Kasumi and Arisa walked side-by-side down the familiar everyday pavement, I glanced at the girl rambling on and on about random things - to be specific, it was about Hagumi-san's croquettes. It did irritate me by tons considering we're dating, but Kasumi doesn't have the self-awareness for that type of thing. I'd stop her, but I wouldn't want to come off as a pleading girlfriend to her.

This relationship isn't ideal, but I'm already happy enough with her by my side.

"Arisa, what are you thinking about?"

Kasumi shifted closer, her face peering almost near my own, "It's none of your business," out of her impulsive actions, I turned with an awkward smile hoping to at least shake her away – I could already feel the sweat going down my face. It reminded me of our first kiss, which wasn't that long ago.. just feeling her presence made me nervous.

As well as her lack of self-awareness – she was also oblivious to these types of things. She just does things on her own word without a thought, and I love it about her. I do, but in places like out here, those 'types' of things can't be done! I wish she'd know that.

Arisa let out a small sigh, I don't know why her being this close to me makes me feel this way, if anything I wish I could be used to it already, "hey, hey, Arisa, can I hold your hand?" my eyes slightly widened,

"Huh-?" I looked at her with reddened cheeks, only to be facing a reckless girl with a cheeky smile, "it's embarrassing to do things like that in public-!" I scolded her, but Kasumi's sudden smirk implied that she wasn't going to listen to me. I can't lie, it made my face light up even brighter.

"Are you too shy to hold hands?" Kasumi had a teasing grin, her words basically reading my whole exterior.

I was struck backwards looking at her with angry eyes and a flushed face, "it should be obvious – it's embarrassing to be doing it in public-!" As I said that, Kasumi latched onto my arm with a dazzling grin, "can I at least do this then?"

My whole face became red in an instant, steam ultimately coming out of my head,

"Jeez-!"

. . .

After I shook her off of me, we finally made it to the warehouse. I was exhausted when I made it inside, it took me a whole lot of scolding to get Kasumi to understand. I love that she's an idiot, but she just needs to understand what the right time and atmosphere is – especially the matter of being in public. I'd appreciate it if she did these things while we were alone.

I let out this elusive sigh and sat backwards onto the couch, staring above at the ceiling. It feels good to relax after handling the council duties, especially Kasumi - well. I can't exactly say it like I dislike it. It's something I grew accustomed to do and if I didn't reverse those schemes of hers, I probably wouldn't be myself. To put it simply, I'd miss having to stop her from jumping off a playground, or trying to tease me.

In all honesty Kasumi is the one that took me out of that shell, so I'm just grateful I met her.

A genuine blockhead.

My thought process was cut off as I heard the strums of a guitar. I looked forward to see Kasumi already sitting down with her star-shaped guitar. I took it as an opportunity to relax so I continued to lay my head against the wall behind me.

Arisa's eyes remained closed as she crossed her arms together, feeling at peace. The feeling of relaxation after a frustrating day was always something on my wish list. It made her realize that simply being by Kasumi is what relieved that stress. I guess she really does prove miracles. Well, she is just like that. Nothing I can do about it anyway.

I let a smile enclose on my face, the infuriating girl was always in my mind.

I continued to stay in that position for probably a few more seconds. I heard the strums of Kasumi's guitar stop abruptly, I couldn't help but wonder about it until I felt a gaze on me. My eyelids were probably twitching as the feeling itched. I had a feeling that something was amiss, so I opened my eyes expectantly.

In front of me was Kasumi looking back with a soft expression, it caused blush to crawl on my face, "oi, what do you want?" I didn't want to come off as that cold, but the face she had worried me in more ways than one.

For what seemed like a daydreaming girl, her soft expression faded into a warm smile,

"I was just thinking about how beautiful you look when you're trying to sleep." her breathless words made my heart thump with an accelerating pace.

I averted my gaze away, "idiot… don't say things like that.." At first, I tried to stop smiling, but I was honestly too much in love to let that pride go. I watched as Kasumi heaved upwards, moving towards me. I immediately noticed and impulsively moved backwards, "w-what are you doing-?" I stuttered lightly, my entire mood changing in an instant as she creeped in closer, practically on top of me at that point.

Her feet were still on the ground, but her knees hit the edge of the couch, eliciting her hands to kabedon me. I was held against the wall, looking into those entrancing purple eyes of hers.

"Arisa, can I kiss you?" she hushed, making my face become a unique shade of red.

Simply not being able to do much stuff with her nowadays took its toll, and I couldn't lie that I wanted to indulge in her as well, "you don't need to ask.." I muttered and looked to the side with a wobbly mouth.

"I was afraid you would've said no.." Kasumi said with a nervous smile, "even I have those feelings, I've been… wanting to kiss you too.." I didn't need to force the words out because they went smoothly, instead it was just embarrassing admitting that kind of thing to her..

I watched as Kasumi had a smile of happiness before leaning forward, my shoulders tightened as I closed my eyes, awaiting her kiss. It was then when I felt hot breath tickle the bottom of my chin, then soft lips pressed against mine.

Out of my own greed, I shuffled my hands through her silky hair until my arms were wrapped around the nape of her neck. I pulled her closer, our bodies clashing into each other. I quickly wiped all other thoughts from my head as I indulged in her.

Our lips softly moved against one anothers, I could feel Kasumi's body pressing against me needily. Though it wasn't that long till our desires gradually started to show in the open. It became more musty as I gripped onto her hair, our lips now wet with saliva smoothly gliding around in pleasure. I gasped into her mouth, feeling myself growing hot. I didn't dare to open my eyes in those moments.

Kasumi's groaning on top of that made my stomach churn, an entirely new feeling dawning onto me. A feeling that ached my desires out into the opening. I disheveled her hair from underneath, moaning into that sweet mouth of hers.

At this point we were heavily panting, from what meant to be a simple kiss became a makeout session. My mind was clouded with thoughts all about Kasumi, the pleasure I'm feeling from her soft lips alone, the sound of her hot groans escaping the serene of our mouths… our breasts pressing against each other..

As good as it felt, I would suffocate if I went on any longer. So I took out my hands from her hair and lightly pushed her away, breathing heavily with half-lidded eyes.

Kasumi was looking down at me with half-opened eyes visible with hunger, "Arisa.." before I could reply, she pushed me onto the couch, holding both of my wrists with one of her hands. I became drowsy at the riveting sight of her messy hair, disheveled uniform and heavy panting.

At this point I didn't care what she did… I'll accept anything she wants to do to me.

"Open your mouth," she ordered, I obliged and held my mouth open, seeing her immediately come down. Our lips crashed together and I was unable to move a muscle, I desired to feel her all over.

I shook in surprise as I felt something slide into my mouth, the butterflies rose about as I felt her tongue exploring the inside, I moaned out in pleasure at the new feeling. I clenched my nails into the back of her hand.

My own tongue slid in and when they touched, a new feeling arose between us two. It felt good and I wanted even more of it. I could feel my legs weakening as they quivered underneath her. In response, Kasumi was feeling it as well, the grip of her hands on my wrists slowly weakened.

I slightly opened my eyes to see her hot expression. It was a ravishing sight to see as I clenched my legs together. Saliva dripped down my chin and onto the chest plate of my uniform, I thought it was extremely too lewd.

I wrapped my arms around her back and dragged her downwards, wanting more and more.

Our tongues had no stop, they slid around and at that point it felt like a wrestling match of some sort. Her tongue traced along my bottom lip, leaving me to quiver under her sudden action. It was hot and we were both sweaty.

Kasumi felt her way up her black stockings, earning a modest shudder from Arisa, the tips of her nails deepening their force, "haah... K-Kasumi... what are you doing-?" our lips detached from one another,

"You feel so hot down here…" I heard her murmur as her fingers traced along my inner thighs, I wanted to clench my legs together so badly – I also couldn't deny that I wanted her so badly. I let out a hot sigh, putting my hand over my mouth as I heavily panted, "don't say embarrassing things…" I whimpered.

"I want to touch you and that's solely why I say these things." Kasumi stared down at me with aroused eyes, my face became red – flustered to the point that I held back tears, "you can touch me, but please be gentle."

I responded with eyes drunk on lust, I watched as Kasumi leaned down, kissing the brink of my neck. I quivered in place as she sucked and gently nibbled onto a certain spot. I shuddered when I felt the pressure of her teeth against my sensitive skin, I covered my mouth and groaned at the sudden bite.

Though as she was about to go further, a door sliding open and footsteps were heard from above. They both froze in place when they heard faint chattering, "oii~ Kasumi, Arisa, you both down there-?" The voice belonged to O-tae.
I pushed Kasumi off gently in a panic, seeing her gulp at my impulsive actions. I decided to apologize later and wanted to clean myself up for looking so dirty, so I yelled back in response, "y-yes-! We're just getting ready-.."

My words fumbled nervously as I tidied up the mess of my hair, but I felt especially pressured to fix Kasumi's scruffy hair. M-Maybe I went too far-? No, I did not-! It's an easy fix!

I went over to Kasumi, "A-Arisa–."

It isn't the time to be embarrassed. I grimly took her hair into my hands, running through the tangled strands, "I-I'm sorry Arisa, I forgot they were coming–." I shut her whispering mouth with a quick kiss, hoping to at least make sure she knows I forgive her. Besides… It wasn't a bad experience – I just forgot they were coming too, which was supposed to be my responsibility. If anything… I wish we could've done more.

I detached myself from the quick kiss to see Kasumi's shining eyes. I was irked and wanted to kiss that innocent expression off more. But when I heard the other slide open, I quickly jumped onto the couch and scrambled to get a good position. At least not to give away what we were just doing.

Kasumi grabbed her guitar and tried to appear normal, but I was cursing at her in my head. I was scared she was going to give it away–..

"It's kind of steamy in here, isn't it-?" Rimi was the first one to comment on the atmosphere as she walked down the small steps, "I-I'll turn on the AC!" I stood up from the couch as swiftly as I could, making my way to the thermostat. I knew full well why it was stuffy in here.

"We were wondering why you two left early, me and O-tae were standing by the gates until Rimi came out alone." Saaya commented on our disappearances, sitting down with a cardboard bag from her family's bakery. O-tae and Rimi sat beside her respectfully, within O-tea's hands was her guitar case.

"We just wanted to get some extra practice in." I said with a nervous exterior, my eyes sharply turning onto Kasumi, ultimately threatening her to play along. It seems she caught on and mentally yelped,

"Eh-? Oh-.. yes! Practice…" Kasumi said with a nervous smile, holding up her guitar as 'proof' and I was so close to killing her (no, I love her- I love her-).

I was grateful they didn't ask about it, but Saaya seemed to understand what we were trying to hide and I couldn't have felt even more embarrassed. I have to scold Kasumi some more after they leave… and when they do leave, maybe she can sleepover..

Haaah- Kasumi-! You rile me up over the craziest things..

I glanced at her with a hand on my chin, later if you do decide to stay, I hope you're aware that we won't be stopping once we start. You made me feel hot and I ache for you to take responsibility.