Chapter 117

Imari knew that she had lost.

Imari was sad and dejected, but there was nothing that she could do since the result had been decided.

“He-Hey, I’m sorry.”

The boy, who had defeated her, seemed to be quite awkward and slightly uneasy when he saw her expression.

Imari didn’t answer the boy and just left with the rest of the students that had lost the battle. Still, it felt miserable that she had to leave the school, and because of that, she couldn’t achieve her dream.

However, at the same time, Imari knew that she wouldn’t be able to meet Tsukasa again.

Not only Imari, but all the girls who had lost the Qualification Ceremony also felt the same way as Imari since they knew that they wouldn’t be able to meet him again.

While Imari was dejected and walked out along with everyone, a familiar voice called her out.

“Imari.”

Imari turned her head and saw Tsukasa was there. “Ku-Kugayama-kun…” Her face flushed as usual, and she felt regret since she couldn’t enter the school because she had lost.

“Here.”

Imari caught the can of juice on her hands naturally.

“Well, there’s nothing that I can say, but it is definitely regretful that we can’t see each other at the school,” Tsukasa said smoothly. His flirting skills came naturally similar to how a human was able to breathe from birth. “I’ll send you off.”

Imari looked at Tsukasa for a moment and nodded as she lowered her head.

They didn’t walk on the main road.

Instead, they took a detour as they walked around the school for the last time together.

“Still, it is amazing that no one is hurt after that fight.”

“Well, a Blaze is something that is born from the soul. It won’t hurt anyone.”

Of course, it could hurt someone, but Tsukasa wouldn’t say it since there was something that was better left unsaid.

“Haa…..” Imari then let out a long sigh and said, “It’s such a shame that I can’t enter the school.”

“Yeah.”

Tsukasa nodded and didn’t say much since he knew that no matter what he said, it would be useless since Imari had lost. The fact couldn’t change, and her fate had already been decided.

Unless one could rewind the time, then the possibility of one being given a chance to fight would be impossible.

Tsukasa might be able to ask Sakuya, but why should he do that?

Tsukasa knew the purpose of this school.

Survival was the fittest.

Also, they only knew each other for a day. Tsukasa wasn’t the type of guy who would fall for someone at first sight, so he knew that it was a goodbye.

Imari glanced at Tsukasa, and her eyes turned red. Tears couldn’t be contained from her eyes since she knew that she wouldn’t be able to meet him. While she knew that she might be seen as an easy girl, she knew that she might have fallen for him. She felt so sad when she thought she couldn’t meet him again.

“Say.” Tsukasa couldn’t bear to see the girl cry in front of him, so he said, “I know that it might be weird, but is there something that you want to do? It’ll be your last time in this school after all.”

“…What I want to do?” Imari looked at Tsukasa in a daze.

“Yeah.” Tsukasa nodded and said, “While I can’t help you to enter the school again, if there’s something that you want me to do, then I’ll try to help you.”

Imari looked at Tsukasa for a moment, and she was in a daze.

Imari looked at his fair profile, and while his appearance might be beautiful, even without a second glance, she could tell that he was a man and the most attractive one that she had ever seen in her life.

“Hmm?” Tsukasa looked at Imari in doubt.

Imari suddenly blushed since she suddenly thought something naughty.

“What’s wrong? Have you thought of something?”

“We-Well…” Imari hesitated. The embarrassment was one thing, but she was afraid of getting rejected.

“It’s alright. You don’t need to get embarrassed. It’s our last time meeting each other, so if you don’t say it, then…”

‘This is only the last time…’

Imari lowered her head slightly as she clenched her fist. However, she also had made up her mind since she knew that if she didn’t say this, she might not be able to say it again in the future.

While they walked, they walked into a deserted road.

There were many trees and bushes around them that appeared as if separating them from the world.

“Kugayama-kun?”

“Hmm?”

“Can I kiss you?”

“…..”

Tsukasa looked at Imari with a dumbfounded expression.

Imari got embarrassed, and her eyes darted left and right. She was so nervous when she uttered those words. However, she looked at him with an upturned gaze and asked, “Can I?”

“Okay.”

Tsukasa agreed without hesitation.

“…”

Imari was dumbfounded, especially when she realized that she was already pushed behind a tree. In a daze, she stared at Tsukasa and asked, “…Is it only you or I have gotten used to this, Kugayama-kun?”

“It’s just your imagination. It’s also my first time.”

Tsukasa didn’t lie since it was his first time for a girl to ask him to kiss her in this world.

Somehow Imari looked at Tsukasa in doubt.

“So… are we doing it?”

“We-Well…” Imari was embarrassed, but she nodded.

Also, it might be better to know that it wasn’t his first time since this way, she didn’t need to get nervous and knew that her first time would be good.

“…I’ll start, so will you open or close your eyes?”

Imari didn’t answer his question in words. Instead, she closed her eyes.

Tsukasa also didn’t say nonsense and gently pinched her chin as he kissed her lips.

Imari was surprised since she didn’t expect that her first kiss would be so wonderful.

Their lips might just touch each other, and it was only that, yet there was strange magic that made their entire bodies jolted, tingling. They just couldn’t describe their feelings with a mere word, and as they parted their lips, they opened their eyes at the same time.

“Do you want to do it again?”

“…Okay.” Imari nodded shyly.

However, this time, Tsukasa taught Imari a kiss that she definitely wouldn’t be able to forget in her life, which was why, he was a cruel man since even though he knew they might not meet each other, he made her unable to forget him.

As they parted their lips, Tsukasa said, “We might not be able to meet in this school, but if we have a chance in the future… Let’s meet again, Imari.”

“Yeah.” While Imari felt reluctant to leave, she knew that she couldn’t stay, and at the same time, she also expected the time they would meet each other again in the future. “See you in the future, Kugayama-kun.” In the corner of her heart, she prayed that day would come soon since she knew that she had fallen deeper into him.

‘God, if you hear my wish, please let me meet him again.’ Imari prayed as she walked out of the Kouryou Academy, watching the academy for the last time before she walked out with a lonely sigh.

Tsukasa, who also had walked away, looked in the direction where Imari left, and somehow he had a feeling they might meet each other soon. He might not have evidence, and it was just his intuition, but even so, he anticipated their next meeting.