“Wait, Yuria! Don't open that box!”
Yuria had found the goods. I tried to stop her on reflex, but I was already too late.
I heard the sound of the small brown box being pried open.
Since I had already unsealed it once before, the lid popped open with a faint, plastic crinkle.
“............Are you... for real?”
Inside the box, those things were neatly folded and individually wrapped. When Yuria pulled them out, a long string of connected packets unfurled and dangled from her hand.
(Oh, god...)
Yuria proceeded to dump the contents of the box onto the low table.
“Ryouta? Get on your knees.”
“Y-Yes, ma'am.”
I did as I was told and sat in a formal kneeling position in front of the table.
Yuria remained standing, looking down at me as she pointed at the items.
“I wonder what these are for?”
She asked with a gentle, beaming smile, but she was clearly pissed.
I felt a heavy pressure radiating from her, every bit as oppressive as Rui’s. I wiped away a bead of cold sweat before opening my mouth.
“Those are... c-condoms.”
“And what are they used for?”
“Uh... for, you know, perverted stuff.”
Yuria relentlessly interrogated me while maintaining that smile.
This was nothing short of public humiliation.
“Sigh... Honestly. Right after we talked about how you've gotten used to girls, I find this. Did you really do it with Airi?”
“That's not it! I really didn't!”
I flatly denied it for the sake of Airi's honor.
We really hadn't done anything, and it would be a total disservice to her if people started thinking she'd slept with someone like me.
Since things had come to this, I had to admit to buying them while clearing both our names.
“T-To tell you the truth! Those... I got them for a 'just in case' scenario, but I never actually got to use them... or rather, there was never any chance I would.”
“Then let me ask you one thing: this is a twelve-pack, but there are only eleven here. Where's the missing one?”
“That's... look, just check my wallet.”
I pulled my wallet out of my pocket and handed it to her.
Yuria opened it with a hint of hesitation.
“Ah... here it is.”
She pulled out the single packet tucked inside.
“I-I figured there might be a one-in-a-million chance something might happen while I was out, so I kept one on me.”
“...Pfft, seriously, Ryouta? Ahahaha!”
“Hey! Don't laugh!”
“Keeping just one in your wallet? That is just so you, Ryouta.”
“What do you mean, 'so me'!?”
Yuria mocked me while cackling.
Fine, whatever! I'm just a dreaming virgin!
I'm carrying a condom around because I'm a dreamer!
“Phew, that was a good laugh. But honestly, I figured it was something like that. Ryouta, you've got the brain of a Lecherous Brat, but you don't actually have the balls to follow through.”
“S-Shut up.”
She hit the nail so squarely on the head that my face felt like it was on fire.
“And let me guess, you bought the ones with the characters on the box as camouflage so your parents wouldn't find out?”
“Well... that's part of it.”
Since I was too embarrassed to pick a package that looked like the real deal, I had gone with a crossover edition featuring a mascot character.
“You really are Ryouta through and through...”
Yuria murmured as she sat down next to me.
“You know... seeing this actually turned me on a little.”
“T-Turned you on?! Why would that get you excited!?”
“I told you before, didn't I? I’ve got a high sex drive too.”
With her cheeks flushed, Yuria flicked one of the packets on the table with a perfectly manicured finger.
(Wait, does this... does this mean I'm actually going to get to use one!?)
Yuria and I... are we going to do it? Right here, right now?
As the thought crossed my mind, my eyes drifted toward her incredible, bombshell figure.
I bit my lip and swallowed hard.
“Yu-Yuria, about that—”
“Helloooo! Like a moth to a flame, it's summer's very own Tanaka!! I've been sent by Ryouta-kun's mother as a monitor to prevent any impure conduct between the sexes... wait, what?”
Suddenly, Tanaka—Kanade Tanaka—burst into Ryouta's Room.
“Wait, are—are those condoms?”
As the girl in the oversized uniform appeared, her glasses slid right off her face and clattered to the floor.
“I-I didn't think I'd actually catch you right before you started... My apologies! Please, carry on!”
“”Wait a minute, Tanaka!!””