Chapter 12: The Last Day, Ending with the First Kiss

The next morning arrived.

Even though, according to the mysterious girl, Miyamizu Rin, Arisugawa Yuu only had one day left as an ordinary person, Arisugawa Yuu didn’t feel regret.

He lazed in bed as usual, not feeling like there was anything special about today.

“You only appreciate something after you lose it,” they say.

This saying had been repeated countless times, but unfortunately—

No matter how often you hear the truth, in the end, it’s still other people’s truths. You wouldn’t understand unless you’d experienced it yourself.

At least, Arisugawa Yuu didn’t understand at this moment.

“Don’t wake me from my spring sleep with drunken noise,
Our book-betting laughter spilled tea like perfume.
Back then, I thought it was nothing out of the ordinary..”

Arisugawa Yuu murmured to himself.

Perhaps one day, he would deeply understand the emotions contained within this verse.

If possible, he hoped that day would be far in the future.

“Huh? What gibberish are you spouting now?”

A clear, melodious, yet unmistakably impatient voice rang out in Arisugawa Yuu’s bedroom.

Arisugawa Yuu turned his gaze towards the source of the sound.

There, the beautiful girl, Kanzuki Kanon, stared at Arisugawa Yuu with a cold, delicate face, clearly displeased.

Today, the girl was wearing light blue denim shorts, and a pair of snow-white, slender legs were completely exposed to the air.

Due to her great skin and graceful leg shape, even without the embrace of stockings, the girl’s long, elegant legs still looked captivating.

Worth mentioning.

Today, the girl was also wearing a white camisole that was both pure and seductive, its edges adorned with delicate lace.

To be honest, it was really beautiful.

Arisugawa Yuu’s gaze swept over the girl’s snow-white shoulders, delicate collarbones, and the bottomless valley between the… the peaks of her chest.

He really hadn’t meant to stare, but his body sometimes wouldn’t cooperate.

Considering the girl’s beauty, this kind of situation was completely understandable.

Noticing Arisugawa Yuu’s gaze, Kanzuki Kanon smiled contemptuously, adjusted her straps with her jade hand, and said seductively, “My dear brother, do you want to see more?”

“No need, this is already beautiful enough.”

Arisugawa Yuu was telling the truth.

The charm of something half-covered was often much stronger than something fully exposed.

However, the girl in front of him clearly didn’t think that way.

“No class.”

She commented without holding back.

“I’m sorry to disappoint you.”

Arisugawa Yuu responded indifferently.

Kanzuki Kanon’s sky-blue eyes cast a cold gaze, assessing Arisugawa Yuu from head to toe.
“My dear brother, that doesn’t sound like an apology.”

“Shouldn’t you be the one apologizing for barging into my room without knocking?”

“Oh? Do you have a problem with that?”

Kanzuki Kanon’s smile was full of provocation.

Understanding what she meant, Arisugawa Yuu sighed, resigned.
“The house is yours, so be happy.”

Kanzuki Kanon crossed her arms, the peaks of her chest pushed out by her embrace, forming a breathtaking curve. She said suggestively, “You think saying just that will satisfy me?”

“I’ll pay you the rent once I start earning money.”

Yesterday, according to the mysterious girl Miyamizu Rin, he would receive a 50,000-yen allowance per month after transferring schools.

It wasn’t much, but for a high school student like him, 50,000 yen wasn’t a small amount.
If he was frugal, it wouldn’t be too difficult to save some money.

This was the basis of his confidence in saying that.

Hearing this, Kanzuki Kanon scoffed: “My dear brother, you should be well aware of what I want, right?”

“Money is a good thing, worth wanting for everyone.”

Kanzuki Kanon shook her head without hesitation: “No. Compared to your body, money isn’t important to me.”

Listen to that, is that what a sister is supposed to say?

Where can you find a sister who so openly craves her brother’s body?

Though she was only his sister in name, she was at least given that title. Shouldn’t she tone it down a bit?

“Should I be happy to be recognized by you?”

“I don’t object if you want to feel happy.”

Arisugawa Yuu shook his head firmly: “No, I don’t feel happy at all.”

Kanzuki Kanon walked to the bed, pinched Arisugawa Yuu’s chin flirtatiously, and leaned down to whisper: “Whether or not you feel happy is your own business, my dear ‘brother’.”

When saying the word ‘brother’, she deliberately used an extremely ambiguous tone.

Arisugawa Yuu admitted that, driven by the evil instincts of mankind, he honestly reacted.

However, since it was an instinct, it was often not a manifestation of his own will.

Arisugawa Yuu forcefully suppressed the unusual feeling and asked: “What’s up?”

Kanzuki Kanon’s other hand slowly caressed Arisugawa Yuu’s Adam’s apple. As she caressed, she said, “You’re leaving tomorrow, so today is your last day.”

Arisugawa Yuu grabbed the girl’s hand, which was trying to reach under his shirt collar, and said sarcastically, “My dear sister, are you saying I should properly celebrate finally escaping your control?”

Having her hand held, the girl stopped moving and allowed him to hold it.

She then leaned directly onto Arisugawa Yuu’s chest, and the hot air filled with her sweet scent brushed against Arisugawa Yuu’s face.

Kanzuki Kanon’s beautiful eyes were moist, her cherry-pink lips gleaming.

She stared directly into Arisugawa Yuu’s eyes, parted her lips, and said slowly, “I’m curious, what does a mouth as venomous as yours taste like when kissed?”

Arisugawa Yuu, already understanding what the girl was trying to do, instinctively placed his hand on the girl’s chest and pushed slightly, trying to push her away.

However—

It was too late.

Besides deeply experiencing what the exhilarating and intoxicating tenderness and softness felt like, he didn’t change anything.

The girl’s moist lips imprinted themselves upon his.

Not just her lips.

At the instant their tongues met, Arisugawa Yuu didn’t know what his own mouth tasted like, but he was probably the only person who knew what the girl’s mouth tasted like.

It was a very new and wonderful experience.

Arisugawa Yuu had thought he would resist.

But his inner resistance was suppressed by his body’s honest instincts.

The two kissed like that, appearing like a loving couple.

He didn’t know how much time had passed.

Standing up, Kanzuki Kanon, her beautiful eyes narrowed in contemplation, said in a lazy, sweet voice, “It tastes good. Didn’t disappoint me.”

“…”

Arisugawa Yuu didn’t know what to say anymore.

Before he could figure out what to say, he heard the girl continue: “Let me ask, my dear brother, how many times has it been that you’ve kissed a girl?”

“I don’t think there’s any need for me to answer that question.”

Kanzuki Kanon chuckled. She seemed to be in a good mood: “You gave me your first kiss. By the way, it’s also my first kiss.”

“What does your first kiss have to do with me?”

Although he said that, deep down, Arisugawa Yuu felt a faint sense of joy.

In that sense, human beings really are complicated creatures.

The consequence of saying that was—

Kanzuki Kanon’s face was cold, her voice even colder:

“Very good, my dear brother. Looks like it’s necessary for you to understand what kind of attitude a brother should have towards a sister.”

“…”

In the end, Arisugawa Yuu’s last day as an ordinary person ended in a battle of wits with Kanzuki Kanon.

Yes, a battle of wits in all senses of the word…

That evening, as he got into the car sent by Miyamizu Rin to pick him up, Arisugawa Yuu thought to himself.

Was the unknown world ahead really what he wanted?