Ever since Yukino's sixth grade in elementary school, she no longer, as before, actively sought out her elder sister to share a bed and sleep through the night together.
And once Yukino entered middle school, her little sister went abroad to study, returning to Japan during holidays, but there was nothing of the sort then either; only when she herself went over to Yukino's place could she occasionally enjoy the happiness of sleeping together with her sister.
And once high school came, it became even rarer,
and her sister would even choose to refuse.
Haruno understood that her sister had grown up, and even had a fiancé; going on further, her sister would marry and become someone's wife, and then it would be even more impossible for her to sleep beside her sister and enjoy the happiness and bliss she had once experienced.
But today,
this happiness and bliss came so suddenly and swiftly.
Her sister, after a long separation, had come of her own accord to her bed.
Haruno couldn't help reaching out to stroke her sister's soft, tender cheek.
It was this familiar touch, this delicate sensation—she loved it so much, she wanted to keep it forever, and was unwilling to let a girl like her sister be snatched away by another man, held in another man's embrace every day, doing this and that.
Haruno turned over, gazing at her,
but after only a moment, she felt something was off.
A certain part of her body had changed.
She was dumbfounded.
What was this situation? What was that?
With a puzzled and slightly frightened expression, Haruno slowly reached out and touched a certain part.
"Eek..."
In this moment, even she herself was truly frightened.
Haruno had always been able to face whatever happened with a calm heart.
But right now, even she couldn't maintain her composure.
Out of nowhere, she had woken up to find her body had gained a certain something.
If it were fake, that would be fine, but it was real, and the sensation was growing ever more distinct.
Haruno realized what had happened.
She had become a man.
And this man was lying in Yukino's bed.
A chill crept up her back, a wave of cold struck her, and Haruno felt as though she'd plunged into an ice cellar, her whole body trembling.
Last night—what on earth had happened last night?
Had something happened between her sister and the man whose body she now inhabited?
The more Haruno thought, the more despairing she became.
They'd slept together—how could nothing possibly have happened!
With her sister's enchanting figure, what man would do nothing?
She couldn't imagine it.
Haruno lifted her eyes and looked around, quickly confirming that this was the apartment room where her sister lived alone.
She carefully shifted her body off the bed and walked toward the bathroom.
After a short while,
she saw herself in the mirror.
In that instant, she froze.
Lin Ye.
This face—she could never mistake it; the body she now inhabited was Lin Ye's body.
Haruno rubbed and pinched her cheeks, and the continuous stinging made her realize this was real, not fake.
"Why?"
Why had she transmigrated into Lin Ye's body, occupying Lin Ye's body—then what about her own body!
Had it been taken over by Lin Ye?
Haruno's first instinct was to find a phone and make contact, but she quickly suppressed this thought.
No need—there was no need for her to reach out first.
Right now, what was it she needed to do?
Haruno carefully returned to the bedside and found the phone in the clothes' pocket.
Facial recognition—she got in successfully.
Haruno went to the bedroom next door, turned on the light, and began recording.
She looked at the camera, organized her words, and spoke.
"Miss Haruno, from very early on, I fell in love with you,"
"By the time you see this video, it means I can no longer hold back the affection in my heart for you,"
"Compared to Yukino, I truly like you far, far more,"
"After that night, I feel that as a man I should take responsibility for you,"
"So, go out with me! Become my lover,"
"And finally, marry me! Let's get married!"
...
"Cough, cough, cough,"
Haruno coughed a couple of times. "Not enough—this sounds a bit fake. I need to adjust the tone and some of the content. Let's do it again."
After repeatedly confirming that the content had no problems,
Haruno immediately sent it to her own email and completely deleted the records from the phone.
"Very good,"
"This is precious evidence."
"Hahahaha,"
Haruno was delighted!
Even she hadn't expected that this magical experience would win her important evidence—at least, enough to bamboozle Yukino.
Faced with this video, even if Lin Ye knew she had forged it, it would still be more than enough to deceive and fool other people.
This was a card in her hand now.
Pressing down her inner excitement, Haruno returned to Yukino's bedroom and once again quietly slipped under the covers.
She lay on her side, gazing at Yukino's lovely sleeping face.
So lovely!
So beautiful!
Her own sister—even fast asleep, she was so adorable and enchanting.
She really wanted to give her a kiss.
Haruno couldn't resist, and gave her a kiss.
She really wanted to pinch her,
Haruno couldn't resist, and pinched her.
She really wanted to...
Haruno did more, and her body even had a reaction.
So this was what a male body's reaction was like—she now had firsthand experience of it.
She so wanted to possess her sister,
so wanted to tease and torment her sister.
Now was a fine opportunity for her—
'Gulp...'
Haruno swallowed; a certain thought kept surfacing, and kept being suppressed and restrained.
Reason told her not to overthink—just to cop a little advantage was enough—but emotionally, she really wanted to do something.
Facing her adorable sister in the past, she, Haruno Yukinoshita, had countless times wished she were a boy, a stranger with no blood relation to Yukino—how wonderful that would be.
That way, she could madly pursue Yukino, and be together with Yukino.
And now, this wish, at least in this moment, had been realized.
Could she perhaps...
"No,"
Haruno's reason began to gain the upper hand.
Once the matter was exposed, not only would Yukino resent her, but Lin Ye too would hold an extremely high disgust toward her—and for herself and the Yukinoshita family, that would by no means be a good thing.
What's more, she had wanted Lin Ye and Yukino to keep their distance all along; breaking up was the best choice.
To do anything with this body would simply be digging her own grave.
But...
"Copping a little advantage—that's no problem,"
Yukino and Lin Ye were already sleeping in the same bed.
Lin Ye had surely taken advantage of Yukino more than once.
At this moment Haruno couldn't hold back; she reached out her hand to cop a feel, at least copping a little advantage to satisfy this small desire of hers.
As she grew ever more excessive, Yukino Yukinoshita gradually opened her eyes.
The faint touch on her body startled her into a cold sweat, but soon, as her consciousness cleared and she recalled last night's events, she came to her senses.
This guy was taking advantage again.
He'd behaved himself for a while last night, and now first thing this morning he was already at it, huh!
So early in the morning—how did this guy have so much energy?
Yukino couldn't help recalling some physiological knowledge about men's morning reactions, and so came to understand and accept it.
"Know when to stop,"
Haruno had long since noticed her sister had woken, but she pretended not to know, wanting to see how Yukino would react.
And now, she was certain of her sister's reaction—she had absolutely grown accustomed to Lin Ye's caressing, had completely accepted it.
How many times had they done this!
Could it be they'd even taken the final step?
But at least last night they hadn't,
for Haruno had checked and sniffed a little, and hadn't smelled that particular odor.
"No."
Haruno instead hugged her even tighter, pressing close.
"It's hot, let go of me,"
"No,"
She even made an even more excessive move, causing Yukino's body to tense up.
"I'm going to get angry,"
"Satisfying your fiancé's needs—isn't that a fiancée's duty?"
Yukino shivered, and the words she'd just wanted to retort got stuck in her throat.
"If you won't satisfy me, then I'll go find other women, like... Mai Sakurajima, like Mai Sakurajima..."
Saying nothing would have been fine, but the moment it was said, Yukino Yukinoshita grew agitated.
"You're not allowed to go to her."
That cold, angry attitude instantly made Haruno realize the extent of Yukino's knowledge about Mai Sakurajima—she likely knew everything completely.
Otherwise, Yukino wouldn't have reacted this way.
"That won't do—I like her very much,"
Yukino stared coldly at the man before her.
"All right, Yukino, agree to one small request of mine, and I won't go to her—I won't go to her for now."
It was like this again.
Yukino had guessed long ago that whenever Lin Ye brought up Mai Sakurajima, it was to take advantage of her, to put forward more exchange conditions.
"Say it,"
If it wasn't too much, she'd agree.
So she thought.
Haruno pointed at her own cheek.
She didn't say it, but this gesture had already expressed her meaning.
Yukino pursed her lips and didn't move.
But Haruno kept pointing, which made Yukino sigh softly and lean in, her red lips kissing the cheek.
Haruno's feelings were instantly complicated,
happy at her sister once again kissing her of her own accord,
but pained that the body she was using was Lin Ye's.
Her sister was even willing to kiss of her own accord—just how far had her relationship with Lin Ye progressed?
They were already sleeping together; their relationship had probably grown intimate to the point of being seamless. At most only the final step remained undone—the rest had probably all been done.
It probably wouldn't take much longer,
and the two of them would do the very thing she had never wanted to happen.
Once that step was taken, it would be very hard for Yukino to give up this relationship.
Yukino, who had received the Yukinoshita family's traditional education since childhood, was a conservative, traditional girl; once she reached that step, it would mean she'd settled on her lifelong partner.
Even the hand-holding, kissing, and sleeping together had, in a certain way, already revealed her sister's attitude.
It was just that Haruno still harbored fantasies and extravagant hopes that her sister could break free.
There was no other way—
if this continued, her sister would truly fall completely and be unable to extricate herself.
She had to do something now.
Haruno steeled her heart.
As it happened, she was now using Lin Ye's body, which she could use to do many things.
"Yukino, actually you know it—I like Mai Sakurajima, I truly like her."
Yukino Yukinoshita's bashful blush instantly faded, and her face stiffened.
Not a trace of good mood remained—only anger.
Lying in her bed, holding her body, enjoying her kiss—and then telling her about liking Mai Sakurajima.
This guy was such a bastard.
It made anger irrepressibly rise up.
"And then!"
the girl with long black hair said coldly.
"I like you too,"
"Oh!"
How dull.
Yukino Yukinoshita felt nothing at all; what remained was still mostly anger and displeasure.
"There's something I think I should still tell you—Mai and I have actually already had relations."
She spoke, her eyes confirming her sister's reaction.
Seeing the flash of grief in Yukino that vanished in an instant, she guessed her sister had probably faintly sensed it, had already guessed at it before.
"And we..."
She didn't continue, still probing, letting her sister guess and fill in the blanks herself, and then voluntarily reveal more information.
"It was you who wouldn't accept my conditions. You don't think that after one night, I'd change my mind?"
There was a slight mocking edge to her words.
Haruno was now racking her brains over what had happened between Yukino and Lin Ye last night—what conditions her sister had promised that Lin Ye hadn't agreed to.
She grew more and more confused.
"We've already slept together, it's already come to this."
Haruno gave a pinch, prompting Yukino to raise her hand and slap away the offending hand.
'Smack'—crisp and loud.
"Stop dreaming."
"Behaving like this, you'll lose me,"
"Heh, if you're willing to break up, I couldn't ask for more."
Yukino said with a snort.
It was Lin Ye who was unwilling to break up, and who used all sorts of methods to stop her from breaking up, which was the only reason this relationship still endured.
If Lin Ye had been willing to break up, she and Lin Ye would have split long ago—where would all these troubles have come from?
She truly hoped Lin Ye would be willing to break up, but was that possible?
This man, brimming with possessiveness and utterly greedy—would he let go? Would he break up? Would he end this relationship with her?
He definitely wouldn't be willing.
Mai Sakurajima and herself—how fortunate any man would be to date even one of the two of them as a girlfriend.
But this guy was unusually greedy, even avaricious—he wanted both, unwilling to let either go.
"Yukino, is this... how you think?"
Haruno's voice grew somewhat hoarse, somewhat pained, her eyes revealing a faint sadness.
She was faking it, putting on the appearance of being pained.
In reality, she was overjoyed inside, and nearly wanted to say, 'Fine, all right, as you wish.'
But she held back, forcibly restraining her inner impulse, deciding to slow down—she feared agreeing too quickly would make the girl sense something amiss.
Of course, since she was now using Lin Ye's body, and her manner of speaking was barely different from Lin Ye's, even if Yukino sensed a subtle difference, she could never imagine that another soul had occupied Lin Ye's soul and was now discussing matters of feelings with Yukino.
Facing the sorrowful gaze of the man beside her, a certain string in the heart of the girl with long black hair was touched, and a faint reluctance to part spread within her.
The words she'd wanted to say—'You know full well how I feel, don't you?'—she failed to get out.
She felt saying it would make Lin Ye even sadder.
Haruno felt a knot inside—her sister had unexpectedly not, as she'd predicted, continued to state her position, further emphasizing her own will in her words.
This wouldn't do!
How could it be like this—her sister had to say it out loud.
"Hahaha, just as I thought, Yukino still can't bear to part with me,"
Haruno broke into a brilliant smile.
She immediately switched to a different approach.
"I knew that a Yukino who's fallen for me could never bear to break up with me. Yukino wouldn't be willing to leave me of her own accord, mhm, mhm,"
This suppressed, smug smile made Yukino Yukinoshita's anger surge straight up inside.
Bastard, bastard—even if you really think that, you can't say it out loud!
She grew more and more unhappy.
"Don't be so full of yourself. Who wouldn't be willing to break up with you? The one unwilling to break up is you, not me. If you're willing to break up, then let's break up right now. I, Yukino Yukinoshita, could never possibly refuse,"
Good.
This was exactly the line she'd been waiting for.
I've finally gotten it.
Haruno relaxed inside, the joy of victory rising in her heart.
"Mm, I understand."
A subtle feeling spread through Yukino's heart, and the next sentence made her expression change.
"Let's break up, Yukino,"
Haruno said.
The girl with long black hair stared wide-eyed, her expression full of stunned shock.
What had she heard—was she hallucinating?
"Lin Ye, what did you say?"
Sure enough, her sister still wouldn't accept it, still harbored fantasies and expectations, deceiving herself.
Her sister had already fallen for Lin Ye—this was beyond doubt.
Haruno could be quite certain of it.
Just what charm did Lin Ye have, that he could make a girl like her sister—who had always been cold toward romance—fall for him, even to the point of being unable to extricate herself?
She really couldn't figure it out.
"I said, let's break up!"
Haruno said. "If this is how Yukino thinks about the feelings between us, then if I tried to force it to continue, it would only bring Yukino—only bring the future of the two of us—more troubles,"
"Rather than be troubled, better to let it go—no need to force it."
Each sentence struck at Yukino's heart, and Yukino Yukinoshita bit down hard on her lip.
She even momentarily wondered whether Lin Ye had gotten her and was now discarding her, but she and Lin Ye had not broken through that final layer of their relationship—Lin Ye had not completely gotten her.
So why on earth was it—could it really be because of her attitude just now?
Unwilling, pained,
Yukino Yukinoshita bit her red lips so hard that their color changed slightly.
She even momentarily thought Lin Ye might be applying pressure to make her compromise, to make her take back her words, but she also sensed Lin Ye was serious, that he truly intended to break up with her.
'Rustle, rustle...'
Haruno threw off the covers and got up, put on her clothes, and sat on the edge of the bed.
"Yukino, from now on, we..."
'Bzzz, bzzz...'—the buzzing of a phone vibrating sounded, cutting off what Haruno was about to say.
Haruno watched as Yukino's left hand reflexively groped over and found her own phone.
In the blink of an eye, Haruno realized something. "Yukino,"
The heavy, scolding word made Yukino hesitate for a moment.
"Let's finish discussing our matter first,"
She quickly took the phone from the girl's hand.
It was indeed 'her' phone calling.
This must be a call from Lin Ye using her body.
By now, Lin Ye had woken up and was using her body.
But Lin Ye was already too late.
She could smoothly end the relationship between the two of them; afterward, even if Lin Ye explained, even if he disclosed this anomaly of the 'Body Swap,' his relationship with Yukino would be very hard to restore to how it had been.
The final victory
belonged to her, Haruno Yukinoshita.
A victorious smile spread through Haruno's heart.
Yukino Yukinoshita slowly lifted her eyes, gazing at the man before her.
Why, why had things changed?
She faintly sensed a change, though all of this development also fit the trend of change.
It was just that the one thing she found strange was why Lin Ye was willing to let go—how could that man possibly be willing to let go?
Just because of these few words of hers?
Yukino Yukinoshita thought it impossible. Her being willing to maintain this relationship with Lin Ye, to tacitly accept Lin Ye's relationship with Mai Sakurajima—that was something Lin Ye had achieved with enormous effort and energy.
And now he was giving it up so easily, giving it up without even having gotten her—she couldn't understand what Lin Ye's aim was.
If it were purely for her body, then last night he could have completely just agreed in one breath, gotten her body, and then run off—there was no need at all for this superfluous extra move.
But if it wasn't for her body, if he genuinely wanted to be with her, then why had he suddenly pulled this stunt?
The one with the problem definitely wasn't her—it was Lin Ye.
"Bzzz, bzzz..."
The phone rang again.
But it was hung up again.
Finally, the phone was even switched off.
Yukino took it all in.
"Yukino, our relationship—let's leave it at this!"
"Are you serious?"
"Mm, I'm very serious,"
"I understand."
Hearing this, Haruno couldn't stop the smile at the corner of her mouth.
"But I refuse,"
Haruno: "..."
"I, Yukino Yukinoshita—am I someone you can date whenever you want and dump whenever you want? I'm not a woman you can summon and dismiss at will."
Haruno fell silent.
What are you doing getting all contrarian at a time like this?
Didn't you want to break up?
You've been given the chance to break up, and you still won't?
In this moment she only felt that her sister was truly a headache.
Everything was fine—why suddenly turn rebellious?
Haruno gazed at this sister of hers, her feelings complicated.
On the other side,
after Lin Ye woke up, he discovered his own situation.
Haruno.
He had occupied Haruno's body.
"End,"
But he found that the Body Swap superpower had not ended.
Evidently,
this was the drawback passively activating.
Unless the conditions were met, it wouldn't easily stop.
Lin Ye quickly thought of how Haruno had occupied his body.
What would Haruno do?
Lin Ye couldn't help connecting Haruno and Yukino—that woman had an extremely high chance of stirring up trouble, not to mention discovering the fact that 'he and Yukino were sleeping together.'
He immediately made a call, calling his own phone, but it was switched off. And when he called Yukino, it was hung up—hung up two times in a row.
Lin Ye realized this was definitely Haruno's doing—otherwise, at most it would be a missed call, not hung up. Yukino wouldn't go so far as to hang up on her sister Haruno's call.
"Just you wait."
Lin Ye pulled over the clothes and put them on, but the way the underwear was worn was somewhat different, so in the end he went out wearing just a T-shirt and an outer coat.
He now needed to race against time to get to Yukino's place.
Otherwise, who knew what Haruno would do.
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