Chapter 132 – Winter Break!
<span style="font-weight:400">A week had gone by since the Hatsumi incident, and she hadn''t shown herself to be any more overbearing than the usual big sisterplex that was normally being disyed. Thanks to her giving me some space, I was able to put my all into studies and exams. Going over to Kana''s ce or having hime over was still awkward, but at least my sister didn''t express any desire to charm him into oblivion. But those sentiments were probably forgiven because he was helping me with coursework.
<span style="font-weight:400">As I passed forward to turn in my English exam, a weight had lifted off my shoulders faster than a rocketunch. Exam week had finally ended. My final exam finished. Winter break was upon me atst.
<span style="font-weight:400">I didn''t— <i><span style="font-weight:400">wouldn''t</i><span style="font-weight:400"> have realized it until Hatsumi mentioned it before I left for Elza, my academics really had slipped.
<span style="font-weight:400">Before bing a subus, kendo club and school were the only things on my mind. Taking the role of queen, having a girlfriend and boyfriend, including all the things I was already doing before, really do eat into my time.
<span style="font-weight:400">Not to mention all the sex.
<span style="font-weight:400">So. Much. Sex.
<span style="font-weight:400">Maybe the absolute mental exhaustion and brain dump that followed every time a student finished an exam was what''s hitting me right now, but my empty head has reached a certain kind of enlightenment. My past year was filled with debauchery. More than I could put a number to. Hell, before I changed, I never expected to getid. Now here I was.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That much got your brain fried already?" Mio asked, leaning back on her seat like the entire exam week was a breeze.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I thought you were the sex-addict. Just what is <i><span style="font-weight:400">your</i><span style="font-weight:400"> brain made of?" I shot back.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This stuff''s too easy. It''s like knowing where the clit is and how to—"
<span style="font-weight:400">"<i><span style="font-weight:400">Ahem</i><span style="font-weight:400">." Our homeroom teacher, Suda Sensei, cleared his throat, drawing everyone''s attention to the front. "It''s been quite the three years we had together, and when you nexte back after your break, it will be ourst and final term together. Entrance exams are at the start of February, many of you will be saying goodbye to those you''ve known for years, but know that it is only just the beginning. So that there won''t be anymore regrets, make sure to enjoy the new year and yourst winter break as high schoolers to the fullest."
<span style="font-weight:400">While not the most vocabry-rich instructor any of us have ever had, Suda Sensei never minced words. Everyone understood and took them to heart.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Rise," Rika said, calling everyone to their feet. "Bow!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Sensei bowed in return and smiled, then walked out the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">Everyoneunched into cheers and apuse. Suda Sensei poked his head through the door and silenced the premature celebrators.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I forgot to mention: students I spoke with earlier in the day, report to the faculty office for remedial lessons over break. Your grades are in jeopardy. That includes you, Kameshiro. I want you to graduate so I don''t have to see your butt anymore," Sensei said before leaving, drawingughs from everyone at Kameshiro''s expense.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh,e on. You didn''t have to single me out like that!" Kameshiro groaned.
<span style="font-weight:400">Kana walked over to my desk, chuckling at his ssmate''s misery. "No offense to Kameshiro, but I think everyone stands to gain from him graduating."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Except for whichever college or career he gets into," I joked.
<span style="font-weight:400">Compared to summer break, students had a much more mellowed out reaction for the winter counterpart. There was a very rxed atmosphere. People were trading gifts, making ns with restrained enthusiasm, and talking about dates.
<span style="font-weight:400">Unlike the joyous, familial season celebrated in the western parts of the world, Christmas was more of a couples'' holiday here in Japan. A time to confess and take a leap of faith with one''s feelings. It exined why some of us had been getting more and more confessionstely.
<span style="font-weight:400">As students were leaving the room, a few were waiting outside my ss ready to spring the big question on me.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What have you guys got nned for break?" Kana asked me and Mio.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Nothing really," I answered. "Few weeks ago we asked Hatsumi about going to Hokkaido, but she hasn''t said anything. Probably too busy with school and work."
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio kicked her feet up on the desk now that no teacher was here to scold her. "If ites down to it, we''ll fly off to do our own thing."
<span style="font-weight:400">After rejecting two dozen pleas for a date right out the door from different students, I headed downstairs to the shoe lockers. Mine was stuffed full with love letters.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Kahaha! Hey, check this one out." Mio showed me one of the letters she had received. "The guy is willing to bark for me. I''m kinda down for it."
<span style="font-weight:400">"S-Saeko!" Kaede came rushing down the stairs to the shoe lockers, arms full of notebooks and loose papers. However, in her hurry, she tripped over her own foot.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thankfully, my locker was close enough to the stairs that I managed to catch her from a bad fall.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Are you okay?" I asked, letting the flustered girl go.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry… I was in so much of a hurry to catch up. I really wanted to show you something! Uhm…" Kaede frowned at the mess of papers on the ground.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio and I helped her pick them up, and it was Mio who had apparently found something that made her smile and eyes go wide.
<span style="font-weight:400">"These are what you call porn mags, right? Them''s what all boys have in their bedrooms?" Mio asked, flipping through the pages, biting down on her lower lip.
<span style="font-weight:400">"They''re actually my one-shot doujins! I''ve been working on them in my free time and finally got around to finishing themst month. I wanted to get your opinions… b-because, it feels weird to bring up my hobbies to anyone else," Kaede said.
<span style="font-weight:400">Her artistic skills had improved by leaps and bounds. Boner-inducing content aside, one can tell by the shading and details that Kaede put a lot of effort into them. However…
<span style="font-weight:400">"This is really good, but… Is it just me, or does the main character look like me? In fact, the MC even has an obsessive older sister character! This is totally based on me, isn''t it?" I asked, pointing to multiple features and parts of the story to support my im.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I did take a lot of inspiration from your appearance. I just thought you would make for a great main character. If you want, I can tweak her looks to appear less like you." Kaede pressed her fingers together.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You don''t have to! It just surprised me a little."
<span style="font-weight:400">Kaede still didn''t know about my identity as a subus, so it was ironic that she drew me as one in her fiction. That time I saved her from falling must have really stuck with her, even though I had tweaked her memory a bit.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Which brings me to my actual request… Winter Comiket ising up. I''m nning on going to sell my doujinshis. Mangakas tend to get a lot more attention when they bring cosyers along, and well… I was hoping… you two woulde with me and cosy as my characters from the doujins," Kaede said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, you want us to dress up as these bimbos? Count us in!" Mio threw an arm over my shoulders to make the decision for me.
<span style="font-weight:400">"C-Cosys… again…?" I dreaded to think of how many pictures of me were circting on the inte.
<span style="font-weight:400">Before this year, I''d always gone to Winter Comiket as a visitor to support independent mangakas by buying their one-shots. This year would be supporting Kaede. It sounded fun, but…
<span style="font-weight:400">"Please!" Kaede pleaded. "Yuriha''s already made the outfits for me, I would be so grateful if you. I''ll only need your help for the first day since Hana promised to help me with the second, that way I won''t take up any of your new years ns."
<span style="font-weight:400">Even Yuriha had the costumes ready? Declining would be a p in the face to the both of them.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Fine. I''ll help," I agreed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Thank you, thank you!" Kaede shook both of my hands.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio was reading the doujin as we flew home, and by the cacklingughter, she was clearly enjoying it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This shit is spicy. They got the main character getting fucked by goblins and orcs. It''s even better because she looks like you. I can totally get off to it," she said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, god… Kaede, how am I going to look you in the eyes after I read it?" I sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">Although I said that, my subus and nerd brain had made me deathly curious about how the h-scenes were drawn.
<span style="font-weight:400">When we got home, Hatsumi called us from the living room.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wee back, you two! Before you go to your room, can youe into the living room for a second?"
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio and I entered Hatsumi revealing three rectangr cards imprinted with the image of Kosei Onsen, a famous hot springs resort in Hokkaido.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Surprise!'' she shouted.
<span style="font-weight:400">My brain went nk. "K-Kosei Onsen?"
<span style="font-weight:400">That was a highly renowned resort and one of the first names suggested to wealthy tourists searching for such ces. Never mind that it cost a fortune, it was usually booked years in advance.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oooh, shit! Are we really going on vacation together?" Mio took one and jumped with joy.
<span style="font-weight:400">"How did you get this?" I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I have a friend whose parents work at Kosei. A teensy bit of magic might have been used topel them to free up a booking," Hatsumi said.
<span style="font-weight:400">A trip to the countryside of Hokkaido had been on my list of ces to go for a while. Just to see the snow-dustedndscape of the northern region of Japan. Well, that would just be the bonus, considering Kosei was the main dessert of the trip.
<span style="font-weight:400">My fingers were shaking just holding the card. The departure date was…
<span style="font-weight:400">"The day after tomorrow?!" I eximed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s right." Hatsumi smiled. "Make sure to get everything in order until then. We''ll be flying straight out on Christmas morning!"
<span style="font-weight:400">Talk about a surprise Christmas gift. Well, at least it was only a four-day trip. We would be back in time for Winter Comiket, but I''d be cutting it close the next day since getting to Tokyo Big Sight in Koto City was a four hour train ride.
<span style="font-weight:400">I already promised Kaede. Mio and I would just have to make it work somehow. Then immediately a day after that was the new year''s festival. That one I was particrly excited for because it would be my first time wearing a kimono.
<span style="font-weight:400">But at the moment…
<span style="font-weight:400">While Mio was brimming with excitement, the date on the card only reminded me that I''d forgotten one thing— a Christmas present for Mio, Kana, and Hatsumi. With all that happenedtely, it just slipped my mind.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Uhh… I''m going to head out for a bit," I said, excusing myself from the room.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Where are you headed? I''lle with!" Mio caught up, but I blocked her at the door.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine! It''s going to be really boring anyway. Just picking up some stuff for tomorrow!" I bolted out of the house before Mio could say anything.
<span style="font-weight:400">My entire afternoon was spent flying everywhere in the city to find suitable gifts for the three of them. It didn''t matter if I was looking at jewellry, novelty gifts, or what, I couldn''t settle on would be a good choice for anyone.
<span style="font-weight:400">I stopped by a cafe to grab hot chocte to warm up only to sense Yumi''s aura inside. She turned and waved to me as I entered.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Did school let you go early?" I asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Well, the principal dropped by to ask Naruse on a date to get an early start on their Christmas holiday. Ufufu~ Those two have been sounding very much in lovetely," Yumi said.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio''s irresponsible charm back then really set in motion for the nurse and principal to hook up. Their memories should have been fixed and lingering charm dispelled ages ago, but maybe their mind and body still desired each other.
<span style="font-weight:400">If I remember correctly… Principal Murata was married and had kids, while Nurse Naruse had a boyfriend… I wondered how that was going…
<span style="font-weight:400">"What brings you out here, Saeko?" Yumi asked. "I figured you would be with Mio."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ve been trying toe up with a gift for a couple of people, Mio being one of them. So as you can see, I can''t exactly bring her along or that''d spoil the surprise." I sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">It hade to my attention that despite us being in a rtionship, I knew nothing about what they liked and didn''t like. I suppose for Mio, ''a good fuck'' would be the first thing out of her mouth, and Kana would be fine with anything. Same for Hatsumi. In fact, she enshrined thest several things I gifted her…
<span style="font-weight:400">"By your two empty hands, I imagine you must be having a hard time." Yumi giggled.
<span style="font-weight:400">We got to the front and when it was Yumi''s turn, she offered to buy me something to drink. She and Taleia really were sisters of the same feather, even though only one of them showed kindness by legal means.
<span style="font-weight:400">An open table by the window allowed us to enjoy the beverages infort. The hot chocte filled with white chocte kes, peppermint sprinkles, and heavy whipped cream filled my body with warmth as soon as I took a sip. ncing outside, snow began to fall with greater intensity. It was beginning to look like a white Christmas after all.
<span style="font-weight:400">As I turned my eyes back to the drink, I noticed Yumi watching with a smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Is there something on my face?" I asked, wiping my lips with a napkin.
<span style="font-weight:400">Yumi shook her head. "I''m starting to understand why your sister loves you so much. It''s hard to disagree about how adorable you are."
<span style="font-weight:400">My face turned red. Compliments were never <i><span style="font-weight:400">not</i><span style="font-weight:400"> going to trip me up.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Regarding the gifts to your loved ones, maybe you''re thinking too hard on what to get? At the end of the day, it''s how you spend time with them that matters the most. If you want to get something for Mio no matter what, I think the answer is a lot simpler than you think," she said.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Simpler than I think?</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">What Mio likes. Simple.
<span style="font-weight:400">Wait, ships and sailing! This wasn''t about topping Kana''s gift. It wasn''t going to happen. Kana had that date nned in advance and unique to his emotions. What was unique between me and Mio was her telling me that she wanted to sail the seas in Elza.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I think I got it. Thanks, Yumi! Have a great Christmas and New Years!" I rushed out of the cafe with the hot chocte in my hands.
<span style="font-weight:400">A quick trip to the mall, and I found a costume shop that was selling their inventory at a big discount considering the holiday. A tricorn hat made the perfect gift for Mio, even if I was going to have to hear her <i><span style="font-weight:400">yarrr</i><span style="font-weight:400"> like a pirate every so often. I even purchased a stuffed parrot that straps onto the shoulder and an eyepatch for her.
<span style="font-weight:400">"While I''m here…" I also picked out a see-thru Christmas corset lingerie for myself.
<span style="font-weight:400">For Hatsumi, since I knew for sure she was fine with anything, I purchased a kitchen utensil set and a cute apron. Once I gift-wrapped Hatsumi and Mio''s gift, I changed into the lingerie and flew to Kana''s house.
<span style="font-weight:400">When Kana opened the door, his jaw dropped upon seeing me in subus form and wearing the holiday lingerie.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What—"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Merry Christmas!" I waved a mistletoe above us. "It turns out Mio and I are going to Hokkaido with Hatsumi, so I''m here to deliver an early Christmas present to you— me."
<span style="font-weight:400">Kana instantly popped a boner and was emitting such an overwhelming amount of lust that I could climax just standing there. I pushed my speechless boyfriend into his house, got on my knees, and held the mistletoe just above my head and his groin.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Merry Christmas to me, too." I licked my lips.
<span style="font-weight:400">After leaving Kana with another pleasant memory and filling my sex gauge to full, I returned home with my two gifts in hand. Mio came down to the living room just as I was putting her and Hatsumi''s presents under the tree. The subus lit up like the tree itself when sheid eyes on the gift-wrapped box.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Is that for me? It''s for me isn''t it? Can I open it now?" Mio rapidly fired off these questions like a child in the morning of Christmas.
<span style="font-weight:400">It took everything I had to hold her back.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry, Mio. You have to wait until Christmas morning like everyone else," I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, alright." She relented, then created a portal to pull a small, rectangr present out to put under the tree. "If that''s how it is, guess you''re going to have to wait for your present, too."
<span style="font-weight:400">Now I was super curious. I didn''t expect Mio to have a gift for me prepared, but my excitement for winter break had just been dialed up a notch thanks to her.