The Witch and Her Companion: I'm Just a Normal High School Student, but I Became the Familiar of the Highest-Ranked Witch. Also, It Seems I'm the Only Guy in the Witch Organization I Joined - Chapter 80: A Date with Snow - Part 1

Chapter 80: A Date with Snow – Part 1

【Tatsumori Haruto】

I woke up with a strange sensation in the palm of my hand—something warm, ticklish, painful, and pleasant all at once.

The room was pitch dark, and next to me was Ys.

That’s right… Yesterday, or rather, just a little while ago, I had put the drunk Ys to bed.

When I looked down at my hand, I saw that Ys was still holding onto it and was moving her hand around restlessly.

“…Ys, are you awake?”

“…Mmm, I don’t know…”

She’s awake, and still drunk.

I wondered what time it was. I felt like I had gotten some sleep, but I couldn’t be sure.

“Ys, can you move? If you’re awake, I’d like you to go back to your cell.”

“…No.”

What a brat.

“It’s almost time for Scarlet to bring breakfast, so don’t be stubborn.”

In reality, I had no idea what time it was, so I couldn’t be sure if Scarlet would come right away.

“…Mmm, then… just one thing, please.”

“What’s that?”

Another glass of water, perhaps? Or knowing Ys, maybe she meant more alcohol…

“…Let’s have sex.”

“…Excuse me?”

What did she just say?

“…Yay, my first time having sex!” (T/N: Haruto above said “Hai?” Which can be interpreted as either, ‘Yes’, or ‘Huh?’”

“No, no! That’s not the ‘yes’ I’m talking about!!”

By the time I understood what she meant, Ys was already on top of me.

“Do you wanna see my… boobies?”

“…I-I don’t want to see them! I don’t want to! Please move!!”

“Fuhihi, asking me to hold you… how cute.”

I DIDN’T say that! Don’t take your clothes off! And don’t try to take my pants off!!

“STOP! STOP! Calm down! Take a deep breath!!”

Honestly, I wasn’t calm at all. I should probably be the one taking a deep breath. But this isn’t how I imagined my first time would go… It should have been more romantic or something!

“…Okay, deep breath.”

Thankfully, the drunk let go of my pants and started taking deep breaths.

I was almost about to lose my virginity in the worst way possible.

“…Ys, if you don’t stop, I’m seriously going to drag you back to your cell.”

“…Ugh.”

“…Ugh?”

Oh no, is she about to cry again?! I can’t deal with her crying right now—!

“…Waaahhh…”

“…GAAHHH?!”

Ys threw up! Ys threw up on me!

She was on top of me, and she threw up all over me!

“…Ugh… I feel bad…”

“W-Wait! You can’t…!”

“…Ughhh…”

“…JESUS!”

For a few minutes, I was in a daze.

After vomiting, Ys collapsed against me and passed out.

So now, in the worst possible scenario, there was vomit sandwiched between our bodies.

Come to think of it, the first time I met Fu, she had an accident too. She… peed on me.

Vomiting is bad enough, but maybe it’s not as bad as that time. After all, the timing was even worse that time because, just when it happened, Ryuna showed up—

“—Haruto-kun, I brought breakfast. I’m going to turn on the lights now?”

That’s right, the timing was just like this…

“…S-S-Scarlet? Calm down! I can explain this!”

As the room lights were turned on, the miserable and gruesome sight of me and Ys became clear.

Well, from an outside perspective, it might just look like we’re peacefully sleeping together, but in reality, there’s a horrifying mess sandwiched between us…

Snow, who was too shocked, dropped the breakfast she was holding.

“…Hah?”

“Hah?”

What’s going on? When I looked closely at Scarlet, she was trembling slightly.

“…Haruto-kun, you idiot!!”

“Ahhh!!”

Scarlet’s tail slapped me with full force—

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After receiving a slap from an angry Scarlet, the misunderstanding was eventually cleared up. However, I didn’t have time for breakfast because I was busy cleaning up the room and washing clothes.

Before I knew it, it was already time for Snow to come to pick me up for the date.

If Snow really wanted to go on a date with me, that is…

“—Good morning, did you wait long?”

“…Eh?”

A few minutes after the scheduled start time, Snow finally showed up.

I had been thinking that she wouldn’t come at all, so I was too stunned to respond.

“…W-What? Are you complaining because I made you wait ten minutes?”

And Snow’s attitude seemed off too. She’s still acting like a pain in the ass, but for some reason, her tone was softer than usual.

“…I mean, it’s fine, I guess.”

“You damn… No wait, You…, why are you speaking informally to me!? I’m older than you, you know!?”

“Sorry, but I have no intention of using honorifics with you.”

I definitely heard her say “Kisama” just now, and then she corrected herself—I’m starting to get a sense of Snow’s thought process. (T/N: The first, ‘You damn’, was written as ‘Kisama’, which is an aggressive way of referring to someone, while the just ‘You’ was written as ‘Anta’, which is a less aggressive way of referring to someone but still aggressive.)

“…Tch, I’ll let the casual speech slide, but call me by my proper name!”

“Do you even know my name? If you want me to call you by your name, then you’d better call me by mine.”

I acted pretty confidently, but the truth is, if Snow got really angry, I’d be dead in an instant.

However, if I backed down and acted too soft, she’d get even more arrogant. If my thinking was right, it shouldn’t hurt to be a little cheeky.

“…Snow Black Maria.”

“Tatsumori Haruto.”

I grasped the hand she extended.

I’d never heard her full name before, but when you think about it, it was kind of strange that we were about to go on a date without even knowing each other’s names.

“I’ll call you ‘Tatsumori,’ so you can just call me ‘Black Maria.’ Don’t you dare call me ‘Snow.'”

“…Black Maria, huh? It’s a bit long, isn’t ‘Maria’ okay?”

“…Do whatever you want.”

Snow—no, Black Maria—turned her back and walked toward the stairs.

“Maria, where are you going?”

“Well, it’s a date, so obviously we’re going outside. And Tatsumori, your room smells awful.”

How rude! That’s because Iesu threw up in here!

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We were walking along a forest path leading to the castle when Maria suddenly turned around.

“…By the way, Tatsumori, why are you wearing regular clothes?”

“Why? It’s because it’s the only thing I have.”

“Huh? Are you saying that I’m the only one who looks stupid wearing a uniform?”

“I think you look fine in it, though.”

“Ugh, if I look stupid in it and it’s not even a good fit, that would be the worst!”

Maria was wearing the same blazer-type uniform that Scarlet had worn.

But she had a hoodie on under it and was wearing a choker, giving off a completely different vibe than the serious Scarlet.

“By the way, I haven’t asked yet, but what’s the plan for the date?”

“I was thinking of watching a movie in my room.”

That actually sounds like a pretty normal plan. But I’ve been tricked before by Bubblegum with a plan like this.

“A movie, huh? I watched a movie with Bubblegum when we went on our date, too.”

“Eh, really? So you actually had a decent date?”

“Well, I’m not sure if it was decent, but with Scarlet, we cleaned my room; with Bubblegum, we watched a movie; with Lilac, it was writing notes and playing games; with Ys… well, we did a lot of things.”

When I look back, I realize I haven’t really had a proper date with anyone. The time I went to the hot springs with Fu might have been the closest thing to an actual date.

“I’ve never really gone on a date before. If you don’t like movies, then think of something else, Tatsumori.”

“You’ve never gone on a date? Don’t you have someone you like?”

“…Of course, I have someone I like. But seriously, why are you asking something like that in the middle of a date?”

“Right, I guess I deserve that. Sorry.”

So, she has someone she likes but has never gone on a date. It’s pretty clear that it’s unrequited love.

“To be honest, I planned on making you fall for me, marry you, and then execute you with my own hands… but now, it’s all gone to waste.”

“You’re being way too honest. I kind of figured that, though.”

Just as I thought, Maria had joined this date with the intention of killing me.

Maybe she had planned to play it cooler and be more charming at first, but now, standing in front of me, she couldn’t pull that off.

“So, what now? Do you want to keep up this farce?”

Maria flashed a self-deprecating smile as a cold wind blew through the area.

She was asking me, but it seemed like she was the one who wanted to stop this whole thing.

“…Well, since Scarlet won’t be bringing lunch today, I’m thinking we’ll continue until we eat. That’s why I didn’t want to end it just yet.”

When I went on a date with Lilac, I was incredibly hungry, so I didn’t want to end up in the same situation again. But honestly, that’s only half the reason.

Maria, probably caught off guard by my response, made a complicated expression—half surprised, half exasperated.

“…This is why humans are…”

“Call me properly by my name Maria.”

I wasn’t ready to end this date just yet.