"It's the mermaid's curse..." Amamiya Natsuki opened his Character Panel, where a curse icon had appeared. "Unless I'm saved by someone who truly loves me, I'll drown in the sea... Hmm, it's like water is blocking my nose and mouth out of nowhere. I can't breathe."
Amamiya Natsuki opened his mouth and spat out a string of bubbles.
"Saved?"
Yukinoshita Yukino took a deep breath, her thoughts racing. Before long, she came up with a possibility.
There were only three of them present. The Dango-headed girl and Yumiko were people they had only just met, so they naturally didn't meet the criteria. Which meant...
Under the stunned gazes of the Dango-headed girl and Yumiko, Yukinoshita Yukino stepped forward, wrapped her arms around Amamiya Natsuki's neck, and took the initiative to kiss him.
Yukino: Don't Use Me to Stack Buffs
"...Wha—whaaat?!"
Yuihama Yui let out a startled gasp and quickly covered her cheeks with her hands, but the gaps between her fingers quietly spread open as she curiously watched Yukino take the initiative to kiss him.
Yumiko's expression was rather complicated.
Yukinoshita, who was like a flower high atop a mountain, too distant for anyone to approach, had actually kissed a boy of her own accord in front of other people... If the boys at school found out, their hearts would surely shatter, and they'd hide somewhere to cry, wouldn't they?
Yukinoshita Yukino didn't care about the eyes on her. After kissing him for a few seconds, she stepped back and looked up at him.
"Natsuki, how is it?"
Pop, pop, pop~
Amamiya Natsuki opened his mouth and spat out a few more bubbles, answering honestly.
"It helped a little, but not much."
Yukinoshita Yukino asked again, "Can Quantum Entanglement reverse the curse?"
"I tried. It didn't work." Amamiya Natsuki shook