#65 Cold winter kiss (Special Chapter: Sae-chan)

Christmas Eve, an apparently very important day when couples tend to spend their time together. Apparently the day full of love in the air but all I could feel was cold snowflakes falling down on my skin. Here, in Japan, this day has more romantic meaning than a religious one, even in my previous life, it was more like a tradition. I, myself never believed in any higher being and even though I died once and was offered this second chance, it didn't change my opinion.

I was currently walking towards the Keyaki Mall because I heard there is a pretty large tree decorated by different colored lights. Some of my classmates mentioned that it looks extremely beautiful so I decided to take a look since I had nothing better to do.

Although it was only around 5 PM, it was already dark outside and of course very cold. Even though I didn't have to care about the temperature as long as it's not too extreme, I still had a white jacket with a fur collar on me. Before I bought it, I found it pretty funny the first time I have seen it in the shop, because it looked exactly the same as the one Accelerator wore.

I decided to buy it mainly because my favorite colors of clothing are black and white but normally, I don't really give too much thought to what I am wearing.

When I arrived at Keyaki Mall, I immediately spotted the large tree placed in the center of the mall. There weren't any unnecessary lights on to make the decorations illuminated by colorful lights placed all around the mall look more magnificent.

I looked around myself and saw a lot of couples walking hand in hand together while admiring the decorations all around them.

"heh" It definitely is very suitable for such romantic moments. I couldn't help but chuckle at the sight before me.

I am perhaps in part of a few people who are all alone here...It's not like I feel embarrassed about it but it definitely is uncomfortable to be all alone among the crowd of couples.

I will just make a few laps around the mall to look at everything and then I can go back I guess...

When I was done with the first lap and was back to the tree where I started, I couldn't help but notice a lonely figure holding onto the railing on the 2nd-floor where most of the lights were turned off. It was Sae-chan who seemed to be really absorbed in her thoughts while absent-mindedly looking at the magnificent tree.

Hmm...I will at least say hi since she is looking so lonely out there. I went to the nearest elevator but when I pressed the button nothing happened. It seems that it isn't working right at the moment so I have to use the nearest stairs.

-----(Sae Chabashira's POV)-----

*sigh*

Why am I even thinking about such things? This isn't like me...

Sometimes I envy Chie, how she can be so easygoing. I have a hunch that if she had the same problem as me, she would instantly and easily resolve it, but I can't...

"Good evening, what is such a lovely lady doing here all alone?"

When I heard someone speaking behind me I turned around and saw the last person I wanted to face right now...

Walker was standing there, looking at me with a warm smile, his hair was flying in the cold wind while occasionally hiding his sharp fiery eyes.

I was slightly shocked by him appearing here out of nowhere but even more, once I saw him. I already got used to seeing his strange vertical slit pupils, now they even looked extremely elegant and even noble. Every time he looked at me with those eyes, I felt submissive under their gaze.

"Don't I deserve some respect? We have already talked about the way of addressing me" I tried to say this in cold tone but I wasn't able because I was too embarrassed by his words. I was happy enough to be able to hide it from him.

"Teach, respect isn't something that comes out in the form of words. That kind of respect is polite, most of the time fake. Real respect can be seen in one's eyes, that's where genuine respect is" He chuckled after hearing my words and then explained with a slightly more serious expression but the smile never left his face.

His words shocked me...this is not a simple intelligence.

Indeed, when I looked into his sharp eyes, I saw a lot of indifference, however, that wasn't aimed at me. What was aimed at me was only respect with a little bit of playfulness.

Why wasn't I able to notice that much earlier? Every time I looked into his eyes in the past, I wasn't able to read anything from them.

"Do you mind if I keep you company here? Or are you perhaps waiting for someone?" He came next to me with his hands in pockets and a gentle smile on his face.

He looks kinda cool... I unconsciously thought while absent-mindedly looking at him.

?!

What the hell? What am I? Why am I thinking like some teenager?! I can be thankful that I didn't mumble out those words aloud.

"Do what you want...Who would I be even waiting for?" I said with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

But this time, it was his time to be surprised.

"? Why are you asking me? I will be honest...you are a beautiful woman with a cool and refined personality, I thought that you might have a boyfriend." He said with a confused expression.

?! He doesn't look like he is lying but why is he saying all of this to me? I doubt that he is some perverted teenager who is into older woman, so why?

"...I have none" I explained while trying my best to suppress my blushing but it was an impossible task, thankfully it was quite dark on the 2nd floor so he probably won't notice.

-----(Sae Chabashira's POV END)-----

?! Is she blushing? I wouldn't be able to notice it without my eye's night vision.

She looks really cute when she is blushing like that.

"What about you?" She asked me and I was slightly confused by her question.

"You asked me if I have anyone so what about you? What are you doing here all alone?" She explained when she saw my expression.

I was suspecting that she wanted to ask this but I wasn't sure.

"Haha, I am like teach, all alone." I laughed a bit.

"Heh, are you sure? Or are you just a player? I've heard that you are quite popular." She smirked when she heard my answer.

"Huh? How come I haven't heard of this?" I asked her with a genuinely surprised expression.

"*sigh*" She only sighed with a smile once she saw my expression, every time she exhaled, the white mist came out of her mouth. It was a really cold winter, especially today was quite ruthless.

"How is Yukina doing?"

We started to talk about regular things and once we were tired of constant standing, we decided to go find the bench on the second floor.

...

When I first came up to this floor I noticed a few people around but right now, it was completely deserted.

When we sat down, we continued chatting for more than an hour. It was probably the longest time we kept the conversation between ourselves.

Somehow as time passed by we ended up in a pretty strange position. Sae-chan was resting her head on my lap and every time she inhaled and exhaled, her breasts were slowly moving up and down. She had a worried expression on her face.

"Is there something troubling you?" I asked her with a smile. After the time we spent chatting here I was able to understand even more what kind of person she is.

"Is it that obvious?" She asked me with a helpless smile and I simply nodded my head.

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"In the past, I have done something I deeply regret..." After 10 seconds, she closed her eyes and simply told me this one sentence.

"...Although I don't know what happened, I think that if you truly regret it then learn from your mistake but don't let yourself be caught up in the past. You won't be able to change it, instead, you should look towards the future, so you won't make the same mistake again." I said with a serious tone and gently tucked her hair behind her ear.

She opened her eyes in shock after hearing my words and she looked deeply into my eyes.

She got up and gave me a quick peck on my cheek, however, when she realized what she did, her eyes widened and she tried to get up from the bench and run away, however, even though I was surprised by her action too, I still caught her hand even before she could get up from the bench.

She looked at me with a slightly frightened and panicked expression. Maybe she was worried about her position as a teacher.

I kindly smiled at her and gently rub my thumb against her hand to calm her down. I also used my other hand to caress her fully red cheek to indicate that it's alright.

After a while, I let go of her hand and she shyly looked at me.

She took a deep breath and moved closer to me which surprised me, after all, she just tried to run away and now she was coming closer to me.

She tilted her head to the side and closed her eyes then leaned forward.

She looked extremely sexy and cute at the same time, however, that didn't make an impact on my judgment. After an extremely quick second of thinking, I did the same as her and leaned forward.

When our lips met, I was able to feel her dry lips due to the coldness, however, that didn't cause any problems because soon enough we started slowly sucking on each other's lips and they quickly became moist. I wouldn't be able to actually describe the sensation, her lips tasted like strawberry and I was able to smell the intoxicating fragrance of her hair and body.

We continued kissing for a while before separating from each other, but not too far away. We kept on staring into each other's eyes with a wide smile on our faces.

It almost looked like she was testing me if I wanted to go any further considering that no one was around us, however, both of our eyes were without any visible lust in them.

We gently hold each other's cheeks and we joined our foreheads together and stayed like that for a long time, only feeling each other's warmth.

'His hands are so strong yet soft...'

'She smells really good'

'I wouldn't mind staying like this forever'

'I wouldn't mind staying like this forever'