CH 103

Before winter break, I did indeed make a promise.

So, if Sendai-san wants to, she can kiss me.

I really should have done it when I finished my studies, and now is not the right time, but I thought I could make a special exception to allow it.

But I definitely think “a little bit” is a bit odd.

I don’t mind her exercising a few more rights, but Sendai-san kisses too much.

After she told me not to be offended, she kissed me once. We kissed a few more times after that, but she still kept coming closer to my face as if it wasn’t enough.

She press my forehead before her lips touch mine.

「Sendai-san.」

I put my hands on her face and do the approaching face far away.

But she peels my hand away and kisses me as if to take away my words.

The well-known softness and heat is felt, and then it quickly leaves. Then our lips come together again.

I think Sendai-san’s lips are comfortable.

Earlier, when I touched her body, I felt like my heart was going to break.

I was moving twice as fast as usual, so I couldn’t breathe well.

My hands and face were hot and I felt like I wasn’t myself.

I’m still thrilled, but it’s not the same as before. There is room to feel both the softness and the heat feel good.

But it’s time for it to end.

I push Sendai-san’s shoulders and let go of her body.

「Too much kissing for the price. This is not a little.」

As I said this, my fingers touched my lips.

「There’s no number of times specified.」

「Then, I’m going to specify it now.」

「That designation will be applied the next time it’s used.」

In the dimly lit room, I hear Sendai-san’s lips touch mine as she lightly denies my words.

Again and again.

All the rights that Sendai-san has exercised, so much so that it becomes tedious to count them, are kisses that only touch, and even now our lips are touching. Maybe she was trying not to be “strange,” but it was not like Sendai-san.

The Sendai-san I know is forceful, erotic, and not gentle.

I think she was too gentle to only kiss me with a touch like this. It’s not that it’s not enough, but it’s out of tune. I feel like she could kiss me a little more.

——This won’t do.

If I keep forgiving Sendai-san in this way, things will get strange again. In the first place, Sendai-san would not be nice to me for no reason.

「Any more of this and I’ll be seriously pissed.」

The moment our lips part, I assured her, before the next kiss is given.

「It’s fine, just a little bit more.」

「Not good. A little bit for Sendai-san is a lot.」

「Stingy.」

「I’m being stingy, so stop now.」

I slid back to get away from Sendai-san. Then I turned off the nightlight and darkened the room.

「Go sleep already.」

I tell her what she need to do at night and pull the quilt over me. But I can’t pull it up properly because Sendai-san is in the way.

「Okay, I’m going to sleep. Miyagi, go back to your camp.」

A hand reaches out from somewhere and pushes me.

「…I don’t want to.」

This night, unusually, there is someone else in this house besides me.

Then that someone should utilized.

I am used to being alone, but the time until dawn is too long to spend alone. Even if we say we are just sleeping, there are times when something unidentifiable appears in our dreams, which is disconcerting. So it is a relief to have someone in the house, even if it is pitch dark.

Even if it is Sendai-san.

And the closer the distance is, the better.

It’s cold alone, and it’s warmer to have someone by your side.

It would be nice to have someone to take the place of a body warmer for today.

I force myself to pull the quilt toward me and get under the covers before she does.

「Hey, why are you trying to sleep over here? If Miyagi sleeps over here, I’ll go to the bed.」

A rustling sound indicates that Sendai-san is about to get up.

「The bed is my territory so you can’t.」

I grab Sendai-san and pull her.

「Even though you’re not using it?」

「Yes. Even if I didn’t use it, that’s my camp, and Sendai-san’s camp is here.」

「If you want to sleep together, just say you want to sleep together.」

「That’s not why I’m here. It doesn’t matter, just go get my pillow from the bed.」

「I can’t see it.」

The room, where the nightlight was extinguished, was completely dissolved in darkness, and nothing could be seen.

But Sendai-san has been coming to this room as often as she gets tired of it.

「Even if you can’t see it, you at least have an idea where the bed is.」

「Miyagi is really selfish, aren’t you?」

I heard a voice that sounded like a dazed person, and Sendai-san’s presence faded away. However, she soon returned and placed what appeared to be a pillow on top of the futon.

「Go a little further over there.」

Sendai-san says as she pushes me.

Groping around, I pull the pillows back to make space, and Sendai-san adjusts the comforter before coming in next to me.

「So cramped.」

With a disgruntled voice, I was kicked slightly on the calf. However, I turned my back to Sendai-san and closed my eyes, because if I avoided the edges any further, I would be pushed out of the futon.

「What is it that you want?」

A low voice pokes me in the back.

「It’s fine. Wherever you sleep.」

I pull the quilt over me and roll my back.

「It’s cold if you pull it too much.」

I could hear her complaining from behind me, but when I kept quiet, for some reason my sweatshirt was pulled on instead of the quilt. The palm of her hand is pressed against my back. It tickles a little, even through the cloth, but it feels nice and warm.

The body heat I feel reminds me of Sendai-san’s body hidden under the sweatshirt.

I thought that if I touched Sendai-san at that time, I could believe her unbelievable words and my anxiety might disappear. But instead of disappearing, my anxiety grew. Even though I see the necklace with my own eyes and know that she was keeping her promise, I have a hard time believing that she will continue to keep her promise.

Even now, I feel that Sendai-san is right beside me and I can touch her if I turn my back, but I feel that she might go away.

I roll my back more and grab the edge of the comforter.

Squeezing my eyes shut, I feel as if I am alone, the body heat coming from my back becoming fuzzy. A little scared, shoulders and arms stiffen.

「Miyagi.」

I hear a small voice calling me and a hand pressed against my back grabs my sweatshirt once more.

I feel like I’m about to be called by my given name, so I go ahead of her.

「If you call me Shiori, I’ll throw you out.」

Calling someone by given name is a common thing, nothing special anywhere, but being called by Sendai-san by my given name feels like a special thing and I don’t want to be called.

「You don’t mind if I call you Miyagi, do you?」

Then Sendai-san calls me『Miyagi.』

Miyagi.

Miyagi. Miyagi.

The voice that repeatedly calls me removes strength from my body.

「Shut up, Sendai-san. Hurry up and sleep.」

“Okay,” I heard her voice, but Sendai-san didn’t sleep and touched my hair.

She stroked my hair as if combing it with her fingers.

Over, and over.

My eyelids grow just a little heavier at the soft hands and the warmth of our bodies. I stretch my rounded back a little, and the hand leaves with a small「good night.」