By the time Bokue emerged from dormitory facilities, campus lunch break had elapsed nearly halfway.
Though this timing carried minimal implications. Even with half remaining, over thirty minutes persisted.
Such duration accommodated afternoon naps or basketball games comfortably.
Bokue relocated directly toward the administrative building.
Specifically—the infirmary constituted his destination.
Upon traversing the administrative building's corridor toward infirmary entrances, he encountered one female student—apparently recovering from cold and fever—who'd just completed temperature measurements plus cold medicine distribution, emerging from interior spaces.
Both parties passed shoulder-to-shoulder. Bokue reached the medical office entrance, peering inward.
Within gentle autumn sunlight filtering through southern-facing windows at noon's zenith, the routinely white-coat-clad school nurse occupied her desk position—swiftly completing work-related documentation forms.
Her expression radiated focused concentration. Satin-smooth black hair cascaded past ear peripheries. She couldn't spare moments for grooming adjustments, equally oblivious to doorway arrivals.
Bokue lightened his footsteps while advancing inward. Simultaneously closing the entrance door, he established dual barriers—soundproofing plus repelling—before approaching the school nurse's rear-lateral position soundlessly.
Then extending one hand, he lifted her ear-adjacent cascading hair. Fingernail tips scraped teasingly across the school nurse's delicate facial skin with ticklish sensations.
!!!
Hasegawa Chisato—deeply engaged with serious work—obviously hadn't anticipated someone achieving such proximity without detection. Her body trembled immediately, breathing halted, head jerking upward abruptly.
Except the following second revealed the young man's familiar features within her vision.
"Eh... Bokue?"
Hasegawa Chisato's eyes softened instantaneously.
"Why the sudden visit today?"
"Well~ Haven't attended school recently."
Bokue shrugged with smiling expression.
Careful calculations confirmed minimal Saikai Academy attendance post-Itogami Island relocation—probably not exceeding one hand's finger count.
Classroom visits? Zero occurrences ever. His presence constituted complete absence from records.
"I see."
Hasegawa Chisato returned gentle smiles equally.
She didn't concern herself with Bokue's sudden school visit motivations—even if driven by tangential matters, merely passing by to check on her sufficed.
For Hasegawa Chisato, Bokue's visit alone generated happiness.
She set down her ballpoint pen, pushing desktop forms aside collectively—creating vacant space. Rising from desk edges, she proactively approached Bokue, pressing both hands gently against the young man's firm chest with dependent posture.
Meanwhile, Bokue naturally embraced the school nurse's soft, taut waist beneath her white coat.
Bodies pressed together, breaths intermixed. Barring unexpected developments, normal progression dictated subsequent...
"Eh? Wait... Bokue, did you activate the repelling barrier?"
The previously-proactive school nurse suddenly halted movements, surveying surroundings before inquiring.
"Correct. Something wrong?"
Bokue failed comprehending implications.
After all, nothing seemed unusual. Since that initial occasion, practically every subsequent infirmary visit had commenced with soundproofing plus repelling barrier deployments.
"Mm... please deactivate it today. The soundproofing barrier can remain."
Hasegawa Chisato's gaze swept across medical office entrances.
"Currently, seasonal transitions are generating numerous cold-afflicted students. Before lunch break concludes, students might arrive seeking medication—being blocked externally by barriers would prove problematic."
"Is that so...?"
Bokue dispersed the repelling barrier with hand gestures, though hesitation lingered.
"Except if someone enters later..."
"No problem. We can relocate inside."
Hasegawa Chisato smiled gently while grasping the young man's arm—proactively inviting him toward the interior rest area.
This... genuinely okay?
Bokue retained skeptical doubts.
After all, eliminating repelling barriers during seasonal transition periods—when school cold patients proliferated abundantly—meant students might enter momentarily seeking treatments and medications. Even maintaining silence within interior rest compartments, external arrivals would definitely require Hasegawa Chisato's emergence.
Even achieving timely redressing, crimson-flushed facial features would obviously broadcast problematic conditions!
"I said, detection won't occur."
Precisely when Bokue contemplated these concerns, Hasegawa Chisato's gentle voice transmitted from forward positions again.
She rotated her head, delivering one rare playful wink toward the young man.
"Perfect timing. Today I'm planning experimenting with new techniques anyway."
New techniques? What new techniques?
While Bokue remained buried beneath question marks, Hasegawa Chisato had already guided him into rest compartments.
Familiar territory persisted. Clean white bedding emanated faint disinfectant fragrances.
Previously, every visit had involved activities with Hasegawa Chisato atop this compartment's small bed. Presumably, this occasion proved no exception...
"Wait. Don't sit yet."
Hasegawa Chisato suddenly vocalized.
She extended hands, gently lowering his zipper. Subsequently, before Bokue's direct observation, she crouched downward.
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Consequently, time flashed forward one hour—midway through first afternoon period. Within the medical office, water sounds trickled continuously.
Beside the sink containing cotton balls, forceps, plus various medical implements, Hasegawa Chisato borrowed flowing water for mouth-corner cleansing before shutting off controls, straightening while exhaling gently.
"Feeling alright?"
Bokue's voice transmitted from behind her.
"I-I'm fine..."
Hasegawa Chisato pivoted, shaking her head. Except judging from her cheeks' crimson intensity, this school nurse clearly retained fractional dishevelment.
"At the final moment earlier, I'd intended maximizing Bokue's comfort levels. Except I overestimated my capabilities. First-time attempts genuinely can't match movie portrayals... accidentally choking myself."
"Fortunately, no other students arrived during this interval."
Bokue approached the school nurse's frontal position, hands reclaiming her waist once more.
"Though no concerns regardless."
Hasegawa Chisato smiled while shaking her head.
"Even if someone suddenly entered, I possess methods concealing circumstances properly. After all, I technically qualify as a deity."
"A deity... huh."
Bokue's hands—positioned at the school nurse's waist—descended fractionally following his vocalization.
However, precisely when Hasegawa Chisato anticipated the young man proceeding toward subsequent stages prompted by her statement, Bokue vocalized again instead.
"Speaking of which, since lunch break has concluded, short-term intervals shouldn't generate additional student arrivals. How about we utilize this window traveling to Vatican?"
"Eh? Vat... Vatican? Why?"
"Obviously fulfilling my promise—rescuing Chisato's sister."
"Won't require excessive duration. Barring unexpected complications, we'll return before first afternoon period concludes."
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