Chapter 4

The springtime breeze swayed Kazuhiko’s hair as well.

“Kazu-kuun~…”

Reika, making that spoiled sound, hugged Kazuhiko with full force, pressing and grinding her face into his shoulder. As her arms squeezed him tightly, her age-inappropriate plump breasts softly changed shape against Kazuhiko’s chest.

Her sweet scent, somehow nostalgic, reached his nose, and Kazuhiko stiffened completely.

—Whoa, whoa, whoa, what do I do? I’m now in a situation where I absolutely can’t say I’m not hypnotized!

This was the definition of after the festival (ato no matsuri)—no, wait, he was right in the middle of the festival! Wasshoi! Wasshoi!

“Mmm… Kazu-kun’s scent… it’s nostalgic. Sniff-sniff, sniff-sniff.”

Oblivious to Kazuhiko, who was feeling outright terror, Reika sniffed his neck like a pampered puppy or kitten. Her well-shaped nose twitched, and he felt her breath on his neck.

This strangely erotic sensation caused blood to rush to Kazuhiko’s lower body. But, unfortunately, he was pretending to be hypnotized, so pulling his hips away would be unnatural. …No, maybe there was a slim chance that deep down in his subconscious, his shame and gentlemanly instincts kicked in, causing him to unconsciously pull back his hips…

“Hug me back, Kazu-kun.”

He barely managed to suppress the gulping sound that almost escaped his throat. There was no way he could pull his hips away now. Furthermore, since he was pretending to be hypnotized, he wasn’t allowed to hesitate.

Gritting his teeth internally, Kazuhiko obediently hugged her back.

“Oof.” 

—Oof.

Reika’s voice and Kazuhiko’s inner thought overlapped. And Kazuhiko, belatedly, was surprised.

—Wait, “Oof”? My inner voice just overlapped with her. She really said that, didn’t she?

The unobtainable flower? Then the unobtainable flower gave Kazuhiko another command.

“Kazu-kun, squeeze me tighter?” 

“…”

Squeeze.

“Ooho♡“

—Wait, did she just say “Ooho”? With a sound that even implied a heart symbol? Eehhh… the unobtainable flower…

While rolling his eyes internally, Kazuhiko had to remember one thing.

“Ah… it’s hard…” 

“!”

Kazuhiko barely managed to stifle a sound. A healthy high school boy was hugging the voluptuous unobtainable flower, so there was no way a certain healthy part wouldn’t be aroused.

“…fufu, Kazu-kun, you’re getting excited by me, aren’t you…♪”

Her voice was clearly delighted, and Kazuhiko, embarrassed, wanted to pull his hips back. But as he was pretending to be hypnotized, there was no way he could do that.

And thus, another log was piled onto the pyre of damnation that must not be revealed. —If exposed, he would surely be burned at the stake.

“Kazu-kun, push that hard thing harder into me. Let me feel more that you’re excited by me!”

Oi Oi, unobtainable flower (you sluuuuut). He wanted to retort, but he couldn’t speak or refuse.

—Ugh, Khhh…

With tears almost welling up from a certain part of him, Kazuhiko pushed and ground himself against her.

“Ooho♡“

He was given a second “Ooho♡.”

—Slut!! Super Slut!!

Was what someone with a hypnosis app did the same regardless of gender? Gender equality!

“Phew… that’s good, Kazu-kun. I’m happy that I aroused you so much. Ah, Nn… Ah, you twitched. …fufu.”

—I’m never going to be able to get married!

The unobtainable flower (slut) also wriggled her hips and pressed herself against him.

—Danger, danger, danger! If this keeps up, I’m going to blow up!

But she didn’t seem to have that intention—no, this was only making things worse—instead of wriggling, she kept pushing herself against him, brought her lips close to Kazuhiko’s neck, and—

Lick.

She ran her tongue along his skin.

—Huh, wha-what?! Just now?! Did the unobtainable flower just lick me?!

“…Hehe, this is Kazu-kun’s taste… I’d really love to shove my tongue into your mouth, but we’ll save that for when you’re not hypnotized, okay? Chu, lero…”

—Oof.

This time, Kazuhiko groaned internally. And since he wasn’t actually hypnotized right now, he wouldn’t have minded her stealing a kiss and shoving her tongue in. But unfortunately, he couldn’t reveal that he wasn’t hypnotized.

“Lero, chu!”

—Ugh, ooooh… I’m really being licked by the unobtainable flower. And a kiss, too… Ugh, the breasts pressed against me are soft, her body is slender, she smells nice, and her crotch is still pressed against me… hah, hah.

“Oh? Kazu-kun, your breathing is getting ragged. And that thing pressed against me has been twitching for a while now… hehe, I’m happy you’re so excited. Chuuu…”

—Whoa!

Her lips began to seriously suck on his neck—or rather, it was closer to his chest, in a spot that was just about hidden by his clothing (she had loosened his collar).

—Wait, hold on, don’t tell me—!

“Chuuu…”

—D-damn it! She’s going to give me an erotic hickey! …And seriously, why is she doing this…? T-Takane-san, do you… like me?!

“Chupa… Hehe, that’s a beautiful mark. Lero…”

—Oof.

Apparently, she had left a hickey that met her standards. She licked it affectionately.

—She’s a psychopath. This unobtainable flower (slut) is a seriously erotic psychopath…

Frankly, if she had come at him in a normal state, he would have been thrilled, but she was doing this to someone she had supposedly hypnotized. He couldn’t sincerely enjoy it.

And with that, she seemed satisfied for the time being.

“Since I’ve put my mark on you to mark you as mine, perhaps we should stop here for today.”

He felt relieved, yet somehow disappointed…

“Oh? Did you just feel relieved? Even though the hypnosis should be working?” 

“…”

Cold sweat ran down Kazuhiko’s back.

“…Hmm, well, I’m going to undo the hypnosis now, so I suppose it’s fine.”

Saying that, she brought her lips close to Kazuhiko’s ear, sweetly, as if letting the words soak in.

“Well then, once I leave the rooftop, your hypnosis will be broken. And you will lose all memory from the moment you opened the rooftop door. Instead, let’s see. Your memory will be replaced with one where you came to the rooftop but no one showed up, and you waited for a while. You didn’t meet anyone here. Understand? If you understand, hug me tightly three times.”

Hug.

“Oof.”

Squeeze.

“Oohee.”

Squeeze.

“Ooho♡“

What a vulgar three-step conjugation.

“Good. It’s a shame, but let me go. See you later, Kazu-kun.”

Told that, Kazuhiko, despite his mixed feelings, felt a sense of regret as he released the arms he had wrapped around her back.

Her soft touch left him, and her body heat moved away.

Clack-clack, he heard the sound of her walking away. The rooftop door opened and then closed.

And then, one second, two seconds…

—Kazuhiko collapsed onto his knees.