"Um... do we still need to hug?"
Satou asked.
"That's right, my name is Araki Yu. Because I want to take a set of daily photos of a couple, isn't it normal for you to embrace each other?"
The boy said with a smile, "I hope you can act like lovers who are deeply in love."
"A feeling like lovers in love..."
Satou was speechless. He and Senior Kasumigaoka weren't in that kind of relationship at all, so how could they possibly create such a feeling? He couldn't help but glance at Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was also looking at him with a calm expression.
"Younger brother-kun, are you shy?"
She narrowed her wine-red pupils and said faintly.
However, the faint blush on her cheeks still betrayed her slight nervousness.
Satou couldn't help but roll his eyes at her, thinking that she was the one who seemed shy. But after a moment of thought, he still opened his arms and embraced her.
The moment he hugged her, he could clearly feel Kasumigaoka Utaha's body tremble slightly, but she didn't push him away; instead, she gently wrapped her arms around him.
He could smell a faint fragrance from her black hair.
At this moment, she suddenly leaned her head gently on his shoulder.
Satou was momentarily stunned, then, after a thought, he placed his hand on her soft, long hair.
He didn't know how much time had passed.
"I say, are you done yet? Does taking a photo really take this long?"
Satou remembered the guy next to them and couldn't help but ask.
"Haha, my apologies. It's just that the two of you seemed to be enjoying yourselves so much, I couldn't bring myself to interrupt."
Arakawa laughed heartily and said, "But the effect is great! From the two of you, I saw that kind of... bashfulness that lovers have."
Hearing his words, Satou was quite speechless.
Kasumigaoka Utaha also quickly moved away from Satou's embrace.
Next, at the other party's request, Satou and Kasumigaoka Utaha were again used as models and took many photos.
For example, walking hand in hand on the road, sitting back to back on the grass, and so on.
Kasumigaoka Utaha was very cooperative with all of this, giving Satou the illusion that she was truly his girlfriend.
Especially when they walked hand in hand on the road, he felt a sense of tranquility.
It was as if the two of them were just ordinary couples seen everywhere on the street.
"Oh, right, I'd like to take a picture of the two of you kissing. I wonder if that's possible?"
Arakawa suddenly asked.
"Kissing?"
Satou was instantly stunned.
Kasumigaoka Utaha, who was beside him, also suddenly blushed.
"That's right, isn't that a normal thing between couples?"
Arakawa looked at the two of them in surprise, "Could it be that the two of you have actually never kissed before?"
"Uh, I think we have kissed before."
Satou thought for a moment and said.
Apparently, last time when Senior Kasumigaoka was engrossed in the world of her novel, she had kissed him.
Huh, could it be that that was Kasumigaoka Utaha's first kiss? Because she didn't have a boyfriend at all.
In that case, didn't he accidentally take Senior Kasumigaoka's first kiss? He couldn't help but secretly glance at her.
Kasumigaoka Utaha also seemed to have thought of this matter, her face inexplicably flushed, a little embarrassed, and then she secretly pinched him with her small hand.
"If you feel shy, then forget about it."
Arakawa found their reaction a bit amusing.
"But this... junior!"
He suddenly placed a hand on Satou's shoulder.
Satou looked at him strangely.
"You need to work harder! You have such a beautiful girlfriend, yet you're not more proactive. Don't you know you'll be struck by lightning?!"
The guy had a look of disappointment.
Satou: "...I understand."
Kasumigaoka Utaha pouted beside him, "Someone's brain is made of paper, you know."
In her tone, there seemed to be a faint hint of resentment.
Next, the two took their last set of photos, which was... sitting on a bench by the roadside.
Kasumigaoka Utaha walked over, sat down, and then patted the spot next to her.
Satou also sat down. Kasumigaoka Utaha naturally leaned her head on his shoulder and then gently closed her eyes.
Satou hesitated for a moment, then took her hand and placed it on his lap.
Kasumigaoka Utaha opened her eyes and looked at him, a rare shy expression appearing on her face.
Satou waited for a long while, but the senior didn't say he had finished taking the photos, making him feel a bit strange.
"I say, Senior Kasumigaoka..."
"What does Younger brother-kun want to say?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha lifted her head and looked at him with her wine-red pupils.
Looking at her beautiful face, Satou suddenly felt an impulse.
However, before he could act, Kasumigaoka Utaha had already closed her eyes and leaned in.
A soft click suddenly sounded from behind them.
The two separated as if shocked, looking nervously behind them.
The senior, who had been out of sight, emerged from the bushes behind them, holding his camera, "I waited for so long, and I finally got it! It's truly excellent, the angle and expressions are impeccable!"
Satou was a bit speechless; so this guy had been secretly waiting for an opportunity? Kasumigaoka Utaha also blushed, showing a rare embarrassed expression, and lifted her small foot to step on Satou.
Satou rolled his eyes. Why take out her frustration on him? "Ah, thank you both. We got some good photos today."
Araki handed a photo to Satou, saying, "This one's for you two."
Satou took it and looked, immediately feeling speechless because the photo showed the moment they had nervously pulled apart.
"Ah! Why this one?! You didn't get it! One second too late!"
That senior student tugged at his own hair, crying out in frustration.
"Senior, do you want it?"
Satou asked her.
"Hmph, I don't want it. You keep it,"
Kasumigaoka Utaha swept her beautiful hair behind her ear and said indifferently, then stood up and walked away alone, seeming a bit angry.
"Hey, wait for me."
Satou followed helplessly.
Ah, I've read the manga. Nakiri Erina's mother looks a bit scary, but Reioura is beautiful... and the manga introduced the concept of supernatural abilities, feeling more and more fantastical..
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