Chapter 85: Useless Kissing Lesson

"You are a bad guy. That senpai you were kissing before, you forced her, right?"

"No. She accepted it by herself. Well, I did force her at first."

This is her being straight to the point again. She never minced words.

"See. So it's better to do this here. It will keep your hands in your pants."

"Alright. I accepted your request. I have to do my part."

She smiled and nodded. She's satisfied with my attitude.

"Thank you."

"This boyfriend of yours, is he really from our class or not?"

"I guess this much I can tell you, he's not."

"I see. So the rumor is false."

Whoever started that rumor, get your story straight before circulating it!

"What rumor?"

"That there's a secret couple in our class. And I thought it's you and your boyfriend. "

I was trying to guess who her boyfriend was, turns out he's not from our class. I guess that's a waste of thinking time. There's a possibility that the secret couple isn't Kanzaki and her guy.

"Why didn't I hear of that rumor?"

"It circulated among boys."

"I see. I guess that's fair. Girls also have their own rumors."

"For example?"

This girl. Even a diligent and straightforward Class President is susceptible to rumors.

"Let's see. There's a rumor about you."

"Huh? About me?"

"You don't know? You're fairly popular."

"I don't. Tell me what kind of rumor that is."

There goes my Classmate A personality. It will only stay as a dream now, a relic of my past.

"We're here for you to teach me, why are we suddenly talking about rumors?"

"Just say it, we can start after."

Because I still don't know what to teach her. Where should I start? Maybe I should've brought someone I can kiss in front of her. Like Kana. Kanzaki already knew I was into her.

"That you were surrounded by attractive girls. There's the two at your sides. Now Harada, Andou and Mori were involved with you. And if they know you also have that 3rd year, you'll be more popular."

"Err. Is that how you girls see it?"

"That's just how the rumors go. But really, I'm also wondering how that happened."

"You tell me how. Look, even you will be included in that rumor now."

Who even started that rumor? But it's true. Since those 5 are my targets, I already got two and two more are underway. Only Harada is the one I haven't started yet.

"Eh? You're right. If this reaches him, he'll be upset."

"He doesn't know you're meeting another guy?"

This Class President. He'll surely be upset. And the guy you're meeting is even someone who set his sight on you.

"Don't put any meaning to this, Onoda. And this is for him."

"Then don't we need to do it secretly next time?"

"You're right. But I'm still afraid of you."

"Then let this be the only time."

She's afraid of me so I have to act like I'm not interested in her. That will slowly lower her guard.

"Alright. So teach me now."

"Well, I don't know if you can make it perfect in just one session."

"Even so…"

"Alright. I'll do my best at teaching you."

Let's teach her the basics. I don't even know if she really needed a lesson or just needed a push from the back.

"Thank you."

"Anyway, what will I get after this?"

"Huh?"

"Do you mean I'm doing this for free?"

Then put her in debt. Ah. I'm going back to my old ways, aren't I? But yeah, if I want to steal her, this much is needed. I won't go further than this. This is just like how I did it with Nami.

Their circumstances are different though.

"I will delete that photo!"

"Ah. I don't care about that actually."

"You… what do you want?"

"I'll let you think about how to repay me."

She got scared again, thinking I will ask for something indecent. Just what am I in her eyes? She's still the one who approached me though.

"Okay, I'll think of something."

"Then let's start. What do you want to know?"

"How can I make it perfect? It will be our first kiss."

"Let's see. You're both shy, right? Where do you usually go?"

Perfect first kiss? Is that even possible? I do remember my first kiss. It was with Akane when we're still in 3rd grade.

Actually, we didn't put importance on it. We just mimicked our parents. And our teeth hit each other so we didn't do it again after that. This memory... I wonder if she remembered this. 

Then the next kiss I had was with that girl in 5th grade, the first girl I stole.

"Somewhere we can be alone."

"Your house or his?"

"N-no. We haven't visited each other's house yet. We're either meeting in a cafe far from here or a karaoke box."

"I see. So you will choose to do it in a karaoke box?"

Karaoke Box. With only the two of them? Isn't that enough atmosphere? They can do more than just a kiss in there. But sadly, none of them take initiative. There's a limit to how shy a person is, you know? Look at my Kana.

Do they really like each other?

"Probably."

"Then you just have to set the mood."

"How?"

"Do you want to take initiative or not?"

She fell silent for a while before answering. This girl is serious about learning but yeah, this is somewhat stupid.

"Since I'm the one learning, I will take initiative."

"I see. Then just start it with continuously playing love songs. If you can sing then you should and look him in the eye."

"We did that already but in the end, we both became too shy."

"Err… why are you shy anyway? You're a couple. Things like kissing, you can do it easily."

Am I running out of patience already? If we go to practical lessons then it's easy to show it but she doesn't want that and forcing her to do that isn't going to yield results.

"If it's that easy, I wouldn't be here."

"You're surprisingly pure Class President."

"We are both each other's first relationship."

"Ah. I see. Two virgins not knowing what to do."

I have to use more offensive words like this. We're not going anywhere if I try to lead her in with pure motivation. She probably already knew how and most likely what she needs right now is a push in the back. Provoking her like this might be proven effective.

Look at her expression. She's glaring now.

"Onoda. Your mouth is too vulgar."

"But it's the truth. You know, kissing, it's easy. You have to look him in the eye, lock your gazes to each other. Before you know it you'll move naturally."

"Look in the eye, lock gazes… Alright, show me."

She's jutting that down, really?

"Huh?"

"Show me how you do it."

Is this an invitation to finally move to a practical lesson? Nah. This girl is too cautious. She's protecting herself from me.

"There's no one here but you. Are you willing?"

"Eh? N-no. You said we'll move naturally, then it will be me kissing you."

Her defense is too high. Usually, I will be more motivated but I don't know. Am I losing interest? I can still feel my desire wanting to take this girl for myself

"Just put that notebook of yours between us before that happens."

"Okay. Don't do anything funny, Onoda"

"Isn't it you who told me to show it?"

"R-right. On the second thought, let's put this off."

Alright. I'm giving up today. This is going nowhere.

"Well, if you say so."

I stood up and turned my back to her. Should I act to leave or be serious at leaving?

"Eh? Where are you going? Wait, Onoda."

"What?"

I stopped and answered without turning back to her.

"Is it weird to ask you a lesson about kissing?"

"Of course. Do you only think of that now? It's weirder that you only want verbal lessons. Even our subjects needed examples or we wouldn't get it. We won't get anywhere if you keep letting your guard up. You should look for another guy to teach you."

"When I saw you that day, I suddenly had this thought. Thinking if it's you, I will be able to learn."

"No. In the first place, we're just classmates. And you only chanced upon that scene. For you to think of asking me to teach you, isn't that because you're interested in me? But then you flipped it by saying there will be no practical lessons."

I was even looking forward to stealing her by teaching her slowly. But she cut that off with that message. Maybe that's why I'm losing motivation. Am I forcing myself to teach her through words alone?

"When I saw you, I really had the thought of asking you to teach me, with actual practice but when I thought of him, I chickened out and changed it. I don't want to betray him. I just want to take our relationship a step forward."

I turned around and saw her looking down, I went back to my seat in front of her. This girl is hopelessly in love with that guy, eh? Or is it because it's her first relationship that she's this eager?

"This isn't your fault, you know? It's that guy's fault. He's the one who should do the first move."

"No. Don't blame him."

"I don't know who he is but as a man, he's a wimp. I'm just telling the truth."

"But I love him."

Love? Right. Now that I remembered how that emotion feels like, it can make someone do anything for the other person, right? Akane is the biggest example, she did all of that for me. Even gathering the girls I stole in a group and conceding chances she can be with me to others. That silly girl…

How can I make it up to her? What I'm doing isn't enough.

And now, I'm here again with a target. This desire... Haa.

"Alright. You don't really need practice, Kanzaki. Just do it, be true to your character. Be straight to the point with him. Tell him you want to kiss."

"Y-you're right. I should do that."

I gave her proper advice, eh? Well, I thought of Akane's love for me. But since my desire is still here, I won't just give up on this girl.

"I won't comment on your guy anymore but really, if he's passing up the chance to make a move on an attractive girl like you, I can take his place. We can do more than just a kiss."

"A-attractive? Me? Wait. No. You pervert!"

She didn't think she's attractive? Well, that sure turned her face red.

"I guess I am. But I'm being honest with you, Kanzaki. If you still can't do it after today, I can show you the real thing. That is if you want, of course."

"No. What you said about getting straight to the point on him is enough help. I'll think of a way to thank you."

She fixed her glasses, her face already returned to normal. She recovered easily from my words earlier. This girl. How diligent.

"Don't worry about it. I'm a pervert, right? You better stay away from me."

"Hey. Don't take it the wrong way."

"No. I'm already called with that a lot of times. It's fine."

How can I steal this girl? Honestly, I don't have any motivation right now, her defense is too high.

But my desire that was igniting for her since the day she contacted me won't give up. I also want to see his guy's face if I stole her from him. Will he regret not doing anything? Ah. I'm hopeless for this desire again.

I left the library after that, I heard her calling my name but I ignored it. It's useless today and this is the library. If she will contact me again, that's when I will really start to steal her.

Ah. We didn't spend a lot of time there, maybe I can stop by to see Haruko while waiting for Aya.