Study Session in the Club Room

After class let out, Lucy, Rumi, and I headed to the club room together.

It had been about a week since I'd last set foot in here, but there wasn't a speck of dust to be found. The twins had clearly been coming by often.

"Hey, let's just hang out for thirty minutes before we study, okay?"

The second we walked through the door, Lucy started whining about not wanting to study. That was the thing about kids like her — thirty minutes would come and go, and the studying would never start.

"Sure, why not?"

I wasn't exactly itching to hit the books either, so I played along.

"N-no! Lucy. We have to study today."

"But~ we've been studying this whole time! How am I supposed to study more?"

"Lucy. You said the exact same thing yesterday and then goofed off the entire time. Not today."

"W-well, yeah, but…"

"Hoyeon came all this way to help us. We should study. Come on, let's get started."

"Fine… okay…"

Oh. Rumi actually won?

I'd been watching quietly to see how it would play out, but I hadn't expected that. Rumi's personality had gotten a lot firmer than when I'd first met her. She used to be the textbook definition of a wallflower.

"Whoa. Rumi, that was actually pretty cool. You were so firm with her."

"Ah, I-I wasn't…"

Rumi flushed crimson and ducked her head.

What the hell. Why does she turn right back into a shrinking violet the second I say something?

"Okay then, help me with this. The dungeon mana calculation formula. I did it right and it still came out wrong."

"Let me see. This isn't a cave-type — it's a labyrinth-type. Labyrinth-types usually have a huge gap between the maximum and minimum values, so you can't just take the average. Here, you do it like this…"

"Ohh…"

"H-Hoyeon, could you look at this one too…?"

"The dungeons the Ian Guild cleared. These are memorization problems, so there's no way around it — you just have to commit them to memory. Myeongju Dungeon, Daepa Dungeon, Seolgong Dungeon, and Geoha Dungeon. Write those down."

"Wait, where did you even learn that? The textbook only mentions Myeongju Dungeon."

Lucy stared at me like I'd grown a second head as I rattled off the answers.

"I looked up the related papers. It's all online if you search for it."

"…I knew you worked hard, but you really go all out, huh."

Lucy looked faintly exhausted just watching me.

If I don't work my ass off, I die. Of course I'm going to take it seriously. And unlike everyone else, I could memorize the whole thing just by skimming it once, so it wasn't even that hard. It was just a pain, that's all.

We kept reviewing that way — they'd study, and whenever they hit something they didn't know, they'd ask me. I didn't have anything of my own to work on, so I mostly just watched the two of them.

Lucy's eyes were on the book, technically, but she kept spinning her pen and scratching at her head. She was trying, but her body was rejecting the whole enterprise. She'd never been the type who enjoyed studying, so that tracked. Not that it mattered — this girl was going to make it big whether she sat still or not.

Rumi, by contrast, was working her pen in earnest. She was weak with people, sure, but she wasn't lazy.

Then she lifted her head and looked at me. Our eyes met, and she flinched, dropping her gaze straight back to the page. A few seconds later she snuck another look, then ducked down again.

What is she doing?

If she wanted to look at my face, she could just look. Had a few days apart made her all shy again?

"…What are you two doing?"

Lucy had apparently caught Rumi's weird little routine too.

"I-I was just… stretching a little…"

"Stretching…?"

"Mhm. M-my neck was stiff. S-study! Let's just study!"

Lucy stared at her sister like she'd grown a third eye. Rumi whipped her head back around and buried herself in her notes again.

"Want to take a break? We've been at it for a while."

I suggested a rest to pull Lucy's attention elsewhere. We'd put in a solid hour. A little downtime wouldn't kill us.

"Yes! Break time!"

"Mm, okay. Rest is important too. I'll step out for a minute."

Rumi stood and slipped out of the club room.

"Rumi can never just say she's going to the bathroom. It's weird."

"…You're the last person who should be pointing that out."

"Am I? I just say I'm going to the bathroom."

…What's Lucy's problem this time?

The trauma from Felix seemed to have faded a little, at least. She wasn't about to start getting jealous of her little sister now, was she? That would be a genuine headache.

"Lucy. How's prep for the practical exam going?"

"Sparring's fine, no issues. The virtual monster training's been a little rough, though. You never know what's going to pop out."

"Yeah, that tracks."

Lucy was anything but weak. Her evaluation had taken a hit early in the semester after she'd lost to me without landing a single hit, but true talent has a way of showing itself no matter how you try to bury it. She'd already been reassessed as one of the stronger cadets.

So why hadn't I gotten a reassessment? Every time one was about to happen, some article would drop saying, "Lee Ho-yeon wasn't just that strong — he was even more incredible than we thought," and the whole thing would get pushed back. There was never a window. It was honestly kind of infuriating.

"What about you? A lot of people are going to be watching this time."

Which was exactly why these midterms mattered so much. Every midterm recording got posted to social media. On top of that, civilians and guild officials were allowed to sit in and watch, so there would be a lot of eyes on us. I couldn't let this chance slip. I had to show them that the hype around my name wasn't empty air — it was solid ground.

"What were you two talking about?"

Rumi pushed the door open and stepped back in before I'd even noticed.

"Just talking about exam prep."

"Yeah, Rumi, are you getting ready for the practical too?"

"I am, but… I'm not confident on offense the way you are, Lucy…"

Rumi's mana had always leaned toward defense. Even before she'd understood how to imbue mana with will, the reason her barriers carried that stubborn intent to block was the same — she simply had no desire to hurt anyone, so her mana itself took on a defensive ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠nature.

I really needed to train with her one of these days… maybe I could bring it up today. I'd have to wait until the two of us were alone.

"Alright, back to studying. It'll be dark soon, so we need to focus."

"Ugh, I don't wanna…"

"Uuuuugh. I'm dying."

"You did well. Let's get back before it gets dark."

"I wish the exams were already over. I just want to have fun. Hey, we should all go somewhere after — just our club. What do you think?"

"I'm fine with that. …What about you, Hoyeon?"

"Yeah, I'm down…"

Two girls and one guy going out together. What man in his right mind would say no to that?

"Yes! Then it's settled — we are definitely going out after exams. That's it for today! Come on, Rumi."

"Mhm."

Rumi shot me a look as Lucy dragged her toward the door. The kind of look that said she'd be coming back.

I let a small smile tug at my mouth and nodded. Rumi's face lit up at once.

"See you tomorrow, Lucy, Rumi. I've got to stop by the convenience ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠store, so I'm heading this way."

"Kay, see you~"

"Ah, goodbye!"

Lucy and Rumi set off toward the dorms. I started walking toward the convenience store, then doubled back and slipped into the club room again.

About five minutes later, Rumi came bursting through the door, panting hard.

"Come here, Rumi."

"Y-yes."

Click.

I locked the club room door, and we peeled each other's clothes off like we'd done it a hundred times. Once her cadet uniform was gone, Rumi's upper body was left in nothing but a cute little bra. Her full breasts looked like they were fighting to spill free of the cups.

I unhooked the bra and put my hands on her. I could feel her heart hammering under my palms.

"Nervous because it's been a while? Your heart's racing."

"Th-that's… mmn. Mmwah."

I tasted the lips she'd been fumbling for words with. I pulled her slender body against mine and kneaded her chest, and after a little twitch she melted softly into my arms. She was so cute like that I teased her nipples even harder.

"Mmph. Nnhh… ah—! Aahn… Hoyeon…"

I savored every sound she made and slid a hand up under her cadet skirt. Inside her panties, she was already soaked, of course. Squelch. Squelch.

"Nnh, nnhh… ahhp… hnn…"

A few flicks of my fingers and the club room filled with wet, obscene sounds.

"Rumi, were you looking forward to this a little too much?"

"Th-that's not— aahn. Even though I'm your secret friend, you haven't done it with me in so long… hhk…"

Wanting to taste my cock I understood, but secret cock? Wasn't that a little too filthy a phrase?

Rumi had really turned into a pervert. Or rather — it wasn't that she'd become one. It was more like the true nature ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠of an eroge heroine was finally showing itself.

"Rumi. Do me too."

"Y-yes. Nnh…"

Rumi's whole body rocked every time my fingers moved, but she still managed to work my pants down, slow and careful. My cock was already standing stiff, and she bent down and pressed her lips to it.

"Mmwah. Slurp… mmph."

"Does my cock taste good?"

"Mmwah. Yes… slurp."

The girls who licked my cock always wore the nicest expressions doing it. I did wonder sometimes if it actually tasted sweet. Not that I had any interest in finding out myself.

I enjoyed Rumi's mouth and stroked her soft hair. This was always the best part. Every time she sucked me down, it felt like she belonged to me.

"Mmn… mph. Slurp. Nngh… mmwah. Suck."

I started rolling my hips, slow. Rumi's mouth was as small as it looked, tight enough that her tongue and cheeks wrapped around me from every side. Even just thrusting into that heat, the squeeze came from all directions — I wasn't going to last long.

"Slurp, slurp. Hahp…. nnhhh."

"Hah. I'm gonna come."

"Ahm… yes. Come in my mouth. Please. Mmph."

The second I said I was coming, Rumi hollowed her cheeks and sealed her lips around the head.

Gulp. Gulp.

She swallowed every drop of the white that pulsed out of me, not leaving a thing behind. She never took her mouth off, working me with her tongue the whole time, like she wanted to wring me dry.

"Hah. N-now, hurry… p-put ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠it in… please…"

"Get up on the table."

"Nnh…"

Rumi climbed onto the table and lay back with her legs spread. The height lined up perfectly with my hips — convenient enough to fuck her without any fuss.

"I'm putting it in."

"Y-yes…"

The instant the head of my cock kissed her pussy—

Thump.

My Combat Sense kicked in.

"…Hold on, Rumi."

I yanked my pants back up and checked outside the door. Nobody was standing there. But thanks to my Mana Sensitivity, I could still pick up a trace of mana. Mana that didn't belong to anyone I knew.

I've picked up a tail.

"W-what's wrong, Hoyeon?"

Rumi wasn't wearing anything, so she called to me without turning around.

"…No, it's nothing. I must've imagined it."

"Y-yes? Ahm, mmwah."

I kissed her to put her at ease, and we picked up right where we'd left off.