Enrollment Day 18: The Miracle of Real-Life Yuri
After school on the eighteenth day of enrollment as secret friends. Out of nowhere, steam is rising from the top of my head right now. My mind is a total mess, my whole body trembling as I clamp both hands over my mouth to keep my inner screaming—"What the hell, what the hell, what the hell is this?!"—from leaking out.
Why am I making such a huge fuss...? "Ruby...."
"W-Wait a sec...."
Of course I'm freaking out! Two girls are tangled up together! It's our class's Ruby and Citri from the next class. Since when were you two like that? I had no idea. None!
More than that, yuri is actually real?! Sure, we call it yuri, but this is reality. Same-sex love. Not normal. In a society that demands conformity, it's nothing but scorned. I already knew girls raised with normal love don't do that sort of thing. Unless it's a one-time slip-up. So I never expected it. No, I did expect it, but I'd given up long ago. For someone like me, scraping by on my solo fantasies, this scene right in front of me is practically a miracle.
Shut up, shut up, shut up. No time for sappy thoughts—savor it even one second longer. Ah, seriously, hnnngh, this is too good. I'd die happy...!
Kissing her cheeks like smack smack—so hot. I'm blushing just watching. How lovable must she be for them to handle her so gently? Haaah, heeeh.... Even spotting a legendary creature from myth wouldn't thrill me this much. Ruby's little mmph moan, like it tickles—it's so delicate, driving me insane. And Citri's satisfied smile at her reaction.
"H-Huh, huuuh...."
I might hyperventilate and die. My ears are ringing with that high-pitched beep.
I duck into the next hallway for a quick deep breath. Dying's fine, but if they catch me panting like a perv, I'm screwed. I don't wanna be the idiot who ruins the mood.
"What're you doing here?"
"Hic, heh, ah, so gooood...."
"Lily. What are you doing here?"
"But they're so defenseless... I love it, that's why I love it...!"
"Lily."
"Heh, heheheheh... Huhuhu, uhihehehihit...."
"Lily!"
"Hyeek?!"
Do modern girls come equipped with a startle-you-to-death skill? Since classes started, how many times have I swallowed curses from shock? After Dana and Alicia, now Serina nearly drops my heart.
"Uh. Um. Serina. Huh? Why? Classes are over."
"Forgot something in the classroom. Wait here if you want?"
No time to grab her. I barely did—right before she flung the door open. I yanked her slender body back by force. Hand over her mouth too, in case she screams. Looks like a kidnapping. No time to explain. I bolt up the stairs to a blind spot where even if they sense something weird, they won't spot us. I shove her into a dim corner, and she just blinks her pretty eyes wide, still clueless.
"Lily...?"
"Sorry!"
"What's going on? Why?"
"Uh, well, y'see...."
How do I explain this? No way unless I say "Don't interrupt classmates making out." My brain's spinning, and Serina averts her eyes, cheeks faintly pink, like she's hiding them.
"For now... could you back off a bit...?"
"Hyak?!"
Not kidnapping—I dragged her here to hide, so I didn't notice how close we were. Any closer and our chests would've touched. I jolt back in panic.
"N-No, I swear, not on purpose, sorry...!"
"On purpose? Oh. No need to apologize...."
Her cheeks and ears are beet red like I groped her, yet she says that. Just don't call the cops. Forgive me once. I'll repent a hundred, a thousand times—save this chaotic yuri fan's life...!
We both ramble nonsense like that. Sorry. No, you don't need to be. Still sorry. She says it's fine. It's hot. I fan myself forever before calming down. I exhale a huge sigh, almost a deep breath, and Serina speaks.
"So?"
"Huh?"
"Why'd you drag me here?"
Right. That's the issue. At a loss, I blurt something.
"J-Just, wanted to talk... suddenly felt like getting closer?"
"Really?"
"...Of course. Yeah. Totally."
"I'm happy."
"W-What about?"
Serina twists the ends of her hair with her finger, hesitant like it's awkward to answer. What she finally says catches me off guard.
"I thought you hated me."
"H-Hate you? No way!"
I'm a sucker for pretty girls, and Serina easily passes my picky aesthetic. Who in this world hates a kind, sweet, busty, busty, super busty, pretty, sexy girl?
"Then why avoid me?"
"I didn't avoid you...."
Liar. She's right. After the nail and hand massage thing, I avoided eye contact like crazy. But not 'cause I hated her—just didn't wanna bother a pure girl.
"It's been two weeks. You slip away whenever I try talking first. I waited so long, thinking maybe you'd feel burdened...."
Her brown eyes shimmer with a hint of tears. I panic hard. Am I trash? Irredeemable nuclear waste?
"Still gonna say you didn't avoid me?"
"I-I did avoid you...."
"Why?"
"W-Well, y'see...? Uh. Haha?"
"......"
Scary. Different from Dana's scary. She's tearing up. What do I do? How'd it turn into this?!
"I said we could keep it secret from others. But sometimes... I wanna talk like this...?"
"H-Huh?"
"We're secret friends, right?"
Her teary smile is so pretty. Total pro. Any average yuri girl would've surrendered to that grin and dreamed of marrying her. For sure.
"I actually wanna talk a lot. I'm prone to loneliness...."
"Nngoh...."
Guess I am trash. Should comfort her, but my brain's flooded with pervy fantasies. Sorry, Serina. No, you're wrong. Don't toss "lonely" so casually to an outsider. It means "hug me!"! All I can imagine is you rubbing bo○ with a pretty girl, saying you're not lonely anymore, happy as hell...!
"You saw it too, right Lily?"
"Heh, hehehe... Huh? Saw what?"
"Ruby and Citri."
".........Saw?"
Serina just scratches her cheek silently. My efforts wasted. Wait, thinking back, I did pull her a step late.... Huh? Mood's getting melancholic?
"I was shocked. Never thought they were like that."
"Y-Yeah. Me too. It was gre— I mean, shocking."
"This might be rude, but...."
Gulp. Serina taps her lower lip with her index finger. Eyes down, hesitating long like debating if she should say it.
But she does.
"You don't think stuff like that's... weird... do you?"
"Not weird at all! Zero percent! What could be weird?! Saying it's weird is what's weird!!"
"Eek!"
"Uwak, sorry!"
Hit my reverse scale, got hyped. What's wrong with yuri? Feeling repulsed by yuri is wrong. Pretty girls kissing? Fine. Sex? Baby-making? Totally...!
"For real?"
"Totally. Dead serious."
"......Phew. Glad... Happy...."
Serina relaxes, smiling bright like misty rain—pure. I've not known her long, but her mature smiles are always gentle, like handling kids. Now? Pure joy, just like her age. Innocent.
I turn away. Couldn't trust myself staring longer.
And I think: She's too good. I get her intent—she hangs with Ruby a lot. Doesn't want fingers pointed. Not expecting understanding, just no malice. My chest tightens a bit. How's there such a sweet girl?
......
Back in the classroom, Ruby and Citri are gone. What Serina forgot? Hand cream. The one from two weeks ago on my hands. Staring complexly, she grins: "Wanna put it on again~?" I shake my head no like it's poison. Don't look disappointed. Indecent...!
On the way back.
"Ah. You live in the dorms, Lily?"
"Yeah."
"Gotta split here. Too bad."
"We'll see each other anyway...."
"If you don't avoid me."
"......"
Guilty, no comeback. Then she drives it home.
"Next time, I'll talk whenever I want—no running, got it?"
"Wait. Um."
"See you tomorrow, Lily!"
Hey, dumping that and bolting? Sneaky jerk!