Haihara took the opportunity to embrace Kougami Kage as well.
"Alright, let's have a drink."
Perhaps because she had just finished drinking in the afternoon, Haihara was feeling a bit happy now and offered a rare smile.
Kougami Kage still seemed a bit reluctant to let go.
However, not long after sitting down on the sofa, Kougami Kage leaned in again, wrapping her arms around Haihara's neck.
Haihara continued to pour the drinks with a blank expression, saying:
"That's enough, isn't it?"
After pouring the drinks, she picked up a glass and held it to the lips of Kougami Kage, who was pressed tightly against her.
The glass tilted, and the liquor flowed into the woman's mouth.
Although this shochu was a distilled spirit, its alcohol content was not high.
After feeding Kougami Kage a sip, Haihara took a taste herself; the liquor at the bar was indeed better.
After clinging to each other for a while, Kougami Kage seemed satisfied; she took the glass from Haihara's hand and began to drink on her own.
Haihara poured herself another glass.
Generally speaking, one should eat something when drinking like this at night, but she had just returned home and there was basically nothing left to eat.
Suddenly, Haihara noticed something on Kougami Kage's hand.
Based on her impression of her childhood friend, Kougami Kage was the type of woman who had no interest in dressing up at all—she wore the same sloppy outfit every day, couldn't even manage her hair, and never bothered with its length.
However, she noticed that Kougami Kage was actually wearing a ring.
It didn't look like a very expensive ring.
In fact, it seemed to have been there for a long time, but Haihara had never paid any attention to it.
The ring didn't look good, and it seemed very small; it must be a bit uncomfortable to wear. Why would Kougami Kage wear something like that?
Moreover, it looked somewhat familiar.
"That ring is..."
Haihara asked directly.
Kougami Kage was stunned for a moment, then followed Haihara's gaze to look at her own hand.
She quickly realized what she meant and shook her hand:
"It's our wedding ring. I've never taken it off."
Kougami Kage revealed a blissful smile.
Hearing her say that, Haihara remembered.
When they were children, they often played house, the kind where she was the wife and Kougami Kage was the husband.
This ring was the one she had given to Kougami Kage back then.
It had cost her quite a bit of her pocket money.
At the time, they even said they would get married when they grew up.
Why had she kept wearing it until now?
Come to think of it, online as well, Kougami Kage still called her "wifey" and "darling," just like when they were kids.
The thoughts of a genius are truly impossible to understand.
They say people who do scientific research often have strange quirks; this must be one of them.
The two of them chatted until late into the night without realizing it.
Kougami Kage was a bit tipsy.
She wasn't very good at drinking because she usually didn't have anyone to drink with, at most having a little to amuse herself.
After drinking, she would get a bit excited, and all sorts of thoughts would pop up.
For instance, she had been feeling very lonely lately.
Although she was used to being alone, Haihara was different to her.
Thinking about it carefully, the two of them were clearly already together, childhood friends who had promised to be together since they were small, yet after growing up, they had barely seen each other.
It probably started around high school.
During that time, she went abroad to study, so she had to be separated from Haihara.
But for some reason, shortly after that, Haihara never took the initiative to contact her again.
It wasn't until much later that Kougami Kage learned the reason.
It was because Haihara's parents had passed away at that time, leaving her all alone with no one to rely on, not even a single relative.
By the time Kougami Kage learned the truth and immediately returned to the country, Haihara had already finished university.
And she had already become a mother.
Since then, Kougami Kage had never known how to face Haihara.
Even if she had gone abroad back then for...
Kougami Kage clutched her head, feeling a bit dizzy from the alcohol.
Her eyes hazy, she looked at Haihara. Even though her vision was swaying, she could still see the slender, graceful waist exposed beneath the black-haired woman's tank top, the pale, delicate skin glowing with an alluring luster after her bath.
Kougami Kage leaned in gently, wrapped her arms around Haihara's exposed waist, and buried her face in her soft chest.
"..."
Suddenly embraced, Haihara froze for a moment, then looked down to see Kougami Kage, whose face was flushed from intoxication.
It seemed she was too drunk.
She poked Kougami Kage.
"Kiss me like you used to when we were kids."
Kougami Kage stroked Haihara's back, tilted her head up, and breathed the scent of alcohol onto Haihara's neck.
Just thinking about that female colleague kissing Haihara made her feel sour.
"Aren't you a bit... too drunk?"
Haihara's tone was uncharacteristically awkward.
When drunk, Kougami Kage seemed to lose the intellect and coldness of a scientist, becoming very much like she was when they were children, coupled with the look of a disheveled beauty.
Her flushed face and hazy eyes were actually quite cute.
"Kiss me, darling..."
Although it wasn't that Haihara didn't want to kiss her.
But wouldn't that be taking advantage of someone who was drunk?
After a moment of thought, she still lowered her head and gently kissed Kougami Kage's forehead.
Even though it was Kougami Kage who made the request, after actually being kissed, her entire face turned bright red.
It felt much like how she usually kissed her own daughter.
She had originally intended to just brush it off like that; after all, they were both adults, and kissing like they did when they were children felt a bit awkward.
It should have been like that.
But...
The kiss felt strangely comfortable.
She lowered her head a bit more, her lips inching closer to Kougami Kage's. As they drew nearer, she could feel the other woman's breath and the scent of alcohol radiating from her body.
Because they were so close, Kougami Kage seemed to sober up a little.
"...What... are you doing?"
"Kissing," Haihara said calmly.
"Um, Lily... kissing is still..."
But Haihara, with the alcohol hitting her, wasn't going to care about that.
She was the type who, once she tasted a bit of sweetness, wouldn't let go.
Haihara hugged Kougami Kage, then with a slight exertion of force, pushed the disheveled and clumsy tall woman onto her sofa.
Kougami Kage fell back onto the sofa, and both of her shoulders were pinned down by Haihara.
Haihara felt Kougami Kage trembling incessantly, so she said coldly:
"Don't move."
She straddled Kougami Kage's body, shifted forward until she was sitting on her waist, and found a comfortable angle.
Then, she slowly leaned down, pinning Kougami Kage beneath her, and locked eyes with her.
"Don't be nervous, it's just a kiss like when we were kids, you're the one who asked for it."
Haihara stroked Kougami Kage's face, comforting her.
"Mm..."
Kougami Kage nodded obediently.
Even though their faces were already extremely close.
She kissed Kougami Kage without further ado, just like when they were children, though this kiss was no longer as pure as it had been back then; it was filled with desire and impure thoughts.
Come to think of it, the first time they kissed as children, it was also because Haihara wanted to see what kissing felt like.
Kougami Kage didn't seem to resist then, either.
As she kissed the woman beneath her, Haihara wondered if she had been single for too long, to the point where she could even lay a hand on her defenseless childhood friend.
It wasn't until she had kissed Kougami Kage into a state of delirium that Haihara finally rose from her body, looking thoroughly satisfied.
After the kiss ended, Haihara felt a sudden sense of emptiness.
She casually wiped the moisture Kougami Kage had left behind from the corner of her lips.
As she did so, she thought earnestly.
When, exactly, would she be able to get a girlfriend?
Chapter 52 Hell Scroll
On Monday, the camping trip for the first-year students of Kaedehara High School officially began. There were six classes of first-years in total this year, which was fewer than in previous years, but the school gate was still packed with people early in the morning.
They would board buses at 7:30 AM to head to a famous camping site on the outskirts of the city, where they would stay until tomorrow morning.
However, Kirishima Ai did not ride her bicycle to school this morning as she usually did; instead, she arrived by car.
The one driving was Doctor.
Because although Hina's legs had recovered enough for her to leave the wheelchair, it was still best to minimize walking, and Kirishima Ai couldn't carry her on a bicycle, so traveling by car was the best option.
By this morning, Hina's body had recovered to the point where she could walk without crutches, though she was still a bit clumsy and weak. As long as Kirishima Ai was careful and attentive, taking her camping for one night shouldn't be a problem.
It would be impossible to say she wasn't happy.
Kirishima Ai had never dreamed there would come a day when she could go out and have fun with her younger sister again.
However, today, even Doctor seemed to be in high spirits.
"Ehehe..."
Ever since she first saw Doctor this morning, she had been acting exactly like this.
She looked just like a young girl head over heels in love.
And yet, she had been perfectly normal just yesterday.
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