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In the end, I managed to get permission from the notoriously strict second-year physical education teacher.
It was all thanks to Hoshikawa.
“Please, teacher. Don’t scold Kurose-kun. I might have died if Kurose-kun hadn’t been there.”
“But… this kid skipped class and came all the way out here? He might have snuck into an empty locker room and stolen something. We need to thoroughly investigate this kid…”
“Kurose-kun isn’t the type to do something like that…! Besides… if Kurose-kun saved me, he must have saved you too, Sensei…!”
“Hm? What do you mean…?”
“If I had died during your class… wouldn’t you, as the supervising teacher, get blamed too?”
“…W-well…”
“Even if I hadn’t died, but lost consciousness or ended up critically injured, the teacher would have been held responsible. Thanks to Kurose-kun, the teacher avoided that worst-case scenario too.”
“T-true… You might be right.”
In the end, even the intimidating teacher known as the demon seemed powerless against the endorsement of a beauty like Hoshikawa.
“Alright, fine. Hoshikawa has a point. I won’t pursue Kurose this time.”
“Thank you.”
“Th-thanks…”
The PE teacher sighed as if to say, “Oh, for heaven’s sake.”
“Hey, Kurose. Just to confirm… you didn’t sneak out of class and steal anything from the locker room, did you?”
“I-I wouldn’t do that…!”
“Like underwear… If you did steal something, that’s no joke.”
“I-I didn’t do anything like that!! Seriously…!”
“…I see. Alright. I’ll believe you this time. You can go now.”
“Y-yes…!”
“Ah, Kurose. Just to be safe, take Hoshikawa to the infirmary.”
“R-right…”
“Hoshikawa. You should skip the next class. I’ll contact your homeroom teacher.”
“Yes. Understood.”
“Alright then, Hoshikawa, let’s go.”
“Yeah.”
And so, having somehow gained permission, I returned from the rooftop pool ahead of everyone else with Hoshikawa.
After changing in the locker room, the two of us headed to the infirmary.
“Um… Hoshikawa…?”
“Hm? What is it?”
“Th-that… your arm…”
On the way to the nurse’s office, Hoshikawa suddenly took my arm and pressed her body against mine.
Honestly, it was unsettling—feeling that soft sensation through her slightly damp hair and clothes.
I tried to pull away casually, but the moment I did, Hoshikawa clung to me even tighter.
“Sorry, Kurose-kun.”
“Huh…?”
“Right now… I don’t think I want to let go.”
“…Huh!?”
I couldn’t help but look at Hoshikawa.
Her cheeks were flushed red.
“Well… you see… earlier… I was basically near death… so I still can’t walk alone yet,
you know?”
“…Yeah.”
No matter how I thought about it, it sounded like nothing but an excuse.
But when she said that, I couldn’t argue back.
In the end, I just went along with it and guided Hoshikawa to the infirmary.
“Huh…?”
“Seriously…?”
Students we passed along the way did double takes at Hoshikawa clinging to my arm.
This was definitely going to lead to some misguided rumors spreading.
“H-here… we’re here…”
We reached the infirmary.
I guided Hoshikawa to the bed.
Hoshikawa reluctantly let go of me.
“Well then… I’ll head back to class.”
“Wait.”
Hoshikawa called out to me.
I turned around to find her moist eyes fixed on me.
“Kurose-kun… thank you for helping me.”
“Ah, uh…”
“I’m not joking. If Kurose-kun hadn’t been there, I might have died…”
“Oh, oh…”
“My legs cramped up in the water… it hurt so much… but no one noticed… I thought, ‘Ah, am I just going to die like this?’… I thought that…”
“…Yeah.”
“Then you came. Just like that time…”
“…”
“When you came, I felt so relieved and happy… I thought, ‘Ah, I’m safe now…’”
“I-I see…”
“It’s true, Kurose-kun… You were like a prince…”
“A prince…!?”
“Yeah. A prince who comes to save me when I’m in danger.”
“…!”
Her embarrassingly sweet words made me flush involuntarily.
Then, Hoshikawa slowly drew her face closer.
A bad feeling made me try to escape, but faster than I could react, both her hands grabbed the back of my head, and soft lips pressed against mine.
“H-Hoshikawa…”
I called her name.
Hoshikawa pulled away and smiled.
“Thanks. For saving me.”
“Ah, ah, ah…”
I became flustered and started acting weird.
Even I could tell that reaction instantly gave away my lack of experience with women.
“My first… I gave it to you, Kurose-kun.”
“F-first… time…”
“I’m such a bad girl. Even though you have a girlfriend.”
“…Ah.”
“But I don’t regret it.”
“…!”
I didn’t know what to say, my mouth just opened and closed.
Hoshikawa was acting strange today.
She was revealing a side of herself I’d never seen before.
Kiiing-kooon-kaaan-kooon…
The bell signaling the end of break broke the silence.
“I… gotta go to class…”
I finally managed to squeeze those words out.
Without waiting for Hoshikawa’s reply, I turned on my heel and fled the scene.
Squeak, squeak, squeak…
When I returned to the classroom, the lesson had already started. As I opened the door, everyone’s eyes turned to me.
I gave a dry smile and a slight bow to my homeroom teacher, who was glaring at me from the front, then scurried to my seat.
“Hey, Ren? Where the hell were you?”
“Just a bit.”
“You seriously skipped the whole class? Tanabe, the math teacher, was pretty pissed. He said to come get the handout from the staff room later.”
“…Got it.”
Aiba, sitting in front of me, delivered the disheartening news.
“Hey, Kurose.”
While classmates were probably whispering rumors about me all over the place, the homeroom teacher glared at me and said.
“Come to the staff room later.”
“…Yes.”
Thinking “Yeah, right,” I slumped my shoulders in defeat.
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