Chapter 427: Help Yukinoshita Out
Chapter 427: Help Yukinoshita Out
Another fifteen minutes had passed since club activities ended long ago.
Yuigahama and Hikigaya had packed up their things and gone home already.
Without realizing it, only Himekoji and Yukinoshita were left in the club room.
“Um, President Yukinoshita?”
“Hmm?”
Yukinoshita, crouching with her chin resting on her hand in front of the lunchbox, didn’t seem in the mood to talk properly. She only gave offhanded reply.
Most of the girl’s attention was still completely focused on Hikari, who was sound asleep.
“It’s… getting kind of late.”
Himekoji, eager to head home, hinted politely.
“That’s true. So why haven’t you left yet?”
Only then did Yukinoshita finally turn her head, casting a cool, impatient glance his way as if he was in the way.
Why haven’t you left yet??
How can she even say that!
If she doesn’t give Hikari back to me, how am I supposed to leave?!
Himekoji was genuinely stunned by Yukinoshita’s sheer nerve.
He raised an eyebrow. Annoyed.
“You’re right. I’m leaving then.”
Too fed up to worry about her feelings now, he walked straight over. He pushed Yukinoshita aside with his hip, scooped Hikari and the lunchbox both into his arms.
“See you tomorrow.”
After tossing that out, Himekoji strode out of the Service Club swiftly.
“Huh?”
Yukinoshita seemed to freeze for a second. Preoccupied with ‘absorbing’ the cat, she had almost forgotten —
Hikari was Himekoji’s cat!
“W-wait!”
Tempted by the cat, Yukinoshita forgot everything else. Her mind went blank, and she scrambled up, running after Himekoji.
Only when she caught up did she feel embarrassed.
Could this be the legendary ‘walking home together after school’?
Too shy to walk side-by-side, she stayed half a step behind Himekoji.
But her eyes kept drifting uncontrollably toward Hikari nestled in his arms.
So, trailing behind him, Yukinoshita kept rising onto her tiptoes, stealthily craning her neck to peek.
Though she did all this extremely carefully, mindful of her pride.
But Himekoji, having kept an eye out, noticed anyway.
He wasn’t blind…
He had a million complaints screaming inside his head —
Seriously, what’s so great about this stupid cat?
Lazy! Fat! Pervert!
Can you really not take your eyes off her for one second?
Do you actually like any cat, no matter what they’re like?!
Yukinoshita, your cat obsession has made you desperate!
So desperate you’re not even picky?!
Please! Bring back some of your usual reserve!
I’m begging you already!
Himekoji felt sure that if this kept up, Yukinoshita would just follow him all the way home…
While lost in these thoughts, they reached a corner in the stairs without realizing —
“Watch your step!”
“Watch the cat!”
The stairs were right at their feet, but Yukinoshita was so engrossed with Hikari she didn’t notice at all. Her next step seemed likely to find nothing but air…
Himekoji quickly shouted a warning. At the same time, he didn’t hesitate — he reached out a hand intending to steady the careless Ms. “Mew”-noshita, who was distracted by the kitten.
But Ms. “Mew”-noshita didn’t seem the least bit grateful.
She cared more about the kitten than her own safety.
Because Himekoji had freed one hand to catch Yukinoshita, he was now only holding the lunchbox with one hand. He was also going down the stairs, leaning his weight toward Yukinoshita. His grip on the box became unbalanced.
To make it worse, Hikari was never a steady sleeper inside the lunchbox.
So…
Hikari rolled… right over the tilted edge of the lunchbox.
She tumbled out! Her whole body hung in the air for an instant, seemingly sure to plummet down the stairs!
Witnessing this, our renowned cat lover, Ms. Mew-noshita, instantly forgot everything else.
She threw herself forward, using her own body as a cushion.
“Hey! Are you insane?!”
Yukinoshita, who loved cats, risked herself for one.
Meanwhile, Himekoji, who definitely did not like — one could even say hated — Yukinoshita, used half his life force to save hers.
Yukinoshita lunged. She lunged… And after Yukinoshita lunged, Himekoji lunged…
At the very last second, Yukinoshita caught Hikari.
Yukinoshita sighed in relief.
Then, at another very last second, Himekoji caught Yukinoshita.
Himekoji sighed in relief.
Himekoji held Yukinoshita. Yukinoshita held the cat. And so, a mass of two humans and one cat tumbled rapidly down the stairs.
“Meow~ Meow~”
It was only now, in mid-air, that Hikari lazily woke up. The oblivious beast didn’t seem to realize her predicament at all. Half-squinting her eyes, she happily rubbed against Yukinoshita’s chest twice, then stretched.
“Meow meow~~”
Even at a moment like this, Yukinoshita still found time to respond to Hikari, mimicking a meow to tease her.
So —
Miss High and Mighty! Could you maybe worry about our situation first?! Hey?!
While it was only about half a flight of stairs — Himekoji figured it was roughly two meters — he felt he could probably take the fall. But Yukinoshita, held securely in his arms? That was another matter.
Her body was so thin. So soft. Holding her, it felt like she might break if he squeezed too hard.
Himekoji was genuinely worried that Yukinoshita, falling from more than two meters up the stairs, might suffer some serious injury.
Himekoji had no choice but to forcefully twist his waist mid-air. His body, honed by years of torment from the System and possessing significant explosive power, proved useful at that moment.
The original position with her on top of him was completely reversed by Himekoji.
“PONG!”
Himekoji crashed solidly onto the floor, cushioning Yukinoshita beneath him.
“Hiss…”
The combined weight of both people and the cat pressed down entirely on Himekoji. Even he saw stars for a second from the fall.
His vision instantly went black!
When Himekoji regained his sight, he found Yukinoshita sitting worriedly on top of him, calling his name anxiously.
“Himekoji, Himekoji! Are you okay? Don’t scare me…”
Darn it, now you worry about me?
Thought only the cat mattered to you.
“You… hiss… does it look like I’m okay to you?”
Hearing he could still speak, Yukinoshita seemed slightly relieved, though the worry on her face hadn’t faded yet.
“Where? Where are you hurt? What’s wrong?”
“My back! My back!”
“What happened to your back?”
“You’re about to sit it straight through!”
“Huh? O-oh, sorry…”
Only then did Yukinoshita realize she’d been sitting on Himekoji this whole time. Not only was the pose improper, but it also added significant burden on Himekoji, who’d just fallen down the stairs.
She quickly got off him, her face flushed red.
“Ah, right. What did you call me earlier?”
“Hi… ahem… Pervert-kun?”
Yukinoshita seemed to realize something too. She coughed lightly twice, fiddling with her hair near her ear to hide her embarrassment.
So, you do remember my name properly after all?
To think she could be so stubborn yet cute…
Is this really Yukinoshita?
…Eh, wait!
No!
Something’s wrong!
The person in front of him definitely wasn’t Yukinoshita!
Because, just then, Himekoji suddenly spotted something incredibly unusual…
Her chest!
That’s right, her chest!
Huge, massive, enormous!
The real Yukinoshita would absolutely, positively never have breasts that size!
Compared to usual, the girl’s absurdly exaggerated and overly prominent chest was impossible for Himekoji to miss…
Plus, what in the world was this incredibly shameless, sudden breast bounce?!
Yukinoshita hadn’t moved an inch!
Which meant… Yukinoshita’s breasts were moving all by themselves?!
Truly unbelievable!
But an even more unbelievable thing happened next—
That pair of outrageously outsized breasts, laughably big for Yukinoshita… actually made a sound?!!
“Meow~~”
So that’s it! Yukinoshita is actually a cat-person!
Her breasts just meowed at me!
“HaaaaaAAAAH— stop! P-please stop it! Right now!”
At the same time, Himekoji witnessed for the first time a completely different kind of smile light up Yukinoshita’s normally icy expression.
It was dazzling, like melting ice, the whisper of wind, the reflection on water, shining brightly on her usually frigid face.
“It tickles! Hehehe— Stop! Ti-tickle haah! I’m ticklish!”
Laughing so hard tears nearly sprang to her eyes, Yukinoshita looked nothing like her usual composed self.
“Enough already! Hikari!”
Completely at a loss, Yukinoshita could only sigh helplessly and plunge her hands into her own uniform. A frantic rustling commenced beneath the fabric as she tried to dig deep inside her ludicrously oversized chest.
She needed to pry out the troublemaking perverted little cat hidden within.
…
The scene unfolded right before Himekoji’s eyes; it was vivid enough to make one’s face flush.
An ice-cold beauty who was normally expressionless now had her own hands shoved deep inside her blouse before you, kneading frantically…
“Gulp!”
Himekoji swallowed hard without thinking.
【Ding!】
【New Quest Available! New Quest Available!】
【Help Yukinoshita!】
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