Underneath The Bandages, You Are Prettier Than Anyone - CH 22.3

Common Honorifics:

-san: A polite suffix, but not excessively formal.

-kun: A common suffix among friends and younger people.

-chan: A common suffix among people you’re close with, mostly used for feminine nicknames and girls, since it’s cutesy and childlike.

After finishing my delicious lunch, I decided to lie down on the blue sheet to relax. Taking a nap while looking at the blue infinity above, my plan was to wait until lunch break ended.

I even got my bag, which had some textbooks inside, and used it as a pillow so I could get that little extra comfort to spend a nice time just chilling.

“Hey, Haru-kun, could I give a suggestion?”

“Hmm…?”

I shifted my head around the makeshift pillow only to see her mouth curve into a mischievous smile. Her expression was oh-so-familiar; a bewitching smile laced in devilish intent, capable of giving my heart sweet anxiety and a feeling of curiosity. What on earth would that cute little imp propose?

Yuki, who’d been sitting upright, clasped her legs together and gave me a suggestive look, slapping her thighs all the while.

“Why don’t I give you a lap pillow now that we’re here?”

Her smile was a contradiction, gentle yet alluring. The temptation knocked against my head repeatedly, and thoughts of her cute thighs prepped together only served to stab my heart even more. I could feel my heart try to leave my chest and my face melt.

I couldn’t help but gulp down while looking at her squished thighs.

Even though autumn was still here, she still wore her black tights as preparation for the coming winter. That single piece of fabric was enough to make her thin, supple legs look even more beautiful, accentuating the shape of her thighs against her curves. Her pale skin, so lustrous anyone would feel a deep-seated desire to touch her art-befitting legs if presented with the opportunity.

If you looked more intently, you could catch a small glimpse of the inside of her uniform’s skirt; her plump inner thighs and even a sliver of her underwear flashed into view, both covered by her black tights which served more to accentuate than to hide them.

Even with all that, there was a reason I didn’t just dive into her thighs.

If we were inside our apartment, I wouldn’t hesitate to plunge myself into her thighs, giving in to the temptation. However, we were at school, and even though there were no other students around, you never know when someone might randomly come by, however rare it may be.

Moreover, if that someone saw me laying atop her soft thighs—just thinking about it was enough to wake my rationale up. Not wanting to give in to her temptation, I turned my head away to avert my gaze.

“U, um, I mean… we’re at school, so someone might come here…”

“Hehe, are you worried about being seen? Don’t worry, the door to the rooftop is locked.”

Yuki then pulled out something silver from her breast pocket. It was the key to where we were, and she clinked that little set of keys in front of me, giving me that same impish grin she flashed me earlier.

“I asked Rikka to get me the keys since it was locked by the council in the first place. That way, I wouldn’t raise any suspicions. Oh, and I also have permission from the prez herself.”

“Oh, so… You knew no one would come here from the very beginning…”

“I wouldn’t be nice to get caught napping while using council property, so I made sure I was prepared~” She closed in on me.

Yuki’s sweet voice caressed my ears, and at the same time, I felt a chill rising up my back. Her fingertips trailed the back of my neck ever-so-gently. It took almost everything in me not to jump reflexively, yet she paid no mind, only getting closer to whisper in my ear.

“I’m gonna spoil you a lot, so… look this way~”

Her voice was sweet as honey, yet almost intoxicating. Something inside me began to crumble as her tender breathing tickled my ear. And to tie it all up, her smell… It was slightly sweet with a hint of her own natural scent, which was unmistakably Yuki’s, and it only reaffirmed her very existence in my mind.

I’d reached my wit’s end, and I could hear the thread of reason holding me together snap as I lost against her. Slowly turning myself back to her, I followed my instincts. Happy couldn’t describe her as she looked down upon my laying self, shifting her thighs and leading my head ever-so-slightly to comfort both of us more.

“Haru-kun, good boy… Good boy~”

I could only listen to her sweet calls and surrender myself to the feel of her soft thighs. My head was completely wrapped by them, and it was so incredibly warm.

Her two soft legs were so comfortable, all I wanted to do was rub my cheeks against them until the end of time. My heart never stopped beating against my chest, and calming down was physically impossible.

If I looked slightly to one side, I would be able to peek inside her skirt from how close I was. On the other hand, if I were to look straight up, my eyes would immediately meet her breasts, which were, even from my position, beautifully shaped and wrapped in uniform.

Again, it’s impossible to calm myself down in this situation.

I couldn’t look up or to the right, where her body was, so I intended to face the left, which was opposite to her. As I was about to turn around, though, she touched my cheek with her prim and soft hands so she could stop me from running away. They were so warm under the increasingly cold weather, I unconsciously rubbed my face against them. She then moved one of them and gently ran her fingers through my hair.

“When I see you like this, it feels like you’re a child, Haru-kun.”

“A c–child? …I’m embarrassed…”

“Hehe, don’t be shy~! You’re so sweet and cuddly! When I told you to come here, you approached so timidly, and when I stroked your hair, you squinted so comfortably. You look so comfy!”

“…!”

Her voice was so gentle it only embarrassed me further. My face, warm and red as pepper, felt as if it was on fire. However, more than any shame, a sense of happiness spread through me and filled every crevice in my body.

To have someone as dear as she offer me her lap and run her fingers through my head is nothing but happiness. I felt so fulfilled, I wondered if such a feeling even existed in the first place. Her warm words and comfy softness wrapped my body whole; I could—and wanted to—stay here forever.

“I want to make you even cuter, Haru-kun. Y’know what? I’ll even give you a nice ear picking.”

“I can’t handle it… Ear picking is just too much… I can’t handle the embarrassment…”

“Aw, it’s such a waste to stop at the lap pillow! I’m sure it’ll feel good, y’know? Rubbing inside your ears~”

She closed in on me—again—and spouted sweet words, gently rubbing her fingers along my earlobe, then slowly tracing along its lines.

A tingling sensation rushed up my spine, and each gentle circle she traced filled me with feverish comfort, something I could barely describe in words, and tickled me ever so slightly.

“—?! Y, Yuki…?”

“How do you like it? Is it ticklish? Hmm, maybe it’ll become a habit for me~!”

“S… Sto…”

“Hehe, no~pe! I won’t stop.”

As I struggled to gulp an involuntary gasp, I heard her sweet smile overflowing. A light scratch on the inside of my ear sent sweet tingles of numbness through me, and when I shivered reflexively, she only moved her fingers more happily.

“Ehehe, you’re so cute, Haru-kun… The way you react when I play with your ears is just…”

“W, wait a minute, this is more embarrassing than I thought…”

“No, no, it’s okay. You’re just taking a nap, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. C’mon, be more honest with me.”

Her thin fingertips, which only had been tracing my ears earlier, suddenly went inside them. And just when I thought she stopped there, she raked her fingernail deeper inside with care. The tickling sensation paired with that little prickle was a mixture capable of melting my head.

It was a strange sensation I’d never experienced before, as if Yuki touched a “precious place” I didn’t even know existed. If this were just a simple ear cleaning, it would be over once their insides were clean, but she kept going on while playing pranks on me.

The fact she toyed with me created an even more unexplainable sort of feeling, and I felt ashamed of myself for getting excited in such a situation. Still, I couldn’t stop my body from wriggling around as she played with my ears.

“I found a surprising weakness of yours, Haru-kun… I never thought you’d show me such a cute side. Aw, I wish I’d known about it earlier.”

“I, I didn’t want you to know… Actually, I didn’t even know it in the first… place…”

“Hehe, it’s a secret about you only I know… Right~?”

“…!” Again, she whispered words in my ear with her sweet and bewitching tone. A sweet sensation spread through my whole body, and I wriggled around a bit more.

“Speaking of secrets… There’s something you’re hiding from me, isn’t there?”

“Eh…?”

“Oh, I know about it already.”

“You’re already of… what?”

“Fufu, you were looking all~ over me before you lay down just now. I knew from the very beginning~”

What was I looking at?—I thought of covering it up with those words, but her azure eyes could see right through me so I had no choice but to give up. I contemplated apologizing honestly.

“I, I’m sorry… I accidentally saw a little bit of your undergarment… Sorry…”

“You’re such a good and honest boy! There, there…”

She removed her hand from my ear to stroke my head as if soothing a child. I almost melted into a puddle with her prank earlier, but even being sweetly stroked on the head like this felt like a sweet stimulus.

“Good boy, good boy~ You deserve a reward!”

At the same time she said that, a slightly sweet and fresh scent wafted through the air; my heart could only jump as I realized what it was…

She lifted up her skirt by its hem right next to my face. The lower half of her body, wrapped in black tights, lay right in front of me—the inside of her skirt, which I had only glimpsed moments earlier, now filled my entire vision.

I could clearly make out her plump and soft skin through her tights, even the color and shape of her underwear. I know I shouldn’t look at them—though beautifully light blue with a cute bow on it—but my eyes were glued to the display and I just couldn’t look away.

She kept that same devilish smile on her face, fluttering her skirt as she carefully eyed me from above. Her perfume thickened, and I remained frozen with my face buried in the paradise that is her thighs.

My vision changed every time her legs swayed, and that scene was so unfathomable I felt as if drifting in a dream; I could not think properly.

“Haru-kun… It’s okay if you come closer, you know~?”

“Uh, ah…”

If I got an inch closer, I would end up burying my face inside her skirt. She knows that, and… No, it was precisely because she knew that she was trying to lure me in.

“Let me spoil you more, Haru-kun~”

She gently stroked my head while whispering once more in my ear. Her voice was melted sugar, a sweet sound that numbed the marrow in my brain.

“Come to me…”

Her voice, her breath, chipped away at the little reason I had left. She had lifted her skirt to me, and the scene spread out before my eyes was a sweet temptation, molten as honey, and my body moved itself closer to her, albeit slowly.

Yuki’s feminine smell, her distinctive perfume, only grew stronger by the second. Just a little more, just a bit closer—That’s what I thought.

However, a chime rang throughout the whole school signaling the end of our sweet time together. A few seconds passed in silence, and I was startled at what I was just about to do. Not long after, she also comes to her senses and hurriedly pulls her skirt back down.

“I, it’s time to go back…”

“Uh, yeah… We gotta go back…”

“I, I’m… I’m gonna return the rooftop keys and the blue sheets—!”

Her face puffed red as she scurried to put on the indoor slippers and stand up. I quickly did the same and we started to fold the sheets together. After doing so, she took the folded fabric and hurried down the stairs leaving the door unlocked.

I leaned back against one of the benches here with a sigh. If only we had a few more minutes, I would’ve been able to enjoy that temptation, oh so sweet and sour.

I couldn’t help but chuckle at my mixed feelings; half in disappointment that I couldn’t do anything, and half in relief that I didn’t do anything.

Then, taking a deep breath, I looked at the sprawling blue above my head. It was a beautiful autumn day as any other, yet I didn’t get tired of it no matter how many times I’d seen it. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear as it could be. I couldn’t take a nap but still felt the outcome was miles better than if I did.

—That’s why I never dreamed that the weather would suddenly turn bad and that pouring rain would fall on our way home after school.