"What?! You're going to make me do such a perverted activity in front of someone else?!"
Her eyes went wide as she looked at me in shock, unable to believe what I said. She looked like she wanted me to deny what I said. But I simply stopped along with her and smiled back at her funny reaction.
Whisper~ Whisper~
Her loud shout also attracted the attention of the students in the long corridor, and I could already hear them gossiping about us.
Astrid didn't seem to care about what they were saying and looked like she was having a headache over what I said.
"Luca, are you crazy?! There's no way I'm doing such a crazy thing in front of someone else!" She pulled me to the side after noticing the gazes she was getting and scolded me in a low but harsh voice.
"Come on. It will be fun. I'll turn that demo of yours into a little magic show, that will most definitely be entertaining for our friend."
"Friend? Which friend? Who's friend? I swear that if that friend of yours is a boy, I'll-"
"Astrid..."
"What? What are you going to-"
Astrid's looked like she wanted to complain about interrupting her rant. But when she looked at me, staring at her, she shut her mouth and let me speak while looking at me like I had a ghost on my shoulder.
"Astrid, do I seem like a guy who would show something so intimate to another guy?"
I asked her a simple question in a low voice, as she looked at me with trembling pupils and clutched fingers.
"N-No, you wouldn't." She looked down and spoke in a timid voice, as if she were genuinely afraid of me for some reason.
I knew I was frowning right now since she said something that I despise with all my heart. But I don't think this simple frown of mine should provoke such a reaction from her as if she were in front of a ghoul.
I also didn't raise my voice or anything, so what made her react in such a way?
"Then I hope you never insinuate such behaviour from me ever again since it's something I really don't like." I finished what I wanted to say in a much lower and calmer voice than before, so that I didn't scare her any further.
But she still looked a little frightened by me, as she didn't dare look me in the eye, so I bent down to meet her gaze below, held her hand carefully, and asked in a concerned manner
"Did I say anything that bothered you?"
"If I did, then, to atone for my sin of scaring, you can use your horns to bonk me on the head until a bunch of lumps form on top of my head like in the cartoons."
I cupped my hands on top of my head and imitated the cartoonish bumps with a silly expression on my face, as if I got knocked out silly.
"How stupid of you~" Astrid finally smiled at my dumb joke and let out a chuckle, which she covered up with her hand.
I didn't trust that a small act of mine could completely cheer her up. So just in case, I wobbled around her with a dumb expression on my face, as if I were really getting whacked around silly by her horns, which I imitated using my hands.
"Luca~! Stop~! Everyone is watching us! You're embarassing me~!"
My act seemed to work out as Astrid seemed to be completely back to normal as she pulled me back to the corner where we were standing with an embarrassed look on her face.
She seemed very ashamed at being looked at by everyone for my dumb act, from the way her tail was swishing about. But also found it really funny since she couldn't stop smiling even though she was asking me to stop, which was exactly what I wanted.
"How was it? Do you feel better now?" I asked with a smile on my face.
"Hmph! What are you on about? I never felt down in the first place!" She harumphed.
"But you looked so scared before, almost like you had seen a ghost."
"That was because you showed me that scary look on your face again!" Astrid blurted out the reason she looked so pale a moment ago." How am I not supposed to be scared when you look at me in such an eerie manner?!"
Goddammit! That face again?
I don't even know what that face of mine even looks like, and it's ruining my reputation, from my own classmates to even Astrid, who got scared right now.
Just how does it actually look for it to scare all my own classmates away, and why am I only hearing about this now?
But wait. Is it really the first time someone has mentioned it to me?
Didn't I once make a face when I recalled something unpleasent, that made my little sister cry out and not talk to me for an entire day because she was too scared of me.
Is that the same face I had before?
Well, whatever it is, I better stop showing it. Or else I'll scare away all the demi-girls with powerful bloodlines without even getting a chance to meet them, which will ruin everything.
"Constipation...That's simply the look I have when I'm constipated. Make sure to make a note of that so you don't get scared in the future." I told Astrid just in case I made that weird face again.
"No matter how much you say that, it's simply because of constipation. It's still scary to look at, especially with how dark your eyes turn, almost as if I'm staring at a lifeless corpse."
"Please don't curse me like that. Since I wish to live a long life." I said from the side, which made her pinch me once again.
"And about what I just told you before..." Astrid's face turned solemn when I mentioned what I wanted both of us to do. And before I could continue what I was going to say, I heard Astrid say
"It's fine. I trust you...I will admit that I was a little surprised when you first mentioned what you wanted to do and reacted that way. But it only took me a minute to understand that other than my mother and sister, you'd be the last person who would hurt me or make me uncomfortable in any way for your selfish desires."
She said it with a gentle smile on her face, which made me want to hug her so tight and not let go for trusting me so much. But before I could, she also sarcastically added
"But at the same time, you're also the same person who almost broke my heart just because he thought it would be funny to tease me, so I really do wonder if I can actually trust you."
My hand that was reaching out to pat her stopped in mid-air and was slowly pulled back by me, who felt too gully to respond and looked away in embarrassment.
But midway through, as I was pulling my hand back, Astrid caught it, put it on top of her, and said it as if it were a matter of fact
"If you don't pet me right now, then I definitely won't trust you in the future!"
Ruffle~ Ruffle~
I immediately heeded her demand and gave her a good ruffling, which she happily accepted.
She didn't just seem satisfied with a little headpat and also opened her arms and asked for a hug, while looking at me with a coy look in her eyes.
Hug~
I also accepted her second order and gave her a big old hug, wrapping my hands around her, which she did in return while showing a lovely smile. I was more than a head shorter than her, which was perfect for hugs, as my head was currently buried in between her chest, which not only felt like clouds in the sky. But also gave off a sweet, milky odour, as if she had hidden milk sweets in her chest.
Astrid didn't seem to want a quick hug as she held me tightly, so I also didn't let her go and moved my head around her chest, trying to find the most comfortable spot.
"You know people are staring at us?" I said while my face was still buried in her chest, sniffing up her wonderful odour.
"Hmph. So what? Who cares about them?" Astrid remarked while feeling ticklish from me digging around her chest with my face and sniffing her like a dog.
"Well, I thought for sure that you would be embarrassed if someone saw us like this."
"I would be before. But now that we're going to show that perverted act to someone else. A little hug like this doesn't seem too bad." Astrid said while looking at the harsh gazes that were thrown towards me and found it funny.
"And about that person...As long it's a girl that could keep a secret, I don't really mind." Astrid said with her harem mentality.
"Of course it's a girl. If there ever comes a day where I bring a guy in between us, then I give you full permission to chop my penis into tiny pieces and feed it to the pigs along with the rest of my worthless existence." I murmured as I started to feel really sleepy while lying in her chest.
Once again I rushed through the editing process, so I hope you can ignore all the mistakes made