Hurry up, this is not a strategy at all

Maybe I'm just overthinking...

Perhaps Amano-san doesn't want to lose to Yukino, right?

After calming my mind, my intelligence once again takes the lead.

But there is still a glimmer of hope in my heart.

"But, but, Amano-san and Yukino-san..."

Yuigahama Yui intends to ask Amano Makoto about his thoughts.

"Ah, by the way, why do I care about this? Now is the right time to start the strategy!"

Makoto Amano suddenly realizes something, tosses the black box he picked up aside, and kneels down in front of the girl.

"What are you doing?"

Yuigahama Yui is confused by Makoto Amano's sudden action.

"And can you stop talking about 'raid me' all the time?"

What a shame...

"Did Yuigahama-san hurt your leg just now?"

Makoto Amano also suddenly realizes that he almost missed one of the most classic plots in harem novels.

That is to massage the heroine's injured foot.

As long as this plot is experienced, no matter what kind of character the heroine is, she will immediately gain a lot of favor for the hero who touched her feet.

"Foot? Well, I'm fine..."

Yuigahama Yui doesn't quite understand why Makoto Amano suddenly pays attention to her feet.

Because she was going out for a walk with the dog, she was wearing white sneakers today.

So when she accidentally kicked the hard box just now, she only felt a momentary pain, and nothing more.

"Take off your shoe, let me see."

Makoto Amano insists on seeing the girl's feet.

"If you're injured, it's better to treat it in advance."

"But I don't feel much pain now, I shouldn't be injured."

Looking at Makoto Amano staring at her ankles, Yuigahama Yui hesitantly pulls back her little white shoe.

The toes wrapped in cotton socks curl up.

"What if it's a hidden injury? Take it off, don't be shy, I won't dislike you."

Makoto Amano grabs the girl's ankle as she tries to retreat.

"But..."

Yuigahama Yui is wearing shorts that are good for running, so her thighs and calves are exposed to the air.

She suddenly feels the palm of the opposite sex on her delicate skin, which makes her quite shy.

She wants to resist, but she thinks to herself, "Maybe Amano-san is really worried about me," so she shyly chooses to comply and starts untying the laces on her sneakers.

"Do you want me to take off the socks too?"

The girl's shy voice is so soft that only the boy in front of her can barely hear it.

"Of course, if you don't take them off, how will my strategy... I mean, how will I see if your foot is injured?"

Makoto Amano stares seriously at the white socks on the girl's feet.

"Strategy... what do you mean?"

Makoto Amano unintentionally reveals his words, causing the girl to show a rather dissatisfied, even angry expression.

The girl who was blushing just a moment ago, to the point of almost dripping water, suddenly turns to scolding the boy.

The white cotton socks stop sliding off the ankles and return to the small sneakers along with the girl's little feet.

"That's because..."

Makoto Amano ponders and elaborates on the idea.

"After the male protagonist touches the female protagonist's feet, their relationship quickly becomes more intense."

Yuigahama Yui, who is now not only angry but also a little sad, realizes that Amano-san is so fixated on her feet because he wants to get closer to her.

Wait, does this sentence sound wrong? Do I want to look at your feet because I'm attacking, or do I want to look at your feet because I'm worried? Ah... what a mess!

Yuigahama Yui felt that if this continued, she would faint from confusion.

"No, I think we should focus on actions regardless of intentions. Objectively speaking, I must be concerned about you," Amano replied.

"I always feel a little warm..."

For some reason, she didn't feel completely satisfied.

"Yuigahama-san... shall we continue?"

Makoto Amano still stared at the girl's small feet, hidden inside her shoes.

If they don't take off their shoes, they won't be able to continue the strategy, and...

I don't know why, but he just can't resist girls wearing white socks.

"Never!"

The girl with a round face recovered from her shy state, and her voice was finally audible.

Well, it seems like she's quite confident.

"Just now, I felt like Amano-san was a pervert who's interested in... girls' feet."

Thinking about it now, if that's the case, she might be more accepting in her heart?

After all, girls are creatures who always care about their own charm first.

"Although I'm not, let me clarify that a man who's interested in girls' feet is not a pervert, because most men have this inclination."

So, this kind of sexual fetish can be considered ordinary, or commonplace.

Makoto Amano retorted seriously.

"Nonsense, how can there be... such a thing?"

Most...

Is Amano-san justifying himself?

Thinking this, the girl started to hesitate again.

"Also, where did you read such a storyline? Touching girls' feet is not a serious matter at all..."

"Who said it's serious... I mean, in ordinary movies and novels, such plotlines exist."

Makoto Amano quickly corrected himself.

"Really?"

Ordinary movies?

I don't believe it... Is it the kind of movie that all the boys in class love to watch, by any chance?

Of course, Yuigahama Yui has never seen that kind of movie, but she might have heard of it.

"Of course, think about it, adolescents of the opposite sex are always interested in areas that are less exposed and often covered by clothing. For example, girls looking at boys' abs, while boys care about girls' areas... well, maybe a bit more, like thighs, chest... and feet."

These are areas that are often concealed by clothing.

Hence, a mysterious and elusive aura surrounds the minds of adolescent boys and girls.

This arouses their curiosity and attention.

Makoto Amano was earnestly persuading the girl in front of him.

There's really nothing perverted about being interested in girls' feet.

"Well..."

It seems so...

The girl with the round face began to consider the matter from a different perspective.

"By the way, let me show you my abs. In return, shall we continue with what we just did?"

After talking for a while, Makoto Amano, who didn't have any particular thoughts about Yuigahama Yui's feet, suddenly felt the urge.

Just to take a look, um...

Just take a look, it's definitely not that kind of sexual fetish.

"Then you... show me first..."

The girl began to blush to the point of bleeding again.

Her mind filled with ambiguity, without understanding why she wanted to show this boy her feet.

"Can."

Makoto Amano boldly lifted his top, revealing his well-trained eight-pack abs.

"Good..."

Amano-san looks really fit and fair-skinned...

And...

"What's good?"

It seems like their plan to sell their looks is promising.

Seeing the girl's shy expression, Makoto Amano regained his confidence.

"Okay, that's awesome... you really have eight-pack abs..."

Yuigahama Yui involuntarily stretched out her hand... but due to her reservations, she stopped herself from touching it with her fingers.

"Of course, my mother taught me to have a healthy and strong body since I was a child..."

Makoto Amano never forgot to exercise.

"If you want to touch it or feel it, go ahead. I'll touch yours later."

Makoto Amano raised his shirt with one hand, pointing at his stomach with the other, making an inviting gesture.

"What do you mean... you'll touch mine too..."

Really...

Yuigahama Yui felt a pang of regret at the thought of showing this guy her feet and even touching his abs later.

But now...

Yuigahama Yui had already touched the boy's abdomen with her fingers.

If you don't touch it properly, it feels odd.

So, thinking this way, the girl stopped hesitating with her fingers and started using her hands directly.

"It's... a little ticklish..."

Are girls really this flirtatious?

Makoto Amano felt the girl's cool little hands intentionally tickling him as she continued to touch...

He couldn't help but feel ticklish.

"Ah, sorry..."

I might have gone a bit too far.

Finally realizing she had gone too far, the girl quickly withdrew her hands.

"Okay, can we continue now?"

Makoto Amano straightened his shirt and squatted in front of the girl again.

Once again, he focused on the girl's little white shoes.

——

"Yukino, Yukino~"

Yukinoshita Haruno walked over to her sister with cheerful steps after getting out of the car.

"Are you going out on a date with Brother Amano today?"

The stunningly beautiful, smiling older sister teasingly tossed her sister's long ponytail.

In response, she received a cold stare from her sister.

"Of course not."

Yukino firmly denied the possibility of going on a date today.

" Why is my sister here? Why did she appear?" Yukino asked

"I was asked by Amano. He said he wanted to help Yukino make new friends, so I have to play along."

Well, Makoto Amano did mention before that she only needed to come and drive him.

So Yukinoshita Haruno was still quite interested.

But unexpectedly, Makoto Amano disappeared after appearing briefly.

"Help me make friends?"

Yukino's brows furrowed even deeper.

It sounds like something he would say, though.

"Isn't it?"

In fact, after seeing the girl with the dog, Yukinoshita Haruno felt that something was off about the whole situation.

There must be more to it.

Brother Amano is really not honest at all.

Despite her dissatisfaction, Yukinoshita Haruno habitually took a photo of herself gently stroking her younger sister's ponytail and sent it to her younger brother, who had not yet shown up.

'Envy.'

She added a caption.

"I want to go back soon."

Yukino leaned back a bit, widening the distance between herself and her sister.

She didn't like anyone touching her, not even her sister.

"Well, then I'll take you back."

The constant smile on Yukino's face gradually faded away.

The older Yukino grew, the less she seemed to want to get close to me...

'It's because you always treated her like a doll, bullied her...'

Vaguely, Haruno seemed to hear someone's voice.

That was what Makoto Amano had said to her before.

"Sister, sister..."

However, in the next second, Yukino, who was standing at a distance just moments ago, hurriedly clung to her sister's arms.

"Yuki..., Yukino?"

"Wow, woof woof..."

Before Haruno could revel in her sister's sudden closeness, a brown dachshund ran over barking, eagerly wanting to pounce on the girl...

Well, Yukino still held dog food and ham in her hand.

It was because of the dog...

Only then did Haruno understand the reason why her younger sister suddenly sought comfort in her arms.

"It's okay, it's just a dog..."

Haruno shielded her sister behind her, just like she did when they were children, while using her legs to shoo away the pet dog that approached suddenly.

Although it was a very cute dog, who told her that Yukino didn't like dogs.

"By the way, why do you have dog food in your hand?"

At that moment, Haruno realized that what her sister was holding was not a snack, but a bag of dog food.

That explained why the dachshund was circling around them.

——

"No, don't! My mother said that girls' feet should not be shown to boys casually..."

Though embarrassed, Yuigahama Yui was so ashamed that she wanted to retract her offer of showing her feet to the boy in front of her.

She took a few steps back to prevent Makoto Amano from focusing on her feet.

"You... You treated me like that, and now you plan to take advantage and deny it?"

"I didn't expect that, Yuigahama-san..."

Makoto Amano never expected to be let off by this seemingly "honest and straightforward" girl.

"I... I'm not ready yet..."

If Amano-san really likes me, I'll confess first, and then...

After five or six dates, it should be... I can show him.

The girl shyly contemplated the many possibilities for the future.

"In short, it's too... too much..."

This is obviously... Amano-san simply wants to be seductive, right?

"Then you were just pretending to be innocent... huh?"

With sharp eyes, Makoto Amano noticed those men in black clothes with tattoos on their faces approaching in the distance.

"They came back so soon... It seems that the things in that box must hold some value..."

Although Makoto Amano knew that those people would definitely come back to search for their lost items, he didn't expect them to arrive so quickly.

"What's wrong?"

Yuigahama Yui also looked in the direction of Amano Makoto's gaze and suddenly became flustered.

"They... they're here again..."

"Well, lower your voice, let's continue hiding for a while."

Makoto Amano took the girl's hand and led her back to the hiding spot they had previously occupied.

"But didn't you just... you threw the things away?"

Only then did Yuigahama Yui realize that the items Makoto Amano had picked up earlier were no longer in his hands.

"Yeah, there was so much mud on it, it's dirty and in the way, so let's just throw it away. It's better if they pick it up again now, so we don't have to worry about getting into any trouble."

"Um..."

Because the hiding place was relatively crowded, and they had to lower their voices while speaking, the two of them found themselves in a state of being close, their ears almost touching.

The girl was so frightened that she didn't notice this at all.

And now, with a sense of security surrounding her...

It was hard for Yuigahama Yui to ignore the fact that she was pressed sideways against Amano Makoto, their cheeks almost touching.

That subtle breath, full of masculinity...

Combined with the sensation of his abdominal muscles that she had felt not long ago...

Thinking about this, the girl's heart began to beat faster involuntarily.