"In any case, we must go to the restroom. It cannot be done out here..."
Angel-sama clutched her skirt tightly, her voice filled with shame.
"Please lead me there, Sora-kun."
Sora glanced at the customers and clerks nearby and lowered his voice:
"I can't go in. I will definitely be stopped."
Mahiru bit her lower lip and quickly came up with a solution:
"I will activate Time Stop again, then replenish Sora-kun's magic power. We can go to the restroom while time is stopped?"
Sora pondered for two seconds. "That sounds fine... let's try it."
"Okay..."
Mahiru took a deep breath.
In the next second.
The world was once again pressed with the pause button.
Mahiru reached out and fumbled around, soon touching Sora's face. She shyly stood on her tiptoes for a mana refill kiss.
With the successful replenishment, Sora quickly regained control of his body.
"I can move now." Sora gripped Angel-sama's soft hand and said softly, "Let's go, to the restroom."
In the time-stopped state, there was no need to worry about the gazes of the clerks or customers. Sora led Angel-sama and walked openly into the restroom.
"Here is your item." Sora opened the stall door, let Angel-sama sit on the toilet, and handed her the emergency gear.
"I will head out first."
"I am sorry for causing Sora-kun trouble..."
Turning to walk out of the stall, Sora waited silently.
However, after a short while, the girl's shameful soft cry rang out again.
"Sora-kun..."
"Hmm?"
"The packaging... I can't open the packaging..."
With no vision, tearing open a plastic bag was indeed difficult.
Sora said softly:
"Then, shall I come in?"
Mahiru responded shamefully: "Please..."
"..."
Sora pushed the door open and entered the stall. He reached out to take the emergency gear and tore open the outer plastic bag.
A flash of black lace entered his sight.
Perhaps because she had been too embarrassed earlier, Mahiru had not chosen carefully and had grabbed whatever was available, resulting in a rather special style.
"Ahem... it is open."
Sora coughed twice and placed the opened item into Angel-sama's hands.
"Thank you, Sora-kun." Mahiru breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him gratefully. "Being unable to see is so troublesome. If Sora-kun weren't here, I really wouldn't know what to do."
"I'll go out fir—"
Halfway through his sentence, Sora's voice stopped abruptly.
"Sora-kun?"
Mahiru tilted her pretty face up in confusion.
"..."
Sora's voice did not ring out; there was only endless silence.
"Oh... oh no!"
Mahiru bit her pink lips in worry, quickly realizing what happened:
"I forgot to replenish Sora-kun's mana!"
From the walk outside to the restroom, three minutes had passed unknowingly. It was time for a mana refill, but because she had been in a state of extreme embarrassment, she had forgotten about it.
"What do I do now?"
"Do I have to put them on in front of Sora-kun..."
"No! That is way too shameful!"
Mahiru's face was burning hot, and she shook her head rapidly.
"Even though Sora-kun cannot move, his eyes can still see... I will absolutely not put on panties in front of him!"
"It seems I have no choice but to help refill his mana..."
Angel-sama quickly made up her mind. She clenched her right fist, took a deep breath, and fumbled to stand up.
Although she couldn't see, her hearing was fine, so she could naturally judge Sora's position.
"Sora-kun should be directly in front of me..."
Mahiru extended her right hand, cautiously fumbling forward.
Before long.
The texture of fabric provided feedback to her heart from her fingertips.
"I touched it..."
Mahiru quietly let out a sigh of relief, but then a very strange sensation followed.
"Eh, what is this?"
Mahiru's expression was slightly confused.
"It feels like a snake... but why would Sora-kun have a snake on him?"
Izumi Sora: "..."
Hurry up and move your hand!
Your current behavior is breaking the law!
Angel-sama was not a pure little flower raised in a greenhouse. She soon guessed what she had touched. The confusion on her pretty face vanished, replaced by an explosion of red that could be seen by the naked eye. She hurriedly withdrew her right hand:
"I... I am sorry!"
Izumi Sora: "..."
What is the point of a verbal apology? My innocence has been snatched away by you!
"I am incredibly sorry, that really was just an accident..."
Mahiru's face was burning as she gave a shameful explanation.
Even though it was super embarrassing, the mana refill had to continue.
However, Mahiru learned her lesson. This time, instead of sitting and fumbling, she stood up directly and carefully reached her right hand toward Sora.
This time, no accidents occurred.
Mahiru's fingertips soon touched Sora's firm chest.
"Is this his chest...?"
"Mmm... his heart has indeed stopped..."
"This pointy thing... is Sora-kun's Adam's apple, right?"
"Speaking of which... Sora-kun's Adam's apple is quite cute..."
Unable to see, Mahiru could only use her hands to explore, bit by bit feeling over Sora's firm chest and broad shoulders, finally reaching his face.
"Phew..."
Mahiru let out a quiet sigh of relief.
"The cheek is here... I can finally help refill his mana."
Angel-sama silently noted the position of the boy's face, stepped forward half a step, and stood on her tiptoes, preparing for the mana refill kiss.
But just as her right foot landed, a strange sensation came from beneath her.
"I am sorry, I stepped on Sora-kun's foot..."
Mahiru hurriedly moved her foot away and turned her head to explain, but her lips ended up pressing against something else. A wonderful, never-before-felt sensation surged through her.
"Mmm—"
Angel-sama's long eyelashes trembled violently.
Burning.
Scalding.
And a hint of sweetness quietly seeped into her teeth.
"No, this is not the feeling of a cheek..."
Mahiru breathlessly panicked.
Since starting the mana refills at the beach, she had kissed Sora-kun's cheek dozens of times. Mahiru knew very well what the texture of a boy's cheek felt like.
"It wasn't his cheek... then what was it?"
"C-Could it be..."
A bang echoed in Mahiru's mind as her sense of shame erupted like a volcano, instantly drowning her.
"This feeling... am I actually kissing Sora-kun properly?"
At the same time.
Under Angel-sama's kissing mana refill, Sora successfully regained control over his body.
Soft.
Sweet.
Tender.
An indescribable, wonderful sensation swept over him, causing Sora's rationality level to plummet. He instinctively reached out his arms and wrapped them around Angel-sama's soft, slender waist.
"Mmm..."
Sensing Sora's forceful intrusion, Angel-sama let out a shy hum, her mind instantly turning into a mess of paste.
She wanted to push him away, but her body was limp and lacked even a shred of strength. Mahiru could only allow her biological instincts to take over, dizzily wrapping her arms around Sora's neck.
"So this is what a real kiss feels like..."
"But... but we are not even dating yet..."
A sinking dreamscape and a girl's shame intertwined repeatedly. In her daze, Mahiru suddenly felt as if she had been strengthened, and she subconsciously used her ability...
Time Reversal!
Activate!