"Errr. . . uumm. . ."

  Neo wanted to hug her to ease and comfort her, but then he realized that would count as cheating, so he hesitated. Not to mention, if someone else found out, they would view it as a simple affair. No amount of context could've saved his relationship with his actual girlfriend.

  "Tch! Just hug me already, you insensitive senpai!"

  "WHAT? I THOUGHT U WERE GENUINELY HURT! GIVE ME BACK MY WORRY YOU, SHAMELESS GIRL!!"

  Neo grabs Yuki's head and grips it hard.

  "IT HURTS SENPAI!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  After a few seconds, they have settled down and calmed down considerably.

  "Sigh~ Why is tonight's shift so tiring. . ."

  "Maybe you're just built like a weakling senpai?"

  "Excuse me, I work four part-time jobs while also going to college at the same time. My grades are excellent and top-tier all the time. Even at this hour, I'm not really tired. I am definitely not built like a weakling. Although I do feel exhausted after you arrived just now, though."

  "Urgh, self-gloating as soon as I hit your ego. How could I ever fall in love with such a man?"

  "W-Why are you asking me. . ."

  "(Why is this girl constantly confessing to me so casually? Like, is she taking this seriously? Ah, but this is just her usual self, though, so I guess she is genuine. I feel bad cause my heart already belongs to someone else. I hope she finds a good man in the future at least.)"

  "By the way, senpai, who was your girlfriend again?"

  "Are you doing this on purpose? How could you forget about my beloved Karin? We were back-to-back rivals during high school."

  "Oh right, how could I forget about the two legendary exam monsters Neo-senpai and Karin-senpai? To think that you two ended up together! Two opposites clashing so many times with each other that they ended up feeling connected to each other. What a romantic story. . ."

  "Heheh, we were fighting with each other so much to the point where I saw how beautiful and smart she is. That made me fall for her. . ."

  "Grrrrrr~ IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME YOU SEE? I LOVED YOU SENPAI!!! LONGER THAN SHE EVER DID! I WAS THE ONE WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU FIRST!! BUT YOU'RE SO DUMB AND OBLIVIOUS YOU NEVER NOTICED IT THE WHOLE TIME I WAS WITH YOU AT SCHOOL! HUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

  "I-I'm sorry kouhai! I didn't see anything strange with you at the time!! I promise!"

  "I WALKED UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR ALMOST EVERY DAY DURING BREAK JUST TO TALK TO YOU WHEN I WAS FIRST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL!!! UWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

  "I-I THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS ON YOUR OWN YEAR SO I FELT PITY AND BEFRIENDED YOU!!!"

  "I BROUGHT AND MADE YOU BENTOS OCCASIONALLY AND I EVEN FED YOU BY HANDS!! HUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

  "I JUST THOUGHT U WERE PRACTICING ON YOUR COOKING SO I JUST WANNA HELP YOU OUT!!"

  "I WAS THE ONE WHO KEPT DRAGGING YOU TO THE INFIRMARY EVERY TIME YOU GOT INJURED PLAYING SOCCER DURING GYM CLASS EVEN IF IT WAS DURING LECTURE IN MY CLASS! HUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

  "I-I do appreciate that kouhai-kun! You were really helpful to me! Thank you!"

  "UWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH SENPAI YOU ARE ONE BIG IDIOT!!! IGNORANT ASSHOLE!!! I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, AND I LOVE YOU!!! HUWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

  "I AM SO SORRY KOUHAI-KUN!!!"

  Neo felt so bad that he started apologizing while bowing down on the store floor.

  "*sniff sniff* Then please let me take these for free!"

  Out of nowhere, Yuki puts a lot of snacks on the register that she grabbed from the snack aisle in the store very quickly when Neo was bowing on the floor, not looking at her.

  *!!!*

  "THIS WAS YOUR INTENTION FROM THE START?! YOU SHITTY SHORTY BRAT!! GET OOOUUUUTTTT!!!"

  "Aw, senpai! Just a harmless prank is okay, right?"

  Yuki puts her left pointing finger against her left cheek, lets out her tongue a bit, raises her left leg halfway, and puts her right hand up above her head while making the peace hand sign. She's striking an adorable pose to combat Neo's anger as she says, "Teheee!!".

  "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. . ."

  Neo lets out a long sigh.

  "You are too exhausting to deal with! Now I'm grateful my girlfriend is a lot calmer than you."

  *!!!*

  "SENPAI YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!"

  "Yeah, sorry, I'm not falling for that anymore! On another note, is it alright if you're not home at this hour?"

  "Tch! I'm fine, senpai! I already asked for permission from Dad! I'mma hang out a bit here."

  "Fine! Suit yourself! Just don't get in my way, okay?"

  “Weeeeeee!!”

  Yuki lets out her tongue in response.

  *Beep beep*

  "Ah! Welcome!"

  The door to the store slides open, and multiple customers enter. Yuki went to the food aisle just to sightsee some items while Neo is now handling the customer.

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  .

  An hour later. . .

  "Aaaaaarrrrggghhhhhh!!"

  Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.

  Neo stretches his body after a long day of multiple part-time jobs and college classes.

  "I'm beat!"

  "Want a massage only from me, senpai?"

  Neo and Yuki are currently walking down the street at night, at 9 o'clock. Neo is walking Yuki towards her home because he is a responsible man and a senpai.

  "No thanks! I don't trust you, not to mention you can't reach my shoulder properly without tip-toeing cuz you're so short!"

  "Tch! How can you reject such an offer from a beautiful girl like me?"

  "Easy! My girlfriend is far superior to you in looks, height, and attitude!"

  Suddenly, Yuki kicks Neo gently on his lower back, and he stumbles on his own feet and falls.

  *!*

  "SENPAI!"

  After kicking her senpai, Yuki immediately regrets it and grabs Neo's hand. The moment she has a good grasp of Neo's hands, she immediately pulls back with such force that now, Neo is falling towards Yuki instead.

  *WHAM*

  "AARGGHH!!"

  "AAAAAWWWW!!"

  ". . ."

  Neo and Yuki fall to the ground, and now Neo is on top of Yuki.

  "Ummmm. . . are-are you okay, Kouhai?"

  "I-I'm fine, senpai. . ."

  They are both staring at each other while Neo is still on top of Yuki.

  *!*

  All of a sudden, they both felt the presence of someone that's staring at both of them.

  Neo turns his head around. He and Yuki both look in the same direction.

  "Onee-chan?" said Yuki, surprised.

  *?*

  Both of them immediately got up and properly stood up.

  "Onee-chan! What are you doing here?"

  "I'm going to the convenience store."

  "But, don't we have food at home?"

  "I'm tired of eating cup noodles every day, so I'm buying some snacks from the convenience store."

  "Oh, you're heading there? We were just there! We barely missed you, onee-chan!"

  "Is that so?"

  Yuna slowly looks towards Neo.

  "Who are you again?"

  "E-Excuse me! My name's Fukibayashi Neo! Uuuuhhh, I don't know where or when, but your face seems familiar to me!"

  Neo felt nostalgic seeing Yuna's face. He's pretty confident that they have met each other somewhere before, but he doesn't remember.

  "Hugging each other on the ground at this hour. Must be nice, huh?"

  Yuki immediately recognizes Yuna's envious tone.

  "O-ONEE-CHAN!! It was an accident! I pushed him for a harmless joke, but he actually almost fell, so I pulled him back. But I pulled too hard, so he fell on top of me! That's it! We didn't really do stuff that you thought we did! It was purely an accident! Not to mention, he has a girlfriend! It was an honest mistake on my part!"

  "(Yuki? I-I never see her acting like this. . .)" wonders Neo.

  "She's right! I wouldn't randomly assault someone like this! This is a misunderstanding!"

  ". . . ."

  Yuna turns her head forward and continues to walk down the street, ignoring Yuki's and Neo's explanation completely.

  "Nee-chan! Can I come with you?"

  "No."

  Yuna answers relatively quickly with no hesitation. Yuki feels down hearing her fast response. Yuna then continues to walk away, but then she stops.

  "Go home! It's 9 already."

  And then Yuna finally walks away and leaves Yuki and Neo.

  That last remark from her sister puts a smile and relieves to Yuki. Her sister really does care about her.

  "You really love your sister, don't you?"

  Yuki cannot hide her smile and looks at Neo with a face that is trying to hold back tears.

  "Of course I do!"

  Neo looks at Yuki at her prettiest as she's wearing her most genuine smile compared to all of her other previous smiles that he has ever seen from her. That startled Neo a bit, and he blushed a little.

  "(ARRRGGHH!! WHAT AM I DOING?! GETTING BEWITCHED BY MY OWN KOUHAI!? I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! PLEASE WAKE UP, ME! QUICK! THINK OF HER MOST ANNOYING AND UGLY FACES!!)"

  "Senpai! Did you just blush?"

  . . . .

  "Senpai?"

  "Don't worry! I imagine all of your ugly faces! I am fine now! This is a good method to shield my heart from a rotten thief!"

  "TCH!"

  "Don't click your tongue! It's disrespectful towards your elder!"

  "Alright, grandpa! Whatever you say!"

  "YOU LITTLE!"

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  Five minutes later. . .

  Neo and Yuki have reached Yuki's house.

  "Alright then, I'm going home!"

  "Thanks for walking me home, senpai! What a gentleman! Such a perfect boyfriend candidate for me!"

  "Once again, I have a girlfriend, you little. . . Sigh~ Never mind that! Night, Yuki!"

  "Alright, night, senpai! Careful on your way!"

  Yuki enters her house after saying goodbye to her senpai. She walks to the living room and notices no one's there, signaling that her parents have already gone to bed.

  She walks upstairs to her room, but before entering, she looks towards her sister's room door. She decided to walk back downstairs. She went to the kitchen and grabbed a few ingredients to make a simple dish.

  Yuki cooks an omelet, prepares a bowl of hot rice, and pan-fries beef slices. She prepares all of it and brings it to the dining table. She then covered the food with paper. She also grabs a piece of paper, scribbles, and writes on it.

  Afterwards, she cleaned up all of the cooking utensils she used. And then she finally went upstairs into her room and ended her day.

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  .

  Two hours later at eleven at night. . .

  The door to their house opens. Yuna has come home and walked in, but she didn't bring any food with her. She changed her plans to just spend time at the store to read magazines, and whatnot. She walks to the living room and immediately goes up the stairs.

  *?!*

  But then her gaze was fixated on something from the dining room. She walks towards the dining room and finds cooked food covered by paper. There's also a drawing next to the food.

  What she saw touches her, and tears are running down her cheeks. There's a drawing of Yuki, drawn in adorable chibi-style, giving a thumbs-up and saying "Eat up, Nee-chan!".

  Yuna was showered with feelings of love and care. She cried for about an entire minute.

  She then sits down and proceeds to eat Yuki's cooking with gratitude.

  Afterwards, she takes a bath and then she returns to her room, spending the entire night without sleeping, just staying on the floor, playing with her laptop.

  These are usually Yuki's daily routine. Some days are varied because she and her entire class decided to hang out and do a study session together. Some days she also went out with her parents to a mall for a change. On some days, she also went and spent a whole day with Neo, even though he already has a girlfriend.

  And then summer vacation arrives. . .

  *BEEP BEEP BEEP*

  An alarm clock is ringing loudly in Yuki's room.

  *TAP*

  Yuki was sleeping, but her hand reached for the clock and turned off the alarm. Yuki slowly rises from her slumber. She gets up and sits on her bed.

  *Yawns*

  She lets out such a big yawn that if people heard. They would think it was the growl of a bear.

  "OKINAWA TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMEEEE!!!"

  Yuki shouts so much that her parents, who are sleeping in their room downstairs, were startled and woke up.

  "Oh my, that girl!"

  "Well, Okinawa is a one-of-a-kind experience after all, dear, let her be!"

  "Hahaha! That's true, though."

  Her parents have such a lighthearted mood, even though they woke up earlier than intended.

  Today is Saturday, but it's a momentous day for Yuki as today is the day when she and her classmates decided to go to Okinawa.

  "GET READY! GET READY! GET READY!"

  Yuki is currently preparing herself for the big day. She immediately went downstairs and took a bath.

  During bath, she constantly sings a made-up song with a lyric that just says 'Okinawa' over and over again, showing signs of how enthusiastic she is.

  Her mother has quickly prepared breakfast, but only for Yuki. When she gets out, she immediately has breakfast. She devoured her breakfast in no time and immediately went upstairs to her room to dress up for the trip.

  "What should I wear? Ummmmm. . ."

  Yuki spends some time just thinking to herself.

  "AAAAAHHH I DON'T KNOOOOOWWW!!"

  And then Yuki finally decides. She walks out of her room carrying her luggage as well.

  "I AM READY!"

  Yuki is wearing a white summer long dress that goes past her knees with white, relaxed short pants underneath. She also wears a white sun cap.

  . . .

  Before going down, Yuki walks to her sister's room door.

  *knock knock*

  "Nee-chan. . ."

  She opens the door. Yuna was inside, and as always, she is awake, or more accurately, she hasn't slept yet.

  "Nee-chan, I'm going today!"

  ". . ."

  "Uum, alright, please take care of yourself, Nee-chan! I'll be home as soon as I can!"

  ". . ."

  "Alright, I'm going, Nee-chan!"

  Yuki slowly closes the door to Yuna's room.

  ". . .have fun. . ."

  As she closed the door, she could hear Yuna's quiet response. This puts such a big smile on her face, and she is now fully hyped to go.

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  15 minutes later. . .

  "Thanks for the ride, Dad!"

  "Have fun on the trip, honey!"

  Yuki's father drove Yuki to the airport. Yuki is here to meet up with everyone in her class. She walks into the airport and she already notices a familiar noisy group of people.

  "GOOD MORNING, MY BEST FRIENDS!!"

  "OOOOOO YUKI!!"

  "MORNING YUKI!"

  "Is everyone here yet?"

  "You're the last one!"

  "WHAT? This is so rare! I'm usually not a late person."

  "OH NEVERMIND THAT YUKI!!"

  *!!*

  Yuki smiles, knowing what her friend meant.

  "OKAY GUYS, THREE COUNTDOWNS!!!"

  The class president, Shu, instructs everyone.

  "3!"

  "2!"

  "1!"

  The whole class counts down and shouts together. And. . .

  "OKINAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! HERE WE COOMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

  They all shout their lungs out in harmony with big smiles on their faces as they raise both of their hands above.