Chapter 57: Taken Away

It was that time when summer had neared today. It was boiling outside and I was awaiting a very important event.

Today was a Saturday. That meant I had no school today and tomorrow. I had enough time to play all night long today. I didn’t plan to do that, of course, but I wasn’t saying that absolutely couldn’t happen.

That was because… I was playing with Kaya-san today.

During the whole week, Kaya-san had been reminding me of today each time we met at the salon by saying “Just one more week”, “In six days”, “In five days, right?”, “It’s the day after tomorrow,” and “It’s tomorrow”. I worried if I’d be able to get home safely whenever I saw her act so abnormally, so I had to nod.

Today’s playdate with Kaya-san was the reverse of my playdate with Satsuki-chan; I was being summoned and just heading towards the place, and I wasn’t told what we were doing at all. She said it was a surprise, so she hadn’t told me. She obviously told me where we were meeting, but there weren’t any theatres, cinemas, or concert halls near there. There was nothing to do there.

What were we doing and where were we going today…? Since she hadn’t told me, I didn’t need to worry that much. Maybe Satsuki-chan was feeling like this when we had gone to play together. It couldn’t be helped that I was worrying. Where on earth was Kaya-san planning to take me…?

Well, I wouldn’t get any new information thinking by myself. And all I could do now was go. I prepared myself and exited the house. I’d arrived pretty early—about thirty minutes before—but Kaya-san was already there.

“I am sorry, Kaya-san. I have kept you waiting.”

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“Jkt pkp byp clld oykvkdt qsa vos bswap dso.”

“Twb…”

Mos bswap? …Mos bswap?

No… no no no… something was up, right? Why would she be here two hours earlier… that was terrifying. Was this “that”? Was this what everyone thought of me, who normally arrived early? Maybe they thought I arrived thirty minutes earlier because something had happened to the road, I’d messed up the bus or train time, or the bus or train had been delayed, but… Maybe the way I was feeling now towards Kaya-san was how everyone felt about me.

But two hours was pretty abnormal, right? I could understand arriving early because you knew it was going to get congested, but I hadn’t heard of any accident or congestion happening. Actually, not much had happened on the way here. That was why I had arrived thirty minutes earlier than scheduled.

“Then… um… Kaya-san… that outfit is…?”

“What do you think? Does it look good on me?”

“Uh… um… well… it is very sexy, isn’t it?”

“Oh? Ufufu. Thank you.”

She arrived really early. She had waited for two hours, which was pretty scary, but that was alright. It was fine. The more important thing was Kaya-san’s current outfit. She was wearing a daring red dress that exposed her chest. Her hair was up too, so she looked completely different than how she did at school. She looked very sexy.

No… Kaya-san… you’re a sixth-grader, right? Why’d it feel like you were at some film festival or a Hollywood star walking the red carpet?

This… I could catch glimpses of her soft br*asts, and the slight growth of her chest was interesting… On top of that, I could see her bare legs through a slit cut into the dress… Were you really a sixth-grader?

My gaze was darting back and forth now. Then I swallowed my saliva. For me to think of a sixth-grader like that… wrong! I wasn’t a lolicon! I wasn’t even a p*do! It was just that… Kaya-san was sexy.

“Um… what are today’s plans?”

I’d be in trouble if she said she was holding a party. I was wearing normal clothes that weren’t good enough to attend a party in. Kaya-san’s clothes, no matter how you looked at them, were clothes for a party. If she said “Let’s go to a party now”, I’d experience a good amount of embarrassment.

“Oh… it’s still early, but alright. Let’s start immediately.”

“Start?”

What were we starting…? I could understand if she said “Let’s go”, but I didn’t know what she meant by “Let’s start”.

“Yes, my first date with you, Sakuya-chan.”

“Date…”

If this was a date, then I could see why you’d say “Let’s start”. I didn’t know if it was appropriate, but, then again, I wouldn’t even know what people wanted to say to begin a date. So wait, if this was a date… then was when I went with Satsuki-chan a date too?

As I thought that, the people watching us from afar parted. A red carpet was rolled out. A limousine parked in front of it.

“Now…”

“…yes.”

Kaya-san extended her hand. I took it and the both of us walked down the just-rolled out red carpet hand-in-hand.

“Hey, is that some kind of photoshoot?”

“Who knows?”

“Those girls are cute…”

“Famous people? Child actors?”

Uwah… the curious onlookers snapped photos of us. That was pretty strange, you know. At least I thought it was strange for a red carpet to be rolled out all of a sudden, a long limousine to wait, and two girls to walk towards it. No matter how you thought of it, it wasn’t normal. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that it was some kind of photoshoot. Someone with common sense like me could understand that.

“Now, Sakuya-chan, let us go.”

“Yes…”

We walked on the red carpet amidst all the spectators, and she urged me to enter the limousine. I was clearly out of place. I was wearing nice clothes, but they were normal clothes clearly not suited for these types of places. They were from a famous brand and tailor-made, but it didn’t fit well with Kaya-san’s dress or our current setup.

“Then… where are we heading?”

“Leave that to me.”

No, I shall not leave that to you… or rather, if we were gonna play like this, at least let me change. I was wearing normal clothes that didn’t fit Kaya-san’s clothes, the current performance, or what would happen afterwards. Rather, they were so bad they might even embarrass me.

But I didn’t say that and let Kaya-san lead me around.

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Alright, I’d left it to Kaya-san, but… the car suddenly got on a highway and got further and further from the city. The place we were heading to was nearer to villas than it was to the city. Where on earth was she taking me…

“Um… Kaya-san?”

“What is it?”

We were in a large limousine, but Kaya-san was sticking close to me for some reason and our arms were entwined. It was probably strange to be sitting this close even though the seats were rather large.

“Are you not too close?”

“Now! I will scold children who say such things! Even though this is a proper date!”

“Agh!”

Saying that, Kaya-san embraced me. It was like I was leaning my head onto her. She patted my head just like that. 

“I will hold kids saying unkind things like this until we arrive.”

“No, um…”

“It is alright, yes?”

“…yes.”

I couldn’t disobey her. And it felt kinda good to have my head patted. I was being hugged by a sixth grader and my head was being pressed to her chest, but… what was this…

As my head was being patted, the car drove for a while and decreased in speed. As it drove for a while longer, the scenery changed to in a quiet neighbourhood with villas.

“Now, Sakuya-chan, we have arrived.”

“Yes…”

I exited the limousine with Kaya-san’s prompting. We were in front of a large villa. Maybe Kaya-san was leading me into this villa… What on earth was she planning to do here? Maybe I was climbing the stairs of adulthood already?

“Welcome, Sakuya-chan, to the Oogimachisanjou family’s villa.”

As expected, this was the Oogimachisanjou villa… if she brought me here, I couldn’t run away. And there wasn’t any school tomorrow too. If the Oogmachisanjou family formally contacted my family, then there was a high possibility I’d be staying for the night.

“You’ve been standing in front of the car stiffly for a while. Let’s play tennis?”

“Huh…? Um… I do not have tennis clothing… Were I to play in this type of clothing with a skirt…”

This was Kaya-san’s family’s villa, so maybe she had a change of clothes and gear. But I thought we’d just be going on a normal outing, so I didn’t bring anything. If I were to play tennis with a normal skirt, you’d be getting glimpses of my underwear.

“Isn’t that fine? That’s why I invited you here, after all.”

“Huh?”

“Oh… ahem! Then, let us rest inside the house for a while?”

What did Kaya-san say just now? Had I misheard? Well, okay. If I was going to play tennis like this, I’d rather rest in the house. At Kaya-san’s invitation, I entered the villa.

“It is a calm villa.”

“Thank you. Yes. Sit over there. I’ll go change.”

“Yes.”

As Kaya-san said that, I sat down. If she was going to change, why’d she wear such hard-to-move clothes… I couldn’t understand what Kaya-san was thinking.

As I sat and waited, a maid brought me drinks. Speaking of that, how was Momiji doing? I had thought she was following the limousine with the car I drove to our meeting place with, but… I had separated from Momiji before because she was a disturbance, but now it was my last hope that she was here.

But Momiji wasn’t here. The Oogimachisanjou family’s assistants were here, but there wasn’t a single one of my own family’s people. That didn’t mean I had to avoid all of them. I didn’t think that the assistants or the maids would do anything to me. But, on the contrary, they might not do anything for me… Right… even if Kaya-san attacked me… no one would help me out.

No… that’s not true, right? It wasn’t that the maids wouldn’t save me, but that Kaya-san wouldn’t attack me in the first place… probably.

Being “attacked” held many different meanings. There was the type of attack that was someone using force or attempting to kill you. S*xual assault was also included in forms of attack. While not as serious, lovers messing around could also be considered attack.

Kaya-san’s was… how to say… she was attacking me in that way that women did towards each other.

No, no… no way… she was a lady of the Oogimachisanjou family. She probably wouldn’t be interested in that. She was just doing a little too much skin contact earlier. Girls who were just friends also embraced and patted each other’s heads, right?

And I was a first-grader, while Kaya-san was a sixth-grader. With that age difference, the older one was often affectionate towards the other one, right? It was something like doting on a much younger sister.

“Sorry for keeping you waiting, Sakuya-chan.”

“No… hang on, what’s with those clothes!?”

When Kaya-san finally returned, I was surprised with what she was wearing. What on earth was she planning?

“What do you think? It looks quite cute on me, right? It’s a bit early, but I’ll start preparing lunch. Today we’re barbecuing in the garden. Even though I look like this, it’s one of my specialities.”

Saying that, Kaya-san made a pose like she was flexing her muscles. Kaya-san, who had been wearing a dress I thought bewitching, was now wearing jeans and pants that made her look like a farmer, or rather, a gardener, or rather, the outdoor type.