Sayaka Maizono refused to believe her charm had fallen so low.
As a woman, as a beautiful girl men chased after, as someone who had set her heart on becoming a popular idol, she absolutely could not accept that her appeal held no attraction for men.
Lin Ye's reaction a moment ago — the flash of admiration and desire on his face when he took in her outfit, those sleek, seductive black stockings — she remembered it vividly.
And yet the very next moment, handed the chance to touch and enjoy, he chose to refuse.
What man refuses?
Wasn't the normal reaction to want it, to coax and beg for it?
That was how Sayaka Maizono had pictured it playing out, but Lin Ye never followed the script. He had thrown her whole plan, her whole understanding of things, into disarray.
Worse, the sheer firmness of his refusal made her feel as though he found her distasteful.
That pushed her frustration higher still.
Yes, she was frustrated. She had a temper of her own too. Lin Ye might be formidable, might have enormous influence, and provoking him could bring down retaliation she wasn't equipped to survive.
But right now, she didn't care.
For the sake of her pride, Sayaka Maizono was going all in.
Light footsteps pattered across the floor and stopped just as quickly.
Sayaka Maizono sat down beside Lin Ye.
Both of them were watching her now, and those two curious, piercing stares made her pulse jump a little. But it was fine. She had decided. She was going through with it.
"Mr. Lin, don't you want to try?"
As she spoke she shifted slightly, and her stocking-clad thigh brushed against him. Even through the fabric, Lin Ye could feel that smooth, fine-grained give.
If he touched it with his hand, what would that feel like?
Beyond imagining.
Even Ai Hoshino hadn't expected Sayaka Maizono to be this bold.
Far too bold. Bold enough to leave her stunned.
But she didn't speak up to stop it. She wanted to see how Lin Ye would react, what he would do — touch her, or refuse again?
Faced with such a blatant temptation, what would Lin Ye choose?
Ai Hoshino was very curious.
The scene in the bathroom surfaced in her mind before she could stop it.
A faint flush crept across her cheeks.
Out of the corner of her eye, Sayaka Maizono watched Ai Hoshino, expecting anger, expecting displeasure. Instead she found a bashful, reddening face.
That threw her.
What was going on?
Why was Senpai blushing?
Was she embarrassed because of the way Sayaka was tempting him?
That was strange too, wasn't it?
But when she thought back over all the odd things Senpai had done today, she let it go. There was nothing more to say. Senpai had been behaving completely unlike herself all day.
Shyness, embarrassment — at this point, perfectly normal.
Sayaka Maizono gave up on trying to make sense of Senpai today.
"Mr. Lin, it feels good. You'd enjoy it. You'd like it."
Lin Ye turned to look at the girl beside him, his gaze traveling up and down.
"You're serious?"
"Mm. I'm serious."
"Not interested."
Another refusal from Lin Ye. The blunt, clean-cut words left Sayaka Maizono frozen. She had braced herself for it, but being turned down that flatly still stung badly.
"Mr. Lin, touch wherever you want. I'm willing. It's my own choice. I don't mind at all."
She pressed on, and her stockinged leg nudged him again — by the end, it was resting right against him.
"Miss Maizono, I really am not interested. You can go back now."
"Huh?"
Even like this, he still wasn't interested?
Defeat washed over her, leaving her miserable.
Sayaka Maizono had just suffered the greatest failure of her life.
It hurt.
The gloom of that failure coiled tight inside her.
How could she get rid of it?
Simple — by making the man in front of her fall at her feet, by making him acknowledge her charm, by making him take the initiative, by making him want to touch her, want to have her.
A reckless idea took shape. She gritted her teeth, steeled herself, braced her legs, and turned her whole body a hundred and eighty degrees, straddling Lin Ye's lap.
Ai Hoshino was floored.
She had never imagined this junior of hers could be so daring — she was acting like a complete Pervert.
Yes.
Ai Hoshino remembered the word Lin Ye had used on her in the bathroom, and now she was applying that same word to Sayaka Maizono.
As for Lin Ye, he was genuinely caught off guard as well.
He had provoked Sayaka Maizono's contrary streak, but he'd assumed sitting beside him and brushing him with her leg was the limit. Anything beyond that seemed impossible.
The kind of initiative Ai Hoshino had shown in the bathroom was out of the question for this girl.
And yet she had surprised him.
Straddling him outright, her entire weight settled on his lap.
At this distance,
Lin Ye could clearly smell the scent of her body mingled with the clean fragrance of body wash.
Pleasant. Alluring. It stirred certain impulses in him, over and over.
And that scene in the bathroom rose in his mind again.
Having experienced something and never having experienced it are two different things.
With a body this lovely pressed against him, what ordinary man could hold out?
Even Lin Ye felt his resolve waver in that moment, felt the urge to do something to the girl in front of him.
She shifted gently, thighs sliding, the fine, slippery texture of the stockings teasing at him without pause.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
The sensation really was tempting enough.
Lin Ye came within a hair's breadth of reaching out and crossing that line.
But in Sayaka Maizono's eyes, his stillness meant her offer hadn't been generous enough — he was still just sitting there, doing nothing. So she gritted her teeth, hardened her heart, and added, "Anywhere… anywhere is fine!"
Having said it, she turned her face away, showing him the delicate, pale line of her profile — and the vivid flush across her cheek.
She was mortified, thoroughly embarrassed.
Even Lin Ye could see it, let alone anyone else.
Ai Hoshino was dumbstruck, but she still didn't speak up to stop it. She let the scene play out.
She very much wanted to see how long Lin-kun could hold out, whether Sayaka Maizono's assault could move him enough to make him take that step.
"Anywhere?"
At last,
Lin Ye's voice came, and beneath the confirming tone lay a faint thread of excitement and anticipation.
That put Sayaka Maizono at ease.
This was exactly the reaction she'd wanted. It proved Lin Ye did have thoughts about her, did have designs on her, that she was charming, that as a woman she held real attraction for men.
So now that she'd achieved her goal, what next?
Sayaka Maizono considered it.
She quickly concluded she still had to deliver on what she'd promised, or things could get ugly down the road.
Backing out now would corner her with no way out at all.
So,
all she could do was consent.
"Mm."
Sayaka Maizono gave a small sound of assent.
And then the worry set in. She had no idea where Lin Ye intended to touch.
Up top? Down below? Or behind?
The possibilities cycled through her head one after another.
Sayaka Maizono's heartbeat picked up.
Ai Hoshino was just as curious. She wanted to know which part Lin Ye was most interested in, which part he liked best.
That way, from now on, she could put in the work to make that part of herself prettier, more enticing.
Such were Ai Hoshino's thoughts.
Lin Ye raised his hand, and that small motion instantly drew both women's attention.
Then,
a second later, both pairs of eyes fixed on his lifted left hand.
The hand rose and came down slowly, and he deliberately dragged out the motion, tugging at both girls' nerves.
Finally,
Lin Ye took hold.
What he touched was Sayaka Maizono's hand — and at that moment the corner of his mouth curved into a faint smile.
"Miss Maizono, this should do, shouldn't it?"
That one line made Sayaka Maizono understand exactly what he'd done: a token gesture, made purely to humor her.
Going through the motions and nothing more.
The feeling left her deeply irritated, deeply uncomfortable, and pushed her contrary streak up another notch.
And the flicker of pleasure his earlier words had sparked in her only fed that rebellious impulse further.
In the end, it detonated.
Acting on pure impulse, Sayaka Maizono seized the hand holding hers and shoved it hard against her chest.
"Here is what counts."
She tossed the words out.
Ai Hoshino stared, jaw slack, one hand nearly rising to cover her mouth in shock.
This junior of hers really was bold! Grabbing his hand and putting it there herself.
"And here."
The upper half wasn't enough — the lower half followed.
From her stomach to her thighs, then the inner side, and then…
Furious and feverish at once, Sayaka Maizono forced Lin Ye's hand along.
Lin Ye didn't pull back. He let her do as she pleased.
The sensation was unexpectedly good.
This girl was fierce, no question.
That was Lin Ye's only assessment.
He wasn't losing anything, so there was no reason to hesitate.
A girl like Sayaka Maizono barely intersected with his life — so little that he didn't need to care.
Completely different from Haruno, completely different from Iroha Isshiki.
By the time his hand had covered every one of those places, Sayaka Maizono's face was scarlet, flushed to a bewitching, dewy sheen.
Lin Ye suspected her shame had reached the point where she wanted to die on the spot.
She just didn't have the face to say so.
"Well, I'll admit the feeling isn't bad."
"…"
Sayaka Maizono went even redder.
Mr. Lin was being far too obvious, far too blunt about it.
"Satisfied?"
"Not satisfied. How could that little bit satisfy anyone?"
The answer left her frozen, and a second later the sensation on her thigh told her exactly what was happening.
"Wait — he hadn't agreed to this!"
"You said it yourself. You gave permission. Anywhere is fine, no limit on how many times. What you did with my hand doesn't count."
Sayaka Maizono was stunned.
That might be what she'd said,
but wasn't him going ahead and doing it himself a little much?
A moment later a whimper escaped her.
Under the stimulation running through her body, she couldn't hold back the low, soft sound.
It was pure instinct. She had no way to resist it.
And it wasn't just her thighs — other places too.
All the places she herself had guided him to moments ago.
Sayaka Maizono was unwilling and helpless at the same time.
But since it had already happened once, her resistance wasn't especially fierce.
In the end she resigned herself. He'd already touched her, so let him keep going.
And somehow Lin Ye wasn't going too far. She could live with it.
At last,
a light pat on her back served as notice.
"All right, you can go rest now. Miss Maizono surely isn't planning to stay the night here and share my bed?"
"Huh?"
Sayaka Maizono started.
It was the first time she'd heard Lin Ye put something so bluntly, and it immediately dredged up everything Ai Hoshino had said to her earlier.
The two things connected in her mind, and she found herself wondering all over again whether Senpai had been telling the truth. The same doubt swallowed her once more.
"I wouldn't mind."
"No, no, no, that's not necessary, I'm going back right now."
Sayaka Maizono was off him and on her feet in an instant. She truly had no intention of going as far as warming his bed.
"Sayaka, stay."
Ai Hoshino tried to keep her there, but of course Sayaka Maizono refused. That was out of the question.
"I'm going back to the guest room. Goodnight, Senpai, Mr. Lin."
Sayaka Maizono left in something of a hurry, and the lingering sensations still made her walk a little unsteady.
The door clicked shut.
Sayaka Maizono was gone.
Only Lin Ye and Ai Hoshino remained in the room.
"Lin-kun…"
"Satisfied?"
"Ugh, this — this has nothing to do with me!"
"Isn't this what you wanted to happen?"
"How could it be? Why would I want something like that to happen?"
"Then why didn't you stop it?"
The question left Ai Hoshino with nothing to say.
Yes.
If she hadn't wanted it, why hadn't she stopped it?
A single word from her would have ended it, and Sayaka Maizono would have pulled back at once.
"So in the end, it happened because you allowed it, Ai-chan."
"…"
"Which means you take responsibility for it."
"I — but — how am I supposed to take responsibility?"
She didn't know. She was nervous — but more than that, she was hopeful.
Lin Ye patted the bed, gesturing for Ai Hoshino to sit.
Delight bloomed in her at that.
Wasn't this a good thing?
Wasn't this the good thing — Lin Ye finally wanting to do something?
Had Lin Ye finally reached his limit?
It made sense. All he'd gotten just now was some groping, and how could that possibly satisfy Lin-kun?
Now, at last, Lin-kun couldn't hold back anymore and was about to go all the way.
Ai Hoshino was nervous and eager in equal measure.
She sat down beside Lin Ye and asked softly, "Lin-kun, what is it you want… to do to me?"
"Whatever I do in a moment, you're not allowed to refuse."
It had to be that, didn't it?
In the end Ai Hoshino nodded firmly. "I promise."
She agreed. She agreed to it.
She knew that after tonight, she and Lin Ye would have moved up to a new kind of relationship.
Today her goal had been achieved.
But it took barely any time at all before she regretted it.
She realized she never should have agreed to anything Lin Ye said.
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