Miyama had just called me out for staring at her chest too much, but then she’d countered with a condition that was entirely in my favor: she’d let me look at her breasts as much as I wanted, provided I started calling her "Airi."
(Not only do I get to call her by her first name, but I’ve got permission to keep ogling her tits... This is way too god-tier.)
Besides, she’d been saying things like "special" and "only male friend" with a lot of weight behind them lately... Could it be that those two boxes I bought weren't a mistake after all?
Was some kind of R-rated scene actually about to begin...?!
"If you really don't like it, Ryouta, we can stick with Miyama... but we've gotten close enough to have Study Sessions together like this, so I thought maybe it wouldn't be embarrassing to use each other's first names anymore."
"Cl-close..."
That was the thing—while Miyama had a dangerously erotic body, her heart was as pure as they come.
She probably just wanted the same level of closeness with me that she had with Yuria and Kuroki.
In other words, she definitely wasn't looking to become that kind of friend.
(I let my hormones win and actually bought two boxes of those things... God, I'm trash.)
Thinking I had a "one-in-a-million" shot just because we were alone in a room... how could I be so depraved?
Miyama saw me as a friend. That was why she was okay with me ogling her massive chest, and it was why she wanted me to use her first name.
"F-fine... A-Airi."
"..."
"Is that good? Airi?"
"Mm-hmm! That's perfect, Ryouta!"
I wasn't sure what part of it was "perfect," but if she was satisfied, then I guess it was fine.
"I feel like we'll get even closer if we call each other by our first names!"
"Y-you think so?"
Airi gave me a bashful, radiant smile. She seemed to be in an incredibly good mood.
"You can call me Airi in front of everyone else, too, okay?"
"Wait, what?"
I made a point of calling even Yuria by her last name when we were around other people...
If I called her "Airi" in front of those two, they’d suspect something immediately.
Especially Kuroki... she'd be all over it.
"L-look, Airi, about being in front of the others..."
"I'm just so happy I'll have someone to call me 'Airi' now!"
Ugh... put like that, I couldn't exactly turn her down.
"I wonder if everyone will be shocked when you suddenly start calling me by my first name tomorrow? Ehehe!"
Yeah... there was no winning against that smile. Whatever happens, happens.
Fully aware of the storm that was about to hit the school tomorrow, I steeled my resolve.