I Accidentally Sent a Love Letter to the School's Most Prestigious Young Lady Instead of My Childhood Friend, and Now She's Bowing to Me, Asking, "Please Date Me—On the Premise of Marriage!" - 4

“I’m coming over to Yuu’s place after school today.”

Lunch break. The one who’d suddenly said this was my childhood friend of inescapable connection, Haru.

I was being treated to a homemade bento spread out on the desk by Shion-san. Several days had passed since Shion-san’s “husband declaration.”

The school was gradually returning to normal, but the surrounding gazes still held a mixture of curiosity and hatred.

If I rejected Shion-san in this situation, I’d get lynched both mentally and physically – and I wasn’t joking about that in the slightest.

So I’d started dating Shion-san while letting things remain ambiguous, gradually having my escape routes closed off while being unable to come up with any effective solution.

“Keep your schedule open. Make sure nothing gets in the way.”

While giving a sidelong glare at the mini hamburger steak and rice balls in the cute pink bento box, Haru simply said that and left the classroom.

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Then after school came, and I walked home with Shion-san as far as the station.

Her parting smile – something between a plea and a threat saying “Please don’t cheat on me ♡” – left an impression as I rode two stations to the new town.

My house was one among many similar two-story homes. The doorbell rang not even ten minutes after I’d gotten home.

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Haru politely said “Sorry for intruding” but with the attitude of someone who knew the place well, entering my room on the second floor and plopping down on the bed.

After preparing tea and cake in the kitchen, I returned to my room and told Haru, who was relaxing while reading manga face down.

“It’s been a while since you came here.”

“There’s no ‘been a while’ between us, is there? But… I guess it has been about half a year?”

“I’ll put the cake on the table.”

“Mm.”

“……”

“What?”

Haru kept her eyes on the book, responding with just that one word.

I hesitated a bit but managed to speak while avoiding eye contact.

“I can see them. Your panties. We’re second-years in high school now, so we can’t be like we were when…”

“I’m showing them to you.”

Haru’s skirt was indeed hitched up, revealing her well-rounded buttocks and sexy white lace panties that weren’t good for my eyes or heart. I didn’t know where to look, or maybe I wanted to look… Wait, what did she mean by “showing them to you”?

Thinking that, I asked Haru.

“…Are you angry?”

“Of course.”

“Well, yeah, you would be. I went and did something selfish without telling you…”

“That’s not it. It’s true that I’ve been close with you, taking care of you since you were a crybaby when we were little, but that’s not what this is about.”

“…… Then what… is it about?”

When I pressed further, Haru lifted her face from the book and fixed me with a meaningful stare.

“I’m angry at myself. I underestimated you. Since you don’t stand out and aren’t popular with the girls…”

“…Hey!”

“I’m not making fun of you. I thought that since I’m the only childhood friend who knows your good qualities, if I kept you on a tight leash, we’d eventually upgrade from inseparable childhood friends to lovers. I never doubted that. But Yuu…”

“……..”

I couldn’t bear Haru’s pleading gaze and looked away. Her voice reached my ears regardless.

“I underestimated Shion-san too. She’s a nice person, but I thought that since she’s a sheltered young lady… Yuu is, for better or worse, a normal boy. I thought that if she experienced a boy’s desires up close, they’d break up in a few days. Even while being furious, somewhere deep in my heart I thought that.”

“Haru…”

Our eyes met again as I turned my face toward her.

“So I’ve decided to stop holding back. I’m done hesitating because something might be wrong. I’ve decided to become a selfish, egotistical bad girl.”

After saying that, Haru rolled over onto her back.

I could see her panties straight on, and my eyes became fixed on that area.

“Hey, Yuu…”

Haru’s face took on a seductive expression as she let out a melting voice. One I’d never heard before that made my heart leap.

“I’m actually embarrassed. To show you.”

Haru got up from the bed, approached me where I stood frozen, and wrapped her arms around me from the front.

“No, actually, it’s because it’s Yuu who knows me so well that I’m embarrassed. This is the first time I’m showing you the dirty parts of me that I’ve kept hidden deep in my heart.”

“Are you… seducing me?”

“I am. Using feminine wiles. I have some charm as a girl too, right?”

“Well, yeah… though you are my childhood friend…”

“Liar. I know you were always glancing at my chest when I hugged you in class, even though you acted blunt about it.”

“……..”

“I also know your lower part got bigger.”

“That’s a lie.”

“Yeah. A lie. But I’m confident about my chest. They’re definitely more comfortable than Shion-san’s.”

Haru clung tightly to me, pressing her chest against me.

“…Hold me, Yuu.”

“Hold you…”

While my mind was being overwhelmed by the sensation of Haru’s chest, I managed to ask back.

“Yeah. That naughty thing men and women do naked. Your parents aren’t coming back from work today, right? I secretly dreamed of doing this in Yuu’s room.”

Haru’s mouth drew closer. Her sweet breath entered my nose and filled my brain. And just as our lips were about to touch… in that moment, I mustered the last of my rationality and peeled Haru off me.

“……..”

Haru blinked, looking like she didn’t understand what had happened. Then with an irritated expression, she glared at me and threw words at me.

“…What’s… the meaning of this?”

Fighting against my desires with my remaining rationality, I responded to Haru.

“I’m dating Shion-san right now, aren’t I?”

“That’s… right. You started being boyfriend and girlfriend.”

“She told me at the station today too. Not to betray her. That face of hers stuck in my mind strangely…”

“……..”

“I’m a horny high school boy too, so I really want to do it with you, Haru. But I think it’s wrong to do that with you while I have this relationship with Shion-san.”

“Do you… like Shion-san that much?”

“It’s not about liking or not. But I think it’s wrong to be with you while I’m Shion-san’s boyfriend. I think being with you should happen after I’ve settled things with Shion-san.”

Haru lowered her face. She bit her lip, making an expression of frustration. Then she looked at me and said one thing.

“I told you I’ve stopped holding back.”

And then she desperately clung to me and stole my lips.