Under the lights, a man and a woman walked arm in arm, their steps slow, moving left and right.
"That's right, next, step here... Hmm? You're learning fast, you just stepped on my foot, but you're already proficient."
Yamada Elf said, looking a little surprised.
"When I was little, I attended a Sawamura party and learned a few things," Izumi Chihiro replied.
"Eh..." Yamada Elf let out a soft sound, not saying much more.
She understood without being told that he had danced with the Sawamura Young Lady, so she wouldn't make a fool of herself.
This was her moment now, and she had to seize it.
After a few fluid movements.
"Next, pay attention," Yamada Elf reminded him.
"I know," he had already memorized the essentials of the movements, and as he released her hand, Yamada Elf spun around, changing positions, her dance graceful, and then took his other hand.
Then he raised his arm high, circling it over Elf's head, then switched hands, and Elf spun again, this time leaning into his embrace.
Their gazes met at that moment, and Elf's face flushed as she looked away.
Her heart was beating too fast!
And this certainly wasn't from strenuous exercise.
"Ke..." Kani Nayuta glared at them with eyes like a beast, baring her teeth.
"If you're so unwilling, why don't you go up and stop them?" Senju Muramasa said, her gaze fixed.
"Wouldn't that be causing trouble? I don't know how to dance," Kani Nayuta unexpectedly reined in her anger and calmly replied, "It's okay, once Senior learns how to dance, he can teach me."
She suddenly became optimistic again.
"I really don't understand you," Senju Muramasa shook her head, watching the two continue to dance, and suddenly found herself looking forward to the scene where Chihiro would teach her to dance later.
"I need to clear my head," after finishing the dance, Yamada Elf threw out a sentence and went to the bathroom, splashing water on her face, and looking up at her vividly red complexion in the mirror, she couldn't help but press her cheeks.
She was so hot.
...Izumi Chihiro looked at the others.
"Senior, it's my turn!" Kani Nayuta was still so proactive, reaching out to signal.
Next, he taught everyone one by one, which inevitably involved some physical contact.
Mashiro's performance was outstanding; she memorized all the movements with her amazing memory.
This surprised him.
Because Mashiro wouldn't intentionally remember ordinary things; her photographic memory only applied when she cared about something.
"So, Mashiro wants to dance with me?" Izumi Chihiro looked at Mashiro, whose eyes showed no difference, and suppressed the urge to ask that question.
After the dinner and dance, the time had already reached past ten in the evening.
"It's about time to end," Izumi Chihiro said.
"No need to rush, there's one last segment," Yamada Elf said, raising her index finger.
"Hmm? There's more?" Izumi Chihiro felt surprised.
He didn't know about this.
"That's right," Yamada Elf turned and pushed out a huge Christmas cake from the music room, which hadn't been used today.
"Ta-da...da! Next, let's get ready to cut the cake!" she announced loudly.
"Uh, it's a bit big, isn't it? We ate a lot for dinner earlier; I can't eat any more now," Izumi Chihiro scanned the cake, which was almost the size of a small table, and shook his head.
"Who said this was for eating?" Yamada Elf suddenly retorted.
"If it's not for eating, then it's for..." Izumi Chihiro turned his head, only to meet Elf's half-smiling expression, realizing her hand was reaching for the cake.
"Wait, this is too wasteful..." he suddenly realized something, but before he could finish speaking, he was ambushed, getting a face full of cream from the side.
"Senior, now accept our humiliation!"
In his ears, Kani Nayuta's bell-like laughter rang out.
"Ni-san, prepare yourself!"
"They say pranks are a step to strengthening relationships. If you want revenge, then cover me in it."
"What should I say at a time like this? 'In the name of the moon, I'll punish you!'?"
Not only that, but the others also joined in, clearly having planned it in advance.
"Since that's the case, don't blame me!"
Izumi Chihiro's expression turned sharp.
He had endured enough, there was no need to endure any longer!
Then, he bravely launched a counterattack. The situation was very intense. Although he had an advantage in strength, he was outnumbered.
In the end, both sides concluded with a mutual defeat, everyone was covered in a sticky layer of cream.
The girls lay on the ground, exhausted, as if they had all turned into delicious cakes.
The whole scene cannot be described in detail.
Returning home, Izumi Chihiro was the last to enter the bathroom to wash up.
"That was truly reckless, but I got carried away too."
He looked at his disheveled reflection in the glass and smiled helplessly.
After washing up, it was already close to midnight, and everyone else had already gone to sleep.
Just as he was about to go to bed, he suddenly received a message.
On the deserted street.
The streetlights on the side of the road were shining brightly, illuminating a small area beneath them.
A girl stood under the light, looking up at something, her expression very serene.
She had pure white skin, long golden hair, and azure blue eyes. Her ears were pointed and long, exactly like the elves that appear in fantasy stories.
However, in the eyes of her friends, the elf girl dressed in a Lolita outfit looked more like a character from certain 'humiliation' games, whose attributes made her particularly fun to tease and play pranks on.
"Why did you call me out so late? And the weather is too cold, let's go back to the room to talk..."
Izumi Chihiro approached, asking as he walked.
"Look up."
Yamada Elf said calmly.
"Look up?"
Izumi Chihiro raised his eyes and looked at the night sky.
Under the moonlight and streetlights, sparse snowflakes, like catkins, were slowly falling from the sky, making him instinctively raise his right hand to catch them.
"Look, it's snowing. Isn't it beautiful? You've never seen it with your own eyes before, have you?"
Yamada Elf's tone carried a hint of joy.
"Yes, this is indeed the first time in my life I've seen snowflakes with my own eyes... So that's it, you called me out for this. It is indeed a beautiful sight."
Izumi Chihiro suddenly understood, looking at the sparkling snowflakes falling on his hand, and smiled.
"Actually, it's not just because of this."
No sooner had the girl finished speaking than, before he could react, a warm sensation came over his face.
"You've been marked by the 'Elf's Kiss', you know."
Yamada Elf stood on her tiptoes, and while he wasn't paying attention, she left her mark on his left cheek.
"From now on, you can only be the Elf's captive."
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