The Story of Becoming a Drinking Friend When I Saved the Cutest Senpai in University - Vol 1 Chapter 21

“…Do you want to do it again?”

At the suggestion, I dropped my gaze, which had stuck in the ceiling.

Her flushed cheeks. Moist eyes. Faint breath. Everything about her hits my reason like a hammer, but I manage to stop at a moment’s notice.

“W-what are you talking about? Stop joking… We’re just friends, aren’t we?”

I said, pretending like it was nothing.

Senpai nods a little. But her posture remained the same, and her eyes blinked and continued to focus on me.

“…But we were happy with each other. Isn’t there only a benefit?”

“T-that being the case—”

“No! I’m drinking, so it doesn’t count. It’s all right… Yes, it’s all right.”

Her long, flexible finger gripped my chest.

My clothes are wrinkled and my hands sweat slowly.

I can’t let it go like this.

If she’s drunk and she’s doing this, I’ve got to bounce her off.

Even though I can understand it with my head, why doesn’t my body move the way I want?

Slowly, slowly.

At the same speed as a snail’s march, senpai approaches little by little.

“…No, I can’t. As expected, this kind of thing.”

I managed to squeeze out my voice but remained motionless.

“…You don’t like it?”

“Y-yes?”

“Don’t you want to do it with me?”

“…”

There’s no way I don’t like it.

I could search the whole world, and I couldn’t find a reason for me to refuse.

But that’s not the case.

We are friends. Just because I don’t hate it, doesn’t mean we should do this.

“…You don’t like it. You don’t like me.”

Senpai lowered her eyebrows slightly and looked pitiful like a scolded puppy.

Maybe it’s acting. It may be just a practical joke.

…Even so, I didn’t want to see senpai’s face like that.

“Ugh…!”

I put my arm around senpai’s back and gently pulled her closer, and she opened her eyes with a husky voice.

But she quickly grasped the situation and loosened her mouth sloppily.

Bump.

Senpai kept her distance all at once.

Our foreheads bumped into each other, and it wasn’t a hard impact, but it stung a little. That seems to have been the same for her, and she smiles apologetically.

“…Um.”

“…What?”

“Doesn’t my breath smell?”

“…Puff. Hehe, hahaha.”

“W-why are you laughing?”

“It’s just like Itomori-kun to be worrying like that in this situation.”

“Are you making fun of me…?”

“Nope. I think I like it.”

My face is boiling.

Perhaps it’s funny, but senpai giggles again.

“It doesn’t smell at all… What about me?”

“You smell like alcohol… and something nice.”

“Thank you. Itomori-kun smells good, too.”

“You don’t need to flatter me. I don’t wear perfume or anything. I sweated at my part-time job today.”

“It smells good. It’s a scent I like.”

The tip of her nose touched the tip of my nose.

We look at each other and we quietly sniff and confirm each other’s presence.

I thought to myself how much we were like dogs, so I laughed a little bit, and she smiled the same way.

I’m glad we’re together.

That alone naturally gives me strength in the arms that I had put around her.

“…Ah.”

Senpai shook her body in surprise.

Our lips barely touched for just a moment. We immediately move away and our eyes meet as if to exchange unspoken words.

“…Itomori-kun, you are too aggressive.”

“You can’t say that after you forced yourself on me earlier.”

“Ugh. That’s hitting where it hurts…”

“…Is that enough? I mean, we… kinda… did it.”

“Have you had enough, Itomori-kun?”

“Eh…”

“If you don’t mind, just say so. I’ll let go.”

A few seconds passed with our foreheads touching together.

The more I stare at her, the more my breathing becomes ragged, the higher my body temperature and my back gets sweaty.

That’s enough. Stop it right there… The calm part of me cries out like that, but my heart is so loud that I can’t hear it well.

I only want to see senpai now.

I only want to hear this person’s voice, and I only want to touch this person.

“…Mmm.”

Before I knew it, I found myself kissing senpai again.

It’s deeper and longer than before.

She closed her eyelids and slightly opened her mouth in response.

She nibbled gently my lower lip like a bird, and let out a provocative breath as if I should do the same. I followed her lead and lightly bit her upper lip. Her body shivered slightly, and she leaned backward, but my arm kept her from pulling away.

“I-it tickles… It really tickles!”

“Senpai were the ones who started it.”

“…Ugh. I’m kind of angry that Itomori-kun can’t say no.”

“No, I was ticklish too. I was just putting up with it.”

When I said that, she smiled contentedly.

This time she initiated the kiss.

The hand that grabbed my clothes and didn’t let go seemed to lose its strength and slowly slid down.

It reached my hand, entwined our fingers, and gripped them tightly. I was relieved that I wasn’t the only one who was sweating and nervous, and I pulled her even more, hoping that this moment would last longer.

“Mmm… nn… uhm… puh… hah… hah…”

“Hah… I forgot to breathe.”

“I haven’t forgotten anything about it, but… I didn’t want to spend even one second focusing on anything but Itomori-kun. I pushed myself to the limit.”

She made a very deliberate gesture as she looked down, perhaps ashamed of herself.

..Seriously, what’s the matter with you? This cute creature.

I couldn’t stand it, so I patted senpai on the head.

She looked down a little and looked at my face, smiled shyly, and looked down again.

“…You know, Itomori-kun.”

“What is it?”

“I… really like Itomori-kun.”

“…Y-yes. I like you too.”

“We’re friends, that’s why. That’s all right… It doesn’t count.”

“…Y-yes.”