The time when I forcibly slept with my friend's sister!

“Tomorrow you have swimming in P.E., right? I received a message from school.”

At the dining table, this was the first topic my mother chose to pick since she knows how sensitive this matter was for me.

I remained silent at that, sipping on my chicken soup, hoping that mom skips over the chat but she didn’t.

“Riku, look at me. ” With a sigh, I put down the spoon before matching my gaze with hers.

Unlike me, Mom has caramel shade eyes which makes me feel warm in her presence but the look she was giving me currently, made me feel pathetic for some reason.

“Don’t make that face, Riku. We both know how difficult it is for you to take these small steps so blaming yourself for something like this….please don’t. ”

I knew she was right. I knew whatever happened and the trauma which was born out of it was something I couldn’t have helped nor could I overcome in a day.

But still, being pitied by her felt that I was just raising her burden. She has already a shit ton of work to handle and now I was providing her extra tension as well…truly pathetic of me.

“I know Mom. Don’t worry, I would go to school tomorrow. ”

I replied to her, trying to relieve some stress from her shoulders and the way she smiled at me made me calm as well.

The mental wound I got from that incident was still fresh in my mind but as the therapist told me, I need to face those fears and raise above them by myself. It doesn’t need to be instant but I have been prolonging it for years now.

By missing every swimming class for three years, I tried various routes to escape, but not anymore.

More than my insecurities, I need to face the future and not dwell in the past.

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[Next day]

[Ichinose’s POV: ]

“You got this!” I tried cheering up my best friend who was at a critical point in his life.

We have been friends for years so definitely I know what happened to him which made Riku insecure about exposing his upper body or reluctant to remain in a silent room for long.

It was a tragic incident that should never happen to anyone but fortunately, Riku was taking a big step toward a bright future by joining the swimming class and going shirtless in front of everyone.

However…

‘Da… fuq? ‘ I couldn’t help but let my jaw fall as I saw what was packed underneath Riku’s jacket.

Because of his insecurities, he has never gone naked in front of me as well, even though I tried forcing him to beach so many times. So naturally I didn’t know what kind of stud he was underneath.

But now…

‘Man…how much work out this guy actually does?’ I myself wasn’t in bad shape since I love playing sports but compared to Riku…

‘…forget about his scar, those muscles would surely be on a highlight today.’

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[Third Person POV: ]

Just as Ichinose thought, as Riku stepped out of the locker room, every gaze was drawn at him like he was under some kind of spotlight.

Since there were merely four boys and twenty-one girls on average in a class, the swimming lessons were done altogether.

Due to that, all the twenty girls currently present from Riku’s class, including his childhood friend Miho and class belle Miu, had their gazes solely drawn at Riku.

Being nearly six feet in height, Riku had a lean and chiseled physique with six finely shaped abs visible on his slightly tanned body. Well-defined shoulders and shredded collarbone added even more devilish charm to his overall body.

Those who have never paid much attention to him were all looking at Riku either in amazement or pure shock.

However, as for the person in question… ‘They are all staring at my scar… ‘

The slanted cut Riku had down his chest was noticed the least by the crowd but for him, every gaze was locked at that specific place.

Because of his anxiety, Riku never noticed that there were several girls who took out their phones and snapped more than one picture of this handsome hunk who has been kept hidden from these predators for this long.

Regardless of whatever they were thinking, Riku barely held himself from sprinting as he made his way toward the pool and dove in without a single hesitation. Until he could hide himself from those many eyes, he would be fine.

“Ah, Ichinose-kun… ” Miho’s voice brought mostly everyone’s attention back toward the entrance from where another piece of art walked in.

Miu shook her head and internally reprimanded herself for looking at another man’s body when she already loves Ichinose.

Fortunately, soon the silent commotion died down since Ichinose did a great job at engaging in chat with people. He has that kind of charisma that draws people toward him and thanks to that, Riku was able to sigh in relief.

‘Man…this was taxing…I hope nothing more nerve-wracking occurs again today… ‘

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…was what, Riku wished for but in a way, he jinxed himself right there and then.

“Yui-chan!? What do you think you are doing? ”

Inside a closed compact room which seemed like a storage room because of the baseball bats and soccer balls lined up around, could be seen the familiar figure of Yui and Riku currently pressed against each other.

The physical distance between them was near to none and the reason why Riku seemed to be in a panic stems from the fact that the girl he thought was like his sister was currently in the process of undressing him.

“No fair senpai…I want some fan service as well…”

[2 days remaining for that eventful night]

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