"Yah, this is Tatsuki-kun. He's your big sis's classmate and also my colleague in the student council."
She didn't lie, she just didn't answer the question head-on.
But a sly glint flashed through Moeha's eyes. She quickly tossed the trash away and jogged over to stand in front of Tatsuki.
Her eyes sparkled. "So you're Tatsuki-senpai then! Senpai, I feel like I've seen you before."
Tatsuki smiled lightly. "I'm the student council president."
"Oh, oh! No wonder. I saw you give a speech at the inauguration ceremony for the new student council president!"
Moeha's eyes grew even brighter.
Seeing Tatsuki up close under the streetlight, he really was handsome; he gave off this kind of vibe that made people want to corrupt him.
Tatsuki also took the chance to size up Chika's little sister at close range under the streetlamp—Fujiwara Moeha, his future little sister-in-law.
She was wearing pink pajamas, with short hair and little braids on both sides. Her hair was the same pink as Chika's. She was much more petite than Chika, and her face was extremely cute.
Her figure was smaller than Chika's… but that chest was in no way weaker than Chika's!
If he remembered correctly, the Fujiwara family also had a more mature, but equally high-spec, older sister: Fujiwara Toyomi.
It was hard to imagine just how excellent their mother's genes had to be—to give birth to three daughters who left Eriri and Yukino completely in the dust!
Moeha glanced at the flustered Chika, then curled her lips into a little devil's malicious smile.
"Tatsuki-senpai, I'm the vice president of the student council in the junior high division at YYY Middle School. My name is Fujiwara Moeha, and I'm Chika-nee's little sister."
The two student councils were technically housed together, but the campus itself was divided.
They were interconnected, but the students had different activity zones.
"Tatsuki-senpai, if you're not Chika-nee's boyfriend, would you go out with me instead? I think you're super handsome!"
"Eh!!!" Chika let out a sharp yelp.
Tatsuki hadn't even said anything yet, but she couldn't help rushing in front of him, waving her arms around wildly.
"Tatsuki would never go out with you!"
Seeing her scheme succeed, Fujiwara Moeha tilted her head, putting on a baffled act.
"Why not? Senpai's choice shouldn't have anything to do with you, right? You're not his girlfriend."
When she finished, she stared at Chika with open anticipation. She wanted to see what kind of reaction her big sister would have.
This was so interesting!
"I-I… I…"
Chika was so anxious she wanted to cry. Why hadn't she just admitted it? What was she supposed to do now?
Her little sister dating her boyfriend—she absolutely didn't want that kind of thing to happen!
At least… at least not now! Her sweet romance had barely even begun… uwuwuwu…
Seeing Chika's desperate, goofy, on-the-verge-of-tears expression, Tatsuki sighed. She was being completely played around by her own kid sister.
"Sigh."
He let out a breath, then reached out and wrapped an arm around Chika's soft waist.
He said softly, "Chika was just joking. In reality, we're in a relationship."
Before Chika could react, Tatsuki leaned down and kissed her.
Now that Tatsuki had stepped in to explain for her—Chika, who had been anxious and full of regret, suddenly felt like she'd found a backbone to lean on.
Overwhelmed with emotion, she responded to Tatsuki's kiss with all her heart and soul. She gradually forgot Moeha was even there.
Moeha's brain completely blue-screened.
Her big sister was so bold!
She'd imagined all kinds of possible reactions from her sister, but she'd never expected the situation to turn out like this.
Her sister had already been pretty bold doing that kind of thing at home by herself earlier, and now she was fiercely making out right in front of Moeha.
"Mm…"
About three minutes passed.
The two of them kissed for three full minutes. Moeha stood there in a daze for three full minutes.
When the two finally separated, Chika's face was flushed red as she leaned against Tatsuki's chest. Tatsuki looked at Moeha and spread his right hand a little in an apologetic gesture. "Looks like I won't be able to accept your confession for the time being."
"After all, accepting someone else's confession right in front of my girlfriend would be a little too scummy, no matter how you spin it."
That was what he said but this wasn't exactly something he hadn't done before, either.
The main thing was that Moeha had just been messing around; he hadn't taken it seriously.
Ding-dong!
Right at that moment, Tatsuki's phone chimed. He opened it and frowned.
Chika noticed the change in his expression and sensibly straightened up. "Tatsuki-kun, if you've got something to do, go handle it. I'm basically home already."
Tatsuki nodded, his expression serious. "Sorry, it looks like something's happened on Yukino's side."
It was a message from Yukino.
Yukino: "Tatsuki-kun, I've discovered something weird and abnormal over here. I don't know how to deal with it."
He planted a light kiss on Chika's forehead and promised, "I'll make it up to you with a full day together when I get the chance. I need to go see what's going on over there."
Anything Yukino couldn't handle had to be incredibly dangerous.
He didn't want to waste any time. Locking onto Yukino's location, he immediately activated Spatial Movement.
"Eh!!!"
Moeha, who'd still been immersed in the heady, romantic intensity of their make-out scene and daydreaming about weird things, snapped back to reality when she realized Tatsuki was gone. She spun around, looking left and right, but there was no sign of him anywhere.
"Tatsuki-kun had something come up and left first. Let's go home." Chika took Moeha's hand.
"But did senpai just suddenly…" Moeha wanted to say Tatsuki had suddenly disappeared, but then she met Chika's narrowed eyes.
"Eeek!!!"
That expression reminded her of the look their mom and Toyomi-nee had right before they got mad.
A natural, overwhelming aura of pressure washed over her, and Moeha immediately ducked her head, not daring to say another word.
Just like that, Chika dragged her back home.
…
My name is Kiyono Taira and I'm an ordinary salaryman.
Every day, I live my life with my tail between my legs.
My life is dull and uneventful, dry and boring, without anything special in it.
However, everything changed that night. I got off work and headed home, just like always.
I walked along the familiar street, looking at the familiar scenery around me, yet I felt a strange pressure weighing on my heart.
I'm a bit superstitious. I thought something bad was going to happen but I didn't expect… a beautiful woman to appear right before my eyes.
Her beauty made it impossible for me to look away.
Her skin was pale as snow, her eyes bright as stars, and there was a charming smile tugging at the corner of her lips.
Every movement she made was full of seductive allure, impossible for me to resist.
I pursued her madly.
In order to pursue her—I gave up my job. I gave up my friends. I even gave up my family. I only wanted her. I wanted to have her. I wanted to be with her forever!
But I couldn't satisfy her.
She liked eating caviar and foie gras. She liked expensive things that burned through money.
I didn't have money. So I stole. I robbed. I got my hands on a lot of money.
And even then, I still couldn't satisfy her.
Once the money was gone, she despised me even more.
Damn it, damn it! I absolutely refuse to give up like this!
I started secretly following her. I started peeping into her life. I even started threatening her, trying to force her.
But it seemed my behavior made her afraid. She began to distance herself from me.
No. Don't leave me. You're mine!
To have her, I began pursuing her even more crazily.
Don't agree? Not allowed! I won't allow you to disagree!
So—I started physically attacking her.
I even began sexually harassing her.
It seemed I'd scared her so badly she didn't dare go out anymore.
Today, she finally left the house.
Hahaha, my chance has come, my chance has finally come!
I'm going to have you forever… you'll be mine forever!
The man's bloodshot eyes were locked onto the enchanting silhouette of the beautiful woman walking down the night road, his gaze flickering with desire and madness.
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