The night I picked up Midoriko Lake from school.
I was killing time at a café near the station when a beautiful woman in a suit walked in. “Oh… Hikohiko-kun”
Waving back with a smile was Inawashiro Ichika.
She’s a friend from college and, right now, one of my girlfriends.
“I’m sorry, I made you wait.”
“No, I just got here too, and since this was a sudden request, it’s on me.”
Why am I meeting Ichika at night?
Just earlier, my sister Midoriko said she needed to talk privately with her twin JKS, just the three of them.
I was originally planning to stay somewhere like a business hotel or a manga café, but…
『Hikohiko-kun, aren’t you going out for dinner?』 Ichika sent me a LINE. When I explained the situation…
『Th-Then… don’t stay at my place? It just so happens to be Friday today』 That was how it turned out.
I decided not to let her go and went along with it, leading us to this moment. Ichika had come to the station area by car.
I ride in her car to the apartment. We arrive shortly after. This is my second time here.
But unlike last time, we’re lovers now. “I’m home.” “P-please come i-in…”
The moment I step into Ichika’s room, a faint… pleasant scent drifts up my nose. It’s calming to smell. “Is that an aroma candle or something?” “Yeah!” “Yeah? Like what?”
Ichika stammers in a panic.
“It-it’s an aroma. I-mean-I’m-burning it-just because it has-a relaxing effect, not to set-the mood for sex-or anything like that, so don’t think wrong about it!”
She suddenly launches into a defensive speech like that.
So… she’s expecting that. “Well, we’ll see later.” ”!!!”
Her face turns bright red, and she crouches down on the spot. “W-what’s wrong?”
“I-mean-I thought-you’d think I’m a slut-if you saw me being so eager-to have sex… right?” “No, no, I don’t think that.” ”…Really?”
When I nod, Ichika lets out a relieved sigh of relief.
“G-Glad to hear it… It’s my first time inviting a lover over, so I looked up a lot online. I was worried you might have expected something more…”
She’s probably spinning around in circles internally… but well, she did her research for me.
Let’s not dwell on that too much.
Before long, we made our way to the living room.
“I’m going to change from my suit into some loungewear, so… don’t peek, okay?”
Ichika warned me, her face flushing red. “Ah, got it.” Ten minutes later. ”…I’m home.” “Welcome back.”
She came out wearing loose, comfortable loungewear, a disappointed expression on her face.
”…Kouhei-kun, there’s something I want to ask you.”
Ichika sat down next to me on the sofa. “What is it?”
”…Why didn’t you peek?”
“Well, since you were changing clothes, how could I possibly peek? You said so yourself, didn’t you?”
“I-i-i-it’s just… it was a setup, if you will. Like ‘the worse it is, the more it means they love me’ kind of…”
Her ears were bright red as she mumbled softly. “Did you want me to peek?” ”…”
Blushing deeply, Ichika covered her face with her hands and gave a small nod.
“If it’s any comfort… you could even just knock me out right there, aaah! What am I saying!”
Ichika squirmed on the spot, still hiding her face. “N-no, no way…”
Her shyness was so endearing that it brought a warm smile to my face.
“I’m sorry, Hikohiko-kun. I… I got a bit carried away. This is the first time in my life I’ve ever felt this happy.” “Happy?”
”…Because being able to become lovers with someone I adore so much, and having them stay at my place… it feels like a dream”
Ichika looked up at me and gave a cute ehehe laugh.
Ichika is a stunning beauty. It would be perfectly normal for her to have a boyfriend… but apparently, she had never dated anyone else.
If I was her first boyfriend, and this was the first time she’s ever invited someone home… then I felt truly honored.
“U-um… H-Hikohiko-kun… um… look… there were things I wanted to do if I could bring a boyfriend home…”
Judging by the flow of events so far, it was probably sex.
Anticipating that this might happen, I had already done the necessary 【preparations】 at the pharmacy.
Ichika stood up briefly to fetch something and then returned. “Ta-da! Life Game!” ”…”
“I used to dream about playing Life with my partner… imagining us talking about how many kids we wanted to have, and stuff like that~♡” ”…R-Really?”
Sometimes Ichika feels incredibly young.
If I’m not careful, it’s actually her who makes me feel aroused sometimes. “Mitsuhiro-kun?”
“No… never mind. Want to play Life?” “Eh?!” ★
After a while of playing Life.
We were sitting on the sofa, watching a movie on Amazon Prime.
A horror movie was playing on the TV screen.
“M-M-Mitsuhiro-kun! W-What’s happening now…? Is that scary part over…?”
Ichika clung to my arm, trembling violently.
“Well… there aren’t any ghosts out right now.” “R-Really…?” Cautiously, Ichika lifted her face. She let out a sigh of relief.
“Hey, if you can’t stand horror, maybe we should switch to a different movie?” Ichika shook her head furiously.
“Watching a horror movie at home with my boyfriend, drinking alcohol… that was something I used to dream about too.”
Ichiha seemed to harbor quite a bit of romantic longing.
I’d never really done this with a lover before—sharing time like this, I mean. I’d barely experienced it.
Misae had never asked anything of me but money and labor.
Having someone demand these proper lover-like things was strangely fresh… pleasant, even.
“Mitsuhiko-kun. I’ll go get us some drinks. Is a highball alright?” “No, that’s fine.”
Ichiha stood up with a smile and said,
“Don’t worry about it. I’ll be right back.” Ichiha moved to the kitchen.
……She was so attentive, doing all sorts of things for him.
Picking him up at the meeting spot, bringing him drinks like this now…
Misae had never once done any of that.
“Here you go, Mitsuhiko-kun. A corner highball.”
“Thanks. …You remembered my preference.” He took the can. The pull-tab was already opened.
“Of course. It is what you love, Oka-chan-san’s preference. I remember. You like black stuff, and you like chicken skin.”
There was a plate of snacks on the table.
Skewers of chicken skin were placed there… and I felt happy. “Thanks, Ichika.” “Huh?”
She seemed confused by the sudden gratitude.
“Um, just that… you’ve done a lot for me.”
”? Ah, well… don’t worry about it. I do it because I like to.” Ichika said with a faint smile.
“I like doing things for the people I like, so.” “I see…” We watched the movie.
The protagonist and the heroine were professing their love in an extreme situation. “That’s beautiful…” “Is it?” “Romance burns even in situations like this.”
“Given the circumstances now, you don’t have the luxury of worrying about romance, do you?” “Isn’t that exactly why it’s good?” “I suppose so.”
“Yes. Hirohiko-kun, you just don’t understand girls’ feelings at all.”
“I’m sorry, I’m an indecisive guy.”
Watching the movie casually while lounging around, we drank alcohol.
Drunk on alcohol and emboldened, Ichika kept closing the distance between us.
We were sitting on the sofa now, our hands placed together, overlapping. “Ehehe ♡” “What?” “I… snuck a hand in with you ♡”
Ichika fidgeted with my hand, and she really did look happy as she smiled. …Ah, it felt good.
We drank without hesitation, spending the time just lounging around together. A time like this… felt good.
As we chatted about trivial matters, I realized before I knew it that the movie had ended.
“Hehe. When I’m with you, Hikohiko-kun, I forget to keep track of time. It would be nice if I could have done something like this… sooner.” Ichika fell silent for a moment. But then, she said.
”…I wish I hadn’t given up and had made a move when we were in college,” Ichika muttered under her breath.
Her voice seemed to carry a deep sense of regret.
”…It was my clumsiness that ruined it. If only I could have taken Okani-kun from you… You wouldn’t have been hurt… I’m sorry…”
“No, there’s nothing for you to apologize about,” “But…”
She had thought of me with such unwavering devotion all this time, and that made her incredibly precious to me.
“It’s not too late. It’s okay to start from now on… you know.” “Mm… yes”
Ichika lays her head on my shoulder. ”…I got drunk.” “Is that so?”
Rubbing her knees together, Ichika turns a sorrowful face toward me.
”…I’m feeling horny.” “What?”
“When I drink, all that stuff built up inside me just gets released.”
Ichika hugs me tight.
Breasts larger than anyone else’s are pressed firmly against my body. A sweet scent… a sorrowful expression. Hot breath…
“I’m sorry, Mitsuhiko-kun… I can’t… hold back any longer…”
I hold Ichika in my arms and press our lips together.
We shared a passionate kiss, the kind you only see in foreign films.
With a dazed expression, Ichika says to me.
“Ever since we started dating, I’ve spent every day just thinking about doing naughty things with you, Mitsuhiko-kun… and remembering that first night, it keeps coming back to me every night…” She says this with her face flushed bright red.
”…Let’s do a lot, okay? I prepared so much. I really wanted to be with you, Mitsuhiko-kun… I even went to the pharmacy and bought condoms and aromatherapy stuff…”
Ichika clutched her own body, asking with an anxious tone.
”…Do you hate a perverted girl like me?”
Overcome with affection, I pulled her into a tight embrace.
Kissing the nape of her neck, I felt her release a sweet sigh.
Pinning her down on the sofa, she allowed herself to be at my mercy.
With eyes glinting dangerously, Ichika whispered.
”…I’m not letting you sleep tonight, Mitsuhiko-kun.”
…And once again, our bodies intertwined.