Chapter 70: Siblings (Alicia’s Confusion)
When I got home from school, I collapsed face-down onto the living room sofa.
I hadn’t spoken a single word to Alicia since that day.
The front door opened, and I heard Yuna’s voice calling out, “I’m home,” followed by the usual sounds of her coming in.
The living room door opened, and I felt her presence drawing closer.
"Alice… are you asleep? If you're going to nap, at least change out of your uniform first. It'll get all wrinkled."
“…Just leave me alone. I’m fine.”
“You say you’re fine, but you look like a beached tuna. Not exactly convincing… What happened?”
I felt her sit down on the top edge of the U-shaped sofa arrangement. For the record, I was lying on the middle section with my head facing her direction.
“You said you were heading to club today, right…? Did things get messy after running into Aoni?”
“I didn’t see Souta today either.”
“…Then something happened with Hisui-neesan?”
“…”
“Thought so. Let me guess—Hisui-neesan tried to seduce you, and you got all flustered, which ended up upsetting Alicia or something like that, right?”
Yuna hit the nail on the head with scary precision.
“Wha—how the hell did you know that!?”
“Come on, it’s obvious… Alicia, you’re listening, right? If you want, you can talk to me. If you don’t want Alice to hear, I don’t mind if you use direct telepathy.”
『…Yuna…』
“You okay? Want to talk—just the two of us?”
『No… this is fine. Ikuto-san, could you please sit up?』
I did as Alicia asked, lifting myself upright and sitting facing Yuna. Alicia thanked me and began to speak.
『It happened after school today. I ran into Hisui-san in the clubroom, and we got to talking about the Christmas party. We decided to all go together.』
“So Hisui-neesan’s coming to the Christmas party, huh…”
『After that, she also casually suggested spending time together afterward, but Ikuto-san turned her down because we had already promised to spend the evening together.』
“…That’s it? From the sound of it, I don’t see anything particularly wrong with that…”
『It’s just that… since we share the same body, I can feel it. I could tell how Ikuto-san’s body reacted when Hisui-san invited him…』
From Alicia’s faltering tone, Yuna seemed to grasp what had happened. Her gaze toward me turned absolutely frigid.
“Alice. Seriously?”
Yuna’s voice was heavy with exasperation as she glared at me.
“Ugh… I got no excuse…”
I had nothing to say in return.
Ever since that night at the hot springs when Hisui made a move on me, I’d been a mess. Even though I’d confessed to Alicia that I loved her, here I was, acting like this. I felt pathetic.
“Okay, I get it. Alice is at fault here. It’s no wonder Alicia’s mad.”
『…That’s not it!』
Alicia immediately rejected Yuna’s words.
…Not it? But I’m clearly the one to blame here.
『I wasn’t angry at Ikuto-san over that. What shocked me… was something else. Something about myself.』
“…Something about yourself?”
『When Hisui-san invited him… Ikuto-san reacted. But I did too…』
Alicia confessed in a tone heavy with guilt.
『That night… I lost myself completely to pleasure. And ever since then, a part of me keeps wondering what it would be like to feel that pleasure from her again…』
That day, I completely surrendered to the frustrating waves of pleasure Hisui had given me.
But Hisui hadn’t been satisfied with just my consent. She continued teasing me relentlessly until she coaxed a begging response out of Alicia as well.
『Even though I vowed to devote both my body and heart to you, Ikuto-san… I caught myself hoping to be touched by someone else. Realizing that… it honestly scared me.』
While I was crying out, utterly overwhelmed by Hisui’s relentless touch, Alicia had been desperately trying to resist.
Even as she listened to my voice, she trembled, calling my name, clinging to it like an apology.
And as she continued to reject Hisui’s advances, Alicia’s will was slowly eroded by the ever-building pleasure. Watching her break down like that while I was experiencing the same sensations filled me with a twisted, perverse sense of guilt and ecstasy.
“It’s okay, Alicia… I’m right here with you…”
With those words from me, the last barrier within Alicia’s heart finally gave way—and from there, the two of us completely drowned in Hisui.
『…Do you… despise me now, Ikuto-san? For being like this?』
Alicia’s voice trembled with barely concealed fear as she asked me that.
“Of course not! If anything, it’s all my fault to begin with.”
『But I surrendered my body to pleasure brought by someone other than you, Ikuto-san…』
“I’m the one who let that happen… If it hurt you in any way, I’m really sorry.”
『It… didn’t hurt. That’s not it. But now I’m so confused about myself…』
“Sorry to interrupt, but—Alicia, I know you keep focusing on the fact that it wasn’t Alice who touched you, but… you two are always together, right? So I don’t think it’s the same as cheating or anything like that,” Yuna said, gently offering her perspective.
『…Do you really think so?』
“I do. I think the only reason you were able to accept what Hisui-neesan did was because you were with Alice. So you don’t have to worry that you betrayed him or anything.”
Following Yuna’s words, I added my own.
“I mean, I’ve never felt like you cheated on me, not even for a second. If anything, I think I… felt that good because I knew you were right there with me. And… if you really didn’t like that kind of thing, I swear I’ll never let it happen again.”
『Ah… no, um… If you’re not against it, then I don’t think I am either… Honestly, I’m not even sure how I feel anymore…』
Alicia seemed completely overwhelmed by her own conflicting emotions, unsure how to deal with what had awakened inside her.
“If you’re that uncertain,” Yuna suggested casually, “why not just talk to Hisui-neesan and try it one more time? I’m sure she’d be more than happy to oblige.”
『…But that’s what scares me. If I ask Hisui-san again, and it turns out I don’t want it after all, I’m afraid she won’t be able to stop herself anymore…』
The only reason Hisui had held herself back this long was because we’d agreed it was a one-time thing. If we removed that boundary, it was hard to say how far she’d go.
『…So… would it be… okay if I asked you instead, Yuna…?』
That unexpected request from Alicia shattered the limits of anything we had ever imagined.
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