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24: okkotsu and zenin

24: okkotsu and zenin
Alt. Title: where a typical plot of adult turning into a kid comes to play

"I'll be heading to the clinic now, Yuuta-kun. Behave around that rat."

But before Shihori could take another step forward, a pair of hands grabbed onto his arm and held him back.

"What about my morning kiss?"

"..."

Flustered, Shihori leaned down and planted a soft kiss on the side of Yuuta's forehead. "We're in public, try to tone it down a little for my sake, okay?"

Delighted that he got what he wanted, Yuuta decided to agree to Shihori's words.

The youth left, with a bit of skip in his steps, and Shihori sighed in fondness. Once again, he was about to leave but the snort from behind caused him to freeze. When he turned his head, he found his cousin standing there, arms crossed, with a mocking look in her eyes.

"You're whipped."

"I'm not."

"Tsk. As if denying it would make it untrue."

"Your allowance is cut in half for another month."

In an instant, Maki remembered the reason why she stopped Shihori in the first place. "Wait, I take it back, you're right, cousin! Hey, wait for me, don't cut my allowance again!"

Way behind them was Megumi who witnessed the whole thing. He couldn't help but sigh in relief. Fortunately, he didn't join Maki and got an extension for his suspended card.

I'm quite lucky today.

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In the clinic, Shihori slumped all over his messy desk. Ieiri glanced over, leaning against her hand. "You look like you were sucked dry."

"..."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, Shihori stood up in abruptness, making the chair fall. Bewilderment and horror glistened in Ieiri's eyes when she saw Shihori's blushing face. But when the nurse noticed Ieiri's alarm, he quickly waved his hands in front of her.

"W, Wait, it's not what you think, senpai!"

"Shihori... I didn't think you were that sort of person."

"It's really not what you think!"

"Oh, wait, " hope flickered on Shihori features before his expression fell into despair. "With your personality, I'm not surprised."

"Senpai, I might be a scum but I'm not that sort of scum!"

Ieiri didn't believe him and Shihori was about to cry when the door to the clinic slammed open.

"Shoko-chan~ I arrived late today so I won't bump into Ho... ri..."

Blue and green met.

Satoru: "... fuck."

Shihori, who recovered from his embarrassment: "You better run before I make your kidneys unable to function again."

Gojo Satoru sweated buckets and broke eye contact. Instead, he looked at Shoko with a nervous smile. "Oh, w, would you look that, I forgot I have a mission to do abroad. Shoko, I'll be gone for three days so I'll see you later!" And just like that, he ran away.

Silence brewed in the clinic before Ieiri broke it with a question.

"So, how far along are you with Yuuta?"