This unbearable torture tortured Tetsuya Kiritani for nearly ten minutes, and it didn't end until he entered the first floor of the shopping mall.

Feeling that his hands were freed again, Kiritani Tetsuya just wanted to find a place to stay and take a good rest to relieve the swelling in his fingers.

Soon, he and Hoshino Aiki picked a coffee shop that had just opened as a temporary place to stay.

Although it was the weekend, there were not many people in the store at this time. Surrounded by light music, the overall atmosphere was soothing and comfortable, and the two of them quickly found a satisfactory seat.

"You sit here first, I'll order something."

After saying this, Tetsuya Kiritani turned around and walked towards the counter.

"Um."

Hoshino Aihime sat quietly in her seat. After Kiritani Tetsuya left completely, she lowered her head slightly and stared at her small hands in a daze.

Due to the small number of people, there were no customers queuing up to order at the counter at the moment, and Tetsuya Kiritani came to the front of the counter easily.

"Welcome, do you need anything?"

Listening to the greeting from a male employee in front of him, Kiritani Tetsuya raised his head and glanced at the menu above his head. He was about to say something when he felt the clothes around his waist being pulled.

Kiritani Tetsuya couldn't help but turn his head, and soon saw a very familiar figure at the counter.

"Yu Xu, why are you here?"

Seeing Ibuki Tamao standing in front of another ordering machine wearing work clothes in the store, Kiritani Tetsuya narrowed his eyes and asked in surprise.

"Good morning, Kiritani-san."

In response, Ibuki Tamao said a faint hello and motioned for the other party to order food from him.

Under the gaze of this divine girl, Kiritani Tetsuya had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart, moved a few steps, and moved from his current position to the girl's position.

But having said that, when he came directly opposite Ibuki Tamao, Kiritani Tetsuya suddenly remembered that the girl did have the habit of working on weekends.

It's just that in his memory, the place where Ibuki Tamao worked part-time was not here.

"Wait a minute, I remember your part-time job wasn't a ramen restaurant?"

Seeing that Ibuki Tamao rarely tied her waist-length hair together, exposing her smooth, white and tender neck, Kiritani Tetsuya said with some confusion.

"Kiritani-san, do you mean when we were at Little Bear Shopping Street last semester? Because I had to work at Morishima-san's coffee shop last semester, I quit my job at the ramen shop at that time." Ibuki Tamao said calmly with a small face.

explained.

"So you found a new part-time job here after school started?"

"You can say that, so Kiritani-san, do you need something?"

Ibuki Tamao nodded his beautiful head and continued in an ethereal and melodious voice.

Seeing this, Kiritani had no choice but to turn his attention to the menu above his head and ordered two cups of ice cream and coffee.

"By the way, what did you and Hoshino Aiki say?"

While Ibuki Tamao was operating the ordering counter, Kiritani Tetsuya continued to ask.

"I just told Sister Aiji some things that most couples would do on a date. By the way, I told Sister Aiji that I would help solve Sister Miyu's matter so that she doesn't have to worry too much." The girl replied calmly.

road.

"So that's it. No wonder I felt like she was a different person this morning."

"After all, Sister Aiji also wants to complete this date well, and she has made great determination for this."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ibuki Tamao had completed the operation on the ordering machine and handed the receipt printed from the side to Kiritani Tetsuya's hand.

During this process, the girl naturally paid attention to Kiritani Tetsuya's slightly red and swollen palms.

"It seems that Kiritani-san has already held hands with Aiji-san just now."

Staring at Kiritani Tetsuya's red palm, Ibuki Tamao slightly blinked his bright eyes.

"It always feels a little weird if we don't hold hands."

Kiritani Tetsuya was not surprised that Ibuki Tamao discovered this.

But as soon as he finished saying this, he saw Ibuki Tamao stretched out his palm at some point, and slowly inserted his slender and smooth fingers along Kiritani Tetsuya's fingers, and then interlaced his fingers with her.

The palms of each other's hands are pressed together.

Perhaps it was because of the air-conditioning blowing in the store, but Kiritani Tetsu could also feel a faint coldness from Ibuki Tamao's white and delicate little hands.

Seeing Ibuki Tamao's sudden behavior, Kiritani Tetsuya was about to speak out, but the girl in front of him continued.

"But from the looks of it, Kiritani-san's first experience of holding hands with Aiji-san shouldn't be a pleasant one."

Feeling the warmth between Kiritani Tetsuya's fingers and the thick touch in his palms, Ibuki Tamao showed no signs of letting go, so he held the newly printed receipt between their palms.

"But it's also the first time for Sister Aiji to do this kind of thing with a boy. She may be nervous and unable to control her intensity."

While their palms were touching each other, the girl continued to speak.

"So please give Aiji-sensei more time to adapt. Once you do this kind of thing too much, I believe Aiji-sensei will become as skilled as me and won't let Kiritani-san endure such unnecessary pain."

"Although I know you are comforting me, these words always sound weird."

After listening to Ibuki Tamao's somewhat thought-provoking words, Kiritani Tetsuya couldn't help but put his eyes on the palm of the girl's hand.

In the end, he took the initiative to signal to the other party, and Ibuki Tamao withdrew his smooth little hand slightly reluctantly.

But I have to say that after the contact with Ibuki Tamao's palm, Kiritani Tetsuya felt that his originally red and swollen hand did feel a little better, as if the girl's cold and delicate little hand really had the effect of reducing swelling.

"Then again, aren't you afraid of being discovered by Hoshino Aihime if you stand here openly like this?"

Putting the receipt back into his pocket, Kiritani Tetsuya turned his head and glanced at the divine girl not far behind him.

"It's okay, I've already used my special ability on Sister Aiji."

"Didn't you gods agree not to use each other's abilities?"

"Because Sister Aiji also used special abilities on me before, so this time I can repay it to Sister Aiji."

Ibuki Tamao spoke in a natural tone, as if her mind was still thinking about Hoshino Aihime pretending to be a school teacher a few days ago.

"emm"
Chapter completed!