Even Though I Loved You First

Just relax… as long as you don’t blow it, you’ll be fine… Due to his morning duties as a secretary Seichiiro Amagi arrived at the student council room as he covered his neck with his right hand.

If asked about who Seichiiro was, the students of Class 2-B would, without a doubt, describe him as someone extremely unaware of his surroundings when his girlfriend Kokoro Shiina was involved.

However it wasn’t only Seichiiro, as Kokoro could also be described the same. These two were all over each other whenever they were alone.

In one of those instances, a jealous Kokoro attacked Seichiiro solely because of him helping a female classmate, Kokoro wasn’t rude to Seichiiro when jealous of course… if anything, she playfully whined that she needed to ‘mark’ her territory to keep any other girls away.

That brings us to the present.

For the bite mark to not be able to be covered with the collar… Well, whatever… He took a deep breath and opened the door, hoping not to run into anyone troublesome.

Yeah, like hell things will work out here. Haha!

“Oh, Seichiiro. Mornin’.” Ichirou raised his hand in a salute and greeted him as usual.

“Geh…” (Sei)

“What’s with the disgusting face?! It’s too early to hurt little ol’ me!” (Ichirou)

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After finishing up his duties, with only twenty minutes left on the clock, Seichiiro began to clean up and got ready to leave.

“Amagi, mind if I asked you a question?” The vice-president, Hanako Kaneko, said.

“Hm? Sure.” (Sei)

“Though you’ve done your duties as fast as always, why have you been covering your neck all this time?” Hanako, who arrived shortly after Seichiiro, tilted her head.

“I wanna know too!” Ichirou raised his hand.

“U-uhm… I– Well… you see…” Seichiiro looked for a way to get out of this, a bite mark wouldn’t be too much trouble naturally. However, as part of the council, he wanted to keep a good impression even among his peers, a bite mark wouldn’t do it for him.

Well in truth he was just embarrassed…

“I got bitten by a cat…” (Sei)

“Oh, really?” (Hanako)

“I tried playing with them but they jumped at me and bit me…” (Seichiiro)

“I see…” At that moment, the bell rang, “If you say so, anyway, you two go back to your classes. Sorry for keeping you here.” Hanako bowed before leaving the room.

Feeling accomplished, Seichiiro left the room to head to class after parting ways with Ichirou. Being left alone, something came to Ichirou’s mind.

Wait… wasn’t he allergic to cats…?

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Lunch Break

“If you’ll excuse me.” As he bowed, closing the door in front of him, Seichiiro walked down the hall from the nurse’s office with his class as a destination.

He felt relieved that as of now, he managed to hide the evident bite mark without anyone figuring it out (although suspicion was still there). As he had these happy thoughts, he bumped into a certain someone.

“Ah, Seichiiro!”

“Geh…” (Sei)

“What’s with that expression?! Aren’t you being a bit too rude towards your junior?!” Kei protested as he closed the door leading to a second year class.

“Sorry~ Anyhow, I’ve been seeing you around here often, purple guy. On the second floor I mean.” (Sei)

“Hm? Do you think so? Well, I am dating an upperclassman, so this sight should become the norm soon. If it wasn’t for the fact that my sisters were classmates with Arisa. The first visit after dating would’ve been really awkward.” (Kei)

If Kotone and Karane were to have a different homeroom than Arisa, then he wouldn’t be able to have her classmates be accustomed to his presence, granted he wouldn’t have any reason to visit in the first place.

“You aren’t eating together today? Care to stay?” (Sei)

“I would love to… but I invited Ichirou to eat with my friend circle today so I can’t… Anyway, I have to go, see you at the council!” Kei waved as he went down the stairs.

“Sure, sure~” Seichiiro said as he saw Kei’s disappearing figure.

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“I’m back~” Arriving from a quick tip to the nurse, Seichiiro sat down on one side of the tables that were put together for their group to eat.

“What’s with the bandaid on the neck?” Arisa asked. Today was one of the few days that Arisa wasn’t eating with her boyfriend, all because they didn’t want to ignore their other friendships.

“I got bit by a cat.” Seichiiro answered.

“Weren’t you allergic to ca—” (Karane)

“I got bit by a cat.” (Sei)

“—I-if you say so…” Karane quickly glanced at Kokoro, who was quietly eating her lunch besides Seichiiro. She noticed her gaze and under a nervous tone, asked.

“W-what…?” (Kokoro)

“…no, nothing… Anyway, Kokoro. About volleyball practice today—” (Karane)

Aren’t they being way too suspicious?! No one would’ve connected the bandaid with me! Kokoro sighed in relief, as she heard her clubmate Karane talk about their mutual schedule.

However, somehow, all it took was a single glance between the two for Hiyori to somehow connect the dots… of course, to a certain extent.

“…there’s no way… is there…?” She quietly murmured.

“?” (Kotone)

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After School

“Then, I’ll see you guys around. Bye~” As he left the council room after bidding farewell to the others along with the few juniors that also worked at the council at remote positions.

Once he reached the lockers and was about to go to the front gates to meet up with his girlfriend, someone called out to him.

“Seichiiro.”

“Hm? Ah, Tsugumi. Something wrong?” (Sei)

“H.R. teach asked me to give you this. He said you should know what they are.” (Hiyori)

“Oh, yes. Thanks a lot.” Seichiiro received the folder of papers from Hiyori, however, she wasn’t done.

“Another thing.” (Hiyori)

“Something else? What’s up?” (Sei)

“Hickeys or kiss marks could be hidden with makeup, as for bitemarks, little bandage pads should do the trick.” (Hiyori)

“…” (Sei)

“…what?” (Hiyori)

“Tsugumi… how did you…?” (Sei)

“You covered your neck for half of the schedule… Well, Kokoro was also acting weird so…” (Hiyori)

“I-I see…” (Sei)

“…well, I want to take a nap now, so I’ll be going home…” (Hiyori)

“E-eh? U-unn…” Seichiiro waved as Hiyori walked past him. Naturally, he was extremely embarrassed as his face could be seen turning into an interesting hue of red.

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“Sorry about today… With the mark and everything…” (Kokoro)

“It’s okay, it’s okay~ Though I had some trouble at the beginning it wasn’t anything big. Well… the whole dilemma was something stupid from the beginning.” Seichiiro laughed.

It was just as he said, ig anything he could’ve come with another excuse and don’t hide instantly. However, he wanted to maintain the morale as a council member.

“B-but… I’m usually giving you trouble… Are you sure dating me isn’t troubleso—nhn?!” Seichiiro wanted to wait until Kokoro voiced her concerns, however, once he heard Kokoro doubting if he was fine with her, he couldn’t take it and shut her off with a kiss.

“S-Seichiiro…?” Her eyes widened as she glanced at her boyfriend.

“Dating you is fun. It’s fun because it’s you. Honestly, luxurious worries like this are what make my daily life so much more enjoyable.” He squeezed their interlocked hands and smiled.

Overwhelmed with emotions, Kokoro rapidly recovered and as she left their lover’s grip, she immediately grabbed the front part of Seichiiro’s uniform and pulled him close.

““Nhn.”” (Seichiiro & Kokoro)

If anything, Kokoro realized once again why she loved this man. Why she loved Seichiiro Amagi.

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Kamihate Household

As Arisa arrived home closing the door behind her, she noticed a few objects on the table by the entrance. A purse and a keychain containing a good amount of keys inside.

“…mom?” She said as she peeked through the doorframe leading to the living room. Scanning around, her eyes landed on a mature woman with long brown hair and beautiful eyes.

Her mother Akina Kamihate.

“Oh, welcome back.” The woman said, placing down the cup of coffee she had on her hand.

“You managed to clock off on cue this time?” Arisa asked.

“Yup, there weren’t any immediate problems, so I have the rest of the day free. Mind going out with me now that I’m free?” (Akina)

“I don’t mind… but aren’t you tired from your shift today?” (Arisa)

“It’s okay. By the way.” As if remembering something, she turned towards her daughter.

“Are you free this sunday?” (Akina)

“Let me see…” Arisa got deep in thought for a second.

I have a date with Kei on Saturday scheduled, so I’m basically free… She pondered.

“No, I’m not. I’m basically free.” She shook her head. Lifting the cup once again, Akina took a last sip and placed it on the dishwasher she said.

“Then, how about we grab dinner with your father, then?” She walked towards the door frame, placing a hand on it and turning back again, she gave some parting words.

“Oh, invite your boyfriend, too.” She said as she left the room and headed to her own bedroom to get ready.

“Sure, will do—” Instinctively replying, Arisa froze after she properly registered her mother’s words.

“Eh? Wait… how?!” Her surprised voice resounded through the house. Once it got to Akina’s ears, she only chuckled.