"....."

  Naturally, it was impossible for Ishigami not to be stunned, especially when he didn't expect that he would be so fessed so suddenly. At that moment, he was like that girl who had suddenly been fessed to by a ale friend.

  If he was a female, then he would probably say, "Thank you, but I have always thought of you as an older brother."

  Something like that?

  Regardless, Onodera realized how messed up she was, especially when she fessed to him so suddenly like this. She was in a panid just wished to escape as soon as possible.

  "I-I am sorry! I-I must have troubled you! Please fet about that... Please five me... fet it, okay? S-See you tomorrow!"

  Her eyes were in tears, w why she had messed up so badly. All she thought of was running away, thinking that she would be obviously rejected by him, but when her feet moved, she suddenly stopped since her hand was held firmly by Ishigami.

  "Y-Yuu?"

  As her hand was held firmly by him, she looked at him in fusion.

  "Could I treat that as a joke, Rei?" Ishigami asked early.

  "...."

  Onodera felt shy aated, but then, as her eyes met his, she regained her ce, took a deep breath, and shook her head. "No..." Strangely enough, she was calm at that moment, and all the feelings within her heart came out so naturally from her moist, cherry lips.

  "I... I know that it might be strange even for you, and you might doubt me, especially when you sidered our previous retionship, but... even if the time I spent with you was short, I uand that I have fallen for you, and... and... I want you to be my boyfriend..."

  Her voice was a bit low, yet it was firm, expressing her feelings to him, who did his best to ge.

  She had watched him, and she uood what kind of a man he was, and because of that, she didn't want to lose him.

  She wanted him to be hers.

  Still, she khat she was being reckless, especially when she also didn't know about his feelings, yet it didn't matter since whehought Ishigami would uand her feelings and realized that she didn't want them to be only a friend, she wished for him to reciprocate her feelings in the same way and be a boyfriend and a girlfriend.

  Onodera was nervous, yet she looked up at him, who was in a daze before he blushed.

  "...you... are you blushing?"

  "...if you know, then you don't have to say it, okay?"

  Ishigami would be lying if he wasn't embarrassed when he heard her sincere fession, but more importantly, he was surprised!

  He thought of the possibility of them dating, but it wasn't too soon, and he believed that it would take them a month or more as it was the most on span that one o date the other.

  Still, even if he failed to get Onodera, it didn't matter since he had made a move on many heroi the same time, yet, uedly, in just a few days, Onodera fessed to him, but then, he also couldn't help but feel plex, especially after Kaguya had been rubbing his ere this afternoon.

  However—

  "Sure." Ishigami accepted Onodera's fession and sincerely answered her. "Please take care of me, Rei." He wasn't like the harem protagonist who had a crush on a girl aated in the face of the fession of others.

  Onodera was cute, and she liked him.

  More importantly, she fessed to him, so there was no need for him to have a long, plicated, and arduous jouro get a girlfriend.

  Lastly, he just wanted a girlfriend so he could finish the quest from his system. All heroines were fine, and if there was a ce before him, he would be an idiot to refuse Onodera.

  Yes, he khat his feelings might be shallow or even fake, but whatever his feelings were, he got a girlfriend.

  That's what is important, right?

  Yet, Onodera was dumbfounded as she didn't expect that her fession would be accepted. While she was happy that she wao hug him right away, she couldn't help but hesitate, w whether it was okay. "A-Are you sure? Are you fih me?"

  "Is there a problem with you?"

  "I-I had mocked you before and joihers in hurting you. Do you think I am fit to be yirlfriend—"

  Yes, Onodera was happy that Ishigami accepted her fession, but she couldn't help but think that she felt she wasn't worthy of him. However, she couldn't finish her words since Ishigami took her lips.

  When their lips touched each other, they were in a daze.

  Soft and warm.

  The two thought as they had their first kiss, and the hesitation in her heart instantly disappeared.

  While Ishigami wao do more, he was afraid that he couldn't trol himself, so he pulled away and said, "There. You have taken my first kiss. Take responsibility, okay?"

  "...."

  "Th-That's my first kiss too!"

  Onodera eechless and couldn't help but get emotional as it was also her first kiss.

  "Then, wasn't it fair? You have mine. I have yours."

  "....."

  There were many things that Onodera wao say, but all of her pints disappeared as his hand firmly held onto hers. He was no losundere, who held her hand for a moment and the her go.

  This time, he didn't let her go and held her hand naturally.

  "Let's go back," Ishigami said softly.

  "Um..."

  All of her worries disappeared, and she showed a silly, happy smile as she followed his words obediently.

  There was ation in his as anymore, and he didn't tease her anymore but showed her through a that they had formed a retionship, a boyfriend and a girlfriend.

  "Love you."

  Onodera smiled sweetly as she said those words.

  "Hmm."

  "Please say you love me too!"

  "If you let me kiss you, I will say it."

  "...let's go somewhere quiet." While she didn't mind him kissing her, Onodera felt that it was too dangerous to kiss on the corridor like that again as she was afraid someone might see them, and at the same time, she also wao taste his lips better.

  "Pervert."

  Ishigami could tell that this girl also wao kiss him.

  "...the pervert was yht?"

  Yet, no matter what, Onodera was happy.

  However, as the two left, they held each other's hands, but in the er, one girl took a deep breath calmly as she leaned on the door of the library. Her hands clutched onto her skirt tightly before they were slowly loosened as she showed a bitter smile on her face. While she had a feeling Onodera had a feeling toward him, she didn't expeodera to make such a move, yet she also didn't io bme Ishigami since she didn't want him to be hurt either, and she just wanted him to be happy.

  She was fine as long as he was happy, but why couldn't she feel happy?

  "...could you do that in a pce I couldn't see?"

  Still, Kobachi was gd that no one was around sihis way, no one could see her current expression. Staying in the library for a while, she waited until her tears stopped, calming herself, erasing all the traces of her sadness, then walked out of the library and then locked the door firmly like her heart as she knew nothing could be done now.

  Yet, while Kobachi realized everything, the others didn't know anything, and they just couldn't help but think about the wonderful things they would do with him, especially those who had a promise to see him.

  However, they didn't know that in the empty where Kaguya had brought him before, Ishigami had started to make out with Onodera.

  Everything was too te.

  He was already taken.

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