The next day, at Toyoshizaki Academy, after the first period class ended.
Nino looked at the empty seat where Hakuto should have been and frowned for a moment.
"Did he take the day off...?" Nino glanced toward the spot where Nao sat not far behind, which was also vacant.
"Is it really that coincidental...?"
Nino had a bad feeling, like something was off, as if she had lost something.
"Maybe I'm just overthinking. By the way, I heard from Yotsuba that Shiratori is coming for makeup classes this weekend..."
Nino shook her head and chalked up the uneasy feeling to her own overthinking.
Meanwhile, at Hakuto's home, he slowly opened his eyes and noticed that he didn't know when, but Nao was sitting in front of him, wrapped in a blanket.
Nao looked angry, as if she was about to kick Hakuto in the face at any second.
"Good... good morning, President."
Hearing Hakuto's greeting, Nao narrowed her eyes but didn't respond.
"Is... something wrong? You look like you're about to eat someone..." Hakuto sat up, scratching his hair with a smile.
"Eat someone? Ha~? I don't know who was trying to eat someone last night!"
Mentioning last night, Nao got angry again!!
She had already surrendered, admitted defeat, but Hakuto hadn't shown any sign of stopping!
And while doing so, he was saying things like "I love you," "You look beautiful," and "We'll never be apart"—all these cheesy lines.
What was this?! The side effects of their physical union? Were they talking nonsense now?
Nao looked at the mess on the bed and really wanted to bite Hakuto's head off!
"It's because I didn't want to lose the bet... so I took it seriously."
"Took it seriously?" Nao, furious, stomped her foot on Hakuto's face.
Last night, she almost died, and then Hakuto said he was just starting to get serious.
"President, you're not wearing clothes right now~"
"So what? You've already seen everything you need to see." Nao waved her hand, not caring about it.
At this moment, Hakuto was holding Nao's leg with both hands, a mischievous look on his face.
But Nao didn't notice and continued talking.
"By the way, Hiratsuka-sensei called you earlier. I answered it and managed to get us both a day off."
"Mm-mm, you're amazing, President..."
"Well, that's just me. In a situation like yesterday's, anyone else would still be in bed today."
Due to her superpowers, Nao had trained her body, so her physical strength was definitely superior to most.
Even after Hakuto's fierce attacks, she was still able to handle them... well... barely.
"Okay, President, you're amazing...."
"Ha~? What's with that tone? Are you trying to comfort a child?"
Nao leaned in to look and saw Hakuto kneeling in front of her, playing with her foot, looking excited.
"Ha~?" Nao frowned, not understanding what Hakuto was doing.
"Top-tier! Top-tier!" Hakuto muttered to himself.
Nao realized that Hakuto was talking about her foot.
Although she didn't know what was so "top-tier" about it, seeing Hakuto's expression made Nao very angry!
Nao took advantage of the situation and immediately kicked the leg that Hakuto was holding, landing a direct hit to his face.
"Top-tier, you ****!"
"Ow!"
With a painful cry, Hakuto fell off the bed. When he got up again, a faint red mark was left on his face.
"President, you're trying to murder your husband!"
"Didn't you say you could stop a car with one hand?"
"Well, you shouldn't kick like that..."
Hakuto slowly climbed back into bed, resting his head on Nao's crossed legs.
With his physical strength, even if that kick had come a thousand times, he would be fine, just a bit sore.
Plus, he had really held back last night, giving up his own experience to ensure Nao had a beautiful first time.
If Hakuto had gone full force, Nao wouldn't have been able to stand. Then he would have considered himself at fault!
Nao looked down at Hakuto, who was resting on her legs, and pouted.
"Your hair's getting a bit long, isn't it?"
"Mm... I was supposed to cut it a few days ago, but I just kept forgetting..."
Listening to Hakuto's words, Nao stroked his long hair all the way to the end.
But just then, Nao's attention was drawn to the tattoo on Hakuto's back.
"A tattoo..." Nao ran her fingers over the tattoo.
When they first met, she had learned that Hakuto had a tattoo, but this was her first time observing it up close.
Nao didn't understand the symbolic meaning of the tattoo, but it looked like something related to Taoism?
Oh right, Taoism is quite popular in China.
Thinking about it, Hakuto was from China. Maybe Nao should consider changing her name.
"Hakuto, what do you think about marriage certificates?" Nao gently asked, still stroking Hakuto's back.
Although a marriage certificate, in some sense, was just a piece of paper, it didn't have much practical significance.
It wasn't that important; a marriage certificate was more like a symbol when a couple's relationship reached a certain level.
For inheritance purposes, but that was a saying from China—Japan didn't have anything like inheritance through marriage.
Coming out and keeping lovers was a normal thing.
Nao knew that Hakuto would never belong to just her, and she didn't feel the need for a marriage certificate.
However, she still wanted to hear what Hakuto thought about it.
"Marriage certificate?" Hakuto, leaning against Nao's legs, frowned. Although Japan was more open-minded, polygamy was still not allowed by the government.
You could have a lover and the government might turn a blind eye, but if you applied for two marriage certificates, that would be illegal.
But a marriage certificate was, at the end of the day, just a piece of paper. It could also be seen as a symbol of the couple's love.
"Marriage certificates? Either we both get one, or we don't get any at all..." That's how Hakuto saw it.
If he couldn't be fair, he'd just throw it all away. There shouldn't be any favoring one over the other. In the future, they'd all be one family.
"Won't it affect anything later? Like registering children..." Nao wasn't really concerned about it, but she wondered if it could cause any negative consequences.
"Don't worry, it won't."
In both Japan and China, there were probably millions of illegitimate children, so the country would never let them exist without household registration.
It was no problem at all.
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