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While Sayaka Kirasaka questioned her existence outside facing the empty living room—
Inside the bedroom, La Folia had already pulled Bokue to sit on the bedside.
More accurately, he sat on the bed's edge while La Folia sat on his lap.
The two stacked like this, one above one below, facing each other. At zero distance, chest to chest, their breaths mingling together audibly.
"What's wrong, Bokue-kun?"
La Folia straightened her back to make herself appear taller than Bokue, tilting her face up slightly with a smile as she looped both arms around the young man's neck, looking down.
"You seem a bit distracted... I told you, right? When a girl has already set aside all her pride, if the boy still acts completely absent-minded, that's very rude~"
Bokue: "..."
To be fair, this wasn't about him being distracted—the whole process had just happened way too fast.
He'd only just arrived when the certain silver-haired princess had without warning thrown herself into his arms. Before saying anything, he'd been half-pushed, half-pulled into the bedroom.
Wasn't the plan to eat dinner? Plus, Sayaka was still left alone in the living room outside. No matter how you thought about it, this situation was hard to ignore!
"Hmph~"
Seeing the young man's gaze still intermittently glancing toward the door, La Folia suddenly smiled mysteriously.
"Alright, alright. Since Bokue-kun cares so much about Sayaka, I can relax now."
"?"
Bokue slowly raised another question mark.
Honestly, by now he'd completely lost track of what La Folia was trying to do. First leaving Sayaka outside, now saying she could relax.
What was going on??
"Well~ don't be impatient. I'll explain slowly."
La Folia's smile faded slightly here, becoming somewhat serious.
"First, answer me one question, Bokue-kun. What kind of feelings do you think Sayaka has toward you?"
"That? Pretty good, I'd say."
Bokue thought seriously before answering.
Not that he was narcissistic—just judging by the attitude shift from when they first met until now, Sayaka should have fairly positive feelings toward him.
After all, he wasn't some classic light novel's yasashii-type protagonist who could remain oblivious no matter how much the heroine hinted—practically spelled it out—still insisting they were just good ordinary friends.
Like when they first met, the certain Sword Shaman girl practically wanted to guard Yukina twenty-four hours a day, hissing at him on sight.
But later, after everything on that deserted island, she'd even become willing to call him by name and sleep in the same bed with him.
Bottom line—other things aside, at least the trust level had definitely been established.
But obviously La Folia wouldn't be satisfied with such an answer.
"Mou~ that won't do! What do you mean 'pretty good'? That's way too vague! Be specific! Do you think Sayaka likes you or doesn't like you?"
"...If I had to say, then she likes me."
Bokue thought briefly before responding.
"Yes yes, excellent answer."
La Folia nodded with satisfaction.
"So next question: do you think Sayaka is the type who'd show feelings called 'like' toward you in front of others?"
"That's... probably too difficult for her, right?"
Bokue hesitated over this question.
Though he hadn't really seen Sayaka Kirasaka being tsundere much himself, based on feeling and experience, she was undoubtedly a major tsundere.
"Exactly!"
Hearing the young man's answer, the silver-haired princess raised her index finger, waving it lightly with relief like teaching a promising student.
"So in conclusion, if I'm present, Sayaka absolutely won't proactively reveal her true feelings. I have to use this method..."
This method?
Bokue's gaze unconsciously swept across La Folia's long, voluptuous legs straddling him beneath her skirt. He thought—if this was just to create space for a good friend to speak her truth, wasn't this sacrifice a bit too great?
"If Bokue-kun thinks that, I'm going to get angry."
Reading his thoughts, the silver-haired princess's voice came from above once more.
When Bokue looked up again, La Folia's face was already right before him.
She'd timed the young man's upward glance perfectly, tightening her arms to completely eliminate the distance between their lips.
Mmm~
At the extremely close face-to-face distance, La Folia's slightly heated breath gently brushed the young man's cheek.
A bit ticklish.
One long kiss. They finally parted after quite a while.
When La Folia lifted her head again with slightly heavy breathing, the girl's pale cheeks were already covered in blush, even her bangs showing some disheveled disarray.
She licked her lips—moistened by saliva, glistening under the light as if wearing lip gloss.
"I told you, right? This is me as a girl setting aside all my pride to invite you to claim me, Bokue-kun. If it were just to create a private scene for you and Sayaka, I wouldn't need to go through this trouble."
"My feelings for you, Bokue-kun, are undoubtedly genuine. Of course... I believe Sayaka's are too."
"However—"
La Folia suddenly smiled slightly again.
"It's perfectly normal for a girl to be a bit selfish~ Since Sayaka's still too shy to say certain things, I'll strike first and give her a little 'pressure boost' while I'm at it."
"Otherwise she'll forever be that hesitant type, forever convincing herself you're just ordinary friends, telling herself she just doesn't dislike you like she does other men."
"So now you should understand, Bokue-kun, why I'm doing this."
The silver-haired princess leaned down slightly, bringing her lips to the young man's ear to send out shallow breaths.
"Oh right, back home, my maid once taught me a phrase. She said saying it would make the boy you like very happy. Though I've never said it before, I'll try it this time."
"She said this: 'Sincerity doesn't always get you sincerity, but intensity always gets you sound.' Are you willing to use intensity to make me produce sounds that belong only to you, Bokue-kun? Hehehe~♡"
"..."
Their conversation inside the room wasn't particularly loud. Plus, the luxury hotel suite's soundproofing was already excellent. So unless someone inside screamed at the top of their lungs, even pressing an ear against the door from outside would make it hard to hear what was being said inside.
At the same time, outside the bedroom in the living room, Sayaka Kirasaka—who'd been waiting at the door for ages without it opening—suddenly heard certain familiar sounds coming from inside.
'Ngh... Bokue-kun, sl-slower... don't keep going deeper... I'm going to break...!!!'
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