Ch. 122.2 - Ayaka’s Practice Pt2
Ding.
“Thank you for your purchase!”
Harutaki and Ayaka each held a bottle of Calpis they had just taken from the fridge, stepping out side by side through the automatic doors of the 7-Eleven.
Ayaka glanced down at the unopened plastic bottle in her hands. As if something had just occurred to her, she suddenly held it out toward him.
“Idiot aniki, at times like this, shouldn’t you take the initiative and open the cap for a girl?”
“You’re Ayaka, though.”
Harutaki took the bottle, replying with a slightly exasperated tone.
Girls really are troublesome.
“What do you mean, ‘you’re Ayaka’?”
She crossed her arms and stepped in front of him, blocking his path with a look that clearly said, You’re not going anywhere until you explain yourself.
“I feel like you could twist my head off if you wanted. Opening a bottle cap should be easy for you, right?”
Using the hem of his shirt to get a better grip, he wrapped it around the cap’s ridges and twisted.
Pssht.
The hiss of the bottle opening sounded almost like it was laughing along with his joke.
“There, opened. Drink—”
Before he could finish, Ayaka suddenly darted behind him, jumped up, and wrapped her arms around his neck, shaking him as she spoke through clenched teeth.
“Twist your head off, huh? Hehe… idiot aniki really is an idiot, can’t even speak properly. I’m such a cute high school girl, how could I possibly do something like that?”
“Ghk…”
With his neck being squeezed uncomfortably, and the soft, elastic pressure pressing into his back acting like an unexpected cushion, Harutaki found himself in a truly painful yet blissful predicament.
…Ayaka might actually have even more potential than Chouko?
For a fleeting moment, he realized something rather dangerous.
“Phew…”
Fortunately, Ayaka was just joking. She soon let go of his neck and slid back down behind him. Though in the process, that sensation—like being massaged by a pair of water balloons—forced him to endure a different kind of torment altogether.
“My head almost got twisted off. So scary~”
“Hm?”
“I almost twisted my own head off. What a terrifying supernatural event.”
After getting glared at, Harutaki quickly corrected himself.
“Disaster comes from the mouth. You’d better watch what you say, idiot aniki. Not everyone is as caring as I am!”
Seeing her puff out her chest proudly, he couldn’t help wanting to retort.
It’s not that everyone isn’t as kind as you—