Just like yesterday, the sixth lesson ended without a hitch. Besides, with the exercises close to being perfected by them and the gains they got from it was already showing, the second half of the ten-lesson course would be their much-awaited boxing exercises.

First off, todays lesson was about maintaining their combat stance. Like any other instructors, I taught them the orthodox stance for right-handed and the southpaw stance for left-handed.

With only small breaks in between, I had them maintain their stances while also occasionally moving sideways.

And while theyre at it, I roamed around, correcting them and giving them advice.

Once again, when it came to Ichihara-sans turn, my eyes couldnt help but wander around, appreciating her amazing curves.

Theres no use denying it anymore. If I could call the first instance an accident, doing it again during the next four consecutive occasions was a deliberate attempt.

In any case, I made sure not to let my eyes linger longer than normal. I was probably caught staring yesterday if I once again consider that meaningful wink that she threw at me.

For today, however, Ichihara-san was taking the lesson seriously. And in my opinion, thats a lot better than letting our minds wander on unnecessary thoughts.

Theres that unusual reaction from her when I mentioned her husband last week. But no matter how curious I became, thats not my place to intrude, right? But if this was before, thats probably enough to give me the urge to dig deeper and draw up a plan to steal her from her husband.

Uh Im a changed man now. Hopefully. Besides, her daughter was also my student

Soon after I ended the class, I first put in some new advice for the five idiots at the changing room before going to meet Coach Ayu.

Today, I didnt ask for her assistance and just let her sit on the side to watch on and criticize my way of instructing. Instead of her, I called for Sena when she finished her training set for today to help me demonstrate some.

That made her grumpy, sure. Its for her anyway, she should still be resting today but here she was.

After handing me the thick envelope filled with my salary for today, Coach Ayu stayed silent and just stared at me, her expression sour.

While still maintaining my usual countenance, I stared back and tilted my head. Whether that was done cutely or not, I had no idea. My actions could be called with many words but never would it be cute.

In any case, Coach Ayu showed a reaction upon seeing me doing that. She blew air through her nose and huffed annoyedly.

What are you still waiting for? Go now.

Oh. I thought youre going to say something to me, Coach. With all the staring and whatnot. Am I wrong?

Yes, youre wrong. Go on. I already thanked you earlier. I wont repeat it again.

Thats not what Im waiting for though. Well, since you say that, see you next week, coach. Take care of yourself. I shrugged and stood up from my seat.

To say that I wasnt concerned about her well-being was wrong. No matter what, not counting the recent development between us, I still see her as that older sister whos taking good care of Sena.

In any case, the way she never talked about it again was saving both of us. Nonetheless, Senas words yesterday about not closing all doors for Coach Ayu was making me indecisive

Right This was entirely different than how I was before. I shouldve already come up with a decision whether to close the door or not during that first instance.

Do I like Coach Ayu or not? If thats the question, without any other connotations, then I would say yes

Oh. I sure can take care of myself. Coach Ayu also shrugged and waved her hand. But thats clearly an act to send me away.

Yeah, right. What happened yesterday was an illusion, huh?

Agitated by my words, Coach Ayu abruptly stood up, her hands hitting the table loudly as it made a snappy sound. You! Stop being too considerate! Worry about Sena, not me

Facing all that, I saw indignation and reluctance in her eyes. Besides with her voice lowering and trailing at that last sentence, shes clearly in a dilemma.

This woman was torn between being considerate to Sena and her feelings for me that hadnt subsided ever since it burst out last week.

Obviously, the sinner here was none other than me. I shouldve been the one to put a stop to all of this. Its my indecision that placed the red button on her hand.

This was clearly different from the choice I gave to my girls about going out of our complex relationship or the choice I gave to Arisa-senpai, Izumi-senpai or even Chii.

Because in this instance, I could end all of this with only one phrase. Depending on what phrase I would use, the outcome would be different from each other.

But first

Coach, is it bad to be considerate of you? I mean, youre close to being an older sister for me.

At the same time as I said that, my feet started moving to cross the boundary called her table. When the last word dropped, I already traversed the few steps circumventing that obstacle and stood right in front of her.

Her eyes followed me but she never moved away. She even turned to face me.

Older sister. Coach Ayu laughed bitterly. Its clear that hearing that from my mouth hurt as if a hammer bashed her chest.

Ah, that was probably an exaggeration. In any case, Coach Ayu staggered from where she was. If not for her hand placed on the table, she would either sit back down on her chair or fall down on the floor.

Mhm Thats how I see you, Coach. At least until last week.

Huh? Coach Ayus eyes instantly widened in disbelief at what he heard. Her eyes focused on me. Perhaps wondering if she heard it right or not.

As an answer to that, I closed it and held her by her waist, stabilizing her feet. You heard it right. Do you think its easy to forget and not talk about that? If you can recall it, I didnt just sit there, I returned what you did to you

One of my hands then crawled from her exposed arm up to her neck and ended up pinching her chin. At this point, there was no such thing as a boundary between us anymore. It would take no effort to grab her lips with mine and vice versa.

Nonetheless, I continued with what I wanted to say. I decided to stop that indecision. Rather than wait until next week, its better to clear this up right now.

Coach, I have a request. Can we both be honest with each other? I started. Ill tell you what I think of you right now and youll do the same. Depending on what we heard from each other, lets think of a way to solve this awkward interaction between us.

Perhaps not knowing where to look, Coach Ayu shut her eyes. However, she moved her arms and held onto me, the same way I was holding her. And with a voice laced with different kinds of emotions, she answered, Sure But first, what do you think are you doing? Whats the meaning of this?

Uh To stop her from escaping?

Of course, thats not it Its my inner perversion on the move and clearly, its reacting to her.