"You can't kiss me can you?" When I accepted my childhood friends challenge, she unexpectedly softened and is acting like a love-struck girl [Dropped] - Chapter 15 - Treasuring Memories!
One day, in a certain boy’s room.
A boy and a girl were alone staring at each other intently.
“…Do you like what you are seeing?”
The girl, whose lovely appearance resembled that of a fairy, said those words with a seductive voice while looking at the boy’s embarrassed face.
“Umm…”
While averting his gaze from the alluring sight, the boy groaned in annoyance as if to deceive her.
“Hey, shall we do it?”
The girl then took the buy’s hand and placed it on her b*****s.
The boy whose senses were shunned for a moment was left bewildered by her actions as he felt the soft sensation of the girl’s b*****s.
“No… But I wonder if I can do it well…”
The boy said so while stuttering and lack of confidence.
He was genuinely puzzled by the girl’s sudden advances which looked bewitchingly mature.
On the other hand, the girl who was slightly unaware of the boy’s thoughts said,
“I’ll take the lead, so leave the rest to me, okay?”
And she moved her seductive lips closer…
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On a certain day…
Airi, as if it were the most natural thing, entered Ibuki’s room and said right away,
“Oh? This is an album, isn’t it?”
A thick book which was casually stacked in Ibuki’s room caught her attention.
Its true identity was an album.
“Yeah… It brings back memories. I’ve been looking at it since last night.”
“Really?”
While disregarding Ibuki’s response, Airi opened the album.
There, the glimpse of Ibuki and Airi from their childhood were reflected.
“Wow, it’s nostalgic! This is from the sports festival, right?…What grade were we in?”
“I think we were in second grade for the big ball rolling competition.”
The album showed Ibuki and Eri rolling a ball with synergy.
Looking at it now, their faces and bodies were still young and adorable.
“Ibuki-kun, you were so cute. You looked like a girl back then.”
“…Sorry for looking so girly.”
Though now it’s not often said that he looks like a girl…
During kindergarten and elementary school, Ibuki was often mistaken for a girl.
Moreover, he used to be petite, delicate, and fair-skinned, which only added to that impression.
“No, I’m complimenting you. You still look cute, you know.”
“But I’m a guy… Even if you compliment me for being cute.”
“I see. You care about that stuff, huh?”
Airi then opened another album while saying those words.
This album held the photo of their school’s sports festival.
And the photos were taken when they were in third grade of elementary school.
Airi opened the albums one after another and lined up pictures of the sports festival of each grade.
“Fufu~ You were shorter than me back then.”
“The police for arrest you for behaving as a pedo****.”
Ibuki said so in a joking manner as he teased her.
“But isn’t this the opposite case? Maybe you are a lolicon?”
“Haha… You are just dreaming.”
Ibuki sighed as he turned his eyes to a single photograph.
It was a photo from their fifth year of elementary school.
In the picture, Airi had her arm around Ibuki’s shoulder, while she was making a peace sign… and Ibuki seemed a little embarrassed.
During that time, Airi was just slightly taller than Ibuki.
“Looking at this… My growth was quite fast at that time.”
“Hmm, yeah that is true.”
“By the way Ibuki-kun, do you know? I was not wearing my bra at that time.”
“No matter how much you try to make me feel embarrassed, it won’t work on me.”
Ibuki remembered the past a little when hearing Airi’s words.
Airi indeed developed faster than other children…
She was taller and her chest was somewhat larger compared to other kids her age.
But as she herself said, she didn’t wear a bra when in her gym uniform.
At that time, Airi had entered a slightly early adolescence, so he felt embarrassed when being hugged by Airi in such a state.
“Really, Ibuki-kun. You’re so shy…” Airi said with a grin, while elbowing him.
Airi also recalled the past and remembered how Ibuki used to be oddly shy.
…Maybe she had known it all along and was doing it on purpose.
“However, Airi, you’ve become quite small, haven’t you?”
Saying so, Ibuki lightly patted Airi’s head, making her feel a bit annoyed.
Ibuki’s current height was over 175 centimeters, taller than the average height for men.
On the other hand, Airi’s height was 155 centimeters, which is below the average height for women.
In other words, Airi had an early growth spurt, but it ended quickly.
“Hmm…”
“What’s wrong, Airi? Did I offend you?”
Ibuki affectionately stroked Airi’s head.
In response, Airi puffed her cheeks and turned her face away from him, looking a bit sulky.
“…I like being at this height!”
After pondering for a while, she entwined her arm with Ibuki’s and said so
“By the way… Although I may not look like it, I’m a D-cup, you know. So I’m bigger than the average, you see?”
“…Don’t make weird declarations.”
Gently, and being careful not to hurt Airi, Ibuki shook her off.
Airi seemed pleased with Ibuki’s attitude as she noticed that his face was slowly turning red.
“Seriously, you’re so shy.”
“…..”
Somehow, Ibuki felt like he had lost.
“…Let’s continue on the topic.”
To change the subject forcefully, Ibuki opened the album.
Inside were the pictures from when they were in the pool.
The composition was similar to those from the sports festival… In the picture Ibuki was being hugged by Airi and his face was beet red due to embarrassment.
“You really are a shy one.”
“Shut up!”
As they exchanged the banter, they continued to look through the album.
Looking at it this way… There were many pictures of the two of them together.
Of course, there were also individual pictures of Ibuki and some family photos, as well as pictures with other friends…
But overwhelmingly, there were more photos of Ibuki with Airi.
“Come to think of it, it feels familiar… The album here is almost the same as mine.”
She said that and shrugged her shoulders as if it were a common thing.
“We also took lessons together, you know.”
Of course, they would be together for school events…
They shared not only school events but also extracurricular activities like piano, swimming, karate, etc. Their schedules often overlapped, so they would go out to play together as well.
Under these circumstances, it was only natural that they had similar pictures in their albums.
The two of them were always seen together in photos.
However, since they entered middle school, there has been a slight change in their dynamics.
In elementary school, they often posed together with their arms around each other’s shoulders or intertwined, but that had now decreased significantly.
Now, they just stood side by side, smiling while posing in front of the camera.
That kind of composition became more common between them.
“Was it around this time that you started to become more reserved?”
“It’s not like that… I’ve always been a reserved young lady. It’s just that Ibuki-kun has started to pay more attention to my charms, that’s all.”
Airi became more feminine, and Ibuki became more masculine.
As a result, they became more conscious of each other as the opposite s*x.
And that brought about a change in the way they perceived their distance from each other.
“…..”
“…..”
The two despite their banter smiled gently while looking at the photo album from their school days and they occasionally laughed while reminiscing the memories from the past where they were inseparable.
Unknowing to them they had become more conscious of each other as the distance between them gradually became more close .
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