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“—Choosing everyone is… an option, you know?”
Karen’s whisper… melted sweetly against my eardrums, ravaging my mind with its sweetness.
“…S-such an insincere thing… there’s no way that’s—”
“—Of course it’s okay! You worked so hard, Senpai! Don’t you think you deserve a reward like that?”
Karen tempted me like a devil.
It was irresistibly charming… if I let my guard down, I might just nod in agreement.
“…If, if I genuinely end up liking all three of you from the bottom of my heart… I’ll think about it.”
“Mouu, Senpai, you’re so serious…”
Karen said teasingly—
“…Well, I like that about you too…?”
She whispered in a breathy voice.
“K-Karen…”
“Ahaha, Senpai, your face is bright red! So cute!”
“Kuh…”
I instinctively hid my face.
A surprise attack with “I like you” and “cute”… That’s just too sneaky.
Because of that, I’m always the one getting teased.
If Karen keeps doing stuff like this… then I’ll—
“…S-Senpai? What’s wrong? You’re so quiet… Um, um… Sorry—Yaaah?!”
I placed both hands on Karen’s shoulders—and pushed her down.
“Hey, Karen… I’m a guy of a certain age too, you know?”
“…H-huh?”
I couldn’t see Karen’s face because of the blindfold.
But… her face must be bright red, right?
“…Come to think of it, this was a game where I guess what clothes you’re wearing, right?”
“Huh…? Y-yes, that’s right…”
“I see… Then I can touch you however I want, right?”
“Huh?”
Ignoring Karen’s deflated voice, I casually reached out and touched her body.
It was soft yet springy, a cylindrical part… her thigh.
“Huh, this is your thigh? Bare legs even in winter, huh?”
“H-h-hey, Senpai, if you touch any higher—”
“Y-your hand’s inside my skirt…!? S-Senpai! Stop…!”
Nah, I can’t hear a thing.
Seems my hearing’s gone bad too.
After that, I kept touching various parts of Karen’s body… but she finally couldn’t take it anymore. Karen pushed me away and ran off.
“S-senpai, I never knew you had this side to you…”
“N-no, it’s not like I do this to everyone, okay?! This time, Karen really went too far…”
“I-is that so… You don’t do it to everyone… H-huh…”
Karen’s voice rose slightly, sounding a bit pleased.
“Anyway…! Senpai, did you figure out what I’m wearing? I’m not as kind as Tsukino-chan, so I won’t give you any hints, okay?”
“Hmm…”
To be honest, I’d been so focused on her thighs I hadn’t noticed at all… but I did realize Karen was wearing a miniskirt.
The fabric was thin.
It had a slight fluffiness to it.
Even I knew the name.
Mini skirt.
…What?
It was probably a revealing outfit, but… I couldn’t figure it out.
“I don’t know…”
“—Well then, Yu. Shall I give you a super big hint?”
Yukina spoke up from behind.
“I-is that okay?”
“Well, yeah. You don’t seem to be getting any closer to figuring us out anyway, right? But in exchange… there’s one condition.”
“…W-what is it?”
When I asked timidly, Yukina whispered in my ear.
“—Will you give yourself to me next Christmas Eve?”
“…Next year? Why…?”
“Yuu, you’d definitely refuse if it were this year, right?”
“Well… that’s true. But still, next year?”
“Hehe, because—”
Yukina paused for a beat, then whispered in a sweet, melting voice—
“…I’m absolutely going to make Yuu fall for me by next year.”
She said that.
“Of course, if you haven’t fallen by next Christmas, we can forget this whole thing, okay? But… if you have… then I’ll be counting on you then?”
“… Ah, yeah.”
Her words were so full of confidence I could only nod.
A gal’s confidence… terrifying.
“So, what’s the hint?”
“Hmm, let’s see… The hint is this season, maybe?”
“The season…?”
Right now, obviously, it’s winter.
Clothes worn in winter… so, winter gear?
But the fabric seems too thin for that…
…Wait, no, that’s it!
What I should be focusing on is—
“—Christmas…! So, Santa?”
“Hehe, you got it! Yu, you can take off the blindfold now?”
I cautiously removed the blindfold.
—The next moment, filling my vision were… three people dressed in miniskirt Santa outfits.
“”“——Merry Christmas!!!”””
“…!!!”
“Hey, Yu, can you guess what the present is?”
“What…?”
“Hehe, that’s a secret?”
The three exchanged glances—
“””We…!!!”””
Tsukino crossed her arms over her chest, fidgeting shyly—
Karen clasped her hands behind her back, beaming—
Yukina pressed her hands to her chest, wearing a provocative smile—
The three declared in unison.
It was a priceless… the world’s greatest present.
“All three of you…”
“Hehe, Senpai, you don’t have to decide right now whether to accept this gift, okay? But… this gift will keep following you around until you accept it, you know? Be prepared for that?”
“Right? Yu. And if you accept it… no returns, okay?”
“They’re right. We’ll make sure Yuu chooses us… absolutely!”
With eyes filled with resolve, each of them spoke their words.
The gift was dazzlingly beautiful and captivating… making him want to accept it all right now.
But… it was a one-of-a-kind gift with no returns.
I wanted to be sincere.
So…
“Until the day I can say I truly love you from the bottom of my heart… would it be okay if I just hold them for you?”
Then, the three nodded.
But Karen added, “But…”
“But… since you’re holding them, you absolutely have to come pick them up someday, okay?”
“Yeah, of course…! I’ll definitely come get them…!!!”
Liking anyone other than the three of them was absolutely, completely out of the question.
“Hehe, then I have no complaints!”
Then, not just Karen, but the other two also broke into beaming smiles.
That day… was the best Christmas, one I’ll remember forever.
Then… time flew by in the blink of an eye.
I spent my days undergoing rehabilitation… and four months later.
I was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.
And then, today—
April, with cherry blossoms dancing and a faintly warm breeze blowing.
“—Finally… I can go to school again…!”
I let out a smile in front of the school gate.
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