A Childhood Friend, Reunited After 10 Years Acts Deredere With Me

“Runtatata-runtatata!”

I, Alice Cronest, hummed to myself as I walked down the corridor of the boarding house. It seems to be an old wooden school that has been renovated, but the interior is beautiful and…

(Fu fu fu…what an open-air bath it has!)

Apparently there is an open-air bath that was discovered by chance in a vein of mountain water, and I had prepared various things for this occasion.

First of all, a state-of-the-art camera! It is to photograph the body of Sora as close to the real thing as possible! I’ve kept it a secret from Sora that some of these pictures include his unprotected sleeping face and the glazed look in his eyes when he is playing soccer.

Next to that is this small drill! Eh? What do I use it for? Well, of course it’s to pry open a hole in the open-air bath and reveal Sora’s nude body~

“Oh, there it is!”

I hold up my knapsack filled with various anti-Sora items that I had forgotten.

“That was close…”

Small drills and cameras are fine, but this one has aphrodisiacs and rubber just in case.

“Okay, mode…!”

I turned around and saw the C group people who had tangled with me and Sora earlier. I hold my knapsack strongly and push down my fear.

(No… what are you scared of…)

I always hated myself for being in America, forever weak. But now I tell myself it’s different, and I walked toward the aisle of my destination.

“Hey, wait a minute, Alice.”

I suddenly hear my name called out, and my guard is raised even higher.

“What do you want?”

The three of them approach me with a sneering smile on their faces. Gradually, I am driven to the wall.

“Hey, you’re doing it with that…uh, weird guy, aren’t you? Do me too. How about 30 thousand?”

There is absolutely nothing true about that. I am a virgin. I have no intention of giving my chastity to anyone other than Sora.

“Don’t… be silly. I won’t do that.”

“Ah?”

I’m scared, scared, scared. I want to walk away from here right now. But if I run away, I won’t be the same person I’ve always been. I have to change. I don’t want to cause trouble for Sora.

“Hey, hey, if you say that…”

A man’s hand on my shoulder. If it was Sora, my heart would’ve fluttered. But all I feel now is fear. And for a moment, my mind went blank.

“Don’t touch me!”

I came to my senses and shook his hand away.

“You… don’t get carried away just because you’re a nice woman…”

“I’m not getting carried away! I’m doing this because you’re persistent!”

“You…”

“If you go any further, I’ll call Sensei.”

“Damn you…”

The three of them walked away from me and soon disappeared from sight. I felt a sense of relief and simultaneously slumped to the ground, my chest heaving with relief.

“Hah… hah… hah… I did it… I did it, Sora…”

My heart is almost full of joy. Sora is not here. But I was so happy that I was no longer just being protected that I almost shed a tear.

“Aah, you did great.”

“Uwah!”

I was suddenly spoken to from the side, and I fell to the ground. The one standing there was Sora.

“S-Sora! Since when?”

“Aah~ From the time you told them to not touch you. I thought something was wrong, so when I was about to say something, I saw you chasing Saito and the others away.”

“Oh…no…”

I’m so embarrassed now that I think back on it! I blushed and held my face, and Sora patted my head.

“You did a great job, Alice. But when you need to rely on me, you have to rely on me, okay? That’s why I’m here.”

“Ok. I’ll rely on you then. On Sora, who I really like, and love.”

“Haha…that’s a lot of responsibility.””

Sora laughed.

Every time Sora laughed, my heart became more and more tight. I don’t want to leave this place, I want to be with him.

I find myself hugging Sora, my heart beating faster.

“Alice?”

“Hmph!! It’s Sora’s fault! Because Sora made me feel this way!”

I love Sora so much, it makes my heart burst.

Unaware that behind that happiness, there is a tremendous amount of malice swirling around.