After leaving the rooftop,
Kawasaki returned to Class 3B.
"Huh? Not here?"
Kawasaki scanned the classroom, but the familiar boy was nowhere to be seen.
"Strange, didn't we agree to go back to the classroom for a nap? Why isn't he here?"
Thinking that, Kawasaki instinctively walked over to Miura, who was about to rest.
"Have you seen Hiki?"
"!"
Miura, who was about to lie down on her desk to sleep, suddenly flared up when she heard Kawasaki's voice, raising her tone.
"Wasn't he with you?"
"He just left me a moment ago, and... Miura, what's with that look? Why are you glaring at me?"
"What's wrong with glaring?"
"..."
The two girls exchanged a few words of quarrel.
Kawasaki, filled with frustration, silently returned to her seat.
As expected,
She and Miura were from completely different worlds.
"Sigh, where did he go?"
Kawasaki rubbed her temples, feeling uneasy.
"Eh, speaking of which... Where's Kasumigaoka?"
Kawasaki instinctively turned her gaze to the seat behind Hikiya's, where Kasumigaoka usually sat, and it was now empty as well.
"No way..."
Her brow furrowed, Kawasaki had an ominous feeling in her heart.
After all, she had noticed for a while that something might be going on between those two.
Now that both of them had suddenly disappeared,
Her instincts made her nervous!
Just then, a female classmate approached and reminded her,
"Kawasaki, someone's calling for you outside."
"Eh?"
Snapping out of her thoughts, Kawasaki quickly thanked the classmate before heading towards the door.
As soon as she reached the entrance of the classroom,
Kawasaki immediately brightened up, greeting the person outside,
"Yukinoshita, what brings you here?"
Yukinoshita smiled,
"I was looking for Hikiya to have a chat. I asked some of your classmates, and they told me he's not in the classroom. I was wondering, Kawasaki, do you know where he went?"
"Ah..."
Kawasaki immediately broke out into a cold sweat, quickly explaining,
"A few minutes ago, I... I was just with him, but after he finished eating, he said he was going back to the classroom for a nap... But now he's... he's..."
"Not in the classroom?" Yukinoshita replied regretfully.
"I'll go look for him right away!" Kawasaki immediately said.
"No, it's fine. I can look for him after school," Yukinoshita gently smiled and shook her head. "Thanks, Kawasaki."
"Yukinoshita..."
Kawasaki noticed the girl's downcast expression, and it pained her heart. She immediately spoke again,
"You and Hikiya are a couple, and since you don't have much time during the day, you should take advantage of the rare chance to be together during the break. I don't want to see you... looking like this."
Kawasaki gritted her teeth, her expression serious.
"...Saki, thank you."
Yukinoshita gave a sincere smile from the bottom of her heart,
"It's my honor to have a friend like you, Kawasaki."
Such a genuine smile almost melted Kawasaki's heart. She couldn't hold back and said,
"I... I'll go find Hikiya right now! I'll track him down for you!!"
"Eh? But..."
Yukinoshita was about to speak, but Kawasaki had already rushed off, heading downstairs with the determination to find Hikiya.
Seeing this, Yukinoshita sighed helplessly.
However, once Kawasaki was out of sight,
Yukinoshita's lips curved up slightly, and she instinctively glanced at the big tree near the sports field downstairs.
In order to accomplish this first task, she really went through a lot of trouble!
Yes,
She had intentionally lured Kawasaki away. Her goal was, of course, for Kawasaki to discover her beloved Hikiya with Kasumigaoka... Yukinoshita sighed bitterly.
There was no choice.
If these three didn't create some sparks first, how could they complete the first task?
Thinking that,
Yukinoshita, sensing the situation of her beloved Hikiya and Kasumigaoka, gasped in surprise.
"Hikiya's willpower is so strong? He can actually resist Kasumigaoka's advances?"
"Ugh~ Truly worthy of my beloved~~"
"But, sigh..."
Yukinoshita sighed again,
"This won't do, Hikiya, you... you have to do something with Kasumigaoka, otherwise, there's no point in Saki coming over..."
"Since you're so loyal, then don't blame me. Forgive me, Hikiya, this... ugh~ it's all for you..."
Yukinoshita activated her forced attachment card on Hikiya.
Her beloved and Kasumigaoka had already been involved; all it took was for them to kiss or stir the emotions slightly, and in such a situation, they would easily break that barrier.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side,
Behind the tree.
Kasumigaoka, with a pleading tone, said,
"Air-kun, please, do me a favor, I'll do anything... Air-kun..."
"Senpai, you're being too irrational today. Calm down a bit." Hikiya slightly turned his head.
"Calm down?"
Kasumigaoka gritted her teeth,
"I'm very calm, I... I'm serious! Really... really, it's okay if you're a little harsher with me, I'll let you find your... value in me, Air-kun~~"
"Senpai, you..."
"Air-kun, remember at the bookstore? You wanted me to act like a dog? I'll fulfill your request right now, I..."
Kasumigaoka bit her lip, took a deep breath, and moved closer to Hikiya's ear, whispering,
"Woof... there's more where that came from~"
"!!"
Hikiya trembled.
A beautiful girl like this, tempting him so directly—who could resist?
For some reason,
The thought of kissing Kasumigaoka kept growing stronger.
Facing such an assertive Kasumigaoka, Hikiya finally turned, trembling, and said,
"Senpai, you..."
Yukinoshita, I'm sorry...
But right now, Senpai... she's just too much.
In the next moment,
The two of them kissed.
However,
Neither Hikiya nor Kasumigaoka noticed that a figure was slowly approaching them, getting closer and closer…