Chapter 36

Everyone was silent as they all looked at the envious sight of Takeru having his head pressed against Yuriko's chest as she hugged him. No one could move a muscle as they were all frozen from the shock of the scene of Yuriko kissing Takeru on the lips, but then, one person managed to recover from the shock and slowly approached the two

"Y-Yuriko-sama"

"Hm? Ah! Aya-san, do you need something from me?"

"I-I brought some water to you"

"Oh, thank you, Aya-san"

Yuriko thanked Aya as she handed the water bottle to Yuriko

"N-No worries… … … Erm… S-so… W-Who's this person you're hugging, Yuriko-sama?"

"Him? He's Takeru, and you can't have him because he's my boyfriend"

"*?! *Shudders*"

"?! I-I see…" <I kind of expected that she might have a boyfriend… But I imagined he would be more like one of those ikemen… And I didn't expect Yuriko to be so clingy to him>

When everyone else heard Yuriko saying those words, they all shuddered as they made even more shocked faces, with some even falling to their knees or even on all fours. While Aya felt confused at how her expectations and reality, she decided to walk away and let Yuriko keep hugging Takeru as she rubbed her cheek on his hair

Because of the suddenness of the news, no one ended up approaching the two, after some time the school bell rang, signaling that the lessons for the day had ended, which brought everyone back to their senses

Shortly after, inside the men's changing room

"Oi, Explain yourself, Tanaka-san. What the hell was that?"

"… That what?"

"Don't act like you don't know! We all saw Nanami-san kissing you, and you get to have your face buried in her chest!"

Takeru was being surrounded and interrogated by the boys who had seen the scene from earlier as he was changing back into his school uniform

"I don't want to talk about it"

"But we do! So you either explain why you're going out with Nanami-san or introduce us to her!"

"Haa?"

"?!"

When Takeru heard that, he turned his head towards the guy that had said that and looked right into his soul as he had murderous eyes devoid of any light, which made everyone take a step back

"A-Ahem… S-So how are you g-going out with Nanami-san"

"… *Looks away* I confessed to her some time ago… And she accepted it"

Takeru's tone was somewhat filled with embarrassment as his cheeks got slightly pink

"Huuuuuh? Most of us here confessed to her at some point and we all got rejected, so that still doesn't explain why she chose someone like you to be her boyfriend!"

"And I already said I don't want to talk about it! So how about all of you start talking to a girl instead of whining like the bunch of cowardly virgins you are!"

"Gehoh!?"

All of the boys there took critical damage from Takeru's words and fell to their knees as they clutched the area where their hearts were located. While Takeru annoyed at them, simply left the changing room with his blazer still open, which gave him a slightly delinquent feel

Meanwhile in the girl's changing room

"Y-Y-Yuriko-sama…"

"What is it?"

"Erm… A-Are you really going out with that boy?"

"You mean Takeru? Yes, I am going out with him"

"Kyaaaaaaaa!"

When Yuriko confirmed that she was Takeru's girlfriend, she ended up giving the feeling that she had started shining really brightly, which made the girl scream as she felt as if Yuriko's holy light was purifying her. Seeing that purification process, none of the other girls wanted to ask Yuriko about that matter anymore, so instead, they all just decided to cry internally at the fact that their handsomely beautiful and prince-like Yuriko was taken by a boy… Who wasn't on the same level of looks as Yuriko

The only one who was still willing to ask Yuriko was Aya

"So, Yuriko-sama… Why didn't you ever tell anyone you had a boyfriend?"

"Hm? Because no one had asked until now, and also because I just started dating Takeru a short time ago"

"Eh? And you two are already kissing?!"

"Ahahaha… Well… Thinking about it now… We were already kind of dating for a month or so until a few days ago"

Yuriko scratched her cheek as she made a slightly troubled and embarrassed smiling expression as she started reminiscing about how she was constantly trying to find reasons to kiss Takeru's cheeks ever since they made up from the photo incident

"What do you mean by kind of dating?"

"… It's complicated and kind of long…"

"And embarrassing as well by the looks of it"

"Yes, it's somewhat embarrassing to talk about it"

"I understand, but there's one thing I'm really curious about"

"And what would that be?"

"Who confessed first?"

"It was Takeru! And I even ended up asking for him to repeat his confession a third time, though I started laughing when he confessed because of how happy I felt… … … I think I'll stop here"

"Wha?! Right when it was getting more interesting?!"

"Well… It feels pretty embarrassing to talk about this, now that I think about it"

"But I want to hear the rest!"

"Sorry, sorry, Aya-san. But, I'll have to leave you hanging. Bye!"

"Ah! Chotto matte!"

Yuriko who finished changing her clothes faster than the other girls made a strategic retreat from the changing room

"…" <This is probably how Takeru feels when I keep prying into him like that… Not that I will stop though> "Ah! Takeru!"

"Hm? ! Yuriko"

"Shall we go to the student council room?"

"Yes"

"Fufu… !"

As Yuriko moved to get right beside Takeru, she noticed that he was closing his blazer

"Wait, Takeru"

"What is it?"

"Unbutton your blazer for me to see something"

"? Okay"

Takeru unbuttoned his half-closed blazer and left it open as Yuriko asked him to do so

"… … … *Nods* Your blazer open like that gives you a pretty rebellious vibe, Takeru"

"And what about it?"

Takeru slightly inclined his head to the side in confusion when he said that

"The thing about it is that…"

Yuriko approached Takeru and hugged him before she continued speaking

"Rebellious children need to be punished~"

"… Eh?"

"Fufu"

Takeru began blushing as Yuriko kept happily smiling at him, then she quickly picked him up in a princess carry and kissed him on the lips

"Now let's get going"

"…"

And Yuriko began making her way to the stucco room as she carried Takeru, behind her some of the boys and girls watched the exchange the two had. The boys fell to the ground one more time, while the girls were having a nosebleed from seeing Yuriko like a womanizing prince towards Takeru, which even made some of them twist Yuriko's gender to make it spicier in their eyes

<Damn you Tanaka!> <Thank you very much Tanaka-san!>

The two groups had now completely different opinions of Takeru