My Stepsister is My Ex-Girlfriend - Volume 12 - Chapter 1.6

Akatsuki Minami: What a Guy and a Girl Do When They Cross a Line Part 2

After thirty minutes on the bus, we arrived at the Ichijoji Sagarimatsucho bus station and headed toward the ramen street while checking our phones for directions. This area was at the edge of the city of Kyoto, meaning that we could see the mountains on the eastern border of the city. I was pretty sure that the Gozan no Okuribi, where they lit flames to spell out Japanese characters, happened there. I was pretty sure I had even climbed the nearby Mt. Daimonji when I was in elementary school.

The vibe of the town wasn’t quite countryside, but it wasn’t really as bustling as a city either. It was pretty firmly suburban. The huge pachinko place right at the entrance of the ramen street only helped reinforce that vibe.

At first glance it looked like a normal two-lane road. It had neither flashy neon signs nor so many people that it was hard to get anywhere. But looking at the types of stores here, I saw a ramen place, a restaurant, a ramen place, a secondhand bookstore, a ramen place, another ramen place, and so on. But also most of these restaurants had so many customers that there were lines out the door.

“So where we goin’? Where we goin’?”

“Oh look at this one. It looks real nice inside.”

“But, like, don’t ramen places that’re a little beaten up have more charm?”

My group gathered and checked places on their phones. Kawanami’s group also got together and seemed like they were debating where to go. But amid that, I could feel a pair of eyes frequently glancing at me. It was like he wanted to stop, but couldn’t. Aw, he can’t take his eyes off of me. If you keep stealing glances at me like that, though, the others’re gonna notice, you know? Aw, Ko-kun’s such a cutie. You care so much about the girl you slept with? Maybe you’re remembering what happened last night?

Judging by how skittish he was acting, there was no doubt that we did it last night. I was absolutely convinced that there was no other explanation. It sucked that I couldn’t remember any of our night together, but it was like we had finally moved forward from the purgatory our relationship had been in. I’m gonna be optimistic here and take this as a good thing!

Five months ago on White Day, I realized that Kawanami’s allergies to girls with a thing for him had pretty much been cured. Before, whenever he felt affection from a girl, he’d break out in hives and sometimes even barf. But through exposure therapy, I had been able to help him get past that without him even realizing.

But even so, just immediately trying to close the distance between us might’ve resulted in him relapsing. After all, the cause of that allergy was a deep trauma inflicted by none other than yours truly. That was why my plan had been to observe him while slowly getting him used to being cured, but to my great surprise, we’d somehow crossed the one line that I had been trying to make us not cross, all without me knowing.

I had no clue how that happened, but now that it’d happened, it seemed that I could probably ask him out anytime I wanted without having to worry. Then we’d be able to let out the smoldering feelings we’d been holding back for an entire year and I’d burn it into our brains. Heh heh heh. I’m gonna use this chance to turn him on. Now that I don’t have to worry about that allergy of his, I’m invincible!

After a while, we finally decided on a ramen place and stood in line. When we got inside, I casually took a seat right next to Kawanami. While I was looking at the menu, I made sure to press my body against his a bit.

“Hmm... What to get...”

At the same time, I moved my hand across Kawanami’s thigh.

Kawanami yelped and made a face of surprise, but he immediately tried to look normal again. Yeah, that’s right. Act normal. Everyone’s looking.

“Yeah, I think I’ll go with the tonkotsu, but I dunno what I’ll do about the marinated soft-boiled egg. What do you think, Kawanami?”

“What’s the point of asking me? Do I look like I know how hungry you are?”

Kawanami kept his poker face while I rubbed his inner thigh. How’s this? Feels good, doesn’t it? You want me to touch you more, right? You want to touch me too, don’t you? I’m good to go for days on end!

At this point, my head was filled with dirty thoughts, but that was okay, wasn’t it? What’s better than girls with dirty minds? I’m gonna show you that girls with big tits don’t have a monopoly on being sexy!