Hayasaka Ai hurriedly raised her right hand and clamped it over her lips, finally stifling the sound that had risen to her mouth. Even so, a slight tremble still escaped her voice.
"Hayasaka, are you all right?"
Shinomiya Kaguya asked suspiciously from outside the door.
"N-no, I'm fine..." Hayasaka Ai clung tightly to the edge of the bathtub with one hand and covered her rosy lips with the other. Her voice trembled slightly. "It's a bug... The bug's kind of gross..."
Shinomiya Kaguya asked:
"Do you want me to help kill it?"
"N-no need..." Hayasaka Ai hurriedly shook her head. "I can... I can handle it myself... Y-Young Lady, you should go back to your room and rest..."
Shinomiya Kaguya asked in confusion:
"Hayasaka, why are you speaking in fits and starts?"
Aaaah!
Damn it, damn it, damn it!
The Young Lady was right outside the door talking, and this guy, the president, actually dared to... An indescribable rush of guilt and shame surged through Maid-chan, bringing tears to the corners of her eyes. But she couldn't stop. All she could do was bite down hard on her lip, try to keep her voice from trembling, and stammer out an explanation:
"I was looking at my phone just now and saw a joke... It was really funny... S-so I laughed so hard I got the hiccups... They haven't gone away yet..."
"All right, then." Shinomiya Kaguya didn't suspect a thing. "I'll go back to my room and rest."
"Mm-hmm, Young Lady, hurry back to your room and go to sleep."
Hayasaka Ai felt as if she'd just heard the most beautiful sound in the world and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Hurry up and leave, Young Lady!
The second you're gone, I'll drown this opportunistic Pervert President in the