distance.
She’s having fun, so I can’t let myself be a nuisance.
“Ah, umm! Excuse me! That outfit on the outdoor display! May I try it on?”
Yanigawa was asking the clerk about the clothes, her face turning bright red.
So, they do let people try things on here.
There was a large fitting room in the corner of the store. “Karin~” Akari calls out to me at that moment. “What is it?” “Come over here for a sec~” Is something wrong? I wonder what it’s about…
I walk up to the front of the fitting room. “What’s up?” “Eheh ♡”
Zip, a hand reaches out from inside and grabs my arm.
And with a yank, I’m pulled inside.
Stumbling forward, barely managing to stay upright as I enter, and there…
“Ta-da ♡ Karin, what do you think? Akari’s underwear ♡”
There stood Akari, wearing nothing but a bra and panties.
On the black fabric, her white skin stood out vividly.
It was a design so daring that it seemed on the verge of becoming sheer at any moment.
Akari laughed with a “hee,” leaning forward to ask me, “So, how is it?”
Narrowing her eyes, Akari spoke in a whisper.
For a split second, I felt a jolt of adult allure, but then I snapped back to reality.
I see, she was asking if the lingerie suited her.
“You… ask Nako and the others for that kind of thing.”
“Buuu. It’s lingerie meant to be shown off, so shouldn’t I let whoever I’m showing it to pick? Jaa~n.”
Akari puffed out her cheeks.
Just moments ago, wearing that grown-up lingerie and smiling seductively, she had seemed like a completely different person.
But now, she was the Akari I knew—the real thing, age-appropriate.
“Well then, you should let your boyfriend pick it.” “I don’t have one! I totally do not!” Akari blurted out, her voice loud and sharp.
Anger burned in her eyes, vivid and clear.
“I don’t want to see anyone but you, Karin!”
“I get it, I get it, so stop shouting… What if someone sees us like this?” The two of them were alone in the fitting room. And one of them was in her underwear. It invited misunderstanding.
“I’m going to head out right away, so you change properly…”
Akari slammed her body against me, pinning me to the wall.
She pressed her hands on either side of my face, trapping me in a wall-pin.
“It’s fine if someone sees me… In fact, I want them to see…” Akari leaned her face closer. She had long lashes.
Since she was half, even her eyelashes were blonde.
“Tell me… Karin. Am I… a child?”
Hot breath escaped from her glossy lips.
She pressed her breast, barely covered by a single bra, against me, invading my space.
“You’re a child. My student, and currently under protection.”
“I’m not… a child anymore? I’m seventeen, you know. Even if it was just an accident… my body can make a baby now?”
Akari slotted her long legs between mine. “Mmm… ♡” She puckered her lips and, without breaking position… “Stop that.”
I gave Akari’s forehead a light tap. Tsun.
“Don’t do things like that in public. You’ll cause trouble for the shop.” “Yes… I’m sorry.” Akari slumped her shoulders.
“That’s right, and if we’re doing it here… if any of the staff see us, it’ll be bad for Oka-chan too.” Akari hung her head in shame.
She probably thought I was angry.
It’s a fine line between being angry and offering a warning.
Especially with the young ones these days; it’s always tricky to know how to reprimand them properly.
In Akari’s case, she had been asking her grown-up self if those underwear would look good on her. I stroked the top of Akari’s head. “They suit you, in fact.” “Really?”
“Yes. They’re incredibly sexy… though I suppose ‘sexy’ is a bit of an old-man word for that.”
Poof—! Akari’s face lit up with a bright smile, and she threw her arms around my body in a hug.
“No no, Oka-chan is wonderful! Ehehe… should I go ask them to buy me those underwear then?”
I had promised Akari and the others that I’d let them pick any present they wanted. “Ah, nice one.”
“Yay! You can wear this on our wedding night, okay? ♡”
“Stop making jokes like that; it’s only funny because there’s a chance the other person might actually mean it.”
“Eh? What about Okarin? Are you really not going to?”
I poked Akari, who looked displeased. “No, I don’t want one now.”
“I see… So that’s how it is. Now, huh… Hee hee ♡” It was then—
“Akari-chan, you’ve been in here a pretty long time. What’s up?” Shhh…! ”…”
As the curtain parted, there stood Niwagawa. “Wh-What? Wh… wha…”
Niwagawa was gripping a bag in her hand.
She had probably just bought the clothes she’d been looking at earlier.
Pa-su… The bag dropped to the floor.
“Wh-What the hell… Oka-san and… Akari-chan…”
Damn it. From any angle, this looks exactly like some bad guy dragging a woman into the fitting room and stripping her naked. Izu got the wrong end of the stick. “Izu, this is a misunderstanding.”
“A… e… Ah! A misunderstanding! Yeah, a misunderstanding, that’s right! I see now…! Right, there’s no way we’d be hooking up!” And then…
Akari squeezed my arm with both her breasts and… chuu… ♡ “Hi-igu…?!”
Izu’s eyes popped wide open, and his mouth fell agape in a huge ‘O’.
After kissing my cheek, Akari wore the grin of a little devil. “We’re that kind of relationship now, ya know ♡”
“Aww… hawa-wa-wa-wa-wa…”
Izu’s face turned beet red as his eyes began to roll in circles.
“No, listen, Izu. That’s not what’s happening at all.”
“Waaahhhhhhhoooooooohhhhhhhh you’re so happyyy! Waaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
Crying tears like a child, Izu ran off from in front of us.
“Nuffu~ ♡ It seems Ichika-chan misunderstood that Akari and I are having an affair~”
Akari said, looking genuinely amused.
I let out a sigh and poke Akari on the forehead.
“It’s not right to tease an adult like that.”
“Ye-es, sorry, sensei… Hehe~♡” I step out of the fitting room.
Waiting for Akari to finish changing.
Typical. Ever since she was little, she’s always loved messing with people for fun.
“But hey… Okarin. I’m not a kid forever, either.” The sound of fabric rustling.
The breath escaping her lips carries a certain maturity.
“My body can already make babies. Legally, I can be your wife.” “Legally, yeah.”
“I’m serious. Seriously, I’m going to be your wife.”
With a swish, the curtain opened and Akari stepped out.
In her hand, she clutched the black lingerie she had tried on.
“So… buy this for me. I’ll wear it when I give you your first time.”
Akari said with an unburdened, pure smile.
Faced with that smile… I didn’t know how to respond… “Don’t tease the adults.”
In the end, all I could do was react the same as always. Honestly, I just don’t get it.
How to receive this girl’s affection. “Yeah, that’s fine for now.”
Akari smiled, looking a bit lonely, and said so. Then…
“O-o-oh, my faaaather!”
Rushia, her face bright red, came rushing toward me together with Nanako and Yuge.
“I heard from Ichika! You—you and Akari went outside for a… p-p-p-playdate!”
I let out a sigh, saying, “We didn’t.”