The Reason Why The Cool Beauty Who Repeatedly Ignores Messages Replies Only To Me. ~The Lonely Beauty Wants To Know The Lonely Me〜 - Chapter 20

Episode 20: Saeki 〇〇 Sent to Lime

“Good job at the cultural festival!”

“”””We did it!””””

The cultural festival had ended, and our class held an after-party in the classroom after school.

It started as a casual get-together to consume leftover drinks and food from the festival, but quickly turned into a wild party for the extroverts, causing a huge commotion throughout the class.

It seemed like every class was doing something similar, as most of the classrooms still had their lights on past 6 PM.

“Time to go home.”

Taking advantage of a moment of distraction, I prepared to slip out of the class.

Incidentally, Saeki had disappeared before the after-party even started, apparently having anticipated the chaos and made her escape.

“Oh, Okami! Great job!”

Harada, always boisterous, called out to me with a juice in hand.

“Sorry, Harada. I’m heading home.”

“Seriously? The star of the festival leaving is a bummer.”

Ignoring Harada, I slung my school bag over my shoulder.

“Take care of the cleanup, will you?”

“Yeah, sure… Oh, by the way, Okami.”

“What now?”

“Saeki confiscated something from me.”

“Confiscated?”

“The maid outfit. It was pretty expensive, so could you ask her to return it?”

When did Saeki do that? I remember thinking she was taking a long time when she went to check on the class earlier—was that when it happened?

“Got it. I’ll talk to her.”

“Thanks, Okami! You’re the best!”

I half-heartedly listened to Harada’s thanks and headed home.

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“I’m home.”

After arriving back home, I headed straight for the bath to soak and relax, washing away the fatigue from the cultural festival before returning to my room.

While fiddling with my phone in my room, I received Lime messages from Machibari and Tamari.

“Machibari: Great job at the festival! Could you deliver the compiled sales documents to the festival committee chairman tomorrow?”

Even right after the festival, Machibari is as diligent as ever. I replied with an “Understood” to her message.

Next, I opened Tamari’s message, which I had been putting off. As expected, it contained ten heavily edited, cutesy selfies.

“Tamari: A photo collection of me, who Kotoku loves so much ♡ Don’t use it for anything weird, okay? Don’t do it~ You better not~”

I simply replied, “I won’t,” and closed my phone.

Tamari’s overly cutesy personality is something I wish she’d tone down, but she’s been like that forever and probably won’t change.

Some classmates seem to treat her like a princess, but I don’t share those feelings.

However, I do recognize Tamari’s kindness. So, I try not to push her away too much.

“Ugh… Why are there so many weirdos around me?”

At that moment, I got another notification. My phone lit up again—this time, it was a message from Saeki.

I should reply quickly to avoid any hassle… huh?

“Saeki has sent an image.”

An image? Usually, it’s just a “Good job” or something like that.

Curious, I opened the chat.

And there it was… a photo of Saeki kneeling in front of a mirror, holding her phone in one hand. Wait, what?!

She was wearing the black and white maid outfit that Harada had brought, the one with a revealing heart-shaped cutout on the chest.

“What…is this?”

Yukine Saeki’s normally hidden, well-developed chest was exposed, her white, smooth skin looking incredibly soft…

“I didn’t realize Saeki was this… big.”

Moreover, with her phone in one hand covering her eyes, it felt like she was doing something forbidden, and her other hand resting on her cleavage drew even more attention there.

Her thighs, barely visible at the bottom of the photo, were surprisingly…

“What am I even doing, getting all worked up over this?!”

Swallowing hard, my breathing became erratic.

Saeki’s impact was far beyond Tamari’s cutesiness, in various ways. Was she doing this on purpose?

There was no additional message, just the image.

“What on earth is she thinking?”

I couldn’t stop feeling restless, unable to resist my instincts.

[Afterword]

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