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「… Misaki, shut up and be my woman.」

Her whisper caresses my ear.
Instantly, I feel goosebumps breaking out all over.

With my back on the wall, a shadow looms over my face.
Ruka had a deep gaze when, suddenly, her cheeks puffed up and she raised her hands.

「Just kidding! How was that? My kabedon¹ just now! It was good, right? Did that get you?」　　

Staring at her with a dazed expression, I quickly came to my senses and immediately forced myself to smile.
　
「C-c’mon, you surprised me there. What was that for, all of a sudden!」
「*Ahaha*, sorry, sorry.」

Ruka joined her hands together and laughed. It’s her usual cheerful vibe.
But seriously, that spooked me. It seemed to me like a switch just flipped inside of her.
With what happened yesterday, I feared that she was the same as a certain someone.

「I was, for real, seriously nervous. I was like, ‘What’s going on?!’ Jeez.」
「*Nfufu*, but your reaction was nice, y’know? What? Did you think I was actually going to do something?」
「Yeah, yeah, shut up, shut u～p.」

Her face drew close, so I pushed her away.
I’m so embarrassed right now. My face might look all weird from the humiliation.

「But you know, Misaki, your reaction earlier honestly got *my* heart beating fast. Like, maybe I should have seriously followed through.」
「Sto～p i～t!」

Ruka mischievously smiled.
Ignoring her, I headed to the washbasin. Ruka also started rinsing her hands on the basin next to me.
Actually, could you wash your hands first before messing around?

「You know, Misaki, you’re so nice～ Even though you’re so cute, you’re not arrogant at all. Like, you’re so relaxed and chill.」

While I am admittedly a Super Beauty, I normally don’t get much praise.
After all, my bad behavior stands out more. To be honest, while I get frequent praise for my appearance, I barely get praised for my personal traits.

Well, there’s no point worrying about other people’s opinions, you know?
But, well, it doesn’t feel bad to be praised.
Rather, praising me for my character? I’m going to fall head over heels for ya～ Praise me more, more.

「You’re cute, interesting, fun, and kind～…」

Jeez, you’re praising me too much～
As I became elated, feeling like dancing on the inside, one thing suddenly flashed into my mind.

　―Girls like being praised!
　
*Hah?!* This woman, is she perhaps a master of the romance techniques…?
Am I being deceived by this? Aren’t I too easy? Like, flattered just by the basic techniques?

No, but Ruka doesn’t really get anything from using such romance techniques on me.
It’s not like she’s out to get some handsome guy swooning, after all.

After washing my hands, I shake the droplets away (Maman would smack me if she saw this, Miyu would be appalled), and seeing this, Ruka offers me a handkerchief.

「Don’t have a handkerchief? I’ll lend you mine.」

I don’t really find it necessary to borrow a handkerchief just to dry my hands, but she’ll probably find it weird if I turn her down.
Accepting it, I wipe my fingers dry while Ruka stares at my hands.
　
「Your fingers are pretty. Could I look at them for a sec?」

She brings her face to my hand, examining my fingers closely.
Miyu did something similar in the past. Actually, a lot of girls tend to have a fingerーor maybe handーfetish? apparently.

「*Woah*, your hand is so smooth～」

I thought she was just going to look, but she’s being really touchy.
She’s examining my fingers so closely, she could put them inside her mouth. It’s kinda awkward.

Even as we left the toilet, the conversation continued on.
With Miyu, both of us would frequently go quiet, but that doesn’t happen with Ruka.

Whenever there’s extended silence, Ruka starts to talk.
Is she uncomfortable with silence? As I was contemplating this, I saw some boys in front of us heading to our direction.

They seem to be fooling around, with one guy running and another chasing him down.
Ruka is walking next to me, staring at my face while fully engrossed in the conversation.

She doesn’t notice the boys fast approaching. At worst, they might bump into each other.
I grabbed Ruka by the arm and pulled her closer to my side.

「Look out.」
「*Heh*?」

Perhaps surprised from having her arm grabbed, Ruka tripped on her own leg and lost balance.
As Ruka’s body fell forward, I embraced her to stop her from falling.

「Whoops.」　

*Oh*, that’s some soft t̲i̲t̲s̲. What a nice scent.
Ruka hurriedly picked herself up and raised her head.

「S-sorry.」
「Be careful, Ruka. Had I not been a super beauty, you might have tripped.」
「T-thanks…」

Contrasting my vulgar thoughts just now, I flashed a handsome smile.
Ruka stared back at me with a blush on her cheeks before hanging her head to avert her gaze.

That’s fine and all, but for some reason, she’s got a tight grip on my hand.
It’s probably from when she propped herself back up… But it doesn’t feel like she’ll let go anytime soon.

「*Umm*, your hand…」
「*Eh, ah!* S-sorry!」

Flustered, Ruka let go.
This girlーshe’s kinda clumsier than I thought?

In fact, I initially expected her to be a delinquent gyaru, but she wasn’t that either. Surprisingly, a soothing type?
After all, she’s cute, has big t̲i̲t̲s̲, and is quick to praise. Her having a clean handkerchief is a plus point, too.

Afterwards, Ruka continued to be silent, and there was quiet between us for the first time.
While it rarely feels this way between Miyu and me, this silence is kinda awkward.

「Why are you silent all of a sudden, Ruka? Did you perhaps fall for me?」

I deliberately played the clown.
Ruka suddenly raised her head to look at me and smiled shyly.

「*Ehehe*, maybe I did～」
「Damn, you did? You’re so easy.」
「That’s because, like, you’re so cute, but somehow you feel a bit like a boy, which is great, you know? The gap and all that.」

Feel a bit like a boy…which is great?　
Can I record this for Miyu to hear?

「You got a good eye. Just between you and me, I’m actually a former man.」
「What’s with that, lol. Then if I ask you out, would you be my boyfriend?」

Her eyes were filled with expectation.
I didn’t anticipate this kind of response. I’m a bit stumped, so I decided to copy the handsome guy character in the manga I was reading earlier.

「Well, I’ll consider it when you grow to be a woman my match.」
「Omg, lol, you’re so coolー」

She matches my ad-lib with a monotone response. She knows how to play.

「*Ei!*」

Ruka suddenly clung to my upper arm.
I can feel the heat transferring from her body. A soft sensation can be felt from the arm.

「*E-eh?* Wai-…」
「*Ufu*, honey trap. Just kidding,」

Too playful.
Handsome Misaki-kun is absolutely flustered.

It’s still considered playful since we’re the same sex, but if I were a still man [redacted]. Still, what the hell is a girl that has no experience with girls?

「*Oh?* Misaki-kun, are you blushing right now~?」
「I-I’m not, though? It’s just slapped cheek syndrome.」
「Aren’t you a pretty adorable boy?」

Ruka cackled as she let go of me.
My ‘*former man*’ statement is now exclusively being exploited as material to tease me about. I’ve gained nothing good from saying it.

Still, first I saw her serious side, and now this and her previous prank…
She has a whiff of danger, which has a certain charm. Actually, she’s just so damn cute.
If by some chance, Miyu harshly rejects me…

… No,no, no, wait, what the f̲u̲c̲k̲ are you thinking about, me².
The filthy man in me suddenly reared its head. I guess it isn’t exclusively a gender thing, but multi-dating or keeping a backup partner is not good.

I’m completely devoted to Miyutan. It’s pure love.
I’m an earnest Super Yandere Pure Girl.
Rejection be damned, I will chase down Miyu to the ends of the earth! (Yandere Soul)

Arriving at the classroom, Ruka and I parted ways.
As I reached my seat, I was about to continue reading manga on my smartphone when I noticed that a message just arrived.
It’s from Miyu.

『Aren’t you pretty close? Did you make a new friend??』

She showed a somewhat menacing smile.
It seems like we saw me leaving and returning to the classroom with Ruka.
Miyutan, I’m wholly devoted to you.