Mayo Chiki!

Together with the Young Lady

“Suzutsukiiiiiiii!?” I screamed with a voice that it reached even the deepest parts of the residence.

Even I reached my limit with this.

“What’s wrong, Jirou-kun? Why are you screaming like that?”

“Don’t give me that! You’re clearly taking things too far now! Why do I have to sleep in a tent, while wearing a dog costume as my working uniform!?” All the displeasure came gushing out at once.

You wouldn’t be treated this badly even if you worked at a black company. I can only hope to improve my situation with a labour strike.

“Can’t help it then, I’ll reconsider your working conditions.”

“Meaning?”

“You can stay in a small dog hut, but naked.”

“That’s even worse!”

“But, it costs 10.000 yen for one meal.”

“…Eh?”

“Of dog food.”

“At least treat me like a human being, will you!?”

“Ahahahahaha!”

“Don’t you dare laugh at me!”

Damn Devil Suzutuski, she was probably waiting for my retort this entire time, right. She was waiting for me to get angry after throwing all this unreasonability at me. Man, isn’t she motivated.

“Also, what’s with this costume?”

“Don’t blame me. Here at the Suzutsuki Family, the butler is a special existence, and the proof of that is the butler uniform, so we can’t just have any person wear it.”

“That doesn’t mean…”

“Ichigo and I did our best making it. She’s really good at this minor work. Since the fabric is thin, it’s easy to move in, and I’m certain it would look great on you.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Of course. Why not try it on?”

“…A-Alright.”

I was still filled with doubts, but I still accepted the costume, and put it on. It’s designed like a hoodie, but I can properly show my face, so I can see ahead of me just fine…Hm? The fabric feels great, and it’s warm. Did they pay a lot of this? Oh man, I might actually like this. I don’t think I would want to take this off.

“I forgot to tell you, but once you put that costume on, you can’t take it off again.”

“Seriously!?”

“Indeed. Once you pull up the zipper, it becomes immovable with an automatic lock.”

“Impossible…Ah, you’re right! I can’t take it off anymore!”

“By the way, in order for you to take it off, you need the remote that I’m holding.”

“Give it to me then! Give me the remote!”

“Fine then. Catch!”

“Don’t throw iiiiiit!”

How far do you plan on treating me as a dog? Because she threw the remote like a frisbee, I had to chase after it. I managed to catch it though, so a fine play on my mind. With this, I can open up the zipper…

“Wait, huh?”

Why are there so many buttons on the remote…

“Be careful Jirou-kun, that costume has a lot of functions.”

“A lot of functions?”

“It has a lot of wonderful functions. All of the buttons on that remote are like switches.”

“But, how am I supposed to tell which button will open up the zipper?”

“Yes, I’m sorry, I actually forgot to write information on the buttons. The best you can do is try out every single button.”

“……”

That was on purpose. Definitely, definitely on purpose. There’s no way she’d be this clumsy. However, I can’t keep wearing this costume. I just went and pressed a random button, but…

“…? Nothing is happening.”

“What a shame, that’s the button that will blow up your home.”

“Blow up!?”

“Right now, your home should be in tatters.”

“Youuuuuuu!?”

“Just kidding, it’s just a blank button. Didn’t your house burn down yesterday?”

“It didn’t burn down entirely, okay!”

It only burned down halfway. That’s important, so keep that in mind. Well, I know I’m a bit pathetic for being this hung up on that.

“Come on, try the next button.”

“Y-Yeah…Wait? Nothing happ—Bebebebebebe!?”

Pins and needleeeeeees! My body is twitchiiiiiiiing!

“I think that button probably was the electric shock.”

“D-D-D-D-Don’t joke with m-m-m-m-mee!”

“We thought that maybe it’ll help with your shoulder stiffness.”

“I-I-I-I feel like I’ll stiffen up more because of rigor mortissssss!!”

While twitching violently, I searched for the button I just pressed, and stopped this torture. That was bad, this costume is more dangerous than I thought. They might even use this as a torture device when it comes to intelligence work inside the country.

“As I mentioned, it has other functions, so be careful.”

“For example?”

“For example… a massage function.”

“Massage?”

Now that’s a great function if you ask me. It’d probably be great for the elderly.

“However, the place it massages are the nipples.”

“Why at such a weak point!?”

“We figured it would make the elderly happy.”

“That kind of stimulus would probably give them heart attacks!”

“Just kidding. We thought that it might make your breasts grow.”

“And how would I benefit from that!?”

“By the way, the power for the left nipple is ‘Weak’, but for the right nipple it’s ‘Strong’.”

“At least make it equal, will you!”

Wouldn’t that make one breast bigger than the other!? Not to mention that Konoe’s eyes suddenly lit up as soon as Konoe explained the costume, screaming “B-Breasts!?” in shock. Does she want bigger breasts that badly? I mean, the very fact that breasts grow if you fondle them is just a superstition.

“…Whatever, I’ll just search for a button later.”

“Hehe, it’s fine. You look great in that costume.”

“Really now.”

“Yes, very much so. Don’t you agree, Subaru?”

“M-Me!?”

Suddenly being a part of the conversation, Konoe faltered. Oh yeah, she’s just been staring at me this entire time, not saying a word.

“…It’s not that cute.”

“That’s a lie. You must love that kind of design, right?”

“T-That’s…!”

“That’s?”

“Urk…” Konoe cast her face downwards, fidgeting to herself.

Seems like Suzutsuki hit the bullseye. Thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, she likes the Silent Sheep, a costume that looks like a sheep killing humans. I wouldn’t be surprised if she liked this kind of design as well.

“Just be honest with yourself, and say that you love it.”

“…!? Y-Young lady!”

“What’s wrong? Just say it! I love it, I love it, I loooove it! Of course, you only love the costume, right?”

“~~~!”

“Come on, say it.”

“B-B-But…!” Konoe bit her lip, growing silent again.

Maybe she’s embarrassed to have her own taste revealed? I should probably stop them there. Not to mention that I want to ask Suzutsuki something.

“Leaving that aside, aren’t the servants at this place a bit crazy?” I called out to Suzutsuki.

By doing so, she showed a somewhat dejected expression.

“Really now? Didn’t you say they were unique?”

“They are a bit too unique, don’t you think?”

You have a girl crossdressing as a guy, a lolicon chef, and maid sounding like a robot. Even a Dragon Q*est party wouldn’t be this distinctive. I would have been less surprised if they had some thief as a servant.

“Isn’t it fine? That makes it much more interesting.”

“I know you won’t be bored because of that, but isn’t this pretty bad? That maid talked about LOVE and whatever.”

“That’s right, it seems like she has taken quite a liking to me.”

“…By the way, how old is she?”

“29.”

“So she is older after all.”

“However, she also is a maiden in love.”

“………”

Is that serious? It’s serious, right? I mean, I don’t mean to judge other people’s preferences, but LOVE, huh. The world is a large place, and there’s common sense that I had no way of knowing.

“More importantly, Jirou-kun, you best be careful.”

“Hm? About what?”

“You see, when it comes to me, Ichigo tends to lose sight of her surroundings. It has reached the point where even I am at a loss. That’s why, if you were to speak casually to me in front of her—”

Grrrrrr. There, I heard the howling of a beast behind me—as well as the sound of an engine. I reflexively turned around, but stopped mid-way. The blade of a chainsaw was directed at my neck again. Not to mention with it being edging to go at me.

“Why?” It was the same robotic voice from before, but I felt a sharp edge inside of that.

“W-Why what…?”

“Why are you speaking so casually with Kanade-ojousama?”

“I was hoping to achieve better working conditions with the means of peaceful negotiations…”

“NO.”

“B-But, the bare minimum of…”

“You don’t need that. Odd Jobs-san, you still don’t get it. This is the Suzutsuki Family. We’re servants. She’s the master. In this residence, she is absolute. If she were to say white, then even a panda is white.”

“………”

“Okay? No more using casual language with Kanade-ojou-sama. No more acting like you’re close. If you were to do that…”

“…!? It’s going up! The chainsaw is revving up even more!”

The chainsaw sped up. I’m sure that with no blade, it doesn’t hurt that much, but the sound is just terrifying! My ears are hurting from how loud it is!

“Ichigo, stop it there, will you. He is a servant, but also my friend.”

“…Friend, is it?”

“Yes. That’s why, stop.”

“…Understood, Kanade-ojousama.” Ichigo-san clearly was not satisfied with this, but still pulled back the chainsaw.

…A yandere. She’s a yandere maid. Also, why is she still here? Did she hear me scream Suzutsuki’s name and came rushing back? She’s got ridiculously good ears. Also, stop looking at me like a devil, what exactly did I do wrong?

“That being the case, starting today, you are a servant at my residence, so do keep your tone of voice in mind.”

“U-Understood, young lady.”

“Well done. Then, I’ll be heading back to my room. I’ll have Ichigo teach you the ins and outs, so do your best. Let’s go, Subaru.”

“Yes, young lady.” Konoe gave me a faint “You can do it, Jirou,” and walked after Suzutsuki inside the residence.

Um, so I guess I won’t be getting any better treatment after all? Damn Yamitsuki, she really loves bullying me.

“Odd Jobs-san, I’ll teach you.”

Now I was left alone with the yandere maid senior of mine. Yay, what a wonderful day. I get to enjoy what it feels like to work in society. Now I can sympathize with all the salarymen in this world. And if I mess up, my life is on the line.

“Don’t worry, your job is simple.” She said, and pointed at cleaning tools standing next to the front entrance. “Today, you’ll be cleaning.”

“Cleaning?”

“This is the master’s residence. It’s our job to keep this clean.” She explained with an indifferent expression.

Yet, the job given to me was oddly normal. Even I can do cleaning, as long as I know which place.

“So, clean this entire place.”

“…What?”

What does she mean by entire place? I feel like that sounds awfully ominous. The only good meaning that could have would be shopping at a supermarket and they say ‘The entire sortiment is on sale!’ or ‘Today, I’ll show you all of my places~’ said by a blonde-haired twintails rich tsundere’.

“T-The entire place?”

“YES. But, except the garden. If you start that, you’ll never finish, so just do everything inside the residence.”

“……”

Is she telling me to clean this entire needlessly large residence? Not to mention during today? I’m clearly looking at overtime here.

“No dinner until you finish it.”

“Urk…”

“By the way, if you skip out on work or decide against it…this will happen.” Ichigo-san took out a familiar remote from her skirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!?

T-This is…the electric shock from my costume!?

“I will have to punish you with this magical remote I received from Kanade-ojousama.”

“M-M-Magicallllll!?”

“What would you like as a chant? Thun*aga1? Or Za*ple2?”

“T-T-T-T-T-This isn’t some roleplaying game, so will you s-s-s-s-s-s-s-stop flipping the switch on and off like thattttttt!?”

I had to take a knee because of the constant shock, when Ichigo-san finally turned it off. T-This woman, she clearly went too far there. I didn’t expect her to have a remote of her own. She’s openly glaring at me even. And then, she spoke up with zero of an expression as always.

“Be careful. I’m pressing the next one.”

“…Um, which one?”

“The nipples one.” She declared with not an ounce of joy in her voice.

A beautiful maid just said ‘I’ll press your nipples’. Normally I’d scream ‘Come on, come on! Tune my nipples!’, but this nipple pressing was from this hellish costume I was wearing, so I was pretty much doomed.

“Can’t help it, the path to a first-class entertainer is steep.”

“Wasn’t I supposed to become a servant here?”

“…? Kanade-ojousama said ‘I’ll be hiring a newcomer entertainer’ not too long ago.”

“That was just her stupid nonsense!”

“…Hmmm?”

“Ah, it was just Kanade-ojousama’s jest! I’m not an entertainer!”

“……”

“Why do you look so disappointed?!”

“I-I wasn’t. More importantly, we’ll start the cleaning, so follow me.” Ichigo-san said, and guided me inside the residence.

This was the third time I walked inside. The first time was back in April, but since I left immediately, I barely got to see anything about the place, so I don’t know the ins and outs. After a few minutes of walking down a hallway with flower pots and paintings, we stopped in front of a single door.

“First up is this room.”

“What kind of room is it?”

“The bath. As it is the bath house of the Suzutsuki Family, it is quite large. That’s why it takes a lot of time. With how thin this costume is, you can wear the long boots in the changing room.”

“Are you not going to help me clean?”

“I have to leave to buy the ingredients for tonight’s dinner. Our chef is currently hospitalized after all.” She explained with a deadpan expression as always. “Farewell.” Those were her final words, as she returned to the hallway.

So she’s filling in while the chef is gone, huh. Still, going ‘Farewell’ is quite the way of phrasing things. Even if she hates my guts, I at least expected a ‘Do your best’ or ‘Fight’, or even ‘Once you’re done…come to my room’. No, that last one definitely won’t happen.

“I guess she really just hates me, huh.”

Maybe seeing me act so casually with Suzutsuki set her off. Though I feel like that’s not the only reason…but, wasting my time thinking about it won’t do me any good. Right now, I’m just a servant. And so that I don’t get punished, I need to work.

“…Do or die, huh.” I let out a sigh, grabbed the cleaning utensils, and entered the changing room.

Upon entering, I was almost blinded because of how white it was. Also, so big. Even this changing room is double the size of my room at home. So, the long boots Ichigo-san talked about…Ah, found them.

“Good.”

Putting on the boots that I found easily, I grabbed the deck brush from the cleaning utensils. Preparations are complete. Now, onwards to the battlefield—is what I thought, as I opened up the sliding glass door, but…

There stood Suzutsuki Kanade. Not to mention fully naked.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!?”

“Jirou-kun, shouldn’t I be the one to scream in this case?”

Despite this sudden incident, Suzutsuki was as calm as ever. She was probably just in the middle of taking a shower, as she wore not a single piece of clothing. With her hair down, she had only directed her head at me, but her back was in plain sight. As a result of that, her drenched smooth skin was burned into my retinas. I might not be able to see the front, but with her back to me, her butt was…!?

“How long do you plan on looking?”

“…! Sorry!” I screamed, and immediately turned around to tear my gaze away from her.

However, the scenery I was blessed with a second ago was already burned into the back of my eyes. She was taking a shower…and it was none other than Suzutsuki Kanade…

“W-What are you doing here!?” I tried to hide my embarrassment, and blurted out.

“This is the bath, right? What’s weird about me being here?”

“Ichigo-san told me to clean the bath!”

“……”

Silence. Suzutsuki seemed to be thinking.

“Jirou-kun, I think that you fell into her trap.”

“Trap?”

“Yes. She was planning on making us meet here, while I was taking a bath. She probably wanted me to get angry and fire you, if I had to guess.”

“Wha…”

The heck is up with that? How twisted can she be? It’s true that a servant peeking at their master’s bathing scene would surely end with being thrown out, but…

“Isn’t Ichigo-san to blame as well, then?”

“That’s right. I don’t doubt that you were told by her to clean the bath. Normally, she would receive the blame for this. She surely is aware of this, and still did this in order to chase you out.”

“No, she’s clearly the one at fault here…”

“Think about it. I’m a high school student, an adolescent girl, and now I have to live under the same roof with the boy who happened to see me naked. Normally, I would hate it because it’d be so awkward, right?”

“……”

So that’s what she was aiming for? That reminds me, I happened to see Konoe naked back in April, and she really hated my guts for a while there. I guess this situation is the same. Whatever the reason may be, now that I’ve seen Suzutsuki naked, it wouldn’t be weird to get chased out right now.

…This damn yandere maid. I didn’t think she hated me that much. Did me speaking casually to her tick her off that much? Or…is there a different reason?

“But, it’s fine.”

“…Eh?”

“I won’t throw you out. After all, you have no other place to stay, right?”

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“Suzutsuki…”

“Fufu…Not to mention.” The young lady showed a cheerful smile. “Even if some chicken bastard like you sees me naked like this, I don’t particularly feel anything.”

“…….”

It felt like a delicate part of my chest was cut in two with a chainsaw. That damn Yamitsuki-san, what is she telling me with a straight face…If anything this kind tone only hurts me more, now. I feel like it’d be much better if she just broke my entire heart.

“S-Sorry, I’ll apologize. I feel really bad. But, don’t worry, I, well, didn’t see that much…S-So, I’ll be leaving now…”

I took a 360 and tried to walk away. This bath is like hell itself right now. All my senses were telling me to get out, as quickly as possible. I hurriedly reached for the doorknob, but…

“No.”

Right here I could reach it, Suzutsuki’s voice stopped me, and gyaaaaaah! She’s hugging me from behind! Even though the thin fabric of the costume, I can feel two soft marshmallows pressed against my back, aiming to utterly destroy my senses.

“Y-You!”

“Don’t move, I’ll be done right away.” She whispered into my ear.

Because of this sudden development, as well as my gynophobia activating, my head felt dizzy. Suzutsuki however ignored me, and pushed something into my hands. What is this, a towel?

“Here, preparations are complete.” She sounded satisfied, and the soft sensation at my back disappeared.

However, her next words were even more dangerous.

“Then, could you wash my body?”

“……What?”

“Didn’t you hear from Subaru? She would sometimes wash my body. However, she’s currently busy with other work, so I’d like to ask you.”

“Y-You…!”

“Ah, I’m sorry, it slipped my mind. I don’t have to ask you. You’re my dog after all. I order you, Jirou-kun.” She spoke like the lady of this house, ordering one of her servants. “Wash my body.”

“…!”

“It’s fine, I have a blindfold just for that. Also, going through this experience of washing a girl’s body will surely help with your gynophobia.”

“Y-You might be right with that, but…”

Damn it, is this woman serious? I didn’t expect her to give me such a ridiculous order. I am a boy, remember? Normally, I wouldn’t even hesitate to say yes. However, I can’t forget about my gynophobia. Just by touching another girl, my nose starts bleeding, and I eventually lose consciousness. And now, a chicken bastard like me is supposed to wash her? Even if I wear a blindfold, the danger level of this mission is at MAX. Save me, James Bond.

“Be quick with it. You want to hurry and fix your gynophobia, right?”

“Urk…I-I get it.”

I had no choice but to agree in this context. Just as Suzutsuki said, if I make it through this mission, it might help with my gynophobia.

“Come over here.” Suzutsuki pulled the blind me along.

It was an odd fashion to see, I bet. I was wearing a costume, and Suzutsuki was completely naked. To compare this situation, it’s close to ‘A Dog of Flanders’. Eh, there was no situation like this in there? I mean, the dog was brought up to heaven, right? What if Ichigo-san saw us like this? My life would be over, Patrasche.

“Are you serious about this? If Ichigo-san comes back…”

“Rest assured, she should be out shopping.”

“She might have lied about that. Also, if she really set up a trap, wouldn’t she try to witness my crime?”

“Not happening. Ichigo has seen me naked before, but when that happened, she suffered from a nosebleed of your level, and passed out.”

“What a simple reaction…”

“It was pretty fun to watch.”

“So that’s why you’re enjoying my nosebleeds so much!?”

“Fufu, don’t get so angry. Anyway, there’s no way that Ichigo comes back. It’s also true that she went shopping. With only her as a maid and chef, she’s busy. That’s why, just keep calm and wash me, okay?”

“…!?”

It seems like we made it to the location Suzutsuki planned for. Guided by her hand, I sat down on a round stool.

“Then, I’ll have you wash my back.”

“O-Okay.”

“Or, would you rather prefer the front?”

“Do you plan on killing me!?”

The bath would turn into a murder scene in a matter of minutes. Despite there being no murder weapon, the water in the bath will probably turn blood red. What an awful assassination method.

“Fufu. Then, before we start, I’ll have to remove the costume part on your hand. Allowing you to directly feel my body will be even more effective against gynophobia.” Suzutsuki grabbed my hand yet again, touching the area of my wrist.

Since I couldn’t see anything, I had to sit still, but it seems like she opened up some kind of zipper. Just how many functions does this costume have, seriously.

“Here, all done. Use this towel. It’ll just create bubbles if you use body soap.”

“Y-Yeah…”

I offered her my palm, to which I was given a foaming towel. So I’m using this to wash Suzutsuki’s body while blindfolded, huh. Konoe did something similar to me during Golden Week, but I didn’t expect to be on the giving side this soon.

“Now, go on.” Even so, Suzutsuki’s voice was as calm as always.

Why is she so relaxed? How can you have that much of a poker face? I definitely don’t want to play Black Jack against her. She gives off the image that she could bury me at Tokyo Bay without a single twitch of her eyebrows.

“…Damn it.”

Whatever, no time to waste here. If Suzutsuki is the devil, then this bath is hell. My only way out of this place is to sell my soul…!

“T-Then, here I go.” I carefully pressed the bath towel against her back, and gently moved it up and down.

“Fufu, you’re not half bad at this.”

“W-Why thank you.”

Gaaah my head is going crazy. Calm down. Stop whatever you’re thinking about, and just play a relaxing BGM in your head…Um, as for the song…Wat, why am I hearing ‘Sailor Fuku wo Nugasanaide3’? So old. Not to mention that she’s not wearing any clothes anymore.

“Ah, I forgot.”

“W-What?”

“The thing is, that towel is a bit old. If you keep using that too much, it’ll hurt the skin. So, could you put some foam on your palm, and wash me directly?”

Eeeeek!? What is this devil thinking…She must have been a demon lord in her previous life. Or, some demon that got exorcised by a priest back in the middle ages. Anybody, please save me.

“Hurry up, this is an order.”

“O-Okay…”

Going along with Suzutsuki’s order, I put away the towel, and pressed my palms on her back.

“…!?”

Immediately after, I felt a warm sensation on the tip of my nose. My nose is bleeding. It seems like it didn’t take long for my gynophobia to activate.

“Are you okay? You’re not allowed to pass out before you finish washing your master’s back.”

“Urk…Alright…”

“Fufu, what a good boy you are.”

“Stop treating me like a dog…!”

I tried to fight back, but my consciousness was getting close to cutting out. The current BGM in my head suddenly changed to Pink Lady’s ‘S.O.S.’ for some reason. Again, what’s with these old songs?

“Urk…” I grit my teeth to deal with my lightheadedness, and continued to wash Suzutsuki’s back.

Waah, so smooth, and warm. A girl’s skin washed with foam is like heaven.

“Thank you for being so careful.”

“I-Is this enough already?”

“No, Subaru would always take her time. Or, is it because I was always teasing her that our baths take so long?”

“……”

Because I couldn’t help imagining the sight of two classmates (girls) taking a bath together the BGM in my head once again changed from ‘S.O.S.’ to ‘Kinjirareta Asobi4’. An instrumental song this late into the game?

“Urk…”

…I-I can’t anymore. Together with this melody playing in my head, my consciousness started to drift away.

“Thank you, that’s enough.”

Finally, I received permission from my master. I pulled my hand away from Suzutsuki, and washed away the foam and soap. I feel like I was busy washing a car for the past hour, I’m so exhausted…

“Any impressions?”

“I’m tired. If anything, I wouldn’t mind a bonus.”

I feel the contents of this task were plenty of a bonus, but that is that. I didn’t get to enjoy much of it because of my gynophobia. Thankfully, that’s over now. I need to get back to cleaning.

“Fine by me, I’ll give you a reward.”

I cursed my carelessness for a split second.

“No need to hold back. A good owner gives their dog a reward if they do well. It’s the same.”

Again, I’m not a dog!—is what I wanted to retort, but I was too terrified to say anything. Why does she sound like she came up with something good? I still can’t see anything, but there’s no doubt she’s smiling right now. She’s showing her true colors as a wolf.

“Then, let me think…” I heard a faint teasing snicker. “I’ll give you a kiss.”

“What?”

My thoughts stopped for a moment. Even the BGM stopped playing. However, Suzutsuki ignored me and my lack of reaction, and continued explaining.

“I said I’ll give you a kiss.”

“But, a kiss is…!”

“What’s the problem? We did it before, right?”

Because of these words, I was reminded of the incident during Golden Week. Ahhhh, that did happen, yeah. She stole my second kiss. By the way, Konoe apparently was my first one, but since she was using artificial respiration, I have no memories of that.

“Jirou-kun…” She called out my name with a sickenly sweet tone.

Because I was still blindfolded, I couldn’t see what was going on, but she suddenly took my hand, and brought her face closer. I could tell because her faint breath started hitting me.

“…Mmnn.”

Then, her lips gently touched my skin…

“…Hm? Hold on.”

What is this? No doubt, it was a kiss from Suzutsuki. However, she didn’t kiss the place I expected her to. That’s right, she pressed her lips on the back of my hand.

“Here, this is your reward. Did you expect me to give you a kiss on the mouth by any chance?”

“……”

…I’ll kill her. One day, I’ll make sure she’s gone. Is playing with me that fun? Since she turned into Yamitsuki-san, her pranks have only escalated even further.

“What’s wrong? Why are you blushing like that?”

“S-Shut up! Like hell I’d be embarrassed just because of this! At least make it a kiss on the cheek!”

“…Eh? No, I can’t kiss such an embarrassing place.”

“Your values of purity are definitely messed up, you hear me!”

Even though she broadly kissed me before, why is she acting like that now?

“Anyway, I got my reward, so I’m leaving.”

I’m sure she’s feeling satisfied with this, so I’ll get back to my work. With these thoughts, I tried to stand up, but…

“My, what are you talking about? My reward for you still isn’t fully over.”

“Eh?”

As I froze up in doubt, Suzutsuki pulled her hand towards me. And then—

“S-Suzutsuki!?” I raised a scream in terror.

After all, Suzutsuki had gulped down my index finger with her lips. And then, she used her soft and wet tongue to gently caress it, like a snake warming up its prey.

“Nn…Mmnn…” She gave off faint, intoxicated breathing.

Even the sound of her saliva building up reached my ears. It’s a kiss. It might be just on my finger, but it was a passionate kiss nonetheless.

“S-Suzutsuki, stop…”

“Nnnn…”

“!?”

Almost as if she tried to deny my resistance, Suzutsuki gently bit my finger. W-What is this. What is she doing to me while I’m wearing a blindfold? Because I couldn’t see anything, my senses were much more sensitive. Gyaaah, save me, Zatoichi5, being blind is terrifying.

“S-Stop it…”

Rather than resisting, I was pretty much just begging her. I can feel my gynophobia activating again. However, Suzutsuki did not stop.

“Mmmnnn…No…can do…” The watery sounds grew even stronger.

I felt my finger getting soggy, as Suzutsuki’s hot tongue ran across it.

“Why…? At this rate, I’ll pass out for good…!”

“No…I won’t stop…Because I’m Yamitsuki-san…and I need you to hate me.”

Almost as if these words ended up as a trigger, my consciousness faded into the darkness.

“…Everything is your fault.” Amidst the darkness, I heard a faint mutter. “Not to mention…even this made my heart race…”

I couldn’t even tell if I was still awake or dreaming. Finally, my symptoms got the better of me, and even the voice stopped.

1 Thundaga, a spell from Final Fantasy

2 Zapple, a spell from Dragon Quest

3 A song from Onyanko Club. The lyrics are…very yikes.

4 A song from 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) I think. There’s multiple ones

5 From The Blind Samurai movie

Together with the Young Lady

“Suzutsukiiiiiiii!?” I screamed with a voice that it reached even the deepest parts of the residence.

Even I reached my limit with this.

“What’s wrong, Jirou-kun? Why are you screaming like that?”

“Don’t give me that! You’re clearly taking things too far now! Why do I have to sleep in a tent, while wearing a dog costume as my working uniform!?” All the displeasure came gushing out at once.

You wouldn’t be treated this badly even if you worked at a black company. I can only hope to improve my situation with a labour strike.

“Can’t help it then, I’ll reconsider your working conditions.”

“Meaning?”

“You can stay in a small dog hut, but naked.”

“That’s even worse!”

“But, it costs 10.000 yen for one meal.”

“…Eh?”

“Of dog food.”

“At least treat me like a human being, will you!?”

“Ahahahahaha!”

“Don’t you dare laugh at me!”

Damn Devil Suzutuski, she was probably waiting for my retort this entire time, right. She was waiting for me to get angry after throwing all this unreasonability at me. Man, isn’t she motivated.

“Also, what’s with this costume?”

“Don’t blame me. Here at the Suzutsuki Family, the butler is a special existence, and the proof of that is the butler uniform, so we can’t just have any person wear it.”

“That doesn’t mean…”

“Ichigo and I did our best making it. She’s really good at this minor work. Since the fabric is thin, it’s easy to move in, and I’m certain it would look great on you.”

“Eh? Really?”

“Of course. Why not try it on?”

“…A-Alright.”

I was still filled with doubts, but I still accepted the costume, and put it on. It’s designed like a hoodie, but I can properly show my face, so I can see ahead of me just fine…Hm? The fabric feels great, and it’s warm. Did they pay a lot of this? Oh man, I might actually like this. I don’t think I would want to take this off.

“I forgot to tell you, but once you put that costume on, you can’t take it off again.”

“Seriously!?”

“Indeed. Once you pull up the zipper, it becomes immovable with an automatic lock.”

“Impossible…Ah, you’re right! I can’t take it off anymore!”

“By the way, in order for you to take it off, you need the remote that I’m holding.”

“Give it to me then! Give me the remote!”

“Fine then. Catch!”

“Don’t throw iiiiiit!”

How far do you plan on treating me as a dog? Because she threw the remote like a frisbee, I had to chase after it. I managed to catch it though, so a fine play on my mind. With this, I can open up the zipper…

“Wait, huh?”

Why are there so many buttons on the remote…

“Be careful Jirou-kun, that costume has a lot of functions.”

“A lot of functions?”

“It has a lot of wonderful functions. All of the buttons on that remote are like switches.”

“But, how am I supposed to tell which button will open up the zipper?”

“Yes, I’m sorry, I actually forgot to write information on the buttons. The best you can do is try out every single button.”

“……”

That was on purpose. Definitely, definitely on purpose. There’s no way she’d be this clumsy. However, I can’t keep wearing this costume. I just went and pressed a random button, but…

“…? Nothing is happening.”

“What a shame, that’s the button that will blow up your home.”

“Blow up!?”

“Right now, your home should be in tatters.”

“Youuuuuuu!?”

“Just kidding, it’s just a blank button. Didn’t your house burn down yesterday?”

“It didn’t burn down entirely, okay!”

It only burned down halfway. That’s important, so keep that in mind. Well, I know I’m a bit pathetic for being this hung up on that.

“Come on, try the next button.”

“Y-Yeah…Wait? Nothing happ—Bebebebebebe!?”

Pins and needleeeeeees! My body is twitchiiiiiiiing!

“I think that button probably was the electric shock.”

“D-D-D-D-Don’t joke with m-m-m-m-mee!”

“We thought that maybe it’ll help with your shoulder stiffness.”

“I-I-I-I feel like I’ll stiffen up more because of rigor mortissssss!!”

While twitching violently, I searched for the button I just pressed, and stopped this torture. That was bad, this costume is more dangerous than I thought. They might even use this as a torture device when it comes to intelligence work inside the country.

“As I mentioned, it has other functions, so be careful.”

“For example?”

“For example… a massage function.”

“Massage?”

Now that’s a great function if you ask me. It’d probably be great for the elderly.

“However, the place it massages are the nipples.”

“Why at such a weak point!?”

“We figured it would make the elderly happy.”

“That kind of stimulus would probably give them heart attacks!”

“Just kidding. We thought that it might make your breasts grow.”

“And how would I benefit from that!?”

“By the way, the power for the left nipple is ‘Weak’, but for the right nipple it’s ‘Strong’.”

“At least make it equal, will you!”

Wouldn’t that make one breast bigger than the other!? Not to mention that Konoe’s eyes suddenly lit up as soon as Konoe explained the costume, screaming “B-Breasts!?” in shock. Does she want bigger breasts that badly? I mean, the very fact that breasts grow if you fondle them is just a superstition.

“…Whatever, I’ll just search for a button later.”

“Hehe, it’s fine. You look great in that costume.”

“Really now.”

“Yes, very much so. Don’t you agree, Subaru?”

“M-Me!?”

Suddenly being a part of the conversation, Konoe faltered. Oh yeah, she’s just been staring at me this entire time, not saying a word.

“…It’s not that cute.”

“That’s a lie. You must love that kind of design, right?”

“T-That’s…!”

“That’s?”

“Urk…” Konoe cast her face downwards, fidgeting to herself.

Seems like Suzutsuki hit the bullseye. Thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, she likes the Silent Sheep, a costume that looks like a sheep killing humans. I wouldn’t be surprised if she liked this kind of design as well.

“Just be honest with yourself, and say that you love it.”

“…!? Y-Young lady!”

“What’s wrong? Just say it! I love it, I love it, I loooove it! Of course, you only love the costume, right?”

“~~~!”

“Come on, say it.”

“B-B-But…!” Konoe bit her lip, growing silent again.

Maybe she’s embarrassed to have her own taste revealed? I should probably stop them there. Not to mention that I want to ask Suzutsuki something.

“Leaving that aside, aren’t the servants at this place a bit crazy?” I called out to Suzutsuki.

By doing so, she showed a somewhat dejected expression.

“Really now? Didn’t you say they were unique?”

“They are a bit too unique, don’t you think?”

You have a girl crossdressing as a guy, a lolicon chef, and maid sounding like a robot. Even a Dragon Q*est party wouldn’t be this distinctive. I would have been less surprised if they had some thief as a servant.

“Isn’t it fine? That makes it much more interesting.”

“I know you won’t be bored because of that, but isn’t this pretty bad? That maid talked about LOVE and whatever.”

“That’s right, it seems like she has taken quite a liking to me.”

“…By the way, how old is she?”

“29.”

“So she is older after all.”

“However, she also is a maiden in love.”

“………”

Is that serious? It’s serious, right? I mean, I don’t mean to judge other people’s preferences, but LOVE, huh. The world is a large place, and there’s common sense that I had no way of knowing.

“More importantly, Jirou-kun, you best be careful.”

“Hm? About what?”

“You see, when it comes to me, Ichigo tends to lose sight of her surroundings. It has reached the point where even I am at a loss. That’s why, if you were to speak casually to me in front of her—”

Grrrrrr. There, I heard the howling of a beast behind me—as well as the sound of an engine. I reflexively turned around, but stopped mid-way. The blade of a chainsaw was directed at my neck again. Not to mention with it being edging to go at me.

“Why?” It was the same robotic voice from before, but I felt a sharp edge inside of that.

“W-Why what…?”

“Why are you speaking so casually with Kanade-ojousama?”

“I was hoping to achieve better working conditions with the means of peaceful negotiations…”

“NO.”

“B-But, the bare minimum of…”

“You don’t need that. Odd Jobs-san, you still don’t get it. This is the Suzutsuki Family. We’re servants. She’s the master. In this residence, she is absolute. If she were to say white, then even a panda is white.”

“………”

“Okay? No more using casual language with Kanade-ojou-sama. No more acting like you’re close. If you were to do that…”

“…!? It’s going up! The chainsaw is revving up even more!”

The chainsaw sped up. I’m sure that with no blade, it doesn’t hurt that much, but the sound is just terrifying! My ears are hurting from how loud it is!

“Ichigo, stop it there, will you. He is a servant, but also my friend.”

“…Friend, is it?”

“Yes. That’s why, stop.”

“…Understood, Kanade-ojousama.” Ichigo-san clearly was not satisfied with this, but still pulled back the chainsaw.

…A yandere. She’s a yandere maid. Also, why is she still here? Did she hear me scream Suzutsuki’s name and came rushing back? She’s got ridiculously good ears. Also, stop looking at me like a devil, what exactly did I do wrong?

“That being the case, starting today, you are a servant at my residence, so do keep your tone of voice in mind.”

“U-Understood, young lady.”

“Well done. Then, I’ll be heading back to my room. I’ll have Ichigo teach you the ins and outs, so do your best. Let’s go, Subaru.”

“Yes, young lady.” Konoe gave me a faint “You can do it, Jirou,” and walked after Suzutsuki inside the residence.

Um, so I guess I won’t be getting any better treatment after all? Damn Yamitsuki, she really loves bullying me.

“Odd Jobs-san, I’ll teach you.”

Now I was left alone with the yandere maid senior of mine. Yay, what a wonderful day. I get to enjoy what it feels like to work in society. Now I can sympathize with all the salarymen in this world. And if I mess up, my life is on the line.

“Don’t worry, your job is simple.” She said, and pointed at cleaning tools standing next to the front entrance. “Today, you’ll be cleaning.”

“Cleaning?”

“This is the master’s residence. It’s our job to keep this clean.” She explained with an indifferent expression.

Yet, the job given to me was oddly normal. Even I can do cleaning, as long as I know which place.

“So, clean this entire place.”

“…What?”

What does she mean by entire place? I feel like that sounds awfully ominous. The only good meaning that could have would be shopping at a supermarket and they say ‘The entire sortiment is on sale!’ or ‘Today, I’ll show you all of my places~’ said by a blonde-haired twintails rich tsundere’.

“T-The entire place?”

“YES. But, except the garden. If you start that, you’ll never finish, so just do everything inside the residence.”

“……”

Is she telling me to clean this entire needlessly large residence? Not to mention during today? I’m clearly looking at overtime here.

“No dinner until you finish it.”

“Urk…”

“By the way, if you skip out on work or decide against it…this will happen.” Ichigo-san took out a familiar remote from her skirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!?

T-This is…the electric shock from my costume!?

“I will have to punish you with this magical remote I received from Kanade-ojousama.”

“M-M-Magicallllll!?”

“What would you like as a chant? Thun*aga1? Or Za*ple2?”

“T-T-T-T-T-This isn’t some roleplaying game, so will you s-s-s-s-s-s-s-stop flipping the switch on and off like thattttttt!?”

I had to take a knee because of the constant shock, when Ichigo-san finally turned it off. T-This woman, she clearly went too far there. I didn’t expect her to have a remote of her own. She’s openly glaring at me even. And then, she spoke up with zero of an expression as always.

“Be careful. I’m pressing the next one.”

“…Um, which one?”

“The nipples one.” She declared with not an ounce of joy in her voice.

A beautiful maid just said ‘I’ll press your nipples’. Normally I’d scream ‘Come on, come on! Tune my nipples!’, but this nipple pressing was from this hellish costume I was wearing, so I was pretty much doomed.

“Can’t help it, the path to a first-class entertainer is steep.”

“Wasn’t I supposed to become a servant here?”

“…? Kanade-ojousama said ‘I’ll be hiring a newcomer entertainer’ not too long ago.”

“That was just her stupid nonsense!”

“…Hmmm?”

“Ah, it was just Kanade-ojousama’s jest! I’m not an entertainer!”

“……”

“Why do you look so disappointed?!”

“I-I wasn’t. More importantly, we’ll start the cleaning, so follow me.” Ichigo-san said, and guided me inside the residence.

This was the third time I walked inside. The first time was back in April, but since I left immediately, I barely got to see anything about the place, so I don’t know the ins and outs. After a few minutes of walking down a hallway with flower pots and paintings, we stopped in front of a single door.

“First up is this room.”

“What kind of room is it?”

“The bath. As it is the bath house of the Suzutsuki Family, it is quite large. That’s why it takes a lot of time. With how thin this costume is, you can wear the long boots in the changing room.”

“Are you not going to help me clean?”

“I have to leave to buy the ingredients for tonight’s dinner. Our chef is currently hospitalized after all.” She explained with a deadpan expression as always. “Farewell.” Those were her final words, as she returned to the hallway.

So she’s filling in while the chef is gone, huh. Still, going ‘Farewell’ is quite the way of phrasing things. Even if she hates my guts, I at least expected a ‘Do your best’ or ‘Fight’, or even ‘Once you’re done…come to my room’. No, that last one definitely won’t happen.

“I guess she really just hates me, huh.”

Maybe seeing me act so casually with Suzutsuki set her off. Though I feel like that’s not the only reason…but, wasting my time thinking about it won’t do me any good. Right now, I’m just a servant. And so that I don’t get punished, I need to work.

“…Do or die, huh.” I let out a sigh, grabbed the cleaning utensils, and entered the changing room.

Upon entering, I was almost blinded because of how white it was. Also, so big. Even this changing room is double the size of my room at home. So, the long boots Ichigo-san talked about…Ah, found them.

“Good.”

Putting on the boots that I found easily, I grabbed the deck brush from the cleaning utensils. Preparations are complete. Now, onwards to the battlefield—is what I thought, as I opened up the sliding glass door, but…

There stood Suzutsuki Kanade. Not to mention fully naked.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!?”

“Jirou-kun, shouldn’t I be the one to scream in this case?”

Despite this sudden incident, Suzutsuki was as calm as ever. She was probably just in the middle of taking a shower, as she wore not a single piece of clothing. With her hair down, she had only directed her head at me, but her back was in plain sight. As a result of that, her drenched smooth skin was burned into my retinas. I might not be able to see the front, but with her back to me, her butt was…!?

“How long do you plan on looking?”

“…! Sorry!” I screamed, and immediately turned around to tear my gaze away from her.

However, the scenery I was blessed with a second ago was already burned into the back of my eyes. She was taking a shower…and it was none other than Suzutsuki Kanade…

“W-What are you doing here!?” I tried to hide my embarrassment, and blurted out.

“This is the bath, right? What’s weird about me being here?”

“Ichigo-san told me to clean the bath!”

“……”

Silence. Suzutsuki seemed to be thinking.

“Jirou-kun, I think that you fell into her trap.”

“Trap?”

“Yes. She was planning on making us meet here, while I was taking a bath. She probably wanted me to get angry and fire you, if I had to guess.”

“Wha…”

The heck is up with that? How twisted can she be? It’s true that a servant peeking at their master’s bathing scene would surely end with being thrown out, but…

“Isn’t Ichigo-san to blame as well, then?”

“That’s right. I don’t doubt that you were told by her to clean the bath. Normally, she would receive the blame for this. She surely is aware of this, and still did this in order to chase you out.”

“No, she’s clearly the one at fault here…”

“Think about it. I’m a high school student, an adolescent girl, and now I have to live under the same roof with the boy who happened to see me naked. Normally, I would hate it because it’d be so awkward, right?”

“……”

So that’s what she was aiming for? That reminds me, I happened to see Konoe naked back in April, and she really hated my guts for a while there. I guess this situation is the same. Whatever the reason may be, now that I’ve seen Suzutsuki naked, it wouldn’t be weird to get chased out right now.

…This damn yandere maid. I didn’t think she hated me that much. Did me speaking casually to her tick her off that much? Or…is there a different reason?

“But, it’s fine.”

“…Eh?”

“I won’t throw you out. After all, you have no other place to stay, right?”

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“Suzutsuki…”

“Fufu…Not to mention.” The young lady showed a cheerful smile. “Even if some chicken bastard like you sees me naked like this, I don’t particularly feel anything.”

“…….”

It felt like a delicate part of my chest was cut in two with a chainsaw. That damn Yamitsuki-san, what is she telling me with a straight face…If anything this kind tone only hurts me more, now. I feel like it’d be much better if she just broke my entire heart.

“S-Sorry, I’ll apologize. I feel really bad. But, don’t worry, I, well, didn’t see that much…S-So, I’ll be leaving now…”

I took a 360 and tried to walk away. This bath is like hell itself right now. All my senses were telling me to get out, as quickly as possible. I hurriedly reached for the doorknob, but…

“No.”

Right here I could reach it, Suzutsuki’s voice stopped me, and gyaaaaaah! She’s hugging me from behind! Even though the thin fabric of the costume, I can feel two soft marshmallows pressed against my back, aiming to utterly destroy my senses.

“Y-You!”

“Don’t move, I’ll be done right away.” She whispered into my ear.

Because of this sudden development, as well as my gynophobia activating, my head felt dizzy. Suzutsuki however ignored me, and pushed something into my hands. What is this, a towel?

“Here, preparations are complete.” She sounded satisfied, and the soft sensation at my back disappeared.

However, her next words were even more dangerous.

“Then, could you wash my body?”

“……What?”

“Didn’t you hear from Subaru? She would sometimes wash my body. However, she’s currently busy with other work, so I’d like to ask you.”

“Y-You…!”

“Ah, I’m sorry, it slipped my mind. I don’t have to ask you. You’re my dog after all. I order you, Jirou-kun.” She spoke like the lady of this house, ordering one of her servants. “Wash my body.”

“…!”

“It’s fine, I have a blindfold just for that. Also, going through this experience of washing a girl’s body will surely help with your gynophobia.”

“Y-You might be right with that, but…”

Damn it, is this woman serious? I didn’t expect her to give me such a ridiculous order. I am a boy, remember? Normally, I wouldn’t even hesitate to say yes. However, I can’t forget about my gynophobia. Just by touching another girl, my nose starts bleeding, and I eventually lose consciousness. And now, a chicken bastard like me is supposed to wash her? Even if I wear a blindfold, the danger level of this mission is at MAX. Save me, James Bond.

“Be quick with it. You want to hurry and fix your gynophobia, right?”

“Urk…I-I get it.”

I had no choice but to agree in this context. Just as Suzutsuki said, if I make it through this mission, it might help with my gynophobia.

“Come over here.” Suzutsuki pulled the blind me along.

It was an odd fashion to see, I bet. I was wearing a costume, and Suzutsuki was completely naked. To compare this situation, it’s close to ‘A Dog of Flanders’. Eh, there was no situation like this in there? I mean, the dog was brought up to heaven, right? What if Ichigo-san saw us like this? My life would be over, Patrasche.

“Are you serious about this? If Ichigo-san comes back…”

“Rest assured, she should be out shopping.”

“She might have lied about that. Also, if she really set up a trap, wouldn’t she try to witness my crime?”

“Not happening. Ichigo has seen me naked before, but when that happened, she suffered from a nosebleed of your level, and passed out.”

“What a simple reaction…”

“It was pretty fun to watch.”

“So that’s why you’re enjoying my nosebleeds so much!?”

“Fufu, don’t get so angry. Anyway, there’s no way that Ichigo comes back. It’s also true that she went shopping. With only her as a maid and chef, she’s busy. That’s why, just keep calm and wash me, okay?”

“…!?”

It seems like we made it to the location Suzutsuki planned for. Guided by her hand, I sat down on a round stool.

“Then, I’ll have you wash my back.”

“O-Okay.”

“Or, would you rather prefer the front?”

“Do you plan on killing me!?”

The bath would turn into a murder scene in a matter of minutes. Despite there being no murder weapon, the water in the bath will probably turn blood red. What an awful assassination method.

“Fufu. Then, before we start, I’ll have to remove the costume part on your hand. Allowing you to directly feel my body will be even more effective against gynophobia.” Suzutsuki grabbed my hand yet again, touching the area of my wrist.

Since I couldn’t see anything, I had to sit still, but it seems like she opened up some kind of zipper. Just how many functions does this costume have, seriously.

“Here, all done. Use this towel. It’ll just create bubbles if you use body soap.”

“Y-Yeah…”

I offered her my palm, to which I was given a foaming towel. So I’m using this to wash Suzutsuki’s body while blindfolded, huh. Konoe did something similar to me during Golden Week, but I didn’t expect to be on the giving side this soon.

“Now, go on.” Even so, Suzutsuki’s voice was as calm as always.

Why is she so relaxed? How can you have that much of a poker face? I definitely don’t want to play Black Jack against her. She gives off the image that she could bury me at Tokyo Bay without a single twitch of her eyebrows.

“…Damn it.”

Whatever, no time to waste here. If Suzutsuki is the devil, then this bath is hell. My only way out of this place is to sell my soul…!

“T-Then, here I go.” I carefully pressed the bath towel against her back, and gently moved it up and down.

“Fufu, you’re not half bad at this.”

“W-Why thank you.”

Gaaah my head is going crazy. Calm down. Stop whatever you’re thinking about, and just play a relaxing BGM in your head…Um, as for the song…Wat, why am I hearing ‘Sailor Fuku wo Nugasanaide3’? So old. Not to mention that she’s not wearing any clothes anymore.

“Ah, I forgot.”

“W-What?”

“The thing is, that towel is a bit old. If you keep using that too much, it’ll hurt the skin. So, could you put some foam on your palm, and wash me directly?”

Eeeeek!? What is this devil thinking…She must have been a demon lord in her previous life. Or, some demon that got exorcised by a priest back in the middle ages. Anybody, please save me.

“Hurry up, this is an order.”

“O-Okay…”

Going along with Suzutsuki’s order, I put away the towel, and pressed my palms on her back.

“…!?”

Immediately after, I felt a warm sensation on the tip of my nose. My nose is bleeding. It seems like it didn’t take long for my gynophobia to activate.

“Are you okay? You’re not allowed to pass out before you finish washing your master’s back.”

“Urk…Alright…”

“Fufu, what a good boy you are.”

“Stop treating me like a dog…!”

I tried to fight back, but my consciousness was getting close to cutting out. The current BGM in my head suddenly changed to Pink Lady’s ‘S.O.S.’ for some reason. Again, what’s with these old songs?

“Urk…” I grit my teeth to deal with my lightheadedness, and continued to wash Suzutsuki’s back.

Waah, so smooth, and warm. A girl’s skin washed with foam is like heaven.

“Thank you for being so careful.”

“I-Is this enough already?”

“No, Subaru would always take her time. Or, is it because I was always teasing her that our baths take so long?”

“……”

Because I couldn’t help imagining the sight of two classmates (girls) taking a bath together the BGM in my head once again changed from ‘S.O.S.’ to ‘Kinjirareta Asobi4’. An instrumental song this late into the game?

“Urk…”

…I-I can’t anymore. Together with this melody playing in my head, my consciousness started to drift away.

“Thank you, that’s enough.”

Finally, I received permission from my master. I pulled my hand away from Suzutsuki, and washed away the foam and soap. I feel like I was busy washing a car for the past hour, I’m so exhausted…

“Any impressions?”

“I’m tired. If anything, I wouldn’t mind a bonus.”

I feel the contents of this task were plenty of a bonus, but that is that. I didn’t get to enjoy much of it because of my gynophobia. Thankfully, that’s over now. I need to get back to cleaning.

“Fine by me, I’ll give you a reward.”

I cursed my carelessness for a split second.

“No need to hold back. A good owner gives their dog a reward if they do well. It’s the same.”

Again, I’m not a dog!—is what I wanted to retort, but I was too terrified to say anything. Why does she sound like she came up with something good? I still can’t see anything, but there’s no doubt she’s smiling right now. She’s showing her true colors as a wolf.

“Then, let me think…” I heard a faint teasing snicker. “I’ll give you a kiss.”

“What?”

My thoughts stopped for a moment. Even the BGM stopped playing. However, Suzutsuki ignored me and my lack of reaction, and continued explaining.

“I said I’ll give you a kiss.”

“But, a kiss is…!”

“What’s the problem? We did it before, right?”

Because of these words, I was reminded of the incident during Golden Week. Ahhhh, that did happen, yeah. She stole my second kiss. By the way, Konoe apparently was my first one, but since she was using artificial respiration, I have no memories of that.

“Jirou-kun…” She called out my name with a sickenly sweet tone.

Because I was still blindfolded, I couldn’t see what was going on, but she suddenly took my hand, and brought her face closer. I could tell because her faint breath started hitting me.

“…Mmnn.”

Then, her lips gently touched my skin…

“…Hm? Hold on.”

What is this? No doubt, it was a kiss from Suzutsuki. However, she didn’t kiss the place I expected her to. That’s right, she pressed her lips on the back of my hand.

“Here, this is your reward. Did you expect me to give you a kiss on the mouth by any chance?”

“……”

…I’ll kill her. One day, I’ll make sure she’s gone. Is playing with me that fun? Since she turned into Yamitsuki-san, her pranks have only escalated even further.

“What’s wrong? Why are you blushing like that?”

“S-Shut up! Like hell I’d be embarrassed just because of this! At least make it a kiss on the cheek!”

“…Eh? No, I can’t kiss such an embarrassing place.”

“Your values of purity are definitely messed up, you hear me!”

Even though she broadly kissed me before, why is she acting like that now?

“Anyway, I got my reward, so I’m leaving.”

I’m sure she’s feeling satisfied with this, so I’ll get back to my work. With these thoughts, I tried to stand up, but…

“My, what are you talking about? My reward for you still isn’t fully over.”

“Eh?”

As I froze up in doubt, Suzutsuki pulled her hand towards me. And then—

“S-Suzutsuki!?” I raised a scream in terror.

After all, Suzutsuki had gulped down my index finger with her lips. And then, she used her soft and wet tongue to gently caress it, like a snake warming up its prey.

“Nn…Mmnn…” She gave off faint, intoxicated breathing.

Even the sound of her saliva building up reached my ears. It’s a kiss. It might be just on my finger, but it was a passionate kiss nonetheless.

“S-Suzutsuki, stop…”

“Nnnn…”

“!?”

Almost as if she tried to deny my resistance, Suzutsuki gently bit my finger. W-What is this. What is she doing to me while I’m wearing a blindfold? Because I couldn’t see anything, my senses were much more sensitive. Gyaaah, save me, Zatoichi5, being blind is terrifying.

“S-Stop it…”

Rather than resisting, I was pretty much just begging her. I can feel my gynophobia activating again. However, Suzutsuki did not stop.

“Mmmnnn…No…can do…” The watery sounds grew even stronger.

I felt my finger getting soggy, as Suzutsuki’s hot tongue ran across it.

“Why…? At this rate, I’ll pass out for good…!”

“No…I won’t stop…Because I’m Yamitsuki-san…and I need you to hate me.”

Almost as if these words ended up as a trigger, my consciousness faded into the darkness.

“…Everything is your fault.” Amidst the darkness, I heard a faint mutter. “Not to mention…even this made my heart race…”

I couldn’t even tell if I was still awake or dreaming. Finally, my symptoms got the better of me, and even the voice stopped.

1 Thundaga, a spell from Final Fantasy

2 Zapple, a spell from Dragon Quest

3 A song from Onyanko Club. The lyrics are…very yikes.

4 A song from 東京事変 (Tokyo Jihen) I think. There’s multiple ones

5 From The Blind Samurai movie