Chapter 11
Chapter 11
※Note: There are sexual expressions midway! Please be cautious.
Two months since starting high school, huh.
How should I put it... the world has changed, right?
As cleaning nears its end, I start to think.
I was thinking about the "change" I wanted.
Kousuke says it's fine as it is, that the current me is better, but still?
Isn't it humiliating to be plain and looked down on?
For example, Ise-san, a classmate from junior high! She's a gal, has big breasts, and wears revealing tops, but she doesn't pander to boys. If she's not pandering, why wear such clothes, right?
I don't think it's bad to appeal to boys.
Being sexy is attractive, and numbers work in your favor.
I cut my hair from long black to about Reina Kashii's length? A bit below the shoulders, made it fluffy, and dyed it a bright brown. I also made my makeup a bit more noticeable!
Just with this, my appearance became much brighter.
From the quiet, literary girl I used to be,
to a bright, sexy, flashy girl who seems to be at the center of the class!
I felt confident in my transformation.
Wanting to be praised by my boyfriend Kousuke, I went to show him,
"...Isn't it a bit too flashy? Do you need to wear such revealing tops or such a short skirt? ...I... I don't want guys staring at you, Satsuki..."
Shiver!
That Kousuke... the mature and cool Kousuke!
You like me, don't you? Right? You hate it when others look at me, don't you?
I felt a sense of superiority. And an equal amount of frustration.
If your girlfriend becomes prettier, just praise her, right? Quietly!
Being looked at... well, I'm showing off!
Flashy? I was too plain before! It's like you're saying flashy doesn't suit me!
Well, my high school debut is already a done deal, so?
I wasn't listening.
The entrance ceremony at Hokushou High School.
I felt frustrated, or rather, I had doubts about Kousuke, but I still liked him, so?
We held hands and headed to the entrance ceremony.
Kousuke and I were in different classes. Well, there are so many classes, after all.
I felt a bit anxious without Kousuke... but it can't be helped, right!
After the entrance ceremony, we did self-introductions in class.
Everyone was making moves to make friends.
As for me...
I got more of a response than I expected!
Quite a few flashy girls and cool boys came to talk to me!
The reaction is clearly different from junior high! I'm glad I mustered the courage to change!
When I was invited to go to karaoke with everyone,
"To get along with the class, I'll hang out with everyone, okay?"
I sent that message to LINE.
Even though we just met today, everyone was so close, almost like couples forming, with frequent physical contact...
I wasn't quite ready for that...?
The next day, and the day after that, since we had half-days for school tours and physical checkups, I hung out with everyone after school and went home the same way.
We stopped by places like Round One or dart bars, hanging out casually with both guys and girls.
Everyone loved games like King's Game, though I refused things like kissing.
I mean, come on... right?
I'll mess with Kousuke! Make him fall head over heels with my charm and show him I'm on top! That's how I felt at the start of high school.
A bit of a sadistic streak? Let's tease him, what kind of reaction will he have to this?
He's always preaching to me from above!
At this point, my feelings for Kousuke were half love, half irritation because he kept denying me.
Well, I wasn't thinking about breaking up yet.
We've been together for a long time, so there was attachment, and he'd helped me out too.
But, at the end of April, Yamamoto Masaki-kun from the neighboring class started joining our gatherings, and he flirted with me a lot.
That gave me a sense of superiority and tickled my pride.
Yamamoto-kun never denies me! He's always on my side!
That made me so happy!
My boyfriend doesn't praise me? Gives me annoying lectures? What's that! lol
Hilarious! A boyfriend like that exists?
(...Seriously...?)
"Satsuki-chan, he doesn't understand your charm! There's no need to compare yourself to other girls! No, you're more attractive than other girls! I don't know how great that top girl from junior high was, but still?"
(He says I can't be like Reina Kashii and don't need to be... it sounds like a compliment, but... is he looking down on me?)
"If it were me... I wouldn't make a girl like Satsuki-chan feel that way, you know?"
Saying that, he kissed me.
It wasn't the clumsy kiss from Kousuke where our teeth might bump; it was more mature.
He almost slipped his hand into my open top, and I reflexively pushed him away.
But Yamamoto-kun just had a calm expression.
"Think about it a little? Satsuki-chan, don't you want to get back at Kousuke-kun? That's what I thought listening to you! Who does he think he is? Satsuki-chan, you're a girl worth that much, right?"
With that, it ended for the day.
I ended up kissing him.
Did I betray Kousuke?
My heart was in turmoil, yet it was a new world. A world that affirmed me felt so comfortable, and I had become part of that popular crowd.
Even when Kousuke invited me out, I made up excuses to decline, and my replies on LINE were half-hearted.
Then Kousuke's reactions started to change. How strange!
Come to think of it, Yamamoto-kun's family is pretty wealthy, right?
He always treated us, and gave me gifts for no reason.
I was especially happy about the small gold ring and bracelet he gave me so casually, things worth quite a bit.
(Kousuke only gave me cheap stuff... Just a silver accessory for my enrollment celebration.)
Kousuke's family has the latest computers and gaming consoles, and a lot of them, so they must be well-off, right? But park dates? lol
Even if we're keeping our relationship a secret, come on! lol
Once you start noticing, everything starts looking that way, right?
Everyone around me praises Yamamoto-kun.
He's big-hearted, generous, kind, understands women's feelings, and cool!
...Indeed.
Since we're all Hokushou students, our academic levels are pretty high, so in other aspects... Kousuke doesn't fall behind. But... Yamamoto-kun is better, isn't he...?
Everyone says,
Shinkawa Junior High was so rural they didn't recognize Satsuki's worth!
If he's your boyfriend, why does he say things like lectures and refuse to accept your change?
I think so too!
A boyfriend like that exists?
No, wasn't your boyfriend holding back Satsuki's growth?
Your junior high days were a dark era, weren't they?
Isn't it Kousuke's fault?
That was the conclusion I came to in my mind.
I thought everything was Kousuke's fault.
Because of him, I ended up as a third-tier plain girl, and had an unsatisfactory junior high life.
But, since he's head over heels for me lol, should I toy with him?
Drag him along for a while, then completely mess him up?
Make it so he can never forget me for the rest of his life!
Keep interacting with him regularly so he always has lingering feelings for me? That's my revenge!
For that, I need to...?
My first time at a lodging facility.
I'm nervous...
Slowly, I'm being undressed...
Of course, I've never shown this to Kousuke.
I was embarrassed, but when I said I was a virgin, Yamamoto-kun looked delighted.
"Satsuki-chan, is this okay?"
I'm confident in my face and body... but why do I feel so anxious? Everyone must go through this, though...
"...It's my first time... so be gentle, okay?"
After kissing a few times, he slowly covers me.
For a while, I'm touched and licked all over, and my voice slips out...
But when it was about to happen, I somehow thought of Kousuke...
I hurriedly push the thought away!
Kousuke, what kind of face would he make?
The next day, still enduring the lingering feeling of something inside, I decided to spill everything to Kousuke.
...But on the surface, nothing changed.
However, that was an incredibly shocked expression!
A chuckle escapes my throat.
But I don't want to be hated, so I'll return this junk... these gifts, and say a few kind words to him, okay?
Then, I'll keep interacting with him regularly to make him linger with feelings and toy with him a bit more, right?
I'm no longer the second-rate third-tier girl from back then!
Now, I can even compete with that Reina Kashii!
This is the person I was meant to be!
From now on, free from a preachy boyfriend, I'll live as my true self with someone who accepts me and doesn't deny me!
While thinking about such things, the cleaning was already done.
As expected, a garbage bag might be rude... I hold some resentment, but I'm also a little grateful for things like help with exam studies. I'll switch these past gifts to a proper bag and return them, okay?
Well, a lot has happened, but this settles it! Farewell, dark junior high days!
As they say, a bird taking flight leaves no trace behind, right?