Chapter 133: The After-Party on the Rooftop

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Translator: Soafp

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“—The cultural festival has now come to an end.”

With everything that had happened with the president, this year's hectic cultural festival had finally drawn to a close.

Had I ever put this much effort into a school event in my entire life before?

All the strength suddenly drained from my body.

“Ren-kun, are you going to the after-party?”

Airi asked while supporting me.

“No, not at all…”

“Hehe, I thought so. Then, shall we enjoy our own little after-party?”

“Huh? Did you prepare something?”

She smiled brightly and nodded.

Then, as though she had coordinated it with Nodoka, she took my arm and started walking.

Before I even understood what was happening, they led me to the rooftop.

Just like earlier, there was no one else here.

“Yui-san, then please do as we discussed.”

“Yes…!”

Had Yui been in on this too?

Before I could even wonder about it, Yui moved behind me and whispered softly into my ear.

“Just sit down and relax.”

“O-Okay.”

I sat down on the rooftop floor, and Yui immediately wrapped her arms around me from behind, covering my eyes with both hands.

I could vividly feel her chest against my back.

Airi was quite well-endowed herself, but Yui was clearly on another level.

“Um, if I make you uncomfortable, please tell me. I'll move away immediately.”

“…Are you pressing yourself against me on purpose?”

“Yes. Because I wanted to make my feelings clear…”

If this had happened before, I probably would have immediately felt sick.

But now, I simply felt calm.

If anything, I might even say that I had come to miss this feeling a little.

With my vision blocked, another sound reached my ears along with Yui's voice.

The sound of clothes rustling, almost as though someone were changing clothes—

…No way. Were Airi and Nodoka actually…

“Hey, are you seriously planning to do it here?”

The after-party was getting lively below us, and even though the rooftop was generally off-limits, wouldn't that be far too risky?

If we got caught, we'd be in serious trouble.

As I thought that, Yui answered in a quiet voice.

“I was actually the one who suggested it.”

“…Eh? You?”

To be honest, I still had no intention of sleeping with Yui again.

No, more importantly, I couldn't imagine expanding this harem any further.

In other words, there shouldn't have been anything in this for Yui.

“This was originally the place where I stupidly slept with that scumbag over and over, right? So you suffered because of it too, Master…”

For a moment, Yui's hands covering my eyes tightened.

“I want to erase those painful memories of yours. But if I can't erase them, then I thought we could make new memories to replace them…”

In a sense, it was a drastic treatment intended to heal my trauma.

Overwrite those memories, along with the inferiority complex I had felt toward Nagasawa-senpai.

I understood that she was doing this for my sake.

But—

“Yui… are you okay with this?”

She still loved me.

But I couldn't return those feelings.

Was it really okay to keep doing things that might give her false hope?

Another sense of guilt was beginning to form in my chest.

“Yes. I'm happy just being by your side.”

“…Really? Don't you ever think this? I made such a fuss about you cheating on me because of nothing more than a dream, and yet in the end, I'm the one cheating on you.”

Yui immediately shook her head.

“Your dreams aren't ordinary dreams, Master. And besides, I threw away so many opportunities myself. After spending time with Nodoka and Sugawara-senpai, I finally understood.”

“Understood what?”

“That I can't make you happy.”

I was stunned by her words.

That was an awfully extreme way of putting it.

“Nodoka and senpai always put you first when they act. But the old me wasn't like that. All I could think about was making myself happy. I never thought about you at all.”

“No, that's not really—”

“No. At least, I don't think I can make you as happy as Nodoka and senpai do. So, however things happened, I'm glad you ended up with them.”

The old Yui—Yuzuki—would never have said something like that.

The whole affair had truly changed both of us in a profound way.

I felt that all over again.

“Then what do you ultimately want, Yui?”

“What I ultimately want?”

“Yeah. What kind of relationship do you actually want with me? What would make you happy?”

“Just being by your side is enough for me, but if I'm being honest and a little greedy…”

Yui swallowed nervously.

“After you sleep with Nodoka or senpai, I could clean you up, or if Nodoka or senpai become pregnant or something happens and they can't be with you, I could take their place… Or I could wash you with my body…”

“…Doesn't that sound like some kind of maid from an erotic doujinshi?”

“Yes. More than anything, I think I want to be the kind of maid who's simply used for your needs… Rather than being a maid who's loved like a girlfriend, I want you to need me, no matter what form that takes…”

I finally understood.

Yui was afraid of being abandoned again.

A lover was someone you could eventually break up with, so she wanted to become someone who could simply remain by my side forever.

In a sense, it was similar to Nodoka being my pet and Airi being my slave.

“So rather than being part of your harem, I want to be… um, a-a real-life m@sturb@tion maid…!”

“I understand what you're trying to say. I'll think about it properly.”

Yui's choice of words was becoming increasingly dangerous, so I stopped her there.

Still, whatever form it took, it was clear that Yui wanted to be physically connected to me as well.

Well, of course she did…

From my perspective, though, it still sounded like she was asking to become another girlfriend.

“Ren-kun. You can look now.”

“Ugh… I wonder if Ren is really going to be happy about this…”

At Airi's signal, Yui removed her hands from my eyes.

“It suits you, so Nodoka-san, have some confidence and show Ren-kun. As I thought, that's exactly the right outfit for someone flat-ch*sted.”

“I'm not flat-ch*sted!”

As I listened to their almost comedic exchange, my vision suddenly cleared.

My eyes widened when I saw what the two of them were wearing.

Nodoka was dressed in an old-fashioned school swimsuit, complete with a name bib across her chest that read “Nodo-chan”—the kind of swimsuit you practically only see in anime these days.

Airi was wearing a sexy nun outfit with a deep slit and garter belts emphasizing the lines of her legs, while boldly revealing her cleavage.

I immediately noticed what the two outfits had in common.

“…Are those cosplay outfits from that series?”

One of my favorite harem series had a scene where, during a cultural festival, the heroines changed into various costumes and showed themselves to the protagonist.

Among the cosplay outfits featured in that scene were both Nodoka's school swimsuit and Airi's sexy nun outfit.

Nodoka answered with her face bright red.

“Y-Yes! We cosplayed that cosplay scene! S-So, what do you think? If you say they look weird, I'm going to cry!”

“No, they really suit you, I mean…”

“Because I'm flat-ch*sted!? Are you saying the swimsuit suits me because I'm flat-ch*sted!?”

“…What am I supposed to say to that?”

At that moment, I realized something all over again.

I really do love cosplay.