Yuna Tsubakihara's expression froze for a moment. Although she genuinely harbored feelings for Alex... having it stated so bluntly, and in front of her mother and sister, made Yuna blush fiercely.
Nina Tsubakihara's eating motions also halted. As for Mrs. Mira, the widowed mother naturally saw through her daughter's feelings long ago, so she wasn't particularly surprised.
"W-What jealousy? I'm not jealous at all."
Yuna Tsubakihara quickly lowered her head, feigning ignorance and concentration on her meal, almost convincingly. Alex, feeling his mischievous side activated, didn't continue teasing the relatively reserved and shy girl, and instead continued his casual conversation with Mira.
But under the table, he quietly extended his foot...
"Alex, there hasn't been any more of that terrible stuff happening at school, right?" Mira and the three others present knew exactly what she meant by "that terrible stuff."
"On the surface, things are quiet, but who knows what's happening behind the scenes," Alex subtly moved his foot towards where he thought Yuna was sitting. He had enjoyed the under-the-table action yesterday and liked the feeling of stealthy intimacy.
It was ordinary with Chi and the others, who were like an old married couple, but with the Tsubakihara women, especially Yuna Tsubakihara, it was incredibly stimulating.
On the surface, he remained perfectly calm, exchanging conversation with Mira.
"For instance, the incident a while ago involving a janitor harassing and drugging girls..." Speaking of that event, Alex turned his head. "Yuna was present that time."
Under the table, Alex's foot brushed against a small foot opposite him. He distinctly felt a slight jump the moment of contact.
Yuna Tsubakihara's hand paused mid-meal. She glanced at Alex with pursed lips, then quickly looked away, her face showing a complex emotion. She murmured, "Yes... I told Mom about Yukiha's incident too."
She had been there that time, when that lecherous janitor lured them into the rest room... Thinking about it, it was precisely because of that incident that Alex left such a deep impression on her. In fact... her liking for him had started then.
But at the time, she was merely an outsider, watching Serizawa Yukiha and him... watching Yukiha and his relationship deepen and eventually become intimate.
I was drugged too! I was also a victim that time! I met Alex first! Yet, Yukiha and he did those naughty things that day, while she was sent away.
The more she thought about it, the more resentful, sorrowful, and jealous she became.
Alex sensed Yuna Tsubakihara's underlying guilt and detected the sourness in her tone, so his movements beneath the table became more proactive. The foot, which had been suddenly ambushed, twitched, seemingly attempting to pull away.
Alex seized the advantage, preventing her escape. When she tried to struggle and push his foot away, Alex firmly held it down. Seeing the futility of resistance, she seemed to resign herself and stopped moving.
The forceful and rough movements ceased. Once she stopped struggling and resisting, he began to gently stroke the slender, delicate foot. Perhaps she hadn't expected Alex to be so tender.
After his initial firm restraint, the small foot didn't try to flee, remaining motionless. As he gently caressed it, it trembled slightly.
Alex noticed all of this.
"Yuna told me that there was another girl besides her, right?" The scene above the table remained harmonious.
"Yes, she is now my... girlfriend," Alex looked up and saw that Yuna Tsubakihara didn't dare lift her head, focusing instead on eating. He chuckled internally.
"You have so many girlfriends... It's the weekend, and you're here instead of spending time with them... Is that alright?"
"It's fine. I see them every day at school. But you all... cough, especially Mira, after not seeing you for a while, I imagine you were already dying of thirst, weren't you?"
"..."
Saying such a thing in front of her daughters! Even Mira, who had weathered many storms, rolled her eyes fiercely at his explicit remark.
Under the table—
He wasn't satisfied with mere stroking. After rubbing for a bit, he quietly moved upward, landing on the calf muscle. Perhaps the previous actions had gradually lowered her guard, as the soft, delicate leg only gave a slight shudder, without strongly resisting his touch.
Considering that the recipient was still an innocent girl, Alex didn't venture deeper. He rubbed against her smooth, supple thigh. Then, using both his feet, he clasped the girl's foot, pulling it towards himself.
A brief panic arose, and she tried to twist away, but it was too late. His hand, placed precisely under the table, captured it. He gripped her leg with his feet and tickled her sole with his fingers. She instantly went limp, losing all strength to escape.
However, the reason the delicate leg finally settled wasn't just due to her inability to fight back. It was also related to Alex's tender caress; held and fondled as if she were a lover, she couldn't summon the will to resist.
In fact, it was somewhat pleasurable... she felt as if she might melt under his touch.
All of this, hidden beneath the table, remained undiscovered. The conversation above continued intermittently.
It was only when the cute little foot encountered something hard and intensely hot, a heat that threatened to melt her, that the leg Alex was fondling jerked violently, recoiling as if stimulated.
Clatter—
At the table, Nina Tsubakihara's chopsticks suddenly dropped, making a clear sound. Her face maintained its usual cool expression as she stood up. "I'm full. I'll be heading back to my room."
Full? There's still half a bowl left, Mira and Yuna looked at her with confusion. Alex's expression stiffened. Feeling the small foot pull away, he looked at Nina's retreating, hurried back.
And the remaining mark on her foot—the stocking half-pulled down by him—left him speechless.
"Wait, did I target the wrong person?"
He thought it was Yuna, but it was Nina?!
After all that flirting, the target had been the younger sister, Nina Tsubakihara. These two sitting together actually confused me, the stunned young man almost spat out his food. He looked at Nina's hastily retreating figure, finding her more and more strange.
"Why didn't Nina Tsubakihara pull away just now?"
I did pull away!
Nina Tsubakihara, who had fled back to her room, removed her glasses and clutched her fiercely beating heart. She slowly sank to the floor, her face a mix of complexity and struggle, with a faint blush.
"I tried to pull away! It's all Alex's fault; he kept pushing and clinging to me! How could I fight back? It's not my fault, it's all his fault..."
She looked at her legs, unable to resist touching her own foot, recalling the sensation of being gently caressed by him, the tension of being flirted with. She couldn't calm the tumultuous beating in her heart...