"Th-this is all something I learned from you!"
She retorted in exasperation, "Isn't this the method you used to 'conquer' me back then?! What 'lover's practice,' what 'pretending to be a couple'! Keita, don't you feel that the method I just mentioned sounds very familiar?!"
"Oh? Eh?!"
Imaizumi Keita looked at her flustered expression and smiled apologetically.
"No wonder it sounded so familiar; it turns out it was something I did myself."
Imaizumi Keita looked at Yanami Anna's disgusted expression and innocently raised his hands, emphasizing, "Anna-chan, I need to reiterate one thing: I never thought of using tricks on you; it was just an unconscious talent."
After he finished speaking, he didn't give Yanami Anna a chance to retort and returned to the previous topic.
"This method is indeed viable. It allows Yakishio to face reality while avoiding excessive stimulation. But in that case,"
His gaze fell on Yanami Anna's face, and his tone carried a hint of regret.
"Anna-chan, you won't be involved, you know."
"I don't want to be involved at all!"
Yanami immediately waved her hand, her face full of disdain, "Getting involved in other people's relationships sounds like too much trouble. If Lemon-chan weren't my friend, I wouldn't bother."
After she finished speaking, she looked at him with vigilance.
"Speaking of which, Keita, I'm warning you! This time you're going out with Lemon alone. If you dare to take advantage of the situation and do anything strange to her, I..."
"I know, I know." Imaizumi Keita interrupted her with a smile. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
He looked at her adorable pouting expression, and that familiar soft emotion surged within him again.
Imaizumi Keita reached out and naturally tucked a strand of her wind-blown hair gently behind her ear.
"Then, as a reward," Imaizumi Keita's voice was full of tenderness, "do you want to come to my place?"
"Eh?!"
Yanami Anna's face once again uncontrollably heated up.
Her eyes instantly filled with vigilance, and her body pulled back, increasing the distance between them.
"I-I don't want to!"
She retorted, her neck stiff with indignation, "I don't want to get my clothes dirty."
At this point, she raised her annoyed eyes and glared at Imaizumi, but a hint of compromise appeared on her face.
"Today, at most... I'll help you with my hand..."
Yanami Anna paused, as if feeling that agreeing so easily was too cheap for him, and added another condition.
"However, before that, Keita, you... have to kiss me until I'm satisfied!"
Imaizumi Keita looked at her adorable, tough-talking but soft-hearted expression and finally couldn't help but chuckle softly.
"Alright."
Imaizumi Keita held Yanami Anna's hand and turned into a small alley that seemed out of place with the main commercial street of the station.
At the end of the alley was a Love Hotel with a rather stylish exterior.
As the two walked into the Love Hotel, Yanami Anna instinctively tried to pull her hand back, feeling her heart pound.
"K-Keita... do we really have to do it here?"
"We can't go to some street corner or a restroom, can we...?"
Imaizumi Keita simply explained, then pulled the downcast Yanami Anna to the front desk and said to the staff:
"Please give us a room for two hours."
"Alright, please pay here."
The entire process was smooth and quick, leaving Yanami Anna no chance to back out.
Confused, she was pulled by Imaizumi Keita into the elevator, watching the floor numbers climb higher and higher.
It wasn't until the room door clicked shut behind her that she belatedly realized she had really... come to a place like this with a boy.
It feels like Keita is really going to 'eat' me this time...
If Keita makes a request while I'm flustered, should I agree or refuse...
Yanami Anna's mind couldn't come up with a definite answer for the moment.
However, compared to her struggle with such things, Yanami found that the feeling that emerged in her heart was more of anticipation.
Yanami Anna stood by the door, looking at the room's interior, and let out a slight sigh of relief.
The furnishings in the room were much more normal than she had imagined.
Soft, pure white carpet, a large double bed, an abstract painting on the wall that she couldn't understand.
Aside from the control panel with various remote controls on the bedside table and the huge round bathtub in the bathroom, it seemed no different from an ordinary hotel room.
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