The Charm of the Popular Beautiful Succubus in Class Doesn't Work on Me ~ For Some Reason, This Beauty Keeps Trying to Hold My Hand ~ - 11

Chapter 11: How About Playing a Game to Pass the Time?

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Kisara Sarashina’s POV

“Good morning, Michihito-kun.”

“O-Oh… Go-Good morning.”

I greeted Michihito-kun as he entered the classroom. He looked as listless as ever. This was probably the first time I had initiated a greeting. It seemed he had noticed that too, since he sounded a bit surprised. 

Yesterday’s event caused me to think about a lot of things. Even after we parted ways, I kept thinking and thinking. In the end, I came to the conclusion that I couldn’t keep living without captivating men. Indeed. I wouldn’t deny that his words had hit a chord in my heart, but… That only worked if I was a normal girl. I wasn’t a normal girl. That kind of ‘normal love’ could only happen to a normal girl. Hence why, I decided to make him fall for me in my own way. Then, I tried thinking why my ability didn’t work on Michihito-kun. The first thing that came to my mind was “time.”

My ability allowed me to make someone fall in love with me and the amount of love was proportional to the amount of time I touched them. In other words, the longer I touched them, the more in love they were with me. When I first touched Michihito-kun, I didn’t touch him for long. To counter that, I made sure to increase the amount of time significantly by using palm reading as an excuse. And yet, my ability still didn’t work on him. 

At that, I realized I needed to change my mindset. The problem wasn’t “time.” With that in mind, I came to a new conclusion. Maybe the key problem was “where” the contact occurred. In other words, maybe touching his “hand” had a weaker effect on him. I had been focusing on touching his hands until now, but my ability didn’t only work through hand contact. I had been opting for hand to hand contact simply because it was the most convenient option for physical contact as a high school student. 

And so, I decided it was time for me to take a slightly more daring approach and try touching Michihito-kun somewhere other than his hand. With that, I came up with a new plan. It was a “Touch His Cheek and Make Him Fall for Me” plan. This plan had to work. It would work. Definitely. I would make him fall head over heels for me this time. 

“Sorry about yesterday. I got a little too fired up.”

For now, I decide to start the day with an apology. Yesterday, he had said something incredulous about bunny girls and whatnot, which made me lose my cool and lash out at him. However, I couldn’t let our relationship deteriorate like that. It would hinder my goal. Hence why, I decided to focus on fixing our strained relationship first. Of course, starting by initiating a ‘good morning’ greeting from me was part of that plan. 

“No, I should be the one apologizing. I didn’t consider your feelings first, Sarashina. Sorry about that.”

Good. His response seems promising enough. 

I thought to myself when he started rummaging through his bag.

“Here, I bought these. Pick one.”

He said as he pulled out several cans of juice and placed them onto my desk. 

“Umm… This is…?”

“It’s a token of my gratitude and apology.”

“Gratitude and apology?”

“Yes, you know… Thank you for helping me return the dog yesterday and sorry for making you stay out so late.”

Ah, here he goes again… He’s treating me so kindly again… Good grief. Please stop trying to stir my heart any more than this. 

Trying to distract myself from him, I focused my gaze at the cans lined up on the desk. Ginger ale, milk tea, iced cocoa drink… Huh? Wait… 

They’re all my favorite drinks.

Against my better judgment, my heart skipped a beat at the selections. I believed I had never told him what I liked to drink, so how come he was able to find all my favorites so perfectly like this?

“Who picked out these drinks?”

“Huh? Me.”

“Michihito-kun… You’re a virgin, right?”

“A VI-?! Wh-Why are you asking me that out of nowhere?!”

“My apologies. I misspoke. I mean, you don’t have a girlfriend, right?”

“No, no, what kind of ‘misspoke’ is that?! But, yeah. I’m still single. A single second-year high school student, very much looking for a girlfriend, thank you very much.”

“Thought so. What a foolish question on my part.”

“You… You’re really rude…”

“Could it be… You’re a skinwalker wearing Michihito-kun’s skin?”

“I’m not sure what you mean by that, but I’m not ‘wearing’ anyone’s skin or any kind of skin for that matter. Just what are you talking about now???”

“Well, your drink choices are so perfect that for a moment, I wondered if you might actually be a playboy pretending to be an ordinary guy… But, yeah. No.”

“Oi, it hurts to hear you say that while staring intently at my face like that.”

“Fufu~ Just kidding. Alright. Can I have the ginger ale?”

“Take whichever you like. Honestly, I thought you’d pick the milk tea, but I guess I was wrong.”

“Right now, I’m in the mood for something fizzy to refresh myself.”

I said that while picking up the ginger ale. The can was a bit sweaty due to condensation, making my fingertips feel slightly cold. Suddenly, memories of yesterday’s incident appeared in my mind. 

Michihito-kun’s hand… His hand was so warm… What was that feeling I had back then…?

I thought to myself while staring at the ginger ale can and then, something cool suddenly got pressed against my cheek.

“EEEK-!

I let out a startled cry at the unexpected sensation. Turning around, I saw Michihito-kun holding out a can of iced cocoa drink toward me. 

“Huh…? Umm…?”

“There’s one left, so I will give it to you as a special treat. I can’t drink cocoa drinks. They’re too sweet for me.”

“Ah… thanks…”

I took the iced cocoa drink he offered out of reflex before I finally snapped back to my senses. 

Wh-Why am I saying “thanks” to him?! Why am I letting myself get swayed by him over one or two cans of drinks?! I’m not some easy girl who he can win over that easily! I should’ve just acted like it was no big deal, like,’Humph, of course you need to give me one more.’ 

I was always thrown off my rhythm when I was with him. I shook my head, trying to clear my head and popped open the ginger ale with a hiss. I then took a bold, swift gulp of the first sip. The fizzy sensation danced and popped inside my mouth.

Alright, Kisara, let’s stick to the plan. Are you ready?

I took a deep breath and turned my gaze toward him. 

“Hey, there’s still time before the class starts. Why don’t we play a game to kill time?”

“A game? Sarashina, do you even play games?”

“I don’t do video games or anything like that.”

“I don’t mind, but just so you know, I’m pretty good at games.”

“Bring it on! Alright… How about ‘Rock-Paper-Scissors Bulldog’?!”

“Huh? Rock-Paper-Scissors Bulldog?”

Commencing the Rock-Paper-Scissors Bulldog Plan!

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