The Villain Who Got Pinned Down Until He Ran Out Of Stamina ~ This Time I Raised The Protagonist's Affection Too Much And Everyone Fell For Me~

“…”

Both Hibari and I fell silent. The scene was filled with… silence.

I had invited Hibari to go out. I was waiting quietly, concerned about her response.

“…”

“…?”

Huh? She was really taking her time with her answer, wasn’t she? I’d thought she would immediately say OK…

“Yuji-sama.”

“Y-yes!”

Hibari took one step, then two steps closer. And then she reached out her hand toward the hand I had extended—

Squeeze.

“…”

“O-oh…”

A handshake. This was an OK sign that it was fine to go out—

“Owwwwwwwww!?”

Suddenly, my hand was squeezed tight and the one applying pressure to my hand was Hibari.

“H-Hibari!?”

“…”

She gripped my hand in silence!? It wasn’t so painful that it was unbearable, and I think she was probably being considerate… but her grip strength was quite strong! I was convinced of that fact, considering she had kicked someone in the groin when she’d been hit on!

After a while, my hand was released.

“Um… Hibari?”

Hibari still had a straight face as usual, but somehow she seemed a little dissatisfied?

“That way of inviting is likely to cause misunderstandings, so you should stop it.”

“O-oh…?”

“From that face, it seems you don’t understand the gravity of what you’ve said.”

“Um… was there something wrong with how I invited you? I wanted to invite you in some cool way…”

“Yes. I think a different way of inviting would have been fine. For example…”

Oh! It seemed like I might hear some kind of example from Hibari!

“Since I’m a maid, something like ‘Hey, maid. We’re going, hey’ would be sufficient, wouldn’t it?”

“No, but that’s so lame!? Isn’t it lame to invite someone in that ‘hey hey’ style!? It might match my appearance though!”

Well, I’d definitely end up looking like a debt collector!

“Besides, you wouldn’t invite a woman in such a rough way, would you? Especially a beautiful woman like Hibari…”

“…”

“Hibari?”

“No. It’s nothing.”

“Oh… So, um, about going out…?”

I still hadn’t heard a proper answer.

When I looked at Hibari, she looked straight back at me…

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“O-oh.”

This time… that was an agreement, right? Yes, it was decided that I would go out with Hibari!

“Then let’s make lots of fun summer memories!”

Man, I was looking forward to it!

“So where are we going? What’s the schedule? What’s the budget? What transportation will we use?”

“…Ah.”

Oh no… I hadn’t thought about anything like that yet.

“From that expression, it seems you haven’t thought about anything.”

“W-well… yes. I haven’t thought about anything that far…”

I’d been utterly focused on just inviting her. Actually, wouldn’t it have been coolest to decide on the place and everything else and then present the tickets when inviting her!?

“To invite me without deciding any plans… you must have been really looking forward to doing this and that with me.”

“Your way of putting it sounds lewd! Well, but it’s true that I was looking forward to going out with Hibari again…”

“I see… Me too.”

It was said in a small voice, but I didn’t miss it. It made me happy that she was being honest with her words like this.

“Then let’s decide on at least some of the schedule.”

“Right. Oh, speaking of which, someone from class was talking about recommended spots—”

And so Hibari and I decided together where to go out.

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‘Would you go on a date with me?’

He extended a hand towards me.

I doubted my ears for a moment. I was confused about how to react.

But I immediately realized that it wasn’t like that.

His eyes and expression were somewhat tense but he had a gentle atmosphere.

Again, just like usual. His question probably didn’t contain any special meaning. It was just part of his kindness.

Still, there was no reason to refuse the extended hand… so I grasped it.

The moment our fingertips touched, I felt a slight tension and at the same time a gentle warmth. His hand was large, and seemed to convey both strength and Yuji-sama’s own gentleness.

…Such things were what I was thinking at that time.

After that, the reason I gripped his hand tightly was…

‘That way of inviting is likely to cause misunderstandings, so you should stop it.’

I myself had misunderstood just a little, and…

‘Would you go on a date with me?’

When I imagined him saying those words to someone else… I felt somehow irritated.

“Hey, hey Hibari! How about this place? This attraction looks really fun—”

Yuji-sama next to me was excited as if talking to a friend.

This person was really strange to me because I had never had anyone do such things for me before.

‘Yuji-sama. You don’t need to be so considerate toward me… as long as I’m by your side, I always want to be together with you.’

Such an un-Hibari-like statement… It was becoming my true feelings.

And Yuji-sama… who unconsciously stirred my heart— was a bad person.