Chapter 44
Sure enough, when we woke up the next day, the chain binding Qifeng and me had disappeared without a trace. I excitedly leaped out of bed. I’m finally free!
Huh—?
“What’s with that expression?” I looked at Qifeng. She was rolled up in the quilt, picking at the corner of the blanket with a wronged expression on her face.
“…I don’t think I did anything too terrible to you, did I?”
“In the end… I’m still separated from you…”
Ha…?
I feigned anger and grabbed her weak spot!
“You have the nerve to say that? How many times did I have to accompany you to the bathroom last night?”
“Ow, ow, ow… Don’t grab my ponytail!”
Seeing her on the verge of tears, I couldn’t stay angry.
Speaking of which, I discovered that sleeping with Qifeng wasn’t very nerve-wracking. It’s probably because we’re childhood friends. Just because I’m used to her as a person, I don’t really care that much about the “impropriety of physical contact between men and women” or anything.
On the contrary, that time at the hot springs, when Sister Aijieliya held me while we slept, I was so nervous my body started acting strange…!
As for Lian Qi? That time we slept on the sofa together? I was so exhausted I passed out before I even had a chance to get nervous.
“Alright, alright, hurry up and get out of bed. We have to eat and then go to class. Today is the Evocation school’s class.”
I lightly hopped off the bed.
“Eh? Has the Transmigrator signed up for every class, every day?” Qifeng asked me, sitting on the bed and rubbing her eyes.
“Mhm, Professor Meilin suggested she audit every day’s class, as a sort of catch-up, I guess?” I had my back to Qifeng and was about to put on my girl’s uniform. I kept feeling a gaze on my back. When did I become so sensitive? I turned my head and glanced at Qifeng— “Don’t look…!”
This silly girl obediently closed her eyes. She really does whatever I tell her to do…
It can’t be helped. It’s really shameful even if she just sees my panties…! I finished putting on my uniform with my back to her.
“Okay, you can open your eyes now.”
She opened her eyes, which were shining as she looked at me.
“Wow…! Fei’er, you look totally refreshed.”
“…You already saw me wear this same uniform yesterday, didn’t you?” I took another set of uniforms from the closet and threw it at her. Huh? I accidentally threw it right in her face.
“Oh, oh!”
She gave me a silly smile. Even if she’s not reserved around me, I’m not such a pervert that I’d stand here and watch her change, so I averted my gaze.
“Fei’er, where are the socks?”
She quickly finished changing into her uniform and sat on the edge of the bed looking at me, her fair, tender legs dangling and swinging.
“Can’t you come and get them yourself? Are you waiting for me to ‘feed’ you? Catch—” I took a balled-up pair of white over-knee socks from my suitcase, aimed, and threw them at her.
This time, they bounced off her forehead. Both times, she didn’t even use her hands to block. Is she just that resigned to her fate?
“They’re white?”
“Yeah. Don’t you only wear white?”
“Today, I want you to wear white, too. Let’s go to class wearing the exact same thing, okay?” she said, giving me a silly smile.
“…I’m really helpless against you.”
I complained, but I still agreed to her small request. After all, I’ve seen other girls at school wearing this uniform with white socks, and it looks pretty. I’ve been eager to try it myself.
…I’m a boy, and I’m seeing other girls wear uniforms with white socks and wanting to try it myself? I’m truly hopeless.
A wave of transgression washed over me. My face started to heat up. It’s a good thing Qifeng can’t detect my psychological changes… I took another pair of white over-knee socks from my suitcase and silently sat back down on the bed.
I just feel that changing stockings in front of Qifeng is pretty shameful…
Just like last time when I was late, and Lian Qi punished me by forcing me to change stockings in front of her…
But if I act unnatural over such a small thing, it’ll be way too easy to make people suspicious, right? Come to think of it, in Lian Qi’s eyes, I’m already someone who gets ashamed easily…
Ahem. Anyway, Qifeng and I will just put on our own. I pulled the over-knee sock onto my foot and all the way up my thigh. Mhm… this area of skin between the sock and the uniform skirt… this must be the “Absolute Territory,” right?
All of a sudden, Qifeng’s hand reached for my thigh! She drew a heart on my over-knee sock.
Uwah! I flinched, almost jumping up!
“You brat! You know I’m ticklish and you still randomly touch me…!” I immediately counter-attacked! I grabbed her waist and pinned her down on the bed! It turns out she’s even more ticklish than I am. She was rolling around on the bed, laughing and crying.
”…” Lian Qi pushed the door open, saw us like this, and then silently closed the door again.
“W-Wait…! Don’T go!” I scrambled off of Qifeng, blushing. It’s so embarrassing to be caught by Lian Qi in the middle of fooling around with Qifeng.
“I heard someone yelling for help, so I came in to see,” Lian Qi said, coughing awkwardly. “It seems I’ve interrupted you.”
“It’s not like that. Qifeng and I were just playing around,” I said, giving Qifeng a light push.
“Yeah, we were just playing around,” Qifeng stammered.
“Your chain came undone? I thought you’d be like that for life. I still need Fei’er to take class notes for me. Alright, hurry up and wash your faces, then go eat, or you’ll be late for class.”
“She’s such a top student, huh? Rushing to class every day,” Qifeng whispered to me.
Lian Qi heard her and said flatly, “One class a day is nothing. I’ve even done eight classes a day. By the way—”
She looked at Qifeng.
“You’ve already graduated, and you’re still coming to class with us?”
“Mhm!” Qifeng tilted her head and smiled. “Although Fei’er and I have been sisters since we were little, never going to school together has always been a big regret. So, isn’t it great to take this chance to make up for it?”