◆Riran◆
What!
Are you!
Saying!
This idiot Akito!!
Wh-wh-wh-wh-what was that! What was that! "I love you"! "I love you"!!
Of course, I love you too! I like you, I love you!
But wasn't that surprise attack just now unfair!? Hey, isn't it unfair!?
And on top of making me this flustered, he's sleeping! He's sleeping!! He's sleeping!!!
“Suyaaa...”
Don’t “suyaaa” me! Idiot! Dummy! Womanizer!
At least listen to my answer before you go to sleep! My heart was finally at peace, but because of you, it’s thumping so hard I can’t sleep!
“Muu...”
Take some tsun-tsun. Tsun-tsun, tsun-tsun.
“Muni... fuga...”
...He’s not waking up. This might be getting a little fun.
Tsun-tsun, tsun-tsun.
...Even so, Akito’s skin is really beautiful.
Maybe it’s thanks to his daily maintenance, but it’s amazing for a high school boy to have skin this clear...
I gently slide the finger I was using to poke him across his skin.
Even though he just moisturized, there’s no stubble or shaving marks. It’s smooth and silky.
Smooth, silky.
...He really doesn’t wake up no matter what I do.
I wonder if Akito is the type who rarely wakes up once he’s out.
Should I play a prank? Should I? *Doki doki*.
I move closer so as not to wake Akito and gently hug his arm.
Hehe. I’ll just cling to him like this until morning and make his arm go numb. This is your punishment for making me so flustered.
...It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve been this close to Akito.
Akito’s arm. Akito’s body temperature. Akito’s scent.
The privilege of being able to feel everything, only for me.
I’m sure Kotono-chan does it too, but this heart-pounding feeling belongs only to me.
“Suuuu, haaaa...”
His neck. Akito’s scent is strong here.
Our intertwined fingers. Thick. Robust.
Quiet sleeping breaths. A peaceful sleeping face.
As I feel Akito like this, I feel like my heart, which was racing until just now, has calmed down a bit.
Of course, my heart is bouncing at the fact that I’m sleeping with Akito.
But more than that, I feel relieved.
“...♪”
I’m starting to get sleepy too... I want to enjoy Akito a little longer, but there’s still tomorrow.
No. Not just tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow. A year from now. Ten years from now. Surely, forever.
I’ll continue to have my heart flutter for Akito like this.
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“Suuu... suuu...”
...Is she asleep?
“............”
How am I supposed to sleep!
How am I supposed to sleep!!
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SLEEEEEEΕΡ!!!!
No, I was definitely asleep halfway through! I was dozing off and sound asleep!
But if you do something like that, of course I’m going to wake up!?
Don’t tsun-tsun me! Don’t stroke me! Don’t hug me!!
Wearing such a satisfied face! She’s cute, damn it!
I let out a long breath and look up at the ceiling.
Looking at it like this, it’s completely different from the ceiling at my house. It’s obvious, though.
The sensation of Riran sleeping while hugging my arm. And that citrus scent.
Plus, because I slept halfway, I’m wide awake now.
It can’t be helped. I guess I’ll just wait until morning comes...
...Actually, let me try to get my arm free. I can’t move a single muscle like this.
I move my arm slowly so as not to wake Riran.
“Nmuu...!”
She’s strong.
Even though she’s completely asleep, I feel a strong will that says she will never let go.
Sigh... I guess I’m stuck like this until morning.
I give up, relax my strength, and stare blankly at the ceiling.
Thinking back, the 『Red Thread of Fate』 appeared in April. It’s only September now.
When you think about it, our relationship has changed quite a bit in these five months.
Not just us. The relationships around us have changed too.
Ryūya and Neika.
Rio and Riza-san.
And Hiyori too.
In relationships that are changing little by little, everyone is looking forward.
I don’t want to think about it, but I wonder if the relationship between us and everyone else will eventually change too.
That would be a little... no, quite... no, fairly... no, incredibly lonely.
There are relationships that are okay to change, and there are relationships I don’t want to change.
I don’t want my relationship with everyone to change.
...Suddenly, I’ve become anxious.
............
“Riran, are you awake?”
“Shupii...”
“............”
*Squeeze*—.
Phew... I feel relieved.
There’s some embarrassment, but when I hold her like this, my feelings of anxiety are wiped away.
And at the same time... sleepiness is coming again...
Good ni... suyaaa.