The Green-Eyed Tomie

Seeing Yuki Gyakukai's innocent expression, Kikyou Kushida flew into a rage and launched into a tirade.

She had come to preserve evidence, not to hand out freebies.

"What's with that innocent look? Say something!"

"And who are you putting on that regretful expression for? Is there something wrong with me?!"

As a woman with a very mature figure, Kikyou Kushida was quite confident in her body.

Every man she'd ever seen staring at her had looked utterly greedy.

This was the first time she'd seen someone look regretful after touching her precious body.

She felt that her pride had been dealt a serious blow.

Her face had darkened, as if it were about to drip with water. Her eyes blazed with murderous intent as she glared at that detestable man.

Seeing her like this, Yuki Gyakukai realized at once that she'd misunderstood, so he thought he should explain:

"I think I can explain. Honestly, your figure is pretty impressive. I was even a little surprised..."

Kikyou Kushida didn't care what the man had to say. She cut him off coldly:

"What does that have to do with me? And what does it have to do with you?"

That was the thing about angry women: they loved to make unreasonable scenes.

Yuki Gyakukai couldn't help feeling a headache coming on. That was why he hated trying to appease Tomie when she was angry.

Kikyou Kushida's gaze remained icy. She strode forward without caring that Yuki Gyakukai was drenched from head to toe.

Grabbing his collar with both hands, she stared him down with cold, impassive eyes.

"Listen. Your fingerprints are on this uniform now, so you'd better not tell anyone what happened tonight, or else..."

Kikyou Kushida didn't finish. She simply pushed out her chest, showing off the handiwork there.

The consequences would be obvious if Yuki Gyakukai told anyone what had happened tonight.

Though Kikyou Kushida's approach seemed questionable, well...

Clothes really could preserve fingerprints!

But...

Yuki Gyakukai looked at Kikyou Kushida before him, thoughtful.

"Hey, Kushida, I know you can leave fingerprints on clothes,

but, and I mean but, those fingerprints won't last very long. Do I need to keep coming to you to press my fingers onto your clothes? I'd be pretty happy to do something like this again."

"Pervert!"

Kikyou Kushida cursed him with contempt, though she didn't actually refuse.

"Oh, right, Kushida."

"What now?" she asked, looking up at Yuki Gyakukai with faint annoyance.

"Well, in my current state, I can't leave fingerprints on your clothes. Which means your plan just failed~."

As he spoke, Yuki Gyakukai narrowed his eyes slightly, a teasing smile tugging at his lips.

There was no way he'd leave evidence in someone else's hands.

Then, as Kikyou Kushida stared at him in disbelief, he showed her his ten fingers, all swollen from soaking in water.

Normally, fingers left prints on clothes because of oil and sweat.

But Yuki Gyakukai's ten fingers had neither oil nor sweat on them. They were swollen from the water, and still covered in it.

So everything Kikyou Kushida had done was pointless. The handprints on her chest were just watermarks...

"H-How could this happen..."

Realizing all her efforts had been for nothing, Kikyou Kushida felt a little disheartened. Her small hands tightened around Yuki's collar.

It was as if she feared Yuki Gyakukai would simply run away.

She was out of options. There were no cameras in the area, and even if she wanted to scream for help at this hour, no one would come.

She seemed to have reached a dead end.

Her eyes unfocused as she looked up at Yuki Gyakukai, who still wore that teasing smile.

"So, tell me how we're going to settle this. I'm completely out of options." At least, for now.

"Then..."

"No H stuff!"

He was speechless. She'd cut him off before he'd even finished speaking.

Seeing Kikyou Kushida recoil in a hurry, clearly rejecting the idea, he knew she'd gotten the wrong idea.

Yuki Gyakukai stayed where he was and beckoned her over.

"Don't take me for that kind of person. I wouldn't go that far with you."

His fists clenched. He was furious!

Insulted yet again, Kikyou Kushida balled her hands into fists and took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.

With every breath, her astonishingly shapely chest rose and fell.

It was enough to set a person's thoughts wandering.

The consequence of staring at her like that was that Kikyou Kushida noticed and shot him a furious glare.

Of course, he wasn't fazed. He simply kept looking at her with a critical eye.

"Isn't Suzune in your class really lonely? I want you to become friends with her. Is that a problem?"

Wondering if she'd heard him wrong, Kikyou Kushida hurried over, her expression hard to read.

"Huh~? You want me to be friends with that Horikita girl? Are you messing with me? Didn't you hear what I just called her?"

"I heard. So what?"

Kikyou Kushida's expression turned strange.

"You're not some kind of troublemaker who gets off on this, are you?"

"How could I be? I just want to see what it'd be like for the two of you to become friends..."

Just as Yuki Gyakukai was about to say more,

a flurry of footsteps came rushing up behind him.

"I knew it! I knew you were a little homewrecker!"

After circling all the way around, Tomie Hanyu rushed over with a large water gun in hand. Her face darkened as she glared at Kikyou Kushida, who was leaning against her fiancé.

Earlier, while fishing below, she'd heard the commotion above. But because she was too short to climb up, she'd been so anxious she stomped her feet.

After making a long detour, she finally caught sight of the homewrecker. Her fist tightened around the water gun.

She hurried over, her expression icy, radiating the commanding presence of the rightful fiancée with every step.

Kikyou Kushida clearly hadn't expected Tomie, Yuki Gyakukai's real fiancée, to show up here. She panicked instinctively.

Then she quickly moved away from Yuki Gyakukai, putting some distance between them.

"Tomie, this is all a misunderstanding."

She switched to her usual gentle, kind expression, hoping to win Tomie's trust that way.

"Why are you still pretending? I heard everything from down there! You're a bitch. You must've used the same trick to seduce my Yuki!"

Tomie was so kind, she was even trying to defend her fiancé.

Yuki Gyakukai felt touched.

"What are you smiling at? I'll deal with you when we get back!"

Meanwhile, Kikyou Kushida stood nearby with a gentle smile frozen stiff on her face.

She hadn't realized anyone else was there.

Thinking of what Yuki Gyakukai had told her earlier, her temples began to throb.

Ah~! That bastard! Tomie had been with him the whole time, yet he'd pretended not to know!

Did he think she was a clown?

Kikyou Kushida thought that next time they met, she could put a red ball on his nose.