“Hey! Tsugumi… Tsugumi-kun, you’re not going to…”
The moment Akiba Sakura thought of how Yuuma Tsugumi had acted so brazenly in the room earlier, her heart began to waver, wanting to back down.
“Don’t worry. Even if people gossip, I’m definitely going to teach you a lesson today!”
Yuuma Tsugumi let out a light, dark chuckle with a gloomy face, then, ignoring the strange looks from the people around him, his hands began to move under the tablecloth—
“Mmph!”
A ticklish sensation spread across the sole of Akiba Sakura’s foot.
She quickly covered her mouth, forcing herself to hold back her laughter.
However, how could such an evil claw simply let the girl before it off so easily?
Yuuma Tsugumi put all his strength into it, all five fingers exerting force together, moving across the delicate skin of the girl’s foot through her white socks.
“You—let go!”
Akiba Sakura’s pleading voice squeezed out from between her fingers, stammering, but it was utterly useless.
Five fingers traced across the sole, bringing endless torment and ticklishness.
“Mmph… Mmph…”
Akiba Sakura’s body was sensitive to begin with, so how could she withstand such torment?
She hurriedly struggled, trying to pull her small foot free from Yuuma Tsugumi’s evil clutches.
But clearly, it was all in vain—
Judging from what happened last time in the room, the current Akiba Sakura had no chance of breaking free from Yuuma Tsugumi’s ‘Iron Pincers’.
Add to that the tickling attack Yuuma Tsugumi was currently subjecting her to, which directly prevented her from mustering any strength, leaving her with no choice but to endure.
Struggling was futile.
Her small foot trembled violently.
Akiba Sakura could only slump over the table, burying her face in her arms, her trembling shoulders still revealing that she was enduring this ‘torment’.
“Don’t think it’s over just like this? I’m definitely going to make you cry out here today!”
Looking at Akiba Sakura’s posture, Yuuma Tsugumi understood very well in his heart that the little girl before him was already on the verge of ‘Dam Breaking’.
Just a little movement from his ‘money-making’ little hands, and she wouldn’t be able to hold on much longer.
He leaned in closer, speaking in a voice only Akiba Sakura could hear:
“Surrendering now is useless, you know?”
Yuuma Tsugumi withdrew the hand tickling her sole, pretending to stretch and relax his knuckles.
Then, with a mischievous smile, he slipped his hand back under the table.
“Hey… that guy seems to be ‘adhesive tapping’ again.”
“Yeah, yeah. To think someone would do such a thing in public!”
“Look at his girlfriend. She seems too ashamed to show her face, burying her head right on the tablecloth.”
“Yeah, having a boyfriend like that is so pitiful!”
People who noticed them cast disdainful glances at Yuuma Tsugumi, who was ‘adhesive tapping’, and unanimously sent sympathetic looks towards Akiba Sakura.
Then they all got up, intending to change seats, afraid that staying one more second might get them sprayed by some unknown liquid.
“Hah… hahahaha…”
By now, Yuuma Tsugumi felt indifferent upon hearing these words.
His mind was completely filled with the desire to make Akiba Sakura cry out—
‘Bad woman, just take your punishment obediently!’
“If Tsugumi-kun likes treating me like this, then go right ahead—”
Just as Yuuma Tsugumi was about to unleash his special technique, Akiba Sakura suddenly raised her head, forcing a smile.
That smile was like a ‘defiled’ saint still trying to ‘redeem’ others, causing Yuuma Tsugumi’s little hands to pause.
“You…”
“It’s okay, Tsugumi-kun. If you like it this way, you don’t have to worry about my feelings, okay?”
Akiba Sakura smiled, closed her eyes, then buried her head back into her arms, letting out a series of soft whimpers.
“Mmph… Mmph…”
‘Don’t fall for it! Yuuma Tsugumi, this is definitely that bad woman’s scheme! Don’t fall for it!’
Yuuma Tsugumi tightly gripped Akiba Sakura’s ankle, but a ‘war’ had already begun in his heart.
‘But how can I bring myself to continue after she made that face? No… that’s wrong. She doesn’t deserve pity. The one causing trouble all along was the bad woman right here. And just now…’
Yuuma Tsugumi remembered the disdainful looks from the people around them earlier, and a bit of his desire for revenge seemed to return.
‘I’ve already suffered the humiliation, I can’t give up halfway! Bad woman, prepare to—’
“Mmph… Mmph…”
Akiba Sakura’s soft whimpers came again at that moment.
“…”
‘Hahaha, damn it…’
Yuuma Tsugumi let out a long sigh and released his tight grip on Akiba Sakura’s ankle.
“Alright, alright, alright. Pull it back—If you go complain to my mom later saying I bullied you, it’ll be trouble.”
Little did he expect that the moment Akiba Sakura felt Yuuma Tsugumi’s grip loosen, she immediately pulled her foot back.
“Hehe, I knew Tsugumi-kun couldn’t stand to see a girl cry~ But it’s a shame, I was just pretending~”
Akiba Sakura raised her head, instantly changing her expression, revealing a broad, cheeky grin.
“You!”
“Ah, ah, thank you so much, Tsugumi-kun. Thanks for being so easy to fool~”
Akiba Sakura didn’t forget to add fuel to the fire, looking at Yuuma Tsugumi with a face full of gleeful schadenfreude.
“You…!”
On the verge of tears but unable to cry, Yuuma Tsugumi silently made a resolution in his heart—next time, he absolutely must not let the ‘Little Devil’ before him off so easily.
“…”
—
“…”
“Full and satisfied, time for the next part of the plan~”
Akiba Sakura patted her little belly, looking at Yuuma Tsugumi, whose expression was as if he’d eaten something disgusting, her lips unconsciously curling up slightly.
“…”
“Don’t be sulky~”
Akiba Sakura smiled, stood up, and came to Yuuma Tsugumi’s side, grabbing his arm.
“Has Aunt Riko ever told you that sometimes you’re really like a child, holding a grudge over little things~”
“And who do you think is the cause of that?”
Yuuma Tsugumi shook his head helplessly, then stood up as well.
It wasn’t because he was particularly looking forward to going on some ride with Akiba Sakura, but because he felt that if he stayed here any longer, he might just be led by the nose again by the girl before him.
“Ah~ It’s mainly because Tsugumi-kun is too easy to trick~”
Akiba Sakura playfully blinked her eyes—
“Just like that day, I was just…”
Akiba Sakura suddenly realized she had said something wrong and hurriedly covered her mouth.
“You just said ‘just like that day’?”
Hearing this, even Yuuma Tsugumi, as dense as he was, understood one thing—the fearful reaction Akiba Sakura had shown towards him that day in the room was all just ‘acting’.
“Ah~ Ah, the weather is really nice today, isn’t it~”
Akiba Sakura hurriedly tried to change the subject while also attempting to put some distance between herself and Yuuma Tsugumi—
Little did she expect that Yuuma Tsugumi had predicted her prediction.
He grabbed—well, he grabbed Akiba Sakura’s wrist, then revealed a relieved smile—
“Hey, Sakura-chan, how about we go ride the roller coaster again?”
“Eh… Eh?! But there are a lot of people over there!”
Akiba Sakura turned her head away, full of reluctance, not daring to meet Yuuma Tsugumi’s gaze.
The hand he held was also struggling.
“I don’t want to wait in line anymore, so Tsugu… Tsugumi-kun, if you want to go, go by yourself—”
“Don’t say such boring things~”
Yuuma Tsugumi’s other hand pinched Akiba Sakura’s chin, turning that pretty yet somewhat lifeless little face to face him.
“Roller coasters are only exciting when two people ride together, right? Don’t you agree?”