As soon as Hikari found a relatively remote spot to sit down where there was no one around, a graceful figure hurried over, carrying a stack of books.
"Hikari-kun~" Serizawa Yukiha greeted him happily.
"Hello, Serizawa-san," Hikari also smiled and nodded at her.
His relationship with Serizawa Yukiha was quite good, and since he had been coming to the library frequently recently, Serizawa Yukiha naturally took extra care of him.
Serizawa Yukiha placed the several books she was carrying in front of Hikari and said, "Hikari-kun, these are the books you asked me to find about legends, myths, and ghost stories. I found most of them. It's just that there are one or two left that I still need to check the old book storage to confirm if we have them..."
Hearing this, Hikari nodded and spoke his thanks, "Thank you for your hard work. Sorry to trouble you, Serizawa-san. Thank you very much."
"It's fine, no trouble at all. Hikari-kun has helped me a lot before too," Serizawa Yukiha first shook her head.
But suddenly, she playfully blinked at Hikari and said with a smile, "But if Hikari-kun wants to thank me, I'm willing to accept it. It's just... thanks shouldn't only be in words, right?"
Hearing Serizawa Yukiha's words, which seemed to have an ulterior motive but weren't meant to boast about her help, just somewhat playful, Hikari smiled and said, "Then what kind of repayment does Serizawa-san want?"
Serizawa Yukiha put her finger to her pink lips, somewhat puzzled, "Hmm... I don't know either."
Seeing her expression, Hikari smiled, got up, and walked out of the library.
A short while later, he returned carrying two cups of pearl milk tea.
He handed one of the cups, at room temperature, to Serizawa Yukiha and said with a smile, "Does this count as thanks in action?"
"Hmm, of course," Serizawa Yukiha smiled as she accepted it, but soon, she handed her cup back into Hikari's hand and simultaneously snatched the iced milk tea from his other hand.
"Hikari-kun, I feel like drinking iced milk tea today. You don't mind, do you?", Serizawa Yukiha asked with a beaming smile.
"I don't mind, but... can you drink iced today?", Hikari followed her lead and asked with a smile.
"I can! I can drink iced today~ No matter how much ice is added, it's fine~", Serizawa Yukiha said with a smile while inserting the straw into the iced milk tea. She lightly bit the straw with her red lips, her pink cheeks puffing out slightly as she demonstratively took several sips in succession. [T/N: You know, it isn't about milk and straws, right?]
Hikari also inserted the straw into his milk tea cup and took a few sips. Then, he shook his head and commented, "Milk tea these days is getting less and less tasty. It's called pearl milk tea, but forget having few pearls, the milk flavor is also way too weak. It's like drinking water..."
Hearing Hikari's words, Serizawa Yukiha blinked and asked him, "Um, Hikari-kun also thinks this pearl milk tea has no flavor?"
"Hmm," Hikari nodded.
"I have a way to help Hikari-kun increase its milkiness, you know?", Serizawa Yukiha's tender, plump face glowed with a healthy redness as she said to Hikari with a smile.
Hikari raised an eyebrow curiously, "Oh? What method?"
"I'll show you right now...", As she said this,Serizawa Yukiha walked towards Hikari with a smile.
Soon, under Hikari's somewhat admiring gaze, Serizawa Yukiha lifted the lid of her pearl milk tea.
"It's actually very simple. If I share the milk from my milk tea with Hikari-kun, won't the milk flavor in your milk tea be strong enough then~"
Seeing this move, Hikari couldn't help but feel a bit impressed.
Actually, he felt it wasn't very appropriate to do this in a place like the library. What if milk tea accidentally got on the books?
But Serizawa Yukiha was just too enthusiastic. She insisted on sharing a lot of the milk from under her milk tea lid with Hikari, even stuffing pearls and pudding into Hikari's mouth. Hikari had no choice but to accept.
Watching Hikari now tasting the pearl milk tea in his hand, Serizawa Yukiha's small face was also slightly flushed. She couldn't help but ask, "Um, Hikari-kun, how is it? Has the milk tea gotten better?"
Hikari chewed lightly on the soft, chewy pearl taro bubbles in his mouth and replied somewhat vaguely, "Hmm... the milk flavor has definitely gotten much stronger. It's very fragrant."
Hearing Hikari's words, Serizawa Yukiha immediately showed a happy, satisfied smile.
The milk tea in her hand swayed unconsciously, causing the lid to wobble. Paired with the girl's clear, beautiful face, it was truly dazzling.
After spending about half an hour lightly finishing off all four cups of milk tea, Hikari helped Serizawa Yukiha tidy up her lid and other things.
Seeing Hikari wiping his mouth over there, Serizawa Yukiha, whose face was still very red, directly pulled him into the librarian's rest room.
"Hikari-kun, reading in the library can be tiring. Come rest and slack off with me in the break room here," Serizawa Yukiha took Hikari's hand and placed it on her milk tea that hadn't been finished yet.
Hikari naturally took a sip and asked with a smile, "Slacking off here, aren't you afraid of being discovered by others?"
Serizawa Yukiha smiled and blinked her left eye, "No~ I specially bought curtains to block the windows. Look, people outside can't see in here at all. Also, I secretly added soundproofing strips around the bed. People outside can't hear any sounds from inside the rest room at all."
"In other words, we can slack off as much as we want?", Hikari asked with a smile.
"Hmm, yes. If you don't believe me, Hikari-kun, try slacking off and touching~", As she said this, Serizawa Yukiha sat down next to Hikari and took his hand.
"Alright, then I'll come and touch," Hikari smiled and quietly wrapped his arms around the slender waist of the child-faced, buxom beauty in front of him from behind.
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About an hour later, the first morning class at Suzuki High School had ended, and the class dismissal bell had already rung.
In the library rest room, two figures slowly separated.
Serizawa Yukiha's pale face was unusually flushed, carrying an indescribable smile. Although she looked very tired, her charming eyes gazed tenderly at Hikari.
"Hikari-kun...", Looking at Hikari's handsome face, Serizawa Yukiha's beautiful eyes, which seemed to hold autumn water, were somewhat dazed.
"Are you okay, Yukiha-chan," Hikari helped her put her clothes back on, patted her head, and looked at the clear, beautiful girl who still had tear stains at the corners of her eyes, asking with concern.
"I'm fine, it's just still a little sore here...", Serizawa Yukiha smiled, pressed her thigh root, and shook her head.
"But with Hikari-kun here, I feel I'll be better soon~", As she said this, Serizawa Yukiha tightly hugged Hikari again.
Although she didn't wrap herself around him completely like an octopus as before, she still held on very tightly.
But for Hikari, with his very robust physique, this naturally wasn't a problem.
He gently patted the beautiful girl librarian's forehead and softly stroked her smooth, jade-like back, helping her relax her previously tense emotions further.
Just earlier, after Serizawa Yukiha pulled Hikari into this rest room belonging to her, the librarian, the two had a deep discussion regarding literature.
Especially concerning the works of author Haruki Murakami, notably his representative work "Norwegian Wood," the two exchanged views in a thorough yet accessible manner.
Hikari was learned in both Eastern and Western classics, his knowledge vast and profound.
Serizawa Yukiha was also deeply immersed for many years, well-read in 'wet' books, and multi-talented.
So after their exchange, Hikari gained some new insights, and Serizawa Yukiha was also filled with knowledge, both of them reaping full rewards.
It's just that Serizawa Yukiha's physical fitness was still a bit lacking, and her discussion experience was severely lacking, one could even say it was zero.
And because it was also Hikari's first time discussing literature with someone in a library, he was inevitably a bit excited.
Although his control ability was quite strong, his 'cheese' knowledge was also astonishingly profound. Even if he used just a bit more strength, his discussion partner, who was new to this, would find it hard to bear.
So after her discussion with Hikari, Serizawa Yukiha had clearly become quite tired.
Seeing Serizawa Yukiha's clearly suboptimal mental state, Hikari comforted her for a while, had her hold a straw, and fed her some Pure Love brand Nutritional Drink. Then he said to her, "Yukiha-chan, you probably can't continue manning the library like this, right? How about taking leave? I'll take you home to rest properly."
Hearing Hikari's words, Serizawa Yukiha didn't push herself and nodded with a smile, "Hmm, okay. Let's do as Hikari-kun says."
After Serizawa Yukiha requested leave and asked the teacher in charge of the library to find another girl to cover the work later, Hikari prepared to take her out of the library and head home for a bit.
But just as the two stepped out of the library entrance, a figure suddenly approached from the opposite direction.
She was wearing a black and white uniform suit dress symbolizing a teacher, her slender beautiful legs clad in black pantyhose. Her beautiful face carried a serious and stern expression, her hair tied into a high ponytail, looking very capable.
Seeing this figure, the hand Serizawa Yukiha was holding Hikari's with suddenly tightened, as if she was getting a bit nervous.
This beautiful female teacher in uniform also stopped walking and looked towards Serizawa Yukiha.
"Eh, Yukiha-chan?", Takamine Ayako, who was just about to enter the library to return some reference materials, stood still and greeted this student from her class, the very familiar Serizawa Yukiha.
"Ta... Takamine-sensei," Serizawa Yukiha responded in a somewhat stiff tone.
"I was just coming to the library to borrow some books. Aren't you working as the librarian here? Can you help teacher find some books? The books teacher is looking for are a bit obscure, so... Eh? Hikari-kun?", Initially, Takamine Ayako was mainly talking to Serizawa Yukiha, but when her eyes swept over the figure standing beside Serizawa Yukiha at that moment, she couldn't help but freeze.
"Hello, Takamine-sensei," Hikari also didn't know why Takamine Ayako had such a big reaction, but he greeted her calmly.
"Hello...", Seeing the protagonist of the fantasies that had appeared in her dreams and thoughts almost every night, and even during afternoon naps recently, involving chaotic and topsy-turvy scenes with her, suddenly appear before her, Takamine Ayako's body stiffened. Blushing, she subconsciously averted her gaze.
But when her shifted gaze noticed that Hikari and Serizawa Yukiha's hands were actually held together, Takamine Ayako's whole body stiffened even more, her expression also becoming somewhat awkward. She quickly lifted her head to continue looking at her student, Serizawa Yukiha.
Noticing Takamine Ayako's gaze returning to her, Serizawa Yukiha's body also became quite stiff.
"Um, Takamine-sensei, I was just... about to request leave to go home. If you need to find books, please... go find the new student on duty," Serizawa Yukiha stammered her reply to Takamine Ayako.
Although Takamine Ayako opposite her was embarrassed, Serizawa Yukiha herself was also very embarrassed.
After all, being caught by her homeroom teacher while holding hands so intimately, fingers interlaced, with a boy, as a high school girl, how could she not feel extremely awkward?
Moreover, she was the good student type, not a gyaru.
But although she was so embarrassed and nervous that she could dig a three-bedroom apartment with her toes, no matter how uncomfortable, Serizawa Yukiha couldn't bear to let go of Hikari's hand.
She didn't want Hikari to think she didn't even have the courage to hold his hand in front of a teacher.
'So, awkward it is!', Serizawa Yukiha could only chant silently to herself.
But what Serizawa Yukiha didn't know was that Takamine Ayako opposite her was even more embarrassed than she was.
Because, although her experience in certain aspects wasn't extensive, one could even say extremely limited, just a one-time experience. She was, after all, somewhat of a person who had been through it.
So after seeing Serizawa Yukiha and Hikari holding hands, with some clues seeming off, she observed the two more carefully.
Seeing Serizawa Yukiha's flushed cheeks and her somewhat awkward walking posture,
she almost instantly guessed what had just happened between the two.
After all... she had experienced it herself.
And even Yukiha was the same.
Takamine Ayako looked at the male and female students before her with a complex and awkward gaze, momentarily at a loss for words.
'This is in the library!'
'Isn't Serizawa Yukiha the librarian?'
'How could they...'
'How could they do this!'
'Holding an exchange meeting without inviting me?'
'No!'
'It's simply scandalous, offending public decency'!
'Outrageous!'
'Too outrageous!'
Takamine Ayako, her mind in turmoil, really wanted to educate the two students in front of her.
But looking at them, she felt too embarrassed to speak.
After all, she herself had previously had a similar experience with Hikari... The memories of that night still surfaced in her mind constantly.
So, faced with this kind of situation involving Hikari and Serizawa Yukiha, she found it very difficult to adopt her usual teacher's manner to scold and educate them.
On the other hand, Serizawa Yukiha, facing her homeroom teacher, was naturally also nervous and embarrassed.
Thus, both sides fell into a stalemate.
Seeing this teacher-student pair trapped in an eerie silence, Hikari could roughly guess their complicated thoughts.
So he took the initiative to speak up and break the deadlock, "Takamine-sensei, Serizawa-san says she isn't feeling well and would like to take leave to go home. I'll see her off. Is that alright?"
Hearing Hikari speak, Serizawa Yukiha also quickly nodded and said, "Yes, Takamine-sensei, I'm not feeling very well today... it's that time of the month... I'd like to go home and rest."
Hearing Serizawa Yukiha's words, the serious-minded Takamine Ayako, who couldn't stand dishonesty, almost couldn't resist speaking up to expose her.
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