The Two Protagonists of “Yukinoshita Yukino is in Class”

After a while, Rei seemed to get thirsty. She stood up and looked at me with her big eyes. “Do you want something to drink? Coffee, bubble tea, or juice?”

She had listed all my favorites.

“Umm… bubble tea, please. Thanks.” I pulled up my stockings, which had started to slip down because I wasn’t wearing the garter belt. “Should I take off this princess dress now?”

“Sure,” Rei nodded. “Need help?”

“N-no, that’s okay!”

After Rei had left, wiggling her hips in a jazz dance step, I finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at my stunning self in the mirror.

The fabric of the princess dress was completely different from any of the men’s clothes I had worn before. It was smooth and clung to my skin. The feel of the stockings, in particular, made me think that wearing men’s pants before had been a complete waste of my life.

In fact, I now believe that a demon lies dormant deep within every piece of women’s clothing. When someone puts on women’s clothing, this demon will constantly whisper strange things in their ear, making it impossible for them to forget the feeling, trapping them in the vortex of cross-dressing, and pulling them deeper and deeper until they can’t escape.

I twirled a few times in the princess dress, then pattered into the changing room and closed the door, taking off the long gown.

Just because I don’t know how to put it on doesn’t mean I don’t know how to take it off.

I had just taken off the dress and hadn’t even had time to change back into my clothes when I heard footsteps coming from outside the main door of the dance studio. At first, I thought Rei had returned with the drinks, but I quickly realized it wasn’t her. The footsteps were wrong. Rei was always cheerful, so even when she wasn’t bouncing, her steps had a lively feel to them. Just by listening, you could imagine that it must be a very cute girl. But these footsteps were very powerful. Although they weren’t high heels, each step had a sense of unwavering determination. The aura was like a supermodel on a runway.

Then I heard those imposing footsteps heading straight for the changing room.

I quickly raised my voice. “There’s someone in…”

Before I could finish, the door to the changing room was pulled open, and a tall figure appeared in the doorway.

It was a very beautiful girl. Not pretty in the same cute way as Rei, but more like one of those devastatingly beautiful women from the ancient world who could topple nations. A fair face, a high nose bridge, and a beauty mark at the corner of her eye that added a touch of pitiful charm. Her long, straight hair, which seemed to have been intentionally straightened, hung like the Milky Way, extremely captivating. She was not only tall but also stood very straight, exuding the feeling of a star or model who had undergone professional training.

Like the Big Bad Wolf seeing Little Red Riding Hood, I pulled the sparkling dress up to cover myself, took a step back, and, for some reason, said nervously as if I were a thief caught in the act, “I-I-I… I’m just changing…”

The tall girl’s eyes lit up when she saw my elegant appearance. She said in a charming voice that was somewhere between a young girl’s and a mature woman’s, “It’s fine, go ahead and change. Are you a new member of our dance club?”

I was on the verge of tears. How am I supposed to change with you standing right there? I could only answer her question first, shaking my head repeatedly. “No, no, Rei brought me here to try on this dress… I’m sorry for taking up your room. I’ll leave as soon as I’m changed.”

The tall girl’s bright eyes looked me over again. “It’s fine, you can stay a little longer. In fact…” She suddenly took a few model-like steps towards me, cornering me. “…in fact, how about you just join our dance club?”

“Huh?” I was stunned. Just then, cheerful footsteps sounded from outside. Rei, holding two bottles of bubble tea against her overalls, bounced in. Seeing the tall girl and me, who looked like the Big Bad Wolf cornered by Little Red Riding Hood, she paused for a moment, then said with a grin, “Yin-senpai, why are you here so early today?” Then she introduced me, “This is the president of our dance club, Yin-senpai.”

The dance club president, who was called Yin-senpai, looked back at Rei and replied, “I wasn’t hungry today, so I came over without eating dinner. I didn’t expect to find such a promising dance prospect.”

Her words made no sense to me. “Y-Yin-senpai, I’ve never danced in front of you. How do you know I’m a promising dance prospect?”

Yin-senpai’s lips, which were painted with a light lipstick, curved into a charming smile. She spoke slowly, with the conviction of someone staking the honor of her position as the dance club president on her words. “You’re very pretty. If you dance, a lot of people will definitely watch. So tell me, are you a good prospect or not?”

…She had a good point. I was speechless.

“So…” Yin-senpai suddenly moved closer to me again. Her devastatingly beautiful face was very close to mine, the kind of distance where you could smell each other’s breath.

My hands, which were holding the princess dress in front of me, were trembling, just like the Big Bad Wolf when he was about to be cut open and eaten by Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother. I asked cautiously, “S-so what?”

“So how about you join our dance club?”

“Huh?!” The first time, I thought I might have misheard. But now it seemed it was real. I didn’t expect to receive such an invitation. The last time something similar happened was when Yanagi-sensei asked me to run for class president and the president of the news club asked me to join her club. It sounds like I’m some hot commodity surrounded by beautiful women, but in reality, I just end up doing thankless hard labor.

Before I could refuse, Yin-senpai stretched out her long arms, pointed at Rei behind her, and said to me with a burning gaze, “You’re good friends with Rei, right? If you join the dance club, you can be with her every day!”

Rei, like a little rabbit pecking at rice, nodded repeatedly, her twin-tails swaying.

I looked at Yin-senpai, then at the expectant Rei…

…

“So that’s the reason you joined the girls’ dance club?”

On the way to the “old spot” for dinner, Yukino asked me, her elegant eyes half-closed.

I covered my face with my hands. “How was I supposed to know it was a ‘girls’ dance club?!”

Earlier, unable to resist the temptation, I had given in to Yin-senpai and Rei’s expectations and joined the dance club. It was only after I joined that I learned it was a girls-only dance club.

I immediately thought, I’m screwed. A big tough guy like me in a girls’ dance club, won’t I be exposed sooner or later? But it was too late. The die had been cast, and unless I scuttled the ship, there was no getting off this boat full of female pirates.

#Stress -10, Energy -10#

Hearing this, Saber’s verdant eyes lit up with longing. “I want to join the girls’ dance club too.”

I couldn’t help but blurt out, “Pervert…”

Saber’s fine golden eyebrows immediately shot up. “What’s so perverted about me, a real girl, joining a girls’ dance club? If we’re talking about perverts, you’re the real pervert here!”

We were arguing, with words, not fists, when Yukino’s steps suddenly stopped.

Her dark eyes widened, and the fair skin on her elegant cheeks tensed up like a startled cat. She looked as if she had just seen something indescribable.

I followed her gaze and saw an affectionate couple, arm in arm, walking towards us from the opposite direction.

They had clearly noticed Yukino as well and slowly came to a stop.