Chapter 10: Uww trash uww shit bitch

On the way back, not even getting a taste of the library.

Dana looked really upset.

It was because she had just been in a standoff with Alicia.

If I touched the wrong nerve, I’d get hit. I may be a jokester, but I don’t get a thrill out of getting punched.

Surprisingly, nothing really happened. Or can I even say that?

All that happened was that they glared at each other without saying a word and then turned away.

Seriously. They just had an intense staring contest with me in the middle and that was it.

If looks could kill, I’d probably be full of holes like a sponge right now.

What were they even staring at so intensely? Both of them.

Being stuck in the middle, I couldn’t take anyone’s side. I mean, you have to say something to even be on someone’s side, right?

In the end, all I could do was stutter, “Y-you guys… why are you so… not getting along…?”

Right after that, Alicia smiled at me and said, “See you at school,” before walking off first.

And ever since witnessing that smile, Dana had been in this state.

Scary. So scary. It’d be better if she just snapped like usual, but she was completely expressionless.

Dana made that face when she was really, truly furious. Even I, with all my recklessness, couldn’t ignore it.

“D-do we really not need to go to the library…?”

“It’s fine.”

“Then should we head back~…?”

Seriously, I have no idea what’s going on.

It’d be nice if I could at least guess why she’s mad.

And at this point, I cursed myself once again.

Damn it, if only it weren’t a cursed TS girl crying out in despair here, but a beautiful, innocent yuri flower maiden…

If that were the case, I’d comfort her with all my might.

Like, “Wanna touch my chest?” or “Wanna rub my p○ssy?” or something… yeah.

Aren’t those the magic words that soothe an angry yuri girl?

The kind of girl who’d get pushed down and moan until she passed out, but still flash a gentle smile and say, “I’m sorry, are you still mad?”

“…”

“…”

I was basically following Dana around like a maid attending to a very displeased queen.

We got back to the dorm, showered, and even as it got to bedtime, neither of us said a word.

…

Even after the lights went out and quite a bit of time passed, I couldn’t fall asleep.

Ugh. I’m too bothered to sleep.

The most hopeless fact for me right now was that there was still one more day left in the weekend.

Uuu, Lily is depressed…

I kept pouting my lips, unable to sleep, and when I briefly opened my eyes—

There was someone looking down at me.

I screamed like a girl.

“Hyaaaagh?!”

“What are you so startled about?”

It was Dana.

“I-I thought you were a ghost…!”

“There’s no such thing in this world.”

“There is! For sure!”

If there are TS girls, there could definitely be ghosts.

And how could I not be startled? I open my eyes and see a black-haired girl looming over me. Even if you’re pretty, that’s terrifying…!

“Huff, huff, h-heeeck…”

While I held my chest and tried to catch my breath, Dana looked at me like I was pathetic.

“W-what’s up? Something wrong?”

“…”

I know I shouldn’t think like this, but…

Dana was honestly kind of an annoying girl.

Not that I hated her, but she was the kind of girl who required a lot of attention—more troublesome than annoying, really.

Sometimes she acted like she wanted me to read her mind.

There’s a limit to being stoic. What am I, a psychic? Huh?

…

But still, she’s expressing herself with her whole body, clearly wanting me to notice, so ignoring her would be wrong too.

Sigh.

Luckily, this time it wasn’t too hard to figure out.

As soon as I started observing Dana more carefully, I noticed she was holding a pillow.

I hesitated a bit, then asked,

“Want to sleep together, like old times?”

“Yeah.”

Bingo. Of course.

As someone who avoids physical contact with girls, this wasn’t really something I liked.

It was only because it was Dana. If it had been any other girl, no way.

I may be a cursed TS girl, but I’m her friend first.

And of course, I knew that cunning girl had calculated all of that already—but I pretended not to know.

Dana smiled brightly, clearly happy.

And before I could change my mind, she quickly lay down next to me.

Geez.

“It’s cramped.”

“Is that how you repay me for letting you in…?”

“Well, it is cramped.”

“Of course it is. We’re grown now. It’s not like before.”

We used to sleep together a lot when we were little.

Until when, I wonder? I don’t really remember.

We both grew up, matured, and our situation changed… so naturally, we drifted apart in that way.

Dana squirmed a little, seemingly uncomfortable, then—

“Hug me.”

She said that.

Now that’s a tough one.

Coming from someone like me, that’s an almost obscene request.

Do you even know what you’re asking when you say “hug me”…?

…Kidding. Dana meant it literally, just a hug. I understood that.

So I responded right away.

“No.”

“Why?”

“Why do I need a reason? I just don’t want to.”

“Is it because you don’t like me?”

“Let’s not be childish. Come on. Huh?”

“……”

Dana’s smart, so I figured she’d get the message by now.

And sure enough, she didn’t press the issue any further.

Instead, she shifted the topic.

“Sorry for being unreasonable.”

“What unreasonable?”

“Earlier. I was being bratty.”

“Alicia?”

“…Yeah.”

“I’m not even gonna try.”

“Hey.”

“If you promise not to have any weird fantasies, maybe I’ll think about being friends with her.”

“You’re trying to take away the only joy in my life…”

“Well, then it can’t be helped.”

Still, something like that probably won’t happen again.

Dana whispered softly.

I guess she felt bad that I got caught in the middle.

So kind of her.

Still, I should warn her.

In the world of yuri, there’s a deadly technique that makes any onlooker get terminal cringe.

It’s a move passed down secretly from the very birth of yuri as yuri.

I didn’t think I’d be the one to use it…!

“Dana.”

“Yeah.”

“You’re my most precious friend.”

“…”

Boo, garbage~ trash-tier~

I could almost hear someone saying that from somewhere, but honestly, I welcomed it.

Because yeah, I’m a TS girl. I deserve this kind of treatment.

Dana didn’t reply.

…

Morning came.

Between Alicia and Dana, I was so bothered I barely got any sleep—I was dead tired.

Dana was sitting on her bed like nothing happened.

Already lost in a book. Isn’t she bored of that…?

Anyway.

A smile crept across my face like a mischievous cat.

“Hug me~ Pfft.”

Clearly mocking her words from last night, I lowered my voice a pitch to imitate her and tried to tease her.

Dana pretended not to hear, as expected.

“Bweh~ Lily, hug me, I’m so lonely~”

“…”

“Poor Dana-chan was so lonely~ Awww, you poor thing~”

“I never said I was lonely.”

“Pfft—hahahahaha! Oh god, my stomach, it hurts…!”

I laughed so hard I was rolling on the floor.

Dana was more emotionally intense at night than I was—a typical trait for girls our age.

So she probably didn’t even know herself why she said what she did last night.

She was probably regretting it like crazy by now.

This was a rare opportunity.

How could I not tease her?

“A thug like you has no right to be that cute, Dana!”

“You’re dead.”

“What if, haha, you get lonely again—ha! What then?!”

“…”

“Ahaha, hahaha, Dana’s weak at night, she’s a total lightweight!”

“You’re dead meat.”

“Ahahahaha—huh?”

Huh? W-wait?

Why’s she making a fist?

“W-wait, Dana, y-you know it’s a joke, right? I was just playing around. L-laughing, you know?”

“Yeah. I’m joking too.”

“What kind of girl throws punches as a joke?!”

“Tense your abs. You’ll get hurt.”

She’s serious. I can see it in her eyes.

I backed away, but there was nowhere to run in this tiny room.

A body shot… isn’t that a bit much?

I tried every cutesy trick I could to win her over, but nothing worked on the fully-awake Dana.

“P-please, just this once, okay? I won’t do it again. It was just a joke…!”

“Nope. You only learn after a beating. Move your hand. You’ll break a bone.”

Even though I was trembling like crazy, Dana aimed her punch squarely at my gut.

At this point, I knew she couldn’t be stopped. She wasn’t giving me a break.

I mean, all I did was tease her a little…!

Oh. Her fist was already on my stomach.

“Gwargh—!”

I collapsed to the floor in a completely different way from earlier.

It hurts, it hurts, it huuuurts! I can’t breathe!

More than the pain, what really killed me was the shame of letting out a pig-like squeal in a sacred girls’ dormitory full of yuri.

“Oww, oh god, Dana, ugh, so cruel, cough, ughhh, it really hurts…!”

“Then don’t ask for it.”

You think I’ll back down from this?

You’d better prepare yourself. At school, I’ll come up with the wildest fantasies ever involving you and other girls…!

Heh, hehehe, how will it feel being pinned down and moaning in my imagination?

Of course, I only made that vow silently. Saying it aloud would’ve gotten me punched again…