"Shuu, do you believe in life after death?"

Shuu looked up at me with his typical cat-like grin in a confused expression. "Well, Raku-chan, that depends. Why do you ask?"

"Well, it's just that I think I might die today, so I have to ask."

Shuu looked like he was pondering something in a moment before the gears in his head clicked. "Something happened at the party last night, didn't it?"

"YEAH, NO THANKS TO YOU!" I couldn't help but yell, startling the people around us. Shuu knew damn well that something would happen, that's why he left. I just know it.

"Whoa there, calm down. I had a personal emergency to attend to." Shuu remained as nonchalant as ever.

"Yeah? What kind?"

"The most important one, of course!" Shuu puffed out his chest and triumphantly said "A GAGGLE OF CUTE GIRLS WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STREET, SO I LEFT TO TAKE PICTURES!"

"I don't know what I expected."

Shuu and I were walking to school, him with his typical cheerful expression and me with a forlorn look of resignation. After…that, Tsugumi and Marika both headed home with robotic looks on their face, while Onodera pretended to be asleep until the break of dawn, when she promptly left without looking me in the eye. Chitoge continued to sleep like an idiot, and when she woke up the next day she didn't remember a thing. I had barely gotten any sleep after what had happened last night, because I was both terrified of what would happen the next day and because my raging erection wouldn't calm down no matter what I did. Not that there was anything I knew how to do in the first place.

"That aside, what am I gonna tell the others? Tsugumi and Marika are probably both angry, and Onodera…"

"Oh? Did you do it in front of them?"

"?!"

I knew Shuu was perceptive, but I didn't think even he would be able to figure out something like this. When he noticed my reaction, his expression changed.

"Um, I was just joking. Hey, Raku did you really…"

"NO! Well, almost. Actually, she just did it with her foot, so I don't know if that counts…" What the hell was I saying?!

Shuu stared blankly at me for a brief second before gripping my shoulders with his arms. "Raku…" he said, looking at me like a father would look at his son leaving for college, "I'm proud of you, son."

"Um, you're not my dad, but thanks."

Before I knew it, we were already at school. I sighed and steeled myself before entering the classroom, expecting the worst. With a sort of courage that I had never felt before in my life, I opened the door.

"Hey, everyo-huh?" When I looked at Onodera's seat, she wasn't there.

"Are you looking for Kosaki-chan? She said she wasn't feeling well, so she's staying home." The sound of Chitoge's voice made me jump back the entire length of the classroom and instinctively raise my defenses. She just stood there, in her sailor outfit and ribbon as usual, looking at me confused.

"Raku? Are…you okay?"

"O-oh, it's nothing. I saw an insect, that's all!"

"I see…" Chitoge took her seat, clearly not satisfied, but not willing to push the matter any further. Still trembling, I took my seat next to her. I don't know why I was so nervous since I already knew she didn't remember anything, but…

My eyes wandered over to her body. Everything that had been bared to me the previous night was now merely implied to the average man, from the glimpses of her slender legs poking out beneath her skirt to the shape of her breasts barely visible from her shirt. "I saw that," I thought. "I saw everything. It's still fresh in my memory. Her legs, her breasts, her butt, her-"

"Um…Darling, can I help you?"

"?! N-no, it's nothing! Don't worry about it!"

Chitoge tilted her head to the side. She was clearly concerned, but there was nothing I could do. It's not like I could just tell her the truth about what had happened last night. I decided to quickly change the subject.

"So, um…you said Onodera wasn't feeling well?"

"Yeah, apparently she has a fever. Do you want to visit her after school?"

"Urgggghhhh…I probably should, shouldn't I?"

"?"

Whether or not she was feeling well because of me or because of a fever, I had to square things away with her. I couldn't keep things like this forever.

"But, there's really nothing I could say to defend myself…" I thought.

I was about to say the same of Tsugumi and Marika, but I just then realized that they weren't there either. "Hey, Chitoge, do you know where Tsugumi and Marika are?"

"Huh? Come to think of it, I-"

"All rise!"

Before Chitoge could finish her sentence, the teacher arrived and began the lesson. "Well, I'll deal with that later." I thought. "For now, I should probably visit Onodera…"

"…Ruri-chan, can I ask you something?"

"What is it, Kosaki?"

"Do you believe in life after death?"

"…?"

Ruri's voice over the phone grew silent, and I could tell she was pondering why I would ask that question. Finally, she answered.

"…Something happened at the party last night, didn't it?"

"YEAH, NO THANKS TO YOU, RURI-CHAN!" I knew that Ruri had left the party early to give me and Ichijou-kun a chance to be alone, but there's no way even she would have been able to predict what happened next.

"Calm down, Kosaki. Tell me what happened." Ruri's voice was coaxing and motherly, and I had no choice but to give in.

"W-well, during the party, we all had some sake, and afterwards we all fell asleep at Raku's place. I woke up in the middle of the night because Ichijou-kun and Kirisaki-san were talking, and before I can even tell what happened, they started…they started…" My cheeks flushed red remembering what I heard. I would carry that memory to the grave.

"…"

Ruri made an audible sigh, and said:

"Kosaki, you know that could've been you, right?"

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT HERE, RURI-CHAN!"

"Then what is?"

"The point is that Ichijou-kun and Kirisaki-san were…were…"

"And? A mafia prince can have multiple wives, can't he?"

"Wha-?! I don't know about that, but that's not the point either!"

I was still totally flustered about what happened last night. As soon as I got home, I told Haru-chan and my mom that I had a fever and they let me stay home without many questions. My mom at least seemed have an inkling of what happened, while Haru took one look at my face and told me that I needed rest.

"Seriously, Ruri-chan, I thought that Ichijou-kun and Kirisaki-san's relationship was fake! I didn't think that they would…actually…" My thoughts trailed off whenever I thought of it. I couldn't help it.

"Really? I thought it was pretty obvious that they liked each other."

"R-Really?! Why didn't you say anything?!"

"Well, I wanted you to figure these things out for yourself. I can't baby you all the time, Kosaki."

"Uuuu….I guess that's fair…"

"That aside, what are you going to do now?"

"Well, Kirisaki-san and Ichijou-kun are actually dating now, right? I still like Ichijou-kun, but I don't want to get in Kirisaki-san's way either, so…" The thought made my heart twist, but I had no choice but to endure it. I would have to give up on Ichijou-kun.

"…*sigh*. I expected as much from you."

"W-what is that supposed to mean?!"

"Kosaki, listen. I'm going to do some digging into the Shuuei family history. Until then, don't lose hope, alright?"

"Huh? Um…why?"

"Because there's something I want to check out. Know this: It's possible for you to have Ichijou-kun without getting in Kirisaki-san's way."

"...Really? I don't think that's possible, though…"

"Don't worry about it. I'll talk to you soon."

"Ruri-chan, wait-!"

Before I could question her on the matter anymore, she hung up. I sighed and plopped back down onto my bed.

"It's possible, huh…" I turned it over in my head, but no matter how many times I thought about it, I didn't see how it could work. "If Kirisaki-san and Ichijou-kun are doing…those kinds of things, then how I could I get involved?"

At the mention of what had happened last night, I could feel my face burning bright red again. From what I could hear, Kirisaki-san was still drunk, and Ichijou-kun was trying to get her to calm down when she got the upper hand on him. From there, things…escalated.

"Doing it with your foot? That seems like an odd way to do it to me…" I thought about sex from time to time, but was always too embarrassed to look into it any further. Even when I was a child, I would look up "penis" on the internet and always closed the page before the image loaded out of shame. I still had only a vague idea of what a penis looked like from textbooks and such, but I didn't go to the movies much unless they were about animals, so I never got to see those kinds of scenes. Eventually, I decided I would save that for a boy I truly liked.

"And that's Ichijou-kun, so I guess I…I…"

I blushed so hard that I thought my face would explode. Softly, I whispered the end to that sentence.

"I…I want to have sex with Ichijou-kun…"

Suddenly there was a knock at the door. I bolted upwards so hard my spine snapped into place.

"Onee-san, do you need anything? Some food or water, maybe?"

"H-H-H-Haru-chan! N-no, I'm fine, thanks!"

"? Well, just let me know if you need something…"

I could hear Haru's footsteps growing further and further away. I took a deep breath and covered my face with my arms. "What is wrong with me…?" I thought to myself. Ever since hearing what had happened last night, my body felt hot and tingly, especially whenever I thought back to it. "Do I actually have a fever…?"

My mind drifted back to it. I had only heard it, I didn't dare move to look, but that was more than enough. Apparently, Kirisaki-san got Ichijou-kun's…thing…out in the open.

"That means…Ichijou-kun's…p-p-p-p-penis…was right there next to me…"

I blushed harder than I've ever blushed before in my life. Even though I didn't know what a penis looked like, the thought of seeing Ichijou-kun's made me feel weird in a certain area.

"Ichijou-kun's breathing…was so hard…I-I wonder if I can make Ichijou-kun breathe like tha-?!"

Without even knowing it, my hand had moved down to that area. Touching it made waves of a strange new feeling resonate throughout my entire body.

"Huh?! What…what is this?"

Curious, I touched it more. It felt sensitive to the slightest sensation, so I caressed it softly, being sure not to get too rough out of fear I might break something.

"Mmm…it feels….good?"

I had never felt this feeling before. What is this? I knew that women used the vagina to have sex, but I didn't know it was also capable of doing things like this…

"Unnngghhh….Ichijou-kun…."

Before I knew it, my mind was wandering back to last night. Only instead of Kirisaki-san being on top of Ichijou-kun, Ichijou-kun was on top of me.

"Mmm….Ichijou-kun…that's good, right there….oh…."

Even though I had no idea what was going on, I couldn't stop. I began to move my hand in a circular motion, harder, faster. I started pumping my hips in rhythm to the strokes, and my breathing got hard.

"I-Ichijou-kun! Faster, faster! I-I've wanted this for so long…!"

My other hand moved seemingly by itself up my shirt and under my bra. I fondled my breast, feeling the two sensitive areas move in concert with each other, building in pleasure more and more. A tight sensation began to build in my lower area.

"I-Ichijou-kun, I want you have to sex with me, I want you to f-f-f-fuck me, Ichijou-kun, f-fuck me hard, please, oh…OH…"

The tight sensation began to rise higher and higher. My feet bucked wildly and my eyes rolled into my sockets. It kept building and building and it just felt so good.

"I-Ichijou-kun…make me feel this way…make me…make me….ooh...OOOOH….OOOOOOOOHHHH….."

"Um…Onodera-san?"

Suddenly I stopped and looked up. Standing there, blushing furiously with his eyes wide open, was Ichijou-kun.

"H…hi."

I sat awkwardly on the bed as Onodera buried her face into her pillow. I had no idea what to say. For the second day in a row, I found myself in an unbelievable situation. "Did I get cursed again?" I thought. "I'll have to see that old woman at the temple…" Then again, if this was a curse, walking in on your crush masturbating to you is a weird idea of a curse.

"A-again, I'm really sorry, Onodera-san…I knocked and you didn't answer, so…"

Silence.

"I-um-I heard that you weren't feeling well, so I came to visit…are you doing okay?"

Silence.

"Hey, Onodera-san, say something…"

Silence.

"O-Onodera-san, are you even conscious? Onodera-san…!"

"Ichijou-kun…"

My back jolted straight. "Y-yes?"

She looked up from the pillow, tears in her eyes, and stared me in the face. "Do you believe in life after death?"

"G-get a hold of yourself, Onodera-san!"

"B-b-b-but you walked in on me doing such a shameful act…and I was saying…I was saying…"

Onodera buried her face back in her pillow. I was at a loss for words.

"Um…you know…it's not that shameful…when you consider what you heard me doing last night, I'm the much more shameful one here…" Onodera tensed, and I felt the urge to jump out the window.

"L-Look, it's really not that bad. In fact, I'm honored that you feel that way about me."

Onodera looked up at me with the eyes of a puppy, and I felt my heart leap out of my chest. "R-really?"

"Y-yeah! In fact, I-"

I stopped myself. If I said those next words, there would be no going back. Onodera tilted her head.

"You…what?"

"I…I…"

I gulped down hard. Now that I know Onodera feels the same way about me, there was really no point in keeping things a secret. Plus, after last night, I felt like I had lost a little of my grasp on reality. Enough to do something crazy.

"I…I like you too, Onodera-san."

"?!"

Onodera's mouth was opened wide in shock. Her eyes glazed over, and it looked like she was staring right through me at something far into the distance that I couldn't see in this plane of existence.

"O-Onodera-san?"

"…Since when?"

"Since middle school…"

"What?! I liked you since then too!"

"Huh?! Seriously?! Wait, then, that time you said you knew a girl who liked me in middle school, you were talking about…"

We both stared at each other, the information overloading our brains. It felt like we would be sitting there forever, completely in shock, when suddenly Onodera broke the silence with a giggle.

"Wha…? Onodera-san…?"

"Oh, sorry, I just couldn't help but laugh. All this time, all this fussing, and we felt the same way all along…"

Now that I thought about it, the situation was a little bit comical. A smile came onto my lips and both of us finally relaxed.

"So, what now?"

"Hm? Well, I guess we're…dating?"

"We are?" Onodera seemed concerned. "But what about Kirisaki-san?"

"Huh? What about her?"

"Well, you're still in a fake relationship, right? Plus, there's…" Onodera shivered. I didn't have to guess as to what she was alluding to.

"Onodera-san, as long as we keep things private, I think it's possible for us to have a relationship. And as for…that, it was something that I got roped into by Kirisaki-san. I didn't consent to it in the slightest." A small part of me doubted the validity of that statement, but I ignored it.

Onodera looked up at me hopefully. "R-really?"

I smiled at her. "Yes. Really. Besides, I just walked in on you masturbating, so I guess we can call it even."

She suddenly grew silent, and I realized what I had just said. "Damn, I got too comfortable and ended up saying something stupid…" I thought. Before I could apologize, Onodera spoke.

"Ichijou-kun."

"Y-yes?"

"We're boyfriend and girlfriend now, right?"

"Well…yeah, I guess." Even saying the words made me blush.

"So we can have sex, right?"

"…huh?"

I didn't process the words that I had just heard properly. Surely, there was some kind of mistake. "Onodera-san, I didn't-"

"Do you want to have sex with me, Ichijou-kun? Right now?"

Onodera was blushing furiously, but looking at me with a completely sincere expression on her face. There was legitimately nothing I could say in that moment. Finally, she took a deep breath.

"If you don't want to, I understand…"

"! I-it's not that I don't want to…" Truth be told, the thought had crossed my mind quite often, but I thought it was so outlandish that I didn't entertain it. Yet, here I was, with the girl of my dreams asking me to have sex with her.

"Then, what is it?"

"I-it's just that…that's moving a little too fast, don't you think?"

"Ichijou-kun, we've been taking our time since middle school. Haven't we been moving too slow?"

"E-even if you say that, we just started dating…"

Part of me was screaming "DO IT" at me with the force of a freight train, but I kept myself restrained. As much as I wanted to, something felt wrong about doing it this early in the relationship, and in such an odd context too.

Onodera sighed shakily. "Fine."

"…Fine?" I was worried I had upset her.

"If you don't want to do it yet, then what if we do something else instead?"

"Something…else? Like what?"

"Like this."

She got out of bed and stood in front of me. Her clothes were still disheveled from me walking in on her earlier, and it took all my willpower to look away. "O-Onodera-san, what are you..?!"

Suddenly, she got on her knees so that her face was in front of my crotch. Then, with one swift motion, she pulled down the zipper to my trousers. It happened so fast that I could barely react. "O-O-Onodera-san?!"

"You said you don't want to do it yet, right? Does that mean this is fine?"

"I-I-I-I-I...I mean…I don't know, I've never been in a situation like this before but maybe it's still too early I don't know what's going on at all right now-"

"Ichijou-kun." Onodera's voice stopped my racing thoughts. "You remember what you saw when you entered this room just now, right?"

"H-how could I forget? It happened just a few minutes ago…"

"When I started touching myself…no, even before that, when I heard you and Kirisaki-san, something inside me changed. I felt feelings I've never known I was even capable of feeling before. And now, after hearing you say that you like me, I…I can't take it anymore…"

"Onodera-san…" It was clear that this was something she had no experience with. I felt bad taking advantage of something so innocent. "Look, I-"

Then, she looked up at me, her eyes begging. "Please, Raku…at least let me put it in my mouth…please…I need it…"

All of a sudden, my resolve that I had just gathered up crumbled away in an instant. "Okay."

Onodera smiled gently. "Thank you, Raku…" she said as she pulled down my pants. "I promise you won't regret it."

I stared, not able to move, as Onodera grabbed my underwear. My erect member was already visible through the fabric. "I can't believe this is happening to me for the second day in a row." I thought. I must really be blessed by the Gods.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then opened them, a fire in her eyes that I'd never seen before. Softly and gracefully, she pulled down my underwear and let it fall to the floor on top of my pants.

"…!"

I heard a small gasp coming from her lips. She stared at my erect penis, her eyes frozen in an expression of shock and wonder.

"…Onodera-san?"

"Oh, sorry, it's just that I've never seen one before…I never even knew what it looked like…"

"R-really? Not even in movies?"

"N-no…" It seems Onodera and I were more similar than it originally seemed.

Gently, she wrapped her hand around it. A sharp pleasurable sensation ran from my crotch up my spine. Slowly and deliberately, she began to move her hand up and down its entire length.

"Is this…alright?" she asked, looking up at me.

"Y-yeah, it's fine. Keep going."

"Alright. Whatever you want me to do, I'll do it, Raku…" Hearing her call me by my first name made my heart jump.

She stroked my penis, moving her hand from the base to the tip. Every time she touched the tip, I could feel something inside me growing. It was the same sensation I felt when Chitoge did it with her foot.

"O-Onodera, could you touch the tip more?"

"? Like this?"

She spread her fingers so that they were covering where the shaft meets the head and closed them, making them stroke the entirety of my tip.

"Y-yeah, like that. And stroke the shaft while you're doing it." Maybe it's because this wasn't the first time I was in a situation like this, but I felt oddly calm.

"Okay. I'll do anything to make you feel good, Raku. Anything." She began to stroke my head with one hand while moving the other hand up and down my shaft. The feeling of her soft, slender fingers jerking me off made my head spin. I felt like I could let it out at any moment.

"Onodera, could you…?"

"Are you ready now? I'm at my limit as well. Please give me your dick, Raku…all of it…"

"O-okay. It's all yours, Onodera. Take it. All of it. Now." My tone grew strangely forceful for a second. Even I didn't know what had come over me.

"Yes, Raku…I need it…" Still grasping the shaft, she opened her mouth and moved her face closer to my penis. I could feel her hot breath on my head as she took it in. As soon as the head was in, she clasped her mouth down softly, letting her tongue and the base of her mouth make contact with it.

"Mmmm…" I heard a muffled moan of pleasure from Onodera's throat. The sensation was hot and moist, but extremely pleasant. I felt like I could melt away.

She began to suck on it, shyly at first, but growing harder. She moved her head up and down from the bottom of the head to the middle of the shaft. A tingly, warm sensation moved with her mouth, and I could feel the gathering pressure mounting again. "If I don't let it out this time, I think I might die." I thought to myself.

"Onodera, could you do it with your hand and your mouth at the same time?"

"Mm? Rike rhis?"

She moved her hand up and down the shaft in unison her head. As soon as her head left an area, her hand was there to keep the pressure up.

"Yeah, like that…ungh…"

Moving seemingly on their own, my hands grabbed her hair and began controlling her head's movements. They got a little rougher, and although there was some resistance at first as Onodera tried to figure out what I wanted, her movements eventually got back into their normal rhythm.

"Unngh…Onodera…just like that…it feels so good…"

"Mmm…Ah'm grad, Ichijou-kun…I ahnt to ahke you eel this ood…"

"Keep going, Onodera…keep going...don't stop…ahh…"

Our voices grew thin and weak as we each focused on our individual pleasure. I looked up at the ceiling and closed my eyes, taking in the sounds and sensations of Onodera sucking my dick. Suddenly, her motions grew more intense.

"?! Onodera, what are you-?!"

"Ichijou-kun…Ichijou-kun…!"

Her hand began stroking me furiously, while her head bobbed up and down as she sucked harder than before. Suddenly, she took her hand away and started moving her head up and down the entire length of my shaft.

"Ungh, gah, Onodera, when did you learn to-aaaahh!"

Her tongue was stimulating my head as I felt it hit her throat. My body began to pump its hips, fucking her in the mouth. The pressure began to rise and rise, building and building, until I started going insane from sheer pleasure.

"Onodera…ONODERA…!"

"Ichijou-kun….ICHIJOU-KUN…!"

My head jerked back as I prepare for it all to burst forth into her mouth. However, before it could, I heard a peculiar sound. I briefly regained enough of my senses to look down at her body, and when I did, I saw what she was doing with her other hand.

"Onodera, stop."

As soon as I gave the command, she did. Even she looked shocked at the speed she followed my order. She took my dick out of her mouth and looked up at me.

"I-Ichijou-kun? What is it?

"I'm sorry, you were right. Let's have sex."

"?! R-really?"

"Yes, really. I'm sorry, it was selfish to let myself have all the pleasure while I gave you nothing in return."

"Ichijou-kun, I really don't mind. I'm getting more than enough pleasure from making you feel good."

"No, Onodera. That's not enough. Let's give each other pleasure, OK?"

"Ichijou-kun…?!"

In a motion so fast I surprised even myself, I grabbed her by the hair, yanked her up and threw her on the bed. She looked up at me with an expression that was a mix of confusion and excitement.

"Wait, Ichijou-kun, slow down-"

"No, Onodera. You said it yourself. We can't slow down. Not now." The feelings that I had been keeping inside myself for all these years finally burst to the surface. "I'm going to have sex with you, Onodera. Hard."

Onodera stared up at me in admiration. "Ichijou-kun…" She closed her eyes again, took another deep breath, and opened them. "Alright. Let's do it. Please give it to me hard, Ichijou-kun."

As soon as she gave her consent, I took off my shirt, making myself completely naked. Taking the hint, Onodera began working on the clasp of her skirt. As soon as she got it off and threw it to the side of the bed, I saw the state her lower area was in.

"Onodera, I…"

"Please don't talk, Raku. Just look."

She removed her dirtied and wrinkled panties, fully exposing her lower area. Then she squirmed to remove her shirt, and as soon as she did, she began working on the clip of her bra. The moment it came loose, she threw it away. There both of us were, completely naked and breathing heavily, me sitting on the bed and her laying down on it.

"Take a look at me, Raku. This is me. All of me." Onodera didn't make an attempt to cover anything up. "Is it satisfactory?"

I moved my eyes, examining her body, taking in every last detail. Her figure wasn't as firm and well-trained as Chitoge's, but rather, it was soft and gentle-looking, like a princess. Her breasts were about the same size at Chitoge's, large enough to be noticeable but not distracting. Her legs, which were always visible under her skirt, were slender and pale. Her skin looked so soft that I thought just touching it with my hands would make me go insane.

"It's more than satisfactory. It's perfect."

Onodera blushed. "Really? I'm honored you would say that, Raku. Please, think of my body as a sexual object for you to use as you see fit. Ram it into me, be rough with me and don't stop until you've let out every last drop…!"

"Onodera!"

I moved on top of her, pinning her to the bed. At the exact same moment, she spread her legs, exposing the deepest part of her for me to see.

"Please put it in, Raku. I need it."

I grasped my penis and moved it towards her entrance.

"Hey, Onee-san, why aren't you answering? You have a…"

Right as I was about to enter her, I heard a voice coming from the door, looking up, I saw Haru, her eyes completely glazed over. Before any of us could react, she bolted out of the door, shut it and ran down the hall, leaving both us to reflect on what just happened. I looked down at Onodera, and she looked up at me.

"…"

"…"

…It seems now that both of us have come to our senses, we're completely frozen in horror. That's a problem.

"…I should go."

"Yes. I'll see you tomorrow, Ichijou-kun."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Yes. I'll see you tomorrow."

I grabbed my clothes from the side of the bed and dressed silently as Onodera covered herself up with a blanket, staring at the ceiling. When I was fully dressed, I gave her a final farewell.

"Well, see you later, Onodera."

"Yes. I'll see you tomorrow."

It seems like she wasn't listening to what I was saying. I left her room, walked down the hall, went down the stairs and opened the door to the candy shop. There, I saw Tsugumi waiting with a worried expression that turned into one of surprise when she saw me.

"R-Raku Ichijou! What are you doing-wait, never mind that, how is-wait a minute, we need to talk about-"

Her jumbled thoughts was interrupted by my sudden scream. "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPEEEEEEEEEEEEENED?!"

THE END