Chapter 196: Miyahito and Utaha's Uncontrollable Urges

Afternoon.

"That should be the place, right?" Checking the address on his phone, Ishigami Yu, with a pair of over-ear headphones around his neck, looked up at the two-story Japanese house not far ahead. After a moment of thought, he slowed his pace and walked forward.

"Kei-nee, here you go."

"Mhm, thanks, Ayase."

Hearing familiar voices coming from the house, Ishigami subconsciously turned toward the sound.

At that moment, the two girls who were happily bustling around the yard, setting up the venue for tonight's birthday party—the one with the smooth, silk-like long white hair—saw him standing outside and called out his name in slight surprise.

"Ishigami-senpai."

"Shirogane-san."

Hearing Kei greet him, and seeing what she and the little girl were busy with, Ishigami confirmed he hadn't come to the wrong place. He put his phone back in his pocket and turned to welcome Kei, who was trotting over to him.

"What brings you to this neighborhood, Ishigami-senpai?" Kei looked at him curiously. The next second, remembering what she and Ayase were doing, she quickly added, "Are you here for my brother's birthday party, Senpai?"

"Yeah." Ishigami nodded, showing Kei his LINE chat with the President. "Well, the President suddenly inviting me to his birthday party was a bit surprising."

"After all, the President doesn't seem like the type to throw a birthday party for himself."

"Mhm, mhm, Senpai is exactly right," Kei nodded in deep agreement. "Not just my brother, our family doesn't really celebrate holidays or birthdays in general."

"Today, we have Miyahito-nii to thank for letting my brother actually celebrate his birthday properly."

Miyahito-nii... Miyahito! Miyani!

Ishigami's expression showed a trace of surprise.

Just then, the girl who had been setting up the venue with Kei pouted playfully.

"Honestly, Kei-nee, you're exaggerating too much."

"It's the truth, Ayase."

After chatting playfully with Ayase, Kei turned back to Ishigami and introduced her.

"Ishigami-senpai, this is Miyahito-nii's little sister, Aragaki Ayase."

Oh, so she's Miyani-sensei's little sister. No wonder she looks so familiar.

Ishigami originally wanted to smile to appear friendlier, but found he could only manage to make his face look slightly less gloomy.

He hadn't smiled in so long that he had forgotten how he used to do it.

"Hello, nice to meet you, Aragaki-san."

"Nice to meet you too, Ishigami-senpai."

Ayase smiled, her eyes curving into bright crescents.

Looking at the pure, radiant smile on the little girl's face, Ishigami suddenly felt an indescribable softness in his heart.

It was as if a gloomy fog that had been blocking his chest for a long time had suddenly been blown away.

Watching the interaction between her senior and her little friend, especially seeing Ishigami's expression suddenly become much gentler for some reason, Kei couldn't help but tilt her head, blinking at the two of them.

Mhm, another person purified by little Ayase's innocence?

"Ishigami-senpai, don't just stand outside. Please come in. Ayase, go tell Miyahito-nii that Ishigami-senpai is here."

"Yesss~~~"

"Mhm, sorry for the trouble, Shirogane-san."

...

Meanwhile, in the kitchen.

"Here, say ahh~~"

Utaha, who was preparing the salmon for tonight's "Butter-Roasted Salmon," subconsciously parted her lips the moment she heard her boyfriend's words.

Then, a small piece of meat, held by chopsticks and radiating her absolute favorite rich butter aroma, was placed into her mouth.

The bouncy texture, the firm yet crisp meat, and that incredibly familiar, sweet freshness with a hint of the ocean.

"Is it good?"

Watching his girlfriend's charming wine-red eyes squint in happiness, her pretty face practically radiating the word 'bliss' as she cupped her cheeks, Miyahito felt his heart completely melt.

Turning off the stove, he used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of lobster meat from the pot and held it to her lips.

"Here, ahh~~"

Without a single second of hesitation, Utaha, completely captivated by her boyfriend's outstanding culinary skills, opened her mouth.

Utaha: Chomp~~ Mm!! Why is it so delicious!!

Miyahito: I can't take it, I can't take it, she's too cute! Why is my girlfriend so adorable!?

Just as Miyahito seemed to get addicted and was about to continue feeding his girlfriend.

Utaha, finally regaining a bit of clarity from her lobster-induced trance, struggled to muster her maximum willpower. She covered her mouth with both hands and shook her head vigorously.

No... I can't eat anymore! If I keep eating, I'll finish all the lobster before tonight!

Seeing through his girlfriend's little thoughts, Miyahito couldn't help but laugh out loud, naturally earning an eye-roll from her in return. He reached out to wrap his arms around Utaha's slender, curvy waist, lowering his head to nuzzle his nose against her fair, firm skin.

Wrinkling her little nose and glaring with red cheeks at Miyahito, who was treating her like a child again, she raised her arms, draped them over his shoulders, and interlaced her fingers to hug his neck.

Closing her eyes, she parted her cherry-pink lips slightly.

"Ahh~~~~"

Even though he knew Utaha meant she wanted another piece of lobster, for some reason, Miyahito felt that the Utaha right now was exuding a unique, "at your mercy" kind of temptation.

Gulp—!

After involuntarily swallowing, the urge named 'kiss her' that surged in his mind overwhelmed Miyahito's reason.

So.

"Mm? Mmmuuuuu~!"

Utaha's eyes widened in surprise as her boyfriend suddenly sealed her lips with his mouth.

Letting go of the hands that had been hugging Miyahito's neck (the one who had just ambushed her lips), she clenched her little fists in flustered anger and gave her shameless boyfriend a few bluffing, light punches.

Well, rather than flustered anger, it was more like extreme shyness.

Perhaps she realized she couldn't struggle or resist and accepted her fate, or maybe the continuous surge of excitement and shyness in her heart left her without any strength.

Gradually, Utaha stopped resisting.

One minute... two minutes... three minutes....

Tap—

The light sound of footsteps instantly jolted the kissing couple awake.

The next second, as if electrocuted, they separated in the blink of an eye.

"I-I'm sorry... Big Brother... Onee-san." Hiding her body behind the door and only poking out her little head, Ayase's face was bright red. She opened her large, watery eyes and stammered to her increasingly red-faced brother and sister in the kitchen.

"I... I didn't m-m-mean to interrupt you."

"I-I-Ishigami-senpai is here, wuwuwu....."

With a small whimper from accidentally biting her tongue, Ayase, with teary eyes, covered her mouth and turned to flee rapidly.

Big Brother... Onee-san... seriously! How can you do such embarrassing things at home!! I'm still in the house!!