Kuzu to Kinka no Qualidea - Volume 1 - Chapter 7.4

Haruma-2

…My balls were freezing off.

“What are you all doing?! Get a hold of yourselves!”

Suzaku stopped the girls, driving them all off and telling them over and over again to break it up. I could also see the elderly gatekeeper go off to call the teachers, a sure indication that something major had happened. It was probably a good thing that all the confusion before school had diverted attention away from him.

When the hose drained all of its water on me, I turned into a drowned rat from head to toe. My rumpled, discoloured hair absorbed the water as well, making me look like a brown rat. When you’re dripping with water, you also look like… What was it again? A something-or-other flying into the flame, I think?

Someone else shared that wretched state right next to me: Chigusa Yuu.

“Chigusa-kun, we’ll continue this another time.”

Suzaku’s parting words were also drowned out by the surrounding tumult and didn’t seem to reach Chigusa’s ears.

A drop of water trickled down Chigusa’s forehead. Similarly, her blouse was sopping wet and clung to her chest, clearly revealing the outline of a faint blue bra and lace. But Chigusa was so dumbfounded that she didn’t seem to realise what state she was in. Her eyes, round like saucers, blinked in surprise, and her expression was baffled as if she had no idea what had just happened. That was Johannes for you.

“We were supposed to come together just now and become innocent children, so why did this awful thing have to happen…?”

“…Isn’t it obvious?”

I face-palmed.

It was just so rich coming from Chigusa, to whom being the villain and the cause of all evil was second nature. As a matter of fact, it was supremely satisfying watching her get blasted with water. When I thought of it that way, my satisfaction transcended my disgust and anger.

There was nothing else to do, so in the meantime, I face-palmed again.

As soon as I did that, Chigusa stared at me with eyes wide in surprise. As she nursed the area where she had been hit a moment ago, she opened her mouth.

“Haruma-san,” she said, entranced.

“W-What. You’re creeping me out.”

Her voice was warmer than it had ever been, which left me a bit perplexed.

There was no edge or thorn to Chigusa’s voice. As if trying to confirm that for herself, she called out my name once again.

“Haruma-san, tee hee.”

Shyly, meditatively, Chigusa giggled.