“Have you calmed yourself down?” I asked Haruhi as she sat down on the sofa beside the couch that I sat on.

She had changed her clothes into a casual v-neck white shirt and cream pants. To be honest, she looked like a plain girl, but her beautiful face saved her from being plain.

Sighing, Haruhi held her head and looked at me with a tired expression, “How can I calm down when you suddenly barged into my apartment and asked for my used panties? Rather… Are you really Arsy? Because you know…”

“I am not a loli?” I asked, knowing what she was thinking.

“Of course, I am not a loli. Look at these beautiful things.” I pushed my breasts up to emphasize my words. “No loli has these beautiful pairs.”

“Yes, yes. Stop doing that. What are you, a pervert?”

“I am not a pervert. Just a Magical Girl fan. Meaning, I am a fan of myself, too~” I let out a low chuckle as I fixed my sitting position and took off my jacket. We were inside the room, so I thought wearing a jacket wasn’t appropriate.

“Well, on a serious note, I really am here to get your panties and talk about something that you might know about.”

“Panties again… What’s wrong with you and your obsession with my panties?”

“It’s for research purposes.” I crossed my arms under my boobs and said seriously. It was necessary to advance the research that I did with my friend, so I should take this matter seriously.

“Anyway, let’s forget about that for a while. I will take it from your bathroom before I leave. Anyway, let’s talk about the ruined Waypoint in this ward. What happened?”

“… I will pretend I didn’t hear the first one. So you know about the ruined Waypoint?”

“Umu. I am curious about it, so I came here to ask you about it.”

“What’s your intention of asking? You didn’t even register yourself in our database.” Haruhi frowned in displeasure as she glared at me.

Indeed, I didn’t register as a Magical Girl in the government database. But that didn’t stop me from caring about the ruined Waypoint, especially because there was some strange shadow who showed itself when I was inspecting the rubbles with Titan.

More importantly. I had a reason for caring…

“Because it’s interesting.” I grinned at Haruhi.

My sole reason for caring. It sounded interesting and like a mystery detective drama. If I gave it a title for this one, it would be ‘A Ruined Waypoint! The Mystery Deepened!’ or something like that.

Also… That shadow silhouette looks like Magical Girl’s clothes. It might be a stray one or even a Magical Girl from the Evil Side. Well, Titan asked me to take care of the Evil Side, so I need to do my part too.

“Haa…” Haruhi let out a sigh once again. “I will try to contact Commander Amamiya first to know whether I can tell you about it or not.”

She took out her phone and began to move her fingers across the screen without waiting for my answer.

“Umu, do that.”

I didn’t really mind about it after knowing that Commander Amamiya might come from Deepland. Titan went over to that place, so it would certainly persuade Commander Amamiya to let Haruhi tell me about this Waypoint one way or another.

As expected, Haruhi’s expression changed as I heard a Tiriring~ from her phone. It seemed like her message had been answered with something that displeased her.

“Now, then. Tell me about it, Haruhi~” I called her name playfully, which deepened her frown.

“Don’t call me so casually. You suddenly stole my first kiss, and now you called me by name so casually. You’re truly the worst.”

“The best compliment I have ever heard. Now, now. We are, buddy, aren’t we?”

“Who’s your buddy?! Haa…” She shouted back at me with full spirit.

Hahaha, her comeback was really interesting. I couldn’t stop teasing her if she was this cute. Our conversation hadn’t advanced since earlier because I teased her too much.

“Somehow, I feel more tired dealing with you rather than dealing with a Beast.”

“I am just that charming.” I agreed with a big smile.

“Anyway…” Haruhi ignored me as she started talking. “Commander Amamiya ordered me to tell you about it in detail and give you two pairs of panties instead of one… What is she thinking? Is my Commander a pervert too?”

“As expected of your Commander, truly a person with a big heart.”

Though her Commander maybe only wanted Haruhi to do that to get revenge or some sort, I believe she went through the same thing with the crazy girl Titan talked about. But I kept silent about that from Haruhi.

“I don’t know anymore… Anyway, about the Waypoint. I only know that it was suddenly destroyed two days ago at 1 AM by something Magical. It’s not a Beast, as our system didn’t detect it. Meaning it was destroyed by a Magical Girl, a Giant, or someone with a Magic Item.”

Two days ago… I am still reorganizing my items at that time. Also, that was the day after I saved Diva from the thug. No, it’s just a few hours after I saved Diva.

“Hmm, well, I thought so.” I stood up from my seat and approached Haruhi. “Now that’s done, shall I get what I want?” I smiled softly, putting my hands on the sofa’s hand rest to keep Haruhi from running away.

“W-What are you doing? G-Get away from me!” Her face flushed red. So cute and precious. “L-let me tell you. I don’t really feel anything about that kiss! You got it wrong!” She averted her face away as she hid her mouth with her hand bashfully.

Huh? I stopped for a second after hearing her words. I didn’t say anything about a kiss. I only wanted to get close to her this time. But apparently, she was thinking something else.

My, isn’t she so cute?

My smile turned into a playful grin as I moved her hand away, pulling her chin to bring her face closer to mine. With my mature expression as Asa, I said in a soft voice.

“Haruhi. I never said anything about a kiss. Are you secretly expecting it? If you want to, I can give you a lot of kisses right now. Just say a word.”

“N-No! We can’t! We’re both girls!” She kept refusing, but she made no effort to push me away. She just grabbed my shoulders, that was it.

“Hmm!”

I took that as her gesture of not minding me kissing her. So I planted a light kiss on her lips before backing away, smiling happily.

“Fufufu, we kissed again.” I licked my lips as I took a step back. Her Magical Girl form was fiery, a cool-looking girl that I loved to mess with. But somehow, the taste of the kiss earlier was sweet, like an orange. It was different. Her lips were softer and moist, like jelly.

Ah, thankfully, I am not in my Magical Girl form, so I can rein my desire quite a bit. That was a bit dangerous.

“Y-Y-You!!” Haruhi pointed at me with her trembling finger as her face was dyed a rose color. Her lips quivered, and words failed to come out of her mouth until she squeezed them out. “Idiot!”

She then jumped from the sofa and ran toward a room opposite the shower room, slamming the door shut and locking it.

Click!

I stood there idly as I looked at the shut door, blinking a few times.

“She’s embarrassed?” I murmured to myself. “I never thought she would run away and lock herself in her room.”

That was a reaction that I had never expected. However…

“But that was also cute! At first, she didn’t react, so I thought she hated me, but it turned out that she was just embarrassed! How precious! It’s a shame I didn’t take a picture of her flushed face.”

Anyway, now that Haruhi locked herself in her room, I had nothing to do anymore in this room. I was about to leave the apartment when I remembered something important.

“Oh, right. I almost forgot the panties. How careless!”

***

Bam! Click!

I heard the sound of a door being shut and locked from the entrance. As soon as I heard that, I immediately let out a loud shout.

“Wawawa! W-Why am I running from her?!”

I rolled around in my bed while holding my hug pillow as I remembered the feeling from earlier. I mean, that idiot suddenly kissed me again! How could I not be surprised?

“Ugghhh… Now she will tease me again when she meets me next time, which I guess she would. Arrghh! I am an idiot!”

Bak bak bak!

Due to me being embarrassed, I kicked my innocent bed and made a mess everywhere. My bed sheet fell off, but I didn’t really care about it. My face feels hot just remembering what Arsy did to me earlier.

Her soft lip. The feeling of her breath touching my face. And that sweet aftertaste… I remembered them vividly.

“Uggh…”

I knew my face was turning red even without looking at the mirror. I turned around, looking at a red ribbon tied to my closet's handle. That was the ribbon that girl used to tie our hands together at that bathroom stall.

“I don’t have a chance to return it. B-But, she left it with me, so I guess I don’t need to return it? I mean… I will die of embarrassment if I do that.”

But when I thought about it again, I didn’t really hate her advances for some reason.

“What’s wrong with me?”

I traced my lips where she had kissed me earlier before heat rushed to my face again. After that, I clenched my fist, determined.

“Next time, I will surely say no for sure! I will push her away even if it’s by force!”