Translator: Lilo
Editor: Ryuubii

SEASON 2: A Lonely Female Friend And The Third Girl

Chapter 22: I Made A Third Female Friend

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“I thought that you and Seri were dating.”

“Nah… We’re just friends, Serina and I.”

Minato does not intend on evading the subject, but he really thinks that they’re just friends.

Perhaps, it’s also the same way for Serina.

They’re in the living room of the Hazuki residence―

Akane is sitting on the sofa, hugging her knees.

She was also sitting in the same pose in the hallway, so it’s probably her sitting habit.

Minato is sitting on the carpet, legs crossed.

Akane is sitting in front of Minato, so her skirt is in full view.

However, unlike Hazuki when she’s at home and Serina who stopped wearing bloomers, she’s not wearing just underwear.

Akane is properly wearing black spats.

“Does a friend these days… stick their face inside the skirt of their friend?”

“Friendship comes in many forms…”

“Hmm….”

Akane Sayuka is expressionless, so it’s not clear whether she was convinced or not.

Even though she’s wearing spats, she may or may not know that she’s exposing the insides of her skirt to Minato.

“Ahem!”

“……”

Minato quickly looks away the moment he hears the cough.

Hazuki was sitting in a dining room chair and deliberately coughed.

She probably noticed Minato’s gaze.

Even though Minato sat on the carpet first while Akane sat in front of him afterwards.

“Then, are you dating Hazuki-san? It’s kind of surprising. Since I heard she didn’t have a definitive boyfriend.”

“He’s not my boyfriend either. Minato is a friend.”

“Do friends these days kiss each other? And do something where certain things would spill out?”

“…Friendship comes in many forms.”

“You two just said the same thing.”

Akane is still expressionless.

Akane is famous for being a cool type of beauty, but she didn’t bat an eye even though she said she was surprised.

“Or is it that? The so-called s*x friends.”

“No, we’re not!”

“O-Of course not!”

Hazuki and Minato denied it with all of their might.

They’re certainly not just regular friends but―

“Am I wrong?”

“Th-That’s―It’s like you’re saying that we have a relationship where we only do that.”

“It’s just as Minato said! W-We usually go to Spotty, do karaoke, or just hang out together and play some Legendis.”

“Are kissing and that just a game? Is your relationship just a game?”

“That’s a lousy way to put it…”

“Th-That’s right!”

Hazuki probably doesn’t understand what he meant.

“Hm. I had the impression of Hazuki-san being more daunting, but she’s surprisingly weak on defending.”

“…She’s just a little different at home. Just like everybody else.”

Minato did not interject, but it was something he had always thought about.

When he’s alone with her, or together with Serina, Hazuki is quite different from the queen of the school caste.

No one would even imagine that the queen would let Minato do her when asked.

“Nevermind about me. Akaneー”

“I won’t go around telling people what I saw here. Mina and Seri know how tight-lipped I am.”

As usual, Akane remains expressionless.

Minato also thought Akane was a cool girl, unlike your average high school student, but it was more than what he expected.

Normally, witnessing a scene like that between schoolmates would be a big deal.

“Besides, I’m in your care tonight. I would never do anything bad to the one I’m indebted to.”

“I-I really wish that’s the case… Seriously, Minato and I are just friends, okay?”

“Friends… if you don’t mind me asking, Mina, do you and Seri have that sort of friendship too?”

“What do you mean by that sort of friendship?!”

Minato involuntary overreacts.

“Hmm… Seri had no male friends since she was little though. Not only did she get her first male friend but she also gave her first time to him.”

“Hey!”

It’s really troubling that Akane is absolutely right.

However, neither Minato nor Hazuki can talk about Serina’s first experience in her absence.

“Seri, even though she already has a male friend, she’s still exuding the aura of a virgin, I didn’t expect such a thing to happen. Well, Seri has always been strange.”

Akane is mumbling and muttering.

Minato and Hazuki have not said anything, but Akane seemed to have perfectly deduced Minato and Serina’s relationship.

“H-Hey! More importantly, Akane, about you!”

“Me?”

Akane slightly tilts her head.

Having a petite body, she was really like a child when she made such a gesture.

“What do you mean you ran away from home?”

“Ah―I see, I suppose it’s polite to explain that first.”

Akane is still hugging her knees. It’s not well-mannered though.

“That’s right, I’ve run away from home. Since a week ago, I think.”

“For a week? Akane, where were you staying at that period? Ah, at Serina’s house.”

“Half-right. Seri’s house is huge, right?”

“Yeah.”

“…Hmm, so you’ve also been at Seri’s house, Mina.”

“Ah.”

“Idiot.”

Before he knew it, Hazuki was sitting next to Minato, poking him in the side with her elbow.

Minato had successfully fallen for Akane’s trap question.

“Well, whatever. Their garden is also huge. So that’s why I asked Seri to let me set up a tent there.”

“In the garden? It’s so cold at night though…”

“I heard solo camp is the craze right now.”

“No one would be camping in this cold weather.”

Having said that, Minato is a stranger to solo camping.

“But the people at Seri’s house found out. Seri offered to let me stay in her room, but I wouldn’t want to bother her that much.”

“I don’t get it…”

“Why were you running away from home in the first place?”

Hazuki raises her hand to ask a question.

“My house is the opposite of Seri’s house―it’s what you call a traditional western-styled residence.”

“A what?”

“A western-style mansion. You know, the mansions where European aristocrats live.”

“Ah, I see. I’m surprised you know that, Minato.”

“So you understand. It’s big but old. It’s a place where mystery and murder… or rather, horror would be. The kind of house where if you hear a flash lightning and look behind you, you will see a white silhouette down the hallwayー”

“H-Hey, can you stop that?!”

Hazuki clung to Minato’s arm in a panic.

The overwhelming volume of her breasts can be felt through her thin tank top.

“Huh? Are you not good with horror, Hazuki?”

“Hey, Minato. Stop grinning while looking like found a great weakness.”

“No, I’m notー”

“Like I said, your face is grinning. Kuh, this is why I tried so hard to keep it from my other friends…!”

It seems like Hazuki has an unexpected―or rather, a feminine weakness.

It’s quite precious, but as her friend, I kinda want to tease her.

“Next time, I’ll invite you to my house, Hazuki-san.”

“I-I’ll humbly refuse.”

Hazuki shook her head vigorously as she clung to Minato.

“What a shame. But I’m the only one at that mansion. Both of my parents are too busy working to come home.”

“…Same, my parents are currently away on an extended business trip.”

“It’s a huge help for me. It’s a little scary staying alone in that mansion.”

“Somehow, I recall hearing a similar story recently…”

“Shut up, Minato. Be quiet and listen.”

Hazuki pokes Minato’s side with an elbow once again.

“We don’t have any servants, despite the mansion being so huge, and besides…”

“Nn?”

“Well, I just don’t want to be at home alone. Being in a tent shivering from the cold is much better.”

“No, that’s absurd. But you can’t exactly stay at Hazuki’s house all the time, right?”

“U-Un. As expected, all the time is…”

Hazuki’s gaze wanders around, looking troubled.

A day or two should be fine, but it would be difficult even for Hazuki to let someone she doesn’t know very well at her house for long periods of time.”

“I know, it’s enough if you let me stay here for tonight. I just don’t have anywhere to go since Seri’s family might find me. I can’t stay at a netcafe since I’m underage, and if I’m alone at a diner, some weirdo might come by.”

“They’re gonna come alright…”

Akane is a beauty, no less than Hazuki or Serina.

Despite her small build, there are some people who might prefer the type like Akane.

“I didn’t think Seri would introduce me to a place where I could stay. What’s more, it’s Hazuki-san’s home, and Mina is even in the same apartment complex.”

“Well, I understand your circumstances… Wait, it’s not for me to decide.”

“I understand it too. Since Ruka’s request, you can go ahead and make yourself at home.”

“Thank you… Achoo.”

“Achoo?”

“So you were sneezing just now. You must have caught a cold.”

“Nn, I think it’ll be fine.”

“No, no, you walked through the night, and you were also waiting at the convenience store, right? You could have gone inside.”

“I was so excited to meet you that I waited for you outside the store, Mina.”

“Huh……?”

“Wait a minute, Minato. When did you even… with this petite girl?”

“Wait, wait. I didn’t do anything to Akane!”

“…Hmm, really?”

“It’s just a joke, Hazuki-san. Besides, that thing down there is the one that’s bugging me.”

“Ah.”

Hazuki felt awkward and turned away from Akane.

In addition, she also realized that she was still clinging to Minato and quickly moved away.

“But I’m feeling a little cold…”

“Oh, I’ve already filled the bathtub with hot water, so you can just use it after you shower.”

“Eh? But I’m the one causing you trouble, so you should go first, Hazuki-san―”

“Don’t mind it. I’ll prepare some towels and stuff. Uh… what about your underwear?”

“I brought those just in case.”

Hazuki and Akane were whispering to each other, but Minato could hear them clearly.

Akane is carrying a backpack, which is now placed on the floor in the living room.

If she’s running away from home, she probably has at least a change of clothes.

“Alright, can I take a bath then?”

“Go ahead, guests go first.”

Akane stands up with her backpack and Hazuki leads her to the bathroom.

Come to think of it, I was just about to do Hazuki once in the bath earlier, Minato recalls.

For the time being, he understood Akane’s situation, and it didn’t seem particularly serious.

That said, Akane may not have explained all the details.

Since she could have just gone home and bear with it just for today.

“Give me your ear, Minato.”

“Nn? Ah, Akane took a bath?”

“Not yet… it’s just…”

For some reason, Hazuki is beckoning from the living room door.

“What is it? Oh, I guess we can do it once while Akane is taking a bath―”

“I-Idiot. Well, I thought that too but…”

“Nn?”

“Just come on over.”

Hazuki grabbed Minato’s hand and started walking away.

They walked a few meters and she suddenly opened the door to the changing room.

“H-Hey, isn’t Akane taking a bathー”

“Oh, here you are, Mina.”

“………?!”

In the changing room, Akane’s figure was there.

“W-What are you doing, Akane?”

“H-Hey, why are you undressing…!”

Not only Minato, but also Hazuki, who guided him, was in a panic.

“It’s normal to undress in the changing room. There’s no need to panic.”

She took off her uniform blazer and hoodie, and the camisole under it tooー

She was wearing a skirt, but at her top was only her bra.

And something didn’t feel right.

“Oh, this bra? To be frank, it’s for juniors. It’s a non-wired one. Hazuki-san has long stopped wearing this, right?”

Akane spoke with a blank expression on her face again.

Minato is no stranger to bras.

He has seen Hazuki and Serina’s bras many times.

Indeed, they’re very different from the ones worn by Hazuki and Serina, which have cups.

“W-What’s going on?”

“I thought it was also a joke at first…”

Hazuki’s face turns bright red and she starts to fidgets.

“Mina and Hazuki-san, you two are going to take a bath together, right? I want to join too.”

“What are you talking about, Akane?”

“Since we’re together in the middle of night, aren’t we three all friends? If we’re friends… then we can do this kind of thing, right?”

“ “………” “

Minato and Hazuki fell silent.

It may or may not make sense in theory.

Minato stares at Akane’s slender upper body.

She’s also fair-skinned, though not like Hazuki or Serina.

What’s more, her body is thinner and smaller.

Her breasts which were encased in a junior’s bra are also small, but the slight puffiness of it is strangely hot.

Her waist is even thinner than Serina’s and looks as if it would break at any moment.

And yet, Akane is not a child, but of the same age.

She has a strange sex appeal, different from both Hazuki and Serina.

“…Akane, if I told you I want to stick my face in your skirt, would you be okay with that?”

“Of course.”

Akane nodded, lifted the hem of her uniform miniskirt, and raised it up.

Her white underwear is slightly peeking out.

“W-Wait! Akane, are you really okay with this?”

“You don’t need to panic, Hazuki-san. It’s not like I’m showing it for the lodging fee.”

“No, you don’t need to. For me and of course for Minato, okay?”

“I bet. That’s why I won’t say it’s for the lodging fee.”

Akane raised up her skirt furtherーrevealing almost the full view of her white underwear.

“Mina, Seri and Hazuki-san… You three look like you were having fun, so I want to be a part of it.”

“…part of it, you say?”

Minato is at a loss for words.

Minato, Hazuki and Serina, these three are―friends.

However, they’re playing a somewhat peculiar game as friends.

And Akane Sayuka is the only outsider who knows the three’s secrets.

No, maybe she’s no longer an outsider.

“Mina, Hazuki-san―I also want to be you guys’ friend.”

As she said that―

For the first time, Akane’s mouth slightly relaxed―and she smiled.